Design Week
18 November 2010
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Conference promotes social study and collaboration
18 November 2010
A new book argues that with the growth of the digital and interactive worlds, designers are moving away from simply being creators of material products to becoming a new breed of anthropologist - studying human relations, rituals and habits to develop inspiration for designs.
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Design Wales innovation report is accepted for review by Welsh Assembly petitions committee
18 November 2010
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Gringo groomers
18 November 2010
Leveraging its creativity could help Mexico escape the economic shadow cast by the US, but can UK consultancies such as Lambie-Nairn - about to open an office in the nation’s capital - help it realise that goal? Emily Gosling reports
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A logo should be versatile enough to be a blank canvas
18 November 2010
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Best of the Web
18 November 2010
http://designyoutrust.comStruggling for inspiration? Or trying to get your work out there? Then take a look at this hourly updated blog and community from Design You Trust. The site is rich with design news, trends and events. It includes portfolios from new talent including photographers, architects, illustrators and videos hand-picked from across the globe.
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Cité de la photo
18 November 2010
Source: Courtesy of Flatland Gallery Ruud Van Empel, Generation, 2010
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COI head of creative services takes redundancy as organisation awaits its fate
Wed, 17 Nov 2010
Fanny Sigler, head of creative services at the Central Office of Information, has taken voluntary redundancy as the organisation anticipates a decision on its future, Design Week understands.
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Design anthropology
18 November 2010
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Electric shift
18 November 2010
Vehicles powered by electricity provide an opportunity for a complete rethink of car design, as well as a host of environmental benefits. So why are people so reluctant to embrace this potentially transformative innovation? asks John Stones
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Fallon rebrands Radio 4 series The Archers
Wed, 17 Nov 2010
Fallon has created a new identity for BBC Radio 4 programme The Archers, ahead of its 60th anniversary next year.
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Fold 7 creates identity for paediatrics body
18 November 2010
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Form turns the corner with new identity for music management company Popular
18 November 2010
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Four legs bad, six legs good for Highland Fine Cheeses
18 November 2010
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Free forms
18 November 2010
With hand-drawn type comes the ultimate in freedom - your fonts can take any shape you like and achieve that perfect fit with a particular product. Emily Pacey investigates a thriving scene where designers are having fun with letter shapes
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Graphic Alliance creates website for Vivienne Westwood
Wed, 17 Nov 2010
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I'm sorry, but design really is a boys' club
18 November 2010
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Inspired
18 November 2010
Henry Brook Digit
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Intellectual property law shake-up welcomed
Wed, 17 Nov 2010
Dids Macdonald
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Just browsing
18 November 2010
Deep has created new branding for eyebrow threading salon the Shavata Brown Studio, which has concessions in Harrods, Harvey Nichols and House of Fraser stores. Deep has used illustrations by Christina K and has also worked on the branding for sister studio Lash Lounge by Shavata.
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Let's explore alternative routes to finding work at this time of cutbacks
18 November 2010
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News In Pictures
18 November 2010
Laura Carlin has created illustrations for a new edition of Ted Hughes’ book The Iron Man, published by Walker Books with Faber & Faber.
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News in pictures
18 November 2010
Reiko Kaneko has designed the Petal range of bone china sauce plates.
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Profile: m-four
18 November 2010
Manchester City Council’s in-house design group ups the ante for public-sector creativity - with a bit of help from Peter Saville. Scott Billings talks to creative director Ian Smith about creating campaigns that have a real impact on people’s live
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Purest kind of fear
18 November 2010
You can’t hide behind slick layouts and zany typefaces when you’re addressing an audience - content is all. There’s nothing like it for making you clarify your ideas, says Jim Davies
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Sir Terence Conran named Royal Designer for Industry
Wed, 17 Nov 2010
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Spencer du Bois spells out new look for charity Merlin
18 November 2010
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Tell me what Birmingham is - and create a brand for it
18 November 2010
In response to your Voxpop question last week about which city needs to be rebranded (DW 11 November), it has to be Birmingham.
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The Sorrell Foundation's Saturday Club is a fine idea
18 November 2010
I couldn’t agree more (Editor’s blog, www.designweek.co.uk, 12 November). Drawing and making are essential to the initial stages of any design project. There is no better way to quickly generate ideas than by using a pencil and paper. The speed and freedom of the process generates ideas that would never otherwise see the light of day. Ideas beget ideas beget ideas. I couldn’t imagine starting a project any other way.
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Try shoreditch for fun and unpredictability
18 November 2010
In the first of our series of retail insights, Julie Oxberry finds plenty of inspiration in Redchurch Street in London’s East End
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Voxpop
18 November 2010
Wayne Rooney has been sent to Niketown in the US as he attempts to recover his form. Where would you send a creative to recharge their batteries?
