Design Week
18 October 2007
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A call to arms
18 October 2007
Internet blogs and hacking may now rival posters as means for popular protest, but designers are still using their graphic arsenals to expose injustice in the political and commercial world, argues Yolanda Zappaterra
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Airwick design rights ruling could lead to further appeal
18 October 2007
A trademark lawyer has condemned a design rights ruling made last week by the Court of Appeal, saying it is ‘bad news for designers’, despite it being met with enthusiasm from Anti Copying in Design.
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Ammunition rebrands ICSTIS
18 October 2007
Ammunition has rebranded premium phone rate regulator ICSTIS as Phonepay Plus. The regulator described its previous name and identity as a 'barrier' to recognition of its functions.
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Architecture festival to welcome designers
18 October 2007
For the first time, designers and design consultancies are to get the chance to take part in the London Festival of Architecture, which takes place next summer for one month.
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Are D&AD winners all that they pretend to be?
18 October 2007
I've just received my 2007 D&AD Annual - and lovely it is too. However, I have noticed a couple of entries that raised an eyebrow.
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Briggs Hillier Design
18 October 2007
Briggs Hillier Design has devised a store concept and visual identity for menswear retailer Ministry, for its store at Westfields Shopping Centre.
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Control quality to restore faith
18 October 2007
The design industry needs an accreditation scheme with high standards if it is to improve output and reassure clients, argues Michael Peters
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Design budgets will be cut as consumers reduce spending
18 October 2007
In response to last week's Voxpop (DW 18 October), which asked: what implications are there for design consultancy businesses as a result of the measures announced in the Chancellor's Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review, I would say the following: the Chancellor provided implicit confirmation that consumer spending is likely to decline as money becomes more scarce and taxes on the consumer rise (air travel, Council Tax and so on) so budgets for redesign projects are likely ...
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Design's impact on the economy must be classified
18 October 2007
Your Voxpop two weeks ago asked why it is a problem that design is not classified by the Government as a standalone industry (DW 11 October). Design is vital to innovation and the UK's productivity. It is essential that we capture this impact. Statistical classifications ...
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Diversity is the key to competing in a global marketAre D&AD winners all that they pretend to be?
18 October 2007
On 1 October the Design Council and the Design Business Association hosted a panel discussion called 'Buying and Selling for a Global Industry'. Topics of discussion included international competition and what UK designers are doing about it, as well as the tactics being used to win overseas business. The audience was asked to vote on six questions; the outcome epitomised the industry. The ballot showed a split in experiences when it comes to selling UK design overseas. Sceptics ...
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Growing pains
18 October 2007
India's enviable economic growth is fostering a burgeoning design scene, but can the country's infrastructure develop quickly enough to support it and will this new industry manage to retain links with the nation's past? David Kester finds out
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Heathrow - a terminal diagnosis
18 October 2007
The Competition Commission's verdict on BAA's profit margins means some design groups could be left out in the cold, says Emily Pacey
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Ian Macleod Distillers
18 October 2007
Ian Macleod Distillers is launching a new whisky for the travel retail market called Smokehead Extra Rare, with packaging design by Navyblue. The whisky is positioned as an exclusive and premium luxury product, and launches at the Tax Free World Association in Cannes this week. Navyblue's design follows on from its work for sister brand Smokehead Islay Single Malt, and uses aluminium outer packaging and a collection of wooden poster typography.
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Inspired - Greg Quinton, The Partners
18 October 2007
My name is Greg and I'm a shopaholic.There, I have said it. That's the hardest part apparently. Of course, I love all the usual things: art, magazines, music. But, it's when those skills combine to create shops that I really get excited.Why? Well, I could blame my mother of course, one of my earliest memories was a black-and-gold exotic peacock-feather-filled magical kingdom I later discovered was BIBA. In reality it's because nowhere else exposes you to more ideas per ...
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Kraft Foods
18 October 2007
Kraft Foods has appointed One Voice to design packaging for the Father's Day edition of the Toblerone Fruit and Nut bar. One Voice won the task after a two-way creative pitch.
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Manners maketh matter
18 October 2007
Mission statements and brand values are all very well, but first let us have some character, some personality and some manners, pleads David Bernstein
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Middlesbrough gives lie to its reputation at Dott 07
18 October 2007
Middlesbrough, the city billed as the worst place to live in the UK by Channel 4's Location Location Location, looks set to become a shining example of urban sustainability.Projects originating from the North East's most populous town scooped three out of a possible four awards at Designs of the Time 07's Creative Community Awards.The awards were set up to reward the most successful of the projects, which involved more than 70 schools and 1000 people in the North East.The ...
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News in pictures
18 October 2007
Publishing stalwart John R Murray has written and art directed London Above Eye Level: Glimpses of the Unexpected, a photographic search for the ‘overlooked’. Designed by his son Octavius Murray of Cog Design, the book catalo gues the architectural treasures that adorn the rooftops of the capital. Murray senior spent six years compiling the pocket paperback. The finished collection will be published on 22 November by Frances Lincoln, priced £9.99.
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Ortak
18 October 2007
Orkneys-based jeweller Ortak has engaged brand and interiors group 442 Design to create a new store - its fourth - based at Edinburgh's Ocean terminal.
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Planet Earth revisited
18 October 2007
The song A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall was written by Bob Dylan during the Cuban Missile Crisis, as the world faced the threat of nuclear fallout. How universal its lyrics remain is rendered clearly by Hard Rain, a campaigning photographic project led by British photographer Mark Edwards to expose and address the threats of climate change. In this book, Edwards creates a photo essay, borrowing the lines of Dylan's song as its narrative, selecting images - from his agency Still Pictures ...
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Plans to sell the BBC's Wood Lane headquarters are being mooted
18 October 2007
While plans to sell the BBC's Wood Lane headquarters in London are being mooted, its new Scottish Pacific Quay site in Glasgow has been officially opened and celebrated with a brochure, designed by Scottish consultancy D8. The work aims to highlight the building's use of space, its facilities and technical capabilities.
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Portland Design pays tribute to its environmental graphic designer Jo Moore
18 October 2007
Portland Design has paid tribute to its environmental graphic designer Jo Moore, who died earlier this month, aged 33, following an accident. After studying at Central St Martins College of Art and Design, she started her career at Fitch, before joining Portland in 2003. 'Jo will be sadly missed by her colleagues. Her integrity, selfless nature and compassion contributed to her reputation. Clients including English Heritage and Land Management have paid tribute to an enchanting young lady, ...
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Profile
18 October 2007
The iconic figure of Ivan Chermayeff is still going strong well into his 70s, and has won every accolade worth having. Mike Dempsey reflects on the work of this veteran, and very individual, graphic designer
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Sainsbury’s cleans up with Parker Williams
18 October 2007
Sainsbury’s will this week launch a new environmental range of household cleaning products called Cleanhome, with branding and packaging by Parker Williams.
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Screen branding group Dunning Eley Jones
18 October 2007
Screen branding group Dunning Eley Jones has reworked French satellite channel Serie Club's logo, refreshing its menus and navigation, as well as creating a series of idents, in an attempt to modernise its image. It broadcasts fictional drama series including The West Wing, Stargate and Rome. Dunning Eley Jones won a five-way pitch to take the project. 'The idents show brief journeys portrayed through emotional scenes, and offer glimpses of stories and characters,' says Marcus Jones, creative ..
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Stock options
18 October 2007
Paper production is becoming ever more commodified, but there is still a vast choice of stock available to designers, and more should be specifying papers to suit each brief, says Daniel Mason
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The Building Centre bags a fresh new face
18 October 2007
The Building Centre, a built environment services centre in London, is relaunching with a fresh look this week, designed by ex-Pentagram partner Fernando Gutiérrez. The ‘independent forum and service provider’, which houses New London Architecture and the Sustainable Buildings Trust, as well as a number of architects and construction organisations, has been overhauled in a bid to strengthen its credentials as a planning, design and technology resource for those working in the built ...
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The role of design is set to grow as barriers disappear
18 October 2007
There has been a significant shift in the way design operates. Once, it might have been solely about creating icons - kettles, trains, posters, buildings and so on. Now it has a more subtle role to play as an enabler and communicator.The Designs of the Time initiative in the North ...
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The Royal College of Art
18 October 2007
The Royal College of Art has raised £7.2m for a second campus by auctioning its Francis Bacon painting Study from the Human Body, Man Turning on the Light. The campus will house its fine and applied art faculties at Battersea, and provide a base for start-ups in art and design.
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Tilemaker Bisazza
18 October 2007
Tilemaker Bisazza is opening its second US store, in Beverly Hills. The shop is designed by architect Carlo Dal Bianco and an in-house design team.
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UK will need better skills to retain edge, says Treasury committee
18 October 2007
High-level skills in all sectors will have to be developed if the UK economy is to retain a competitive edge against emerging economies like China and India, according to a report published this week by the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee.
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Voxpop
18 October 2007
Installations shown at the London Design Festival, created by Zaha Hadid and Amanda Levete, have this week sold for six-figure sums at auction, with Hadid's work fetching a top price of £311 200.
