Design Week
19 April 2007
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2007 Roses Advertising Awards
19 April 2007
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A Miller's tales
19 April 2007
The classic covers of Penguin paperbacks - originally created to bring culture to the working class - are being transformed by painter and writer Harland Miller into something just as subversive as the books once were, as Yolanda Zappaterra discovers
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Airwaves graphics
19 April 2007
Graphic design on the radio is a contradiction in terms, but Jim Davies finds Radio Shaughnessy rather illuminating, as it's adding humanity to iconic pieces
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Alan Yau calls in architect for London eaterie interiors task
19 April 2007
Restaurateur Alan Yau's forthcoming Japanese restaurant Cha Cha No Hana in London's St James's Street is set to open in September, following apparent changes to the design team.
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All Tomorrow's Pictures
19 April 2007
All Tomorrow's Pictures, a collaboration between the ICA and Sony Ericsson, runs at the ICA's gallery in London.
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Being Beauteous
19 April 2007
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Beyond the Troubles
19 April 2007
There are great opportunities for designers in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland right now. Sarah Woods checks out the local scene
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Boxer rebrand for Birmingham venues
19 April 2007
Birmingham Town Hall is set to unveil its £35m renovation later this year, along with a fresh brand identity by design consultancy Boxer for itself and sister venue Symphony Hall.Designed by Rodney Melville and Partners and architect Urban Design, the Grade I-listed town hall will open in October. Both venues will present a programme of more than 600 concerts and events each year.Boxer was appointed to create the brand identity following a five-way pitch. According to group ...
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British manufacturers should take more note of UK talent
19 April 2007
Remember the Cool Britannia of ten years ago when Tony Blair was in the ascendancy as Prime Minister and all eyes were on London as a global centre for design?You will be pleased to know that the seeds sown then have taken root and, if last week's Milan furniture fair is anything to go by, British designers are well established on the international circuit.London-based Ron Arad has long been a star in Milan - and his stunningly innovative chairs and sculptures once more ...
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Cheltenham Illustration Awards
19 April 2007
Artist and illustrator Dave McKean is to open the inaugural Cheltenham Illustration Awards at the University of Gloucestershire's Pittville Studios on 10 May. The event coincides with a retrospective of McKean's work.
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Confused.com
19 April 2007
Insurance search engine Confused.com has launched a website, designed by Cardiff-based design consultancy Stills. The website aims to help the company 'maintain its competitive edge, cater for its new services and add to its user experience'.
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Conservation chic
19 April 2007
Respecting the character of buildings when redeveloping them as exhibition spaces can be a recipe for success. Lydia Fulton looks at three London galleries where the spirit of preservation is alive and well
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Costa shops a success for Abbey repositioning
19 April 2007
I'm surprised that a such a forward-thinking, design-focused publication should suggest that Abbey's innovation in introducing coffee shops was 'a step too far'
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Designers must act together on climate change awareness
19 April 2007
I feel that climate change is a pressing global problem and not just a marketing ploy, and I hope to encourage others in the design sector to boost awareness of the issue. In response to Sarah Woods' article on the Nesta Report, I agree that the design industry is facing a slump, and think that one of the reasons may be the amount of media attention given to sustainability and global warming, telling us what we should be doing and how we should be doing it. This approach is surely ...
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Ditch the pitches, OK, but where's the proof?
19 April 2007
As a business development consultant working with creative groups, I attended a recent 'win without pitching' lecture - by Blair Enns - with an open mind. Enns' talk was engaging, his theories prompted some challenging questions from reputable groups in the audience, and I left wondering how I can take something from this lecture for the benefit of groups I work with. So, was I actually convinced by all this theory, or left still searching for answers to the free-pitch conundrum? ...
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Edward McKnight Kauffer
19 April 2007
A book of British graphic designer Edward McKnight Kauffer's work, compiled by Brian Webb and Peyton Skipwith, features more than 150 illustrations of his advertising graphics from the 1920s and 1930s for brands including Shell, the London Underground and the Post Office. Published by the Antique Collectors Club, the cover of E McKnight Kauffer/ Design features one of the designer's 1931 letter headings. It will retail at £12.50.
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Enterprise IG
19 April 2007
Enterprise IG has appointed Crispin Jameson to the newly created role of worldwide chief strategy officer
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Factory aims high with 'dolly trolley' project
19 April 2007
Factory Design has created an innovative airline trolley using Hybrix, a lightweight, ultra-thin steel material developed by Volvo spin-off company Lamera.
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Formidastic student design competition sparks ethics debate
19 April 2007
A student and graduate design competition organised by Dutch company Formidastic in conjunction with sports brand Asics (pictured) has reignited the debate about the ethics of competitions in the design industry.Formidastic specialises in the conception and organisation of competitions aimed at design students, recent graduates and emerging designers. It is organising an unpaid competition - Fill the Box - to design a pair of Asics-branded trainers. The designer behind the winning ...
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Free for all
19 April 2007
Photo-sharing websites such as Flickr and the abundance of images freely available on the Web are transforming the way photographs are sourced. Oliver Bennett considers the implications of the rapidly blurring boundaries between the amateur and profession
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Glad conference targets academics and policy-makers
19 April 2007
The annual conference organised by the Group for Learning in Art and Design is drawing up a set of blueprint papers and recommendations aimed at policy-makers and practitioners working in art and design education.The papers will be published in 2008 in what the conference organisers hope will be a 'seminal' book entitled The Student Experience in Art and Design Higher Education: Drivers for Change.The aim of the conference, according to Linda Drew, Dean of academic development ...
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Global Food Funatics
19 April 2007
Frozen food company Global Food Funatics launches with a corporate identity called 'skateboarding ginger', courtesy of Wren & Wroe Brand Design. The character is one of several designed by the agency to help Global Food Funatics roll out their range of products this summer.
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has launched a website
19 April 2007
London furniture store Talisman has launched a website, www.talismanlondon.com, designed in-house.
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Inspired
19 April 2007
The Inspired section started an interesting discussion among us - four different people, four different approaches.
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Inspired
19 April 2007
It's noon on Friday 30 March and I'm sitting with 300 business leaders in a historic railway building listening to Prime Minister Tony Blair at the seventh of his legacy tour lectures. Organised by the Work Foundation, it's about the future of work.The dialogue is dramatic. We're hanging on every one of what could be some of the Prime Minister's last words. He is asked the question, 'What hope is there for a man in his fifties who is about to change his career?' We laugh, but the ...
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Invensys Rail Group
19 April 2007
Gyro International has completed a review and repositioning of the Invensys Rail Group brand, reflecting its growing opportunities in global markets. The integrated group has been appointed lead consultancy for the business.
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It's all a matter of priorities
19 April 2007
The best designs may win awards, but they are no guarantee of success. Putting business needs ahead of creative considerations is much more important, says Glenn Taylor
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John Csáky, leading figure in UK visitor attraction design
19 April 2007
With the recent, tragic death of John Csáky at the age of 61, we have lost one of the world's leading figures in museum and exhibition design. John was that rare person among successful designers: someone who was not just persuasive with clients, but also deeply cerebral and highly practical. A silver medallist at the Royal College of Art, he showed great internationalism and versatility - from lighting the Isle of Wight Music Festival in 1970 through to designing a theme park ...
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Less is more
19 April 2007
Hans Schleger was a pioneer of graphic design and corporate identity, putting Surrealist ideas at the heart of commercial executions, argues David Bernstein
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LMC gives Nestlé's Munch Bunch a 'healthy' makeover
19 April 2007
Nestlé's children's dairy brand Munch Bunch is to relaunch this week, with positioning, characters and packaging created by LMC Design. The move is believed to be part of Nestlé's plans to extend the range beyond dairy products.According to LMC Design design director Peter Young, the group was briefed to reposition the brand as 'healthy fun' and to create a solution that would ultimately enable the brand to expand.'Rather than the characters being simply fruit, we've created ...
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Lucky Voice
19 April 2007
Digit has been appointed to revamp the on-line experience for Lucky Voice, London's private-room karaoke club. The site, which relaunches in June, will include playlists and discussion forums for song choices, and will also enable guests to upload images and content after a visit.
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Minimalist oasis
19 April 2007
Few things can be more pleasurable than kicking off your shoes and slowly padding through a calm, dimly lit space after you've braved the endless aisles of the Milan furniture fair. For those who strayed into the city's Triennale arts centre last week the Tsunagu 'model home' installation by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma therefore came as a rare treat. Working with developer Mitsui Fudosan Residential, Kuma's concept for Tsunagu - meaning 'connect' - creates connections between spaces ...
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Monochrome chroniclers
19 April 2007
Never mind Flickr, when it comes to the crunch the finest photography is still reliant on the alchemy of the darkroom. Ilford Photo is taking an opportunity to promote the importance of the developing process, with a display of seminal, black-and-white photographs that chart 150 years of this craft. Powerful, contemporary documentary work sits alongside historic cityscapes from the 19th century, and further examples chart the 20th-century proliferation of the photographic image, through ...
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Mr Men
19 April 2007
Reworked versions of illustrator Roger Hargreave's classic Mr Men characters are to appear in a new television series on Five. The characters, which are being redesigned by American animation studio Renegade, will be put into comedy sketches rather than simply retelling the stories from the original books.
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N1 Creative
19 April 2007
Brand communications consultancy N1 Creative has appointed Jilly Cross as business development director. Cross was previously business development manager at Toast Marketing.
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News in Pictures
19 April 2007
Italian lighting manufacturer Foscarini unveils its latest product line-up at the Milan furniture fair this week, including Wagashi, a design by Luca Nichetto and Massimo Gardone
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News in Pictures
19 April 2007
Enterprise IG has developed a new brand identity for the International Business Leaders Forum.
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Omagh arts centre set to open with Mitchell Kane identity
19 April 2007
Strule Arts Centre, a contemporary facility in Omagh in Northern Ireland, is set to open this summer as part of a wider improvement scheme in the area, with a brand image and corporate identity by Belfast-based consultancy Mitchell Kane Associates.Owned and operated by Omagh District Council, the facility aims to regenerate tourism, leisure and cultural activity in the district, while promoting arts accessibility.Designed by architect Kennedy Fitzgerald, the centre will ...
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Profile: John Maeda
19 April 2007
John Maeda wanted to communicate more effectively with his clients, so he decided to go back to college. That experience led him to rediscover a 'simple philosophy', a message that he is keen to spread, as he tells Liz Farrelly
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Profile: Kam Tang
19 April 2007
Kam Tang has produced graphic work for clients ranging from Sony and Nike to The Chemical Brothers and Gnarls Barkley. Paula Carson meets the illustrator as he moves from book covers to a personal book project
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Pure Equator freshens up Fresh for Oz chef
19 April 2007
Leading Australian chef and restaurateur Neil Perry is to unveil a visual identity and packaging for his Fresh range of dressings and condiments, with design by Nottingham consultancy Pure Equator. The range, which will roll out across supermarkets in Australia over the next few weeks, includes sauces, mayonnaise, salad dressings and marinades.Following its appointment without a pitch six months ago, Pure Equator was briefed to create something 'different and innovative' for this ...
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Seymour Powell creates computer mouse for Saitek
19 April 2007
Seymour Powell has unveiled its latest product design, a computer mouse for computing accessories company Saitek.The design marks a major change of direction for Saitek into the premium market for computing products, according to the consultancy.Named Obsidian after the black glass produced by volcanoes, the design of the mouse aims to recreate the feeling of a sea-washed stone held in the palm of a hand. It has an optical sensor and six function buttons, and follows Saitek's ...
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Sonic power
19 April 2007
Ross Lovegrove's latest project has caused a stir in Milan. Clive Grinyer applauds a British company that turned to the international designer to create an ultra high-quality pair of speakers - and they look formidable too
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Streamlining old insignia
19 April 2007
Rebrands are often seen as a luxury in the public sector, but an identity overhaul can do much to reinforce a change of focus, says Gina Lovett
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Thinking inclusively will pay off in the long term
19 April 2007
In response to your Voxpop item on the Design Business Association 24 Hour Inclusive Design Challenge,
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Third Eye Design
19 April 2007
Third Eye Design has created a commemorative book for architect RMJM showcasing its portfolio, including the Gazprom headquarters project in St Petersburg and the Beijing Olympic Conference Centre.
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This Water
19 April 2007
Innocent has rebranded its Juicy Water range and renamed it This Water, working with Pearlfisher. The decision to rebrand follows Innocent's decision to focus on 'nothing but nothing but fruit' in its core range of smoothies, which gave the company the opportunity to create a standalone brand for its Juicy Waters products. This Water will be available in supermarkets and other retailers nationally from 7 May.
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Transport Lamp
19 April 2007
London designer Daniel Fosbery has created the Transport Lamp, which uses genuine bus parts and a hand-stitched shade. The 'stop' button switches the lamp on and off. The design was commissioned for the London Transport Museum's new souvenir shop in Covent Garden, which opened on 30 March (DW 21 March).
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UK furniture company...
19 April 2007
UK furniture company SCP deviated from its cool, 'contemporary English' lines at last week's Milan furniture fair, showing the colourful Motley deep-buttoned, hand-knitted wool-upholstered footstool created by textile designer Donna Wilson. Inspired by the classic Chesterfield sofa, the stool will be available in four colourways.
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UK Payments Council
19 April 2007
Soukias Jones Design has created a corporate identity for the UK Payments Council, a strategic body for the payments industry announced last November. The consultancy developed the organisation's name and visual identity, which has been rolled out across stationery, literature and a website.
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Voxpop
19 April 2007
Next Friday is 'World Graphics Day', or so says the International Council of Graphic Design Associations. Can a global day in celebration of graphic design work, and how would you honour it?I'm ...
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Xsite Architecture
19 April 2007
Newcastle-based Xsite Architecture has been appointed to design the Dott07 festival in October. The festival exhibition will bring together projects from the Dott programme, which is running in the region throughout the year.
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Your Game 2007
19 April 2007
The BBC and the Football Foundation launch Your Game 2007 this week, a series of ten festivals of football, music and street culture for 16- to 25-year-olds, with identity, branding and promotional materials designed by Studio Output
