Design Week
19 August 2010
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...Or aluminium Coke when it comes to nurturing desire
19 August 2010
I have two favourite packaging designs (Voxpop, DW 12 August), and they sit on my desk as a reminder of why design creates the future.One is the aluminium Coke bottles by Turner Duckworth, as they show how design can nurture iconic brand desire. And the other is the Help remedies in New York, which show how design can challenge conventional perceptions, by Chapps Malina.Jonathan Ford, Creative Partner, Pearlfisher, by e-mail
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The Art Directors Club has announced its 2010 line-up of hall of fame laureates
19 August 2010
The Art Directors Club has announced its 2010 line-up of hall of fame laureates, which this year includes typographer Matthew Carter (pictured) and illustrator Christoph Nieman.
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Adrian Shaughnessy set to teach at RCA
19 August 2010
Designer Adrian Shaughnessy has accepted an invitation from Neville Brody to become a visiting tutor at the Royal College of Art in London.
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AKQA and Wieden & Kennedy have created the I Am The Rules campaign
19 August 2010
AKQA and Wieden & Kennedy have created the I Am The Rules campaign - for Nike and Foot Locker’s new Air Max 90 shoe - which they describe as ’a celebration of colour… and a rejection of convention’.
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Art director's choice
Mon, 23 Aug 2010
For many designers of my generation, my introduction to graphic design was presented through vinyl record sleeve artwork – and namely hip hop releases. From early Cey Adams and Haze creations for Def Jam records, through to Ben Drury’s inspiring artwork and packaging for Mo Wax, I was always inspired by the 12” x 12” medium for art that the cover provided.
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Artworklove creates branding for music festival Alpenglow
19 August 2010
Artworklove has created the branding for new improvised music festival Alpenglow, which will be held in London’s Dalston in September.
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Baigent Digital unlocks branding potential of Prison Reform Trust while working on website update
19 August 2010
Baigent Digital has rebranded the Prison Reform Trust and is currently working on a website for the charity.
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Best of the Web
19 August 2010
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Campus guide
19 August 2010
The District has created an introduction booklet for University Campus Suffolk. The booklet, which will be seen from the beginning of next week, communicates the university’s ethos and strategy to a range of different stakeholders. The typography has ’a fun element, but without dumbing down what the university is about’, says The District creative partner Alun Shooter.
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Cyber dynamics
19 August 2010
Next month in London sees the second annual festival organised by digital arts organisation Alpha-ville, on the theme of cities of the future. Anna Richardson takes a sneak preview of some of the work that will be on show
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Dimitri Warner has won Ercol's inaugural design competition
19 August 2010
British designer Dimitri Warner has won Ercol’s inaugural design competition with his Messina seating range, which has been designed for comfort. It will now go into production.
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Echo Brand Design unveils structural packaging for Danone baby formula milk
19 August 2010
Echo Brand Design is creating structural packaging for Dumex, Danone’s baby formula milk brand which is sold in Asia.
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Flagships shape up
19 August 2010
Flagship stores are popping up across London’s West End as major property developments come on stream and global brands jostle for retail presence, and this can only be good news for designers. Emily Pacey investigates
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Inspired: Jonathan Butters - Butters Innovation
19 August 2010
For me, inspiration comes from many sources. What makes inspiration useful is the process that enables human creativity to be focused and directed towards an end goal when there is no road map or prior knowledge.
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Life on wheels
Mon, 23 Aug 2010
Perfect for the extravagant festival-goer, or the spouse often banished to the sofa after a row, Cornelius Comanns’ Bufalino tricycle is a miniature home on wheels.
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London Transport Museum's design department has designed Under Attack, an exhibition opening on 7 September
19 August 2010
London Transport Museum’s design department has designed Under Attack, an exhibition opening on 7 September to mark the London Blitz and the 65th anniversary of the Dresden bombings.
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Luca Csepely-Knorr has been awarded the Goldfinger Scholarship
19 August 2010
Luca Csepely-Knorr, a graduate and PhD student at the Corvinus University of Budapest, has been awarded the Goldfinger Scholarship by the Royal Institute of British Architects.
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Matt Baxter leaves 300 Million to take on new role at Together
19 August 2010
300 Million design director and partner Matt Baxter is leaving to join Together Design as creative director, after five years at the branding consultancy.
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Menagerie
Tue, 17 Aug 2010
Art and Music mash-up Menagerie invites illustrators to put pen to paper and draw artworks inspired by musical tracks for a mixtape-cum-magazine. It is the brainchild of illustrator Jake Blanchard, who chooses the tracks, sends them to the illustrators then compiles the work into the album artwork.
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Musical movement
19 August 2010
Harrison & Co has produced the new season brochure for the London Sinfonietta orchestra. The orchestra looks to Harrison & Co - its preferred design supplier - to create a different look and feel for each season. Taking inspiration from digital graphic design, the consultancy has endeavoured to create ’a vortex of movement’ so that ’the eye is forced to move around it’, says designer Rob Sollom of Harrison & Co. The brochure launches next week, and the design may be used ...
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New age of the train
19 August 2010
Britain’s rail network is a relic of a bygone era and lags behind its European counterparts, argues Jim Davies - we need to stop making do and instead let design take the strain
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News in Pictures
19 August 2010
Swedish furniture brand RVW, which consists of Malmö-based design duo Johannes Herbertsson and Jonas Nordgren, will exhibit at The Tramshed as part of the London Design Festival.
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News in Pictures
19 August 2010
Illustrator Neal Murren has created the artwork for Detroit Social Club’s upcoming single Northern Man, which is due to be released this autumn.
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News in Pictures
19 August 2010
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On the lightbox
Thu, 19 Aug 2010
How do you find that perfect image for a specific design task, be it creating a cover for a novel, designing limited-edition vodka packaging or putting together a road show of inspirational imagery for a global firm? Suzanne Hinchliffe puts a range of top image libraries to the test
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Profile: David Pearson
19 August 2010
After early success with covers for the Penguin Great Ideas series and then going it alone, this book designer is taking an even bigger plunge now and setting up a publishing firm. John Stones chats with him about the good old realm of print
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Public Zone has designed Channel 4's London 2012 Paralympics website
19 August 2010
Public Zone has designed Channel 4’s London 2012 Paralympics website, with sister consultancy Zone providing live streaming of footage in the run-up to, and during, the games.
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Rich Creative has designed a dog-walking guide for the National Trust's Clumber Park
19 August 2010
Rich Creative has designed a dog-walking guide for visitors to the National Trust’s Clumber Park, illustrating pet -friendly facilities and lakeside walks within the 1540ha park.
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The Anti Design Festival aims to shake up notions of design
19 August 2010
As details of the Anti Design Festival begin to emerge, curator Neville Brody has spoken about a collaborative 3D sound installation project between the BBC and artists Charlesworth, Lewandowski and Mann.
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The industry has always thrived on friendships – long may that continue
19 August 2010
News that Matt Baxter is leaving 300 Million to join Together Design in the autumn will come as no surprise to anyone who knows either consultancy.
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This is red hot
19 August 2010
Sometimes it is good to get back to basics - and for illustrators, the primary colours of red, yellow and blue are the most basic tools in the box.For a new rolling exhibition at St George’s in Bristol, studio Jamaica Street Artists challenged its illustrators to respond to the colour triptych - starting in September with red.
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Time to put a stop to creative confusion
19 August 2010
Marksteen Adamson argues that design consultancies should return to using job titles that reflect what creative teams actually do
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Triflow Concepts has announced its Future Talents competition
19 August 2010
Triflow Concepts has announced its Future Talents competition, calling on design students to create a bathroom or kitchen accessory. The winner will be shown at this year’s 100% Design.
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Truth has acquired a stake in Socio Design
19 August 2010
Strategic marketing consultancy Truth has acquired a stake in creative group Socio Design and entered into a partnership agreement to integrate the consultancies’ offers over the next 12 months.
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Voxpop
19 August 2010
Director Gary Hustwit is completing his design film trilogy with Urbanized. What design story do you think should be immortalised on film?
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What was Brody on about on Newsnight?
19 August 2010
I found the exchange between design writer David McCandless and graphic designer Neville Brody on the BBC’s Newsnight on 9 August infuriating (www.designweek.co.uk, 10 August).
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You can't beat the classic HP sauce bottle design...
19 August 2010
In last week’s Voxpop you asked about favourite packaging designs (DW 12 August). My favourite is the reason thatas a child I set my path in packaging design - the classic glass HP sauce bottle.
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Young at heart
19 August 2010
From mass-produced value clothing sold in supermarkets to luxury toys and upmarket hotels, there are plenty of opportunities for design to make a difference in the children’s sector, argues Clare Dowdy
