Design Week
19 February 2009
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...because a little hardship can make you a better creative
19 February 2009
You don't need to believe that there are too many design students, or that the job of consultancies is now to cut headcount, to agree that designers need all the real world experience they can get. So when Ian Cochrane says 'if you want to design restaurants, it is good to have worked in one or two', he is right (News in Depth, DW 27 January). The outstanding feature of design education today is its corruption by unworldly sustainababble, in which the redesign of a kettle to lower ...
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2012 work continues for designers
19 February 2009
As plans for the physical legacy of the London 2012 Olympics go in front of the public, organisers are also promising a cultural legacy from the games, and say opportunities for designers will continue.Last week London Mayor Boris Johnson, Communities Secretary Hazel Blears and Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell unveiled plans for the legacy of the Olympic Park after 2012.The proposals for the site, in Stratford in east London, drawn up by architects Allies and Morrison, EDAW ...
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A new wave of start-ups is turning the recession into an opportunity
19 February 2009
A new wave of agile and market-aware start-ups, keen to target challenger brands, is turning the recession into an opportunity, says Gina Lovett
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A visionary who believes in design and education
19 February 2009
I am delighted that Sir James Dyson has made the extraordinarily generous and visionary decision to support the future of design education at the Royal College of Art by funding its new campus. His landmark gift will ensure that young designers will continue to push the boundaries of innovation. Over the past ten years, the creative sector has grown at twice the rate of the overall economy. Support for art and design education will fuel our economic recovery. It is no coincidence ...
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Bath Festivals gets Steers McGillan look
19 February 2009
Bath-based consultancy Steers McGillan has created a new identity for Bath Festivals.The identity is set to launch at the start of the Bath Literature Festival, which opens on 28 February.Juliet Simpson, marketing manager for Bath Festivals, says SM was appointed following a pitch last summer, for which it was recommended due to its work with the Wiltshire Music Centre. Bath Festivals organises the city's literature and music festivals, as well as a year-round education ...
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Bisset Adams works on £1.5m Northolt Library project
19 February 2009
Architect and design consultancy Bisset Adams is undertaking a £1.5m radical redesign of Northolt Library in west London, due to complete in August.Ealing Council appointed Bisset Adams in February 2008 through project manager Babcock SGI. The group was appointed on the strength of its previous work with Babcock, on Ealing's Central and Northfields libraries, completed in 2008 and 2007 respectively.The 'aspirational' brief, as Bisset Adams head of interiors Adam Strudwick ...
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Brand valuation is an utterly meaningless process, says Wally Olins
19 February 2009
Brand valuation is an utterly meaningless process, argues Wally Olins, as brands have no objective value and their fortunes can change as quickly as the whims of fashion. Moreover, none of us stand a chance of predicting the future
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Branding should be about more than making a quick buck
19 February 2009
It’s hard not to agree with much of what Adrian Shaughnessy says about businesses thinking they can ‘brand’ their way to success.
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Consultancy Studio Dempsey creates materials for the British Psychoanalytic Council
19 February 2009
Consultancy Studio Dempsey has created the event and print materials for this year's British Psychoanalytic Council annual conference, entitled Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Now. The event, which will be held on 6-7 June in London, will bring together bodies from around the UK to discuss the future of psychoanalysis.
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Crowning glory
19 February 2009
A Baroque garden at dusk, edged with box hedges, dotted with sculptures, and a magical feeling in the air: this is not the latest showpiece of a keen horticulturalist, but a new exhibition at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum, its first dedicated show on
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Greenhorn blues
19 February 2009
Getting into design is extra hard right now, but don’t despair – nothing’s a waste of time if you learn from it. Former Boiler Man Jim Davies shares his experience
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Inspired
19 February 2009
I have always been fascinated by the logic behind things. I like abstracting ideas, I am inspired by transversality, going from the particular to the general. I am inspired by the concept behind an object. For example, the final shape, although clearly very important, is not my starting point.We take the same approach at Foscarini when we are looking for a new project: all-round observation, then research and experimentation in a multitude of different directions with no conceptual ...
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It's never been easy getting a design job, so don't give up...
19 February 2009
I felt conflicted when faced with Ian Cochrane's comments (News in Depth, DW 27 January) regarding students giving up on design careers before they've even begun. I sympathise with his views. I was lucky to squeeze into a role before the recession rolled into town, and I worry about young designers, barely three years behind me, being left out in the cold. Let's face it, doing a design degree puts most of your eggs in one competitive basket. Not everyone is going to win the game ...
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Music exam board given new identity
19 February 2009
300million and Jane Wentworth Associates have created the new identity for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, which will now be referred to as ABRSM.300million director Nigel Davies says the consultancies were appointed following a pitch in December 2006.The logo references the royal crest in the previous marque, while also containing a musical stave turned 90 degrees.The identity is being rolled out prior to the body's 120th anniversary in July, ...
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News in Pictures
19 February 2009
A World War II U-Boat, one of only four remaining in the world, is the centrepiece of The U-Boat Story, a new tourist attraction at Liverpool Docks, with exhibition design by Real Studios, graphics by Philip Simpson Design, and an exhibition centre by architect Jefferson Sheard.
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News in Pictures
19 February 2009
Belfast Consultancy Hamill Bosket has created the new branding for Northern Irish bakery Irwin's, which is set to launch next month.
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Overweight packaging a 'major concern', says WRAP
19 February 2009
Slashing packaging weights will be the major concern for designers and brands looking for ways to marry effective pack design with sustainability, say packaging experts.The warning coincides with findings this week of a Local Government Association study that exposed Waitrose as the UK supermarket with the heaviest packaging (see www.designweek.co.uk, 17 February). Waste & Resources Action Programme senior packaging technologist Haulwen Nicholas says, 'Designers should be looking ...
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Paper catwalk
19 February 2009
Karl Lagerfeld demonstrated his love of paper in his latest Chanel Haute Couture collection, with 7000 handmade paper flowers adorning the show. But paper plays a part in many fashion houses, says Anna Richardson, in the form of the seasonal look book
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Profile
19 February 2009
El Salvador rarely figures on the global design scene, but Due is set to raise the Latin American nation’s profile with a new seating collection. Clare Dowdy talks to its two founders about broadening their horizons
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Sanitary ware is experiencing a period of rapid product development
19 February 2009
The housing market may be going down the pan, but sanitary ware is experiencing a period of rapid product development, thanks to demand from the healthcare sector and increasingly stringent conservation regulations. Clare Dowdy reports
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Seymour Powell creates new branding for Goldshield
19 February 2009
Seymour Powell has created new branding and packaging for vitamin and mineral brand Goldshield. A spokeswoman for the consultancy said Goldshield was one of the first projects it had worked on with Loewy Group stablemate Loewy Brands & Packaging, prior to last month's merger between the two consultancies.
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The stage is set for Cornwall to prosper as a Dott region
19 February 2009
It will be no surprise to those who have been following the Designs of the Time saga that Cornwall is to be the focus for Dott in 2010. The West Country county has long been tipped as the next region to benefit from the Design Council's
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There's method in our madness
19 February 2009
A downturn is the worst time to launch a new business, right? Wrong, says Dave Allen. He’s done it twice, so he should know
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Trevor Moss collaborates with De Montfort University's Design Unit
19 February 2009
Leicestershire-based manufacturer Trevor Moss has collaborated with De Montfort University's Design Unit to create the Bagrak, a device that fits into car boots to secure bags in an upright position. Moss came up with the concept 25 years ago, before responding in 2007 to a flier from the Design Unit offering product design assistance. The Design Unit designed and prototyped the Bagrak, while Moss is manufacturing it.
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Videogame culture celebrated at Urbis
19 February 2009
British videogaming culture is the subject of a new interactive exhibition, Videogame Nation, at Manchester's Urbis centre this summer, designed by Axis Graphic Design.Urbis appointed the Manchester-based exhibition and graphics group to design and brand the show two weeks ago, on the strength of its previous work with the gallery.Axis created Urbis' current exhibition, Black Panther/ Emory Douglas & The Art of Revolution.'Videogame Nation is going to be utterly ...
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Voxpop
19 February 2009
What should happen to the digital artworks that were supposed to go on display in The Public gallery, West Bromwich, which has closed before it was even open?
