Design Week
19 June 2008
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A hard lesson to learn
19 June 2008
Passing on the wisdom gained during a successful career is rewarding, but can you really convey the spark of creativity? Jim Davies doesn’t think so
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Auto brands fail to value car interiors
19 June 2008
Interior designers need to do more to encourage car manuf - acturers to invest in their skills.
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Book publishers to roll out age guidance motifs despite protests
19 June 2008
UK publishers claim that a controversial new age guidance motif to be introduced on children's books this autumn will not interfere with jacket design.The motif is to appear on the back of books published by Random House (pictured), Hachette, Scholastic, Penguin Books and Harper Collins. In-house designers will implement guidelines created by Random House and agreed by the other publishing houses.The 8mm x 8mm black-and-white marque incorporates a number and a plus sign ...
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Bricks and clicks
19 June 2008
Take 90 architects and designers, give them hand-held digital cameras, and send them off to Cologne and Porto, Stockholm, Valencia and Bregenz to photograph the architecture. Next select the best 30 images, and the result is an exhibition that reveals as much about architectural photography as it does about architecture. The architectural and interior design practice Jestico & Whiles did just this. It has an annual study trip when its staff explore far-flung cities. Usually, they sketch ...
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Calling all Michael Peters alumni - please get in touch
19 June 2008
I am looking to complete the family tree of Michael Peters & Partners, Michael Peters Group and Identica for my forthcoming book, and I am wondering if any of my colleagues from those days, with whom I have lost touch, could e-mail their whereabouts, what
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Design celebrated at London Festival of Architecture
19 June 2008
The new-look London Festival of Architecture kicks off this week, with a raft of designrelated events throughout the capital.
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Design Skills Alliance appoints Turquoise
19 June 2008
The UK Design Skills Alliance has appointed Turquoise to develop its brand in a bid to attract much-needed funding.The Design Skills Alliance is a body formed as a collaboration between the Design Council and Creative & Cultural Skills. Over three years it is seeking £5m to secure the delivery of initiatives set out in its Design Blueprint, published in March (www.designweek.co.uk 26 March). This aims to help designers gain new skills and raise teaching standards in schools ...
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Designs for Life cash takes projects closer to
19 June 2008
The designers behind three socially inclusive projects are looking forward to the prospect of taking their designs to a wider market, after being awarded grants totalling more than £75 000 this week.Through its Designs for Life programme, the Audi Design Foundation has donated grants to fund the development of physical prototypes including innovative medical devices and a natural low-energy cooling system.Audi Design Foundation grants manager Rebecca Myrie explains that ...
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Don't worry, Gregor and Callum are still the best of friends
19 June 2008
In response to the industry rumours currently being spread by certain well-known members of the retail design fraternity, I enclose a recent photograph which wholly and categorically contradicts the malicious gossip that Mr Gregor Jackson and Mr Callum Lumsden have fallen out in any way. The photographer responsible for this image - and for images of the whole Podge day [which is an annual design industry event organised by Phil Jones of Real Time Consultancy and held in London ...
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Drinks company Bottlegreen
19 June 2008
Drinks company Bottlegreen is to launch a new brand and packaging identity for one of its signature beverages, World Domaine. Branding consultancy Ziggurat Brands has redesigned the non-alcoholic wine, creating designs for three 75cl glass bottles. The matt white label features illustrations of grape bunches by Daniela Terrazzinni in three colours, to represent red, white and rosé variants. The adult soft drink will be available in-store from June.
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Free pitch to design London Mayor Green
19 June 2008
London Remade is flouting best practice guidelines in its hunt for a designer to create a trophy for the Mayor of London's Green Procurement Code Awards 2008.A free pitch is under way to create the design, which will be applied to five trophies. Entries close at the end of June.Entry conditions state the trophy design should incorporate recycled or reusable materials, and applications are open to designers within any discipline.The winner of the competition will ...
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Groups chase Design Skills Alliance branding project
19 June 2008
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Half-measures won't cut it
19 June 2008
How practical is it to go down the Green route? With more companies wanting to go that extra environmental mile, is it easy to design and implement sustainable display solutions?
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Helmut Newton inspires Poke Topshop site
19 June 2008
Topshop has launched a website designed by Poke to publicise its new Helmut Newton-inspired photographic studio.
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Inspired: Ralph Ardill, The Brand Experience Consultancy
19 June 2008
Every now and then, a creative adventure comes along that pushes you way beyond your comfort zone to be part of something that's truly inspirational.
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International design consultancy...
19 June 2008
International design consultancy Kubik has enveloped Price Waterhouse Coopers' Amsterdam headquarters in a 1000m2 wrap which celebrates The Netherlands' participation in Euro 2008. PWC sponsors the Royal Dutch Soccer Association. The wrap is complemented by Kubik's internal marketing campaign encouraging PWC staff to support the Dutch football team
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Islamic bank trades on Siegel & Gale work
19 June 2008
The Islamic Development Bank has launched its trade finance arm as a standalone corporation under an identity created by Siegel & Gale.
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John Lewis is taking a lead on design with Porral move
19 June 2008
The news that John Lewis Partnership has appointed Paul Porral as head of creative services is a welcome signt hat some clients value design as an effective foil to the credit crunch.
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John Lewis poaches Porral from Design House
19 June 2008
The John Lewis Partnership is set to ramp up its creative department, with the appointment of Design House creative director Paul Porral as head of creative services.
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London 2012 unveils 'new logo'
19 June 2008
The Wolff Olins’ 2012 Olympics logo is taking on a new look, tailored to the UK to celebrate the Olympic flag being handed over to London on 24 August. It will roll out from this week on, and will be applied to marketing materials which relate to the London 2012 UK handover events set to take place across Britain in the summer.
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London Festival of Architecture kicks off this
19 June 2008
The Department of Health is consulting on measures that could go as far as stripping cigarette packs of all their visual branding. Is such a public health move desirable and would it compromise the future of other branded goods?
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News in Pictures
19 June 2008
1 Independent design consultancy Kapitza has created a pattern font named Geometric. The project explores a graphic design consisting of 100 fonts, forming an infinite number of patterns.2 Factory Design has created Sportstada, a modular, portable sports arena for children. Factory director Adrian Berry says, 'The idea is to encourage children to get involved in sport from a young age.' The stadium is designed to accommodate football, netball, basketball and hockey.3 Lethal ...
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News in Pictures
19 June 2008
Shoe Wheel is the brainchild of designer Danilo Torro, who set up US company Rakku. This mobile storage unit can hold up to 30 shoes and is being distributed at the end of June.
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Profile
19 June 2008
Born and educated in Paris, Cyril Duval has made his home in Tokyo, where the culture informs his witty riffs on art and retail design. John Stones talks to the media savvy artist with a penchant for self-promotion
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Putting bums on seats - there is no higher calling
19 June 2008
Great to see an article in Design Week about textiles for train seating. The patterns are seemingly banal, but yet thought does go into them and they have a huge audience. Could they be an undiscovered vein of visual culture? My graphic designer gene has always been drawn to these patterns - so please feel free to contribute to the 'Transport Upholstery Patterns' Flickr group, on www.flickr.com/groups/transportpatterns. And your readers may also want to lament ...
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Richard Williams on tendering for 2012
19 June 2008
With the London 2012 Olympics set to put British design in the limelight, why have procurement officers blown this golden opportunity with nit-picking technicalities? Go back to 1972, says Richard Williams, and you'll see how things should have been done
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SomeOne cooks up Banger Bros identity
19 June 2008
London deli specialist Banger Brothers will this week unveil a radical brand overhaul led by consultancy SomeOne, ahead of major expansion.Banger Brothers, self-billed as 'purveyors of exceptional sausages from around the world - to go', is poised to open outlets in Selfridges' food hall and Euston station in London, as well as attending a host of festivals this summer.The London-based consultancy was appointed in April, without a pitch, to redesign the identity, packaging ...
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Sustainability made sexy
19 June 2008
Green vehicles don’t have to be small and boring. Emma Germain checks out some top-end sports cars with environmental credentials
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The Dyson Airblade Tent
19 June 2008
The Dyson Airblade Tent has been created for outdoor events where hygienic amenities are not always available. Dyson creative manager Tim Sexton designed the inflatable structure and flooring to cope with the high volume of people at these events. The tent will feature the Dyson Airblade hand dryer, which launched last October. The first Airblade tent will be at the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, from 27-29
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The hardest briefs involve make-belief and rocket science
19 June 2008
In response to your Voxpop regarding the biggest creative obstacle on a project (DW 12 June), I received a call from Will Whitehorn at the Virgin Group a couple of years ago. 'Hi, it's me - we're going to launch a rocket service. Can you help?' Taking a deep breath I said 'sure', not really thinking about what he'd said. Ten minutes later he was at the door. He promptly debriefed using his mobile phone to show how it would take off and land. 'We're showcasing ...
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Unilever urges more innovation from its product
19 June 2008
Unilever has thrown down a challenge to its design consultancies to up the group's creativity. The food, home and personal care giant owns about 30 brands including Domestos, Dove, Flora and Hellmann's.'The marketing is good, the selling is good. It is the product line that needs attention,' Unilever chairman Michael Treschow said recently when commenting on the manufacturer's innovation strategy.Unilever's product innovation programme for 2008 includes the launch of ...
