Design Week
19 March 2009
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Life studies
19 March 2009
A colourful still life, a graffitied Charlie Chaplin and an exuberant photographic collage of the London skyline are some of the striking works of art brought together at new exhibition Life. In support of Cancer Research UK, the exhibition showcases more than 40 modern and contemporary works on the theme of ‘life’. ‘The subject is very precise, but at the same time everything is life,’ says Jean-David Malat, director of the Opera Gallery in London, who curated the show. ‘That’s why ...
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Beda appointment should bring opportunities in Europe
19 March 2009
There's been an interesting shift in focus for UK design in recent years, from the local to the global. Most groups in, say, the Design Week Top 100 have dabbled in Dubai, China, Russia or India of late, largely because their multinational clients demand it.It's not ...
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Bisset Adams works on Guildhall Library
19 March 2009
Bisset Adams is undertaking a £1.7m redesign of the Guildhall Library in London, the library's first major refurbishment since it opened in 1974.The City of London Corporation, which owns the library, appointed the consultancy in November 2008, following a three-way pitch against the JDS Group and library design group Demco Interiors.The library specialises in the history of London and the City, its 1970s building abutting the 15th-century Guildhall, which is home to the ...
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Design Council HQ is refurbished
19 March 2009
The Design Council's offices in Covent Garden, London WC2, are to be refurbished by joint team Clive Sall Architecture & Carl Turner Architects.
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Design of public-sector workplaces under the spotlight
19 March 2009
'At the moment good public-sector design is newsworthy, but that shouldn't be the case,' says Mark Catchlove, specifier and design director of office furniture manufacturer Herman Miller.Clive Hall, director of workplace design consultancy BDG Workfutures, says there are many benefits for workplace designers in the public sector. 'Clients in the public sector often challenge things. For example, if you propose touchdown benches where people can use laptops, they come back and say, ...
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Don't let good minds go to waste - encourage them
19 March 2009
I was surprised by the comments made by Ian Cochrane ('Students urged to avoid design', www. designweek.co.uk, 29 January), who is encouraging graduates to give up their ambitions to work in design as the 'sector does not want them'. Especially at a time when the digital design industry has the chance to demonstrate its value to businesses, and with the shortage of experienced talent, we cannot afford to let good minds go to waste. Not only should we encourage design students, ...
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Ex-Identica duo brand English sparkling wine
19 March 2009
Former Identica creative director Geoff Halpin and marketing director Brendan Martin have teamed up to create the brand for English sparkling wine Herbert Hall.Herbert Hall founder Nicholas Hall explains that it has been necessary to create a brand and 'get the message out' prior to the release of the brand's first vintage in 2012. 'The website [launching this week] is really to explain how the wine will be made and positioned, as well as its style and values,' says Hall.Martin, ...
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Ex-model launches lingerie store
19 March 2009
Lingerie concept store Apartment C is set to open on Marylebone High Street, London W1, with interior design by company founder Kenya Cretegny.Cretegny, a former model and TV presenter, says she came up with the idea for Apartment C, which opens on 26 March, about two years ago after studying multidisciplinary design at Central St Martins College of Art and Design.She says she decided to design the interiors herself because external designers 'kept coming back to French ...
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Flexible working can be a good thing, even in a downturn
19 March 2009
Your article 'Downturn triggers debate over ways to cut staff costs' (News in Depth, DW 29 January) made me both spit and smile.
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French Bench and Winter Flowers
19 March 2009
New designs French Bench by Chris Eckersley and Winter Flowers by Katy Holford will go on display as part of the Design Nation showcase at this year's Chelsea Flower Show. Work by Ella Doran, Sharon Elphick and Carole Waller will also be on display at the horticultural event, which runs from 20-24 May at the Royal Hospital in Chelsea, London SW3.
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Holmes & Marchant repacks Philadelphia cheese for Kraft
19 March 2009
Holmes & Marchant has designed new packaging for Kraft soft cheese brand Philadelphia.
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How to take designs to market
19 March 2009
Entrepreneurial types can develop their own products, and win awards for them too – but will they ever make money doing it? asks Emily Pacey
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Inspired - David Worthington: Media Square
19 March 2009
When asked to write this some time back, my instinct was to highlight the inspiration of my school and college tutors. Since then, I’ve watched other contributors select all manner of wonderful things. By comparison, my inspiration felt almost lame and self-indulgent.However, I was nagged by the idea that the older you get, the more you appreciate the inspiration that people provide rather than the objects they create.And then I came across Ruth Artmonsky’s book ...
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Minimalux
19 March 2009
Former Established & Sons design director Mark Holmes will present the debut collection of deskware and tableware from his new brand Minimalux next month, during the Salone del Mobile in Milan, in the Grand Hotel et de Milan from 22-25 April.
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Neuenschwander roots out new logo for Beet It organic juice
19 March 2009
US calligrapher Brody Neuenschwander has created a new logo for organic beetroot juice Beet It.Neuenschwander, a Texan living in Bruges, Belgium, was appointed directly in February 2008 by Lawrence Mallinson, managing director of Beet It brand owner James White, after criticising another JW brand identity.Mallinson says, 'I've known Brody for about 30 years. When he saw another brand design we had been working on with some computerised calligraphy in it, he was terribly ...
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News in Pictures
19 March 2009
Graphic Impressions has created the logo for the International Organization for Migration's Return and Rebuild programme, which provides support for refugees returning to Afghanistan and Iraq. The logo is being used on Kurdish and Afghan TV, as well as on
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News In Pictures
19 March 2009
Finnish designer Klaus Haapaniemi has designed the Satumetsä range for Iittala. It will be available from Skandium at the end of April.
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Peezy does it
19 March 2009
Professional punslinger Jim Davies celebrates those brands brave enough to take a risk on name wordplay, undercutting the pomposity of conventional positioning
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Revolution Ball
19 March 2009
Designer Oliver Blackwell has created a cable-tidy device called Revolution Ball, developed for the gardening and DIY market. He says the product, an update of the traditional drum-shaped cable tidy, was born out of a frustration with using standard extension leads. The Revolution Ball will be available in shops from June.
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Richard Ardagh
19 March 2009
Richard Ardagh has created a letterpress poster to mark the 150th anniversary of Wilton's Music Hall, London E1, the world's last surviving grand music hall. The poster, along with a selection of Ardagh's other work, will be on display at an open day at the venue on 29 March.
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Salaries: Take the long view
19 March 2009
Last year’s uncertainty has turned into this year’s sure thing – recession. Inevitably, this has fed through to job insecurity and reduced salary levels, but all is not lost. Anna Richardson uncovers some positives. Research by Suzanne Hinchliffe
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Take up the trek challenge
19 March 2009
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Talking buyouts, investments and sell-offs with E3
19 March 2009
Digital media group E3 made sure that investors were on board before chasing cool clients, and it has paid off. Lynda Relph-Knight talks buyouts, return on investment and sell-offs with its two entrepreneurial founders
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The bedroom is no place for product development
19 March 2009
I'm writing in response to Jim Dawton's article in your Professional Development supplement (DW 26 February). I feel his piece effectively writes off product design practice, and proposing a new model is at odds with reality. His assertion that an exciting new direction for product design delivery is 'to form elite teams operating at strategic level, boardroom level, while outsourcing the nuts-and-bolts design delivery to the guy in the bedroom' is a recipe for disaster. While ...
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Theatrical performance exhibits at the V&A
19 March 2009
Theatrical performance is laid bare in new galleries at the Victoria & Albert Museum, from 1793 stage sets to Mick Jagger’s jumpsuit. Nick Smurthwaite reports
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Voxpop
19 March 2009
After famously saying the last recession was ‘bath-shaped’, Sir Martin Sorrell has challenged creatives to come up with a shape for this recession. What shape do you think it will be?It’s tempting to say Bush-shaped, but that might be too political. Bread-knife-shaped? The downturn is evident enough, and ...
