Design Week
2 August 2007
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72Dotsperinch
2 August 2007
Digital design consultancy 72Dotsperinch has won a pitch to create two websites for Norwegian gallery Galleri Sand. The consultancy will be creating an on-line presence for the gallery's forthcoming New York venue, as well as for one of its artists, Vebjørn Sand.
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Aspinal of London
2 August 2007
Luxury leather retailer Aspinal of London has appointed GP Studio to transform its on-line identity into a 3D brand with its first site at Selfridges, London. Peter Grimes, creative director of GP Studio, says, 'Because of Aspinal's association with travel, we've used materials such as walnut and leather to reflect the old-fashioned luxury of Grace Kelly driving through St Tropez in a Bentley. The space will have traditional overtones, but with a contemporary edge.'
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Beefeater Gin moots visitor centre
2 August 2007
Beefeater Gin is considering building a visitor centre at its London distillery. Interior design group Four-by-Two is conducting a feasibility study, having redesigned the distiller's premises to accommodate corporate guests.Four-by-Two, which specialises in distillery visitor centres, was appointed 18 months ago. Since then it has completed a bar, conference hall, boardroom and offices.Four-by-Two hopes Beefeater will approve plans to build the centre. 'Creating the visitor ...
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Blue River Design
2 August 2007
Newcastle consultancy Blue River Design has rebranded TDI, a think-tank tasked with identifying gaps in the current strategy for tackling sex offenders. Blue River wanted to create a bold, simple identity to communicate a hard-hitting, no-nonsense organisation.
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Caulder Moore scoops Spa SPC retail task
2 August 2007
The Buckinghamshire-based luxury spa resort Spa SPC, part of Stoke Park Club, is developing a new salon, shop and reception, with design by Caulder Moore.The consultancy, which was appointed without a pitch, has been tasked with creating a 'destination' salon, which will be part of the spa's nail bar, a redesigned reception area and a new retail store.The focus for the salon and retail store is to showcase the recently launched SPC skincare and beauty product range, which ...
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Gadget mania
2 August 2007
Is Apple's much-hyped iPhone really all it's cracked up to be? Sean Dodson looks at some alternatives that could even become classics in their own right
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Her Majesty's Courts Service
2 August 2007
Navyblue has designed this year's annual report for Her Majesty's Courts Service. It aims to show that HMCS is 'open, forward-looking and focused on people, not processes'.
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News in Pictures
2 August 2007
Specialist arts design group Design United Worldwide has designed Tokyo Tales, an account of artist Stella Whalley's journey through the seedy underbelly of Tokyo life, with a mix of photography and Manga-style imagery.
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On a roll
2 August 2007
Developments in digital techniques and bespoke hand-printing are combining to make wallcoverings one of the most innovative areas of interior design. Bethan Ryder takes a look at some of the latest ideas
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Oracle completes branding for redevelopment of old M&S HQ
2 August 2007
The design plans have been unveiled for the former Marks & Spencer headquarters in London's Baker Street, which is to be transformed into a striking glass atrium for a new development.
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Oxford University's Said Business School
2 August 2007
Loewy has designed a brochure for Oxford University's Said Business School, which aims to help it raise £20m for the creation of a new world-leading Executive Education Centre.
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Red Leader rejigs Camden Arts Centre website to increase use
2 August 2007
London's Camden Arts Centre has appointed Red Leader to redesign its website, following a three-way pitch.The London design and production group, which won the work in June, is to revamp the site in a bid to improve its accessibility, and to attract a wider range of visitors to the gallery.Katherine Green, Red Leader's creative director, says the brief was to make design and navigation as visually striking and user-friendly as possible.She says, 'The new site has ...
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Simon Jeal
2 August 2007
Moving Brands has picked Simon Jeal as the best in show graduate from an exhibition at the La Viande gallery from 27-30 July. The show comprised work by 12 students from the Arts College FDA Design Practice at Camberwell College of Arts. Jeal has won a work placement at Moving Brands office for his Typography With No Words project.
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Stepping on to the global stage
2 August 2007
Australia has long been a fashionable travel destination, so why isn't the Sydney Design Festival more widely celebrated?
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The banking sector needs to invest in better branch design
2 August 2007
Banking giant HSBC is glorying this week in the opening of its biggest ever branch in. Indeed, it is claiming that the outlet in the City of London is the biggest bank in the UK.And size isn't the only distinguishing feature. HSBC has taken the opportunity to develop what it calls its 'new concept design', giving more space to customers, providing more scope for personal service and including Internet and telephone banking facilities in the mix.Rebuilding branch networks ...
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Together we'll work things out
2 August 2007
In today's fast-moving world, you're only as good as your next 'big idea'. Multidisciplinary approaches are usually the best way to find it
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Wolffe & Co buys up rival Scottish consultancy Pointsize
2 August 2007
Last Friday, Dumfries-based design consultancy Wolffe & Co completed its acquisition of Glasgow design consultancy Pointsize Associates.
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You've got to hand it to Turner Duckworth...
2 August 2007
Has anybody noticed the similarity between the label for Johnsons Juice, created by Reach design and the award-winning design for the Belazu brand of olive oil products, created by Turner Duckworth?
