Design Week
2 June 2011
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After the wild party
2 June 2011
Diversity in the shops is all very well, but an overabundance of choice is just likely to be counterproductive, rendering us frazzled and indecisive. Adrian Shaughnessy urges restraint
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Avon appoints Holmes & Marchant to develop its brands internationally
Wed, 1 Jun 2011
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Baigent Digital has touchdown with its Apollo Legacy moon landings website for Scidox
2 June 2011
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Best of the Web
2 June 2011
http://tinyurl.com/67mgb26The Brown Sisters is a stunning album from Nicolas Nixon, who photographed the women in his life (his wife and her three sisters) every year for 30 years. It is a beautiful and dignified series that captures the gradual changes that come with time truly inspiring photography.
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City by the seaside
2 June 2011
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Crunch time
2 June 2011
Dragon Rouge has created new packaging designs for Nairn’s Oat Biscuits. The consultancy says it has used ’dark, rich’ colours to emphasise the ’full flavour and naturally energising proposition of the four varieties’. The new packaging is rolling out across the four flavours of the biscuit.
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DBA works with GLA to promote procurement best-practice
Thu, 2 Jun 2011
The Design Business Association says it is to work with the Greater London Authority to develop best practice design procurement case studies.
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Design events for Manchester International Festival biennial
2 June 2011
LED installation Infinite Freedom Exercise (near Abadan, Iran), by John Gerrard
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Design House creates retail concept for Nuance Group's Duty Free Store
Wed, 1 Jun 2011
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Designers have a role to play in technology
2 June 2011
While technology has given us a wealth of new products, designers are needed to improve usability and presentation, says Clive Grinyer
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Dew Gibbons wraps up deal with Swiss confectioner Lindt
Wed, 1 Jun 2011
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Dreaming of storytelling and feats of gluttony
2 June 2011
Now, which world record would I like to hold? (Voxpop, DW 19 May)
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Glimpse of sunshine as raft of developments signal industry optimism
2 June 2011
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Indaba's new look from Family and Friends
2 June 2011
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Inspired
2 June 2011
Robert Soar - Dragon Rouge
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News in Pictures
2 June 2011
Fredrikson Stallard and Swarovski Crystal Palace have created the Iris collection, which will be on show at Design Miami/Basel from 13-18 June.
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News in Pictures
2 June 2011
Curious has created the launch materials for gifts and accessories trade show Pulse, which runs from 5-7 June at Earls Court in London.
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Portland redesigns media agency interiors
Thu, 2 Jun 2011
Portland Design is redesigning media agency Arena Media’s interiors, creating a new studio space and developing a graphic suite for its office in London’s Bloomsbury.
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Precedent creates website for Sport Wales' Play to Learn
2 June 2011
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Profile: Designers Front
2 June 2011
The multidisciplinary design group already has an impressive portfolio of projects under its belt and it is working on more, yet to be unveiled, for some big names. Tom Banks explores the group’s history and what its future might hold
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Purple creates Courvoisier guidelines
Wed, 1 Jun 2011
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Rose Design and Tate Britain combine for Vorticism show
Wed, 1 Jun 2011
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Someone rebrands Pakistani broadband company
Thu, 2 Jun 2011
Consultancy Someone has rebranded Pakistani broadband company Wi-Tribe by creating a new brand language to support its existing identity.
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Students are well prepared for the future
2 June 2011
Coventry University’s Graham Sutherland Building,
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T&Cake time for Build with its identity for café start-up
2 June 2011
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The art of the matter
2 June 2011
Conveying inspiration and vision while not drawing attention away from the work is the key to creating effective design projects for artists unobtrusive, functional design allows the work to speak for itself, as Laura Snoad discovers
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The stories of ourselves
2 June 2011
Riding high on the tidal wave of interest in all things personal, some daring museums are providing a completely different take on what makes a suitable exhibit. John Stones seeks out some intimate and intriguing collections
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To fail utterly would be the best way to win my award
2 June 2011
In response to your Voxpop on a putative Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme for the industry (DW 26 May), one common quality of designers is their control freakery and desire for perfection within the confines of what they already know.
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Tough and brutal
2 June 2011
A long-running festival in the south of France is setting the standards for presenting photojournalism from a range of frontlines war zones, prisons, mental hospitals and, indeed, the underbelly of British life.Suzanne Hinchliffe previews this year’s unflinching selection
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Training zone
2 June 2011
Despite the economic downturn and spending cuts, design and technology CPD courses have enjoyed a steady stream of custom. Emily Pacey explores the recent success of training courses and its implications
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Updated branding and packaging for Dairygold has We Are Him & Her flavour
2 June 2011
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Voxpop
2 June 2011
The new Design Bites initiative from the RIBA and the Restaurant and Bar Design Awards provides design-led guided tours of restaurants. What is your favourite restaurant and why?
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Win, lose or draw
2 June 2011
Much like illustrator of the moment Noma Bar, Paul Blow’s doctrine is ’concept over style’, which he has allegedly claimed ’is the only way to overcome boredom and bleeding eyes’. Bleeding Eyes is the title of one of his bold images that are up for an award at the Victoria & Albert Museum’s Illustration Awards on 6 June. It depicts a man driven to crying tears of blood by some unfortunate reading material, indicating that Blow is a man driven to distraction by frilly and decorative ...
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Wolff Olins brand Oxfam’s Grow campaign
Thu, 2 Jun 2011
Wolff Olins has created the identity for the new four-year Oxfam campaign Grow.
