Design Week
2 November 2006
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Air travel angst
2 November 2006
No amount of departure lounge luxury makes up for the misery of airports, prompting carriers to rethink the executive offering, says Scott Billings
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Airside refreshes deluxe pastry chain Konditor & Cook
2 November 2006
Konditor & Cook, the upmarket London cake and patisserie chain, has appointed Airside to revamp its brand identity as it prepares to open a flagship store at the Foster & Partners-designed Swiss Re 'Gherkin' building.
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Back to the future
2 November 2006
Not again! Yet another designer romanticising about the good old days - how only the use of a sacred pencil will yield a 'worthy' idea, and how computers are killing creativity (Letters, DW 28 September).
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Beyond time
2 November 2006
Many designers seem to be enthusiastic youngsters, but that doesn't mean the industry is ageist. Other factors, such as a steep career pyramid and few senior positions, also play a part. But consultancies should still make sure that they understand employ
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Biles Inc designs packaging for Kallo Foods
2 November 2006
Biles Inc has designed the packaging for a range of instant gravy granules for Kallo Foods' Just Bouillon range, rolling out to Tesco and Waitrose this month.
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Blue Design designs Yoki egg boiler
2 November 2006
Blue Design has completed the brand identity for a forthcoming electric egg boiler called Yoki, designed by product design group Oink.
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Camp coffee essence is, in fact, chicory essence
2 November 2006
Hugh Pearman referred to Camp as being coffee essence in his packaging article, when it is, in fact, chicory essence, and has no coffee in it whatsoever (Private View, DW 12 October).It is bloody nice in cold milk, though.Dan Rooms, Senior designer, Oculus Design and Communications, Reading, RG1 4QA
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Christmas knit
2 November 2006
It's that time of year again when TV ad breaks are given over to cavalcades of toys, toys and more toys, all looking cute and begging to be bought. With the aim of attracting some of that spending power in the direction of their designer/maker tenants, th
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City of London Academy wins award
2 November 2006
The City of London Academy, designed by Studio E Architects, has been awarded the Prime Minister's Better Public Building Award 2006 for its 'design quality and procurement practice'.
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CSD head urges action on environment
2 November 2006
Chartered Society of Designers chief executive Frank Peters has called on the design industry to embrace the environmental challenge, following the publication this week of economist Sir Nicholas Stern's Review on the Economics of Climate Change. He says designers can play a key role in lowering the environmental costs of high economic growth and must collaborate and introduce new working methods to meet the challenge.
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DaimlerChrysler Group opens brand experience site
2 November 2006
DaimlerChrysler Group has opened Mercedes-Benz World, its largest brand experience site to date, at the Brooklands racing circuit in Weybridge, Surrey.
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David Lane designs visuals for eco-friendly restaurant
2 November 2006
What is claimed to be London's first eco-friendly restaurant, Acorn House, launches on 8 November, with visual identity by designer David Lane. Print and packaging will be made from 100 per cent recycled material and use vegetable inks.
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Disparate signs
2 November 2006
London is a more walkable city than many imagine, but the current, unpredictable plethora of wayfinding systems doesn't make it easy for pedestrians. Inspired by the Central London Partnership's Legible London study, Tim Fendley considers what can be done to improve signage in the capital
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Do it your way
2 November 2006
Rather than waiting around for pitches to come to you, Adrian Shaughnessy advocates taking ideas straight to the client - but strictly on your own terms
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EXP creates identity for consumer advice service
2 November 2006
Exp Design has created the identity for the new consumer advice service Buy Association. The consultancy has developed the name, logo, on-line identity, exhibition materials and advertising.
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Favourite old brands are already in a museum
2 November 2006
I hope Hugh Pearman will excuse a blatant plug, but all his favourite brands and far, far more have survived his wife's spring clean and been carefully preserved at The Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising, London (Private View, DW 12 October). He is most welcome there at any time, but we would want advance notice if he is bringing Mrs Pearman. Steve Kelsey, Strategic innovations director, PI3, London W11
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Former Boots director goes to Jupiter
2 November 2006
Nottingham consultancy Jupiter Design has appointed Jayne Mayled, former communications director at Boots, as managing director. She replaces founder Mark Shaw, who becomes non-executive chairman. Mayled will head up the launch of a corporate communications and brand engagement division.
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Harvey Nichols store opens in Turkey
2 November 2006
A three-floor, 8000m2 Harvey Nichols store in Istanbul, Turkey, has opened under a retail design scheme by Four IV. Featuring a food market and 100-cover restaurant, the design mixes Western retailing presentation with local materials and craft skills. A
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Inclusive design benefits all of us
2 November 2006
Designers and clients need educating on accessibility issues - to see them as a challenge and not a hindrance, says Keith Bamber
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Inspired
2 November 2006
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Intellectual property could be the key to beating competition
2 November 2006
It was great to read Julian Sanders's proposition that 'Royalties may be the answer' (DW 28 September).
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Irish Design Week eyes international and regional growth
2 November 2006
Irish Design Week will grow its international network and roll out more regional activities as the festival seeks to further broaden its reach.
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Loewy takes £2m Bite in ongoing acquisition drive
2 November 2006
Loewy Group has acquired branding and communications consultancy Bite for £2m and has a number of larger takeovers in the pipeline.
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Made Thought to refresh Linda McCartney food brand
2 November 2006
The Linda McCartney vegetarian food range is to be rebranded by Made Thought for a total relaunch next year, Design Week can reveal.
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Milton buys back company to protect name
2 November 2006
Howard Milton has repurchased Smith & Milton, the packaging consultancy he founded 26 years ago, in a bid to reverse what he says is its 'down-market' shift. He returns as creative director. It is understood a number of senior management staff have left following Milton's re-acquisition from private venture capital company London Irish Group.
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News in Pictures
2 November 2006
Snake Robot is a 2m high pneumatic construction created by product designer Jamie Billing, choreographer Sophia Lycouris and control technologist Philip Beeton from Nottingham Trent University.
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People-friendly design is as important as going Green
2 November 2006
Speaking to Brazilian designers this week, it became obvious what they, as a creative community, might claim as a point of difference. Design in Brazil is less sophisticated than in the UK or elsewhere - something that fledgling trade association Abedesign aims to remedy - and design ...
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Priestman Goode lifts luxury aircraft
2 November 2006
Brazilian jet aircraft manufacturer Embraer has appointed UK product design consultancy Priestman Goode to a seven-figure project for its Lineage 1000 luxury executive jet.
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Priestman quits council commitments
2 November 2006
Chairman of the Design Skills Advisory Panel Paul Priestman has decided to quit the post, and his position as a Design Council member, leaving both roles next month.
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Profile: Roger Langridge
2 November 2006
Roger Langridge wanted to be a cartoonist since the age of six - and he stuck with his childhood dream, making it big on the alternative comics scene. Yolanda Zappaterra talks to the creator of Fred the Clown
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RDI to build audio archive of interviews
2 November 2006
Royal Designers for Industry is to record a series of interviews with key Royal Designers. Mike Dempsey, current Master of the RDI, will undertake the interviews, to be available as bi-monthly podcasts from the Royal Society of Arts website, at www.rsa.org.uk/rdi.
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Review
2 November 2006
Forthcoming exhibitions, talks and events...
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RFA motors in on Coventry Transport Museum redesign
2 November 2006
Coventry Transport Museum has appointed a design consultancy to revamp a number of its galleries in a bid to improve on in-house designs launched just six months ago.
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Scotch Whisky seeks designers in £2m overhaul
2 November 2006
The Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre in Edinburgh is looking to appoint a design consultancy to redesign its main exhibition. This is part of an organisation-wide £2m overhaul which sees the launch of a fresh brand identity created by Nevis Design Consultants.
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Show long-term loyalty to Japanese culture
2 November 2006
Following Michael Johnson's fascinating Tokyo Tactics feature (DW 21 September), I feel compelled to add some important advice for design consultancies wishing to grow in the land of the rising sun.
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Silverjet flies identity by Strategic Fusion
2 November 2006
Low-cost long-haul air carrier Silverjet has revealed its visual identity and aircraft livery, designed by Strategic Fusion and the airline's in-house team. It comes ahead of a full roll-out across seating, cabin interiors, entertainment, in-flight magazine, menus and an exclusive passenger lounge.
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Speculation over Rudge with 100% Design breakaway
2 November 2006
A question mark looms over Ian Rudge's position as brand director at 100% Design, as 100% East founder Jimmy MacDonald breaks away from event owner Reed Exhibitions to launch a start-up venture with Rudge.
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Ten-year Irish design strategy unveiled
2 November 2006
A ten-year international programme to push design up the business agenda in Ireland and Northern Ireland is being kick-started by former Design Council director Toby Scott.
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Tree line
2 November 2006
Installing large-scale banners - by well-known, international designers - across 33 blocks in New York to promote Green issues could have been a logistical nightmare. Luckily, Alice Twemlow was on hand to ensure it all went smoothly, says Liz Farrelly
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V&A appoints Block Architecture
2 November 2006
The Victoria & Albert Museum has appointed Block Architecture to create its new contemporary gallery, following an architectural competition with Moxton Architects, Surface Architects and Francesco Draisci.
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View to launch 'culture division'
2 November 2006
Brand consultancy View, founded by Valerie Wickes, is launching a 'culture division' called Brand Archaeology. Its first client is Aquascutum, for which Wickes is already brand consultant.
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Voxpop
2 November 2006
