Design Week
2 September 2010
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Annual health check
2 September 2010
NB Studio has designed the British Heart Foundation’s Annual Review 2010 following its inclusion on the charity’s design roster (News, DW 26 August). Illustrator Frances Castle and photographer John Angerson have contributed to the design, which has been formulated in a comic-strip style. The review, titled ’Small wonders, big difference’, charts the charity’s development since 1961 through a ’timeline of illustrations’, but primarily focuses on its work over the past year.
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B&W mixes unified branding for house DJ Steve Angello
2 September 2010
House music DJ and producer Steve Angello is unifying his record label, live events and album recordings under a visual identity by Leeds consultancy B&W.
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Baigent Digital creates look for Refugee Council project
2 September 2010
Baigent Digital has created a new identity and website for Refugees into Teaching, a Refugee Council project that helps refugee teachers get back into work once they are in the UK.
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Best of the Web
2 September 2010
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Chester Zoo is embarking on a website overhaul by Code Computer Love
2 September 2010
Chester Zoo is embarking on a campaign to increase online ticket sales with a website overhaul by Code Computer Love. The design uses cartoon characters to position the zoo as an alternative to theme parks.
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Chris Cochrane is joining Identica as senior designer from Landor.
2 September 2010
Chris Cochrane (pictured) is joining Identica as senior designer from Landor. Identica has also hired John Kearns as designer and Charlotte MacDonald, who moves from Foxtrot Hotel, as project manager.
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Crowd dynamics
2 September 2010
Finding work is difficult, but graduates should still be wary of crowdsourcing, says Caroline Roberts. What sort of client would commission design services using this phenomenon?
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Crystal CG International provided the creative direction for animation to support Russia's bid for Fifa World Cup
2 September 2010
Crystal CG International provided the creative direction for a three-minute animation to support Russia’s bid to stage the Fifa World Cup - for the first time -in 2018 or 2022.
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Don't let the grass grow under the feet of this idea
2 September 2010
Bin 2 Bin - what a fantastic collaboration (The Art of Plastic, www.designweek. co.uk, 25 August). Love the Nature Step (pictured).Perhaps this should kick off a series of mash-up exercises that bring together ideators from various corners to create new, sustainable ideas. Any suggestions?John Root Stone, Leading the Brand, by e-mail
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Fab gear
2 September 2010
A new skincare brand called Nip & Fab is launching with visual identity and packaging designed by Paul Cartwright Branding. The brand was developed by Rodial founder Maria Hatzistefanis, who appointed the consultancy on the strength of its work on the Rodial brand. Nip & Fab, which treats common skin problems, launches in Boots in September.
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Fold 7 Digital sniffs out online task from Parisian parfumeur
2 September 2010
French perfume house L’Artisan Parfumeur has appointed Fold 7 Digital to design its new global e-commerce website.
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Help! i'm not sure what design means
2 September 2010
Every design practitioner seems to have their own idea of how to define the discipline. Nick Sunderland is on a mission to pin it down
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Hyatt Associates and D3R collaborate on design of online brand Vintage Seekers
2 September 2010
Hyatt Associates and D3R have worked on new online store and magazine Vintage Seekers.
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Imagination has created events for sponsor Jaguar at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance
2 September 2010
Imagination has created events for sponsor Jaguar at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in the US. Jaguar brought together 12 XKSS vehicles - only 16 were ever made - for the event. Origin Creative will design the annual corporate responsibility report for the National Grid, detailing operational performance, corporate governance, community activity and customer service.
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In the dark
2 September 2010
While traditional video games rely heavily on visuals to create exciting worlds, a few brave pioneers are foregrounding sound as the key - and sometimes only - element. Scott Billings finds his way through some thrilling, three-dimensional soundscapes - and discovers more practical audio developments too
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Independent touch
2 September 2010
As big, high street brands and smaller retailers alike are embracing more unconventional store design, cultivating that ’one-off’, local look for their latest outlets, Anna Richardson takes the measure of the creative vision of a range of innovative shops
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Inspired: Jesse Boyce - Lethal
2 September 2010
Not everyone loves a rubber stamp, but I’m hooked - there’s no better way to set foot on new soil than with a freshly inked passport. It sets the scene for what’s to come and sparks the inspiration.
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Jam Studio to tell 'theatrical' story of Dalmore whisky in £1m refurbishment of visitor centre
2 September 2010
Whisky brand The Dalmore has revealed details of a £1m design project to refurbish its visitor centre on the shores of Cromarty Firth in Scotland.
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LFH has rebranded Norwegian health food brand Vita Hjertego
2 September 2010
LFH has rebranded Norwegian health food brand Vita Hjertego. The new design will be applied across the entire Vita Hjertego portfolio, which includes paté, mayonnaise, oil, cheese and bread.
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News in Pictures
2 September 2010
La Boca has designed the cover for Gary Shteyngart’s book Super Sad True Love Story, which is published by Granta.
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News in Pictures
2 September 2010
Lizzie Allen has created a limited-edition print for the Southbank Centre to mark the 60-year anniversary of the Festival of Britain.
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News in Pictures
2 September 2010
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Oak challenge
2 September 2010
Faced with a 15cm long branch from a dead oak tree, not everyone has the imagination or skills to turn it into a piece of art or a functional design masterpiece.
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Origin Creative will design the annual corporate responsibility report for the National Grid
2 September 2010
Origin Creative will design the annual corporate responsibility report for the National Grid, detailing operational performance, corporate governance, community activity and customer service.
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Profile: Judith Schalansky
2 September 2010
Designing her own books has allowed Judith Schalansky to explore theories about matching form and content, and build on a childhood fascination with atlases. The German-born author and graphics specialist talks to Anna Richardson
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Red Design has created the cover art for One Night Only's single
2 September 2010
Red Design has created the cover art for British indie band One Night Only’s single Say You Don’t Want It, which is released by Vertigo Records and is currently in the charts.
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So what is it that you do?
2 September 2010
As Nick Sunderland of Heavenly struggles elsewhere in these pages to work out what is meant by the word ’design’, Design Week kicks off a campaign to gain greater recognition for our industry by asking some leading lights to come up with their own definitions
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Stereohype has created a range of themed button badges for Habitat
2 September 2010
Stereohype has created a range of themed button badges for Habitat stores in the UK and France. The badges have been created by designers including Sarah Boris, David Foldvari and Kate Forrester.
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Suffolk joins European driveto push C2C design thinking
2 September 2010
Suffolk County Council has linked up with engineering and environmental consultancy Royal Haskoning as part of a Europe-wide project that aims to promote cradle-to-cradle design.
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The Design Museum is hosting the Designs Upon a Time show
2 September 2010
The Design Museum is hosting the Designs Upon a Time show, which is part of a series of exhibitions across the UK created by young people. Designs Upon a Time runs until 5 September.
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UK plc needs train designs as sexy as this
2 September 2010
I was interested to read Jim Davies’ lament about the state of rail in the UK (Private View, DW 19 August). I agree that there are some much better rail experiences to be found elsewhere in the world, but with the coalition Government’s commitment to High Speed 2, we are at an exciting point in the history of UK rail.
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Voxpop
2 September 2010
What do you think can be done to raise the standard of design education in the UK?
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We need to unite as a profession to make sure we get our voice heard
2 September 2010
Designers often admit to a moment of terror when faced with the inevitable dinner-party question, ’What do you do?’ Explaining that your work has nothing to do with fashion, architecture or hairdressing can become tedious and a designer’s response is sometimes a blatant lie to duck the issue.
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We're creatives, we're a team - why bother with titles?
2 September 2010
In 21 years of working in this industry I have never officially been given a job title (Voxpop, DW 26 August). When I worked at my previous consultancy there were 14 designers and one boss. We just got on with the job without the hierarchy of a title structure.
