Design Week
21 April 2011
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...Or a dragster out of multi-coloured, pixellated plastic
21 April 2011
As a kid I spent much of my time making things out of Lego, but not always buildings. It was usually cars, specifically dragsters. I would race them against my friends and we would end up with a pile of bricks we could rebuild. This was long before Lego came out with specialised parts, it was just bricks, so everything was multi-coloured and faceted, sort of pixellated plastic. So I would build a 1970s Funny Car based on a Plymouth Barracuda.
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Art of Digital Preservation seeks to save cyber heritage
21 April 2011
A group of experts is launching a project which aims to prevent historical digital material including digital designs from being wiped out permanently.
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Best of the Web
21 April 2011
http://tinyurl.com/65aqqgpChristopher Jobson, creator of the blog Colossal, explores the intersection of art, design and physical craft. And as Design Week’s obsession with typography shows no signs of abating, we thought we’d flag up Jobson’s recent post on a font made entirely from rubber bands.
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Cada to open Indian office
Wed, 20 Apr 2011
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Child's play
21 April 2011
Buddy Creative has developed the branding for Uruguayan children’s clothing company Trommpo. The consultancy says the name is derived from a traditional Latin American spinning toy, the concept of which also forms the basis for the identity.
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Coley Porter Bell works on Morrisons own-brand range
Wed, 20 Apr 2011
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Comic effect
21 April 2011
Glasgow-based consultancy Suisse Design has created the identity and collateral for the Big C: Big Comedy Gala, which will be held during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. The evening will be hosted by Ed Byrne.
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D Studio brews up Anglo-German look for new beer range
21 April 2011
D Studio has created packaging for a new range of German ales for Kent-based Westerham Brewery. The consultancy began working on the project six weeks ago and was appointed because of its long-standing relationship with the brewery.
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Dixon Baxi creates Star India idents
Thu, 21 Apr 2011
Dixon Baxi has created a series of eight idents to launch the high-definition versions of four channels for Indian television network Star: Star Plus, Star Movies, Star Gold and Star World.
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Done deal as Radley Yeldar creates 'simply easier' identity for broker The Share Centre
21 April 2011
Radley Yeldar is working on campaigns for The Share Centre after creating a new look and feel for the retail stockbroker.
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Editor’s blog
Thu, 21 Apr 2011
Lynda Relph-Knight’s perspective on the week
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Hat-Trick rebrands Wimbledon tennis club
Wed, 20 Apr 2011
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Honey Creative designs Festival of Britain anniversary guide
Wed, 20 Apr 2011
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Inspired
21 April 2011
Warren Hutchinson - Someone Else
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It's looking good on the retail design front, with performance picking up
21 April 2011
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JHP on 'journey of discovery' with luxury Russian retailer
21 April 2011
JHP is designing the new store concept for the Moscow flagship outlet of Russian chain Dom Farfora, which specialises in luxury gifts and homeware.
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Join the fold
21 April 2011
Origami may be an ancient Japanese art, but paper-folding has come into its own as part of a bigger move towards paper-sculpting.
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Lost in translation
21 April 2011
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News in Pictures
21 April 2011
Clunie Reid has created bespoke artwork for the collector’s edition of the new Duran Duran album All You Need Is Now.
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News in Pictures
21 April 2011
Kimpton Creative has designed a brochure for headhunter Nichols Consultancy.
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Peter & Paul has got new music festival identity down to a 'T'
21 April 2011
Peter & Paul has been appointed creative director of Europe’s largest free music festival, Tramlines, which will be held in Sheffield in July.
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Profile: Katrina Lindsay
21 April 2011
Amid a hectic schedule, the Tony Award-winning British stage designer is collaborating with director Rufus Norris on the premiere of music drama London Road at the National Theatre. Nick Smurthwaite went backstage to speak with her
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Seeing the light
21 April 2011
The brash and glaringblanket lighting found in stores during the 1980s and 1990s appears to be making way for more enticing forms of illumination. Dominic Lutyens argues that forward-thinking retailers are realising the benefits of varied lighting
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Smile at the friendlier face of packaging
21 April 2011
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Taxi Studio helps to deliver Relaxed Birth and Parenting's new baby
Wed, 20 Apr 2011
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The joys of sex
21 April 2011
With fewer taboos around the marketing of sex and sexuality and more people enjoying the pleasures of recession-busting nights in, Emily Gosling looks at the brands that are waking up to the fact that sex sells
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The Noble Union works on English/Arabic app for Saudi telecoms company STC
21 April 2011
Digital consultancy The Noble Union is working on an iPhone and iPad app for Saudi Arabian telecoms company STC.
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The ultimate Lego house would be my very own...
21 April 2011
In response to your Voxpop last week, asking which building I would you like to create in Lego (DW 14 April),right now, it would have to be my house.
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There's excitement in the air in hamburg
21 April 2011
A wind of change is set to blow through the aviation industry, judging by the mood at the recent Aircraft Interiors Expo, says Adam White
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Tricks of the trade
Thu, 21 Apr 2011
Here are three more commercial and art photographers revealing their aesthetic and technical secrets - the methods they use to make their work stand out
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Tripping out
21 April 2011
Music industry graphic design stars Luke Insect, Leo Zero and Dave Little are hopingto show that psychedelia can be both contemporary and typographic in an exhibition of their own mind-bending artworks. Emily Pacey reports
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Voxpop
21 April 2011
The new Now music website, designed by The Team, allows you to create your own music compilations. What three tracks would you put on a compilation and why?
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We have a lot to thank our clients for and the press
21 April 2011
