Design Week
21 October 2004
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(Brit)Pop goes the easel
21 October 2004
A two-day show at the ICA - but is Graham Coxon more than just a jammy plucker, asks Hannah Booth
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Academy sends logo for tune-up
21 October 2004
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AKQA opens New York office
21 October 2004
Digital media group AKQA is set to open an office in New York. Former Framfab and Grey Interactive creative director Lars Bastholm joins the group as executive creative director to launch the studio.
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Asda opens food-free supermarket
21 October 2004
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Ashley Walter plans chain extension
21 October 2004
Ashley Walter, founder of the Nottingham bar and restaurant Geisha, is planning to extend the chain to a number of sites in other key cities. Design will be by incumbent design consultancies Output and Macauley Sinclair.
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Book
21 October 2004
Auto Legends by Michel Zumbrunn with text by Robert Crumberford, focuses on the evolution of car design by looking at 60 of the most influential car designs throughout the automobile's history. Published by Merrell Publishers this month, the book is priced £29.95.
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Cancer Research youth strategy
21 October 2004
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Challenging design's limits beats revering 'heroes'
21 October 2004
I was disappointed to read about the actions of James Dyson (DW 30 September) and the comments made by Terence Conran (DW 7 October) regarding the direction and policy of the Design Museum.
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Cold front
21 October 2004
Sadie Briggs chills out at the Absolut Icebar in Milan, a monument to the Swedish vodka brand, and meets its Italian designer, Alessandro Rosso
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Conran relaunches Mezzo as Meza
21 October 2004
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Culture is much more interesting than objects
21 October 2004
I know it's probably rather unfashionable to say this, but I think what Alice Rawsthorn has done at the Design Museum is excellent. It used to be so dull.
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DEJ chooses uniform for new Teachers' TV
21 October 2004
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Design Bridge exectuive creative director takeson new role
21 October 2004
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Design Council tackles rift between state and public
21 October 2004
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Design intervention can work wonders for schools
21 October 2004
Congratulations to Foster and Partners for its success in the prestigious Riba Stirling Prize with London's 40 St Mary Axe - better known to locals as the Gherkin. As well as being a magnificent feat of architecture and engineering, the building also ticks the boxes for design, the 'product' content alone of its highly mechanised structure highlighting innovation in sustainable design.
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Design recovery position is behind advertising
21 October 2004
Amanda Merron of accountant Willott Kingston Smith provides an overview of how design and branding groups have fared according to their accounts
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DIY chains to settle Mi Home
21 October 2004
Furniture company MFI and home improvements chain Homebase are close to settling a legal dispute over Homebase's Mi Home identity, created by Lamb & Shirley, and applied in-store by David Davies 517 (DW 4 September 2003).
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Exhibitions
21 October 2004
Zest For Life has travelled from London to South Yorkshire and showcases Brazilian designer brothers Fernando and Humberto Campana's furniture from 22 October until 18 December.
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From Russia with love
21 October 2004
There are all sorts of opportunities in a country that is eager to find out about Western design practices
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FutureBrand raids Landor Associates for executive creative director
21 October 2004
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Harriet Devoy - The Chase
21 October 2004
The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment wanted a 'call for action' to inspire local authorities, youth workers, community groups and architects to get involved in developing local public spaces.
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Helene Harris Memorial Trust gets new identity
21 October 2004
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Homewares retailer Heals...
21 October 2004
Homewares retailer Heals this week launches a range of Christmas products, with packs by Davies Hall. The group won a three-way, paid pitch in March. Typography has been used as a structural device to create a livery which 'bends the rules on legibility,' says consultancy creative director Robin Hall.
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Hot 50 honours new and old
21 October 2004
New faces appear in Design Week's second Hot 50 supplement.D&AD Students of the Year Marta Lago Arenas and John Threlfall appear with One Year On award-winners Hannah Marshall, Louise Jenkins and Deadgood.Sir Peter Blake and racing car designer John Barnard represent the old guard; clients include Royal Mail and John Lewis Partnership.But the Design Business Association and Design Council are omitted, as their new plans have yet to show an impact on design.
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JHP cooks up airport eatery - Spanish style
21 October 2004
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More money for Jerwood Prize
21 October 2004
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New FutureBrand leaf for Air Canada
21 October 2004
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New website designed for Charities Aid Foundation
21 October 2004
Essex digital media group Page Nine has designed a website - www.nationalgivingweek.org - for the Charities Aid Foundation. The foundation is organising the event this week to highlight the different ways of effectively supporting the work of charities.
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No magic tricks - design requires talent and graft
21 October 2004
Adrian Shaughnessy's Private View (DW 7 October), describing the key difference between copying and original work, shines a realistic light on the subject. 'It is acceptable to borrow from others as long as we make something new out of it. It is also vital to acknowledge our sources. Copyists never own up to it...' says Shaughnessy.
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NWD in good health with Clinic deal
21 October 2004
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One contemporary glass...
21 October 2004
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Pearlfisher pack treatment for Umi range
21 October 2004
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Product development consultancy...
21 October 2004
Product development consultancy Smallfry has redesigned the Marks & Spencer Lantern under a brief to create a 'design-worthy, stylish' camping product.
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Random Media designs latest phase of Playstation game website
21 October 2004
Random Media has designed the latest phase of its website for PlayStation game The Getaway: black Monday, at www.blackmonday.co.uk.
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Restaurant designers aren't makeover artists
21 October 2004
In response to Sally Mackereth of Wells Mackereth's reference to Conran restaurants (Interiors feature, DW 30 September), having rejoined Conran & Partners I'm struck by my colleagues' intellectual rigour and commitment to projects. And they have a deft l
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Sea shores up branding for Ron Arad sculpture
21 October 2004
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Sign language
21 October 2004
Transport signage has to help us go from A to B with minimum fuss, while battling a modern-day landscape of visual noise. Clare Dowdy gets straight to the point
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Sonja Frick cut for Monsoon Men
21 October 2004
Womenswear retailer Monsoon is collaborating with start-up design group Sonja Frick Design to create the branding for its first foray into the male fashion market.
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SS Great Britain to set sail with interactive show
21 October 2004
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Stand the test of time
21 October 2004
Graphic design is never as poignant hung on a gallery wall as it is in situ, but exhibitions enable you to see the work differently.
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Talk
21 October 2004
Celebrating the opening of the new Design Museum Space, Apple Computer head of design Jonathan Ive talks about the development of products such as the Apple iMac and iPod. The talk is on Thursday 28 October from 7.10pm, tickets £10.Contact: 020 7940 8783 or talks@designmuseum.orgVenue: Design Museum, Shad Thames, London SE1.
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Telly scope
21 October 2004
Creating an atmospheric set that suits the character of both the programme and the presenters is essential.
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The Royal Society for the Arts appoints Andrew Summers
21 October 2004
The Royal Society for the Arts has appointed Design Partners chairman Andrew Summers (pictured) and former Design Council design director Sean Blair as two of its four incoming trustees.
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Vox Pop
21 October 2004
Definitions of design have come under the spotlight again following the public 'style over substance' furore between the trustees of the Design Museum. How do you prefer to define what design is, or should be?
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Webb and Webb design Diving off the Wardrobe invitations
21 October 2004
Webb and Webb has designed a series of four stand-up invitations for Diving off the Wardrobe, an exhibition by artist Anthony Green. The show takes place from 26 October to 18 November at the Fine Art Society, London W1S. Pictured left, The 40th Wedding Anniversary (version ll), as used on an invitation cover.
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Wechsler Ross & Partners to set up London office
21 October 2004
US design group Wechsler Ross & Partners is setting up a London office to service clients including Burberry, Center Parcs and Capital Radio in Europe.
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Westgate identifies business centre
21 October 2004
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Wimbledon School of Art and Kingston University cancel alliance
21 October 2004
Wimbledon School of Art and Kingston University have cancelled their mooted plans to form a strategic alliance (DW 11 December 2003). Under the scheme, the Faculty of Art, Design and Music at Kingston would have joined the Wimbledon School of Art to create a joint Higher Education Institute of Art and Design in South London.
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Workshop
21 October 2004
Product Design - Designed Here, Made Anywhere, a workshop aimed at those involved in new product development, innovation, technology transfer and new business creation, takes place on Wednesday 27 October, from 9.30am-2.15pm.Tickets are £45 excluding VAT.Contact: Laura Robinson on 01256 763969 or visit www.mas-london.co.ukVenue: British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1.
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Your move
21 October 2004
Board games are growing in popularity, but coming up with something stimulating and original is a challenge for any graphic designer, says Yolanda Zappaterra
