Design Week
22 April 2010
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A palace revolution for the 21st century
22 April 2010
Revamping Buckingham Palace as a showcase for British design would yield major benefits for UK plc - and the royal family, says Tom Karen
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Best of the Web
22 April 2010
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Birch, fish and lava
22 April 2010
Volcanic ash notwithstanding, Iceland’s financial crisis has paradoxically come as a bit of a blessing for its creative industries, making people more willing to take risks and put design ideas into production. Hannah Booth checks out the scene in a country that is making the most of its natural resources
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Blue Marlin has appointed Simon Attfield as design director in its Bath office
22 April 2010
Blue Marlin has appointed Simon Attfield, formerly at Cowan London, as design director in its Bath office, and Arron Eagan, formerly of Bloom, as senior designer in its London office.
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Bristol Media launches creative mentoring service
22 April 2010
Creative network Bristol Media has launched a mentoring system, whereby leading creative entrepreneurs will be able to offer tailored advice both online and face-to-face.
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Design experts advise Young Foundation on plans to set up Institute of Healthcare Design
22 April 2010
Helen Hamlyn Centre director Jeremy Myerson, Kingston University Professor of Design Hilary Dalke and Sir John Sorrell have been advising The Young Foundation on its plans to establish an Institute of Healthcare Design.
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Design management up for scrutiny at MDMN event
22 April 2010
’Design management is evolving,’ according to Professor Naomi Gornick, who is throwing a symposium on the subject on Friday.
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Dusted Design Partners has created the new brand for organisation First Touch
22 April 2010
Dusted Design Partners has created the new brand for organisation First Touch, which is a charity that supports St George’s Hospital Neo-Natal Unit in Tooting, London.
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Festival season
22 April 2010
Falmouth-based consultancy Absolute has created a new brand identity and collateral for Cornwall’s Run to the Sun festival - a three-day VW, custom car and music festival.
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Further has appointed Hailey Phillips as design director
22 April 2010
Further has appointed Hailey Phillips as design director. Phillips has previously worked for SAS and Enterprise IG. She has worked with clients including Absolut, BP and Disney.
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Guildford-based consultancy Creativitea has designed a campaign for mobile phone company Talk Mobile
22 April 2010
Guildford-based consultancy Creativitea has designed a campaign for mobile phone company Talk Mobile. The consultancy has worked with Talk Mobile since 2008.
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Hat-Trick Design sets the tone for Friendship Works
22 April 2010
Hat-Trick Design has created a new identity for children’s charity Friendship Works.
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Inspired: Ian Hambleton - Studio Output
22 April 2010
It’s probably not the best thing to say, but I don’t get out anywhere near enough. Certainly not to take in everything I need too, to filter the world and its culture, to seek out inspiration and new things.
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LFH has been appointed by Danone to redesign part of its Aptamil Baby & Infant Formula milk brand
22 April 2010
LFH has been appointed by Danone to redesign part of its Aptamil Baby & Infant Formula milk brand. The consultancy won the work following a three-way pitch.
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London Cycling Campaign hires Blacklabs and Hart D'Lacey to overhaul its image
22 April 2010
Hart D’Lacey and sister company Blacklabs are working to overhaul the identity, website and magazine of the London Cycling Campaign.
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Mentoring schemes are springing up all around us - even at the top end
22 April 2010
Every so often a new word creeps into the design patois, indicating a shift in direction or consultancy practice. Right now it is ’mentoring’, which is tripping off the tongues of design bodies and individuals as the creative community seeks to rebuild itself post-recession.
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Mickey Stretton's start-up consultancy Utile & Beau has sustainability on the agenda
22 April 2010
All of Us founding partner Mickey Stretton has unveiled a start-up consultancy, Utile & Beau, which aims to be ’digitally sustainable’ in the production and delivery of project consultancy.
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News in Pictures
22 April 2010
Work by Rhonda Davies (pictured) and others will be on show as part of the Proof exhibitions of new works by the Liverpool Illustrators at the Arena Gallery in Liverpool from 23 April to 9 May.
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News in Pictures
22 April 2010
The Marsden Woo Gallery in London is hosting the exhibition Tord Boontje: The Lacemaker, from 24 June to 31 July.
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News in Pictures
22 April 2010
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Nixon has created a new website for The Lost Gardens of Heligan
22 April 2010
Nixon has created a new website for Cornish tourist attraction The Lost Gardens of Heligan. New features on the site include podcasts, videos and a set of webcams transmitting images of wildlife.
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Party poopers
22 April 2010
The election manifestos of the main political parties contain scant pickings for design, and commentators are also concerned about the collective failure to address the gaping hole in public finances. Angus Montgomery reports
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Profile: Paper Cinema
22 April 2010
Paper Cinema’s evocative performances work magic with film projections of puppets stuck on cereal boxes, all set to shadowy lighting and live music. Yolanda Zappaterra speaks to illustrator Nicholas Rawling about his surreal creation
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Route masters
22 April 2010
Designers like a bit of map. City transport maps, especially, are the ultimate in graphic communication, presenting information used every day by legions of travellers. Transport maps become so familiar to a city’s commuters that proposed changes are often rebelled against. In 2007, Madrid’s residents were outraged when their city was ’redrawn’ in a new, simplified version of their metro map, while last year, Transport for London had to bow to the public outcry that followed its decision ...
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Rufus Leonard has designed a new website for the Greater London Authority
22 April 2010
Rufus Leonard has designed a new website for the Greater London Authority. The new site is the official website for the Mayor of London, the London Assembly and the GLA.
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Seamless flow
22 April 2010
Wayfinding is becoming an ever more central part of new infrastructure, and it is at its most crucial in the realm of transport. So how do you design signs that are so intuitive that they’re easy to take in under pressure, while also looking good? Anna Richardson navigates recent schemes
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Tayburn and Chunk have created two new online games for confectionery brand Chewits
22 April 2010
Consultancies Tayburn and Chunk have created two new online games for confectionery brand Chewits. Both games feature the brand’s mascot Chewie the Chewitasaurus.
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The stories behind the manifesto covers
22 April 2010
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There's no way we can do without logos, Simon
22 April 2010
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To The Point has created a campaign for digital production printing company Ricoh UK
22 April 2010
To The Point has created a campaign for digital production printing company Ricoh UK, which highlights the integration of companies Infotech and Ikon into the business.
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Tumbling tomes
22 April 2010
Cog Design has created the programme and print publicity for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize - to be awarded on 13 May - for the Arts Council England.
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Voxpop
22 April 2010
Wayne Hemingway’s Vintage at Goodwood festival takes inspiration from the 1940s to today. Which period inspires you, and why?
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Yesteryear's ads
22 April 2010
Somehow, defying the elements and the passage of time, a few fading wall signs of long-gone eras are still with us. David Bernstein ponders the paradoxes they present
