Design Week
22 May 2008
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Boris needs to build on Ken's legacy as champion of the arts
22 May 2008
Regarding your Voxpop on how the new London Mayor can build on Ken Livingstone's work (DW 15 May), London is the financial and design capital of the world. This hasn't happened by accident, but with the support of our City grandees and the Mayor in particular, who has stood four-square behind the creative industries. The London Development Agency has stood out through its enlightened support for the built environment, and also its championing of initiatives such as the London Design ...
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Could the meanness of the D&AD juries benefit design?
22 May 2008
The 2008 D&AD Awards are set to become the stuff of legend, not because it was a vintage year for design, which it certainly wasn't, but because the organisers somehow missed the point about what the awards are about.
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David Godber on his mission at the Design Council
22 May 2008
He was destined for great things in the car sector, so what led David Godber to jump ship and join the Design Council? Lynda Relph-Knight talks to him about his new job and the challenges of working for a quango
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Design groups take to magazine publishing
22 May 2008
When creative agencies become publishers they usually do it as a labour of love, but Clare Dowdy finds that what starts as a hobby can soon turn into a creative success
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Design still needs to prove business case, say experts
22 May 2008
The Creative Economy Programme's relevance to the design industry was assessed last week by a group of designers in London.The Designers Breakfast event sought industry views on the Creative Britain - New Talents for the New Economy report, published as a framework for the creative industries by an interdepartmental group of Government departments (DW 21 February).Since the publication of the document, the vital questions remain - how can design make a difference to the ...
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Designing for the healthcare market
22 May 2008
For product designers, healthcare is one of the most worthwhile areas to work in but, with inventors and engineers also involved, how do designers fit in to the development process? Yolanda Zappaterra talks to three specialists to find out
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Dolcis ditches 20/20 redesigns
22 May 2008
Dolcis' new owner Stylo is discarding 20/20's branding, visual identity and interior design, which were applied in one Dolcis store (pictured) before the shoe brand collapsed in January.The new branding features the tag line 'Love shoes, love Dolcis'. It was created last year to give Dolcis a younger, more contemporary look.Stylo, which bought the brand in February, plans to reinstate Dolcis' former visual identity, created ten years ago by retail designer John Herbert, ...
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Don't be too quick to dismiss red top designs
22 May 2008
In response to Mike Dempsey's letter regarding red tops (DW 8 May), I would like to take issue with his dismissal of their visual revamp being labelled 'design'. I personally do not read the red tops, and I am not attracted by their style of reportage. However, all of us in the design industry are required to conceive design which is appropriate for its purpose and appeals to the target audience that a particular client is trying to reach - whether we consider this to be 'good' ...
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Emperor Design
22 May 2008
Emperor Design has rebranded the logo and website for IT recruitment company Interquest. The new look includes a marque created from interlocking ‘q’s.
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Freixenet pops the cork for new bottles
22 May 2008
Freixenet is set to relaunch its sparkling wine range, with packaging designed by Holmes & Marchant.
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Get started on the right track
22 May 2008
Working with inventors is a challenging process for professional designers. These emerging entrepreneurs boast excellent design skills, engineering and marketing knowledge, and often the input of the professional is put on the back burner along with budge
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Greenroom
22 May 2008
Manchester cultural centre Greenroom is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a fresh brand identity designed by Reform Creative.
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Inspired, Lucy Nunn - Two Create
22 May 2008
Two Create is a multidisciplinary consultancy and every project we undertake is different, so we search for fresh inspiration on every brief.We started consulting with Parfums Givenchy in 2005. In 2007, our first product, the Rouge Interdit lipstick, was launched. Parfums Givenchy recently described the design as a future icon of the brand, and earlier this year Wallpaper magazine awarded it a Wallpaper Design Award.When designing the lipstick, we were, of course, inspired ...
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Irish design group creates promo ads for Ronnie Wood art show
22 May 2008
An Irish design consultancy has created promotional material for the forthcoming exhibition of work by Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood.In June, Wood will show some of his paintings in Dublin's Gallery Number One. The venue is an extension of the offices of creative group Ebow, which is designing banner advertisements (pictured), viral e-flyers, e-mail newsletters, posters and invitations for the exhibition.Ebow director David Douglas says, 'The invitation to the event is made ...
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It's all in the packaging
22 May 2008
The other night, I downloaded Love and a Molotov Cocktail by the Flys. It's a raucous little ditty I hadn't heard since the days I was in a 'critically overlooked' band, and we used it to warm up. So in a way, I was downloading a memory. And it struck me that MP3s are quite ...
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Landor boss takes top design role at Procter & Gamble
22 May 2008
FMCG giant Procter & Gamble has named Phil Duncan, Landor Associates president of Europe and the Middle East, as its next vice-president of design.
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Loomis & Jones Creative
22 May 2008
Loomis & Jones Creative has designed the new hybrid website, www.aitfis.com, for Actionable Intelligence Technologies, the financial investigations and forensic accounting company.
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Manchester United Football Club
22 May 2008
Manchester United Football Club has appointed Paul Smith to design its formalwear for the team for the next three years.
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Mulberry picks Fendley for communications role
22 May 2008
Luxury goods brand Mulberry is looking to the design world for guidance as it implements its plans for global expansion.The business, famous for its luxury accessories and leather bags, is making graphic designer Georgia Fendley responsible for marketing and communications as it intends to open up to 20 stores world-wide in the next year.Fendley says she sees design as an integral tool for moving the brand forward and making it appeal to international audiences in the US ...
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News in Pictures
22 May 2008
1 Graffiti artists have created covers for four sketchbooks released by production company Studio Rarekwai and publisher Laurence King. Dalek from the US, Esow from Japan, Indonesian artist Darbotz and the UK's Jimi Crayon (the latter two pictured) each designed a cover.2 Cog Design has created the publicity materials for jazz musician Jason Moran's latest tour, which began last weekend.3 An exhibition of Japanese architectural photographs by Edmund Sumner will ...
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News in Pictures
22 May 2008
Mindseye Lighting has designed an £85 000 colour-changing LED installation for the lobby of Birmingham's iconic Rotunda building.
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Offering placements is a moral duty for established groups
22 May 2008
At Turquoise, we're always on the look-out for fresh new talent, which means we get to chat to quite a few graduates. So I found your News Analysis piece 'Suffering for their craft' (DW 24 April) very interesting. Work experience should be an integral part of the development of any designer. For students and new graduates, it is a great opportunity to get experience of different areas of design and provides a better understanding of the processes and idiosyncrasies of the industry. ...
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Peezy marks a wee breakthrough for GPs
22 May 2008
A product designed to reduce the spread of infections in hospitals and GP surgeries launches this week, conceived by a general practitioner and designed by product design group Maddison.The Peezy is a mid-stream urine collector for women who are asked to give samples by their doctors.Comprising three parts - a u-duct, a sheet and a compressed sponge which is placed in the narrow point of the funnel - it was the brainchild of GP Dr Vincent Forte.He claims traditional ...
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Philosophy
22 May 2008
Branding consultancy Philosophy has refreshed private equity group Silverfleet Capital’s brand identity. The group, previously known as PPM Capital, has relaunched as Silverfleet following a management buyout from insurer Prudential.
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Prototypes and Experiments
22 May 2008
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Shifting the focus to stay afloat
22 May 2008
Media hype about a downturn is making everybody jittery. Gina Lovett talks to consultancy bosses to find out what’s really happening in design
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Spanish airline Gestair gets makeover from Twelve Stars
22 May 2008
Spanish aviation company Gestair is relaunching its branding ahead of a global expansion drive, with a cohesive rethink by Twelve Stars.The consultancy was hired to make its multitude of sub-brands work as one monolithic brand, encompassing all of its bespoke services.'We are uniting the company under the name Gestair, previously the airline service's title,' says Twelve Stars chief executive Nicolas De Santis.Twelve Stars is also creating the logo, website, interiors ...
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Spiderman
22 May 2008
Spiderman is one of the characters on display at a show by artist Paul Mellia in his London studio at 120 King's Road, SW3. Kapow! showcases paintings based on Marvel comic book superheroes, taking original images by Stan Lee and making them seem three-dimensional.
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The National Galleries of Scotland
22 May 2008
The National Galleries of Scotland scooped the grand prix at the Scottish Design Awards for its in-house-designed Andy Warhol soup can building wraps. At a ceremony last Friday at Edinburgh's Corn Exchange, Navyblue was also named design team of the year.
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The University of East Anglia
22 May 2008
The University of East Anglia is exhibiting works from its extensive design collection this summer, including furniture by Le Corbusier and Bauhaus masters Marcel Breuer and Walter Gropius. The show also features sculpture, painting and architectural models such as the Vesnin Brothers' Pravda Tower and Stephen Gilbert's 1955 Neovision house (pictured). Constructed takes place at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA, Norwich, and runs from 1 July to 14 December.
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University of the Arts London
22 May 2008
University of the Arts London has awarded Fitch founder Rodney Fitch an honorary fellowship, for his contribution to retail design.
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Voxpop
22 May 2008
Confectionery brand Starburst has recently announced plans to relaunch under its original name, Opal Fruits, and Snickers looks set to make a comeback as Marathon. Which retro brand would you like to see make a comeback, and why?As a child ...
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Why have food labelling proposals bypassed designers
22 May 2008
Designers have not been consulted on European food labelling proposals, and consumers could well lose out as a result, argues Emily Pacey
