Design Week
23 February 2006
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Ballymore Properties pulls out of Battersea redevelopment
23 February 2006
The redevelopment of London's Battersea Power Station received a blow this week as a prospective investor, Ballymore Properties, pulled out its backing. Parkview International, which owns the site and is in discussions with a number of designers, says construction is due to start in June.
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Barton takes senior position at Cimex
23 February 2006
Former Nykris creative director Nikki Barton has joined the 50-strong London digital media group Cimex as creative director and board member. Barton says she hopes to help build the group's design capability. Nykris closed its doors at the end of last year.
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Birmingham graffiti artist...
23 February 2006
Birmingham graffiti artist Temper has created the cover of Ten4, a quarterly magazine published by Channel 4 targeting young people in the Midlands. It features the streets of Birmingham contorted into abstract letterforms, soaring through a dramatic sky. 'I wanted it to ...
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Bluewater to appoint designers for exhibition venue
23 February 2006
Bluewater is looking to appoint design groups to work up concepts for a new exhibition and events venue, which will open next to its shopping centre in Kent.
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Citroën C6 is quirky and fresh, unlike other retro reissues
23 February 2006
I read with great interest the article on the Citroën CX by Hugh Pearman (DW 9 February). I was impressed that even an, admittedly, non-petrol-head could get so excited about a previously uncelebrated car.
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Csaky Associates designs exhibition layout for Edingburgh Royal Museum
23 February 2006
Csaky Associates, part of the cultural attractions division at Portland Design, has designed the branding and exhibition layout for a £1m permanent science and technology gallery which launched at the Royal Museum in Edinburgh last week. Called Connect, the exhibition covers topics ranging from energy and power, space technology ...
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Dare to be different
23 February 2006
Creatives are, by nature, different, so their ideas are perfectly suited to brands, which need to stand out and defy fashion trends, says David Bernstein
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Defending freelances
23 February 2006
What more depressing a way to start a Monday than to read Penny Baxter's one-sided, generalised letter regarding the (seemingly non-existent) merits of freelances (DW 9 February).
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Design forum to open in the West Country
23 February 2006
A forum for designers in the West of England is set to launch next month, the latest in a number of regional design initiatives across the region.
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Design or go bust?
23 February 2006
In case anyone gets the wrong impression that we're a hard-hearted bunch at the Centre for Creative Business, allow me to set the record straight.
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Design Week prize draw winner
23 February 2006
Congratulations to Glenn Kiernan, creative director at JKR, who is the winner of the Design Week prize draw for Cancer Research UK's Sound and Vision event, being held at Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, London, on Monday 27 February.
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Dew Gibbons makes waves with Nicky Clarke line
23 February 2006
Procter & Gamble has undertaken a five-figure design project to relaunch its Nicky Clarke haircare range, with a fresh brand identity and packaging design created by Dew Gibbons.
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Diageo warning...
23 February 2006
Diageo has given a warning that unless the decline in ready-to-drink products - such as Smirnoff Ice - starts to slow, it will withdraw investment from the market.
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Egan quits the RSA for a new challenge
23 February 2006
Penny Egan has resigned her position as executive director of the Royal Society of the Arts. Egan, who spent eight years in the role and 20 years at the RSA, will leave her post at the end of July. According to a statement she plans to 'rest and reflect on what challenges she would like to take on next'. An RSA spokeswoman says the organisation is undertaking an executive search to find her replacement.
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Food labelling is a dog's dinner
23 February 2006
In the struggle to create a clear, nutritional information system, Mike Exon questions whether manufacturers have lost sight of the real aim.
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Good Design merges with The Colour Company
23 February 2006
Leeds design group Good Design has merged with Leeds repro house The Colour Company, to form a venture called Totality. The new group will specialise in graphic communications.
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Green light for Lancs design scheme by Tony Wilson
23 February 2006
An ambitious design plan to breathe new life into East Lancashire, backed by Factory Records founder Tony Wilson and former model and music promoter Yvette Livesey, took a step closer last week.
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Ice Scream debate melts into puddle of confusion
23 February 2006
Oh dear, what have I started? I agree with Barnaby Benson (DW 16 February) that grammar can be loose, fresh and forward-thinking, and, where appropriate, nice, tidy and well-behaved. But has no one understood my point?
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Illustrated guides
23 February 2006
While text has been incorporated into the visual arts for years, the reverse is less common - and writers who do their own illustrations are even more rare. Jim Davies looks at a handful of innovators who have successfully crossed the line.
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Inspired
23 February 2006
I'm inspired by solutions. Beautiful solutions. The combination of form and function, of the brief and the result. These beautiful solutions can take any form - some break boundaries, some are bold, others simple, and others simply 'little touches'. But they all give you ...
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Keen founder regains control of his company
23 February 2006
Contract furniture company Keen is back under Charles Keen's ownership and will re-launch with a new collection of furniture in the spring. Keen says he has re-acquired the rights to the business from Ercol and is in the process of putting together a first collection comprised of 'high design and volume products'. The company was originally founded by Keen in 1999. It was acquired by Ercol in 2002, but Keen left the company in January 2005.
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Keeping house
23 February 2006
Domotechnica had all the latest household gadgets on show, but Barry Jenkins has doubts over the show's future - it is now dominated by component manufacturers from the Far East, rather than innovative products by European brands.
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Landini Associates styles Harrods 102 convenience store
23 February 2006
Harrods is set to open its new retail concept Harrods 102 next week. The 800m2 premium convenience store has been designed by Australian design group Landini Associates, which has also created the brand identity and design guidelines.
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Legal case allows employees to develop rival designs
23 February 2006
A judge has ruled that employees can design a product that may, one day, be competitive with their employers, without being in breach of contract.
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Lumsden identity for Peter Werth puts style before fashion
23 February 2006
Fashion retailer Peter Werth is relaunching with an overhauled brand identity drawn up by Lumsden Design Partnership.
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Manchester consultancy Mark...
23 February 2006
Manchester consultancy Mark has designed posters, leaflets and advertisements for two productions at the Royal Exchange Theatre. According to Mark creative director Mark Lester, the work takes a metaphorical approach. For Tom Murphy's A Whistle in the Dark, a 'sinister' ...
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New design heads should join forces to effect change
23 February 2006
News that Penny Egan is to step down as executive director of the Royal Society of Arts in July adds a new dimension to top-level changes in the industry. Couple her retirement with the sudden departure of Alice Rawsthorn from the Design Museum and Richar
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News in Pictures
23 February 2006
Vortigern's Machine, co-written by Russell Waterman and James Jarvis, featuring illustrations by Jarvis, is published by Amos Novelties in April.
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Plextek loses 20 per cent of annual turnover
23 February 2006
A report in the Financial Times revealed that Cambridge design group Plextek, which created the console for defunct gaming company Gizmondo, lost the equivalent of 20 per cent of its annual turnover, when the company went into liquidation last month. The consultancy, which took a 20 per cent stake in Gizmondo in lieu of some of its fees, claims it was not paid for work relating to a second generation version of the console.
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Primed and ready for action
23 February 2006
You need to make time if you want to attract the best clients - and you'll be better equipped to meet their needs, says Liz Birkbeck
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Profile: Calum Storrie
23 February 2006
Scotsman Calum Storrie's art exhibition designs are informed by his architectural background, and he prefers his work to stay low key. John Stones asks about his new book and latest project set to open in London.
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Review
23 February 2006
Events, exhibitions and talks...
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Room to grow
23 February 2006
was a student at the Royal College of Art - David Hockney, Colin Self, Patrick Caulfield, Dick Smith and Derek Boshier - and a family room, with work by his artist wife Chrissie, his daughters ...
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Saville spells out his brief on signature range for Adidas
23 February 2006
Adidas has agreed to drop its branding to secure the design services of Peter Saville on a future range.
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Set your sites
23 February 2006
On-line retail has not replaced the high street, but a proposed innovation in the US could combine the two channels, providing the best of both virtual and real worlds, says Clare Dowdy.
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Sport England seeks web design group for regional site
23 February 2006
Sport England is looking to appoint a Web design group to update its regional activity site, www.everydaysport.com. Groups can find details of the tender through the Official Journal of the Economic Union or can contact Jessica Smith at Sport England.
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Take your seat at the DW Awards
23 February 2006
There is still time...
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Turin named World Design Capital 2008
23 February 2006
The Italian city of Turin has been named the World Design Capital 2008 by the International Design Alliance.
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Twelve Stars creates branding for turkish bank credit card
23 February 2006
London branding group Twelve Stars has created the brand name and logo for Flexi, a credit card to be launched by Turkish bank Garanti.
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Voxpop
23 February 2006
'Clients tend to identify particular needs themselves, rather than go down the route of letting people come to them with ideas,' said Design Business Association programme director Hannah Paterson last week, ahead of the Inclusive Design Challenge. How willing ...
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Wolff Olins updates identity for Manpower
23 February 2006
Global recruitment firm Manpower launches an identity designed by Wolff Olins this week - the organisation's first rebrand since its inception 58 years ago.
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Yo! Sushi brings in designers to wrap up diverse ventures
23 February 2006
Entrepreneur Simon Woodroffe is set to make a raft of appointments, drafting in designers to work up concepts for Yo! Zone, the spa and nightclub business, and Yo! Home, as the original start-up business, restaurant chain Yo! Sushi, continues to trial fresh dining concepts.
