Design Week
23 March 2006
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0404 Creative and Matt Johnstone collaborate on San Miguel project
23 March 2006
Brighton-based 0404 Creative and local illustrator Matt Johnstone have collaborated on a project for San Miguel, to create and promote a website, www.drinkinbrighton.com, which launches on 1 April. The group designed the site, which will provide listings for a selection of bars, while Johnstone spent six weeks creating a map of Brighton that shows venues included on the site and will be used to promote its launch. Up to 5000 A1 versions will appear around the city from next week.
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Airside is star of Design Week Awards
23 March 2006
In a year which saw digital design come to the fore, Airside has won Best of Show in the 2006 Design Week Awards with the Orange 'Playlist' bumpers. Dunning Eley Jones was runner-up for the top prize with its idents for UKTV's Style Gardens programme. Land Securities proved the strongest client, with three projects shortlisted in the print categories (see News Analysis, page 9). For full details see the enclosed 2006 Design Week Awards supplement
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BA airs design team on £100m Club World relaunch
23 March 2006
The design teams behind the colossal £100m relaunch of British Airways's business class service can be revealed for the first time as Tangerine, Davies & Baron and Winkreative.
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Bad publicity is better than no publicity at all
23 March 2006
Haydn Cooper, eat your heart out (DW 16 March). News is only news when it is bad news - just watch BBC News at Ten or ITV News Tonight. One famous reporter tried to encourage ‘good news’ reporting and was laughed out of class. Publish your work in Design Week and wait for the criticism to flow in.Think of it this way - bad publicity is better than none at all (see Coley Porter Bell’s Blue Sky competition).Zygmunt Zdziebko, Ziggy Zdziebko Creative, Kent
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Bare-faced chic
23 March 2006
When media company Naked Communications decided to reinvent their warehouse-based headquarters, it turned to Household to give the space a quirky, yet traditional feel, with an added twist. Clare Dowdy takes a look around.
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Boxer appointed by McDonalds
23 March 2006
Boxer was appointed by McDonald's for the nutritional website reported last week (DW 16 March). Boxer was tasked with conceiving, designing and developing the site, with Ralph handling programming and production.
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'Business as usual' at Body Shop
23 March 2006
In-house designers and external groups will not be affected by L'Oréal's takeover of The Body Shop, the retailer claimed today, with no consolidation of teams planned. According to a Body Shop spokeswoman, the takeover will have 'no impact'. 'It's business as usual,' she maintains. 'We will be separate entities, an individual brand, just owned by different people.' L'Oréal acquired the ethical retailer for £652m last week.
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Concorde named nation's favourite design
23 March 2006
Concorde has been named as the nation's favourite British design since 1900 in the Great British Design Quest, a vote organised by the Design Museum and BBC2's The Culture Show (DW 2 February 2006). It was designed in the late 1960s by British Aerospace with Aerospatiale.
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Corbis looks at illustration and home images
23 March 2006
Corbis, the photographic library owned by Bill Gates, is considering signing up illustrators and expanding its business to offer digital images to domestic consumers.
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Creative Shropshire pools talent in new Midlands network
23 March 2006
Shropshire's creative professionals are banding together to form a network, Creative Shropshire, with the lofty ambition of rivalling Birmingham's creative scene.
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Criticism helps us to understand good and bad design
23 March 2006
Haydn Cooper seems to think that the pages of Design Week are full of bullies, criticising the hard work of dedicated designers (DW 16 March). This is not so - very little criticism of design ever appears in DW or anywhere else. Indeed, this lack of criticism is one of the principal reasons why design is so undervalued by many in industry and business.
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Design & Technology Association to relaunch identity
23 March 2006
The Design & Technology Association launches a redesigned corporate identity at its Excellence Awards ceremony this week, created by Wilde Design and Maxim Design. The association's branding changes from Data to D&T.
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Design Against Crime Research Centre wins award
23 March 2006
The Design Against Crime Research Centre at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design has been awarded the Sir Misha Black Award for Innovation in Design Education.
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Design Museum can reach superior status under Sudjic
23 March 2006
Rarely has an appointment been as popular in design as that of Deyan Sudjic as director of the Design Museum (DW 16 March). Our Vox Pop respondents sum up the mood of the industry (see page 11) in their positive support.
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Designers could benefit from new product explosion
23 March 2006
The design industry looks set to benefit from a plethora of new product development briefs, as an upswing in product launches seeks to keep apace with emerging consumer trends.
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Digit aids World Water Day with Eden Project installation
23 March 2006
Digit has created an interactive installation for the charity WaterAid, to celebrate World Water Day, taking place today.
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Established & Sons in Milan launch
23 March 2006
Upmarket furniture maker Established & Sons is to introduce its first products by Jasper Morrison as it launches its second collection in Milan next month. On show will also be the fruits of its work with design duo Frank.
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Exhibition of posters to run at Aram Gallery
23 March 2006
An exhibition of posters by designers including Neville Brody, Airside and Pentagram (pictured), created for advertising publisher Don't Panic, will run at the Aram Gallery in London's Covent Garden from 30 March to 28 April. The 90 posters on display are drawn from Don't ...
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FA appoints Springetts after four-way pitch
23 March 2006
The Football Association has appointed Springetts after a four-way pitch to design a style guide for its England team licensing programme.
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Finding the right investor
23 March 2006
A good investor should allow your business time for nurture and room for growth, along with advice and guidance, says Chris Downs.
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Footie Chick appoints Glorious Creative
23 March 2006
Manchester consultancy Glorious Creative has been appointed by Footie Chick, a manufacturer of equipment and fashion for women footballers, to develop the firm's branding and corporate design work.
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Green get-ups
23 March 2006
Prepare to have any prejudiced expectations about 'eco fashion' exploded by this offering of funky, fresh garments and must-have, eye-candy accessories, which are innovative yet affordable, daring yet wearable.
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High spirits
23 March 2006
With the popularity of alcopops in decline, spirits-makers have the opportunity to soak up the younger market by refreshing their brand identities. But it is important not to lose sight of their heritage, says David Benady.
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Inspired
23 March 2006
A few years ago, I would have said that I get inspired by what I see or what I read - products, buildings, stage performances, or books. Now I increasingly become inspired by the people I am with.
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Jowell sets out plans for a creative UK
23 March 2006
The Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell outlined her vision to 'make the UK the world's creative hub last week', as she launched the latest phase of the Creative Economy Programme, an industry consultation initiative culminating in a conference this autumn.
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Lloyds TSB appoints JKR to redesign cashpoint cards
23 March 2006
In an unusual move, Lloyds TSB has appointed fmcg brand packaging specialist Jones Knowles Ritchie to redesign its retail debit and cashpoint cards.
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London calling
23 March 2006
Land Securities asked design groups to collaborate to brand its London property, says Clare Goff. The approach has impacted hugely on DW Awards shortlists.
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Misunderstanding over in-house design teams
23 March 2006
I contributed to your Vox Pop section about design management shifts at British Airways (DW 16 March). Unfortunately, the editing process has completely altered the intended meaning of the text.
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News in Pictures
23 March 2006
Former Landor Associates Milan creative director Sasha Vidakovic has designed an identity and packaging for Sandra Bugarin, a fashion and shoe designer from Belgrade, Serbia. The work was handled through his London consultancy Sasha Vidakovic Design.
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Openmind creates brand family for Wales museums
23 March 2006
A visual identity and naming programme for National Museum Wales and six of the museums that fall under its remit is about to be launched, following a redesign by consultancy Openmind.
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Paper perfect
23 March 2006
Newspaper designs are difficult to judge, especially if you are seeking perfection - dailies, by their very nature, have imperfections, says David Bernstein.
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Pentagram's Apicella moves to California
23 March 2006
Pentagram partner Lorenzo Apicella will relocate with his team from the consultancy's London office to its San Francisco office next month. The move means that each of Pentagram's core offices - London, New York and San Francisco - represents the discipli
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Profile: Airside
23 March 2006
Airside's balance between idealism and commercialism is paying off, with a raft of clients and top place as Best of Show in the Design Week Awards. Liz Farrelly asks members about their future plans.
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Quark rectifies rebrand mishap with second stylised 'Q' logo
23 March 2006
US publishing software company Quark has undertaken its second corporate rebrand in under six months, after the previous identity turned out to be coincidentally similar to the marque used by the Scottish Arts Council (DW 22 September 2005).
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Red Design creates 16 volume tender document
23 March 2006
Red Design has created a 16-volume, 7000-page tender document for a UK consortium in its bid to redevelop seven schools in the north east, under the Building Schools for the Future project.
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Red has been Virgin's colour from the very beginning
23 March 2006
Jim Davies's article, Hue and Cry, described colour as being integral to certain big brands, and claims that Virgin Mobile copied Vodafone by selecting red as its corporate colour (DW 16 March). Virgin Mobile is part of the long-established Virgin Group of companies, which dates back to the early 1970s.
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Review
23 March 2006
Exhibitions, talks and events...
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Taxi rebrands The Knobbly Carrot
23 March 2006
Bristol design group Taxi Studio has rebranded organic food company The Knobbly Carrot. The work, which includes identity and packaging, launches this week.
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Tom Dixon debuts retail design for Habitat
23 March 2006
Habitat is to open a store on London's Regent Street next month, with interiors by creative director Tom Dixon, his first interior designs for the retailer.
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Voxpop
23 March 2006
Following his appointment as the next director of the Design Museum last week, what should Deyan Sudjic's focus and priorities be when he takes up the post next September?At the time of - and possibly by means of - the 2012 London Olympics, Deyan Sudjic's main priority ...
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What's in store?
23 March 2006
After years of stagnation, in-store environments are evolving to provide futuristic, interactive consumer experiences, with mobile phone stores leading the way. But it's not only technology retailers that could benefit from this approach, says Trish Lorenz
