Design Week
24 March 2011
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Ahead of the game
24 March 2011
A raft of design-it-yourself video-game titles are breaking down conventional rules of play and instead encouraging people to create their own gaming environments and even whole new games, says Scott Billings
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Airside creates online taster for wine importer Liberty
24 March 2011
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Backpack brand tags Designers Anonymous to put redesigned packaging in the swing of things
24 March 2011
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Best of the Web
24 March 2011
http://f-ckyeahheadlines.comDesign Week came across the humorous site F-ck Yeah Headlines last week. Illustrator Eric Wedum finds a headline on a major news site each day, and illustrates it without reading a word of it. He describes it as information through ignorance; bizarrely, some of the inspired drawings are surprisingly accurate.
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Deputy dawgs
24 March 2011
They are the boss’ right-hand men and often, crucially, a go-between to the creative team. David Bernstein considers the challenging and complex role of the assistant manager
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Diversity in the creative mix helps Someone keep finger on branding pulse
24 March 2011
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Eclectic Eccentricity
Mon, 28 Mar 2011
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Foursquare offer
24 March 2011
Branding and design consultancy Mobas has rebranded The Cambridge Building Society. The new identity aims to ’reflect optimism and a positive approach’ through a vibrant colour palette, with the four brand colours representing the organisation’s four core financial services.
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Get rolling
Fri, 25 Mar 2011
Andy Warhol’s hippy hangout The Factory was famous on the New York scene for its parties, artsy types and drug-fuelled shenanigans. And now the West London Art Factory is launching its first pop-up event to stamp its mark on the London art scene (er…minus the drugs).
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Government in plan to launch Creative Industry Council
Wed, 23 Mar 2011
The Government is planning to launch a Creative Industry Council, allowing it to more efficiently address issues affecting the creative sectors, Design Week understands.
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Hot property
24 March 2011
There was tentative optimism in the air at the property industry’s recent Mipim conference, which could lead to branding opportunities in the property world - including some more innovative UK developments, says Angus Montgomery
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Hyper Island training academy launches Manchester offshoot
24 March 2011
Hyper Island Karlskrona, Sweden, where the school was originally set up in 1995
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If only Ive would spread his aesthetic beyond hardware
24 March 2011
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Inspired
24 March 2011
Richard Hart - Disturbance
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Let's think carefully about the aim of design events
24 March 2011
I support wholeheartedly the principles of Design Indaba (DW 3 March).
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Me & Dave homes in on Singapore market
24 March 2011
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Music strikes the chord for National Football Museum's Manchester move
Wed, 23 Mar 2011
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National Maritime Museum interacts with Kin Design
Wed, 23 Mar 2011
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News in Pictures
24 March 2011
The Loud Cloud has created Mixtures, a free iPhone app displaying illustrations of cocktails by members of the agency alongside recipes for making the drinks.
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News in Pictures
24 March 2011
Peter and Paul has designed Street Art: Contemporary Prints, a special-edition book with screen-prints by artist D Face, accompanying the street art touring exhibition at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum.
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Origin
Thu, 24 Mar 2011
In a terrifying reminder of how quickly 2011 is going, news is already reaching us about exciting new plans for this year’s Origin Contemporary Craft Fair, with the deadline for those wishing to exhibit rapidly approaching.Origin
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Paper chase
24 March 2011
The art of paper-cutting is currently more popular than ever, with its decorative, handmade look being embraced by a host of mass-market clients. Emily Pacey on the revival in the art form’s fortunes
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Pencil draws circles to refresh look ofComposites News
24 March 2011
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Playful pin-up
24 March 2011
As part of the Cornwall Design Season, Studio Space One designer Sam Gray has created a poster for The Playing Place, a literary-inspired designed space housed in a shipping container in Lemon Quay, Truro. The Playing Place is influenced by Cornwall’s amphitheatres. Words are by John Simmons.
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Please don't give space to such dismal work
24 March 2011
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Profile: Someone
24 March 2011
Next week sees the launch of London design consultancy Someone’s new visual identity for international train operator Eurostar. Lynda Relph-Knight talks to the team behind this and other big-name brands about its strategic approach
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Pure type
Thu, 24 Mar 2011
In what seems like a rather unlikely collaboration, Design Studio, D&AD, Nokia and Finlandia vodka are coming together tonight to help present the Nokia Pure Exhibition, celebrating the launch of the new Nokia Pure typeface created by typographer Dalton Maag.
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RFA takes legendary Ace Café on the road
Wed, 23 Mar 2011
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Someone spreads its bets to rebrand Betfair
Wed, 23 Mar 2011
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The everyday
Wed, 23 Mar 2011
Today sees the opening of Practice For Everyday Life - Young Artists from Russia at London’s Calvert 22 Gallery. The exhibition offers an insight into the work of a group of young Russian artists in media including film, sculpture, photography, painting and performance.
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Utter filth
Wed, 23 Mar 2011
Back in January, we reported on the Wellcome Trust’s filthy plans for its exhibition Dirt, which has been designed by Carmody Groarke with graphics by A Practice For Everyday Life (DW 27 January).
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Voxpop
24 March 2011
Futurebrand has created a new identity for Peru. Which country would you like to rebrand and why?
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Well of creativity
24 March 2011
A centre for watch-making from the 16th century and printing from the 1700s, Clerkenwell has a long design heritage that continues today when it is home to hundreds of designer-makers, global branding consultancies and architects. No wonder German furniture design company Vitra chose Clerkenwell as its UK base, opening a showroom in 1999 that sparked an invasion of more than 60 furniture manufacturers including SCP, Moroso, Poltrona Frau and Toto, which arrived last year.
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Wild Dog Design helps put Political Tours on the travel map with creation of website
24 March 2011
