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25 April 2002

  • 4i tags software company Shazam

    25 April 2002

    Design Group 4i has developed the brand identity, photography and core Web design for software company Shazam in a project worth over £50 000 in design fees.

  • A collaborative approach that others could follow

    25 April 2002

    It's one of those happy accidents that has Mike Exon addressing the pros and cons of collaboration between complementary groups, while we report on Table, the venture set up by Tim Pyne, Brian Shepherd and others to offer the best work across disciplines. Nor is it that surprising, given that collaboration has so far been one of the rally cries of design in the new millennium, particularly among the more militant independents.

  • Atelier Works

    25 April 2002

  • Banking on a brand

    25 April 2002

    Clare Dowdy talks to Abbey National head of marketing communications Keith Moor about fresh flowers, coffee and the process of rebranding a high street bank

  • BGA identifies gender for Guides

    25 April 2002

    Basten Greenhill Andrews has handled the rebranding of The Guide Association to Girlguiding UK. The work, which launched on Monday is worth a five-figure fee to the consultancy.

  • Blast

    25 April 2002

  • Body Architecture exhibition to open at Gallery 32 on 8 May

    25 April 2002

  • Brighten the Corners

    25 April 2002

  • Call for entries

    25 April 2002

    International Design Effectiveness Awards; Premio Macef Design

  • Claessens gets into the spirit for Metaxa revamp

    25 April 2002

  • Coley Porter Bell brews Nescafé brand concepts

    25 April 2002

    Coley Porter Bell last week presented first-stage concepts for a revamped global identity for Nescafé, due to launch later this year.

  • Comme des Garçons fragrance prepares for roll-out

    25 April 2002

  • Creating a healthy service

    25 April 2002

    Brandon Cheevers believes that the public health sector has been slow to recognise design's potential, but new research proves it can make a difference

  • Customer attempts to put egg on Wolff Olins' face

    25 April 2002

  • David Bernstein: Clowning with make-up

    25 April 2002

    A bright new name and logo are seen as a panacea for some corporations, but David Bernstein explains why the public are often sceptical of such image fixing

  • DCMS sports a sophisticated look with Iris report

    25 April 2002

    Iris has designed the Department for Culture, Media and Sport annual report, which will be published next month.

  • Design Bridge repositions KP

    25 April 2002

  • Dew Gibbons look for Boots 'basics'

    25 April 2002

  • Digest

    25 April 2002

  • Digest

    25 April 2002

    Entries into the Design Week Top 100 consultancy survey must be returned by 26 April. Contact design-week@centaur. co.uk with any queries.

  • Digest

    25 April 2002

    Attik has launched a one-year masters degree course in 'creative imaging' with the University of Huddersfield. Attik says the aim is to offer students first hand commercial experience.

  • Digest

    25 April 2002

    The first aircraft to carry Conran Design Group's revamped brand identity for travel company First Choice was unveiled this week. CDG's work also covers brochures, ticket documentation and airport signage.

  • Digest

    25 April 2002

    Interactive consultancy Getfrank has this week launched its Internet game aimed at tackling the political apathy of the young. 'Having a Mayor', commissioned by Middlesbrough Council, allows people to play at being mayor, setting taxes and making decisions on problems from crime to teenage pregnancy. It can be seen at www.middlesbrough.gov.uk.

  • Digest

    25 April 2002

  • Digest

    25 April 2002

    Cake Design has reworked the Evian logo for a limited edition Kylie Evian 50cl bottle to tie in with the start of Kylie Minogue's UK tour this week. The bottles will only be available to fans at the concerts and will be given out free.

  • Digest

    25 April 2002

    AMD In Real Life has designed the identity for the Golden Jubilee Weekend. The identity, launched this week, will feature on posters, transport ads and various other printed materials. The consultancy was appointed by the Golden Jubilee Weekend Trust on a pro bono basis.

  • Digest

    25 April 2002

    To the Point has been appointed by architect Geoffrey Reid Associates to create its new identity. The project will involve a logo and all communications literature and is believed to be worth a five-figure fee.

  • Digest

    25 April 2002

    Synergy has designed the annual report and accounts for grant-making organisation the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.

  • Digest

    25 April 2002

    Lambie-Nairn, Landor, Wolff Olins, The Partners, Fitch and Imagination have been shortlisted for the BBC's design roster in the Major Strategic Projects category. Lambie Nairn and Wolff Olins, and Attik, have been shortlisted for the TV Channel Branding category.

  • Digest

    25 April 2002

    Corporate communications specialist The Loop Communications Agency has won The Queen's Award for Enterprise 2002 in the International Growth category, after seeing its overseas earnings rise 100 per cent over the past three years.

  • Dutch campers reckon signs are bit of a cock-up

    25 April 2002

    Who's a happy camper? It's the silhouetted chap with a rucksack on his back standing next to a tent who appears on the signs at campsites across Holland.

  • EHS Brann in league with the FA

    25 April 2002

    EHS Brann has beaten off strong competition in a multi-consultancy strategic pitch to be appointed to design the website and on-line identity for the FA Premier League.

  • Event

    25 April 2002

    A bi-monthly event set up by designers and creatives to raise money for charity Children with Leukaemia, Tak 2 is on 27 April with work by photographer Cecilia Jardemar plus DJs until 1am.Contact: www.taklondon.com for further information.

  • Exhibitions

    25 April 2002

    The Times typography in the 21st century; Sam Taylor-Wood; Drawings of New York and London; Weave; AI - Artificial Intelligence; Just Between Us; Space Station 3D

  • Fraserdesign creates IISG rebrand

    25 April 2002

  • Grant application

    25 April 2002

    Grants in creative and performing arts are available from the Arts and Humanities Research Board with a maximum of £5000 awarded to meet the costs of advanced research projects. The closing date for applications is 30 April.Contact: www.ahrb.ac.uk or call research awards team leader Alison Henry on 0117 987 6600.

  • Hella Jongerius at Design Museum Tank

    25 April 2002

  • Hosker Moore Kent Melia holidays with Heidi Klein

    25 April 2002

  • In a small world that can still handle global brands

    25 April 2002

    Paul Stead's article (Design Business, DW 11 April) Good things don't just come in small boxes, was excellent and as head of a smallto medium-sized consultancy, I'd have to agree with much of what he said.

  • Inter-Continental makes room for Identica website

    25 April 2002

  • Interiors for new lounge bar at Cinnamon Club

    25 April 2002

  • Is Hill's 'head of lager' title just a load of froth?

    25 April 2002

  • Johnson Banks

    25 April 2002

  • Loft living has...

    25 April 2002

    Loft living has done much to stem the tide of people leaving London for home sweet home in the suburbs. But dead folk have been quitting the capital too. Inner city cemeteries will be full within seven years. Hackney and Tower Hamlets have already run out of space. Now Mae Architects has a solution - triple-deck underground parking for coffins and urns, tastefully landscaped over with an urban park. Mae's des-res for the dead will be showcased soon in the Journal of the Institute of ...

  • Mapping out a response to Hugh Pearman's piece

    25 April 2002

  • Modern glass design showcase

    25 April 2002

    A touring showcase of modern glass design, awarded by Ann Jones, will appear at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland from next week.

  • National Insurance will tax groups

    25 April 2002

    Tight business margins at design consultancies will be squeezed further by the surprise 1 per cent increase in National Insurance Contributions by employers announced in the Budget, say industry analysts.

  • On high

    25 April 2002

    As the Design Museum readies itself for an exhibition on Italian designer Gio Ponti, Jeremy Myerson looks at his influence on modern designers

  • One group works well but two can work too

    25 April 2002

    Collaborations between design consultancies can and do work, with benefits for both the groups and the client. But no egos please, insists Mike Exon

  • OS maps out its e-business plan

    25 April 2002

    Ordnance Survey has appointed Proctor and Stevenson and Start Design to its five-strong roster, along with three companies drawn from other marketing and communications disciplines.OS has a three-year sales plan and intends to develop a range of e-business products that capitalise on its geographic data.

  • Plant roots for growth with Etu Odi homepage

    25 April 2002

  • Primary colors

    25 April 2002

    Fernando Gutiérrez reflects on Tibor Kalman's editorship of the first issues of Colors magazine

  • Pyne and Shepherd in collaboration

    25 April 2002

    Architect and exhibition designer Tim Pyne has joined forces with Brian Shepherd, formerly of Enterprise XP, and Marcus Fernandez of Myrtle to form Table, a collaborative consultancy.

  • Rail 4M identity by Aargentum

    25 April 2002

  • Realms of Impossibility: Air, Ground and Water to be published on 29 April

    25 April 2002

  • Redundancies hit two top groups

    25 April 2002

    Fitch and Enterprise IG have been forced to make redundancies to their workforces, with a combined total of 15 leaving the two consultancies last week.

  • Schools event draws on WMH

    25 April 2002

  • Talk

    25 April 2002

    Artist Jake Chapman and lecturer in visual arts Suhail Malik discuss art and criticism now at No More Art on 2 May. Tickets are £8, £7 concessions and £6 for Institute of Contemporary Arts members.Contact: www.ica.org.uk.

  • Tank UK

    25 April 2002

  • To the letter

    25 April 2002

    Hannah Booth prints out a selection of unusual corporate stationery

  • Trash

    25 April 2002

    Machinegun-toting buxom wenches, nymphomaniac zombies and plagues of frogs all feature in a forthcoming book celebrating tasteless, movie-poster art. Trash, compiled by Jacques Boyreau, features a selection of the gaudiest and sleaziest 'Xploitation' posters from the 1950s to the 1980s. More than 150 warped masterpieces depicting all manner of violence, explosions, escapism and horror are included to whet the appetite of the most jaded B-movie junkie. Among the films covered are distinguished ..

  • V&A could unveil groups by June

    25 April 2002

    The first design consultancy to benefit from the £150m redevelopment plan unveiled by the Victoria & Albert Museum last week (DW 18 April) could be known by the end of June.

  • Vox pop

    25 April 2002

    The Mirror has reinvented itself, reintroducing 'Daily' to its masthead and redesigning the whole front page, getting rid of its red tabloid banner. What do you think of its attempt to change its profile and broaden its audience, and what else, if anything, could it have done?

  • Workshop

    25 April 2002

    Share ideas, build contacts and receive training in electronic engineering, sound production and interactive media at the Technical Skills Lab for Creative Practitioners on 29 April from 1.30-4.30pm.Contact: www.ica.org.uk or call 020 7930 3647 for further details.

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