Design Week
25 October 2007
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A wake-up call
25 October 2007
For too long, designers have been happy just to make things desirable, with little concern for sustainability, but we can make a difference, says Jody Boehnert
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A word in your designer ear
25 October 2007
Design groups have much to gain by linking with writing agencies. Martin Hennessey outlines the mutual benefits of sharing work
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Antidote
25 October 2007
Antidote, the company behind the logo for Anya Hindmarch's I'm Not a Plastic Bag, has appointed Martin Casson, the European creative director of auction house Christie's, as a creative partner.
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Brand building
25 October 2007
Embedding corporate values in the work environment helps to convey positive messages to staff and customers alike, says Scott Billings
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Coca-Cola
25 October 2007
Coca-Cola has confirmed it is reviewing its pan-European design roster, with the help of Creative Brief. Coca-Cola is understood to be building separate shortlists for each of its design disciplines, including brand identity, packaging and digital design.
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Design start-ups are on the rise, says Orange survey
25 October 2007
The design industry is a competitive sector, boasting about 12 450 UK consultancies, with smaller businesses in the overwhelming majority.According to a recent survey by Orange Business Services, it could become even more cut-throat, with many designers in the industry saying they would set up their own businesses in a flash.The survey - conducted together with Tickbox.net - of more than 2481 UK adults across a range of business areas, found that 74 per cent of those working ...
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Failure to exploit paper stocks shows lack of imagination
25 October 2007
How refreshing it was to read Paul Jenkins' comments about paper stock (Inspired, DW 11 October). Unfortunately, in internal communications, paper is often forgotten as a design tool, and 170gsm silk is used, time and time again. With a little imagination, paper stocks can lift a design to another level, and research into cutting guides and printing finishes can help employees engage with the communication process and react to the message being communicated. Some ...
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Going overground
25 October 2007
A shiny new London rail network, with no neglected routes or unmanned stations, is coming our way - or at least that's the promise. Hugh Pearman inspects the branding of London Overground and gets a sneak preview of the future Tube map
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Gutiérrez brings Museo del Prado into 21st century
25 October 2007
One of Spain's major cultural attractions, the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, this week unveils an extensive new wing, as well as refreshed branding by Studio Fernando Gutiérrez.The extension, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning Spanish architect Rafael Moneo, will double the museum space, providing a new gallery, storage facilities and an auditorium.The updated branding, which includes a new marque, is intended to reflect a more professional image that will attract ...
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Hemingway Design
25 October 2007
Hemingway Design has created two T-shirts for the RSPCA, to accompany a press advertisement campaign by Bright. The shirts will be given away as an enticement to newspaper readers to fill in an RSPCA survey about animal welfare issues.
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Herb Meyers and Richard Gerstman
25 October 2007
Herb Meyers, founder of Gerstman & Meyers, and Richard Gerstman, chairman emeritus of Interbrand US, have created a fully illustrated book to shed light on the creative process.
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Inspired - James Acton, The Brand Nursery
25 October 2007
This treasured and beautifully made Asahi Pentax SP1000 from 1974 uses outdated technology. It weighs a ton and has most definitely seen better days.
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London Associates in the driving seat at DBA awards
25 October 2007
Product design consultancy London Associates triumphed at this year’s Design Business Association Design Effectiveness Awards, which were announced this week. The consultancy won the Grand Prix gold medal for a device that helps goods vehicle drivers to stay within legal driving time limits. The judging panel described the Optac tachograph machine as ‘usercentred design’ and ‘holistic design experience’.
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London must remain central to a world creative forum
25 October 2007
So the World Creative Forum could make a comeback, albeit in a slightly different guise, if James Purnell's Creative Economy Green Paper gets the go-ahead.It will be interesting to see what the addition of 'Economy' to the title might mean for an event that failed to make a big ...
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Moving Brands
25 October 2007
Moving Brands hosted a trip for children from the favelas of São Paulo as part of Atelie Acaia, a Brazilian government-sponsored initiative set up by the artist Elisa Bracher, teaching a range of subjects including print-making and type design.
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News in pictures
25 October 2007
Wolff Olins has created the brand ing for New York City in the US, using the brand idea, ‘There is only one New York City, but there is no one New York City’. Part of the brief was to create an identity that will capitalise on NYC as ‘one of the most powerful brands in the world’. It has been launched initially in blocks of colour, which can be built upon with diverse imagery, similar to the idea behind the consultancy’s logo for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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Passion bears fruit for those Innocent-era entrepreneurs
25 October 2007
Was it just me who thought your story 'We're all Innocent' (DW 11 October) offered rather myopic insight? What about the motivation of the young, and enthusiastic entrepreneurs of the past 20 years who wanted a new, direct way of talking to the consumer? Fed up with staid, corporate design and straight-laced copy, these mavericks wanted a no-nonsense approach to their consumers. Passion became the buzz word. Through great products, tone of voice and approachable design, they echoed ...
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Prince Philip Designer's Award for Gentleman
25 October 2007
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Professor Martin Darbyshire
25 October 2007
Tangerine chief executive Professor Martin Darbyshire is to be the UK representative on the board of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design, the global body that promotes design.
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Profile
25 October 2007
The design writer and art director Steven Heller is constantly 'on', and always has a range of book projects on the go. Liz Farrelly marvels at his ceaseless energy, as he is honoured by a show at the School of Visual Arts in New York
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Quality control is vital, but drop elitist approach
25 October 2007
I think Michael Peters has a good point (Business Insight, DW 25 October). As a nation, we have thousands of mediocre graduates leaving mediocre design, communication and multimedia courses every year. There are, however, many non-established, talented designers who, unfortunately, don't get a platform on which to shine, generally because they don't have the resources of the bigger studios or ad agencies that would afford them the opportunity to pitch, free or otherwise. I ...
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Ralph Appelbaum Associates
25 October 2007
Ralph Appelbaum Associates created the image of the London Transport Museum's new permanent exhibition, featured in DW 27 September.
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Shoot from the hip
25 October 2007
Everyone knows that rock and roll is about abandon, not precision. The squalling, folding feedback ululating from Jack White's amp is the sound of deal-making with the devil, a fight for control between creativity and randomness. It's fitting, then, that cult photographic company Lomography, with its unpredictable, super-plastic, devil-may-care cameras, should turn to the White Stripes for a very limited edition design of its Holga and Diana+ models (only 200 of each have been made). It ...
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The Architecture Foundation
25 October 2007
The Architecture Foundation has selected Carmody Groarke for its concept for a new Osnaburgh Street Pavilion in Regent Place, London. The brief called for a building to 'beautify and intensify' the entrance to the new east-west connection to the pavilion. CG's concept comprises an ornamental field of rods supporting a canopy 8m above the streetscape.
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Trick of the light
25 October 2007
Going shopping these days often feels like visiting a museum, with products lovingly displayed as if they were precious exhibits. Central to the success of this illusion is effective lighting. Here, Jeff Shaw takes us on a tour of some of the more interes
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TSB to set up knowledge sharing network for creative sector
25 October 2007
Creative industries are set to play a significant part in a drive to boost innovation through technology, with the launch of an initiative by The Technology Strategy Board. The TSB, sponsored by the Department for Universities, Innovation and Skills, is this week gathering interest from organisations across design, advertising and architecture, among other fields, with a view to setting up a Knowledge Transfer Network next year. The aim of the KTN will be to provide knowledge sharing, ...
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UK designer Ben Rousseau
25 October 2007
UK designer Ben Rousseau is to design a suite at Sweden's Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi, 200km north of the Arctic Circle. Each year, as part of an art and design competition, ten suites are made available for international artists to design. Rousseau will be constructing his suite from snow and ice at temperatures below freezing. The build starts on 20 November - each artist will be allotted 16 days to complete their room designs. Rousseau and artists from 14 other countries will be showcasing ...
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Universal in board move to aid expansion
25 October 2007
Universal Design Studio has appointed former BBC corporate property chief Dan Higgott pictured) as director, adding a fourth member to its board.
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Voxpop
25 October 2007
I would like to see the Design Council recognise that there are designers who are still asking, 'What is the Design Council for?' The benefits of its strategic activities are not evident to designers on the South Coast. I also believe ...
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What exactly is the purpose of this new London gallery?
25 October 2007
I was keen to visit Rivington Place, the first new-build public gallery in London in almost 40 years - all very exciting. Except it isn't. A filler in the belly of Shoreditch's ever-expanding waistline, it promises a lot, yet fails to deliver. From the opening exhibition, a listless look at London's immigrant population, to the indulgent exterior contrasting sharply with the poky layout inside, I was left flat and confused. Its website claims it will be an important national ...
