Design Week
26 August 2010
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Take the mature route with new technology
26 August 2010
While I don’t want to dismiss the benefits of new developments such as chameleon film or augmented reality outlined in your recent feature (Packing a Punch, DW 12 August), why is it designers are so reluctant to draw upon more mature technology such as animated visual effects, commonly known as VFX?
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A pocket-sized story worth immortalising on the big screen
26 August 2010
Although it has been told in print form, my suggestion for a design story worth immortalising on film would be that of Penguin Books and its association with designers and illustrators, which starts at its inception back in 1935 (Voxpop, DW 19 August).
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A question of style
26 August 2010
The art of crafting a letter is in decline as digital transmission of the written word becomes faster and easier. David Bernstein bemoans the concomitant loss of wit and grammatical skills
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Absolute Zero Degrees has rebranded Dance 4
26 August 2010
Absolute Zero Degrees has rebranded the East Midlands’ flagship dance organisation Dance 4. It has also created the Space 4 branding for the new space that the dance group will be moving to.
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Air Design works up print collateral for De La Warr Pavilion
26 August 2010
Air Design is working on marketing materials for the autumn season at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea.
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Anthem Worldwide has appointed Camilla Hulyer and Julia Pederson
26 August 2010
Anthem Worldwide has appointed Camilla Hulyer as account director and Julia Pederson (pictured) as account manager in the UK. Hulyer joins from ad group Lowe, and Pedersen from Holmes & Marchant.
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Best of the Web
26 August 2010
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Big Cat Group has appointed Justin Price as senior creative designer
26 August 2010
Big Cat Group has appointed Justin Price, the former creative director of Saraundo Design Consultants, as senior creative designer, and Rob Dudley as exhibition manager.
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Brash Brands has been appointed as global branding partner for Dnata
26 August 2010
Brash Brands has been appointed as global branding partner for ground-handling, cargo and travel services supplier Dnata. The consultancy is based in Dubai and also has an office in London.
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Comic art
26 August 2010
Something From Us has created the identity and brand guidelines for IPC Media’s illustration and comic archive Drawn Ink. The marque will be used on licensed Drawn Ink products. The speech bubble and script nod to the brand’s comic book beginnings and the palette draws on colours from the Union Jack flag, says SFU creative director Tom Tobia.
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Fingertip attractions
26 August 2010
As publishers of travel guides are flocking to the app and e-book markets, with Lonely Planet most recently targeting the iPad with its Discover series, Angus Montgomery looks at what can be achieved in these formats
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IC Design has created a microsite for Poolia UK's Wasting Your Talent campaign
26 August 2010
IC Design has created a microsite for recruitment consultancy Poolia UK’s Wasting Your Talent campaign. The consultancy says the microsite is based around the concept of a noticeboard.
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In cahoots with Unkle
26 August 2010
If you were wondering what calibre of creatives the producer, DJ and Unkle founder James Lavelle rubs shoulders with during a typical three years of his life, then the exhibition Daydreaming with… James Lavelle at the Haunch of Venison gallery will give you a clue.
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Inspired: Lee Bennett - Propaganda
26 August 2010
I can trace one of my earliest inspirations all the way back to my childhood. Although it’s something I greatly admire now, it scared the living daylights out of me at the time. I watched this particular film title sequence repeatedly, not because as a ten-year old I loved the typography and animation. No. It was because I found its eeriness so haunting that it scared me from watching the film itself.
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Jan Casey should take the British Heart Foundation one step further still
26 August 2010
So Jan Casey has woven her magic again, this time on the British Heart Foundation roster. Input from Casey, an independent advisor, did much to help property developer Land Securities sort out its design buying processes and achieve top-flight design through an exemplary roster, so it should ensure that the charity reaches similar heights.
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Kay Why Marketing has created new branding and packaging for P&W's sauces
26 August 2010
Kay Why Marketing has created new branding and packaging for P&W’s sauces for the German market. It was appointed on the strength of previous work for the client’s Danish sister company Bahncke.
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Looming cuts spark vigorous response from Web designers
26 August 2010
With Government cuts looming, Web design spend is being placed increasingly under the spotlight, but designers are in a strong position to defend themselves.
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News in Pictures
26 August 2010
An exhibition of the winning entries to this year’s Design Against Fur poster competition opens on 6 September at the Dreamspace Gallery, London EC1. Work by Georgina Martin, Chris Lishman and Jennifer Cheng, and Joseph Stayte (pictured) will be on show.
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News in Pictures
26 August 2010
Tom Dixon has collaborated with Transport for London and the London Transport Museum to create an Oyster Card holder to celebrate the London Design Festival, which starts on 18 September.
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News in Pictures
26 August 2010
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On course
26 August 2010
Roundel has created a summer campaign for the City Lit, Europe’s largest adult education college. The consultancy commissioned a letterpress-printed typographic composition, which it says captures the spirit of the Covent Garden campus in London. Antique wooden type has been used to print student comments in a range of scaleable fonts.
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On your marks
26 August 2010
As a start-up you have to be confident about what makes your company different, and convey this clearly to potential clients in order to grow. Suzanne Hinchliffe sees how three new consultancies are looking to position themselves and achieve stand-out
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Pencil adds dash of retro to contemporary recipe for start-up cake brand Eat Me
26 August 2010
Pencil has created the identity and packaging for start-up cake brand Eat Me.
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Profile: Monorex
26 August 2010
From a small collective of graffiti-inspired artists, Monorex has become a creative studio to reckon with, taking big brands to youth markets. Garrick Webster talks to founder Terry Guy about TV ads, going stateside and maintaining the street vibe
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Robot Food takes the biscuit tin for Thorntons inspiration
26 August 2010
Robot Food has designed the packaging and on-pack graphics for a new Thorntons range of cookies. The consultancy says the packaging has been designed to look like a biscuit tin.
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Simon Ellis has joined Tayburn as group account director
26 August 2010
Simon Ellis has joined Tayburn as group account director. Ellis, who joins the consultancy from Publicis, will look after Tayburn’s Prince food and drink, Chewits and Dale Farm Dairies accounts.
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Spendrups brands given makeover by Holmes & Marchant
26 August 2010
Holmes & Marchant has created new branding and packaging for the Loka water brand and the Spendrups beer brand, both owned by Swedish brewery Spendrups.
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True North unveils final three museum identities in five-stage brief from Bristol City Council
26 August 2010
True North has created new identities for three museums, galleries and services owned by Bristol City Council.
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Urban life is just part of one big symphony
26 August 2010
Our emotional response to sound in the urban environment is better understood if we’re more aware of our contribution to it, says Jo Kotas
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Voxpop
26 August 2010
Marksteen Adamson favours a back-to-basics approach to job titles, with a return to ’design director’ and a move away from ’creative director’. Which would you axe, and why?
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Wayne Deakin has joined digital consultancy 2020 as creative director
26 August 2010
Wayne Deakin has joined digital consultancy 2020 as creative director across the group’s South West offices. He joins from Kerve Creative, and previously worked for Saatchi & Saatchi and Leo Burnett.
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Wheatcroft & Co has created a campaign to promote the University of East Anglia's MBA courses
26 August 2010
Wheatcroft & Co has created a campaign to promote the University of East Anglia’s MBA courses. Wheatcroft & Co worked on copy for the campaign with Asbury & Asbury’s Nick Asbury.
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'Zine scene
26 August 2010
Fanzines’ anti-corporate stance and lo-fi aesthetic have long made them a favourite with both graphic designers and readers. Anna Richardson examines the history and culture of a wilfully disreputable medium
