Design Week
26 October 2006
-
100% Set to take on new show designer
26 October 2006
100% Design has confirmed that it will be announcing a replacement 'show designer' for London by the end of year, following the departure of creative director Tim Pyne. 'It is this changing of the core show design team every few years that allows for a constantly fresh perspective,' says Peter Massey, show director at 100% Design.
-
Arts Council England appoints Carl Jones Design
26 October 2006
Arts Council England has appointed Shropshire-based Carl Jones Design to create a newsletter, a folder and stationery for its National Arts Award.
-
Cambridge Consultants designs innovative inhaler
26 October 2006
Cambridge Consultants has designed an innovative inhaler called Conix One, developed for mass vaccination against chronic diseases and global pandemics, such as avian flu. The inhaler is designed to be simple to use and is safe for front-line health workers, while costing less than a syringe.
-
China Youth Innovation Design Festival
26 October 2006
The inaugural China Youth Innovation Design Festival will be held in Qingdao from 10 to 12 November. The Chartered Society of Designers is to highlight its work in the UK with a presentation and exhibition at the festival.
-
Clockworx Design creates graphics for Schuh
26 October 2006
Clockworx Design has created print graphics for footwear retailer Schuh's latest in-store campaign. The design consultancy is also working on a host of other projects for the retailer.
-
Cottam quits Design Council to go it alone
26 October 2006
Hilary Cottam, director of the Design Council's Red division, is to set up a consultancy working in the field of public service transformation, in partnership with strategic consultant Charles Leadbeater and former head of Ideo London Colin Burns.
-
Design business model is slammed as 'unsustainable'
26 October 2006
The design consultancy model has come under fire this week as being 'unsustainable' and failing to make the most of its intellectual property.
-
Design Mart exhibitors given £10k award
26 October 2006
The Design Museum and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation have awarded grants of £10 000 to five designers participating in the Design Mart exhibitions of last and this year.
-
Designhouse appointed by Alpha Airports Group
26 October 2006
Designhouse has been appointed by Alpha Airports Group to design its flagship 215m2 store at Manchester Airport's Terminal One. The consultancy has previously designed duty free shops at Birmingham Airport for Alpha.
-
Don't overlook what is going on in universities
26 October 2006
Rick Poynor laments the dearth of serious, research-led book publishing in graphic design history (DW 28 September), citing the lack of trained graphic design historians, the conservatism of publishers and a reluctance of academics to tell the stories of individuals. Additionally, there are two broader issues to consider.
-
Dyson could have created a more vital product than Airblade
26 October 2006
James Dyson's Airblade. What is it for? I now know how Dyson's Airblade works (DW 5 October), that it cost £10m to develop and that it took 20 engineers to create it, but I am not sure what it is for. What was the brief?
-
Eat their words
26 October 2006
-
Establish your points of difference before seeking out clients
26 October 2006
Best of luck to Traci Rochester confronted with starting up a design company and not having any clients (DW 21 September).
-
Forpeople designs Bond-style gadgets for Dunhill
26 October 2006
Dunhill is set to launch a compendium of premium accessories, including luxury lighters, pens and PlayStation PSP pouches.
-
Green Room Retail designs fragrance area for Next
26 October 2006
Green Room Retail has designed Next's in-store fragrance and skincare area, which will showcase non-Next branded toiletries for the first time. The concept is being installed across Next's portfolio of stores.
-
House of Fraser relaunching own brand fashion label
26 October 2006
-
Inovus updates Meningitis Trust to show more caring side
26 October 2006
The Meningitis Trust is relaunching next year with a revised brand identity to be created by Inovus.
-
Inspired
26 October 2006
-
Making profit from property
26 October 2006
The UK design industry needs to wise up and take advantage of the value created by intellectual property, says Peter Matthews
-
Microsoft selects Splendid to design Vista desktop gadgets
26 October 2006
Microsoft has appointed Splendid to design a series of desktop 'gadgets' for its Vista operating system.
-
Modesty blazes
26 October 2006
Straight ads with plain claims are often the most successful with consumers disappointed by product quality and pushy marketing, says David Bernstein
-
News in Pictures
26 October 2006
Lomo is unveiling the Trading Places Lomo Wall at London's Royal Festival Hall this week. The mural is made up of Lomo-style photographs taken by local residents to create a living portrait of their lives.
-
Nine Royal Designers named by RSA
26 October 2006
Nine designers have been named Royal Designers for Industry by the Royal Society of Arts.
-
Portland plots out massive mixed-use Dubai development
26 October 2006
Portland Design is creating the masterplan for a vast, mixed-use development in Dubai called Jumeirah Lakes Towers. The six-figure design project for master developer Dubai Multi Commodities Centre spans landscaping, zoning, signage and wayfinding.
-
Profile: Mood
26 October 2006
Design duo Mood refuses to be put off by the slowly developing industry in its native Portugal, and is looking to overseas markets instead. Clare Dowdy meets the pair bringing pendant lights out of the shade
-
Pure decoration
26 October 2006
Following a major revamp, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, in Paris, has finally reopened. With a fresh emphasis on its architecture, new, modern interiors and rich exhibits dating from the 17th century to the present day, the directors hope to have contemporary designers ...
-
Red Bee Media revamps RTE One
26 October 2006
Red Bee Media has revamped the on-screen identity of Irish public service TV channel RTÉ One. A package of 12 idents and augmented information graphics will launch on 3 November. The design is centered on the idea of RTÉ One's relationship with Irish fami
-
Review
26 October 2006
Forthcoming exhibitions, talks and events...
-
Rugby Art Gallery exhibiting 'Uncanny Tales'
26 October 2006
Rugby Art Gallery and Museum is exhibiting Uncanny Tales, a show of four UK-based artists - Paula Rego, Ana Maria Pacheco, Marcelle Hanselaar and Oona Grimes - until 5 November. The artists' work shares themes of savagery, eroticism or the subconscious. T
-
Sainsbury's organic range is too uniform to be easy to use
26 October 2006
In response to the article on packaging of organic produce (DW 31 August), Williams Murray Hamm has won awards for the SO Organic range of packaging, but I have been buying organic for years and the redesigned Sainsbury's range looks lovely, but it is flawed.
-
Seymour Powell and Design Stream rescue entrepreneurs from Dragons' Den
26 October 2006
Dragons' Den-style entrepreneurs are flocking to industrial designers to help bring their inventions to the street, as a clutch of forthcoming projects reveals.
-
Spiekermann heads up tour to underline typefaces
26 October 2006
Next week sees the launch of a five-day tour of the UK by type guru Erik Spiekermann, in an event organised by the International Society of Typographic Designers called Kern Up The Volume. Spiekermann will be joined by Derek Birdsall and Why Not Associate
-
Tayburn designs packaging for Nairn's
26 October 2006
Tayburn has designed the packaging for Nairn's Organic Herb Oat Cake with Pumpkin Seeds, which will be launched via Tesco and Sainsbury's.
-
The Lighthouse to appoint Barley as next director
26 October 2006
Scotland's national design centre The Lighthouse is to appoint editor and publisher Nick Barley as its next executive director, Design Week can reveal.
-
The type set deserves to be heard by designers at large
26 October 2006
There was a time when typographers felt under threat. The onslaught of what was then deemed 'new' technology put the ability to create - or rip off - fonts in the hands of anyone who could use a computer and the new world of Photoshop and Flash put a number of traditional skills under ...
-
Toilet issues
26 October 2006
Lavatories are coming out of the water closet, with clients willing to spend far more than a penny and designers lavishing the same attention to detail on them as on any other interior project. Trish Lorenz tries out some of the swankiest loos in town
-
Voxpop
26 October 2006
A FutureBrand survey, conducted among marketers, claims there is a lack of innovation in the retail banking sector. Do you think the industry is in need of redefining itself and, if so, how?
-
Wembley to design future visitor attraction
26 October 2006
Wembley Stadium is planning to open a 'visitor experience' on its grounds, and is working with a design consultancy to realise the project.
-
West End marionettes
26 October 2006
They may dislike the word 'arty', but few pop bands exercise as much control over their image as the Pet Shop Boys or are as clever with it.
-
Wider circles
26 October 2006
Lance Wyman created an enduring classic in his simple, geometric design for the 1968 Mexico Olympics, and offers some valuable advice to London 2012 Olympics designers. Emma Booty finds out what keeps him motivated and why he has broadened his scope to in
-
WPP expands in Asia with new buyouts in Bangalore and China
26 October 2006
WPP is strengthening its network in Asia with the acquisition of Bangalore-based consultancy Ray & Keshavan Design Associates.
