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26 September 2002

  • A designer is different to being a brand consultant

    26 September 2002

    For a publication whose principle focus is design, it seems strange that so many pages of Design Week have recently been devoted to the subject of branding.

  • Alessi unveil autumn range

    26 September 2002

  • Algorithm drives on-line experience

    26 September 2002

    Algorithm this week finalises designs for Autostadt's on-line revamp, in a project worth £300 000 in design fees to the group.

  • As the tide begins to turn

    26 September 2002

    Richard Clayton decides whether or not regeneration and investment in the design of Britain's coastal towns will make visitors want to be beside the seaside

  • As time goes by

    26 September 2002

    Senior creatives are feeling the pinch, but the current climate is ripe for the good and ambitious to do well. Clare Dowdy investigates

  • Attik makes an adventure out of explorer's company

    26 September 2002

  • Award ceremony

    26 September 2002

    The Design Business Association announce the results of the 2002 International Design Effectiveness Awards in a lunchtime ceremony on 11 October, hosted by Adrian Chiles of the BBC programme Working Lunch.Contact: 020 7251 9229 or e-mail kate@dba.org.uk for tickets.Venue: The Savoy, Strand, London WC2.

  • Badger set to open Dorset visitor centre by RTKL UK

    26 September 2002

    Dorset's Badger Brewery, owned by the Hall & Woodhouse chain, next month opens the doors on a £750 000 visitor centre in a bid to boost its profile as a tourist attraction.

  • Browns' Stock-car exhibition

    26 September 2002

  • Call for entries

    26 September 2002

    The Dundee by Design Awards 2002 call for graphic, environmental and product design work that has enhanced the business of companies in the east of Scotland. The closing date is 25 October.Contact: www.dundeebydesign. co.uk for details of how to enter.

  • Can you keep one step ahead of the game?

    26 September 2002

    A designer's job involves keeping up with, or even keeping ahead of, the latest trends to create work that appeals to changing markets. Alistair Ray reports

  • Changing gear

    26 September 2002

    Fashion design is providing an unusual source of inspiration for car designers, as barriers between disciplines continue to break down. Hannah Booth reports

  • City & Guilds qualifies an update

    26 September 2002

    City & Guilds rolls out a refreshed identity and brand strategy this week, created by CDT Design and Brandsmiths, in an effort to prove its qualifications are relevant to more than just blue-collar workers.

  • CLN appoints former BGA staff

    26 September 2002

    Citigate Lloyd Northover has this week appointed Tim Greenhill and John McCarron as directors. Both were previously directors at the now defunct Basten Greenhill Andrews.

  • Counselling for a county

    26 September 2002

    Essex local authority has decided that the county is in need of rebranding. However, David Bernstein thinks it probably needs to re-invent itself instead

  • DBA admits it's ripe for change

    26 September 2002

    The Design Business Association 'is going for revolution rather than evolution' in its search for a new chief executive, says DBA chairman Paul Priestman.A 'brainstorming' session among DBA board members last week identified that the association is 'ripe for radical change', he says.

  • Design Council opening could link with designers

    26 September 2002

    When Andrew Summers stands down as Design Council chief executive in March, design will gain another powerful ambassador. For though Summers is not a designer, he believes in design's potential to make a difference.

  • Designers make the time for documentary idents

    26 September 2002

  • Digest

    26 September 2002

    Inflate has created an exhibition stand for Virgin Atlantic Airline's cargo division. The design features inflatable display points and helium balloons with downlighters.

  • Digest

    26 September 2002

    Astound has designed a point-of-sale campaign for Kwik Fit Insurance Services. The work will trial in 80 Kwik Fit repair centres this week, ahead of a nationwide rollout programme.

  • Digest

    26 September 2002

    Banana Design has revamped the identity for the British Institute of Human Rights. The new logo launches today.

  • Digest

    26 September 2002

    BBC MediaArc has created branding, logo and titles for Initial's Fame Academy, which will screen on the BBC this autumn. The work will be applied on and off-air.

  • Digest

    26 September 2002

    The Field has designed packaging and gift certificates for Virgin Experience, as part of the company's pre-Christmas marketing activity.

  • Digest

    26 September 2002

    BBC MediaArc has created the brand identity for CBBC's The Saturday Show, which began broadcasting last Saturday.

  • Digest

    26 September 2002

    Butcher & Gundersen has appointed Jonathan Planner as managing director. Planner, who was previously European business director at Siegelgale and managing director of Red Kite, joins from The Gathering where he was also managing director.

  • Digest

    26 September 2002

    Steers McGillan has created an education information pack for Dulwich Picture Gallery. The pack, which includes three brochures and a resource folder, will be used for fundraising and to build awareness of the gallery's offering.

  • Digest

    26 September 2002

    Rawfish Design Consultants this week had final concepts approved for clothing retailer Pastiche's Liverpool store. The consultancy, which is revamping the retailer's brand identity, has also been appointed to design interiors at the Pastiche Manchester store.

  • Digest

    26 September 2002

    Attik has completed a future trends research project for Orange to help the mobile phone brand design products for the 16-25 year-old age group. According to Attik client services director Laura Florence, the research says 'youth' should be seen as an attitude rather than a demographic.

  • Digest

    26 September 2002

    Arnold Interactive has been appointed by Holmes Place as the health chain ramps up its on-line investment. The group will create a website and deliver an on-line customer acquisition and retention strategy.

  • Digest

    26 September 2002

    Code has been appointed by Carrier, the luxury holiday company, to design its website, following a five-way pitch.

  • Digest

    26 September 2002

    Leeds-based group Social has been appointed to create advertising and marketing material for the Radisson SAS Portman Hotel in London. The appointment follows the consultancy's work on the launch of the Radisson SAS Hotel in Leeds.

  • Digest

    26 September 2002

    Adrenaline Creative has designed marketing material for the Hazard Chase/ BBC Radio 3 Christmas Festival, which takes place in London in November and December.

  • Dixonbaxi plays out MTV2 idents

    26 September 2002

  • Drawing should be a fundamental part of all design

    26 September 2002

    In response to your illustration feature (DW 12 September) many design disciplines are drawing-based.

  • Elmwood puts energy into Jeyes air freshener brand

    26 September 2002

  • Estonian welcome for Interbrand

    26 September 2002

  • Event

    26 September 2002

    A celebration and a recreation of the best of this year's Notting Hill Carnival will be displayed at Carnival in Motion on 27 and 28 September. Entry to the event is free.Contact: www.vam.ac.uk for further information.Venue: Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7.

  • Exhibitions

    26 September 2002

  • GB Graphics Britain

    26 September 2002

  • Heat is on to find true location of the fire-starter

    26 September 2002

  • Hotel chain serves up fusion dining

    26 September 2002

  • Johnson Banks creates Design Council Annual Review

    26 September 2002

    Johnson Banks has created this year's Design Council Annual Review, which aims to signal a shift in the lobbying approach of the organisation. The document features collages of imagery by Johnson Banks designer and illustrator Sarah Fullerton. The review is published this month.

  • Knoll launches office system

    26 September 2002

  • Mathmos launches Jetstream

    26 September 2002

  • Nourish interiors for Virginware

    26 September 2002

    Virginware opens this week in London with interiors and visual identity designed by Nourish.The £100 000 contract also includes a creative strategy and advertising for the store.Virginware, which will sell under-, swimand loungewear, aims to offer a 'lifestyle branded range to a brand-literate generation', according to Virginware chief executive Steve Richards.

  • Pentagram partnership strikes with dream team

    26 September 2002

    As everyone knows, football is a game of two halves. So here's the all-time Arsenal XI we requested last week, chosen by Pentagram pundit Angus Hyland and his writerly chum Bernard Azulay (Diary, DW 19 September).

  • Precedent takes M out of Middlesex

    26 September 2002

    Middlesex University is scrapping its 'big M' logo in favour of a fresh visual strategy that better reflects the institution's breadth of courses and cultural diversity.

  • Rage fires off graphic designs for PS2 game

    26 September 2002

  • Redundancies at Enterprise IG NY

    26 September 2002

    Enterprise IG New York this week made eight redundancies from its corporate identity team, including British-born executive creative director Helen Keyes.Enterprise IG global chief executive Dave Allen attributes the redundancies to the downturn in mergers and acquisitions business. 'It's not where the market is right now,' he says.

  • Room to improve

    26 September 2002

    Hannah Booth meets Le Méridien's Jürgen Bartels to find out how design is helping his hotel empire through the tourism industry's current rough patch

  • Roundel has technology to brand ex-Marconi arm

    26 September 2002

    Roundel this week presents first concepts of a revamped brand identity for E2V Technologies as part of a £100 000 contract aimed at severing the company's links with struggling telecoms giant Marconi Group.

  • Sainsbury's range goes for S&M look

    26 September 2002

    Sainsbury's launches a premium health, beauty and household range Active Naturals this week, with an identity and packaging by Smith & Milton.

  • Sale

    26 September 2002

    Coinciding with 100esign, furniture retailer Knoll are holding a sale on 29 September, with pieces ranging from £50-£1000.

  • Seminars

    26 September 2002

    Design Week editor Lynda Relph-Knight chairs Continental Drift, a debate and showcase featuring designers Gitta Gschwendtner, Olof Kolte and Ineke Hans, at 1pm on 26 September. The three will discuss their European influences.

  • Street inspiration

    26 September 2002

    Street Graphics Tokyo might not be beautiful, but it's a good starting block if you're looking to be inspired by Japan, explains Nick Finney

  • Summers to leave Design Council

    26 September 2002

  • Tate gets wallpapered by Big Idea

    26 September 2002

    Big Idea has developed a series of 20 wallpapers, including packaging and merchandising, for art gallery brand Tate. The range will be distributed exclusively via selected B&Q stores from November and preview at the 100esign show this week.

  • Taxi enterprises rank as the chief conundrum

    26 September 2002

    Futurology is a curious business (see this week's Design Business, page 13, for details). Curiouser still, Getty Images and Attik both call their crystal ball-gazing operations Taxi. Ohhmmm, we predict a transport-related quip in the next paragraph.What is it they say about waiting for a bus and then two arrive at once? You'd have thought the Mystic Megs of the world might have seen that one coming.

  • The 'B' word is just one part of the business mix

    26 September 2002

    I must take issue with Adrian Shaughnessy's comments in his article (Design Business, DW 5 September). He identifies branding as a modern black art and flags up the need rather to impress upon clients 'the simple power of good graphic design'. Brave words.

  • Vodka drink counts down to relaunched look

    26 September 2002

  • Vox pop

    26 September 2002

    From the revamp of Planters Mr Peanut, to the introduction of Samsung's Magnuss the dog and HMV's decision to slim back the use of Nipper the dog (News, DW 19 September), mascots are making the news. Do you think brands benefit from association with a mascot/ brand icon? If so, why and if not, why not?

  • We thought blood...

    26 September 2002

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