Design Week
27 August 1998
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100% let down for young Foundation members
27 August 1998
Letters to the Editor should be sent to Design Week, 50 Poland Street, London W1V 4AX. Fax: 0171-970 4165. e-mail Design-week@centaur.co.uk
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A square deal for London
27 August 1998
The Government's decision to back Sir Norman Foster's World Squares for All masterplan gives a rare opportunity for designers to reshape the face of the capital.
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Brief
27 August 1998
The latest entrant into the crowded body wash market in Australia has been designed with point of difference generated through structural packaging. Lewis Kahn Staniford in Sydney was brought in by Faulding Healthcare Consumer in order to work on its brand Essences. 'Form design is still largely overlooked in Australia as a way of bringing relevance and uniqueness to a packaging product,' says consultancy creative director Mike Staniford. 'It's a very undervalued component in the equity ...
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Brief
27 August 1998
Lampeter University's Australian Studies Course is to introduce an identity of its own in time for the next academic year. Created by Walker Pinfold Associates, the design is based on an aboriginal motif depicting a meeting. The texture of the image suggests it has been drawn in the sand, while the wave at the bottom of the image suggests an open book. It has been developed to allow simple, economic implementation by the university's in-house printers and typesetters on literature and ...
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Briefs
27 August 1998
The Attik has created the title sequences for a new six-part period detective drama, Mrs Bradley's Mysteries, starring Diana Rigg.
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Brown Inc on a roll for Kimberly Clark revamp
27 August 1998
Brown Inc is working on initial brand design concepts for the Kleenex, Andrex, Scottex and Page brands, as part of a branding drive by parent group Kimberly-Clark.
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Car-free plans for Trafalgar
27 August 1998
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has backed plans, previously rejected by Westminster City Council, to ban private vehicles from Trafalgar Square.If an agreement can be found between the relevant institutions the project could mean major commissions for design groups.See News Analysis, page 7
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CIA to create ONdigital identity
27 August 1998
ONdigital, the world's first digital terrestrial pay-TV service, has appointed the newly formed Creative Identity Agency to design its on-screen identity.
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Clear thinking by Blue Marlin
27 August 1998
Lying quietly in a darkened room is the only cure for migraine. Or is it? Pfizer Consumer Healthcare is going out of its way to convince sufferers that it has developed an effective remedy, in the form of Migraleve.
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COMPETITIONS
27 August 1998
Nominations will be accepted for the 1999 Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize until 30 September. The prize was established to reward an individual who is judged to have made the most significant contribution to photography over the past year.
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Crabtree Hall cooks up logo
27 August 1998
Bakers Oven confirms it will roll out the new identity and interiors it is currently piloting at Cribbs Causeway near Bristol, as existing sites are refurbished and new ones open.
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Design leads marketing services, says report
27 August 1998
Design is the fastest growing sector of the marketing services industry, with a 25 per cent cumulative rise in income for the top 20 consultancies, according to a new survey. Accountant Willott Kingston Smith's Marketing Monitor report is published at the end of this week.
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Design start-up wins identity review job
27 August 1998
GA Design, the consultancy formed by the merger of three London groups earlier this month, is working on an identity review for financial services client Willis Corroon Group.
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Events
27 August 1998
Liverpool and Manchester host the ninth International Symposium on Electronic Art. The theme of ISEA98 - revolution - will be explored critically, culturally and politically. The symposium runs from 2 September until 11 October.
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Exhibitions
27 August 1998
Atlantic Crossings concentrates on the work of five British ceramic artists focusing on the ways in which US art and culture have influenced their creative ideas. The exhibitors are Robert Cooper, Stephen Dixon, James Evans, Sean Henry and Richard Slee. The exhibition runs from 29 August until 27 September.
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Feeling a tad peckish
27 August 1998
Tales of the quest by Imagination staff for free champagne while returning from the group's Aurora project for client Ford have taken a new twist.
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Fitch & Co export wine
27 August 1998
Rodney Fitch & Co in Hong Kong has created the identity and interiors for Watson's Wine Cellar, a new chain of wine shops in the former British colony.
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Four IV brought in at Savacentre
27 August 1998
Retailing giant Sainsbury's has extended the brand review project currently underway at its supermarket and DIY chains to Savacentre, its hypermarket chain, using a fourth group of retail designers.
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Free-pitching costs
27 August 1998
I am always surprised to see news items such as that about the London Zoo logo by Curio (DW 14 August), commenting on groups' work selected in a free creative pitch.
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FUTURE DATES
27 August 1998
The British Design and Art Direction Programme for Course Leaders and Tutors takes place from 7-10 September. Delegates will discuss key developments in design and advertising with speakers such as Rita Clifton of Interbrand Newell and Sorrell, Mary Lewis of Lewis Moberly and David Rivett of Design Bridge.Contact: Helen Tyas at D&AD on 0171-840 1111.
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Glazer fixes hospital literature
27 August 1998
Glazer has completed the design work for a new corporate brochure for London client the Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth. The brochure goes to print next month as the first part of a revamp of the hospital's communications strategy.
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God's short of wads
27 August 1998
Religion is having a hard time of it. Dome organisers at the New Millennium Experience Company have confessed they are unable to find sponsors for the spiritual zone of the Greenwich celebrations.Sponsors have been found, providing 12m each, for zones looking at communication and education. But potential funders seem to be reluctant to associate their names with... well, with God. Time for a spot of heavenly rebranding, perhaps?
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Judges picked for millennium phone tower
27 August 1998
The judging panel has been announced for the Orange Millennium Landmark Initiative, a competition to choose designers for a telecommunications mast to mark the millennium.
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Light & Coley resorts to 'style'
27 August 1998
Light & Coley has revamped the corporate identity for UK property developer Scottlee Resorts, as it seeks to strengthen its brand.
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Milton Keynes growth
27 August 1998
Planning permission has been granted for a 38 000m2 extension to the original Milton Keynes shopping centre. Greig and Stephenson is working on interiors, with GMW looking after the architecture.
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Nucleus builds Laing identity
27 August 1998
Laing Homes, the house-building division of construction group John Laing, is to introduce a new identity created by Nucleus Design.
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Pack design prompts consumers to 'trade up'
27 August 1998
Packaging designers may be tempting UK shoppers into "trading up" to more expensive goods by wrapping them more attractively, according to a new report.
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Picture this to avoid confusion
27 August 1998
Tom Bawden investigates how consultancies are now using more ethereal means to communicate with their clients.
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PowerZone by Lippincott & Margulies
27 August 1998
Lippincott & Margulies in New York has completed the implementation of a branded concession for RadioShack's line of battery products and accessories.
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Recognition of credentials will raise fee levels
27 August 1998
I can agree with Tony Huggett's comments (Letters, DW 7 August), but I worry about a design director who thinks that "design is something we can all have a go at".
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Separated at birth
27 August 1998
George Church's accusation that Seymour Powell "borrowed" from the Hoover Telios canister, (Letters, DW 31 July) at first made me think I needed a new prescription for my eyeglasses. The Rowenta design bears as much resemblance to the Hoover Zelios as do two unrelated male or female humans.
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Shared passion makes a difference to quality
27 August 1998
It's encouraging that designers rate a reasonable range of printers (see survey, page 14). Given that we deliberately trawled only a small bunch of design groups, known for the quality of their work and their concern with detail, the outcome suggests that there's a good deal of mutual respect between designers and their suppliers - something we aim to foster by highlighting printers that satisfy designers' needs the best. We're not looking to show which printers have the best facilities, ...
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Siebert Head packs E45 range
27 August 1998
Crookes Healthcare is launching a new range of moisturising products, called Skin Confidence, under the umbrella of its E45 brand. Packaging graphics for the range have been developed by Siebert Head.The Skin Confidence range includes body lotions, shower cream and hand and nail creams.It uses E45 branding to capitalise on the reputation of the parent brand.Siebert Head's creative director, Kerin House, has been promoted to the consultancy's board.
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Sprat's enough so mullet over and be squids in
27 August 1998
Can it be true? Might Addison really be axing the goldfish? Word on the street is that our finned friend is to get the chop as a result of the consultancy's identity review.
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Tarzan the office man
27 August 1998
The advance of technology has boosted the popularity of homeworking in the US. The idyllic portrayal of some home offices only tells half the story, says Peter Hall.
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The machine aesthetic
27 August 1998
Matthew Valentine finds that a new book examining German graphic design between the wars throws up some surprising aspects of the national character.
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The Partners branches out
27 August 1998
Newsdesk: Clare Dowdy 0171-970 4000
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The print process
27 August 1998
What makes a good printer? Design Week asks top print design groups what they look for. Report by Lynda Relph-Knight, research by Natalie Spencer
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Tilney Shane revamps PR offices
27 August 1998
Tilney Shane has been appointed by public relations consultancy The Rowland Company, part of Saatchi & Saatchi, to refurbish its offices in London's West End.
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Tired, emotional and without a stitch on
27 August 1998
These northern lads can teach Londoners a thing or two about having a good time. - Things got a bit out of hand for The Attik's Huddersfield managing director David Taylor after the group's London office party a fortnight ago.



