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27 August 1998

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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?

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Picture this to avoid confusion

    27 August 1998

    Tom Bawden investigates how consultancies are now using more ethereal means to communicate with their clients.

  • 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.

  • 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".

  • 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.

  • 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, ...

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • The Partners branches out

    27 August 1998

    Newsdesk: Clare Dowdy 0171-970 4000

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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