Design Week
27 October 2010
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A comment on Gap's logo, and no comment
27 October 2010
Regarding its recent attempt at rebranding (Insight, DW 21 October), I think Gap is looking to reconnect with today’s customer and become even more relevant, so it needs to offer customers something that’s different, like the So Cal youth of Hollister or the edgy attitude of All Saints.
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A risky business
27 October 2010
The young David Bernstein was much influenced as a creative director by the management style of Diaghilev, who knew much about the value of surprise, talent, experimentation… and risk
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A woman's touch
27 October 2010
Motherhood, love, childhood and job-seeking feature in Onedotzero’s new female animators programme Ladymation. Part of its digital arts festival Adventures in Motion, Ladymation will feature 15 films by graduating and established women animators from around the world.
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An inclusive Design Council will be a more effective one
27 October 2010
The Design Council has done some fantastic work to raise awareness of design within Government and industry. However, its third set of stakeholders - design practitioners - have not been sufficiently involved in the Design Council’s direction in the past.
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Animal magic
27 October 2010
Taxidermy has been shunned for decades, but with a cleaned-up image it is becoming more acceptable again. Part of a Victorian style revival, Dominic Lutyens discovers that its creepiness creates a huge sense of theatre
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Best of the Web
27 October 2010
http://tiny.cc/sp6a0Here’s another interesting infographic, this time showing the dominant colours on the Web. The site Colour Lover reveals that blue is the most used colour in people’s profile design. It also looks at the top 100 sites across the globe to see which is the most popular colour used.
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Cuts and bruises
27 October 2010
In his Comprehensive Spending Review last week, Chancellor George Osborne radically slashed public sector budgets, mapping out £81bn in savings over the next four years. Angus Montgomery assesses the impact on design
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Fit Creative designs poster campaign for South East Enterprise schools project
27 October 2010
Fit Creative has designed a poster and leaflet campaign for the South East Enterprise-run School Gates Enterprise project, which aims to encourage entrepreneurialism and develop business skills in out-of-work parents.
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Homing instinct
27 October 2010
NB Studio has designed the new interiors book Kevin McCloud’s 43 Principles of Home, which is published on 28 October by Harper Collins.
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Inspired - Simon Adamson
27 October 2010
I have always been fascinated by Tokyo. As a young lad, my intrigue and excitement about the place came from watching programmes that featured robots and boys’ toys and thinking ’wow’.
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News in Pictures
27 October 2010
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News in Pictures
27 October 2010
Build has created a new range of stationery for the Design Museum’s shop.
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News in Pictures
27 October 2010
The Vinyl Factory has created a deluxe vinyl edition of Bryan Ferry’s album Olympia, released on 8 ...
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Night vision
27 October 2010
Finding your way around a city at night can be a disorienting experience - even if you are sober. Emily Pacey investigates the multi-platform approach of current design practice, in light of the growing importance of the after-dark economy
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Ofsted order to raise profile prompts Roundel to revamp Guildford College Group brand
27 October 2010
Roundel has overhauled the Guildford College Group brand, which was established through a merger of Guildford College, Merrist Wood College and Farnham Sixth Form College in 2009.
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Painter man
27 October 2010
Artist Daniel Hirschmann has created a generative painting installation for the Whitney Gala event, which was held last night in New York City.
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Patrick Wilson - a friend of design, and a straight talker
27 October 2010
It was with real sadness that I read of the death of Patrick Wilson in Design Week . The letter from Greg Quinton (DW 14 October) captures Patrick’s character and passion for design perfectly.
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Print is alive and kicking, but you'd never guess it from this new newspaper
27 October 2010
If, like me, you are majorly underwhelmed by new newspaper I - The Independent’s tabloid spin-off - you can at least look forward to the new-look kids’ comic Dandy, due out today. That, we are told, will lift the nation’s gloom with one roll of the printing press.
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Profile: Dunne & Raby
27 October 2010
Fascinated by technology’s ability to forge the future, Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby create objects that could alter our course. Scott Billings hears about an exhibition of their work which presents scenarios showing how this could happen
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Prospect plans W&O digital strategy refresh
27 October 2010
Prospect is working with luxury holiday company Western & Oriental Travel to overhaul its digital strategy over the next two years in a project that will ultimately lead to a rebrand.
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Shaw & Skerm works on World Aids Day campaign for NAT
27 October 2010
Shaw & Skerm has created the campaign for World Aids Day 2010 for client the National Aids Trust.
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Sometimes only ten out of ten will do
27 October 2010
Is your consultancy an attractive prospect for third-party investment? Ian Cochrane’s guide shows us what a business needs to stand out
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St Etienne Design Biennale to show vision of the future
27 October 2010
British designers are contributing to this year’s 2010 Saint Etienne International Design Biennale in France, where the pervading theme will be ’teleportation’.
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Studio Conran plans overhaul as Keech takes post at PDD
27 October 2010
Studio Conran says it is restructuring to focus on ’a more integrated offer’ following the departure of design director of product design Tristram Keech, who has joined PDD.
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Vox Pop
27 October 2010
Seymour Powell has developed a new sustainable nappy design. Which product would you like to see made more sustainable and why?
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Watch videos from review: A woman's touch
Wed, 27 Oct 2010
Design Week presents a selection of short animated films from Onedotzero’s all-female programme Ladymation, which runs at London’s BFI Southbank from 11-14 November
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What really matters in India is being there on the ground
27 October 2010
Your article ’Home Advantage’ (News Analysis, DW 14 October) talks about India being on the cusp of ’developing its own indigenous design industry’.
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Woodland surprise
Thu, 28 Oct 2010
If you go down to Hoxton’s Pure Evil Gallery next week, you’ll be sure of a woodland inspired surprise.
