Design Week
3 August 2006
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1000 New Designs book...
3 August 2006
1000 New Designs and Where To Find Them, published by Laurence King Publishing, highlights some of the furniture, storage, lighting, textile, bathroom, kitchenware and electrical product designs launched over the past five years. Designed by Roger Fawcett
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CDT Design designs British Land annual report
3 August 2006
The latest British Land annual report has been designed by CDT Design with an accompanying British Life history book in celebration of the company's 150th anniversary.
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Creative leap for Alliance Boots
3 August 2006
Alliance Boots is to brand all of its 3000 European retail outlets as Boots and will relaunch its wholesale business with a new name, after the completion of the £7bn merger between Alliance UniChem and Boots Group this week.
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Design oasis for desert kingdom
3 August 2006
Dubai, a hotspot for extravagant design by global players, is now building an infrastructure to nurture local creative talent, says Sarah Balmond
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Does a mix of disciplines produce better results?
3 August 2006
Does a mix of disciplines produce better results?
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Don't be scared of advertising
3 August 2006
As ad agencies strengthen their design units, what does the shifting creative arena mean for the future of the design business? asks Jonathan Ford
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Dubai is rife with opportunity, but it must nurture its talent
3 August 2006
The only surprising thing about Dubai's bid to celebrate its local creative talent is that it has taken so long to do so. Plans fostered by the International Design Initiative (see News Analysis, page 9) come some ten years since design - branding in part
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Finn finds future to be at Dragon
3 August 2006
Former FutureBrand managing director Elizabeth Finn (pictured) has joined Dragon Brands as director of packaging. Finn resigned from FutureBrand for personal reasons two years ago (DW 1 July 2004). She has been working on a consultancy basis in the interim.
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Fitch appoints Publicis new business director
3 August 2006
Fitch has appointed Publicis new business director David Balko as business development director of its London studio. Balko has worked at the ad agency, a rival to WPP-owned Fitch, since 2003. Part of his brief will be to extend the group's reach into Europe, Russia and the Middle East.
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Golley Slater Birmingham wins Heart FM account
3 August 2006
Golley Slater's Birmingham office has won the below-the-line account for 100.7 Heart FM in the West Midlands and Heart 106 in the East Midlands, following a competitive pitch.
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Heritage Lottery Fund gives British museums a boost
3 August 2006
The Bristol Industrial Museum is to be turned into a new Museum of Bristol, after a £10.7m Heritage Lottery Fund grant.
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Hotel homes
3 August 2006
If luxury breaks are your thing, why not opt for a permanent holiday? Bethan Ryder previews a New York scheme designed by Herzog & de Meuron that brings the comforts and stunning surroundings of a top class hotel to your very own apartment
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IDI to build a name at global design events
3 August 2006
The Dubai-based International Design Initiative, which is seeking to boost creative industries across the Middle East, will use forthcoming global design festivals as a platform from which to promote itself.
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Incredible journey
3 August 2006
Taking a trip underground on a hot, muggy afternoon, when the Tube is at its most sweltering and unpleasant, is a lot to ask. But from this week it's worth making a detour to Gloucester Road's District Line station in London, where 17 arches along the disused ...
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Inspired
3 August 2006
As a teenager in the late 1970s, my obsession with music had broadened to include the record sleeves produced by the likes of Hipgnosis and Roger Dean. Then along came Punk, a new visual language was called for and the new stars of sleeve design - Malcolm Garrett, Neville Brody, ...
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Institute of Directors' conference fails to reach board level
3 August 2006
I read with interest Raymond Turner's article (Design Business, DW 13 July). As a small design group, we strive to help our clients appreciate the added value of good design. Sometimes this is a struggle - design is often seen as a commodity bought by a procurement department that is better accustomed to purchasing paper clips.
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Is this a link with industry or is it just a one-off?
3 August 2006
Interesting article (Comment, DW 20 July), especially the sign-off about designers who feel that the Design Council could be seen as irrelevant without a direct link to the industry. It actually has one... it employs designers and has consultants throughout the UK helping the wider world gain a better commercial understanding and respect for design.
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Jet Airways brings in Landor to fly high
3 August 2006
It is understood that Jet Airways is looking to attract a wider customer base as it expands its international flight path with additional routes across Asia, the US and Europe. The Indian domestic airline launched its first flights between India and Brita
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Michael Roberts steps down from Battersea Power Station project
3 August 2006
Parkview International chief executive Michael Roberts has stepped down from his position at the helm of the Battersea Power Station redevelopment in London, it has been reported. Parkview owner Victor Hwang takes up the title of executive director of the venture.
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Multimedia art exhibition to be held at Serpentine
3 August 2006
Priceless, a multimedia art exhibition that displays objects of great value as selected by cultural institutions located on and around London's Exhibition Road, will be held at the Serpentine Gallery from 7 to 27 August. It will feature a diverse range of media designed by digital ...
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News in Pictures
3 August 2006
Pearlfisher has created the brand identity and packaging for Pernod Ricard's premium tequila, Tezón, which is launching across the US this month.
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Nissan wins R&D tax relief claim for design in test case
3 August 2006
Many UK design businesses could become eligible for substantial tax relief on their work, a landmark claim by Nissan Design Europe has shown.
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Origins to launch 'Eco-chic'
3 August 2006
Health and beauty brand Origins is launching an 'Eco-chic' retail concession at the Lifestyle Hall of Harrods in London. It has been designed by Monroe Alcheman, senior vice-president, creative director of Origins.
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Out of the picture
3 August 2006
Adrian Shaughnessy laments the demise of illustration and urges designers to seek out pioneering work that shows the discipline is still going strong.
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Profile: Tomoko Azumi
3 August 2006
Tomoko Azumi built quite a reputation with her husband Shin, but she has gone from strength to strength since they parted, taking on design projects, teaching and research, says Max Fraser
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Project X terminates
3 August 2006
Project X was closed by mutual agreement of its three founding directors and owners Nick Blyth, Ross Haxton and Simon Wyatt-Budd, and not by Blyth Wyatt Budd, as stated in DW last week.
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Public sector red tape is a barrier to small consultancies
3 August 2006
We're still a relatively new consultancy, but thought it was time to start putting in tenders to Government Land. We recently saw a carrot being dangled by the Carbon Trust. But to have a go, we had to go to a website, then follow a link to download a pdf with instructions on how to submit a questionnaire, to receive a questionnaire to obtain a document to complete to stand a chance of tendering for work. Are you still with me?
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Purple Circle designs identity for Miette
3 August 2006
Nottingham consultancy Purple Circle has designed the identity, packaging and website (www.miette.co.uk) for Miette, a chocolaterie and patisserie in the Cotswolds.
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Random House dishes up the dirt for Welsh novel
3 August 2006
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Review
3 August 2006
Forthcoming events, exhibitions and talk
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Slice freshens up Cillit Bang with colour-coded variants
3 August 2006
Household products giant Reckitt Benckiser is to roll out a global packaging refresh for its Cillit Bang cleaning range, with design work by Slice Design.
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Spa builds steam with Mytton Williams
3 August 2006
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Stanton Williams appointed to design building for Cambridge Uni
3 August 2006
Stanton Williams has been appointed to design a scientific research building for the University of Cambridge in the University's Botanic Garden. The focus of the proposed laboratory will be on the fundamental mechanisms of plant development and growth.
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Stretch the canvas
3 August 2006
There's a rich history of crossover in the graphic art world - creatives who spread their professional wings often take an unorthodox approach to produce original results, says Yolanda Zappaterra
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Study pinpoints firms' return on design investment
3 August 2006
The Design Council's latest research study has come up with a way of measuring return on design investment for the first time. According to the report, Design in Britain 2005-6, 'design alert' companies achieve an average return of £225 for every £100 invested in design.
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Virgin set to integrate NTL's 'quadruple play'
3 August 2006
The creative team at Virgin Mobile has begun looking at design concepts to brand NTL's 'quadruple play' product, comprising Internet, television and fixed-line and mobile telephony services, which will eventually be retailed through Virgin's first chain of stand-alone retail outlets.
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Voxpop
3 August 2006
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Wellcome Collection goes for big name design treatment
3 August 2006
A host of design consultancies has been appointed to work on the £30m Wellcome Collection, a public venue opening in summer 2007, with further appointments in the pipeline.
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Wrench is first Briton to head Landor
3 August 2006
Landor Associates has a non-American at its helm this month for the first time in its 65-year history, as worldwide chairman Craig Branigan hands the role of chief executive to worldwide president Charlie Wrench (pictured).
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Yell Group publishes annual reports
3 August 2006
