Design Week
3 May 2007
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A Brief History of Jimmie Johnson's Legacy
3 May 2007
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A move in the right direction
3 May 2007
Buying a studio may appear to be prohibitively expensive, but Tom Newman says you won't regret the move - as long as you're practical about it
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A moving story with a creative happy ending
3 May 2007
I was pleased to read your feature Space exploration, after starting this same journey ourselves. Having acquired another company at the beginning of the year, we're forced to look for larger premises that will allow all 62 of us to operate effectively under one roof. If there's one thing we've learned over our 22 years (and three properties), it is that change is inevitable, and if you're intending to be around in a few years, you have to build flexibility into your planning. ...
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A ring that leaves an impression
3 May 2007
A ring that leaves an impression in the skin, by Jule Jenckel, is one of the projects on show at Charming Disaster, a one-night-only exhibition of experimental product design. Organised by the Royal College of Art, the event, on 11 May, will feature installations, film and live performances by students of the Design Products department.
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An ace café, with quite a rubbish bank attached
3 May 2007
What a fantastic idea - coffee shops in high street banks (DW 15 March). However, it would be nice to think Abbey and its high street rivals could get some of the basics right first. Aside from the fact that transferring my account to Abbey was a nightmare (the £40 inducement to transfer didn't even come close to compensating for the hassle), the process of advising a change of address was tedious. I tried NatWest, where I had to fill in a form by hand, and it was unable ...
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Art on tap
3 May 2007
The democratising nature of the Web has generated a demand for graphic art that traditional galleries cannot meet. Liz Farrelly picks some of the enterprising on-line dealers who are rising to this challenge
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Clients must help in spreading climate change awareness
3 May 2007
With regard to Corinne Hitching's letter on climate change, I agree with her argument - as designers, we are responsible for every element of a piece of packaging, or for the product itself. We decide on the size, shape, materials, packaging and graphics, and at every stage there are many choices. More often than not, it's a choice between taking a responsible, sustainable route, which will cost a little more, and the easy, on-budget route. If we can all work collaboratively and ...
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Digital body announces Webby prize winners
3 May 2007
The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, organiser of the annual Webby Awards, has released advanced details of this year's winners to be honoured at a ceremony due to take place in New York on 5 June.The BBC picks up an award for best news website, while the Guardian Unlimited has beaten competition including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal to scoop first prize for the best newspaper website. UK group Poke takes top prize in the banking and bill-paying ...
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Everybody stands to gain from initiatives in schools
3 May 2007
It is great that the Sorrell Foundation is expanding the Young Design Programme education initiative to include design colleges in Leeds and Falmouth.The 'kebab stick' approach of introducing college students into the pilot of the Young Design Programme brought huge benefits to students of London's University of the Arts last year. Reports are that the second-years involved in the project - which makes school children the clients for multidisciplinary teams of design students, ...
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Facing up to fame
3 May 2007
Typography is fashionable, with articles in Vogue and a film dedicated to Helvetica. Adrian Shaughnessy welcomes these tributes to the value of graphic design
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Inspired
3 May 2007
Inspiration sometimes bursts through the front door, trumpeting its arrival and delivering with a great flourish - you can be left in no doubt that you've just been inspired
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Japanese underbelly
3 May 2007
In a culture renowned for its pulsating urban districts, emblazoned with imagery selling lifestyles of every sort, it's strange that it has taken this long for the first book dedicated to Japan's graffiti movement to surface. The argument, say the writers, is that graffiti arrived relatively late - only by the early 1990s when young people headed to the US and encountered hip hop did this global subculture start transforming the sprawling suburbs of Tokyo and Osaka. The book's title, RackGaki, .
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Land Securities gets arty with Futurecity
3 May 2007
National property developer Land Securities is expected to unveil a series of artworks in November, as part of its strategy to use public art to brand its 400ha mixed-use development in Ebbsfleet Valley, Kent.Based on the branding created for the development by design consultancy Hat Trick (pictured), the Ampersand project will see three sculptural forms installed at roundabouts that lead into the Ebbsfleet Valley site. The concept was devised by cultural branding group Futurecity ...
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Marmalade confusion ends up in The Yard
3 May 2007
Steve Royle, former Astound associate director, has changed the name of his start-up consultancy from Marmalade Design Studios to The Yard because of legal reasons
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News in Pictures
3 May 2007
The Shetland Museum and Archives at Hay's Dock will reopen its doors to the public on 2 June
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Office affairs
3 May 2007
Public sector bodies are opening up their drab workplaces, increasing sustainability and staff motivation in the process, with smaller budgets than the private sector. Pamela Buxton looks at some successes, but finds there's still a long way to go
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Primary appeal
3 May 2007
In search of that cutting-edge sofa or some retro-inspired ergonomic chairs for the office? Design Week offers a sneak preview of what to look out for this year at London's office interiors show, Design Prima
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Profile: Feast
3 May 2007
In business for barely ten years, Feast is now a major player in theatre graphics, with clients such as the Royal Court and The Ambassador Group. Nick Smurthwaite talks to the studio's founder, Simon Williams
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Red Design
3 May 2007
Red Design has created a new website for Britain's oldest luxury leather goods company, Tanner Krolle. The consultancy, which made its name creating award-winning designs for the music industry, has also secured Tanner Krolle's advertising business. The Web launch marks a new era for the 150-year-old brand, says Red Design managing director Alastair Reid. 'They wanted to rinse out all the old preconceptions. This is confident, cool and minimalist,' he adds.
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Shop show points to bright future for retail in the capital
3 May 2007
The growth in on-line shopping and the move towards specialist stores is changing the face of retail in London, with a knock-on effect for high street retailers and interior design consultancies.Therefore, an exhibition and a series of talks at New London Architecture called Shop - which examine the future of shopping and show that retail developments in the capital are, in fact, prospering - is very timely.With exhibition and graphic design by Manha and its creative director ...
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The Other 'Arf
3 May 2007
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Toon toon
3 May 2007
Over the past century, Dundee has played host to the creators of The Dandy, The Beano and Grand Theft Auto. Fiona Sibley welcomes a new, special-edition comic and exhibition which celebrate the city's animation heritage
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UHI status upgrade leads to identity work
3 May 2007
Inverness-based UHI Millennium Institute, the higher education institution for the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, is set to develop a fresh brand identity when it becomes the University for the Highlands and Islands.Last month, UHI issued a tender for a design consultancy to develop a new brand and visual identity, as it moves towards full university status and changes its name.Currently, the organisation is unable to use the word university in its title because the ...
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Voxpop
3 May 2007
Last week marked the tenth anniversary of the Labour Party coming to power. As the media looks back on its decade in power, what do you think is Labour's legacy for design?From the start, Labour embraced the idea that design makes business and economic sense. The ...
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Walker Jansseune in city academy push
3 May 2007
City Academy Bristol, one of the 40 UK institutions set up under the Government's city academies initiative, today launches a branding scheme to help raise the profile of vocational education at a national level.The scheme, devised by Bath-based design consultancy Walker Jansseune, features a series of panels that will be used as part of the academy's interior, and will be dedicated to honouring students who have excelled in career pathways through a vocational education.Walker ...
