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3 September 1998

  • Belgo empire pumps its muscles

    3 September 1998

    Restaurant group Belgo is embarking on a significant expansion plan which will see it opening around 15 new Belgo-branded restaurants in the next four years and extending the brand into a new bar format.

  • Boots reveals café concept

    3 September 1998

    John Herbert Partnership, Lewis Moberly and Pentagram's John McConnell have designed the first of what could be a new wave of in-store cafés for Boots The Chemists.

  • Brief

    3 September 1998

    Sound and Media in-house designer Paul Pensom has concentrated on a weapon theme on this cover for Tomohawk Masters, the latest album from Judge Jules. 'I wanted to make the most of the Tomohawk and get the idea of weaponry across. The main image is comprised of pieces of blueprint of a chieftain tank,' says Pensom. 'The orange is quite harsh, in keeping with the military feel, as well as being clubby and vibrant.' The album hit the shelves on Monday on the Sound and Media-owned Clubmasters ...

  • Briefs

    3 September 1998

    Software manufacturer Quark is trying to buy a stake in Adobe Systems. Adobe has so far dismissed the proposal out of hand.

  • Briscoe takes to the bottle

    3 September 1998

    Edward Briscoe Design has redesigned the graphics and bottle shape for Quilmes, an Argentinian beer which launches in Europe on Monday. The group also carried out strategic marketing work for the project.

  • CDT stamps its millennium idea

    3 September 1998

    The work of 48 image-makers will feature in the 1999 series of stamps issued by the Royal Mail to celebrate the millennium. CDT Design came up with the concept for the series on British achievements of the past 1000 years and has created a typestyle.

  • Conference on how to improve your lunchbox

    3 September 1998

    Designers faced with the challenge of designing food packaging which will appeal to children may find succour at Kid Food '98, a conference to be held in London in mid-November.

  • Crafts

    3 September 1998

    As part of the Barbican's Inventing America series, Threads: Contemporary American Basketry runs until 30 September. Over 60 pieces by 14 contemporary basket makers are on show.

  • Dalziel & Pow branding is a gift

    3 September 1998

    A new chain of gift stores is due to launch in Manchester's Trafford Centre this month, with interiors and branding created by Dalziel & Pow.

  • Don't say the C-word

    3 September 1998

    Tim Rich thinks poor relationships between young designers and clients, starts with language. Rethinking our attitude towards the C-word is the first step, he says.

  • Everyone's in the media in Soho, darling

    3 September 1998

    Workers in London's Soho must somehow soak up the spirit of the design and advertising industries via a process of osmosis.A coffee shop waitress was last week overheard saying to two customers: 'Sorry to interrupt your pitch, but would you like another cappuccino?'

  • Exhibition design needs to be promoted to raise standards

    3 September 1998

    I refer to both the editorial comment and Sir Terence Conran's letter (DW 21 August) on Government procurement of exhibition design.

  • EXHIBITIONS

    3 September 1998

    Liberty is mounting an exhibition of New British Design to mark the opening of its Modern Furniture Gallery. Michael Sodeau, Inflate and Rock Galpin of Studio Orange are among those showing work. The exhibition runs from 10-20 September.

  • FUTURE DATES

    3 September 1998

    On 2-4 October the Brand Design Association (formerly the Package Design Council) will be hosting a conference on brand design and its role in corporate strategy. The event will be at the Broadway Millennium Hotel in New York.Contact: AIGA on 00 1 212 414 0296 or e-mail to brand@aiga.org for further details.

  • Gary Mouat joins E-fact

    3 September 1998

    Newsdesk: Clare Dowdy 0171-970 4000

  • GDR links up with US

    3 September 1998

    Client-consultancy liaison group GDR has formed an alliance with New York group Kent Global Strategies, which specialises in sourcing US design consultancies for corporate identity and branding projects.The alliance is intended to help US clients looking for European design consultancies and European clients looking for design groups in the US.

  • ICI reacts with Bamber Forsyth

    3 September 1998

    Bamber Forsyth has created the name and identity for Synetix, a company specialising in catalysts, the agents which speed up the process of chemical reactions.

  • If in doubt, pass the buck along to us

    3 September 1998

    Designers must often call the Chartered Society of Designers for advice on issues such as fees and pitching. - From calls to Design Week, it would appear the institution isn't very good at answering them.

  • Immaculate conceptions

    3 September 1998

    In order to realise an idea, it is essential to be able to source the right material. Jane Austin talks to seven people who have tracked down the wherewithal to turn their creative dreams into working solutions. Jane Austin is editor of Shots.

  • Inventory born of The Source

    3 September 1998

    Home accessories chain The Source has changed its name to Inventory. The identity is by David Richmond Associates. Inventory is owned by Portuguese retailer Sonae.The branding will appear at the three stores, in London, Southampton and Lisbon, from this month. Interiors by Diefenbach Elkins Davies Baron, will be adapted for further outlets planned for Leicester and Oporto, in Portugal, this autumn.

  • IT campaign by Outside the Box

    3 September 1998

    Marketing communications group Outside the Box has created a direct mail campaign for software client Intentia, to promote its IT services to companies in the run-up to Economic and Monetary Union.

  • Italian coffee shop for Edinburgh

    3 September 1998

    CD Partnership has created interiors and graphics for Pavone Espress, a café in Edinburgh's Princes Square shopping centre.

  • Its a dog's life for Kate at Tank

    3 September 1998

    Rolling stone Kate Irving appears to have been stopped in her tracks by her new job as managing director of graphics group Tank. We recently highlighted her succession of rapid career moves, after her latest new job (DW 7 August).

  • Johnson Banks creates an up-to-date classroom

    3 September 1998

    Johnson Banks is putting the finishing touches to a massive project aimed at updating Britain's image in the British Council's 900 classrooms worldwide.

  • Lynx packs a more gentle punch

    3 September 1998

    Elida Fabergé has updated the packaging for its men's shower gel brand Lynx, with the help of design group Tin Horse.

  • Masterplanning is the only way to manage work

    3 September 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

  • Mature designers look outside London

    3 September 1998

    Matthew Valentine's article on young designers focusing on London-based consultancies (DW 14 August) addresses a problem that we, as a consultancy situated outside the M25, are familiar with.

  • Merchant's FTSE league

    3 September 1998

    Merchant's latest handbook, which shows the impact design groups have on FTSE 250 companies, seems to substantiate design's increasing status.

  • MPL wins Selfridges

    3 September 1998

    MPL has been brought in by Selfridges to design its first interim report since splitting from parent company Sears. Selfridges also talked to Addison and Stocks Austin Sice.

  • Naked ambition thwarted for Sands

    3 September 1998

    Elmwood managing director Jonathan Sands recently made a serious error of judgement by listening to his staff. - Rotters that they are, they persuaded him to pose naked for a business article about the consultancy.

  • Photography

    3 September 1998

    A photographic exhibition EAST by Phil Maxwell presents images which compare and contrast London's East End and Bangladesh. The exhibition runs from 6 September until 10 October.Venue: Spitz Gallery, 109 Commercial Street, Old Spitalfields Market, London E1.

  • Pop Culture

    3 September 1998

    Designers are learning to maximise the likelihood of an unplanned purchase. Lauren Mills explores the issues concerning point-of-purchase display material.

  • Renegade masters

    3 September 1998

    Dazed & Confused joins the branding fray with a TV programme which perpetuates its core values of anarchy and originality.

  • Rise in annual report work boosts influence

    3 September 1998

    Merchant's study of the annual report market makes interesting reading for the design community (see News Analysis, page 6). It isn't just the extra workload created by more top companies putting the design of this key document out to consultancies, rather than handling it in-house.

  • SEMINAR

    3 September 1998

    UK Barometer discusses the state of the creative industries in Britain today and their future direction. The event will take place on 10 September at 7.30pm.Venue: Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, London SW1.

  • South West Trains gets Open minded

    3 September 1998

    Open, including the design consultancy formerly known as Horseman Cooke McBains, has been appointed by South West Trains to redesign the travel group's literature.

  • Springetts milks the organic look

    3 September 1998

    Design group Springetts has created a brand identity for an organic products sub-brand due to be launched this month by Dairy Crest.

  • Springpoint warms up Fray Bentos

    3 September 1998

    Food manufacturing group Campbells is to relaunch the Fray Bentos brand, with branding by design group Springpoint. - Fray Bentos is the leading canned hot meat brand in the UK.

  • TV3 rides the rollercoaster

    3 September 1998

    Television sometimes echoes the emotional rollercoaster of life, a theme which Ireland's new independent channel, TV3, has taken to heart.

  • V&A name 'remains'

    3 September 1998

    The Victoria and Albert Museum has denied press reports that it is looking for a snappier name. - Speculation that the museum was to be renamed was sparked by an article in the latest issue of the museum's magazine, by its director Dr Alan Borg.

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