Design Week
30 August 2007
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All in design should adopt an entrepreneurial approach
30 August 2007
Jonathan Kestenbaum is right to goad design students to take a more entrepreneurial stance
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BAA eyes more consultancies for Heathrow East terminal
30 August 2007
BAA is seeking design consultancies to work on Heathrow East, the facility that will eventually replace Terminal 2. T2 will be demolished in spring 2008 to make way for the new £1.5bn terminal.The project is being co-ordinated by BAA's small in-house design team of about six people, led by director of design David Bartlett.Besides drafting in architect Foster & Partners to design the terminal, BAA plans to use a core roster of consultancies currently engaged on Terminal ...
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Brief encounter
30 August 2007
Commercial posters risk stating the obvious, so writers' association 26 turned this rationale on its head, charging teams to tell local tales in the shortest of slogans. It was a rare challenge, says Jim Davies - although Quentin Newark finds the results
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Broadening horizons
30 August 2007
Working as an illustrator today can be a solitary life, often confined to a studio and working alone. Consequences, a new show by the Central Illustration Agency, has challenged that ideal by inviting 63 of the international illustrators it represents to work together on a wall-based installation. An A2 panel marked with a section of curving horizon was given to each illustrator to adorn however they wished. Participants were asked to communicate with the artist designing the panel either ...
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CABE works to encourage better design of schools
30 August 2007
In response to David Jones (Voxpop, DW 23 August), the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment undertakes a range of activities to ensure high-quality school design - including collaboration with head teachers.
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Create space for inspiration
30 August 2007
How can we remain creative, stuck in front of a computer day in, day out? Tim Elliott argues that we must get out more and allow ourselves to be distracted again
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Creative types can do business
30 August 2007
Design students should adopt an entrepreneurial spirit from the start and make the most of opportunities at university, says Jonathan Kestenbaum
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Creatives outsway managing directors in industry survey
30 August 2007
Managing directors with illusions of grandeur might like to take a deep breath before reading further.A new survey on the creative community by marketing recruitment company Blue Skies finds that although managing directors may drive a business's strategic direction, it is often the creative director who holds the key to client direction.A cross-section of some 540 in-house and consultancy creatives were polled, from junior designers to creative directors.Just over ...
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D&AD is launching...
30 August 2007
D&AD is launching its annual this week, featuring the winning entries in its Global Awards 2007.
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DBA competition aims to improve lives of the disabled
30 August 2007
For designers with the time and motivation to enter competitions, there appears to be few more worthy than the DBA Inclusive Design Challenge. Its organisers claim it is commercially compelling, teaching designers how to produce for a market that consultancies may lack the skills and knowledge to exploit.Organised annually since 2000 by the Royal College of Art's Helen Hamlyn Research Centre and the Design Business Association, the competition invites designers to create products ...
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De-Face Value
30 August 2007
Celebrities and musicians have taken part in a project called De-Face Value, in which they had to depict themselves using a Phil Collins' No Jacket Required album sleeve as a blank canvas. Art Vinyl will be creating an art installation of the work, including covers by Finger Lickin' Records founder Jen Panufnik (1) and Martin Degville (2) as part of the London Design Festival.
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Design Hub lends a hand to new businesses in the Midlands
30 August 2007
Coventry University's Design Hub, which launched last week, has already signed up 34 corporate companies looking for help with their product design.The dedicated space will be used for meetings, hot-desking and presentations by design consultancies and product developers based in the Midlands, who will also be able to get design assistance, product development and intellectual property advice.Nick Rutter, technology director and co-founder of Coventry-based smoke alarm ...
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Design strike for beautiful game
30 August 2007
Football stadia are no longer just places for a kickaround, but also money-spinning real estate and bold architectural statements, says Clive Walker
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E3 overhauls AN Digital websites
30 August 2007
Bristol digital design consultancy E3 is redesigning the 'This Is' portfolio of regional information websites. The sites are owned by the Daily Mail via its subsidiary, Associated Northcliffe Digital.AN Digital appointed E3 to overhaul the 40 websites last week. A source reveals that up to eight London-based design and digital groups participated in the unpaid, 'arduous' pitching process, including DNA. The source claimed that the budget is in the 'high six figures'.The ...
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Elmwood rebrands Black Magic for Nestlé
30 August 2007
Nestlé is set to relaunch its iconic Black Magic chocolate brand, with an ultra-contemporary rebrand by Elmwood.The overhaul, which will see the introduction of three 100g chocolate bars and three new gift boxes, is designed to reposition the brand as a premium product.Black Magic brand manager Rebecca Reason explains that the design brief was influenced by the Japanese philosophical approach to designing called Kansei, whereby consumer emotions are translated into specific ...
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E-tendering is so tedious it excludes smaller groups
30 August 2007
Is anyone else gobsmacked by the ridiculous systems and the illiterate, over-complicated, irrelevant, bureaucratic e-tendering systems produced by Government and councils? Do public institutions really think they are going to get the best creative work from consultancies that have the time or the mentality to fill in these forms? Large groups may employ people to do this - small, creative groups do not. Infuriating log-in procedures, poorly-worded questionnaires, over-generalised ...
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Fairline Boats
30 August 2007
Lloyd Northover has developed a retail concept and branding for luxury power boat manufacturer Fairline Boats. Its UK flagship office and dealership (pictured) opens this week in Southampton.
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FTSE250 and FTSE500
30 August 2007
A study by corporate design consultancy Merchant has found that companies ranked in the FTSE250 and FTSE500 improved the design of their annual reports 'far more' than FTSE100 companies over the past 12 months. Reports were judged 40 per cent better than those of the top 100 companies.
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Furniture group Tavola
30 August 2007
Furniture group Tavola Rasa is displaying its new line in the window of Harrods from next month. Designed by Sameh El Shahat, all the pieces - such as this Union Jack chest of drawers - are made by hand.
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Gaelic Athletic Association
30 August 2007
The Dublin-based Gaelic Athletic Association has appointed Enterprise IG to review its brand portfolio. The Irish sporting organisation has more than 900 000 members.
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Hair care company Ghd
30 August 2007
Hair care company Ghd is launching a range of premium spa products, with packaging and branding by BDH/TBWA. The ad agency's campaign includes: packaging design, stationery, point-of-sale materials, product guides and launch materials, as well as a press advertising campaign.
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Home-grown style lost as Aussies bring in Poms
30 August 2007
I read with interest what the article 'Stepping on to the global stage' (DW 9 August) had to say about Sydney Design 07 and Australian design in general. In the past seven years I have either been working there, or consulting with associates who are based there. There is a misconception that Australia has this great wealth of home-grown talent. Yes, there are some very good home-grown creatives, but the majority are immigrants, mostly from the UK and Europe, who bring their skills ...
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Inside echoes outside at the Reiss flagship retail space
30 August 2007
Clothing retailer Reiss has exclusively revealed details of the interior of its forthcoming world flagship, due to launch at the end of October.The £30m retail, head office and residential development at Barrett Street, London W1, will set a new standard in retail space, according to Reiss founder David Reiss.'The way that retail is going now, it's all about purity. We've had the all-singing, all-dancing look. This will be cleaner and slicker with major design features ...
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Inspired
30 August 2007
Two artists have fascinated and inspired me throughout my career. It is both their work and their obsessive approach that capture my imagination.Sol LeWitt has kept cropping up since my days at art school. Discovering art that was purely about form and an artist who could spend almost a lifetime exploring different approaches to the drawn line was liberating. The beauty that comes from the exploration of simple ideas is a lesson that is worth being reminded of. His endless cube ...
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Inspired
30 August 2007
If the weather, first thing, is glorious sunshine, then that always inspires, and I think anything at all on this ludicrous planet could be attempted.Then, in no particular order: laughter in the dark, gleefully producing a good idea, seeing someone grin at my drawings (it simply means it's not all a waste of time), generosity, helpfulness, mad sex, and all the usual suspects - music, art, literature and so on.But this next quote, from Macbeth, is the mother of all inspirations ...
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It's the way we tell 'em
30 August 2007
The best comedy derives from sharp observational skills. Isn't that what designers, often derided as po-faced, are good at too? asks Adrian Shaughnessy
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JP Creative
30 August 2007
JP Creative has designed the tender document for catering giant Searcy's successful bid to win a seven-year contract with The Barbican, London EC1.
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Kinnersley Kent gives House of Fraser image revamp
30 August 2007
House of Fraser is planning to roll out a revamp of all its stores by design consultancy Kinnersley Kent over a five-year period in a bid to evolve the 70-year-old brand's retail image.First to be unveiled will be the department chain's London Oxford Street flagship store, currently being made over by the design group.The new look, described by Kinnersley Kent as 'sleek, glamorous, sophisticated and confident', will be revealed at the end of September to coincide with London ...
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London's Air Ambulance...
30 August 2007
London's Air Ambulance will launch revamped branding by Surrey consultancy Bite CP. Bite's managing director Mark Lappin says the new logo combines the universally recognised medical cross and helicopter blades. It will be applied to helicopters and vehicle livery from 3 October. 'The challenge was to create an identity that didn't overshadow the sponsor's logo,' he says.
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Magnetic North Bluetooth gnomes
30 August 2007
Interactive design group Magnetic North has created a family of Bluetooth gnomes for mobile phones. The viral concept promotes a Leeds housing development for first-time buyers. Described as 'a digital evolution of the traditional flyer', each gnome has its own catchphrase. Their messages can be uploaded by passers-by over a Bluetooth connection.
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Margaret Parkes
30 August 2007
The educationist Margaret Parkes, who brought design to the National Curriculum, has died aged 81. In the late 1980s. Parkes pioneered the craft, design and technology subject for school-age children.
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More trickery, please
30 August 2007
How do you tell the story of camouflage? David Bernstein craves better examples of disguise in action than those on offer at the Imperial War Museum
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My Bank
30 August 2007
SCG London has unveiled branding for Russian bank group My Bank, previously known as Gubernsky. It launches next month to coincide with the opening of the first new-look branch.
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Nesta calls for business - design links
30 August 2007
Nesta chief executive Jonathan Kestenbaum (pictured) is calling for a concerted effort to better align academia with industry.Writing in this week's Business Insight column of Design Week, Kestenbaum seeks to dispel the myth that 'creative types' lack business acumen and asserts that this needn't be the case if steps are taken by higher education institutions to redress the situation.'Many students complain that academics are out of touch with how the creative industries ...
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Network Rail
30 August 2007
Network Rail has appointed Aqueduct to create a Web-based safety awareness campaign for its staff, following an eight-way pitch.
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News in Pictures
30 August 2007
Kate Stephens has designed Royal Mail’s set of ten first class stamps featuring endangered birds whose populations are recovering in the UK. Created in conjunction with the RSPB, the first day covers and cards have been by designed by Hat Trick.
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Nixon
30 August 2007
Cornish graphic design consultancy Nixon has created marketing material and a website for the Isle of Scilly's Tresco Estate.
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Noddy Books
30 August 2007
Harper Collins Children's Books is launching a Web-to-print on-line application that allows children to create their own Noddy Books, which are then delivered to them. See http://www.mynoddybook.co.uk.
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Nomad overhauls Hub at Glasgow Uni
30 August 2007
The University of Glasgow is embarking on a major £10m redevelopment of its focal point The Hub, which aims to inject life back into this currently disused 1960s building.To work alongside the architect Page Park, Glasgow-based Nomad has been appointed, without a pitch, to carry out full interior and graphic design, navigation and exterior audio-visual artwork.The consultancy has been tasked with producing an 'innovative interior design' that will help create a 'modern, ...
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Northern Foods brand Matthew Walker
30 August 2007
Northern Foods brand Matthew Walker, which claims to be the world's oldest Christmas pudding maker, launches a new brand identity and packaging design, aimed at the luxury market, by Brandopus, next month.
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O2 and Engage Group
30 August 2007
O2 has appointed Engage Group following a three-way pitch to refresh its internal communications. Concepts being considered are social networking and an overhaul of the company's intranet and employee magazine.
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On the fly
30 August 2007
Heathrow Airport already deals with more passengers than it was ever designed for - so how will the signage system cope when capacity is increased further? Scott Billings finds out how BAA plans to accommodate extra passengers and increasingly oppressive
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Pentagram's Angus Hyland...
30 August 2007
Pentagram's Angus Hyland has designed the 50th anniversary edition of Jack Kerouac's On The Road. The jacket design of the uncensored Original Scroll edition references the manuscript stuck together by Kerouac in 1951, designed to avoid the problem of changing the paper in his typewriter. The new edition is published by Penguin Classics today, priced £25.
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Profile
30 August 2007
Film-maker Adam Smith is renowned for punchy pop promos, live concert visuals and fly-on-the-wall documentaries. Yolanda Zappaterra talks to him as he embarks on a feature film project which exploits all of his diverse talents
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Profile: Eric Jourdan
30 August 2007
French furniture designer Eric Jourdan's pieces combine extreme simplicity with a touch of pop vibrancy. Dominic Lutyens catches up with the modest star as he's branching out into signage - and dreams of designing a car
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Red Bee Media
30 August 2007
Red Bee Media has created a microsite for the Victoria & Albert Museum's forthcoming exhibition, The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947-1957, which opens on 22 September.
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Regional creative networks need more recognition
30 August 2007
I was delighted to see the significance of regional creative networks highlighted in a recent issue (News Analysis, DW 23 August). D&AD North - our first network outside London - was launched in early 2006 and is thriving. Together with a committee involving some of the UK's leading creatives, D&AD has brought a running programme of president's lectures, professional development 'workout' sessions, workshops and awards screenings to the North of England. In October ...
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Review: Fonts on film
30 August 2007
I was nervous sitting down to watch this, the first ever graphic design movie. Will we designers come across as well as doctors, caring and considerate, or as crazy and inarticulate as American Survivalists? The film begins in New York, lots of shots of Helvetica adorning the street: on subway signs, posters, vans, logos. We get the point after three images… but 50. It's boring. Massimo Vignelli explains that his generation longed for a typeface as legible and neutral as Helvetica, 'We ...
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Scottish Parliament
30 August 2007
A forum at the Scottish Parliament on 3 September will ask how the Government can support the creative industries in Scotland. It is being organised by Nesta and the Futures Forum.
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Stuck in the past
30 August 2007
Strong national identities and an overbearing respect for their heritage is stifling the creativity of emerging northern European designers. Trish Lorenz talks to leading figures concerned about the future of Scandinavian design
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Tate Liverpool relaunches in time for Capital of Culture
30 August 2007
Tate Liverpool is preparing to relaunch its permanent collection under a new name and brand, with the help of graphics consultancy Glorious Creative and London marketing agencies Fallon and Clear.The gallery is in the middle of preparations for a major collection rehang, ahead of the city's 2008 presidency as the European Capital of Culture.A spokesman for Tate Liverpool says that the new collection will come from the Tate's storage, as well as from Tate Modern and Tate ...
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Tuning into the small screen
30 August 2007
Radio stations are rebranding to reflect their commitment to digital technology and interactive content, says Scott Billings
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Voxpop
30 August 2007
As Fortnum & Mason looks forward to its revamp in October, and food grows ever more fashionable, what can upmarket food retailers learn about product presentation from purveyors of haute couture?
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WH Smith and Wardour
30 August 2007
WH Smith has appointed Wardour to create its next annual report which goes to more than 20 000 WHSmith stakeholders.
