Design Week
30 March 2006
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147-metre residential tower given go ahead
30 March 2006
A dramatic 147-metre tall residential tower for London's Elephant & Castle has been given the go-ahead by Southwark Council. Designed by architect Hamilton Associates for a joint venture between property developers Multiplex and Espalier, the 42-storey bu
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Appeal to keep St Bride Library open to public
30 March 2006
The feature on St Bride Library (DW 16 March) noted that very few designers seem to know what an amazing, internationally recognised resource they have in London. As the last remaining link to Fleet Street's printing industry, its location near Ludgate Circus is central to its very being.
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Arts Council to cut staff
30 March 2006
The Arts Council, chaired by Sir Christopher Frayling, is set to slash staff numbers at its London headquarters tomorrow, as it completes its restructuring towards a predominantly regionally led organisation.
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Big in Milan
30 March 2006
Milan Furniture Fair This year's Milan Furniture Fair will have a new home in the dramatic Rho-Pero complex, designed by Massimiliano Fuksas, just outside town. But, in its 45th incarnation, it is still likely to be the most influential design event of th
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Bold moves to help Tower Hamlets
30 March 2006
A pioneering use of animated documentary to help alleviate anti-social behaviour in an inner-city estate is unveiled this week, following dialogue between local residents, a crime reduction service and consultancy Bold Creative.
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Bridge aims to cross Bristol's design divide
30 March 2006
A collection of designers in Bristol and the Bristol School of Art, Media and Design launch an exhibition this week that they hope will be the precursor to a fully-fledged design festival for the city.
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Brown stays quiet on creativity
30 March 2006
Gordon Brown's Budget sidesteps the creative services industry and fails to answer questions raised by the Cox Review, says Mike Exon.
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Code of aesthetics
30 March 2006
Advances in technology have led to a new generation of Internet artists, who believe that by subverting the medium they can counter the impact of progress on our individual behaviour and understanding of the world, says Adrian Shaughnessy.
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Concerns as Red Bee continues to use BBC resources
30 March 2006
Concerns have been raised by the screen design industry after it emerged last week that Red Bee Media is continuing to use BBC resources, including job advertisements, since being sold in July 2005.
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Dairy Crest to relaunch Country Life butter range
30 March 2006
Dairy Crest is relaunching its Country Life butter range with packaging designed by Springetts. The redesigned block butters and spreadable lines feature an illustrated English village scene and launch next month.
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Design groups warned against using dedicated account teams to avoid TUPE legislation
30 March 2006
Design groups are being warned against employing account teams dedicated to one client, to ensure they avoid the risks inherent in employment legislation that comes into force on 6 April.
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Designhouse rebrands Ladbrokes
30 March 2006
Betting and gaming company Ladbrokes is launching a new identity for its corporate brand this week, designed by Designhouse Consultants.
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Does the industry require yet another association?
30 March 2006
What constitutes a launch? Last week the Chartered Society of Designers celebrated the 'launch' of the Design Association, yet last spring Design Week reported exactly the same thing (DW 21 April 2005) and the association's name has appeared alongside the CSD on communications ...
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Four IV creates interiors for Harvey Nichols Istanbul
30 March 2006
Four IV is creating interiors for Harvey Nichols's first Turkish store, a 7300m2 space that will open in Istanbul this autumn.
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Green Room Retail overhauls Britannia Building Society
30 March 2006
Birmingham consultancy Green Room Retail has overhauled the branch graphics and signage for Britannia Building Society, as it integrates the Bristol & West building society into its estate. The consultancy was appointed following a four-way pitch at the e
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Holmes Wood redesigns identity for BPR Architects
30 March 2006
Holmes Wood has redesigned the corporate identity and website, www.bprarchitects.com, for BPR Architects. The consultancy won the project after a credentials pitch.
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Inspired
30 March 2006
I was young with heady visions - a Royal College of Art gate-crasher, full of expectations. Rather than quash my enthusiasm, Jeremy Fry showed me that dreams were achievable. He was my original mentor and it was Jeremy who gave me my first real taste of engineering.
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Inspired
30 March 2006
Riding a motorcycle is perhaps one of the most thrilling and emotionally charged experiences I know. The activity itself is utterly absorbing and denies any other dominant thoughts entering your head.
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Launch of Design Association shows some desperation
30 March 2006
Has the entire world gone mad, or is it just me?
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Like a Virgin?
30 March 2006
Just to put the record straight, I never claimed that Virgin Mobile had 'copied' Vodafone's corporate colour in my Private View (DW 16 March).
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Mark Denton Design completes rebrand of Empics
30 March 2006
Mark Denton Design has completed a five-figure rebrand of PA Group-owned photo management and marketing company Empics. The visual identity uses a range of stock pictures - including celebrities, sports personalities and news images - all presented in the four print-process ...
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Miami slice
30 March 2006
Design and celebrity are being intertwined to market condominiums in glitzy Miami. Clare Dowdy joins Philippe Starck and Jade Jagger at a ground-breaking ceremony in the Sunshine State.
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News in Pictures
30 March 2006
Kitchen appliance manufacturer Dualit has made its first move into audio products with the launch of a Seymourpowell-designed DAB radio. The design draws on the consultancy's earlier work for the Dualit Lite toaster products and utilises the Dualit style
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Next Oxford Circus store in line for revamp in bid to ward off increased competition
30 March 2006
Clothing retailer Next is to trial a new store format at its Oxford Circus store in London from May, it was announced this week, as the retailer prepares to face increased competition and continued difficult trading conditions.
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Nitenite micro-room hotels set to roll out across UK
30 March 2006
A £120m project to build a series of micro-room hotels around the country launches in Birmingham this week, conceived and designed by architect and interior design consultancy Tibbatts Associates.
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Nude brings some fantasy to fake tan
30 March 2006
Design consultancy Nude Brand Creation is to launch its own range of self-tanning products next month, which it has designed and will distribute as a new business venture.
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Oops! Third time lucky for Quark rebrand, perhaps?
30 March 2006
I like the new Quark rebrand, which was undertaken in-house, following the SicolaMartin rebrand six months earlier, which had unfortunate similarities with the Scottish Arts Council identity by Graven Images (DW 23 March).
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Pentagram pair create graphics for V&A
30 March 2006
David Hillman and Amelia Gainsford of Pentagram have created graphics for the V&A's spring exhibition, Modernism/ Designing a New World 1914-1939, which opens on 6 April.
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Pix of the crop
30 March 2006
Pixar's string of box office hits makes the animation studio a big fish in the film-making world, but will the merger with Disney dampen its creativity? Nick Smurthwaite mulls over its past ahead of a London retrospective.
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Pringle creative director steps down
30 March 2006
Creative director Valerie Wickes, the brand consultant behind the renaissance of fashion brand Pringle, has stepped down from her role after five years. Wickes, who is also founder and creative director of brand consultancy View, says she felt she had achieved her goal of repositioning the brand and was ready for a new challenge. She was appointed by former Pringle chief executive Kim Winser, who left Pringle in November.
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Profile: Veejay Archary
30 March 2006
Black may be a controversial name for a South African consultancy, but founder Veejay Archary is used to change and challenging perceptions through design in his country, says Sean O'Toole.
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Put students in their place
30 March 2006
Student placement schemes can be hugely beneficial to all parties involved, says Ibrahim Ibrahim.
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Review
30 March 2006
Events, talks and exhibitions...
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Silk Pearce designs United Trust Bank annual report
30 March 2006
Silk Pearce has designed the 2005 annual report and accounts for United Trust Bank, following its rebranding and relaunch of the merchant bank. The design uses the shield logo to create flowers, as a visual metaphor for growth.
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Smarten up
30 March 2006
The danger of relying on brand strength can be dead-in-the-water design - just look at Swatch and Smart cars, says Margaret Oscar.
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The discomfort of strangers
30 March 2006
No, these photographs are not another attempt to shock cheaply or to titillate, but the work of celebrated Magnum photojournalist Susan Meiselas.
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The District appointed to develop managment training programme
30 March 2006
Cambridge design group The District has been appointed to develop an identity for a management training programme at The National Extension College.
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The Public cultural venue still on track
30 March 2006
Designers working on the much-hyped West Midlands cultural venue, The Public, are hoping to claw back outstanding payments and complete work on the project, despite the venue sinking into administration earlier on this month.
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Top jobs filled at Crafts Council
30 March 2006
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Twelve Stars fabricates look for Odabash Macdonald label
30 March 2006
Twelve Stars has designed an identity for nascent fashion brand Odabash Macdonald, a collaboration between fashion designer Julien Macdonald and swimwear specialist Melissa Odabash.
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Voxpop
30 March 2006
Image library Corbis is looking at adding illustrators to its books. What impact do you think this would have on illustration?
