Design Week
30 October 2008
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£72m funding for design innovation
30 October 2008
The Technology Strategy Board will next month launch the first of a series of research and development competitions, a number of which are directly relevant to the design industry.The Government-funded organisation, which aims to secure the future of the UK economy through supporting the creation of innovative goods and services, has set aside £72m of funding and outlined plans for ten competitions on topics including sustainability, energy, transport, security and digital networks, ...
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1930s Hollywood icon Mae West
30 October 2008
1930s Hollywood icon Mae West is set for a revival, despite being dead for almost 30 years, under plans by her estate and photographic library Corbis' licensing arm. A raft of designers, including New York-based Kick Design and Seattle artist Harry Briggs, have created a brand language and imagery based on two personas - a 'contemporary classic' Mae and an 'aniMae' caricature (pictured) - for product endorsement and merchandising.
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999 creates marketing for the BBC Philharmonic
30 October 2008
999 has created the marketing collateral for the BBC Philharmonic's Journey Through Music initiative, which aims to encourage children in Manchester to get into classical music.
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Architect and design group Fat
30 October 2008
Architect and design group Fat has created this bespoke bus stop, which is going into production and will be installed at developer Urban Splash's New Islington regeneration scheme in Manchester. Fat's design is being unveiled at The Architecture Foundation's The Bus Stops Here exhibition, which opens at the Oxo Gallery, London SE1, today, and runs until 2 November. The show features bus-stop designs by emerging London architects, and is part of Kingston University's MA show.
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Brand Instinct apology
30 October 2008
In last week’s issue we incorrectly stated that Brand Instinct is ‘fighting to retain’ the branding and marketing contract for new Saudi Arabian city Al Wasl in the Riyadh province (DW 30 October).
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Bright 3D redesigns exhibitions
30 October 2008
Bright 3D is redesigning the permanent exhibitions at the Museum of East Anglian Life's Abbots Hall.
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Bruce Munro in light installation name row
30 October 2008
Lighting designer Bruce Munro has brought in its lawyer in a row with Birmingham-based consultancy Illuminate in a row over the naming of an installation. Illuminate’s Field of Light opened last week as part of the Hello Digital festival at Birmingham’s Millennium Point.
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Card sharp
30 October 2008
Few would disagree that financial institutions have a bit of an image problem at the moment. It's something that Japanese credit card company Epos Card is doing its best to avoid with its 100 Design Card project. In return for a measly ¥1000 (£6), you get to choose one of a list of 100 different cards. It's all very different from the junk mail asking you whether you want a card with a tawdry picture of an elephant or a giraffe on it. With designers of the ilk of Eboy, Marti Guixé, Tomato's ...
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CDT Design
30 October 2008
CDT Design has created the brand identity for cinema ad group Digital Cinema Media, a joint venture between Cineworld and Odeon. It is designed to look fresh, bright and bold. An on-screen identity for the cinema and Web, also created by CDT, will launch later this year.
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Delays to the Arts Council design roster
30 October 2008
The Arts Council's search for a roster of 'cutting-edge' design groups able to transform its image (DW 3 July) is set togo on for two months longer than planned.The £1.5m national roster was to be announced in November, but will not be unveiled until January now. The council blames the delay on 'technical hitches caused by some consultancies submitting very large files with their pre-qualification questionnaires'.A longlist of 242 design groups was whittled down earlier ...
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DKPM updates Cluedo
30 October 2008
DKPM has updated the boardgame Cluedo, for Hasbro.
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Forster Creative designs campaign for Shrewsbury
30 October 2008
Forster Creative is designing the campaign brand to launch Shrewsbury as one of England's 12 new cycling towns.
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Inspired
30 October 2008
I consider myself a 'true' graphic designer, in the sense that I answer a brief. I relish the restrictions and embrace the parameters. A commercial artist, if you like, but not an artist, per se.For me, the most fulfilling type of project is not one where I'm given free, self-indulgent, rein, but one where I get to work with amazing, intelligent and inspiring people. We redefine the notion of fixed roles. We have different strengths but one common goal.Not all projects ...
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Line Industries redesigns Assured Food Standards website
30 October 2008
Web design studio Line Industries has redesigned the www.redtractor.org.uk website, on behalf of Assured Food Standards.
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Material directions
30 October 2008
A flurry of new arts centres, and the refurbishment of an old one, have prompted some very different approaches to signage. Sarah Frater asks the designers about their choices, which range from concrete and bronze to all things digital
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Mayor unveils support plan for London
30 October 2008
London Mayor Boris Johnson has announced plans to revamp the international promotion of London, as part of his Economic Recovery Action Plan for the capital.A spokesman for the mayor's office says Johnson was consulting business leaders about the proposals, and that more concrete plans are expected at the end of November. The announcement came as part of a package of measures unveiled by Johnson on Monday to help support Londoners through the expected economic hardships ahead.Other ...
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Michael Johnson surveys US election graphics
30 October 2008
Barack Obama is firmly ahead in the opinion polls, a preference mirrored by American graphic designers. With the election endgame in sight, Michael Johnson surveys their ingenuity and asks if design really can influence the outcome of the ballot
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New Routemaster design decision put back to Christmas
30 October 2008
The winning design for London's new Routemaster bus may not be revealed until the end of December.It was initially understood that the announcement would be made at the end of this month. This deadline was then pushed back until 10 November.A Transport for London spokesman says, 'It could take until Christmas.' He confirms that no shortlist will be announced prior to the winning design being named.Other designs will instead be shown in an exhibition after the winner ...
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News in Pictures
30 October 2008
New work by designer Sebastian Bergne will be on show at the Aram Gallery, Drury Lane, London WC2, as part of the Cru exhibition.
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News in Pictures
30 October 2008
Liverpool-based consultancy CL3 has designed a Halloween website for fancy-dress retailer Blusnapper. CL3 also art-directed the product shots for the site.
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Profile: Maarten Baas
30 October 2008
Eindhoven graduate Maarten Baas may have rejected the school’s teachings, but its influence is evident. Caroline Roux meets the Dutchman, famed for his anti-rational, firesculpted series, at the launch of his latest collection
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Retail design to stay strong, despite downturn
30 October 2008
While retail design may be slowing, industry figures say the situation will not be as bad as the last recession, says Angus Montgomery
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Taking the Green lead
30 October 2008
Climate change is upon us, but designers can do their bit for the future of mankind by getting clients on board, says Howard Sharman. There may still be time...
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Tayburn creates annual review for charity
30 October 2008
Tayburn has created the annual review for charity The Sick Kids Friends Foundation, in the style of a children's book.
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The Art Directors Club launches new website
30 October 2008
The Art Directors Club has launched a website to connect charities with designers, www.designsimconnects.org.
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The designer - an ideal client?
30 October 2008
Most designers would relish the chance to be a client too, but how easy would it be? Tim Ashton took on both roles for a TV show and developed a taste for it
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The London Organising Committee wants mascots
30 October 2008
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games has asked the creative industry to register interest in designing mascots for the London 2012 event.
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Thinking Juice
30 October 2008
Bournemouth-based consultancy Thinking Juice has designed a new range of packaging for Wyke Farms cheddar cheeses. The work goes into stores next week and includes a number of special-edition premium lines, as well as Wyke Farms' core range. Thinking Juice has handled the entire creative and advertising account for the family-owned Somerset cheesemaker for nearly five years.
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To The Point nets science body rebrand
30 October 2008
London consultancy To The Point has been appointed to rebrand the British Association for the Advancement of Science, after chasing the contract for four years.The organisation will now be known as the British Science Association.Following a three-way creative pitch in May, To The Point won the contract having originally responded to the organisation's decision to rebrand in 2004 with a written proposal. At the time, the BSA expressed a desire for the brand to engage more ...
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US election raises questions about design's deeper role
30 October 2008
We can expect to be bombarded with news from America in the final days before the presidential election on 4 November.Like any campaigning event, the election has left a trail of graphics generated not only by the official parties, but by people from across the globe ...
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Voxpop
30 October 2008
A new survey suggests that people are most creative at 10.04pm. When are you at your most creative and why?
