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4 March 2004

  • AA Motoring Trust researches motoring

    4 March 2004

    The AA Motoring Trust, an independent and campaigning charity which undertakes research into motoring, roads and transport, has appointed Rapier to revamp its identity. The work, which launches at the end of March, must 'create a consistent, but distinct brand' from the AA, says Rapier creative director John Townshend.

  • Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin unveil Verytrolleygallery

    4 March 2004

  • All hail demise of Podge lunch

    4 March 2004

  • Ayr Racecourse appoints 442 Design

    4 March 2004

    442 Design has been appointed to refurbish corporate hospitality suites at Scotland's Ayr Racecourse. The work opens on 16 April.

  • Bald statements

    4 March 2004

    Trish Lorenz heads for the North-West of England to look at designer-maker duo Electric Wig's quirky range of 'everyday' furniture and products

  • Blaze an urban trail

    4 March 2004

    Scott Burnham is turning Manchester's centre for urban culture, Urbis, from a passive space into an attraction that people interact with, says Trish Lorenz

  • Book

    4 March 2004

  • Bremner to MC at DW Awards

    4 March 2004

    Rory Bremner will host the 2004 Design Week awards at London's Royal Courts of Justice on 16 March. To book your place e-mail designweek.awards@centaur.co.uk.

  • Browns creates open door Theatre Resource identity

    4 March 2004

  • CDG reshuffles creative staff

    4 March 2004

    Conran Design Group has restructured its creative department, creating the role of consultant creative partner and increasing its contingent of design directors.

  • Chaos franks identity for Easypost

    4 March 2004

    Chaos Design has created the brand identity for Easypost, the Web-based e-mail service launched last week by domain name registrar Easyspace.

  • Consumer focus groups require careful guidance

    4 March 2004

    Graeme Traynor's Design Business (DW 12 February) captures well the current thinking about the limitation of the focus group. Consumers are active participants in the brand game and just relying on their response to prepared material is very limited. Interactive workshops are not a new idea, but Traynor's article glosses over their value at the early stages of the creative process; input rather than judgment. Just as ethnographic work, close involvement in the daily life of the respondent, ...

  • Creative Lynx creates Manchester Markets identity

    4 March 2004

    Manchester group Creative Lynx has created an identity for Manchester Markets, which will be applied to stationery, retail graphics and advertising materials from this month.

  • Design research's health not quite as good as medical's

    4 March 2004

    Glad to see 'market research' is moving on (Design Business, DW 12 February). So is 'design research' - slowly. Professional practitioners and university-based design researchers are trying to get their acts together, as are medical practitioners and their university colleagues.

  • Direct Marketing talks to customers with relevance

    4 March 2004

    By picking his fight with direct mail Jim Davies fails to recognise that it is only one aspect of what direct marketing is all about (Private View, DW 19 February). Without giving a lecture on the subject, DM is a route to market in the same way as press, radio or posters are. Normally, we wouldn't single out agencies by the channel they operate within - how confusing for clients that would be - so why do this with direct mail? It would be like picking on literature as the primary driver ...

  • Diversity creates Government Motorsport Unit identity

    4 March 2004

    Nottingham group Diversity has created an identity for the Government Motorsport Unit, established to lead the Government's sponsorship of motor sport. The group will also design stationery for the organisation.

  • Double exposure

    4 March 2004

    Oliver Bennett asks four designer-turned-photographers what made them switch their focus

  • Dumbar says clients should be seen but not heard

    4 March 2004

    Graphics legend Gert Dumbar was in typically go-getting form last week at a Crafts Council bash celebrating Dutch design.

  • Elephant and Castle lets Wire hold fort with logo

    4 March 2004

  • Emporio Armani opens in Edinburgh

    4 March 2004

  • Exhibitions

    4 March 2004

  • Freeminer Brewery revamps packaging

    4 March 2004

    Freeminer Brewery launches revamped packaging by Leeds group The Marketing Services Centre across three of its brands, Trafalgar IPA, Speculation Ale and Waterloo Ale, this month.

  • Fresh scrubs up for UK store launch

    4 March 2004

  • Hat-trick builds suite for Land

    4 March 2004

  • Illegible equals ineligible

    4 March 2004

    While Adrian Shaughnessy feels much empathy with design graduates, he thinks they have to go the extra mile to convince employers to 'take a punt' on them

  • IR Group creates Hanson website

    4 March 2004

    IR Group has created a website for building materials company Hanson. The site unites a portfolio of previously disparate local, regional and corporate sites at www.hanson.biz.

  • Jackson splits from Four IV

    4 March 2004

    Gregor Jackson has left Four IV this week, 13 years after co-founding the group with Chris Dewar-Dixon and Andy Bone.Jackson, who was Four IV's interiors director, says he will 'work independently and in partnership with a couple of design groups'.

  • John Morgan studio designs ArtOffice identity

    4 March 2004

    John Morgan studio has designed the identity for art producer ArtOffice. The work, which launches in the spring, has been designed so 'the art speaks for itself' says the group's designer John Morgan.

  • Johnson Banks designs Time Out teaser

    4 March 2004

  • Kemistry tunes TV4 in for a younger market

    4 March 2004

    Kemistry has refreshed the identity for Swedish channel TV4, as the broadcaster moves to target a younger audience.

  • Last chance to see

    4 March 2004

    Chinese Printmaking Today is the biggest ever exhibition in Europe of contemporary, post-Cultural Revolution Chinese woodblock prints and includes around 200 prints from over 90 artists. The exhibition concludes on 7 March 2004.Venue: The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1.

  • Linx Printing Technologies appoints Ware Anthony Rust

    4 March 2004

    Linx Printing Technologies has appointed Ware Anthony Rust as strategic global marketing partner, with responsibility for design, advertising, direct mail and interactive campaigns.

  • Lloyd Northover brands Citizenship

    4 March 2004

  • London South Bank University appoints Lifschutz Davidson

    4 March 2004

    Lifschutz Davidson has been appointed by London South Bank University to develop a master plan for a major expansion of the university facilities at St George's Circus in Southwark, London.

  • Marks woman

    4 March 2004

    Lynne Truss won't tolerate the misuse of punctuation and dashes those who do. But should graphic designers be blamed? Adrian Shaughnessy investigates

  • MCC in talks with top design talent

    4 March 2004

  • Pop idol

    4 March 2004

    Roy Lichtenstein's bubble gum art is the ultimate critique of lowbrow culture, because if you chew it over for too long it loses its flavour, says Mike Exon

  • Report says design boosts growth

    4 March 2004

    Companies that actively use design dramatically outperform those that do not, claims a Design Council report out tomorrow.

  • Rinderknecht's car-boat makes Splash in Geneva

    4 March 2004

  • Rose Design reinterprets Eden for Tate exhibition

    4 March 2004

  • Show trials

    4 March 2004

    Designers of museums and exhibitions are required to don kid gloves when displaying oversized or fragile, irreplaceable artefacts. Hannah Booth learns about some of the difficulties that they can encounter

  • Sorrell forecasts shower for 2005

    4 March 2004

    WPP Group chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell has forecast a strong year ahead for 2004 but warns the industry risks taking a 'shower' in 2005.

  • Sound out from the crowd

    4 March 2004

    Musical artists are turning to design to create an identity that sticks out in the anonymity of the Web. Remi Abbas charts the impact of MP3s on music design

  • Talk

    4 March 2004

    As part of the Architecture Foundation's Real Architecture programme, Alex de Rijke of Rijke Marsh Morgan Architects will lecture on the Kingsdale School, a project in Dulwich. The talk takes place on Wednesday 10 March at 7pm and tickets are £8 and £5 for members and students.Info: www.architecturefoundation. org.ukVenue: Museum of London, London Wall, London EC2.

  • Tayburn creates Perween identity

    4 March 2004

    Tayburn has created the brand personality, identity and packaging for Perween, the brand being launched by ethnic ready meal manufacturer S&A Foods. Perween represents the spirit of adventurous eating through a range of exotic salads.

  • TMA revamps Jordan team identity

    4 March 2004

    TMA has revamped the identity for motor racing team Jordan. Influenced by Jordan's edgy 'punk rock' persona, the work will be applied across print applications including press packs, sponsorship and fan club material.

  • UK Trade & Investment appoints Appetite

    4 March 2004

    Following a six-way pitch, UK Trade & Investment has appointed Appetite to produce its 2004 Review of Operations.

  • United Designers dives for Pearl

    4 March 2004

  • Universal design themes surface at Design Indaba

    4 March 2004

  • Unreal designs The Radioactive Boyscout jacket

    4 March 2004

    Unreal has designed the jacket for The Radioactive Boyscout by Ken Silverstein, published by 4th Estate. Unreal head of design Brian Eagle says the group was briefed to deliver a 'fiction style' cover to reflect the book's 'lively' writing style. The group is also designing the Harper Press 2004 catalogue, due for release in March. It will comprise 4th Estate, Non-fiction and Perennial titles, the first time the divisions have appeared in one catalogue.

  • Very designs UVA website

    4 March 2004

    Very has designed a website for United Visual Artists. The site, www.uva.co.uk, goes live next week and reflects 'the company's philosophy of exploration and discovery', says Very creative director Alex Smith.

  • Vox Pop

    4 March 2004

    Southwark Council has just announced a £1.5bn regeneration scheme for London's Elephant & Castle, with on-site work expected to begin by the end of the year. What, from a design perspective, do you think the area needs to make it a place people want to tr

  • Watt Design day out to Leeds

    4 March 2004

  • William Morris Eyewear revamps brand

    4 March 2004

    William Morris Eyewear launches a revamped brand this month, designed by Marsh and Malone. The work will appear on point-of-sale material, packaging and advertising, which will also be created by the group.

  • Winning designs picked for Westonbirt Festival

    4 March 2004

    Ten garden designs have been chosen from more than 200 entries for this year's Westonbirt Festival of the Garden, to be held at the National Arboretum in Gloucestershire.

  • WMH repacks Jaffa Cakes for a bigger bite of market

    4 March 2004

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