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4 May 2006

  • Abbey project tests Wolff Olins relationship

    4 May 2006

    Abbey gave signs this week that it could look beyond its relationship with Wolff Olins for the forthcoming redesign of its credit cards.

  • Amazon should stick to what it knows best

    4 May 2006

  • Astound designs Superdrug's summer campaign

    4 May 2006

    Astound has designed Superdrug's latest summer campaign, due to launch in stores on 17 May.

  • BBC rebrands its media player software

    4 May 2006

    The BBC has rebranded its media player software My BBCPlayer, BBC iPlayer, with a brand identity developed by The Partners. It is also redesigning its website to include more user-generated content.

  • Burghley House goes interactive

    4 May 2006

    Lincolnshire-based Burghley House, one of the largest Elizabethan homes in the UK, is hoping to provide a rare glimpse into estate life with the launch of its Real Studios-designed education and visitor centre The Brewhouse.

  • Confusion over different Brand Environments

    4 May 2006

  • Creative Dragon's Den fails to see potential in design

    4 May 2006

    A initiative to provide up to £750 000 of equity finance for creative businesses has failed to shortlist any design consultancies, largely because designers struggle to speak the language of investors and rarely demonstrate rapid growth potential, its organisers say.

  • Cube3 sets the stage for Hayward's Surrealism show

    4 May 2006

    A major presentation of Surrealism inspired by Georges Bataille's short-lived radical magazine Documents opens at the Hayward Gallery in London next week, with exhibition design by Cube3.

  • Designers brush up oral hygiene product launches

    4 May 2006

    Designers are likely to benefit from a burst of new product developments set to launch in the oral hygiene market, as sales of floss, dental gum and whitening products soar.

  • Effective design is measurable

    4 May 2006

    How can you prove that design works? Simon Bailey considers the thorny issue of how to convince clients that good design is good for business

  • Emma Collins to leave Home

    4 May 2006

    Emma Collins is leaving her post as managing director of Bristol brand consultancy Home to 'pursue her own projects'. She will be replaced by May Martin Knight, who is promoted from design director.

  • Gadget Shop plans to relaunch on the high street

    4 May 2006

  • Inspired

    4 May 2006

    Many things and many people inspire me, but at the top of my list are a gorgeous sketchbook and a good pencil.

  • Jimmy Yang Associates designs for Josephine Home

    4 May 2006

    Jimmy Yang Associates has created the naming and brand identity for start-up luxury brand Josephine Home, which specialises in high-end bed linen and cashmere products.

  • Last chance to enter DW's Benchmarks

    4 May 2006

    Benchmarks, Design Week's best in brand communications awards, is making a final call for entries to its second edition this week. For further information and to enter, visit www.benchmarkawards.co.uk, or call Cassie Brasier on 020 7970 4772. The entry deadline to Benchmarks is 4 May.

  • LIFT launches performance space contest

    4 May 2006

    The Architecture Foundation and the London International Festival of Theatre are launching a competition - open to designers - to create a £400 000 travelling meeting and performance space.

  • M&A activity to offer branding work in media

    4 May 2006

    A survey of forecasts by media business owners for merger and acquisition activity has highlighted that significant activity is anticipated within the marketing services and advertising sector.

  • New 101 number for non-emergencies misses the mark

    4 May 2006

    Yet another non-lateral thinking Government project (DW 13 April) - the introduction of the number 101 as a non-emergency number seems like a missed opportunity that will fail to provide the required solution.

  • News in Pictures

    4 May 2006

    Artist James Turrell has created a permanent 'skyspace' inside a 19th-century Grade II-listed building in Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The £800 000 James Turrell Deer Shelter opened last weekend and was funded by art charity The Art Fund.

  • Profile - Isay Weinfeld

    4 May 2006

    Celebrity villas, office buildings, clubs, hotels and shops - Isay Weinfeld has tried his hand at them all. Bethan Ryder talks to the Brazilian architect, who hates to repeat himself, as his first London project is about to open

  • Pulsating plastics

    4 May 2006

    By John Stones

  • Redesigned Standard hits the stands

    4 May 2006

    The Evening Standard launched its latest redesign on Monday, created by Michael Crozier and his London design consultancy Design Unlimited. The brief, Crozier says, was to inject colour into the pages, while keeping the feel the same.

  • Rennie to relaunch

    4 May 2006

  • Review

    4 May 2006

    EXHIBITIONS l Outrageous and Contagious, from 1 to 8 May, explores the impact of viral e-mails, examining some of the most memorable virals. Venue: ICA, The Mall, London, SW1. Details: www.ica.org.uk. l Fornasetti's Secret, from 4 to 22 May, pays homage t

  • Rose Design creates prospectus

    4 May 2006

    Rose Design has created the latest undergraduate prospectus for the University College for the Creative Arts.

  • Samsonite opens third Black Label

    4 May 2006

    This week, Samsonite is opening its third Black Label outlet on London's Sloane Street, with an interior scheme developed by architect Guillot. The chain sells Samsonite's premium-luxury travel product range and is the brainchild of its chief executive Marcello Bottoli and creative director Quentin Mackay.

  • Second Fuel Juice bar to open

    4 May 2006

    The second Fuel Juice bar, part of a smoothie fast food chain, opens in Birmingham this month, with brand, identity and packaging design by Pocknell Studio.

  • Skin deep

    4 May 2006

    A poor execution or inappropriate paper stock can let down the best of ideas. Yolanda Zappaterra looks at three publications that use paper to striking effect

  • Smart cards

    4 May 2006

    As Abbey prepares to relaunch its credit cards, David Benady looks at how banks are using eye-catching card designs to attract consumers

  • Stage of the art

    4 May 2006

    These days, stage-setting in London's West End is far from a matter of relying on creaky props and painted backdrops. More and more set designers are turning to cutting-edge technology as the very basis of their designs, says Nick Smurthwaite

  • Sustainability is integral to top-level leadership

    4 May 2006

  • Tender process should be limited to save time

    4 May 2006

    I would like to offer my own exasperations to recent sentiments that have been expressed on tendering, at the lack of thought, the number of questions asked and the amount of samples expected (Letters, DW 20 April).

  • Turquoise designs for Du

    4 May 2006

    Turquoise has designed the brand identity for a mobile, pay TV, telephone and broadband Internet service called Du, which will launch in the United Arab Emirates in June. The design features a three-way colour palette and will compete head on with Etisala

  • United Designers brings 1930s touch to London Hilton

    4 May 2006

    The London Hilton Park Lane Hotel is poised to relaunch its main restaurant as Galvin at Windows, with an interior scheme drawn up by United Designers. The revamp forms part of an ongoing multi-million pound renovation programme at the hotel.

  • V&A to launch Jameel Gallery of Islamic Art

    4 May 2006

  • Visit Britain picks Bell to create holiday campaign

    4 May 2006

    Visit Britain has appointed Bell Design and Communications following a nine-way pitch to develop a summer campaign to promote holiday destinations in England.

  • Voxpop

    4 May 2006

    Airbus is considering the introduction of standing room only at the back of its aircraft, according to press reports. Is putting passengers in harnesses a step forward in air travel, and what other blue-sky innovations could 'improve' the flying experience?

  • Wood & Wood wins signage task

    4 May 2006

    The Science Museum has appointed Wood & Wood to review its wayfinding and information communication systems in the museum, and to report back with an audit of visitor usability.

  • You're nicked!

    4 May 2006

    A serious organisation needs a serious logo, but Soca, the Government's team of crime busters, breaks the rules. Adrian Shaughnessy alerts the design police

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