Design Week
4 September 2008
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British Glass Biennale Award
4 September 2008
Glass specialist Tracy Nicholls has won the British Glass Biennale Award for her triptych Orphica I, II and III.
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Cancer Research UK
4 September 2008
Lloyd Northover's 2006-7 Cancer Research UK annual report has been awarded the Best Charity Annual Report Award by donor advice website Intelligent Giving.
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Creativity should come first, because digital is only a tool
4 September 2008
Guy Lane's article 'Negotiating the digital maze' on the digital revolution (Business Insight, DW 14 August) raised some interesting points about how we use digital technologies. While the digital revolution and the Internet have provided us with more opportunities for client services, what Lane doesn't mention are the challenges consultancies face when it comes to using digital in the design stages of a project. There is no doubt that digital technologies are a huge asset ...
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Design czars and strong leaders would boost design
4 September 2008
With the Beijing Olympics behind us and football season under way, there's a strong sense that it's 'back to school' for more than just the kids. And it promises to be a challenging term for design and the creative industries.So what will the autumn bring? Certainly, there are ...
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Design trade fair
4 September 2008
Matthew Hilton is launching four new products at this year's 100% Design trade fair in London, bringing the furniture collection to 11 pieces. The new designs are stackable dining chair Manta (pictured), three-legged dining chair Tapas, Fracture coffee table, and modular seating system the Hepburn sofa. The Matthew Hilton furniture brand, characterised by sculptural solid wood designs, was launched at the same show last year. 100% Design will be held from 18-21 September at Earls Court.
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Digital rising
4 September 2008
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From Bristol to London, cities need to declutter
4 September 2008
I completely agree with your piece (Comment, DW 21 August) that UK cities (and towns) need to improve the quality of their pedestrian environments, wayfinding/ signage and public transport systems. A trip to the continent a short while ago reminded me of how much better other countries are at doing this than we are. And certainly, where we are - in Bristol - needs to pay attention to this. There is still too much visual clutter and a 'free for all' which quite often distracts ...
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Hat Trick sketches new museum logo
4 September 2008
London's House of Illustration has a new identity, created by Hat Trick Design, ahead of its opening in 2011.The new centre, formerly known as the Museum of Illustration, will be located in an area of London's King's Cross that is undergoing regeneration. It is the brainchild of iconic British illustrator Quentin Blake, who has donated his life's work to the organisation's archives.Hat Trick, which clinched the project following a four-way credentials pitch, was given just ...
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Inspired
4 September 2008
I consider myself a pretty lucky person. I've worked for - and with - some very talented and inspirational people from various design disciplines. And those experiences have had a big influence on the way I work.I made my living as a freelance and when doing the rounds, it proved to me the importance of working as a team. Anyone on the freelance circuit knows that feeling of isolation you get, and it was something I could never get used to. I love the process of coming up with ...
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Jabra
4 September 2008
Hands-free technology and Bluetooth brand Jabra this week launches a new look for its global product packaging, designed by Brandhouse.
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Just say, 'No, sorry'
4 September 2008
In among the tap-dancing dogs, vomit-drinking students, and body-piercing exhibitionists on YouTube, you'll find a little clip of Robert De Niro recording a voice-over for a promo trail flagging a feature on the Fox channel in the US.Nearly 500 000 people have watched ...
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Kemistry bids for more Egyptian TV
4 September 2008
Kemistry and Lambie-Nairn are among seven consultancies competing to reposition and rebrand Egyptian public service broadcaster Egyptian Radio and Television Union.The rebrand of ERTU's three main channels comes just months after Kemistry completed work on ERTU's thematic channels known as Nile TV, which were branded and hived off as commercial propositions.The pitch to rebrand the three main channels is separate to the Nile TV work. Nile TV Network launches Kemistry's ...
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Lego minifigures - a higher honour than Oscars and Baftas
4 September 2008
It was great to see Lego minifigures - a true design classic - get some recognition in your pages (Toys feature, DW 21 August). However, the claim that Harrison Ford is the only actor to have been Lego-ised twice is wrong. That honour also falls to our very own Alfred Molina, who has been immortalised both as Doctor Octopus and Satipo (his character from Raiders of the Lost Ark, pictured). Hopefully, he'll overtake Ford when Lego finally releases a playset based ...
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Magpie Design
4 September 2008
Magpie Design has created an identity for London's Print Lounge, a print reference library based in Shoreditch, London E1, at printer Gavin Martin Associates.
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My Cup of Tea
4 September 2008
The creative team of Ed Shore and Tristan Marshall at advertising agency Tequila devised the hand-lettered word marque, type, colours and layout for the My Cup of Tea brand identity (DW 14 August). Designer Richard Ardagh, working under Shore's direction, was brought in to work on the graphic form of the elephant icon.
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National Trust launches RCA student range
4 September 2008
The National Trust is to launch a ten-piece product range, designed by Royal College of Art students, at its Waddesdon Manor property in Buckinghamshire.The body invited RCA students to design the range, following a competition among the college's applied arts courses. The ten winning designs (including the dish by Owen Wall, pictured) will be manufactured in time for the launch in October.Bill Wallsgrove, creative director of brand consultancy Big Idea, mediated between ...
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New nationalism
4 September 2008
There was a time when retail designers used predictable historic cues to evoke a sense of national identity. Things have moved on from bowler hats and red London buses, says John Stones, who finds current trends on a more contemporary tack
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News in Pictures
4 September 2008
Complex and colourful mashups of popular imagery that critique a media- and advertising obsessed society form the theme of Crapitalism, an exhibition showcasing the work of Australian artist Ben Frost at the Dray Walk Gallery, London E1. It runs from 26-
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News in Pictures
4 September 2008
1 The Institute of Contemporary Arts will present Memory Cloud, a light and smoke installation set in London's Trafalgar Square, in October. The installation, first showcased in Bristol by experimental architecture and design consultancy Minimaforms, will use SMS technology to visualise messages from the audience in plumes of smoke.2 Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance, the product and furniture designer behind London's Sketch restaurant, has created the ...
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Profile
4 September 2008
Schooled in the hothouse world of 1980s pop videos, Michael Carlin has become a respected designer on high-profile, low-budget British feature films. He talks to Nick Smurthwaite about visual story telling
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Revival of the fittest
4 September 2008
Companies frequently draw on their heritage and revisit archive designs.But as Claire Dowdy discovers, old doesn’t have to mean old-fashioned
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Scene Stealers
4 September 2008
Quirky animation and retro styling are keynotes for this TV title sequence by multimedia animation and design group Mr & Mrs Smith.
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The Designers Republic
4 September 2008
The Designers Republic has developed new branding and an identity for national legal recruitment agency Newly Qualified UK, which specialises in placing next generation lawyers.
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The Samsung Omina
4 September 2008
The new Samsung Omnia is yet another close relative of the hugely successful Apple iPhone. Launching today, the new slimline, touch-screen phone from electronics giant Samsung allows users to access TV, video, Internet and music, and offers a five-megapixel camera and GPS navigation capability. The Omnia's design-led handset is intended to provide stiff competition for Apple in the run-up to Christmas.
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There's a place for religious debate, but not in Design Week
4 September 2008
It's not often I read a piece in Design Week and come away feeling both bewildered and disappointed. Yet with Hugh Pearman's 'witty' piece 'Genesis of an idea' (Private View, DW 14 August), I did exactly that. I'd appreciate a genuine exploration of the links between 'religion' and 'design' (though admittedly I wouldn't expect to see it in the Private View section of Design Week). Instead, Pearman merely attempts to disguise personal quarrels with religion under an ultra-thin ...
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Together footwear range
4 September 2008
Spanish product, interiors and furniture designer Jaime Hayón has created Camper's latest Together men's footwear range, which has been inspired by music halls and tap dancers. The shoes, available in bold block colours such as red, blue, white and green, are described by Hayón as sporty with a touch of elegance. The range will launch later this month.
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Voxpop
4 September 2008
This week has seen the announcement of several design competitions and initiatives addressing social issues. Are there any causes you would like to see addressed by design? An exciting and widespread area of social innovation, that could ...
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Welcome to a brand new day
4 September 2008
The digital age has influenced how brands communicate. Nick Law and Marc Shillum discover that the rules of engagement have changed
