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5 April 2007

  • 1994 Group

    5 April 2007

    Blast has designed a brand identity for the 1994 Group, which represents 19 of the UK's research universities.

  • 2Tempo rolls out fresh identity for City of London Police

    5 April 2007

    The City of London Police steps out with an identity designed by 2tempo this month.Advertising and print material launches this week, followed by stationery and the website, www.cityoflondon.police.uk, later in April. A full revamp of uniforms and vehicle livery is due within the next six months.According to 2tempo creative director Gareth Simpson, the work follows the rebrand of the City of London by David Pocknell, which launched in June last year.'The City of ...

  • A real monstrosity

    5 April 2007

    Adrian Shaughnessy has made it his golden rule to avoid slagging off the work of other designers, but he makes a rare exception for the new Virgin Media logo

  • A series of mini-stories

    5 April 2007

    A series of mini-stories told through five rectangular images, each the width of a newspaper column, goes on show at the Royal College of Art next week. The 5x5 exhibition will feature illustrations by 12 RCA students. Each was asked to introduce the idea of a change of temperature at some point in the story. Pictured is the work of Hanna Byatti.

  • Accessories and lingerie brand Madame V

    5 April 2007

    Accessories and lingerie brand Madame V has unveiled a series of promotional brochures for its 2007 autumn/winter collection, with photography by Jenny Hands and graphic design by Laura Tarrant-Brown of Partner Studios. At the same time, Madame V has appointed digital consultancy Hike to overhaul its on-line offer. Launching in August, the website, www. madamev.co.uk, will have a burlesque theme and will feature a 'gentleman's room'.

  • Alliance Boots reformats as supermarket threat grows

    5 April 2007

    Health and beauty retailers such as Alliance Boots are facing increasingly stiff competition from supermarket chains, according to a report just published. The findings come as the high street chain embarks on a retail programme designed to position it as 'a leading international pharmacy-led health and beauty group'.Alliance Boots' recent trading statement confirmed it will rebadge and refit 900 of its community stores as 'your local Boots pharmacy'. Interiors consultancy Household ...

  • Astound's demise highlights need for business planning

    5 April 2007

    It is a sad irony that a discipline that laid the foundations for design as we know it should now be taking its toll on the business. Retail design made the names of Rodney Fitch, David Davies and Rasshied Din in the 1980s, yet now it is proving the downfall of some specialists.Regardless of the reasons cited by its founders, the demise of Astound (see News, page 3) will worry many an independent retail consultancy.The south London group earned a tidy sum over the years ...

  • Birmingham set to host merged Plus festival

    5 April 2007

    The Plus International Design Festival, a show focusing on typography and graphics, is set to kick off in Birmingham later this year, having just closed its call for entrants.French architect Alexandre Parré will create the overall design of the festival, organised by exhibition specialists Plus Expo and Typevents. Parré will work on the festival steering group in tandem with three Birmingham consultancies, Clusta, Fluid and 3Form.Originally four small events in London, ...

  • Bostock and Pollitt

    5 April 2007

    Bostock and Pollitt has appointed Neil Cooper, head of interactive design at SAS Design, as its digital design director.

  • British design should try harder in Chinese market

    5 April 2007

    I have just returned after working in China for more than three years. I saw an awakening appreciation of design, and I can assure you the Chinese do appreciate British design.

  • Bureau of European Design Associations

    5 April 2007

    The Bureau of European Design Associations has handed its presidency to UK design consultant Michael Thomson. He takes over from Massimo Pitis.

  • Design festivals need to leave a lasting legacy for design

    5 April 2007

    Next week's Milan furniture fair looms for those in interiors, a blend of commerce and culture that is always inspiring.But for the wider UK creative community bigger things are brewing for design, with Scotland's long-awaited Six Cities programme due to kick off in May and the London Design Festival team setting out their stall for September, having secured new funding from the London Development Agency. Meanwhile, the joint One North East/ Design Council venture, Designs of ...

  • Ditch addiction to the pitch

    5 April 2007

    Designers love presenting so much they do it for free, but this gives clients too much power. If there were more specialisation, the practice would die out

  • Don't rush to dismiss the museums category

    5 April 2007

    I was dismayed - and frankly astonished - to hear that no award has been made in the Museum, Galleries and Visitor Attractions category of the recent Design Week Awards. We are fortunate in this country in having a mature and highly skilled museum and exhibition design sector that is not only sought after worldwide, but in many respects sets the standard around the globe. The companies shortlisted this year typify the outstanding talent we have in this sector. Having ...

  • Down In A Tenement Yard

    5 April 2007

    Jack Staniland, a 20-year-old undergraduate of photography, art and media at Central St Martins College of Art and Design, is the winner of a competition to design a cover for compilation album Down In A Tenement Yard on the legendary reggae label Troja

  • Film festival posters

    5 April 2007

    Graphic design group Jannuzzi Smith's series of posters for the 59th Locarno International Film Festival has been shortlisted for the 2007 International Poster and Graphic Arts Festival of Chaumont. The three winners will be announced on 12 May, while shortlisted and winning entries will be exhibited at the festival until 24 June. Last year's winner was Andrei Logvin, for his work Museum Night in Krasnoiarsk.

  • GE Life rebrand

    5 April 2007

    Pensions giant GE Life is rebranding as Tomorrow, following a brand overhaul by Kent Lyons. GE Life was bought by Swiss Re last year.

  • HMV promotional identity

    5 April 2007

    HMV has unveiled a promotional identity, replacing Nipper the dog with Gromit, the animated canine from the Wallace & Gromit films created by Aardman Animations.

  • Household brands Graham bathroom range

    5 April 2007

    Household has created a name, identity and showroom concept for a new range from plumbers' merchant Graham, a suite of bathroom products designed especially for the over-50s.The range, which launches in Eastbourne next month, will be rolled out across selected Graham showrooms. Branded as Living Works, the products have been created in conjunction with inclusive design specialist Easy Living Home director Alison Wright, who is also developing the retail proposition. Products feature ...

  • Hub appointment

    5 April 2007

    The Hub Agency has appointed Kenny Allan (pictured below), creative director at Third Eye Design, to the same post at the consultancy. Both groups are Glasgow-based.

  • Ideal home show

    5 April 2007

    This year's celebration of furniture design in Milan showcases work by famous names as well as rising stars, and looks at how projects from previous exhibitions have fared over the past decade. Here, we take an early look at what's new and what's odd

  • Images of graffiti used for marketing aren’t graffiti

    5 April 2007

    I think the members of the ‘anti-graffiti society’ have got all this wrong

  • Inspired

    5 April 2007

    My dad got his qualifications in typesetting and printing in Carlisle, and the offer of a job as a compositor meant a family move to Lancashire when I was no more than knee high to a typecase.He set work in metal for a while, and followed the prevailing technologies right up until the Apple Macintosh. In the 1970s, a new generation of 'easy-to-use' punch tape photosetting machines gave him the opportunity to set up his own company, News Phototypesetting Services.The premises ...

  • Inspired

    5 April 2007

    Leaving nature aside, it's people's creative ideas and their outcomes that inspire me. I want to know how stuff happens. And I don't just mean in design, but in all disciplines.One of the advantages of running my own business is that I can give time to my interests. Two years ago we launched 'at abrahams', a series of events exploring the nature of creativity in the arts and sciences. What began as a studio project has now grown into a quarterly programme of roving events, opening ...

  • Italy's present is just as inspiring as its design heritage

    5 April 2007

    I'm not sure I agree with much of Sara Manuelli's Private View on Italy (DW 29 March). I particularly object to the sweeping statement, 'Most [designers] have a degree in architecture, as no great design courses exist in Italy.' It would appear that she didn't do very much research at all. I'm surprised she is so out of touch - still bantering on about Achille Castiglioni and Antonio Citterio (don't get me wrong, they're indisputably great designers) - but there is a ...

  • Jeans for Genes

    5 April 2007

    Genetic disorder charity Jeans for Genes launches its 2007 national campaign on 28 May, with a refreshed identity by Crossing O'Sullivan. The word 'appeal' has been dropped from the logo.

  • Lippincott Mercer promotions

    5 April 2007

    Lippincott Mercer has promoted New York-based Su Mathews and London-based Simon Stacey to senior partners. Mathews is a graphic designer and Stacey is a 3D specialist.

  • Live It

    5 April 2007

    The Workroom has designed and written the 2006 annual review for household products giant Reckitt Benckiser, presented under the title Live It.

  • Make writing work for you

    5 April 2007

    There's far too much bad writing around, so taking language seriously can make your organisation stand out

  • Moving stories

    5 April 2007

    Scotland's design community is agog with plans for the Six Cities festival, which kicks off officially on 17 May (see News in Depth, page 7). But, the Edinburgh crowd are being treated to a taster in the form of Living in Motion, a travelling show from the Vitra Design Museum in Germany, which opened in the city last week. The premise behind the show, created by VDM senior curator Mathias Schwartz-Clauss, is that innovation in design and architecture is constantly driven by the desire ...

  • News in Pictures

    5 April 2007

    M/M (Paris) has designed the graphics and typography for Volta, Björk's new album, due for release on 4 May on One Little Indian Records. The sleeve features photography by Nick Knight and Dutch duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin.

  • News in Pictures

    5 April 2007

    In a bid to save Comic Relief red noses from the dustbin, designers David Bruno and Tom Seymour have created The Chair That Grows. The Bertoia chair by Knoll is fitted with 576 used red noses. It is being exhibited at Knoll in London before being auctione

  • Nothing to fear from MySpace

    5 April 2007

    The networking site's DIY capability and its popularity with musicians have had little impact on the workload of Web designers

  • Opening up the game

    5 April 2007

    Has the B to D Group reall managed to add value to the consultancies it represents? Sarah Woods takes stock two years after it was set up

  • Paul Robinson

    5 April 2007

    The work of photographer Paul Robinson will be showcased in an exhibition titled In Camera, running from 23-28 April at The Gallery in Cork Street, London. It is showing for the first time in the UK, after running in Los Angeles. Robinson's images are built from the in-camera incorporation of architecture, texture and portraits into one frame of film, without digital manipulation. The exhibition will feature I Want More, his first six-exposure image.

  • Profile: Martin Brudnizki

    5 April 2007

    If you've eaten in a posh restaurant in London or New York recently, chances are the interiors were by the Swede Martin Brudnizki, but he is largely unknon in many countries

  • Punk nostalgia

    5 April 2007

    Got a soft spot for old T-shirts? You'll be in good company among the rock and punk clothing collections at Vintage Rock: a T-shirt Exhibition at London's Orange Dot gallery. Yolanda Zappaterra revels in the irony of what's become of an anti-establishment

  • Silk Pearce

    5 April 2007

    Silk Pearce has designed the 2006 annual report for United Trust Bank, a company that specialises in financing property developers in the UK.

  • Six Cities festival enlists Sagmeister and flags up events

    5 April 2007

    Stefan Sagmeister has been appointed to create the opening event for Scottish design festival Six Cities, it was announced last week. It will be the first time the designer has worked in Scotland.Six Cities is Scotland's first national design festival, with events taking place across the country. Developed by Scotland's national centre for design and architecture The Lighthouse, it has been funded to the tune of £3m by the Scottish Executive.Final details of Sagmeister's ...

  • Slough Estates

    5 April 2007

    Property developer Slough Estates this week unveils a fresh corporate identity, designed by Appetite, and a name change to Segro. The rebrand heralds a period of planned growth across Europe.

  • Sounds about right

    5 April 2007

    To be good on radio, the trick is simply to sound authoritative, but Hugh Pearman has mastered the art of turning down unwanted punditry requests

  • Sumptuous sights

    5 April 2007

    Is a picture really worth 1000 words? In a society that seems to have stopped reading, preferring to download podcasts on to mobiles or find information in bite-sized chunks on-line, it seems as though it might be. It's as though we've all given up on the humble word; as if a fast-moving world is no longer willing to give words the time they demand. Take travel guides. Once upon a time we pored over them as we rode the trains, buses and planes of Europe and further afield. Now we just ...

  • Sunglass Hut

    5 April 2007

    US-based interactive group R/GA has been appointed to redesign the website for eyewear retailer Sunglass Hut.

  • Syzygy builds on-line offer with Unique move

    5 April 2007

    WPP-owned interactive consultancy Syzygy has bought a 100 per cent stake in the London on-line media group Unique Digital Marketing for an undisclosed sum.The move is billed as part of its 'acquisitive growth strategy' by Marco Seiler, Syzygy chief executive. The acquisition follows the purchase of German on-line media agency GFEH, bought by Syzygy in December 2006.'Unique is one of the most successful groups in its field, with an enviable client list and industry recognition ...

  • The Cabaret Mechanical Theatre

    5 April 2007

    The Cabaret Mechanical Theatre is celebrating its 28th year with a show featuring more than 80 pieces of hand-made automata - automatic mechanisms with concealed motive power. The exhibition will tell the story of the company, taking in its dark humour and insights. The Ride of Life takes place at the Kinetica Museum, Old Spitalfields Market in London from 6 April to 5 May.

  • The Illustrated Guide to Events and Conferences

    5 April 2007

    Dogstar has designed The Illustrated Guide to Events and Conferences for dining company Leith's at the British Library.

  • The Muon loudspeaker

    5 April 2007

    The Muon loudspeaker range from Kef Audio launches at Salone del Mobile in Milan on 18 April. Designed by Ross Lovegrove and manufactured by Kef, the speakers take on an organic form that is based on the abstract sculptures of Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore. Their construction uses 'super-formed' aluminium, which can be moulded into unusual shapes.

  • This attack on graffiti is an attack on creativity

    5 April 2007

    I read, with indignation, Roy Johnson's letter expounding his prejudicial and myopic views on graffiti and its increasing use in mainstream design, specifically on the new Adidas clothing range.

  • True graffiti is modern art, not hoodie vandalism

    5 April 2007

    I’d like to respond to Roy Johnson’s letter ‘Is graffiti “vandalism”?’ (DW 22 March).Mr Johnson sounds typical of those who think graffiti is the stuff done by hoodies at bus stops, and not an accepted part of popular modern design, art and street culture.Perhaps I am wrong, though, and Mr Johnson realises the difference between ‘tagging’ and true graffiti.True, they are both illegal, but instead of pushing for a boycott on brands which are simply ...

  • Voxpop

    5 April 2007

    US book chain Borders has announced plans to pull out of the UK and may sell off its stores, prompting fears that many may close. What can be done with the bookshop retail format to better compete against the Internet and supermarkets?There is a very real future for retail ...

  • Voxpop

    5 April 2007

    Last week, The Guardian declared that the Web is full of sites focusing on the banal. If you were to design a site dedicated to a boring subject or object that you are obsessed with, what would it be? Mine would be The Guardian, what a stupid uneducated t

  • Yamaha/RCA music project to show at Milan

    5 April 2007

    Yamaha Design Studio is to present a series of prototype musical instruments at the Milan furniture fair, in collaboration with students at the Royal College of Art.

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