Design Week
6 March 2008
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Abbreviated research will confuse everyone
6 March 2008
I was taken aback to read the piece on the London Contemporary Orchestra's new identity and its intention to use 'LCO'. In the article Muireann Sheahan stated that she didn't feel that there would be any confusion between the London Contemporary Orchestra and the London Chamber Orchestra because the latter 'never really abbreviate their name'. I don't know what 300million stands for but it's not eyes, because when it comes to research they walk around blindfolded. LCO (the original) ...
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Airside animates Minghella's detective TV film
6 March 2008
Airside is designing the opening and closing visuals for BBC One drama The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, directed by Anthony Minghella.The show (pictured), about Botswana's only female private detective, will be previewed on 18 March along with Airside's animations, and screened nationwide on 24 March.Making feature-length animations is part of Airside's long-term plan, says a company spokeswoman.Inspired by the film's setting, Airside has used a warm colour scheme. ...
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All of Us creates interactive suite for Land Securities
6 March 2008
Property investment company Land Securities is launching an interactive marketing suite format by All of Us, to help sell space in its office buildings.'The aim is to create a fully immersive experience that combines all the traditional aspects of a marketing suite in a subtler, more hi-tech way,' says All of Us design director Mickey Stretton.An illuminated table bears an etched map of the area and a scale model of the building, while embedded at one end is an interactive ...
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All part of the process
6 March 2008
Persuading clients to value Greenness is something designers should build into their everyday practice, just as they do creativity, says Adrian Shaughnessy
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Branding groups needed for Gizmondo console
6 March 2008
Plans for the relaunch of the defunct hand-held games console Gizmondo later this year have been uncovered by Design Week.Gizmondo/Blowfish Works chief executive Carl Freer reveals branding and marketing groups will soon be sought to help relaunch the device, originally intended as a competitor to the Sony Playstation Portable.The previous company behind the product went into liquidation in 2006, after reported operating losses of more than $200m (£115m) in the first half ...
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British Council picks critic to curate British pavilion at Venice
6 March 2008
The Daily Telegraph's architecture critic, Ellis Woodman, has been appointed by the British Council to curate the British pavilion at the 11th Venice Architecture Biennale, which takes place this year.Woodman's exhibition will examine the way in which five contemporary architects address the question of the UK's burgeoning housing crisis.He plans to explore both the British obsession with home ownership and the effect of the domination of the market by private-sector developers.The
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Carter Wong Design
6 March 2008
Carter Wong Design has created a brochure and website for energy trader Vitol, called The Power of Partnership.
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Chuffed with credit, but more is needed where it is due
6 March 2008
I was pleased to see that Land Securities is named in this year's Hot 50 (DW 21 February). And while it's great to see that I was credited as the architect of the roster and the scale and breadth of the design work commissioned, I have to say that the most important credit is missing. Mike Hussey (managing director of LS London Portfolio) is the true hero of this piece. It was he who shared my vision and fought to enable it to become reality in a market and business that was ...
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Clare Brass returns with sustainability social venture
6 March 2008
The Design Council's sustainability project leader, axed from the organisation last year, has re-emerged with her own venture, a sustainability social enterprise called Seed.
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Consultancy Very
6 March 2008
Consultancy Very has created an identity for London record company Bread & Butter.
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Dentistry design in the hot seat
6 March 2008
How about glass candelabras and scented candles at the dentist, along with blond wood floors, flat-screen TVs and piped music? Trish Lorenz looks at how clinics are using spa tactics to pull in the punters
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Eco message for Ico's Science of Survival
6 March 2008
London’s Science Museum is set to unveil a major new exhibition about climate change called The Science of Survival. Design consultancy Ico is responsible for developing the brand, exhibition graphics and marketing collateral, and for four installations. It was appointed to lead preparations for the show after a three-way pitch in July last year. Luckybite and Spiral Production were appointed to work on other installations and Enigma ...
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Figures of expression
6 March 2008
These ghostly graphic human forms constitute part of a just-opened exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Made by collaborative art trio Brass Art, they can be variously seen in installation, video and drawing formats at Skyscraping, at the sculpture park's Bothy Gallery. The spectral figures look as if the hand of CGI has intervened, and, to an extent, that is the case, in that Brass Art has used digital technology in its creation. But the group - which consists of three Manchester- ...
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Five make the grade on to Northwest RDA design panel
6 March 2008
Five groups have been appointed to the Northwest Regional Development Agency's latest design panel.Manchester consultancies Glorious Creative, Mark Studio, Vivid and Hemisphere, as well as Liverpool group Kaleidoscope ADM have been selected from a shortlist of nine, distilled from 66 initial applications.The tender for the NWDA's third design panel, which will provide design services to help promote the region, was issued through the Official Journal of the European Communities ...
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Frayling's legacy at the RCA will prove hard act to follow
6 March 2008
While it has been proved time and again that no one is indispensible, Professor Sir Christopher Frayling's departure from the Royal College of Art in the summer next year will make a huge dent in the college line-up (see www. designweek.co.uk).
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HLW
6 March 2008
HLW has been appointed by French lawyer Gide Loyrette Nouel to revamp the interiors of its new London offices at 125 Old Broad Street.
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Inspired
6 March 2008
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K4 Creative
6 March 2008
K4 Creative has renamed and rebranded outdoor events company Capital VIP - which relaunched last week - as All or Nothing.
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McConnell loses Co-op Bank brief
6 March 2008
The Co-operative Bank is to install new-look interiors and facias at its retail branches without the help of its long-standing design consultant.The bank, which operates 100 outlets, is rolling out new branding by former Pentagram partner John McConnell across all its business sectors, including its supermarkets.However, McConnell says he no longer works with the company. He says he was dropped less than a year ago, following the appointment of marketing director Zöe Morgan.'They ...
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Meadowlands plan sparks major projects
6 March 2008
US architect and interior design specialist Rockwell Group is to embark on a major branding, wayfinding and signage project for what is being hailed as the largest entertainment and retail space in the US.The $2.2bn (£1.1bn) Meadowlands Xanadu development in East Rutherford, New Jersey - the masterplan for which is being devised by David Rockwell - will offer a 'new paradigm' in retail, leisure and entertainment facilities, as well as visitor attractions, in collaboration with ...
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New brand identity for WPP
6 March 2008
The new brand identity for WPP marketing services network Wunderman has been created by branding design consultancy Lambie-Nairn.
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News in pictures
6 March 2008
Red Design has created the artwork for Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong’s forthcoming single Lonely Buoy, to be released on Vertigo Records on 10 March. The design references 20th century Surrealist photographers.
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News in pictures
6 March 2008
A competition run by RNID to make earplugs sexy has been won by De Montfort University design student Chi Shing Lo, with a credit card-style design called Earcard. The competition was judged by Ideo, Tangerine and Alloy, among others.
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People Will Always Need Plates
6 March 2008
People Will Always Need Plates has designed a range of plates and mugs featuring graphic renderings of famous Liverpool buildings, commissioned by organisers of the first Design Show Liverpool.
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Profile
6 March 2008
They were up for an Oscar after their work on Atonement, but set designers Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer are far too busy to bask in the limelight. They talk to Nick Smurthwaite about their next projects
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R-Co
6 March 2008
R-Co has designed the identity for the AU$1.4bn (£650m) Melbourne Convention Centre in Australia.
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Rollasole
6 March 2008
Rollasole is the name of a new range of rolled-up ballet pumps designed to relieve stiletto-jaded feet, and sold via vending machines. Magpie Studio has created the identity, packaging and stationery for the brand, which launches next month. Magpie partner Jamie Ellul says the logo and tone-of-voice are aimed at fashion-conscious young females. The consultancy worked with photographer Matt Wreford to create a set of images for wider application.
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Royal Mail
6 March 2008
Royal Mail has released Celebrating Northern Ireland, a miniature stamp sheet marking St Patrick's Day. The stamps have been crafted by Silk Pearce and feature photographs of Carrickfergus Castle and the Giant's Causeway (both pictured), and an illustration of St Patrick by Claire Melinsky.
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The art of staying afloat
6 March 2008
Having launched during the grip of the early 1990s recession, Caulder Moore is perhaps less phased by the threat of another possible downturn looming on the horizon than you might expect. Understandably though, for newer businesses which haven't weathered
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The Brand Nursery
6 March 2008
The Brand Nursery has appointed Lynn Dorward-Benn (pictured) as project director. She joins from marketing group Aylesworth Fleming.
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The Euroshop show in review
6 March 2008
There’s more to merchandise systems than meets the eye, as Callum Lumsden discovers at top retail trade fair Euroshop in Dusseldorf, Germany. Here he outlines his top picks of the display ranges on show at this year’s exhibition
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The Victoria & Albert Museum
6 March 2008
The Victoria & Albert Museum's collection of more than 2500 paintings, including works by John Constable and Joseph Turner, is presented for the first time in a catalogue, designed by Sally Jeffery and published by The Public Catalogue Foundation.
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Torture design isn't offensive, but it isn't very useful either
6 March 2008
The University of Kent School of Architecture brief asking students to design a torture device could be perceived as an aid for understanding design, as well as being offensive.
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Tottenham
6 March 2008
Tottenham, in north-east London, is rolling out a new identity by Lloyd Northover. It was commissioned by the Tottenham Partnership, a business and public sector consortium that is trying to drive business in the area. The logo features illustrations of butterflies and leaves representing parks, and a globe which stands for cultural diversity.
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Voxpop
6 March 2008
The Government is looking to make apprenticeships a key initiative across the creative industries. In your opinion, should apprenticeship placements for school children be a feature within design consultancies so that practical skills can be learnt on the job? I've always ...
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What next for Design Art?
6 March 2008
Bags that look like saddles, Persian tables with holes in the top and vacuum cleaner chairs might sound like the comedy products you would expect Del Boy and Rodney to be trying to flog out of the back of their yellow three-wheeler van in an episode of Only Fools and Horses, but apparently these pieces can be defined as ‘design art’ – or can they? The future of the phrase was the topic of discussion at a debate at the Rabih Hage Gallery in London WC1, on ...
