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6 October 2005

  • A1 Grand Prix graphics take the chequered flag

    6 October 2005

    Clare Dowdy's piece on livery design in the new A1 Grand Prix series (DW 22 September) raised some interesting viewpoints.

  • AnOther Man launches

    6 October 2005

    AnOther Man, the men's lifestyle bi-annual from Dazed & Confused, launches this week, art directed by David James with typography by Gareth Hague, both of David James Associates.

  • Arthur Steen Horne...

    6 October 2005

    Arthur Steen Horne Adamson's advertising campaign to find celebrities to front its Big Cold Turkey foundation has generated interest from the Home Office, the House of Lords' magazine and Channel 4, says consultancy founder Marksteen Adamson. The consultancy has also created ...

  • BBC weighs up design of interactive interface

    6 October 2005

    The BBC is considering commissioning a consultancy to design a user interface for My BBC Player service, which allows users to legally download programmes screened over the past seven days via the Internet.

  • Boots roster to gain from Alliance Unichem merger

    6 October 2005

    The proposed £7bn merger of Boots and Alliance Unichem will provide opportunities for Boots' 'creative hub' of design groups, according to Boots creative director Jon Turner.

  • By the book

    6 October 2005

    Next week, the winner of the Man Booker Prize for fiction will be announced - but will the book's jacket designs be worthy of their contents? Angus Hyland talks to John Stones about judging books by their covers

  • Ceramic exuberance

    6 October 2005

    With roots in Renaissance tile making, renowned ceramics manufacturer Bitossi established a new path in the 1950s under the creative direction of Aldo Londi, a craftsman who climbed the ranks to eventually breathe new life into its output by bringing in e

  • Consider wins London Business School brief

    6 October 2005

    Putney design group Consider has won a three-way pitch to create the annual report for the London Business School. The group already works on print literature for LBS.

  • Designers of all backgrounds need a common cause

    6 October 2005

    I was interested to read Michael Peter's comments (Letters, DW 15 September) about design becoming a commodity and the need for 'one' voice to underpin design's value to business.

  • Designing the Chinese way

    6 October 2005

    Long-term commitment is essential for success in Asian design markets - and remember the local cultural differences, says Sara Fielding

  • ENO tunes up in-house design team

    6 October 2005

    English National Opera is implementing a series of design projects, including a possible revision of its identity, originally designed by CDT, following the formation of its first in-house design team in the summer.

  • Fortune Street Design Vedette identity

    6 October 2005

    Fortune Street has designed the identity for Vedette, an exclusive women's football fashion brand that launched last week with a series of events that included an expletive-filled outburst by former sports minister Tony Banks (Lord Stratford of Stratford). Vedette, the French word for film star, makes reference to 1950s icons such ...

  • Global expansion for Von Dutch

    6 October 2005

    LA-based clothing brand Von Dutch is opening a flagship store in London's Covent Garden this week, as part of a long-term global strategy to enter new retail markets.

  • Identity and portfolio update for Chambers by R&D&Co

    6 October 2005

    Chambers, the dictionary and reference publisher, is set to overhaul its visual identity and entire portfolio of titles, with R&D&Co appointed to create the designs.

  • Independents lead the way as market picks up

    6 October 2005

    Independent design consultancies are financially outperforming those groups owned by global networks, says a key report out this week.

  • Inspired

    6 October 2005

    Above my desk, I have a packet of Leo Dried Peas. The packet is illustrated with a poor quality, and deeply unappetising, picture of shiny, luminous green peas, at the centre of which is an ill-fitting, inset photograph, in sepia, of a lion. Leo, lion - get it? But, the ...

  • IPG revenues fall during first half of 2005

    6 October 2005

    Interpublic Group has reported a year-on-year fall in global revenues of 2.6 per cent at its Constituent Management Group, for the first six months of 2005. The $11.6m decline of CMG - comprising FutureBrand, Jack Morton, Weber Shandwick, De Vries, Golin Harris and Octogan - contrasts with 2.7 per cent increases from its Integrated Agency Networks. IPG also parried the threat of being delisted last week, by restating its earnings back to 2000.

  • Lambie-Nairn rolls out identity for O2's internet service

    6 October 2005

    Lambie-Nairn has produced packaging and brand guidelines for O2's UK roll-out of mobile Internet service i-mode this month.

  • Lewis Moberly snaps up St Pancras identity contract

    6 October 2005

    London's St Pancras station is to be given a new identity, drawn up by Lewis Moberly as part of its £400m revamp.

  • Lifestyle luggage is back

    6 October 2005

    Once a status symbol, baggage is becoming glamorous yet again as designers experiment with new ranges, says Sarah Balmond

  • London homelessness charity targets breweries

    6 October 2005

    London homelessness charity Thames Reach Bondway has launched an ad campaign created by Imagination targeting breweries that produce super strength lagers. The aim of the ad is to increase awareness among brewers and protect the homeless, who are particularly at risk from more potent beverages. The advertisement depicts a gun with ...

  • Measure the worth of your internal communications It's encouraging to read about how Internal Communications can make an impact on clients' businesses and staff (Design Business, DW 22 September).

    6 October 2005

    It's encouraging to read about how internal communications can make an impact on clients' businesses and staff (Design Business, DW 22 September)

  • News in Pictures

    6 October 2005

    1 Saitek launches two sets of portable speakers this month, the A200 and A250, designed in-house with guidance from Seymour Powell and acoustic design input by Mission.

  • Phonica Records to sell decorated vinyls

    6 October 2005

    Phonica Records in London's Soho has asked 33 designers to select their favourite 12 inch vinyl record and decorate it using pen, paint, stickers or stencils. The theme was 'open' and the records are available to purchase. Artists involved in the project include Adrian Johnson, David Horvath and Andy Potts. The exhibition runs all this month.

  • Portsmouth Dockyard to hoist Brand New Day makeover

    6 October 2005

    Portsmouth Historic Dockyard has appointed local consultancy Brand New Day to create an identity and a comprehensive signage and navigation programme for the attraction. The group won the project last week, following a four-way pitch.

  • Premature imagination

    6 October 2005

    Robert Brownjohn's decadent, 'live-fast, die-young' approach should have made him notorious, yet he is still relatively unknown. But, says Michael Johnson, while Brownjohn's career may have been short and sweet, his classic work had a lasting impact and its influence is still apparent 40 years on

  • Print is reduced to a pulp

    6 October 2005

    After many years of decline, is print finally dead? Adrian Shaughnessy thinks the falling demand for glossy brochures could be the final nail in the coffin.

  • Profile: Autoban

    6 October 2005

    Autoban, founded by an interior designer and an architect in Istanbul, produces everything from fashion interiors to quirky furniture that provokes an emotional response, says Trish Lorenz

  • Record attendance has not yet secured future funds for LDF

    6 October 2005

    The London Design Festival has yet to secure funding for next year, despite record attendances at this year's events.

  • Redesign for Starck's Asia de Cuba

    6 October 2005

    The Philippe Starck-designed Asia de Cuba fusion restaurant in London's St Martins Lane hotel is to be redesigned. It is not yet clear if it will be Starck who will carry out the work.

  • Review

    6 October 2005

    Degree show • The Fox Enjoys the Exercise is an exhibit of work by MA students from the Faculty of Arts & Media at University College for the Creative Arts, until 4 October.

  • Samsonite plans London design centre

    6 October 2005

    Samsonite is establishing its first global design headquarters in London and plans to diversify its product mix and roll out more lifestyle accessory items over the next three years.

  • The Hub agency rebrands Clyde Property

    6 October 2005

    The Hub Agency has rebranded one of Scotland's largest independent estate agents, Clyde Property. Simplified to Clyde, the five-figure rebrand spans new shop facades, vehicle livery, signage, property schedules and staff uniforms.

  • TV3 to switch over to a Turquoise identity

    6 October 2005

    Irish commercial broadcaster TV3 has appointed Turquoise to overhaul its brand identity, following a competitive three- way pitch held in July.

  • University of the Arts gets low satisfaction rating

    6 October 2005

    The University of the Arts has been named as the UK's university with the lowest overall satisfaction rating among its students, according to a Sunday Times survey. The UK's top placed university undergraduate degree courses in art and design were listed as: Edinburgh in first place, University of the Arts and Brighton in joint second, and St. Martin's, Lancaster with Goldsmith's in joint fourth place.

  • Visitor numbers static at 100% Design

    6 October 2005

    This year's 100% Design attracted 35 209 visitors - the same level as last year. The inaugural 100% East event attracted 5634 people.

  • Voxpop

    6 October 2005

    With mobile phone brand O2 poised to launch i-mode technology in the UK, what opportunities will such technology afford brand owners and designers?

  • WMH gives new lease of life to Complan

    6 October 2005

    Williams Murray Hamm has rebranded Complan, the meal replacement product, with a radical new look that aims to counter 'clinical' and 'elderly' perceptions. A hypertonic energy drink and bar will also be launched imminently under the Complan Active name. WMH was appointed after a three-way credentials pitch by brand owner Saatchinvest.

  • Work still to be done on consultancy productivity

    6 October 2005

    There's an element of 'must try harder' in the latest end-of-term report from accountant Willott Kingston Smith. While independent design groups fared well over the past four quarters, only six of the WKS top 30 consultancies achieved the gross income of £80 000-£100 000 ...

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