Design Week
7 April 2011
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...let The Beatles and Paul Smith fly the flag for the UK
7 April 2011
I think I would rebrand the UK. I mean, when was the last time we won the Eurovision Song Contest?The Union Jack will have to go, of course, as this is the thing that our foreign cousins rile against - and we really do not have a jolly anthem either. I would replace the flag with a nice Paul Smith stripy flag, change our name to Beatles Island and make our anthem Hey Jude. That should do it.Franco Bonadio, Chief executive, Identica, London W1
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Best of the Web
7 April 2011
http://76logos.comRemember Hot or Not and Rate my Mate? They were the slightly obnoxious comparison sites popular among teenagers before Facebook and Twitter. Using this concept, 76logos.com has adopted a more design-oriented battle, where you can compare two logos and click on your favourite to raise its rating - strangely addictive.
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Businesses need educating about the value of design
7 April 2011
At Design Wales Forum we promote the value of design to businesses and encourage designers to value their work. How deeply disappointing that the launch of Startup Britain highlights the need to educate the wider business community further about design.
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Butters Innovation is in the hot seat with its Vitality range of assisted outdoor seating
7 April 2011
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Dixon Baxi creates interface for digital recycling system
Wed, 6 Apr 2011
Dixon Baxi has designed the visual interface for Renew, an on-street digital platform that combines newspaper recycling bins with an interactive, real-time digital channel, free Wifi connectivity and mobile apps.
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Don't lose sight of a logo's main objective
7 April 2011
Further to the recent correspondence and various blog contributions regarding the seemingly ever-contentious subject of logo design, are we not in danger of losing sight of the basic primary objective of what logo design is - that of simple, straightforward and clear identification?
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Fit brands Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich
Wed, 6 Apr 2011
The Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, south London, has been rebranded by Fit Creative in a project aimed to clarify the brand - which is being confused with the National Maritime Museum and Greenwich University.
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Fourmation looks to evolve Digital Cinema Media brand elements for printed materials
7 April 2011
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Fruit feast
7 April 2011
Arthur Steen Horne Adamson has designed packaging for a new range of Tetley’s Superfruity Good Earth tea. The consultancy says the ’clean, sharp’ packaging aims to reflect the teas’ ’vibrant’ taste and healthy qualities, using illustrations of the fruits and the flavours blending together.
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Grand resurrections
7 April 2011
As St Pancras Renaissance London Hotel and Corinthia Hotel London - once the celebrated Midland Hotel and Hôtel Métropole, both closed since the 1930s - are about to open their doors and show off their lavish interiors, John Stones celebrates their rebirth and the latest in decadent luxury
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Heavenly works on branding projects for Fulham FC
Wed, 6 Apr 2011
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Inspired
7 April 2011
Sally Mackereth - Wells Mackereth Architects
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Intuitive touch
7 April 2011
Often seen as a luxury consultancies can ill afford in terms of time and money, the grey world of business systems software is being transformed. Emily Pacey discovers a new generation of management products that are not only simple to learn, but also promise an element of fun
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Just our type
7 April 2011
Mobile phone company Nokia’s newly launched Pure font is being applied across all its communications. Angus Montgomery looks at how companies are paying attention to their typefaces as part of their overall identities
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Landmark redesign
7 April 2011
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Mark puzzles out Virgin Unite Insiders logo with 'attitude'
7 April 2011
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Met Studio works on anti-addiction museum in Mexico
Wed, 6 Apr 2011
Met Studio has created interiors and exhibition design for the Museo Interactivo Sobre Las Adicciones, a museum dealing with the effects of addiction, which is due to open in May in the Mexican city of Culiacàn.
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Milanese whirl
7 April 2011
Ash dominated last year’s Milan furniture fair - and it wasn’t the wood. The Icelandic volcano erupted, causing chaos for fair-goers, not so much in the Italian style capital, but when they were heading home. Planes were grounded and a gung-ho spirit set in.
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Mobas creates brand positioning for Novotel Weddings
Wed, 6 Apr 2011
Cambridge-based integrated consultancy Mobas has created new brand positioning for Novotel Weddings, introducing the strapline ’Together, we’ll plan your ideal wedding’.
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News in Pictures
7 April 2011
La Boca has created a poster for the Vivid Live music festival at the Sydney Opera House in Australia, part of the Vivid Sydney festival ’of light, music and ideas’.
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News in Pictures
7 April 2011
Furniture designer Mark Wilkinson has created the Shan Gara hardwood kitchen stool. Shan Gara means ’beautiful design’ in Japanese.
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Profile: Fred & Eric
7 April 2011
With a handmade aesthetic that is integral to its work, the fledgling design and animation studio is already finding appeal with clients. Yolanda Zappaterra talks to the team behind it about their hopes for the group’s ampersand brand
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Reconciling ergonomics and good design in healthcare
7 April 2011
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Social adds historic touch to Waldorf Hotel bar identity
7 April 2011
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Stay on the fringe
7 April 2011
Of course we have to understand our clients’ businesses, but it’s vital to maintain an outsider status to give our talent for ’design thinking’ free rein, argues Adrian Shaughnessy
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Time to leave England's old baggage in the past...
7 April 2011
In response to the Design Week Voxpop asking which country I would like to rebrand and why (DW 24 March), I think it would have to be England. I am not talking about redesigning the flag, the Cross of St George, but what the flag stands for.
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Understanding retail laws of attraction
7 April 2011
When it comes to shopping, many men feel their needs are being ignored. Julie Oxberry says the secret is to know your customer
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Voxpop
7 April 2011
The Victoria & Albert Museum has launched a fund to acquire contemporary furniture. Which piece of furniture would you most like to own and why?
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We mustn't allow craft skills and typography to drop off college curricula
7 April 2011
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Wild Dog Design helps promote Bold brand case-study book with visuals for iPad app
7 April 2011
