Design Week
7 June 2007
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A summer wheeze
7 June 2007
Anyone strolling through London's Kensington Gardens this week who sees a curious shed on the horizon, take note: it's not Olafur Eliasson and Kjetil Thorsen's Serpentine Pavilion making an early landing, but the Royal College of Art's sneaky attempt to get in first with a summer degree show extravaganza. Increasingly, colleges are making a splash with a big event outside their perimeters, yet few can boast their own temporary structure in a Royal Park. Work by graduating design students ...
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Benchmarks award scheme honours clients
7 June 2007
A new category, Client of the Year, has been added to Design Week's Benchmarks awards scheme, the call for entries for which went out this week.Nominations are invited free of charge from entrants to the Benchmarks, for individuals or client companies whose passion and commitment has led to branding work of a consistently high standard. Evidence of risk-taking will score highly with the judges.The Benchmarks scheme covers branding that works consistently across three or ...
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Brandopus spices up packs for Sharwood's sauces
7 June 2007
Premier Foods is to unveil its revamped Sharwood's range, with packaging design by consultancy Brandopus.Brandopus was added to the RHM roster earlier this year before the group was acquired by Premier Foods.The consultancy was tasked with creating a new pack design, while retaining the logo for the Sharwood's range.The new look will be revealed next month with the Thai range, and will be rolled out across the remaining ranges by the end of the year.Each ...
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Broadcasting services provider...
7 June 2007
Broadcasting services provider Gateway Communications has entered the African pay-TV satellite market with GTV, featuring a visual identity by Dunning Eley Jones. The logo was created incorporating the letter G within an orange disc, to represent the African sun. The project included the creation of a corporate identity for GTV and identities for its three new channels/ G Prime, G Sports 1 and G Sports 2.
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City ID
7 June 2007
Bristol design group City ID has appointed Ben Tappenden of Thirteen as a senior information designer.
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Creativity and effectiveness will win over a cynical media
7 June 2007
Wolff Olins chairman Brian Boylan said in a memo to staff last week that it is too early to assess the consultancy's identity for the 2012 London Olympics
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Cultural Fog
7 June 2007
These paintings come from a series called Cultural Fog, created by British architect Will Alsop, and are being exhibited in the Olga Korper Gallery in Toronto, Canada, this month. They are based on London's Kensington Market and 'the nature of community'. 'By making a city inspiring and inventive, it becomes different from the rest of the world,' says Alsop. The exhibition runs from 8 June to 28 July.
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Dressing to impress
7 June 2007
As cheap becomes chic and notions of class-based consumer segmentation fade away, value retailers are having to take a more creative approach to store design. Clare Dowdy talks to three consultancies working in this sector
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DW table gives the wrong impression about Ralph
7 June 2007
We always look forward to Design Week's league tables. However, this year, we felt it did not represent groups that had changed their business model over the past year - when we had clearly explained this in our entry. In 2006, Ralph came in at number 80 in the Top 100 league tables and it was ranked as the most efficient design group in the UK. Since then, we have demerged with DS Emotion. The demerger meant our turnover dropped. However, in this year's leagues, Ralph ...
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Failure to measure innovation damages value, says ESRC
7 June 2007
If innovation is not properly quantified, companies risk being undervalued, according to a report by the Economic and Social Research Council, published this week.The report - entitled 'Facilitating Innovation through the Measurement and Management of Intangibles' - highlights ESRC-funded research carried out by Professors Chris Hendry and David Citron of the City University's Cass Business School. It claims that the success of companies and the future of the UK economy is increasingly ...
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Follow the crowd
7 June 2007
Shared experiences, like conferences and exhibitions, have a remarkable pull on us. Hugh Pearman wonders at our curious appetite for inconvenient gatherings
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Future prospects
7 June 2007
As this year's design students graduate, Fiona Sibley previews new work arising from Central St Martins College of Art and Design, and looks at two live projects run between universities and companies
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FutureBrand forges global steel giant logo
7 June 2007
Global steel giant Arcelor Mittal has unveiled its long-awaited identity, created by FutureBrand.The marque, based on the idea of a signature, was decided on just two months ago, after a number of initial design routes were rejected because of concerns about their application.'Being a steel company means that application of the branding is tricky,' explains FutureBrand creative director Matthew Buckhurst. 'Certain circumstances, such as applying the marque to a piece of ...
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Getting a head start in design
7 June 2007
If you've just graduated, the most important rule in the job-hunting jungle, as in education, is 'do your research'. Know your prey, says Torben Dunn
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GLA launches Unreal 'DIY' Green campaign
7 June 2007
The Greater London Authority launched its latest sustainability campaign last week under the title 'DIY Planet Repairs'.Designed by consultancy Unreal to be simple, bold and accessible, the branding and advertising is aimed at providing straightforward information to enable Londoners to lead more environmentally sustainable lives.Keeping the message lively and accessible was key, according to Unreal creative director Brian Eagle. 'A lot of other environmental campaigns ...
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Glowing in the wind
7 June 2007
Green installations which explore our relationship with the built environment are set to be big attractions during Architecture Week. Trish Lorenz looks forward to a wind-driven light display at London's Southbank Centre
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Goldspot
7 June 2007
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Holmes & Marchant
7 June 2007
Holmes & Marchant has appointed Becky Fone as account director and Simon Scholl as planning director.
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Innovision gets Tour de France opening event rolling
7 June 2007
Transport for London has appointed events management company Innovision to stage the prestigious opening ceremony of the Tour de France next month, the first time it has started in London.The Grand Depart, taking place on 6 July in Trafalgar Square, kicks off with the Prologue route down Whitehall, where Tour de France riders and teams will race past Downing Street towards Big Ben on a 7.9km course, past some of London's most famous landmarks.A TfL spokesperson said the ...
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Inspired
7 June 2007
Generally speaking, inspiration comes from all around me.
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KM Design
7 June 2007
KM Design has designed the branding for Wenta, the Enterprise Agency for Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, which promotes business growth.
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Landor to review Etihad Airways' offer
7 June 2007
The national airline of the United Arab Emirates, Etihad Airways is undertaking a wholesale review of its brand with Landor Associates.Landor was appointed in January, without a pitch, to review the carrier's brand strategy, while the consultancy is also believed to have a wider remit to develop the airline's service proposition.The consultancy worked with Etihad chief executive James Hogan on the repositioning of Gulf Air in 2003 and is thought to have been handed the ...
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Library Creative
7 June 2007
Leicester consultancy Library Creative has designed the identity for Muchos Media, a multimedia company specialising in on-line video content. Marketing material and a website are to follow.
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Lloyd Northover to position Belfast as global city
7 June 2007
The city of Belfast is embarking on a major branding overhaul in a bid to sharpen up its image, following the power-sharing agreement in Northern Ireland.
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McDonald's
7 June 2007
McDonald's has launched its latest annual report, which continues the global brand campaign 'I'm lovin' it', with design by Boxer. The report is intended to appeal to both investors and non-investors.
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News in Pictures
7 June 2007
Animation and moving image collective Wyld Stallyons has created a short promotional film, The Doll, for lingerie brand Lascivious. The storyline is based on the idea of a mail order sex robot, delivered in parts.
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Phaidon Press
7 June 2007
Book publisher Phaidon Press has relaunched its website.
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Plastic ain't my bag
7 June 2007
The organisation behind Anya Hindmarch's infamous I'm Not a Plastic Bag will launch yet another campaign against plastic bags on 14 June
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Profile: Yves Béhar
7 June 2007
Yves Béhar creates desirable lighting and products, but it is the budget XO laptop - created for the developing world - that has the potential to change lives. Sarah Verdone asks him about his plans for the future
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'Site in progress' sends out all the wrong messages
7 June 2007
I've been looking at your magazine on-line, primarily to look at what is new in branding and label design. If I see something of interest I copy and paste the design group name into Google to have a look at what it is doing. Today, the latest one, about DJPA, came up with a message that I have seen on far too many design group sites, 'This site is being upgraded/revamped' or whatever. I must have seen this ten times in the past week on the sites of mainstream players in the design ...
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The 2012 identity looks like monkey business
7 June 2007
Don't you think the new 2012 logo looks very similar to the old Tiswas identity, only not as good? I reckon someone at Wolff Olins was dreaming about Sally James or Chris Tarrant when they came up with this little ditty. Why didn't they put the job out to tender to the whole country (schools included) instead of gluing a pencil to the Wolff Olins pet monkey, feeding him a mind-altering concoction and letting him loose with a drawing pad? Garry Smith, Partner, Bluebark, ...
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The Olympic logo sends me to sleep
7 June 2007
On seeing the London Olympics logo this week, these are my, and I'm sure quite a few others', opinions: • The Olympic movement is about togetherness, but this execution is falling apart • The logo would be better suited to a new Arthur C Clarke novel (2012) • The text is illegible and does not portray confidence • Our cleaner thought it looked like a house of cards that is falling apart! • The logo will look awful reproduced at a small size • ...
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This is why the Limehouse figures don't add up
7 June 2007
We would like to correct a misperception about Limehouse printed in the Design Week league tables
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UPC Broadband
7 June 2007
European cable operator UPC Broadband has unveiled a fresh brand identity, by Venture Three. The new identity has launched in the Netherlands and will roll out to other parts of Europe where UPC is active.
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Voxpop
7 June 2007
Has the credibility of design been dented by the 2012 branding, and if so, what can it do to recover?
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Will it run the distance?
7 June 2007
The 2012 identity has been panned by the media, but the work meets its varied criteria and it has five years to prove itself, says Sarah Woods
