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7 September 2006

  • All of Us project inspires art therapy

    7 September 2006

    The Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital NHS Trust, one of the largest cardiothoracic centres in Europe, is seeking to introduce further interactive design projects across the hospital to improve the experience of patients, following the completion of it

  • Banks joins the board at Imagination

    7 September 2006

    Imagination has appointed advertising veteran John Banks as executive chairman, under plans to develop the group's global strategy. Banks takes over executive chairman responsibilities from chief executive Gary Withers this October.

  • Banksy targets Paris Hilton albums

    7 September 2006

    Guerrilla artist Banksy saw fit to pull a heist on celebrity-turned-popstar Paris Hilton last week, when he doctored 500 copies of her debut album - Paris - with his own remixes and changed the designs of the CD sleeve to picture a topless Hilton bearing the head of a dog.

  • Bio System launches Hong Kong airline's global ambitions

    7 September 2006

    Tokyo-based consultancy Bio System has designed the brand identity, aircraft livery and cabin interiors for the global launch of Oasis Hong Kong Airlines.

  • Cello Group buys into Blonde Digital

    7 September 2006

    Cello Group has acquired a majority stake in Blonde Digital, the Edinburgh consultancy set up by Pete Burns, former Navy Blue Design Group head of digital media (DW 8 June). Cello paid a 'nominal sum' for the 84 per cent stake and will also loan £150 000 to Blonde Digital.

  • Come and join us at the Preston reunion club night in London

    7 September 2006

    Over the years, Preston, Preston Polytechnic and the University of Central Lancashire, have been catalysts for creative talent. Now we're bringing one of its best-loved underground club nights, the renowned Jellybean, down to the capital as part of the reunion celebrations.

  • Conran Holdings reports giant leap in profits

    7 September 2006

    Conran Holdings, the parent group of Conran & Partners, has reported a massive increase in pre-tax profits to £36.7m for the financial year to March, up from £2.6m last time, and on sales of £109.3m.

  • Creative director Hall joins Esprit

    7 September 2006

    Stephen Hall has been appointed global visual manager at the retailer Esprit. The former creative director of menswear retailer Burton starts the new position next week and will be tasked with 'directing everything visual, including windows and store environments', he says. He left Arcadia-owned Burton last year (DW 1 December 2005).

  • D&AD on the brink of naming president

    7 September 2006

    D&AD is set to name its future president from the design industry next week, with Poke founder Simon Waterfall in hot contention for the top job. Other potential candidates are Garrick Mamm of Williams Murray Hamm and Quentin Newark of Atelier Works, with the successful entrant serving as ...

  • Dallaspierce tree pavillion to be displayed

    7 September 2006

  • Defining the future of design

    7 September 2006

    New director Deyan Sudjic intends to maintain the energy levels of his predecessor, but tells Mike Exon it's time the Design Museum moved on

  • Expansion from the East to the West may benefit the UK

    7 September 2006

    I fully agree with your editorial discussing issues surrounding the expansion of UK design (Comment, DW 24 August).

  • Fan fare

    7 September 2006

  • Heads or tails

    7 September 2006

    Design could be on the verge of splitting into two different disciplines, argues Richard Seymour, as the polarisation between specialist executors and generalist ideas people gets ever stronger

  • Increase in reports demands better information design

    7 September 2006

  • In-house team rectifies JBCP's 'clunky' look

    7 September 2006

    John Brown Citrus Publishing is rebranding this week as John Brown with a corporate identity designed by its in-house creative team, led by creative director Chris Parker.

  • Inspired

    7 September 2006

    'Having recently returned to resume residence back in sunny Yorkshire after an 18-month spell in Australia, I was greeted back at work by the expected mixture of both friendly welcomes and lighthearted abuse.

  • Let's see more work from further afield at the Design Museum

    7 September 2006

    My request to Deyan Sudjic as he takes the helm at the Design Museum is to give me design from developing nations. I'd love to see an intelligent exhibition of the very best of design from China, Korea, Malaysia and India, an exhibition that could be undertaken exclusively by the locals.

  • Lots of tiny sales

    7 September 2006

    The digital revolution is turning the rules of commerce on their head, empowering consumers and making niche markets viable, says Adrian Shaughnessy

  • Make the most of freelances

    7 September 2006

  • NB Studio creates style for Jelly Belly brand extension

    7 September 2006

    Jelly Belly, the US-based confectionary company, has revealed ambitions to move into the childrenswear market with the launch of a Jelly Belly Junior range, as part of its global brand extension strategy. A raft of products will be designed according to a style guide developed by NB Studio.

  • News in Pictures

    7 September 2006

    London dance music radio station Kiss unveils its new logo this week, designed by Odd (DW 8 June). The marque works as a static form but also features an unfolding 'origami-style' device, says Odd creative director Richard Hart.

  • O2 to launch in Czech Republic

    7 September 2006

    O2 is launching in the Czech Republic, under a branding programme overseen by Lambie-Nairn, the mobile group's lead international brand consultancy. It follows the merger of the country's Czech Telecom and Eurotel Praha telcos.

  • Old brand, new tricks

    7 September 2006

  • Paul Cartwright Branding designs graphics for Bhs coffee lounge

    7 September 2006

    Paul Cartwright Branding has designed the graphics for a Bhs coffee lounge format, which is to be rolled out across the retailer's stores.

  • Pearlfisher redesigns Dr Stuart's Teas

    7 September 2006

    Pearlfisher has redesigned the packaging for Dr Stuart's Teas, featuring illustrations by Brett Ryder. The products are launching this month.

  • Profile: Phil Lynch

    7 September 2006

    Scottish furniture company Outgang aims to be a design business with a difference. Founder Phil Lynch tells Trish Lorenz about his Brazilian inspiration and his approach, which looks to combine business savvy and creativity

  • Proximity London plans design division

    7 September 2006

    Direct marketing agency Proximity London plans to develop a dedicated design division and has appointed former Saatchi & Saatchi senior designer Alex Normanton as its first head of design.

  • Raw Nerve designs Deptford Design Weekend newspaper

    7 September 2006

    Raw Nerve has designed a newspaper to promote the Deptford Design Weekend, which runs in the London district from 15 to 17 September, during the London Design Festival.

  • Review

    7 September 2006

    Forthcoming exhibitions, talks and events...

  • Royal Mail selects six groups for £1.3m 'tactical' design work

    7 September 2006

    Royal Mail has appointed six consultancies from more than 200 applications to create its €2m (£1.3m) 'tactical' design roster, which is due to run for up to four years.

  • Seymour warns of split in profession

    7 September 2006

    Seymourpowell co-founder Richard Seymour is warning that an increasing level of specialisation is splitting design into two different professions. He suggests that a polarisation will lead to more generalist solution providers - what he calls 'polymath interpolators' - on the one hand, and specialist executors on the other.

  • Sony Ericsson switches on to mobile TV content

    7 September 2006

    Sony Ericsson has hinted that it may migrate Sony's Wega television brand into its mobile phone designs, as the technology becomes available to view 'television' content through handsets.

  • Stepping stones

    7 September 2006

    For designers hoping to cross over into a different sector, it is becoming increasingly difficult, as employers demand that the right boxes are ticked. John Stones looks at ways of bridging the gap and making that leap.

  • Sudjic plans to refine design competition

    7 September 2006

    Deyan Sudjic is working on 'refining the format' of the Designer of the Year competition, Design Week can reveal. There has been some uncertainty over the future of the contest, which won much notoriety under Sudjic's predecessor Alice Rawsthorn, but Sudjic says it will continue with some refinements. In his first week in office, Sudjic talks about his approach to design and the future of the Design Museum.

  • Sudjic's courting of the arts can make design reach out

    7 September 2006

    It was interesting to see Stephen Bayley writing on design in The Observer a week after Deyan Sudjic relinquished his role there. It shows how the careers of the two men continue to cross paths, but at a distance, as design writers and activists.

  • TfL's latest pitch process places unfair demands

    7 September 2006

    Factory Design has been on and off the Transport for London roster over the years and, as a business, we have enjoyed working for a client that surrounds a Londoner's working day.

  • The power of nightmares

    7 September 2006

  • Thorntons to relaunching masterbrand

    7 September 2006

  • Voxpop

    7 September 2006

    In the week that Deyan Sudjic takes the helm at the Design Museum, what would you like to see celebrated at the museum as it embarks upon its expansion plans?

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