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8 April 2004

  • Acrobat designs Denby literature

    8 April 2004

    Manchester group Acrobat has designed a suite of literature for Denby Pottery. The work highlights three trends for the season and is designed to create an editorial feel and position the manufacturer as a 'lifestyle' brand.

  • Adventis foundation for A+ housing brand

    8 April 2004

  • All of Us goes on Scorpia mission

    8 April 2004

  • Architects of fashion

    8 April 2004

    Gone are the days when designers were pigeon-holed for life. Pamela Buxton charts the latest trend - fashion experts dabbling in interior design and architecture

  • Architects pitch for Stansted job

    8 April 2004

    Airport operator BAA is in the midst of a pitch to appoint architects to spearhead the expansion of Stansted airport, a BAA spokesman confirms this week. The initiative paves the way for the involvement of interior design consultants at the airport.

  • Athenians go for a JHP experience at The Link

    8 April 2004

    JHP has this week delivered final concepts for The Link, a 72 000m2 mixed-use development in Athens that opens early next year.

  • Book

    8 April 2004

    Skateboard Stickers, by Mark Munson and Steve Cardwell, celebrates the use of stickers in the sport, featuring more than 350 decals. Published this month by Laurence King, the book is priced £19.95.

  • Boots exposes new Soltan packs

    8 April 2004

    Priestman Goode and the former Trickett & Webb have collaborated on packaging for Boots the Chemists' suntan lotion brand Soltan, which launches this week.

  • BT quietly unwraps monumental £1m signage job

    8 April 2004

  • Center Parcs appoints Fitch

    8 April 2004

    Center Parcs has appointed Fitch to create its first annual report as an independent company. Fitch was appointed following a credentials pitch and the report will be published in August 2004.

  • Cimex creates community websites

    8 April 2004

    Cimex has been appointed to build two community websites for the London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Wandsworth. The Tower Hamlets project will focus on the borough's 12 major religions and is part of an Inter Faith initiative.

  • Design needs to understand sustainability issues

    8 April 2004

  • Eatbigfish sheds light on boring business cards

    8 April 2004

    According to Eatbigfish supremo Adam Morgan, 'business cards are supposed to represent ideas companies, but rarely contain an idea themselves'.This is presumably why Eatbigfish opted for a card-cum-pocket light for its own momento mori. Before you scoff at the notion, the light apparently has a 12-mile beam.'One of our New York clients used it to walk home from work during the electrical blackout last year,' says Morgan.

  • Exhibitions

    8 April 2004

  • Experimental comedy

    8 April 2004

    Is vivisection a suitable topic for an animated sitcom? Nick Smurthwaite finds I Am Not An Animal sophisticated and edgy, though not hilarious

  • Fair stage

    8 April 2004

    A cast of thousands will star at this year's Milan Furniture Fair from 14 to 19 April. Design Week puts a selection under the spotlight

  • Forthcoming

    8 April 2004

  • Forum designs for LongLunch

    8 April 2004

  • Graphics need context to come off the page

    8 April 2004

    In his last column (DW 1 April), Adrian Shaughnessy suggests that graphic design is dead popular, and ready for a London Graphics Week. Apparently, there is a type of design that is 'free expression', and the general public just can't get enough of it. The evidence is a couple of design exhibitions and some books.

  • Haley Sharpe set to reincarnate St Mary's

    8 April 2004

    Haley Sharpe Design is planning to restore the 14th century St Mary's Guildhall in Boston, Lincolnshire, pending planning approval.

  • Heard rubs DW April Fools up the wrong way

    8 April 2004

    Having received Heard's 'intriguing' poly-wrapped screen eraser - the Scrubber - which boldly claims to be the fastest way to correct screen errors on your PC - we logged on to www.scrubber.org.'No way is there a device for erasing screen mistakes that can be so easily designed,' we mused. So when the website informed us we were the proud butts of an April fool joke, you can imagine the despair that reverberated round the office. We're such scrubbers.

  • Honest account by Workroom

    8 April 2004

  • Institute's blank canvas for University of the Arts

    8 April 2004

    The London Institute, relaunching in May as University of the Arts London, is planning to invite creatives to develop a visual identity to complement its new name.

  • Kingdom of Bahrain launches F1 stamps

    8 April 2004

    The Kingdom of Bahrain has launched its collection of Formula One stamps to commemorate last weekend's inaugural race. The stamps have been designed by London-based consultancy Interstate and feature landmarks from around the island, overlaid with wire-framed Formula One cars.

  • Living with the leviathon

    8 April 2004

    The Design Week Award-winning broadcast design teams at BBC Bristol and Sky One both operate in a 'big beast' of a company, but each with its own particular quirks. Hannah Booth meets Sky at its London HQ as Mike Exon heads for the West Coun

  • Lovegrove's outspoken approach is an inspiration

    8 April 2004

    It is a great pity that more designers didn't attend Ross Lovegrove's talk at last week's Surfaces Show in London. If they had, they may have gained inspiration from a product designer who is renowned for his exploration of form, materials and processes. But the experience might have also built their confidence in themselves as designers, particularly in their dealings with clients.

  • M&S range in the Ziggurat mood

    8 April 2004

    Ziggurat has revamped Marks & Spencer's range of Aromatherapy products, as the retailer aims to move the products towards a 'lifestyle' proposition, in line with its broader business focus.

  • Mandy Haberman shortlisted for Veuve Clicquot Awards

    8 April 2004

    Mandy Haberman, the designer of the non-spilling Anywayup Cup for children, is one of five women shortlisted for the Veuve Clicquot Award for Business Woman of the Year 2003.

  • McDonald's relaunches website

    8 April 2004

    McDonald's is relaunching its UK corporate website, www.mcdonalds.co.uk, created by its digital media incumbent group Netdecisions. The site goes live this week.

  • Measure of good taste

    8 April 2004

    When does something earn the right to be considered a design classic and why? Should we care anyway? Hugh Pearman struggles with the definition

  • Metalarte to launch floating lamp

    8 April 2004

  • Mitsubishi Estate Group commissions Hopkins Architects

    8 April 2004

    Mitsubishi Estate Group has commissioned Hopkins Architects to create a 185 000m2 office, retail and restaurant development in Tokyo. The £500m project is scheduled for completion in 2007.

  • MMI designs Fopp website

    8 April 2004

    MMI has designed a website for entertainment retailer Fopp. The site, www.fopp.co.uk, launches this week.

  • New look Royal Brunei Airlines

    8 April 2004

  • One unified by Lawrence & Pierce

    8 April 2004

    National Express is launching its Greater Anglia train franchise this week, with branding by train specialist Lawrence & Pierce.

  • Put quality first in Royal Albert Hall refurbishment

    8 April 2004

    Regarding your VoxPop on the Royal Albert Hall (DW 1 April), £70m is a lot of money. I hope they haven't taken away its character. The Albert Hall sits in the heart of London and is not competing with Sydney Opera House.

  • Rebrand at Natural History Museum

    8 April 2004

  • Remoulding Manchester

    8 April 2004

    Local lad Peter Saville couldn't resist taking on the wide-ranging brief to revamp Manchester's international image. Trish Lorenz looks at the challenges ahead

  • Rose Design creates commemorative stamps

    8 April 2004

  • Senior departures from Innocence

    8 April 2004

    Simon Bailey, managing director of Interbrand sister group Innocence, has resigned from the group, along with senior consultant Glyn Britton.

  • Soft Moss puts Prettywoman in the pink

    8 April 2004

  • Springetts revamps Young's Bluecrest packaging

    8 April 2004

    Springetts has revamped branding and packaging for seafood producer Young's Bluecrest chilled products, as the company moves to take on supermarket own-brands.

  • Stanton Magnetics appoints The Brewery for new identity

    8 April 2004

    The Brewery has been appointed to create a new identity for turntable and stylus manufacturer Stanton Magnetics. The work will include a corporate identity and a visual identity for Stanton's product range.

  • Talk

    8 April 2004

    On Friday 16 April at 7pm, Comix: Heroes of the Revolution will feature Gilbert Shelton, Hunt Emerson and Bryan Talbot, who will be discussing whether comics are the lost art form of the 20th century. The talk is chaired by Dez Skinn and tickets are £8, £7 for concessions and £6 for ICA members.Venue: Nash Room, Institute of Contemporary Art, The Mall, London SW1.

  • Tayburn redesigns RR Spink and Sons brand identity

    8 April 2004

    Tayburn has redesigned the brand identity and deli-style pack design for RR Spink and Sons. The project is part of a campaign to help the smoked fish producers open up new markets and aims to emphasise the heritage and authentic associations of the business.

  • The BBC commissions Jaume Plensa

    8 April 2004

  • The Chase redesigns Gaskell identity

    8 April 2004

    The Chase in Manchester has redesigned the identity for Gaskell carpets, which has been restructured internally and renamed Gaskell Flooring. The visual identity aims to focus on the broader idea of flooring by referencing a floor plan in the form of a letter 'G'.

  • The Institute of Packaging relaunches corporate identity

    8 April 2004

    The Institute of Packaging has relaunched its new-look corporate identity, created in-house by Fred Hoyland, IOP head of commercial services.

  • Tonic designs Ether Records CD cover

    8 April 2004

  • Vox Pop

    8 April 2004

    Brad Pitt is turning to architecture and enrolling with Frank Gehry to serve an apprenticeship. Which Hollywood A-Lister should champion the design industry, and why?

  • Watt Design superheroes take on the Moody Mare

    8 April 2004

  • Web legibility report: 86% of sites still have barriers

    8 April 2004

    Websites are consistently failing to consider the issue of legibility, that's the message coming from a report out this week on website accessibility.

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