Design Week
8 February 2007
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Airside
8 February 2007
Airside has unveiled the latest offerings at its on-line shop, which includes designs such as Fred Deakin's Girl on Sofa - a throwback to his Scarf Girl creation of seven years ago - and this limited edition print designed by Richard Hogg. Entitled Tea & Cake, Hogg's giclee print is described by the store as 'a head-turning piece of gentle erotica'. The prints are on sale for £130.
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Alembic helps charity unite Kosovan orphans
8 February 2007
Alembic Design Consultants has developed a visual identity for the Kosovo Youth Education Project, a charity that brings together young people from the three communities of the country.The charity organises summer schools and other cultural and educational events in Pristina and Kosovo.Alembic was tasked with creating an identity that would engage orphaned children aged between eight and 18 years old from the Albanian, Roma and Serb communities of Kosovo. However, with ...
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All of Us spy game for Science Museum
8 February 2007
All of Us has created an innovative, interactive game called BAOS - Be an On-line Spy - for The Science Museum's forthcoming show The Science of Spying.Launching in London next week, The Science of Spying aims to help children understand the skills and abilities required by real agents, while revealing the complex business of spying and privacy, control and security.Visitors will 'graduate' from the Spymaker Training Base to the Spymaker Technology Centre, which is organised ...
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Art and sold
8 February 2007
As brands encroach further into our everyday life, exploiting an association with the cultural prestige of art and design becomes increasingly potent
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Barneys
8 February 2007
Bristol consultancy Barneys has designed the labels for a new pear cider by Somerset cider manufacturer Thatchers.
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Better the devil
8 February 2007
What could be more designed than Kylie? Once upon a time we believed in innate talent. But now we realise it takes many teams of people with different talents, not least PR and marketing, to achieve lasting, global success. The shock that a blank canvas - such as the Australian soap opera star Kylie Minogue once was - could achieve such celebrity has long since abated. Instead, we now appreciate the artistry with which such careers are sustained. Like Madonna, Kylie functions as a conceptual ...
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Crossing the line
8 February 2007
Some direct marketing agencies now offer design services. But should dedicated design consultancies be worried?
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Dragon
8 February 2007
Dragon has appointed Chris Barber, former creative director of Identica, to the position of design director. Barber will work with Dragon's creative partner Samantha Dumont and head up the packaging design team. He has worked with a wide range of clients, including drinks brands such as Martell, Smirnoff, Gordon's and Chivas Regal.
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Good old Billy
8 February 2007
Branding may dominate the creative headlines, but it's design and manufacturing basics that have made Ikea's founder richer than Bill Gates
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Great Brits: Ingenious Therapies
8 February 2007
The British Council and the Design Museum will launch the work of talented new designers at the 2007 Milan Furniture Fair in an exhibition entitled Great Brits: Ingenious Therapies. The show will be held at the Paul Smith European headquarters in Milan from 18-23 April.
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Hand in hand
8 February 2007
Working in collaboration has many creative and commercial attractions for designers, but there are pitfalls. Designers recount their experiences to Liz Farrelly, while lawyers and business professionals give John Stones the low-down
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Inspired
8 February 2007
I can come across as winging it at work, but, in my down time, I like to concentrate on intricate detail. For the past three years, I've opened my back garden for charity - it's a superlative effort of pruning, coaxing and balancing. There's colour and spatial issues… and, oops, a bit of panic buying at Columbia Road Flower Market, in east London, to fill in bald patches.Alas, you won't find me in the Yellow Book this year, as ...
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James has reformed
8 February 2007
1980s and 1990s indie band James has reformed with a greatest hits album and tour, and has appointed Manchester consultancy Love to re-conceive its original daisy logo. Love designer Adam Rix has updated the daisy and created press ads, posters and a website at www.wearejames.com. The designs also feature a 'hand-customised' typeface, says Rix.
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Kitching's work with letterpress is well worth celebrating
8 February 2007
Alan Kitching's letterpress work is indeed art in its own right. Jebens Design commissioned Kitching to illustrate Ashridge business school's programmes guide in 2005. Kitching was a wonderful, inspirational and insightful collaborator. We very much hope to work with him again. Victoria Jebens, Jebens Design, London W4
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L&Co dusts off the identity for Royal Holloway college
8 February 2007
Royal Holloway, University of London, has unveiled a visual identity and literature scheme, designed by L&Co.
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Navyblue expands with office in Leeds
8 February 2007
Navyblue Design Group is to add a Leeds office to its existing Edinburgh and London bases and has appointed former BDG McColl director Brian Minards to run the business.The consultancy has been considering expansion into the North of England since last summer. According to Doug Alexander (pictured), managing director of Navyblue in Edinburgh, future acquisitions are also a possibility.The consultancy is currently recruiting and intends to open the Leeds office at the beginning ...
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Pemberton & Whitefoord
8 February 2007
Pemberton & Whitefoord has designed a range of three absinthe products retailing under Wine and Spirit International's Hapsburg brand range.
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Profile
8 February 2007
Omnipresent design talent Marcel Wanders made his name with furtniture, but has since branched into architecture and interiors. John Stones asks him about anti-Modernism, extravagance and Dutch aesthetics
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Sammy Davis Junior
8 February 2007
A collection of iconic Sammy Davis Junior photographs, shot alongside his closest friends, is published by Harper Collins, priced £25. The book and cover, featuring Jerry Lewis, is designed by Stephen Schmidt at Duuplex, and the images are supplied by Davies' wife Atlovise Gore Davies.
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Scottish design festival should target business
8 February 2007
In response to this week's Voxpop, at Tayburn we're actively involved with the Six Cities initiative and would urge the Scottish Executive to support Scottish design in whichever guise it sees fit. However, I don't believe the festival should be for the general public. The focus should initially be on the business community. It is Scottish business that has most to gain from the design talent on its doorstep. And vice versa. Simon Farrell, Managing director, Tayburn, ...
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SMC saga highlights risks of acquisition strategies
8 February 2007
The latest twist in the SMC Group saga strikes a cautionary note for design groups bent on extending their reach through acquisition. Expansion can put as big a strain on your business as a diminishing client base. Both need nimble management.
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Swash and flourish
8 February 2007
Ligatures, the flourish connecting two characters which once served a serious typographic purpose, have now become a style. Michael Johnson looks at the phenomenon
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Tesco is being helpful
8 February 2007
I presume James Windsor is having a laugh in his letter. I laughed so hard a little bit of wee leaked into my pants when I read it.
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The Mill
8 February 2007
The Mill changed hands in a management buy-out this week, funded by private equity firm the Carlyle Group. It has also appointed Michael Baulk, the former chief executive of advertising agency Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, as its chairman. The post-production house, which frequently teams up with screen design groups and ad agencies, has just finished screen work for car-maker Seat (pictured).
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The Partners
8 February 2007
The Partners has promoted Jack Renwick from the position of designer to creative director. She replaces Nina Jenkins, who has taken a job in Amsterdam.
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Thomas Pink London store by Four IV
8 February 2007
Thomas Pink opened the doors to its latest London store on Sloane Street last week, designed by interior specialists Four IV.The clothes retailer previously operated a store on Sloane Street, which was closer to Knightsbridge, but this new property sees the brand expanding the size and visibility of its offering on the central London street, and moving it closer to Sloane Square.The retail space is arranged on two storeys and features a dark timber perimeter, an illuminated ...
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Train redesigns are being driven by customer needs
8 February 2007
Train punctuality and safety concerns were previously the major causes of angst among passengers. Now that standards of safety and service have improved so, too, has the number of rail users. As a result, passengers' grievances have switched to overcrowdi
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Voxpop
8 February 2007
The Scottish Executive is planning to test public support for a publicly-funded design festival in the country. Is there an appetite for such an event - and what form should it take? It would be great to think that after banning smoking and providing free
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Where does branding begin?
8 February 2007
The most effective branding projects involve teamwork between different specialists
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Wolff Olins wins DBA Inclusive Design Challenge
8 February 2007
A Wolff Olins-designed kitemark for people with mobility problems has won this year's Inclusive Design Challenge, set by the Design Business Association and the Helen Hamlyn Research Centre at the Royal College of Art.The Go Steady logo, an inter-locking arrow motif, could be applied to labelling, signage, packaging and clothing and would alert wearers and carers of the need to take extra care or provide additional support. It could also act as a kitemark, highlighting a product's ...
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Work Design Consultants
8 February 2007
Work Design Consultants is creating a brand for Voluntary Action Blaby District, an organisation strengthening the voluntary sector in Leicestershire.
