Design Week
8 March 2007
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Activ Power & Sail
8 March 2007
Idea has rebranded boat rental company Rib Charter, which is now named Activ Power & Sail.
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Alarm Clock by The Rumble Strips
8 March 2007
Simon Gofton has created a vinyl-DVD hybrid for the release of Alarm Clock by The Rumble Strips. Record company Island claims the design of the reversible disc, which can be played at 33 RPM and comes in a 'classic' cardboard sleeve, is a world first. The Tappin Gofton co-founder is art directing all the band's forthcoming releases, which come boxed in thick card CD cases mimicking vintage children's picture books. Photography by Jonathan de Villiers features a giant eight-foot bass drum ...
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Banking on design
8 March 2007
UK banks are launching a new wave of design concepts on hte high street as they refresh their branch networds and try to reconnect with their customers. David Benady takes a look at what's in store
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Barönjon
8 March 2007
Menswear retailer Barönjon is to apply updated branding and interior design by Third Space to its 33 stores across the UK.
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Bedfordshire has unveiled its alumni magazine
8 March 2007
The University of Bedfordshire has unveiled its alumni magazine Noteworthy, designed by Axon. The publication is designed to resemble a book and will be distributed to more than 30 000 alumni.
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BFI replaces NFT name in £5m relaunch
8 March 2007
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Body lapse
8 March 2007
Fancy seeing a hybrid of Walt Disney, Thumper and Bambi being filmed as it goes through a series of visions in surreal landscapes? Then don't miss art group London Fieldworks' Hibernator at London's Beaconsfield gallery. Yolanda Zappaterra explores the ba
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Bournemouth Oceanarium floats dive cage ‘experience’
8 March 2007
What is claimed to be the world’s first interactive ‘dive cage’ is set to open at the Oceanarium in Bournemouth later this month, showcasing the design work of audio-visual specialists Mice Amigo and digital consultancy Flaming Pear Interactive.
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Brazilian telecoms giant opens up Oi umbrella
8 March 2007
Brazilian telecoms giant Telemar has merged its fixed-line, broadband and mobile services under the brand umbrella Oi - the name currently assigned to its mobile offering - with branding by Wolff Olins.Launched last week, the decision to rebrand was taken following the mobile service's huge success since its creation by Wolff Olins in 2002.According to Wolff Olins account director, Sairah Ashman, 'Telemar is like BT and Oi is like Orange, but Oi services most of Brazil. ...
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Burbuja
8 March 2007
Red Design has art directed the sleeve for the debut album from Burbuja, the first release on Cristian Vogel’s Station 55 Records. Burbuja was formed by Merche Blasco and features musique concrète compositions created from sounds collected in European cities. Red Design has created a bespoke typeface from woven, hair-like strands to reflect the ‘delicate, fragile nature of the music’. Photography is by Phillip Ebeling.
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Calcco
8 March 2007
Spanish design group Calcco has designed a new look for Gruppo Faustino's Portia wine label, which launches in the UK this month at Selfridges in London. The label is inspired by a frozen moon, as Portia is one of the moons circling Uranus. The vintner is also building a new winery at its estate in Spain, designed by architect Foster & Partners, and due to be completed by 2008.
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Chaloner co-designs Dutch post offices
8 March 2007
The Netherlands post office, Postkantoor, is preparing to unveil a branch design concept created in collaboration with David Chaloner, former retail director at Conran & Partners.
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Charity hands Hat Trick a marching order
8 March 2007
Christian Aid has appointed Hat Trick Design Consultants to devise a concept, identity and marketing communications materials for its July protest march against poverty and climate change.Hat Trick was selected from a raft of lead design groups that work with Christian Aid, without a pitch. The consultancy has previously worked on the charity's annual review.Christian Aid head of design Frances McConnell says the charity hopes to make the identity as strong as the Make ...
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Clutter and debris
8 March 2007
Somebody designed all this stuff. A herd, an army, of people at drawing-boards and computer screens down the years painstakingly devised the astonishing array of tat that today clutters our streets. The bits that get forgotten about but still exist, in a weird half-life. Zombie design.It is a cautionary tale, the street, for anyone who thinks that what they do might have some enduring quality. I'm talking about decapitated stumps of lamp posts, disconnected privatised phone kiosks, ...
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Confusion of objectives is undermining design
8 March 2007
Your comment on the need for wider recognition for awards such as the Inclusive Design Challenge (DW 8 February) is a timely observation on the lack of visibility the work of designers generally has in the 'real world'.
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Curtain rises on Royal Court logo from Feast
8 March 2007
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Defence contractor Paradigm hails Taxi Studio revamp
8 March 2007
The firm behind the Ministry of Defence's global military satellite system, Paradigm Secure Communications, is launching an overhauled brand identity created by Bristol consultancy Taxi Studio.Skynet 5A, the satellite that provides secure communications to the MoD and other Government departments, launched at the weekend on an Ariane 5 rocket that carried the new Paradigm logo, a gold 'P' symbol which also represents the shape of an ear.'Paradigm wanted a much more human ...
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Design Association gives first accreditation
8 March 2007
The Design Association initiative from the Chartered Society of Designers has announced the first consultancy to be awarded an accreditation, a year after the scheme was launched.The Design Association, which started accepting applications in August 2006, will accredit design businesses and in-house teams that successfully meet two key performance areas in a five-stage process.The two areas evaluated are 'business of design' - which rates creative ability - and 'design ...
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Design Council spins off Designing Demand initiative
8 March 2007
The Design Council is to spin off Designing Demand, its recently launched design for business programme, to become a separate standalone operation.Design Council head of partners and programmes Ceri Willmott has been named as Designing Demand national programme director. She will oversee the programme from the council's offices in London's Bow Street, but it will now become a separate cost centre. Willmott says that funding for the initiative, which aims to encourage businesses ...
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Design Week Salary Survey 2007
8 March 2007
It’s been a year of consolidation for designers, with money going where it matters most – retaining experienced staff, developing new-style freelance contracts and attracting digital and packaging creatives – but managers are suffering.
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Design Week Top 100
8 March 2007
The deadline for entering this year's Design Week Top 100 has been extended to Friday 16 March. Click here to download an entry form.
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Developing store formats to meet Web 2.0 challenge
8 March 2007
The advent of Web 2.0, wireless broadband and developments within mobile technology are changing the traditional retail store format. This is the principal finding of a report published last month by trend forecasting group Future Laboratory.Its annual Retail Futures report discusses the idea of 'immersive retailing' and suggests that if retailers do not merge their on- and off-line offers successfully, they risk losing an even greater share to the on-line retail market.So ...
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Digital touch
8 March 2007
Rapid protyping is revolutionising product design, but not necessarily at the expense of traditional craft skills. Trish Lorenz talks to designers from different ends of the spectrum about their approach
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Disney plush
8 March 2007
Brazilian design duo the Campana brothers have built their reputation upon their ability to transform everyday objects into individual pieces. Working with unexpected combinations of found materials, they create products like the Favela chair, which, constructed piece by piece from the same wood used to build the Favela slums surrounding their São Paulo home, combines high style with light political comment. Their most recent creation, a collaboration with Disney, goes on show in London ...
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Hand Design
8 March 2007
Hand Design, a Midlands-based retail consultancy, has been launched by Craig Marshall, formerly of the defunct consultancy Interpret. The new group will take on clients, such as BAA, Next, Marks & Spencer and British American Tobacco, which were previously handled by Interpret.
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Inspired
8 March 2007
Like most children of the 1970s, Star Wars and Lego both had a significant influence on my young imagination and now, 30 years on, they have joined forces and returned to my life as a parent... and it's brilliant!Lego Star Wars has been the talk of the under-tens for the past 12 months. It combines the intelligence and humour of Lego with the adventure and visual impact of Star Wars and I have to admit that I'm embarrassingly hooked - to the point where Dad isn't necessarily just ...
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Interiors deserve a better deal from the Royal College of Art
8 March 2007
Yet again, architecture - a profession with credible representation and influence - has, it appears, influenced the decision-makers at the world's best design college, the Royal College of Art.
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IoD marketer poached by Start Creative
8 March 2007
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It's all about bums on seats
8 March 2007
Train overcrowding has long been a problem, and it’s getting worse. What can designers do to cheer the put-upon commuter?
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Moggridge to lead interaction design forum
8 March 2007
Ideo co-founder Bill Moggridge is to head a forum on interaction design in products and services, as part of a series of multidisciplinary discussions about design and innovation.The Innovation Forum aims to bring together key figures from a range of disciplines to discuss how effectively, or how poorly, they are collaborating on innovation across various industries. Event panels will gather people from design, business, academia, content production and technology, says the founder ...
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National Federation of Demolition Contractors
8 March 2007
Switch Design Consultancy has developed a visual identity for the National Federation of Demolition Contractors, to be rolled out across all communications material, including the NFDC website, designed by Switch's new media division.
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New Actionaid website
8 March 2007
Limehouse has created an interactive website for charity Actionaid. Based on Web 2.0 technology, the site has been designed as an on-line community resource for its fundraisers.
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New identity for Lancia
8 March 2007
Italian car group Lancia relaunches its visual identity this week to mark the company’s centenary. The new-look badge has been drawn by Italian design consultancy Robilant Associati.
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News in Pictures
8 March 2007
Landscape and Echo, by Seamus Staunton, features at the ARTfutures contemporary art exhibition at Bloomberg Space, Finsbury Square, London EC2 this week. Artists whose early work appeared at previous shows include Antony Gormley and Damien Hirst.
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News in Pictures
8 March 2007
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Pilot designs interactive First Direct website
8 March 2007
First Direct is to expand its interactive services throughout 2007. Leeds-based design group Pilot Interactive, which designed the bank's existing site, is in talks with the bank to extend its interactive features and content.Plans include a specially designed interactive quote facility, video streaming, podcasts, on-line seminars and customer blogs. The interactive site, which currently operates in a similar way to a microsite, is intended to supplement First Direct's banking ...
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Poacher or gamekeeper?
8 March 2007
Old distinctions between client and creative sides are beginning to blur, and if this leads to better-quality work, all the better
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Profile
8 March 2007
Fantasy illustrator and part-time musician Will Sweeney - the man who is behind the Greenfuzz characters and the Alakazam T-shirts - tells Paula Carson he would love to experiment with film and draw children's books
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Rachel's Organic rolls out first pack redesign in ten years
8 March 2007
Organic yoghurt company Rachel's Organic has unveiled its first packaging redesign for ten years to refresh the brand and distinguish between product ranges.Designed by Wales-based FBA Design, the packaging also aims to attract a new generation of customers.As well as the refresh, the organic brand has launched a raft of new products, including a range of natural and fruited pots.Rachel's Organic managing director Neil Burchell says, 'This exercise is a major investment ...
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Rare commodities
8 March 2007
The influence of Surrealism continues to outlive that of other 20th century movements, perhaps because its imagery has been embraces so unselfconsciously by the very elements it set out to criticise, says John Stones, previewing a new exhibition at London
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Regional prospects look rosy with salaries on the way up
8 March 2007
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Rising Stars of Manga
8 March 2007
The Rising Stars of Manga exhibition features artwork from the winning entries of a competition by Manga publisher Tokyopop. The competition aims to identify artists in the UK and Ireland who can express the essence of Manga with Western characters, storylines and concepts. It runs at the Daiwa Foundation Japan House, London NW1, from 7 March to 17 May.
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Royle toasts new future with Marmalade
8 March 2007
Astound associate director Steve Royle has left the company to set up his own consultancy, Marmalade Design Studios.Launching this week with Royle (pictured) and two other designers, the new consultancy will focus on interiors and graphics. It already has retail and leisure clients on board.'I got to the point where I thought there is another way of doing things. The idea is we are trying to get back to basics,' says Royle.At Astound, Royle was associate director ...
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SomeOne brands jewellery start-up
8 March 2007
London design consultancy SomeOne has created the launch branding for start-up jewellery business Scanlan & Sequino.
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The D&AD Congress 2007
8 March 2007
The D&AD Congress 2007, in which 300 creatives judge work entered for its Global Awards, launches on 26 March.
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Tony Cragg
8 March 2007
British artist Tony Cragg will present his graphic and sculptural works at an exhibition at Haunch of Venison in Zurich. The exhibition, which will take place between 16 March and 21 April, will feature 50 graphics works ranging from arrangements of faces and inanimate objects to abstract forms. Cragg's sculptures are made from bronze and are reminiscent of geological formations. For more information visit www.haunchofvenison.com.
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Unpaid pitches are bad for clients and consultancies alike
8 March 2007
We took the decision, some time ago, not to engage in unpaid speculative work of any kind. This means that valuable resources are not diverted away from paying clients.
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V Festival
8 March 2007
Manchester consultancy Love has refreshed the visual identity of V Festival, and has commissioned illustrator Andrew Rae to create a series of press posters for the 2007 events.
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Voxpop
8 March 2007
Following the recent reports of concern over the status of interiors on theRoyal College of Art's MA Architecture course, do you think that the RCA is losing sight of the importance of interior design?
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Watershed Design
8 March 2007
Watershed Design has created the WWF International annual review for the third year running. The review features images of the programmes the charity runs, such as those relating to climate change, forests, freshwater, marine species and sustainability.
