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9 January 2003

  • BBC Design Bristol

    9 January 2003

    BBC Design Bristol has created the visual identity for Collision Course, a new three-part documentary which kicks off this week on BBC2.

  • Better watch out for the girls on top this year

    9 January 2003

    And finally, inspired by enforced watching of the Sex and the City triple-bill on New Year's Day, look out for the girls.How will Gillian Thomas step up to the plate at The Partners, or Jane Simmonds hold the ring at Fitch?How will Clare Fuller make her presence felt at Roundel, and will Rita Clifton stay the course at Interbrand if, as the grapevine is beginning to whisper, it merges with Wolff Olins? We're all ears, or eyes.

  • Blue Marlin opens office in Ho Chi Minh City

    9 January 2003

    Blue Marlin has opened an office in Ho Chi Minh City, its third base in the Asia-Pacific region. The office will be headed by Blair Triplett, previously account director in Blue Marlin's Melbourne office, who becomes business development director for As

  • Book

    9 January 2003

    This End Up: Original Approaches to Packaging Design by Gavin Ambrose and Paul Harris, is published by RotoVision this month, priced £32.50. Designed by London-based graphics group Mono Design, the book features contemporary packaging design from evolution to on-shelf solution.

  • Brand experience as a marketing tool

    9 January 2003

    '[In new media], brand experience as a marketing tool will start to come into its own,' says JHP managing director Steve Collis; 'Longer hours, lower fees, more pain,' says Intro creative director Adrian Shaughnessy; more overseas competition, especiall

  • Bullish or bleak for the year ahead?

    9 January 2003

    New Year predictions are tricky at the best of times. With sluggish growth and global economic uncertainty, however, the runes for 2003 seem harder to read than most.

  • Call for entries

    9 January 2003

    The search for the 'perfect office' is on. The Times newspaper and digital office technology company Gestetner are looking to showcase the most forward-thinking workspaces. The closing date for entries or nominations is 18 April.Contact: www.gestetner.co.uk or e-mail jmeakin@thecommunication group.co.uk to enter or for further information.

  • Creative calls to avert a total network meltdown

    9 January 2003

    These days we all live in fear of the 'network failure'. The Guardian last week quoted 'design theorist' Fabio Sergio (sounds more like a shampoo brand), who thinks 'interaction anxiety' is going to be a big problem in tomorrow's world.

  • Creatives not so honoured in list

    9 January 2003

    It was a poor showing for the design community in the New Year Honours List, but a clutch of creatives were recognised. Jewellery designer Wendy Ramshaw was appointed CBE, as was Professor Anthony Jones, formerly Royal College of Art rector before Profess

  • D&AD prepares for the job hunt

    9 January 2003

    British Design & Art Direction has outlined its process for replacing outgoing chief executive David Kester by April.

  • Dartington Crystal

    9 January 2003

  • Design Triangle to shape rail cars

    9 January 2003

  • Digest

    9 January 2003

    Which design groups, designers, clients and industry trends are the ones to watch in 2003?

  • Draw on basic design principles, but with a twist

    9 January 2003

    Continuing our Mystic Meg theme, Smith & Milton creative director Stuart Redfern said, 'Drawing ideas in pencil on a piece of paper will make a big comeback.

  • Event

    9 January 2003

    The Interiors Event 2003 includes The Furniture Show, The Lighting Show and Design Interiors from 19-22 January. Tickets are £15, but are free if you pre-register on the event's website.Contact: www.thefurnitureshow. co.uk to register and for further information.Venue: 1-5, 7 and 8, The NEC, Birmingham B40 1NT.

  • Exhibitions

    9 January 2003

  • Gormley exits to set up own group

    9 January 2003

    Ziggurat co-founder Bernard Gormley (pictured) has left the consultancy and is setting up a branding group, Badge Consultants, to enable him to develop clients overseas.

  • Harper Mackay loses co-founder

    9 January 2003

    David Harper, co-founding director of Harper Mackay, has resigned to 'pursue personal interests', the group has announced.Harper will stay within the industry, while Harper Mackay will continue to be managed by the remaining directors, Ken Mackay, Stephen Archer and Rebecca Klico.

  • Igor Emmerich

    9 January 2003

  • Jack Morton takes on Olympic job

    9 January 2003

    Jack Morton Worldwide (Europe) is holding 'immersion workshops' in Athens this week after winning the contract to produce the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2004 Olympic Games in the city.

  • Jewellery retailer wraps up brand

    9 January 2003

    Roundel has developed the corporate identity for newly established, upmarket London jewellery store, Wint & Kidd, which opens this month.

  • Liquid Media's solid support for Unity card identity

    9 January 2003

  • Making It

    9 January 2003

  • Mall chain sold on Pyott branding

    9 January 2003

    Pyott has created the brand name for a chain of pan-European luxury shopping malls, after winning a £90 000 share of a £1m-plus 'brand experience' commission.

  • New-look partner site branches for Post Office

    9 January 2003

    The Post Office is rolling out its new-look partner site branches this month, designed by Marketplace. The work is an extension of Marketplace's earlier visual identity work.

  • Not brand category slaves

    9 January 2003

    'Champions of intelligent, thoughtful design - not brand category slaves. So, Superdrug's Neil Pedliham' (Peter Melling); Boots the Chemists, under Jon Turner, and Marks & Spencer 'spreading retail innovation to the masses with Vittorio Radice (Jill Mar

  • Plans unveiled at Midlands complex

    9 January 2003

  • Preliminary work begins at Museum of Childhood

    9 January 2003

    Freelance designer Alex Rich will present preliminary signage and graphics concepts next week to the Museum of Childhood, part of the Victoria & Albert Museum, following his appointment before Christmas.

  • Put your hearts into ideas-led thought processes

    9 January 2003

    I do find the term 'media-neutral' a little odd (Design Business, DW 19 December 2002) especially given that what's really exciting about this debate is that we're starting to be less led by media and more driven by what's the right idea and how it can best be realised.

  • Random Media

    9 January 2003

    Random Media has created a website and on-line ad campaign to generate pre-release awareness for Sly Raccoon, a Sony PlayStation 2 game by Sucker Punch.

  • Revamped identity for Greater London Magistrates' Court Authority

    9 January 2003

    Synergy has created a revamped identity for the Greater London Magistrates' Court Authority, which launches tomorrow. Elements of the identity, designed by assistant creative director Jo Watson, include the GLMCA marque and colour palette, and will be a

  • Revamped website for Wedgwood

    9 January 2003

    Hookson has revamped the website for Wedgwood, www.wedgwood.com, in a bid to enhance the home lifestyle brand's e-commerce activity.

  • Sales

    9 January 2003

  • Segis's iconic Alphabet seat

    9 January 2003

  • Shelf motivation for those supermarket pack designs

    9 January 2003

    Robin Mackie (Letters, DW 14 November 2002) puts an interesting perspective upon David Bernstein's Private View (DW 24 October 2002), extolling the virtues of good packaging design on the supermarket shelves.

  • Slow predictions filter through over a mug of coffee

    9 January 2003

  • Taking the rap

    9 January 2003

    Hip Hop Immortals attempts to capture the top 100 characters of this music genre, but John Cooper finds only a few gems in the book

  • Talk

    9 January 2003

    French design duo Erwan and Ronan Bouroullec present their collaborations and way of working at Gesticul/action, the next in a series of lectures on architecture and interiors on 28 January. Entrance is free, but places must be booked in advance.Contact: Celeste Channer on c.channer@rca.ac.uk or telephone 020 7590 4273.Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London SW7.

  • The challenge remains for design bodies in new year

    9 January 2003

    So, with one of design's great mysteries solved before Big Ben failed to chime in 2003 - that of the Design Council succession (DW 19 December 2002) - we still await the outcome of two other contests. Who will become the Design Museum's first Designer of the Year? And who will lead the Design Business Association into what is set to be yet another challenging year for the industry?

  • The people I find inspiring

    9 January 2003

    'The people I find inspiring are Rebecca & Mike Partnership, Matt Hamilton and Austin Cowdall at New and [illustrator] Jody Barton,' says Big Active creative director Gerard Saint; Daniel Eatock of Foundation 33 (No One directors David Law and Simon Manchipp); 'Anthony Burrill - for continuing to create simple, witty graphic communication' (Priestman Goode director and Design Business Association chairman Paul Priestman); 'William Welch, Oxo/Peugeot Award-winner' (The Core managing ...

  • The right protection

    9 January 2003

    Hannah Booth meets Anti Copying in Design's Dids Macdonald to talk about why young designers and large retailers should be more aware of copyright issues

  • The truth behind being a creative market raider

    9 January 2003

    Regarding your Reports confirm market raiding trend by groups news story (DW 28 November 2002), Anderson Norton Design has indeed grown and increased market share over the past year.

  • Treasured troves

    9 January 2003

    Many creatives use a scrapbook for inspiration, but few make their contents public. Oliver Bennett looks at the increasing trend toward this style of presentation

  • Try to not get the wires crossed

    9 January 2003

    Trish Lorenz asks why branding technology companies can be tougher than conventional consumer products

  • Vallance makes a Vibrandt move

    9 January 2003

    Former Dragon creative director Greg Vallance has joined Vibrandt as creative director as it focuses on creativity and new business.

  • Vox pop

    9 January 2003

    As he moves from the industry-facing British Design & Art Direction, what does David Kester need to do to give the Design Council greater relevance with a broader public?

  • When to break the rules

    9 January 2003

    Only after learning the rules of typography should you be allowed to consider breaking them, but Tim Rich is worried that even the basics are being flouted

  • Williams Murray Hamm

    9 January 2003

    'Williams Murray Hamm will continue to break rules and take column inches,' says Design Bridge managing director Jill Marshall.

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