Festival pleasures
Art installations and interactive environments are as much a part of the summer music festival experience as the music. Anna Norman digs out her wellies to look atsome of these
To The Point considers all the options as it creates brand for new social care service Optalis
To The Point has branded newly privatised social care service Optalis, which is being set up by Wokingham Borough Council as a private company. Optalis will offer both paid-for and
Design Room Sport is on its way to Wembley with new FA Cup identity
The FA Cup is set to be rebranded by consultancy Design Room Sport, which has worked with the Football Association’s in-house design team. The new identity for the FA Cup
Further to sponsor RCA interactions course award
Consultancy Further is sponsoring an award for students on the Royal College of Art’s Design Interactions course. The award, which will be available to final-year MA students on the course,
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Artist Stuart Semple has created the promo CD cover for band Officers. Each of the 500 CD jackets silk-screen printed by hand with Semple’s design before being stamped, numbered and
Royal Society of Arts reveals 2011 Student Design Awards roll of honour
The Royal Society of Arts has announced 15 winners for its 2011 Student Design Awards including a printer that turns e-mails and text messages into physical letters and a system
Interabang shows its understanding of Mind
Interabang has redesigned a suite of booklets for mental health charity Mind that explain conditions to suffers. The consultancy was set up in August 2010 by Adam Giles and Ian
Creativitea ‘here to help’ CPP emphasise consumer message
Consultancy Creativitea has rebranded life assurance group CPP. The Guildford-based consultancy was approached in March and tasked with making the group ’more streamlined and consumer-faced’. CPP provides services for large
‘Just right’ level of femininity sought for Tesco’s Libbi range
We Are Him & Her has redesigned Tesco’s feminine hygiene range Libbi, applying what it calls a ’contemporary and efficacious’ design as an alternative to the floral imagery common in
Curious gives Essex law firm a boost with businesslike, but ‘anti-boring’ identity
Curious has created a new identity for Essex-based law firm BTMK. The consultancy was appointed directly to the work about three months ago, according to Curious strategy director John Hall.
Leeds loops the Loop as new arts fair promotes creativity
The Loop Arts Fair, which is launching in Leeds this month, will see a host of illustrators, designers and artists transform a city-centre mill into working studios, print shops, publishing
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With so many restaurants on the high street competing for customers, creating unique dining experiences is becoming increasingly important. Emily Gosling looks at ways restaurants are standing out from the
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