Design Week
9 June 2011
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...as Bostock and Pollitt sets the record straight...
9 June 2011
The anticipation had been building and the day duly arrived when Design Week’s Top 100 Consultancy Survey 2011 arrived at our consultancy. A quick flick-through, followed by a thorough review, revealed we were nowhere to be seen in the rankings.
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...but 'return to optimism' isn't shared by everyone
9 June 2011
Hats off to The Team for having the guts to show in the Design Week Top 100 (DW 26 May) how hard the public-sector advertising and marketing freeze has hit it (31 per cent drop in fees).
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A focus on craft skills is central to the pleasure and prosperity of design
9 June 2011
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Best of the Web
9 June 2011
http://tinyurl.com/3mu6sn6Graham Button, a partner at US-based brand strategy and communications consultancy Genesis, provides a bold headline article about over-branding killing profits and scaring off consumers in a posting on Fast Code Design’s website. Button recognises how over-branding can dilute the effects of a strong brand.
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Cover art
9 June 2011
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Creativitea 'here to help' CPP emphasise consumer message
9 June 2011
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’.
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Curious gives Essex law firm a boost with businesslike, but 'anti-boring' identity
9 June 2011
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Design on the menu
9 June 2011
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 crowd
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Design Room Sport is on its way to Wembley with new FA Cup identity
9 June 2011
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Digital brainstorm - interaction design round table
9 June 2011
Round table chairmanLynda Relph-KnightEditorDesign Week
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FA Cup set for rebrand with new sponsor
Wed, 8 Jun 2011
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Festival pleasures
9 June 2011
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 increasingly creative spaces
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Further to sponsor RCA interactions course award
9 June 2011
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Information overload and the joy of going cold turkey
9 June 2011
I went to see James Gleick speak at the British Library a few weeks ago about how we are constantly subjected to almost infinite amounts of information. I talked to him about this afterwards, and we agreed that self-filtering is an inevitability. Not spam-filtering; self-filtering.
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Inspired
9 June 2011
Sallyanne Theodosiou - University for the Creative Arts
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Interabang shows its understanding of Mind
9 June 2011
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Interabang shows its understanding of Mind
9 June 2011
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'Just right' level of femininity sought for Tesco's Libbi range
9 June 2011
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Leeds loops the Loop as new arts fair promotes creativity
9 June 2011
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 houses and workshops.
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Making space for a unique experience
9 June 2011
Institutions are changing the way spaces are perceived as the lines between retail, leisure and work are being blurred, says Julie Oxberry
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News in Pictures
9 June 2011
Steers McGillan Eves has created a campaign to promote the Royal Beasts exhibition at the Tower of London.
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News in Pictures
9 June 2011
Powell Allen has created a new prospectus for King’s College London’s School of Medicine.
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O Street creates unifying brands for Scottish galleries
Wed, 8 Jun 2011
Glasgow-based consultancy O Street is rebranding the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the newly named Scottish National Gallery (formerly the National Gallery of Scotland); as well as creating a new identity for the galleries’ umbrella organisation, the National Galleriesof Scotland.
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Old schoolies
9 June 2011
With summer comes the associated duty and pleasure of admiring the work of new graduates, who are currently emerging, butterfly-like, from three years cocooned in their ivory towers. This year for the first time, besides its usual graduate shows, the University of the Arts London’s conglomerate of prestigious art and design colleges is also pushing the work of 100 of its older and better-known alumni.
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One hundred reasons why print won't die...
9 June 2011
I am a graduate graphic designer who feels compelled to write in to say how incredibly impressed I am with the Top 100 Consultancy Survey 2011 supplement (DW 26 May). I have never written in before, but it just had to be done on this occasion.
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Pitch perfect
9 June 2011
Opinions over what makes a great pitch vary, but timing, engaging in conversation, research, rehearsing and letting your creativity shine will always be key. Suzanne Hinchliffe takes a look at what creates the perfect blend
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Power towers
9 June 2011
Many consider pylons to be eyesores, but they are set for a makeover via a competition to rethink their design. However, Hugh Pearman says bettering their form will be an uphill task
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Profile: McBess
9 June 2011
French illustrator Matthieu Bessudo, aka McBess, creates sprawling, intricate, masculine visions that draw on his day-to-day experiences. Laura Snoad talks to him about his work, and collaborating with Soho-based studio The Mill
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Royal Society of Arts reveals 2011 Student Design Awards roll of honour
9 June 2011
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The big collection
9 June 2011
Despite shrinking budgets forcing some designers to seek out alternatives, image libraries are not about to disappear overnight. As Emily Pacey argues, there will continue to be a demand for high-quality pictures from specialists and cheaper images from fast-turnover outlets
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To The Point brands social care service
Wed, 8 Jun 2011
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To The Point considers all the options as it creates brand for new social care service Optalis
9 June 2011
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Ultimate pint glass aims to prevent glassing injuries
Wed, 8 Jun 2011
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Voxpop
9 June 2011
It has to be Ebay. It’s not strictly a retailer, but you can buy stuff so it counts. Being a bit of a lover of junk shops, flea markets and salvage yards I find myself browsing daily. While most people are out enjoying a sandwich in the park or throwing a frisbee, I’m glued to a screen in a darkened room frantically attempting to outbid Glaswegian 99 for the vintage fruit crate that’s essential to my wellbeing. It’s like a car boot sale without rain, dog poo and musty smells. Actually, ...
