Design Week
9 November 2006
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Art on your sleeve
9 November 2006
With competition from downloads, record sleeve designs need to be more experimental to entice consumers, says Adam Woods
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Balancing creativity with commercial sense is key
9 November 2006
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BDI to boost designers' remuneration
9 November 2006
British Design Innovation is launching a guide to help strategic designers improve their remuneration when working on collaborative projects with clients. According to BDI chief executive Maxine Horn, design consultancies need to put in place a business structure and agree remuneration standards 'before they can take an equal place at the negotiation table'. A pilot model with design consultancies will be announced in the next few months.
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Bring to life
9 November 2006
Life Forms explores how robots can be programmed to mimic human behaviour - and the lessons we can learn from devices that react to their surroundings in the same way we do. Alex Wiltshire takes a closer look
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British Museum lines up designers for gallery revamp
9 November 2006
The British Museum is holding a pitch to redesign a trio of gallery spaces, with exhibition design specialists Land Design Studio, Softroom and Ralph Appelbaum Associates among the consultancies included in the initial stages of the process, Design Week can reveal.
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Butcher & Gundersen designs font for Hofbrau
9 November 2006
Butcher & Gundersen has designed a font for the Extra Cold variant of Bavarian lager Hofbrau.
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CDG to unify Molton Brown brand identity for expansion
9 November 2006
Conran Design Group has been appointed by upmarket cosmetics company Molton Brown to oversee all its brand communications, as the retailer seeks to expand its presence into global markets.
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Consultancies unattractive to buyers
9 November 2006
UK design consultancies are off the menu when it comes to acquisitions, with large network holding groups seeking overseas pickings or digital specialists, according to industry observers.
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Consumers can accept radical brand changes
9 November 2006
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Creative Britannia
9 November 2006
What gives British design the edge? Perhaps it's the legacy of the British Empire, our critical nature or Tony Blair's rallying cry still resonating, says Hugh Pearman
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Crown Jeweller in revamp by Grade
9 November 2006
Garrard, the House of The Crown Jeweller, has appointed Grade Design to act as brand guardian in a major revamp of all its global catalogues and printed brand communications.
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CSD poses climate change questions to membership
9 November 2006
The Chartered Society of Designers is to take the issues of climate change to its members and will seek feedback on how the industry can address key environmental problems.
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Designers should think beyond charge-out rates
9 November 2006
The Design Business Association paints a sombre picture of the financial health of the design sector. Charge-out rates fail to keep up with inflation, and are putting pressure on margins and salaries (DW 12 October).
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Doing the deal
9 November 2006
Over the past decade, merger and acquisitions activity in the UK design industry has been in decline, with investors looking to the East instead. There are still some deals to be made, however, and you're more likely to keep some independence, rather than be swallowed whole, says Clare ...
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Dunlop wins major award at Promax UK
9 November 2006
Bruce Dunlop, chairman and group creative director at Bruce Dunlop Associates, was awarded a Lifetime Achievement gong at this year's Promax UK Awards, held on 4 November. Channel 4 walked away with seven gold awards, while Red Bee Media picked up five gold awards.
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Economic evaluation of London Design Festival to be revealed
9 November 2006
The recommendations of the first full-scale economic evaluation of the London Design Festival will be unveiled by the end of November, over a month later than intended, due to delays in the interviewing process.
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Epitype creates website for Lucia's Wardrobe
9 November 2006
Epitype has created the branding and website for Lucia's Wardrobe (www.luciaswardrobe.com), a vintage clothing boutique based in west London, which provides costumes to the film and television industries.
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Fishburn Hedges to push design arm
9 November 2006
Fishburn Hedges Design is relaunching as FHD as part of a strategy to expand and refocus the business.
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Holmes Wood nets Football Fever branding job
9 November 2006
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Inspired
9 November 2006
Who knows when inspiration will strike, and where. I am at loss (as usual), or maybe in wonder. So here's a list, randomly ordered:
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Mexicano muscle madness
9 November 2006
Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy it ain't. Fanatically followed by tens of thousands of working-class Mexican men, women and children since the 1930s, lucha libre (literally 'free fighting') is in turns brutish, balletic and bizarre.
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Nevis Design Consultants rebrands Bentley Graphic Communications
9 November 2006
Nevis Design Consultants has rebranded Bentley Graphic Communications, a US printing firm located in Pennsylvania.
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New 'stores' to be trialled by Lloyds TSB
9 November 2006
Lloyds TSB is beginning the trial of an overhauled branch design at a number of key locations in the capital, designed by the bank's in-house team.
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Newham College buys Zandra Rhodes Museum
9 November 2006
Newham College of Further Education has purchased Zandra Rhodes' Fashion and Textile Museum in Bermondsey, London. It is to be relaunched as an Academy for Fashion, Textiles and Jewellery Skills. Rhodes' commercial salon will remain on-site and she will advise on the development of the academy.
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News in Pictures
9 November 2006
Jason Bruges has designed a light installation for Tate Britain, which was installed on 4 November, to celebrate Guy Fawkes Night as part of the Sparky Tate event.
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Profile: Suzanne Sykes
9 November 2006
Suzanne Sykes is an influential force in graphic design after winning awards for Grazia. She tells Hannah Booth how she has combined the qualities of artistic and mainstream magazines to succeed in a saturated market
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Purpose designs brand identity for Pierpoint hairdressers
9 November 2006
Purpose has designed the brand identity for Pierpoint, a hairdressers in London's Soho, using phrases such as 'Show me from behind' and 'Take it all off'.
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Review
9 November 2006
Forthcoming exhibitions, talks and events...
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Sands to chair Design Skills panel
9 November 2006
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SAS designs recruitment campaign for KBC
9 November 2006
SAS has designed a graduate recruitment campaign for international financial services provider KBC Financial Products. The design is based on five mathematical symbols.
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See through the big smoke
9 November 2006
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SHH designs retail concept for Evita Peroni stores
9 November 2006
London interior design consultancy and architect SHH has conceived the retail concept for independent Danish fashion and accessories brand Evita Peroni's latest stores.
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Shortlist announced for Glasgow awards
9 November 2006
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Student award and placement scheme to help youngsters
9 November 2006
There is a long-standing debate in design about declining standards of design education, and speculation as to whether young designers appreciate the value of creative ideas and old-fashioned skills.
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Survey paints rosy picture as design shakes off slump
9 November 2006
UK design has shaken off the slump of 2001 and is showing signs of renewed strength and stability, according to a key report out this week.
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The One Off designs concept store for Peter Werth
9 November 2006
The One Off has designed the first concept store for menswear designer Peter Werth, opening in the Met Quarter, Liverpool. The store is part of a new retail strategy for the brand.
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Unesco launches social needs design competition
9 November 2006
The first in a series of annual international design competitions has launched with a trio of briefs asking designers to meet social needs.
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Virgin Galactic space rocket does not look futuristic
9 November 2006
With regard to Seymour Powell's designs for Richard Branson's space rocket, Virgin Galactic (DW 5 October), the cabin and chair designs look a bit 'now'? You'd be forgiven for thinking you were travelling to Bristol.
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Voxpop
9 November 2006
