Design Week
Angus Montgomery Editorial
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The major projects at this year’s London Design Festival
Fri, 25 May 2012
Projects include Mimicry Chairs and an installation that drips ink.
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Trafalgar Square to host ‘sound portal’ for London Design Festival
Fri, 25 May 2012
A ‘sound portal’, featuring the work of sound designers, is to be installed in Trafalgar Square as part of this year’s London Design Festival.
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Teal Triggs to join Neville Brody at Royal College of Art
Fri, 25 May 2012
Teal Triggs is set to join the Royal College of Art as associate dean of the School of Communication.
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30 Posters for a Sustainable World
Thu, 24 May 2012
A group of international designers have created posters for the United Nations’ Rio+20 conference.
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Shaw + Skerm creates new look for 100% Design
Thu, 24 May 2012
The campaign for the interiors show is based around the concept of ‘inspiring connections’.
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New urban birdboxes and beehives designed
Wed, 23 May 2012
Consultancy 51% Studios has won a competition to design new urban beehives and bird boxes.
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Aesop brands Maasai safari camp
Wed, 23 May 2012
The identity for the Kenyan camp features a ‘leaping Maasai warrior’.
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Rob Lowe: Details
Wed, 23 May 2012
Rob Lowe, AKA Supermundane presents a series based on details of his artworks.
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Church chair designs shortlisted
Wed, 23 May 2012
Designs from Sir Terence Conran and Tomoko Azumi among the finalists.
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The 2012 Olympics branding comes good
Wed, 23 May 2012
Designed-in flexibility means the Wolff Olins identity is coming into its own.
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Futurebrand designs 2012 Olympic tickets
Wed, 23 May 2012
The designs use the Olympic pictogram system and colour-coding for venues.
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D Studio brands video app Vyclone
Wed, 23 May 2012
The multifaceted branding aims to reflect the nature of the app.
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How much is your privacy worth?
Tue, 22 May 2012
Noma Bar’s posters for the Dutch Museum for Communication exhibition.
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BrandOpus creates new identity for food brand Schwartz
Tue, 22 May 2012
The branding uses ‘overlapping ellipses to represent blending flavours’.
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Yell rebrands as hibu
Tue, 22 May 2012
The directory service’s new identity has been created by Landor.
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Saint Etienne’s musical map
Mon, 21 May 2012
Dorothy has updated its Song Map print for the cover of Saint Etienne’s new album.
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Thought Collective and Reed Words rebrand Exosphere
Mon, 21 May 2012
The new branding is based around ‘high-fashion pointers’.
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M Worldwide redesigns Chester Zoo retail space
Mon, 21 May 2012
The new space is part of a £225 million expansion project at the zoo.
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Softroom and BuroCreative work on Wahaca shipping crate restaurant
Mon, 21 May 2012
The restaurant will be decorated with Mexican street art.
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Reuse, recycle, repackage
Fri, 18 May 2012
Reuse and recycling seems more prevalent in some design sectors than others.
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Someone creates new look for dairy brand Valio
Fri, 18 May 2012
The branding will be applied across more than 1000 products.
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John Lewis beauty hall reopens after multi-million-pound GP Studio redesign
Fri, 18 May 2012
The new design is based around the concept of a ‘town square’.
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The King’s Cross Filling Station, by Carmody Groarke
Thu, 17 May 2012
A disused petrol station is being converted into a restaurant.
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Pandamonium in Hyde Park
Wed, 16 May 2012
Artists and designers have created wearable artworks in aid of WWF.
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BuroCreative designs Wahaca packaging
Wed, 16 May 2012
Mexican restaurant chain Wahaca is launching new products in supermarkets, with packaging by BuroCreative.
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Teams sought for youth unemployment challenge
Wed, 16 May 2012
Designers are sought to create digital projects in a £150 000 challenge.
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Brand extensions of the future?
Tue, 15 May 2012
Brunel students have created brand extension concepts for Help for Heroes, Kinder and other organisations.
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Interbrand rebrands NYSE Euronext
Tue, 15 May 2012
The new identity is based on an abstract representation of the world.
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Virgin Atlantic overhauls upper class cabin
Thu, 10 May 2012
Virgin works with Pengelly Design and VW+BS on new look cabin
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Creative Concern and O Street to brand Manchester arts organisation
Wed, 9 May 2012
The new organisation is a merger between the Cornerhouse and the Library Theatre Company.
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Dragon Rouge brands Oykos yoghurt
Tue, 8 May 2012
Dragon Rouge has created the branding and packaging for Danone’s new Greek-style yoghurt Oykos.
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Page 1: Great Expectations
Tue, 8 May 2012
This paperback features 70 different typographic interpretations of the first page of Great Expectations.
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Airport security – a design challenge too far?
Tue, 8 May 2012
Is airport security now too awful for designers to rescue?
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North rebrands Photographers’ Gallery
Tue, 8 May 2012
The rebrand comes as the gallery is set to reopen in its new London home.
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Tourist designs Keane album cover
Tue, 8 May 2012
Consultancy Tourist has designed the cover for Keane’s fourth album Strangeland.
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Alternative 2012 souvenirs
Thu, 3 May 2012
Five ‘well-considered’ souvenirs from designers including Donna Wilson and Dominic Wilcox.
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Landor rebrands MoneyGram
Thu, 3 May 2012
Branding for the money transfer service is based around an ‘energy globe’.
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Housing association seeks design groups for £3m framework
Wed, 2 May 2012
Up to eight consultancies are sought for the four-year roster.
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Who is Rupert Ray?
Wed, 2 May 2012
A new exhibition aims to reveal the face behind the enigmatically-named consultancy.
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Hat-Trick creates hearing loss campaign
Wed, 2 May 2012
Hat-Trick Design has created a campaign for charity Action on Hearing Loss, which feature people’s ears being attacked by drills and hammers.
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Argos branding under review
Wed, 2 May 2012
Retailer Argos is reviewing its branding and store presence, according to reports.
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The Space - an online feast of culture
Tue, 1 May 2012
Catch some live opera or browse John Peel’s record collection at The Space.
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The Team rebrands Stroke Association
Tue, 1 May 2012
The new identity uses a visual pun based around paint strokes.
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JDO updates Peroni Nastro Azzurro packaging
Tue, 1 May 2012
JDO has created new packaging for Italian beer Peroni Nastro Azzurro.
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What will the next Mayor of London do for design?
Mon, 30 Apr 2012
We look at what the four main candidates are promising for the design industry.
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V&A to reopen Fashion Gallery following refurbishment
Mon, 30 Apr 2012
The Victoria & Albert Museum is set to reopen its Fashion Gallery next month following 18 months of refurbishment work.
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Urban Salon redesigns ad agency BBH’s offices
Mon, 30 Apr 2012
Urban Salon is working on a redesign of ad agency BBH’s London offices.
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Designs unveiled in bid to tackle dementia
Fri, 27 Apr 2012
Appetite-stimulating clocks and ‘guide dogs for the mind’ developed.
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Consultancies appointed to Olympic Park design work
Fri, 27 Apr 2012
Eight consultancies have been appointed to a framework to work on graphic design projects at the London 2012 Olympic Park.
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Collect: contemporary objects from the Crafts Council
Thu, 26 Apr 2012
Bringing contemporary craft objects to the Saatchi Gallery.
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Google Photography Prize
Wed, 25 Apr 2012
Winning images are on display at London’s Saatchi Gallery.
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How do you choose the best design of the year?
Wed, 25 Apr 2012
The Olympic Torch has been named Design of the Year, but is the best - or just the most impactful?
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Green Party rolls out new websites
Wed, 25 Apr 2012
The Green Party is rolling out a series of new regional and national websites, with design by Studio Republic.
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Olympic Torch is Design of the Year
Tue, 24 Apr 2012
The London 2012 Olympic Torch, designed by Barber Osgerby, is the winner of the Design Museum’s Designs of the Year Award.
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Christopher Kieling’s menagerie
Tue, 24 Apr 2012
Cats, rhinos and comic book-style art feature in the German illustrator’s solo show.
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Public art sought to accompany Gordon Young project in Kirkby
Tue, 24 Apr 2012
A series of public artworks is being sought as part of the redevelopment of Kirkby town centre in the North West.
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Identica forms partnership with product design group Hyphen
Mon, 23 Apr 2012
The two consultancies will work on client projects and develop their own IP.
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DCA Design bags Queen’s Award for Enterprise
Mon, 23 Apr 2012
Consultancy behind award-winning pen injector given accolade.
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Bolton Council seeks design groups for framework
Mon, 23 Apr 2012
Design consultancies are sought for digital and print design.
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The Workroom brands Balfour Beatty Living Places
Fri, 20 Apr 2012
The identity is based on a series of ‘Lifelines’.
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The design Yellow Pencils
Fri, 20 Apr 2012
There were some great winners but also some notable absentees in this year’s D&AD Yellow Pencils.
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London Film Museum to open Covent Garden outpost
Fri, 20 Apr 2012
Brand Nu and KPF have worked on designs for a new exhibition space.
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When design in sport goes too far
Thu, 19 Apr 2012
We look at five examples of where designers have pushed the legal boundaries in sport.
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The Guggenheim’s Map identity, by Johnson Banks
Wed, 18 Apr 2012
Johnson Banks has created a ‘flexible’ identity for a new Guggenheim international arts project.
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Design Bridge creates new premium designs for San Miguel
Wed, 18 Apr 2012
The new bottle for San Miguel 1516 mirrors the curves of the San Miguel logo.
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Dutch consultancy Uxus reveals Tate Modern retail designs
Wed, 18 Apr 2012
Damien Hirst store spaces are a ‘prototype’ for Tate Modern’s new shops.
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Dragon Rouge repackages Actimel
Wed, 18 Apr 2012
Dragon Rouge has created new packaging designs for Danone yoghurt drink Actimel.
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Peter and Paul designs Creative England identity
Wed, 18 Apr 2012
Peter and Paul has designed a new identity for Creative England after being chosen from more than 150 entrants.
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Heinz launches vintage labels for Diamond Jubilee
Tue, 17 Apr 2012
Heinz is reviving packaging designs from 1952 - the year of the Queen’s coronation.
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&Smith and We All Need Words to rebrand Shrewsbury
Mon, 16 Apr 2012
Consultancies &Smith and We All Need Words are working to create a new identity for the Shropshire town of Shrewsbury.
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Elmwood rebrands Gressingham Duck
Mon, 16 Apr 2012
Elmwood has created a new identity for Gressingham Duck, which uses a hidden duck’s head in the letter G.
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Support organisation Design Initiative closes due to a lack of funding
Mon, 16 Apr 2012
Support organisation Design Initiative, which ran events including the Liverpool Design Festival and the Manchester Design Symposium, has closed due to a loss of funding.
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Olympic design
Fri, 13 Apr 2012
Getting under the skin of some iconic Olympics projects.
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Hella Jongerius works on KLM cabins
Fri, 13 Apr 2012
Dutch designer Hella Jongerius has been appointed to create new cabin interiors for airline KLM.
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Google+ launches ‘simpler and more beautiful’ redesign
Thu, 12 Apr 2012
Google has redesigned its social networking service Google+ to make it ‘simpler and more beautiful’.
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JPA creates new cabin interiors for American Airlines
Wed, 11 Apr 2012
JPA London has designed the cabin interiors for American Airlines’ new fleet of Boeing 777-300ER planes, which are set to roll out over the next two years.
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21st-century type
Tue, 10 Apr 2012
An exhibition opening at Stationers’ Hall in London next month will look at the current state of type design.
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What next for the Design Council?
Tue, 10 Apr 2012
What direction will the organisation take after chief executive David Kester leaves?
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Design Council chief executive David Kester resigns
Tue, 10 Apr 2012
Design Council chief executive David Kester is leaving the organisation.
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Designing for landmark events
Thu, 5 Apr 2012
Anniversaries and set-piece events present opportunities for designers.
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Big Society Capital launches with designs from The Team
Thu, 5 Apr 2012
The Team has created the branding and digital designs for Big Society Capital, a new financial institution launched by the Government to finance charities and community groups.
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Tesco launches redesigned value range
Wed, 4 Apr 2012
The supermarket has ditched its iconic blue-and-white stripe designs.
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Benetton’s survival guides
Tue, 3 Apr 2012
Benetton is holding an exhibition at London’s Design Museum and silmultaneous shows across its London, Milan, Barcelona and Paris stores inspired by the its recent Colors magazine trilogy.
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Tracey Emin and Pascal Anson’s plane livery unveiled
Tue, 3 Apr 2012
British Airways has unveiled the ‘Dove’ livery, designed by Tracey Emin and Pascal Anson, which will be painted on to nine of its aircraft this year.
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New Liechtenstein logo chosen after public poll
Tue, 3 Apr 2012
Citizens of the tiny European country of Liechtenstein have chosen a new national logo following a poll open to the principality’s population.
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Government launches High Street Innovation Fund in Portas response
Mon, 2 Apr 2012
The Government is launching a £10 million High Street Innovation Fund to deal with empty shops. The cash has been announced as part of its reponse to retail guru Mary Portas’s review of the high street.
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Where are all the women in design?
Fri, 30 Mar 2012
Where are all the women in design? The question has been a hot topic in over the past couple of weeks.
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Turning university innovation into reality
Fri, 30 Mar 2012
A new programme is bringing university research projects to market.
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Cog creates Official London Theatre branding
Fri, 30 Mar 2012
Cog has created the identity for Official London Theatre, the public-facing branding for the Society of London Theatre.
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Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios works on new postal museum
Thu, 29 Mar 2012
Architect Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios is working on a new home for the British Postal Museum & Archive, which will involve the refurbishment of Calthorpe House in north London and the creation of a new building.
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Architects decorate Regent Street shop windows
Wed, 28 Mar 2012
Architects are creating window installations for nine shops on London’s Regent Street as part of this year’s Royal Institute of British Architects Regent Street Windows Project.
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Government unveils hub structure to replace COI
Wed, 28 Mar 2012
The Government has unveiled its full plans for a series of marketing and communications hubs, to replace the Central Office of Information when it closes on 31 March and be responsible for commissioning design.
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Design Museum launches collection app
Wed, 28 Mar 2012
The Design Museum is launching an iPad app, developed with digital consultancy twentysix, which lets users explore items in the museum’s collection.
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Plum Brands creates new identity for Muubaa
Tue, 27 Mar 2012
Plum Brands has created a new identity for British women’s leather label Muubaa, which is aiming to develop into a global brand.
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Friends Reunited relaunches
Tue, 27 Mar 2012
Social networking site Friends Reunited is relaunching today, with a new identity developed by Edinburgh-based consultancy Elastic Creative and digital design work carried out in house by Friends Reunited owner Bright Solid.
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The real story of Ad Men
Mon, 26 Mar 2012
In advance of the fifth series of Mad Men (which airs on Tuesday night, Don Draper fans) Sky Atlantic is telling the real-life story of British advertising from the 1960s to the ‘80s in hour-long documentary Ad Men.
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SAS launches scholarship scheme at Chelsea College of Art and Design
Mon, 26 Mar 2012
SAS is launching a £10 000 scheme to provide three scholarships for students at Chelsea College of Art and Design.
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Tangerine works on cabin interiors with B/E Aerospace
Mon, 26 Mar 2012
Tangerine is working with B/E Aerospace to develop new cabin interiors.
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BOS creates Yamas cheese packaging
Mon, 19 Mar 2012
Cheltenham-based consultancy BOS has developed the branding and packaging for Yamas, a new range of Greek and Cypriot cheese for Futura Foods.
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Goosebumps and Dexter Moren design new London Hotel
Mon, 19 Mar 2012
Goosebumps has created the branding and Dexter Moren has worked on the interiors of London’s new Ampersand Hotel, on the site of the former Kensington Grosvenor.
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Editorial - Making it easier to break into the industry
Fri, 16 Mar 2012
Last summer, as news was breaking that universities would be able to charge up to £9000 per year in tuition fees, I remember discussing with colleagues a follow-up piece that would look at alternative routes into the design industry for people who were unable to afford to pay for a degree course.
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Harriman Steel creates Casio flagship store
Fri, 16 Mar 2012
Harriman Steel has designed a new flagship store for Casio, which will open in London’s Covent Garden next month.
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Designing for the birds and bees
Thu, 15 Mar 2012
Designs for urban bee hives, bat boxes and bird boxes are going on show in London as part of a project that aims to provide wildlife habitats in the capital.
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News analysis - Measuring the impact of design
Thu, 15 Mar 2012
The Design Council’s latest forum, held this week, tackled the issue of measuring the impact of design. How can it be measured? And does it need to be?
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University of Gloucestershire seeks graphics consultancy
Thu, 15 Mar 2012
The University of Gloucestershire is seeking to appoint a graphic design consultancy.
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Drawings in progress
Wed, 14 Mar 2012
The Working Drawings show, which opens next week, showcases the doodlings and scribblings of designers including Abram Games, Ken Garland and Milton Glaser.
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Seymour Powell creates Nestle catfood packaging
Wed, 14 Mar 2012
Seymour Powell has created new packaging for Nestlé Purian Pro Plan catfood, which the consultancy says is based around a ‘big cat face design’.
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Williams Murray Hamm creates Plasticine identity for charity Magic Me
Wed, 14 Mar 2012
Williams Murray Hamm has rebranded London-based charity Magic Me, with the new identity and supporting icons crafted from Plasticine.
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Are these chairs making you hungry?
Tue, 13 Mar 2012
A new show at London’s Viaduct furniture showroom aims to examine the relationship between food and design by tasking three top chefs to devise a series of menus in response to 15 chair designs.
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Making Magazines
Mon, 12 Mar 2012
Editorial design gurus Jeremy Leslie of Magculture and Simon Esterson of Eye are organising new one-day conference Making Magazines, which is being held on Friday.
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Echo brands Carling’s summer beer
Mon, 12 Mar 2012
Echo has created the branding and packaging for Carling Zest, a limited-edition summer beer set to be released by Carling.
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Editorial - the rebirth of Hidden Art
Fri, 9 Mar 2012
Challenging economic situations demand creative responses, so hats off to Hidden Art, which has found a way to keep itself going after almost being forced into closure at the end of last year.
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Identica's 'good, fruity fun' packaging for PIP Kids
Fri, 9 Mar 2012
Identica has created the designs for the PIP Kids range of chilled organic drinks for children.
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British Airways launches plane-themed pop-up space
Fri, 9 Mar 2012
British Airways is set to launch a pop-up space in east London, which has been designed in-house and with experiential design consultancy Cake, and aims to ‘recreate a premium flying experience’.
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Designer Breakfasts are back
Thu, 8 Mar 2012
The Designer Breakfasts series of talks is returning for 2012 at a new venue - the Design Museum in London.
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Vince Frost’s typographic Woolworths campaign
Thu, 8 Mar 2012
Australian consultancy Frost has developed a typography-led TV ad campaign for department store Woolworths South Africa.
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Apple lauches new iPad
Thu, 8 Mar 2012
Apple has unveiled the third version of the iPad, which it is referring to as ‘the new iPad’.
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Love to open Shanghai office
Wed, 7 Mar 2012
Manchester-based consultancy Love is set to open a new office in Shanghai, China, which will build on recent client wins in the country.
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Kenneth Grange and David Adjaye on collaboration
Tue, 6 Mar 2012
The Society for Environmental Graphic Design is bringing an impressive host of speakers to London for its 2012 International Symposium.
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Mulberry plots global expansion with Universal Design Studio designs
Tue, 6 Mar 2012
Fashion brand Mulberry is set to open up to 90 new stores around the world in the next three years, using retail designs from Universal Design Studio.
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GP Studio works on multi-million-pound John Lewis overhaul
Mon, 5 Mar 2012
GP Studio is working on a multi-million-pound makeover of the beauty hall at John Lewis’ Oxford Street store in London.
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Editorial - the design education battle still needs to be fought
Fri, 2 Mar 2012
The coalition Government made a rare step in the right direction in its approach to design and design education this week.
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Tayburn works on Glasgow 2014 branding
Fri, 2 Mar 2012
Edinburgh-based consultancy Tayburn has been appointed to work on the brand strategy for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
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Boxpark space is ‘the future of Nike retail’
Fri, 2 Mar 2012
Nike is opening its first-ever Nike+ Fuelstation outlet at east London retail development Boxpark.
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Print on the edge
Thu, 1 Mar 2012
An upcoming show by Kingston University students looks at the changing role of print in design.
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Marina Willer to become new Pentagram partner
Thu, 1 Mar 2012
Wolff Olins creative director Marina Willer is set to join Pentagram as a partner in its London office.
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WPP profits break the £1bn mark
Thu, 1 Mar 2012
WPP has reported profits of £1.008 billion for 2011, breaking the £1 billion mark for the first time.
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Jaguar launches new identity
Thu, 1 Mar 2012
Car manufacturer Jaguar has launched a new identity, developed by US-based consultancy Spark 44.
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Lufthansa and graphic design
Wed, 29 Feb 2012
Lufthansa and Graphic Design, a new title from Swiss publisher Lars Müller looks at the graphic design history of German national airline Lufthansa, from its beginnings in the 1920s right up until the present day.
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Government to support Art and Design Saturday Clubs
Wed, 29 Feb 2012
The Government has announced it is to fund the Sorrell Foundation’s National Art and Design Saturday Club initiative to the tune of £395 000 over three years.
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Design Bridge rebrands Homebase
Wed, 29 Feb 2012
Design Bridge has created a new identity for Homebase, with the aim of appealing to a broader range of customers.
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21 designers for the 21st century
Tue, 28 Feb 2012
Book 21/Twenty One looks at the careers so far of 21 designers working in Britain who have come to prominence since the millennium.
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SB Studio develops Baffito's pizzeria branding
Tue, 28 Feb 2012
SB Studio has developed the branding for new pizzeria chain Baffito’s, which is based around the story of the two fictional founders - Frank and Alessia.
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Sky Arts rebrands with idents developed by students
Tue, 28 Feb 2012
TV channel Sky Arts is rebranding, with an identity developed by in-house team Sky Creative and a series of idents developed with students.
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Rip it up and start again
Mon, 27 Feb 2012
In preparation for his new show at London’s Boxpark, street artist Pure Evil has torn up his work.
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Studio Baum wins gallery rebrand work following exhibition
Mon, 27 Feb 2012
Studio Baum has been appointed to rebrand Portsmouth’s Aspex art gallery, following an exhibition of the three shortlisted identity proposals.
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Design Council to move to new home
Mon, 27 Feb 2012
The Design Council is set to leave its current home in London’s Covent Garden and move to a new base in the Angel Building in Islington.
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Editorial - The story behind the Boris bus
Fri, 24 Feb 2012
Heatherwick Studio’s new bus for London is finally set to launch, after what’s been a pretty haphazard commissioning journey.
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Fairley & Associates, Felt and Hildebrand create science research service
Thu, 23 Feb 2012
New science hub Instruct is launching today, with an identity created by Felt Branding and digital system design by Hildebrand in a project led by Fairley & Associates.
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South London schoolchildren win Design Museum Prize
Wed, 22 Feb 2012
A team of pupils from Walworth Academy, Southwark, have won this year’s Design Museum Design Ventura award, for their game Slick Shooter.
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Pentagram merges continents for International Design Alliance Congress identity
Wed, 22 Feb 2012
Pentagram has created a new identity for the International Design Alliance Congress, which merges together silhouettes of six continents to create a new shape.
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Nat Hunter to take on RSA and Tokyo Digital roles following Airside closure
Wed, 22 Feb 2012
Airside founding partner Nat Hunter is set to join consultancy Tokyo Digital as a director, and is also taking on the role of director of design at the Royal Society of Arts.
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Designer book covers
Tue, 21 Feb 2012
To mark the upcoming British Design exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Vintage Classics imprint has brought in a host of Great British designers to create new covers for some Great British novels.
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Kimpton Creative rebrands charity Cyrenians
Tue, 21 Feb 2012
Kimpton Creative has designed a new identity - based around an eye motif - for London-based charity Cyrenians, which provides help and housing for vulnerable people.
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News analysis - Are graphic designers ruining the web?
Tue, 21 Feb 2012
Journalist and academic John Naughton caused an understandable designer backlash at the weekend with his provocatively headlined Observer article ‘graphic designers are ruining the web’.
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These drawings were sent to walk amongst you
Mon, 20 Feb 2012
‘I have never found my voice’, says artist Paul Davis, ‘That’s the beauty of it, you never do - it’s an impossibility as an artist.’
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Hat-Trick to rebrand Rambert Dance
Mon, 20 Feb 2012
Hat-Trick Design is rebranding contemporary dance company Rambert Dance, which is set to move to a new home on London’s South Bank next year.
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Airside staff to launch new consultancy Rupert Ray
Mon, 20 Feb 2012
Airside co-founder Alex Maclean and Airside managing director Caroline Matthews are launching new consultancy Rupert Ray.
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Editorial - A design that’s changed laws in 17 countries? Now that’s effective
Fri, 17 Feb 2012
There were some great examples of the power of design last week at the Design Business Association’s Design Effectiveness Awards - as you might expect.
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Smith & Milton bags DBA Grand Prix
Fri, 17 Feb 2012
Smith & Milton’s rebrand of Legal & General has been awarded the Grand Prix at the Design Business Association’s 2012 Design Effectiveness Awards.
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A cracking project
Thu, 16 Feb 2012
Egg-cellent news for egg-lovers - Fabergé is hosting an egg-straordinary egg-stravaganza of an egg-hunt on the streets of London later this month, and they’re not even yolking.
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News analysis - What’s the problem with crowdsourcing site 99Designs?
Thu, 16 Feb 2012
Crowdsourcing design site 99Designs launches in the UK this week. The site, which allows clients to launch open competitions before choosing a concept from what is effectively a massive free pitch, is predictably unpopular among designers.
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The wonderful work of Richard Hollis
Wed, 15 Feb 2012
An upcoming London show dips into the archive of graphic designer Richard Hollis, to create an exhibition dedicated to four decades of his practice.
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VML London and Organic Inc work on British Library digital overhaul
Wed, 15 Feb 2012
VML London has been appointed to develop a new ‘global experience language’ for the British Library’s digital presence, while Organic Inc has been appointed to a web technical architecture review project.
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Manchester Design Symposium returns
Tue, 14 Feb 2012
The Manchester Design Symposium is set to return next month for its second outing, and although the organisers haven’t yet released the full line up, they’ve revealed to Design Week that among the speakers will be Adrian Shaughnessy and Morag Myerscough.
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Design Bridge creates new Brancott Estate wine packaging
Tue, 14 Feb 2012
Design Bridge has created new branding and packaging for New Zealand wine brand Brancott Estate, which the consultancy says is inspired by the landscape of the wine region.
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Together brands Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design
Tue, 14 Feb 2012
Together Design has created the identity for Condé Nast College of Fashion and Design, which will be operated by Vogue and Tatler publisher Condé Nast.
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Identica creates new Which? identity
Tue, 14 Feb 2012
Identica has created a new identity for consumer organisation Which?
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Back to Basics flyers
Mon, 13 Feb 2012
A stalwart of the Leeds club scene for 20 years, iconic house night Back To Basics is renowned for both its music and its flyer artwork - a familiar sight around the city.
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Dyson appoints new chief executive
Mon, 13 Feb 2012
Max Conze, formerly North America president at Dyson, is taking over as chief executive of the company.
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Max Hattler’s apocalyptic shift
Thu, 9 Feb 2012
For his first London solo show, moving image artist Max Hattler is transforming the basement of the Tenderpixel gallery into what the gallery says is his ‘cinematic interpretation of an apocalyptic shift’.
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Nominations announced for ‘museum of the year’ prize
Thu, 9 Feb 2012
Bristol’s M Shed and the Hepworth in Wakefield are among nominations for the 2012 Art Fund Prize, for ‘museum of the year’.
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D&AD splits Pencils announcements in 50th anniversary
Thu, 9 Feb 2012
D&AD is splitting its Pencils announcements this year, announcing the Yellow Pencil winners at its awards night in April and the Black Pencil winners at a special party being held in September to mark the organisation’s 50th anniversary.
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Muji’s product fitness
Wed, 8 Feb 2012
Japanese brand Muji is to hold an exhibition at the Design Museum next month, which it says will highlight its ‘less is more’ approach to packaging and design.
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Studio 8 set to close
Wed, 8 Feb 2012
Consultancy Studio 8 is set to close in May, with co-founders Matt Willey and Zoe Bather going their separate ways.
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Mirror.co.uk relaunches website with &&& Creative
Wed, 8 Feb 2012
Mirror.co.uk, the digital home of the Daily Mirror and the Sunday Mirror, is being relaunched with a new design developed by consultancy &&& Creative and an in-house team.
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How the Web changed the world
Tue, 7 Feb 2012
Last summer, the National Media Museum in Bradford began a search for artworks for its new Life Online Galleries, which are being designed by Start JG.
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Tribal DDB works on digital experience at Guinness Storehouse
Tue, 7 Feb 2012
Ad agency Tribal DDB is working on a digital exhibition project at tourist attraction The Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
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Interbrand creates rotatable identity for Sydney’s New Theatre
Tue, 7 Feb 2012
Interbrand Australia has created a new identity for Sydney’s New Theatre, which the consultancy says can be rotated through different applications.
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British Library Spring Fair
Mon, 6 Feb 2012
The British Library is set to host its inaugural Spring Fair, a huge festival of creativity, with a cast of characters including Jamie Hewlett, Neville Brody and Mr Scruff.
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Royal Mail releases Diamond Jubilee stamps
Mon, 6 Feb 2012
The Royal Mail has unveiled a set of six stamps to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s accession to the throne - her Diamond Jubilee.
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Charles Dickens Museum launches new identity and plans refurbishment
Mon, 6 Feb 2012
The Charles Dickens Museum in London is rolling out a new identity, created by Cog Design, and is set to launch an expansion and refurbishment programme.
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Editorial - new faces in academia
Fri, 3 Feb 2012
A couple of interesting appointments in the higher education world over the last week, one rather unexpected and one slightly more predictable (and very welcome).
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2012 James Dyson Award open for entries
Fri, 3 Feb 2012
The James Dyson Award challenges youg designers and engineers to develop problem-solving inventions.
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Victoria Beckham unveils new fashion brand
Fri, 3 Feb 2012
Victoria Beckham has unveiled a new identity for Victoria, her new dress collection, which goes on sale in the UK this week.
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Design Junction brings the Tramshed under its wing
Thu, 2 Feb 2012
Furniture and products show Design Junction is bringing interiors event the Tramshed under its wing and relaunching in The Old Sorting Office on New Oxford Street for this year’s London Design Festival.
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Ab Rogers brought in as RCA reinstates interiors course
Thu, 2 Feb 2012
Ab Rogers is to head up the Royal College of Art’s reinstated masters in interiors course, which will restart in September.
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Designers in their own words
Wed, 1 Feb 2012
Want to find out how Stefan Sagmeister chooses his projects? How Maarten Baas defines his occupation? How Milton Glaser has hung on to his sense of joy in design throughout decades of practice?
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BBC Sport website is redesigned
Wed, 1 Feb 2012
The BBC has launched a new BBC Sport website, as part of a wider digital redesign programme that aims to make BBC online more cohesive.
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Cross-disciplinary design in a church
Tue, 31 Jan 2012
Drift, an upcoming art, architecture and design show, is taking place in a rather unusual venue - a central London church.
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Startup Britain entrepreneurs website relaunches
Tue, 31 Jan 2012
Startup Britain, a Government-backed resource for entrepreneurs which came under fire from the design community last year, has relaunched its website.
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Applications for art and design courses fall by 16 per cent
Tue, 31 Jan 2012
Applications to creative arts and design university courses starting in September have dropped by 16.3 per cent since last year.
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Leather chairs and wordy clocks
Mon, 30 Jan 2012
Gallery Libby Sellers is hosting the first London solo show from Swiss product and furniture designer Nicolas Le Moigne, featuring leather chairs and a verbose clock.
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Martin Lore Partnership creates Quiet Mark logo
Mon, 30 Jan 2012
Surrey-based consultancy Martin Lore Partnership has created the new Quiet Mark logo, which will be used by the Noise Abatement Society to mark ‘quiet’ products such as washing machines and lawnmowers.
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Editorial - A new chapter opens for the Design Museum
Fri, 27 Jan 2012
When you’re admiring the visuals of what the Design Museum’s new West London home will look like, it’s worth remembering that as recently as 2005 the Commonwealth Institute - which will host the museum - was under threat of demolition.
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Will Knight appointed director of 100% Design
Fri, 27 Jan 2012
Will Knight, deputy director of the London Design Festival, has been appointed as the new event director of interior design exhibition 100% Design.
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Jeremy Till appointed head of Central Saint Martins
Fri, 27 Jan 2012
Architect and academic Professor Jeremy Till has been appointed as the new head of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.
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Polly Dickens joins Habitat as creative director
Thu, 26 Jan 2012
Former Conran Shop creative director Polly Dickens has joined Habitat as creative dirtector.
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Carmody Groarke works on new architecture exhibition space
Thu, 26 Jan 2012
Architect Carmody Groarke is creating a new permanent gallery space at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London.
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Daniel Eatock adds one and one together
Wed, 25 Jan 2012
What does a horse have in common with a sheep? What unites a radiator and a fan? And who knew a watermelon could look so chic in a swimming cap?
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Ticket marketplace Seatwave rebrands and opens first physical premises
Wed, 25 Jan 2012
Online ticket marketplace Seatwave is launching a new identity, created by Carter Wong.
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Vimeo launches redesign
Wed, 25 Jan 2012
Video-sharing site Vimeo is rolling out a redesign which the company says is ‘based around maximising the user experience’.
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Award-winning British design
Tue, 24 Jan 2012
With the Victoria & Albert Museum finalising plans for its spring blockbuster British Design 1948-2012, the museum’s publishing division has released a small aperitif in the form of new book Award Winning British Design.
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Corporate Culture creates new Diabetes UK identity
Tue, 24 Jan 2012
Corporate Culture has created a new visual identity for charity Diabetes UK.
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Trafalgar Square to host giant child on rocking horse
Mon, 23 Jan 2012
A subversive equestrian statue - a child on a rocking horse - is set to grace the Fourth Plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square from next month.
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Hat-Trick creates Chinese New Year stamp sheet for Royal Mail
Mon, 23 Jan 2012
Hat-Trick Design has created a special sheet of 20 stamps for Royal Mail to mark the start of the Chinese Year of the Dragon today.
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Teenage Cancer Trust unveils new identity
Fri, 20 Jan 2012
The Teenage Cancer Trust is set to launch a new visual identity, which has been developed by The Cernis Collective and Why Not Associates.
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Portland in Caffè Ritazza overhaul
Fri, 20 Jan 2012
Portland is working to overhaul the customer experience for the Caffè Ritazza brand of coffee shops, found at railway stations and airports around the world.
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Design Bridge repackages Plymouth Gin
Wed, 18 Jan 2012
Design Bridge has created new packaging for Plymouth Gin, taking inspiration from the brand’s archive.
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Kiosk creates new R&S Records website
Wed, 18 Jan 2012
Sheffield-based consultancy Kiosk has designed a new website for record label R&S Records, working with digital consultancy Kleber.
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Printmaking at Central Saint Martins
Tue, 17 Jan 2012
Last autumn, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design opened its swanky new base in London’s King’s Cross.
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Meda creates ‘destination’ branding for car dealership Edwards
Tue, 17 Jan 2012
Meda has created new branding for independent car dealership Edwards, which the consultancy says is based on the company’s ‘position as a destination’.
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Dragon Rouge creates identity for bathroom brand Balmorals London
Tue, 17 Jan 2012
Dragon Rouge has created the branding for British bathroom fittings company Balmorals London, which is aimed at the Chinese market.
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Smile, please
Mon, 16 Jan 2012
Travelling on the London Underground is rarely a laugh-a-minute experience, but rush-hour Tube commuters might have something to chuckle about from today onwards, thanks to the Word In Motion animated poetry initiative.
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Identica develops new Ecozone website
Mon, 16 Jan 2012
Identica has created a new website for household cleaning products company Ecozone, after developing a new identity for the brand.
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Falcon creates new packaging for Platignum pens
Mon, 16 Jan 2012
Falcon has created new packaging for pen brand Platignum, which the consultancy says takes its cues from designer luggage and fashion brands.
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Neville Brody creates RCA anniversary logo
Fri, 13 Jan 2012
Neville Brody has created a logo to mark the Royal College of Art’s 175th anniversary.
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Comics, illustrations and music
Thu, 12 Jan 2012
Ninja Tune artist Strictly Kev, of DJ Food, is such a fan of comic book illustrator Henry Flint - whose pensmanship can be seen in 2000AD and other titles - that he commissioned Flint to create the cover of his forthcoming album, The Search Engine.
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Olympic Torch and Royal Wedding Dress among Designs of the Year nominations
Wed, 11 Jan 2012
Barber Osgerby’s London 2012 Olympic Torch and The Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding dress are among the projects on the longlist for the Design Museum’s Designs of the Year Awards.
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Electrolux appoints Stefano Marzano as chief design officer
Tue, 10 Jan 2012
Electrolux has appointed Stefano Marzano, formerly of Royal Philips Electronics, to the new role of chief design officer.
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Design at Home
Mon, 9 Jan 2012
Making its debut on the events scene this month is new interior design show Home, which launches at London’s Earls Court this week.
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Holmes & Marchant appoints Bob Pattni as design director
Mon, 9 Jan 2012
Holmes & Marchant has appointed Bob Pattni to the new role of design director.
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'80s skating revival
Fri, 6 Jan 2012
Eight artists have been commissioned to customise eight skateboard decks for an upcoming show that the organisers say will ‘celebrate the glory days of ’80s skateboarding - when times were rocking and true legends were born’.
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Portsmouth gallery rebrand proposals go on show
Fri, 6 Jan 2012
The three shortlisted proposals for the rebrand of Portsmouth’s Aspex art gallery are going on show as part of the branding process.
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Visions for the future of Greece
Thu, 5 Jan 2012
With Greece at a turning point in its history, facing potential economic default and ejection from the Eurozone, biennial Athens design festival Design Walk has invited Greek design studios to present their visions for the country’s future.
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Electrolux launches design experience challenge
Thu, 5 Jan 2012
The Electrolux Design Lab 2012 challenge is inviting industrial design students and recent industrial design graduates to submit ideas that ‘develop the sensory experience of home appliances’.
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Surge in applications to art and design courses, but numbers remain down
Thu, 5 Jan 2012
There has been an increase in the number of applications to creative arts and design university courses starting in September, but applications are still down by almost 15 per cent from a year ago.
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Intergenerational illustration
Wed, 4 Jan 2012
An imaginative exhibition launching at the Book Club in London later this month sees a host of leading illustrators work in collaboration with schoolchildren.
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Great British illustration at the Kemistry Gallery
Tue, 3 Jan 2012
Start the year as you mean to go on with some great British illustration, courtesy of London’s Kemistry gallery.
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Free pitches on the increase as client budgets drop, report shows
Tue, 3 Jan 2012
Design consultancies are increasingly being asked to work on creative pitches for free as client budgets drop, according to a new report.
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Apple designer becomes Sir Jonathan Ive
Tue, 3 Jan 2012
Jonathan Ive, the British-born senior vice president of industrial design at Apple, has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year’s Honours list.
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Review of the Year - Design education
Fri, 23 Dec 2011
It’s been a tumultuous year for design education, with the promise for more upheaval to come in 2012.
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Review of the Year - The Government and design
Thu, 22 Dec 2011
Government-commissioned design work was, unsurprsingly, rather thin on the ground in 2011, following the Government’s freeze on marketing spend implemented last year.
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Mother’s psychic T-shirts
Wed, 21 Dec 2011
If you’re looking for the perfect item of clothing to start 2012 with, the ad agency Mother’s latest project could provide the solution.
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Carroll Design creates interiors for Fumo restaurant
Wed, 21 Dec 2011
Manchester-based consultancy Carroll Design has created the interiors for the Fumo restaurant, which is set to open in Birmingham next year.
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From blog to book
Tue, 20 Dec 2011
Bucking the publishing trend somewhat, blog Design Assembly has made the move from online to print - closing its website (formerly at www.designassembly.org) and publishing a collection of its blog posts in a new book.
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Portraits of the artist
Tue, 20 Dec 2011
The National Portrait Gallery in London is holding a show paying tribute to Pop Art pioneer Richard Hamilton, who died in September at the age of 89.
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Portsmouth Gallery turns rebrand process into exhibition
Tue, 20 Dec 2011
Portsmouth art gallery Aspex is to hold a public exhibition of three design proposals as part of its rebrand process.
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Stuart Radford to join The Partners as creative director
Mon, 19 Dec 2011
Radford Wallis co-founder Stuart Radford is set to join The Partners as creative director.
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Review of the year - Rebrands
Mon, 19 Dec 2011
A look back at the major rebrand stories Design Week has reported on in 2011.
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And another Christmas round-up
Fri, 16 Dec 2011
The design-related Christmas goodies keep pouring in to DW, so here’s another round-up of some of our recent faves. You can also see our earlier round-ups here and here
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B Store opens new London flagship store
Fri, 16 Dec 2011
Fashion brand B Store has opened a new flagship store in London, featuring interior designs by Tom Finch and Pablo Limon.
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Heatherwick’s New Bus for London to hit the streets in February
Fri, 16 Dec 2011
The Heatherwick Studio-designed New Bus for London is set to hit the streets of the capital on 20 February 2012.
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Jack Morton Worldwide works on London New Year’s Eve fireworks
Thu, 15 Dec 2011
Jack Morton Worldwide is creating this year’s New Year’s Eve fireworks display for London, which will be held on the banks of the River Thames.
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Heatherwick’s solo show
Wed, 14 Dec 2011
As part of next year’s Cultural Olympiad, the Victoria & Albert Museum is holding a major solo show of Heatherwick Studio’s work.
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Barnbrook identity chosen as Occupy London logo
Wed, 14 Dec 2011
A Jonathan Barnbrook-designed identity has been chosen as the new logo for the Occupy London movement, after winning out in a public vote.
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Kinetica Art Fair
Tue, 13 Dec 2011
Art Fair Kinetica is back next year for a fourth edition (check out this year’s show here), keeping its remit to focus on ‘kinetic, robotic, sound, light and time-based art’.
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News analysis - The Portas Review of the High Street
Tue, 13 Dec 2011
The key message from the Portas Review of the UK high street, conducted by TV star and retail expert Mary Portas, is, in the words of Portas, that ‘high streets of the future must be the hub of the community’.
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News analysis - The Design Commission report on design education
Mon, 12 Dec 2011
The Design Commission, a standing body set up early this year to examine obstacles and opportunities in design, has unveiled the results of its first investigation - which examines design education.
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Another Christmas round-up
Fri, 9 Dec 2011
With Christmas getting ever closer on the horizon, we present another round-up of design-related festive goodies.
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Employees buy out Media Square
Thu, 8 Dec 2011
Newly-formed, employee-owned company MSQ Partners has completed a buy-out of all the agencies that previously comprised listed group Media Square.
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News analysis - Design in the Government’s innovation strategy
Thu, 8 Dec 2011
The Government’s long-awaited Innovation and Research Strategy, published this morning, has already been hailed in glowing terms by the Design Council - legitimitely so, as not only does the strategy pay much lip service to the importance of the design industry, but it also provides a huge endorsement of the Design Council as an organisation.
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Bold Creative develops the iPaddington app
Wed, 7 Dec 2011
Bold Creative has developed the Paddington Bear story app, dubbed the iPaddington.
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Cambridgeshire Design Icons
Wed, 7 Dec 2011
A mop, a guitar capo and a digital cat-flap are among a series of products designed in Cambridgeshire that are being celebrated in next year’s Design Icons show.
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Branding group sought for new Manchester arts organisation
Tue, 6 Dec 2011
A branding consultancy is being sought to create a name and identity for a new arts organisation in Manchester, which is being formed from the merger between the Cornerhouse and the Library Theatre Company.
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Deutsche Börse Photography Prize shortlist unveiled
Mon, 5 Dec 2011
Photographers Pieter Hugo, Rinko Kawauchi, John Stezaker and Christopher Williams have been shortlisted for the 2012 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize.Bergische Bauernscheune, Junkersholz, Leichlingen, by Christopher Williams
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British Library to overhaul digital presence
Mon, 5 Dec 2011
The British Library is embarking on a project to redevelop its website with the aim, it says ‘to create an experience that matches the Library’s impressive physical presence in London’.
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SAS creates new Sainsbury’s corporate website
Fri, 2 Dec 2011
SAS has designed supermarket Sainsbury’s new corporate website.Site1
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Christmas design round-up
Thu, 1 Dec 2011
With Christmas drawing ever-closer (only 24 shopping days left…) we round up some of our favourite festive designs from this season.
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To The Point refreshes Physiological Society branding
Thu, 1 Dec 2011
To The Point has completed a brand refresh project for the Physiological Society, developing its visual identity and applying it across all touchpoints.
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Someone focuses on the eye for Chime Insight & Engagement branding
Wed, 30 Nov 2011
Someone has created the branding for market research firm Chime Insight & Engagement, based around images of eyes.
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Quentin Blake wins 2011 Prince Philip Designers Prize
Tue, 29 Nov 2011
Illustrator Quentin Blake has been awarded the 2011 Prince Philip Designers Prize.Quentin Blake
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26 Stories of Christmas
Tue, 29 Nov 2011
Writers’ group 26 has collaborated with illustrators from the London College of Communication and Plymouth College of Art to create an online advent calendar for short story fans.26 Stories of Christmas
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Switch London creates Investec Test Cricket branding
Tue, 29 Nov 2011
Consultancy Switch London has created the sponsorship branding for Investec Test Cricket, which will be used following Investec’s announcement that it will sponsor English test cricket for the next 10 years.
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Meet the robots
Mon, 28 Nov 2011
The Science Museum in London has gathered together 20 robots from research labs around Europe and is giving them a home for four days so that they can ‘meet’ members of the public.Stand close to Charlie and he will eventually start to mimic your face. (We don’t think he’s started yet…)
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David Shrigley’s big Southbank show
Mon, 28 Nov 2011
Artist David Shrigley, whose recent activities have included tattooing his works on to the limbs of fans and animating an 18m-tall naked man, is to be the subject of a major retrospective at London’s Southbank next year.
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Innovare Design works on stores for royal lingerie supplier Rigby & Peller
Mon, 28 Nov 2011
Retail and interiors specialist Innovare is working on new interior designs for lingerie company Rigby & Peller’s stores stores in Knightsbridge and Mayfair, central London.The exterior of Rigby&Peller’s Knightsbridge store
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Whitestone brands World Equestrian Games
Mon, 28 Nov 2011
Whitestone International has created the branding for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, which will be held in 2014 in Normandy, France.
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Designers enlist dogs and scent clocks in bid to tackle dementia
Fri, 25 Nov 2011
Five projects, including an initiative to train thinking dogs for dementia and an appetite-stimulating ‘scent clock’ are being developed as part the Design Council and the Department of Health’s £360 000 challenge to help people living with dementia.A million people in the UK will be living with dementia by 2021, the ...
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Morey Smith designs Moët Hennessy UK HQ
Fri, 25 Nov 2011
Morey Smith is working on the interior design for wines and spirits brand Moët Hennessy UK’s new London office in Victoria.
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A dog print is for life, not just for Christmas
Thu, 24 Nov 2011
Consultancy With Relish has created a series of dog portrait prints as part of its Dog Bingo series, and is selling them to raise awareness of animal shelters as well as raising cash for the Mayhew Animal Home in north London.A Retriever, a Chihuahua and a Lurcher
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News Analysis - Is design industry financial performance on the up?
Thu, 24 Nov 2011
Operating profits for the top 30 design consultancies rose by 85 per cent through 2010, while gross income was up by £27 million, according to a report from accountant Kingston Smith W1.
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Airside to close after 14 years
Thu, 24 Nov 2011
Airside is set to close after 14 years in business, with founders Fred Deakin, Alex Maclean and Nat Hunter set to go their separate ways.
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Create your own Christmas jumpers with a hacked knitting machine
Wed, 23 Nov 2011
Artist Andew Salomone has hacked into the Brother KH930 knitting machine, creating an electronic fix that allows him to use it like a desktop printer.
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Williams Murray Hamm and Branded work on care home identity
Wed, 23 Nov 2011
Williams Murray Hamm and sister group Branded have worked on the identity for care home operator HC-One, which has taken over the running of more than 200 care homes formerly run by collapsed group Southern Cross.
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Look to the Future
Tue, 22 Nov 2011
Debating forum Intelligence Squared (IQ2) is set to launch what it calls its ‘inaugural flight into the future’, the two-day If conference in London.
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Cambridge Design Partnership opens US office
Tue, 22 Nov 2011
Product design group the Cambridge Design Partnership has opened an office in the US, which it says aims to expand its medical technology business in the country.Dr Dominique Freeman
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Wolff Olins brands NBC Universal environmental initiative
Tue, 22 Nov 2011
Wolff Olins has created the branding and supporting graphics for Green is Universal, the environmental initiative from US broadcasting giant NBC Universal.Icon group
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Electroboutique
Mon, 21 Nov 2011
Artist collective Electroboutique uses interactive technologies in its work to address questions around the mass media, art production, design aspiration and the capitalist system.
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Design Bugs Out products to go into use in hospitals
Mon, 21 Nov 2011
Products developed as part of the Design Council and the Department of Health’s Design Bugs Out initiative, which aims to reduce the number of infections in hospitals, are going on sale to the NHS.Bedside cabinet by Kinneir Dufort
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The Partners opens Singapore office
Mon, 21 Nov 2011
The Partners is opening an office in Singapore to service the Asian market.Anant Deboor
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Amnesty International to launch first-ever shop
Fri, 18 Nov 2011
Human rights charity Amnesty International is launching its first-ever physical retail space this month in east London’s Boxpark development, with designs by consultancy Popstore.Amnes-tea and Biscuits plate, by ...
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Designers sought for graphics work at Olympic Park
Thu, 17 Nov 2011
The Olympic Park Legacy Company is setting up a framework to cover design work, including graphics, for the London 2012 Olympic Park.Olympic Park visualisation
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Field of Light
Wed, 16 Nov 2011
Bruce Munro is resurrecting his Field of Light installation and bringing it to the Holburne Museum in Bath from this month.Bulbs in the Field of Light
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Pearson Lloyd's designs aim to prevent violence in A&E
Wed, 16 Nov 2011
A Pearson Lloyd-led team has created a series of prototype designs which aim to prevent violence against staff in hospital accident and emergency departments.Process Map
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Dave renames as Calling Brands and moves into Asia
Tue, 15 Nov 2011
Engine branding group Dave is changing its name to Calling Brands, with the new consultancy extending into Asia with new offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
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Together Design develops new Phoenix comic for children
Tue, 15 Nov 2011
Together Design has worked with an in-house team to create a design approach, masthead and style guide for a new children’s weekly comic.
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Neville Brody, Peter Saville and Michael Wolff among Royal Designers for Industry
Mon, 14 Nov 2011
Neville Brody, Peter Saville, and Michael Wolff are among six new Royal Designers for Industry, an honour awarded by the Royal Society for Arts.
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Identified Flying Object
Mon, 14 Nov 2011
French artist Jacques Rival has created the IFO (Identified Flying Object) installation - a giant cage whose bars are illuminated in rainbow colours, which will be hoisted into the night sky above London’s King’s Cross over the next two years.
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Former HSBC design head Richard Newland leaves the company
Mon, 14 Nov 2011
Richard Newland, formerly global head of retail network development and design at HSBC, has left the group.
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I’m dreaming of a self-generating Christmas
Fri, 11 Nov 2011
When Nativity scenes start popping up on streets around the country it’s a sure sign that the run-up to Christmas has truly begun.
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Hat-Trick creates logo to mark First World War centenary
Fri, 11 Nov 2011
Hat-Trick Design has created a logo which will be used to mark the 100-year anniversary of the First World War, from 2014-2018.
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Neville Brody creates D&AD’s 50th anniversary identity
Thu, 10 Nov 2011
Neville Brody has created the 50th anniversary identity for D&AD, which is celebrating its half-century next year.
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The Design Trust support organisation set to relaunch
Thu, 10 Nov 2011
The Design Trust, which provides business training and support to designers and craftspeople, is relaunching as a privately-run social enterprise.
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Voxpop - What is Sir Terence Conran’s single biggest contribution to the design industry?
Thu, 10 Nov 2011
The Design Museum is set to host an exhibition marking Sir Terence Conran’s 80th birthday. What do you think is Conran’s single biggest contribution to the design industry and why?
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Moving matchstalk men
Wed, 9 Nov 2011
LS Lowry’s matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs are set to come to life at the weekend in an interactive installation in Salford.
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Design industry calls on Government to protect design education
Wed, 9 Nov 2011
A group of leading designers and education experts have appealed to Education Secretary Michael Gove to keep design and technology in the National Curriculum.
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Georgia and Verdana typefaces redrawn
Wed, 9 Nov 2011
Matthew Carter, who designed the Georgia and Verdana typefaces in the 1990s, has updated them to be better suited to mobile and tablet devices.
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Found font
Tue, 8 Nov 2011
As part of exhibition The Department for Overlooked Histories, which looks at the way history is created and understood, consultancy An Endless Supply has created an updated version of the Curwen Sans font, originally drawn for the Curwen Press publishing house.
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Irrigation system wins 2011 James Dyson Award
Tue, 8 Nov 2011
Australian industrial design student Edward Linacre has won the 2011 international James Dyson Award for his system to irrigate crops in arid areas.
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RSA director of design Emily Campbell to join academies group
Tue, 8 Nov 2011
Emily Campbell, director of design at the Royal Society for Arts, is set to join the Creative Education Trust, a group which runs academies.
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Made in Clerkenwell
Mon, 7 Nov 2011
Craft Central’s Made in Clerkenwell open studios and selling event returns this month, with more than 100 UK designer-makers showing off their wares.
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Man vs Machine rebrands More 4
Mon, 7 Nov 2011
Man vs Machine is working on a full rebrand of Channel 4 digital channel More 4, covering the visual identity, idents and digital guidelines.
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Brand USA launches as country’s first-ever global consumer brand
Mon, 7 Nov 2011
US government organisation The Corporation for Travel Promotion has launched Brand USA, which it says is the country’s first-ever global consumer brand.
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CSD cleared to set up register of chartered designers
Mon, 7 Nov 2011
The Chartered Society of Designers has cleared the final hurdle in its plans to set up a register of chartered designers.
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Olympic posters
Fri, 4 Nov 2011
When the London 2012 Olympics organisers announced plans to commission 12 artists to design the official posters for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, questions were raised both here and over at Creative Review about why artists had been selected instead of designers.
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Butterfly Cannon creates ‘colour-changing’ Glenmorangie packaging
Fri, 4 Nov 2011
Butterfly Cannon has created limited-edition Christmas packaging for Glenmorangie Original whisky, which the consultancy says appears to change colour as you walk past.
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Patrick Bell joins Sector Design as director
Fri, 4 Nov 2011
Patrick Bell, a former chief executive of Coutts Retail and one of the founders of Writtle Holdings, has joined Leicester-based retail design consultancy Sector Design as a director.
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Annual report
Thu, 3 Nov 2011
Outgoing D&AD president Sanky carried out his final presidential duty last night by launching the 2011 D&AD annual.
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Hornall Anderson UK repackages Lea & Perrins sauce
Thu, 3 Nov 2011
Worcestershire sauce brand Lea & Perrins is set to launch new packaging designs developed by Hornall Anderson UK.
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Paper view
Wed, 2 Nov 2011
Manchester-based consultancy Eskimo Creative is set to play host to paper company GF Smith’s touring show 126 Years in Print.
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Brandwidth creates Dr Who iPad app
Wed, 2 Nov 2011
Brandwidth has created a Dr Who encyclopedia app for the iPad, which provides in-depth information on the world of Dr Who.
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Festival time
Tue, 1 Nov 2011
Already host to a celebrated literature festival, Cheltenham is set to take its place on the design circuit with the launch of the Cheltenham Design Festival next year.
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New consultancy Keen and Able launches
Tue, 1 Nov 2011
New consultancy Keen and Able is launching.
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Tangent Graphic applies pictograms to Glasgow Commonwealth Games HQ
Tue, 1 Nov 2011
Oversized versions of Tangent Graphic’s Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games pictograms have been applied to the Games’ headquarters in the city.
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Stuff Bath
Mon, 31 Oct 2011
The brilliantly-monikered Stuff Bath festival is making its debut this autumn. As the title suggests, its being held in Bath and it’s about, well… stuff.
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Brandopus creates ‘pared-back’ Country Life designs
Mon, 31 Oct 2011
Brandopus has created new packaging designs for Dairy Crest butter brand Country Life, which the consultancy says have been ‘pared back’.
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Harriman Steel uses optical illusions for BBC’s Disturbia Halloween concert
Mon, 31 Oct 2011
Harriman Steel has used optical illusions in its promotional material for the BBC Concert Orchestra’s Disturbia event, which is billed as ‘an alluring alternative to mainstream Halloween entertainment’.
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Jon Bailey joins Dragon Rouge as senior design director
Mon, 31 Oct 2011
Jon Bailey, formerly design director at Ziggurat Brands, is joining Dragon Rouge as senior design director.
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Dyson loses vacuum cleaner ‘copycat’ court row
Fri, 28 Oct 2011
Dyson has been ordered to pay costs of up to £200 000 after a losing a court battle with vacuum cleaner company Vax over claims of design rights infringement.
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WPP like-for-like revenue growth slows
Fri, 28 Oct 2011
WPP has reported a like-for-like revenue growth of 4.7 per cent in the third quarter of 2011, down from 6.7 per cent in the first quarter and 5.6 per cent in the second quarter.
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Dating for designers
Thu, 27 Oct 2011
A trio of design students from Kingston University have created a networking app for designers that allows you to share portfolio ideas, connect with others and use GPS to find design-related events around you.
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Labour attacks Government for treating creative industries like ‘a second-rate sector’
Thu, 27 Oct 2011
New Shadow Culture Minister Dan Jarvis has attacked the Coalition Government for treating the creative industries like a ‘second-rate sector’ as he outlined plans for his new role.
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Brandopus creates chocolate house and painting kit
Thu, 27 Oct 2011
Brandopus has created designs for a new chocolate house and chocolate painting kit for chocolate brand Choc on Choc.
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Form an orderly Q
Wed, 26 Oct 2011
Q - the name of James Bond’s armourer, the seventeenth letter of the alphabet and the inspiration for illustrator Katja Spitzer’s new book Quodlibet.Minka
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Casson Mann’s Making Modern Science gallery scrapped by Science Museum
Wed, 26 Oct 2011
Plans for the Making Modern Science Gallery, which were being developed by Casson Mann for the Science Museum in London, have been ditched by the museum.
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News analysis - Cape Town appointed World Design Capital 2014
Wed, 26 Oct 2011
South African city Cape Town has been announced as the next World Design Capital by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design.
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Urban illustrations
Tue, 25 Oct 2011
Greater Manchester’s finest illustrators have created works inspired by Manchester and Salford as part of an exhibition to raise money for local charity the Wood Street Mission.
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Applications for art and design courses drop by more than a quarter
Tue, 25 Oct 2011
The number of applications to creative arts and design university courses starting next September have dropped by 27.1 per cent.
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DBA Design Effectiveness Award winners announced
Tue, 25 Oct 2011
The Design Business Association has announced the winners of this year’s Design Effectiveness Awards.
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Knock-out Nokia
Mon, 24 Oct 2011
To mark the 20th anniversary of the release of the classic Nokia 1011 phone, the Finnish phone brand is taking over the first floor of London’s Design Museum for a show which will look at the design of its handsets.
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The Core becomes Hornall Anderson UK
Mon, 24 Oct 2011
Consultancy The Core is becoming Hornall Anderson UK, following a merger with the US-based design group.
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Casson Mann creates ‘swirling’ designs for French wine centre
Mon, 24 Oct 2011
Casson Mann is working on exhibition designs for a 55 million euro (£48 million) new wine visitor centre, set to open in Bordeaux, France in 2014.
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Paper Trail
Fri, 21 Oct 2011
Oddball film-maker David Lynch is turning into quite the Renaissance man.
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Iris forms strategic alliance with US group Meredith
Fri, 21 Oct 2011
Consultancy Iris, which specialises in advertising, marketing and experiential work, is setting up a strategic alliance with US media and marketing group Meredith.
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Building a Socialist future
Thu, 20 Oct 2011
The Royal Academy’s upcoming exhibition Building the Revolution: Art and Architecture in Russia 1915-1935 examines the short period at the start of the last century when Russian and international architects worked on wildly innovative and ambitious buildings as they strove to create a Socialist utopia.Melnikov ...
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Government to commission design through ‘hubs’ as COI is wound down
Thu, 20 Oct 2011
The Government has unveiled plans for a series of cross-departmental hubs that will be involved in commissioning design, as it confirmed that the Central Office of Information is to be wound down by the end of next March.
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And now for the science bit…
Wed, 19 Oct 2011
The inaugural London Science Festival, which starts today, is aiming to take science out of the laboratory and on to the streets of the capital.
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News Analysis - Highlights from The British Invention Show
Wed, 19 Oct 2011
The British Invention Show, which kicks off today in London, is a beguiling mix of the serious, the potentially life-changing and the novelty.
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University of Strathclyde seeks consultancies for design framework
Wed, 19 Oct 2011
The University of Strathclyde is seeking to appoint up to four consultancies to a graphic and digital design framework.
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Advertising art
Tue, 18 Oct 2011
Public art organisation EC-Arts is aiming turn Birmingham into a massive art gallery by transforming 100 advertising billboards in the city into artists’ canvases.Ian Richards - What You Looking At
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Mr B and Friends rebrands cricket helmet brand Ayrtek
Tue, 18 Oct 2011
Bath-based consultancy Mr B and Friends has created new branding for Ayrtek, which produces cricket helmet designs aimed at reducing injury.
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Tongue-twisting Typography
Mon, 17 Oct 2011
Word games and type design are brought together for Text Gallery’s Imaginary Menagerie show, which launches in London this week.Nod Young
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Number of art and design students grows by a quarter - report shows
Mon, 17 Oct 2011
The number of UK creative art and design students has grown by nearly a quarter since 2003/04, according to a new report.
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Asif Khan and Pernilla Ohrstedt use sand and ice in Singapore pavilion
Mon, 17 Oct 2011
Asif Khan and Pernilla Ohrstedt have created a temporary pavilion for the British Council in Singapore which uses contstantly changing installations of ice and sand.
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How does your garden grow?
Thu, 13 Oct 2011
This year’s Serpentine Gallery art marathon, an annual event which sees a host of artists, designers and other creative types present their work over a period of two days, takes gardens as its central theme.Peter Saville, World of sex ultra blush
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Consultancy Aesop absorbs marketing agency Steam
Mon, 10 Oct 2011
Consultancy Aesop, which set up in May, has absorbed promotional marketing consultancy Steam.
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Pentagram’s John Rushworth brands Canal & River Trust
Fri, 7 Oct 2011
Pentagram partner John Rushworth has created the branding for new organisation the Canal & River Trust, which tends to the 3500km of waterways across the country.
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Fright night
Thu, 6 Oct 2011
Halloween’s coming up and if you fancy something scary - but not too scary - then East End Prints’s Happy Halloween! show at Maiden ought to fit the bill.
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News analysis - Steve Jobs’s impact on design
Thu, 6 Oct 2011
Steve Jobs probably had more impact on the way design is perceived than anyone else - and certainly more than any other non-designer.
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‘Zine to be believed
Wed, 5 Oct 2011
Curator Elias Redstone has been displaying his collection of independently-published architecture magazines digitally on www.archizines.com and is now launching a physical exhibition of the ‘zines.Archizine
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Meteorite merges with McCann group MRM London
Wed, 5 Oct 2011
Integrated consultancy Meteorite is merging with McCann Worldgroup company MRM London.
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Designs sought for urban beehives
Wed, 5 Oct 2011
An international competition is being launched seeking designs for urban beehives, bird-boxes and planters.
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Party like it's 1911
Tue, 4 Oct 2011
Art and design collective Dorothy is hoping to capture the spirit of radicalism with its interactive artwork The Nineteen Hundred and Eleven Party.
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Imperial War Museum rebrands with Hat-Trick and Jane Wentworth
Tue, 4 Oct 2011
The Imperial War Museum is launching a new identity - as Imperial War Museums - created by Hat-Trick Design following strategy work by Jane Wentworth Associates.
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Together brands academies for Dragons' Den’s Peter Jones
Tue, 4 Oct 2011
Together has created the branding for the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy, which has been founded by the Dragons’ Den star.
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Hair apparent
Mon, 3 Oct 2011
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To The Point brands post-conflict engagement group Intercultures
Mon, 3 Oct 2011
To The Point has created the branding for Intercultures, a company set up to engage with people in post-conflict environments such as Libya.
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Greg Vallance to join Holmes & Marchant as managing partner
Mon, 3 Oct 2011
Greg Vallance, co-founder of Embrace Brands, is set to join Holmes & Marchant in a new role as managing partner.
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Bike to the future
Fri, 30 Sep 2011
The Oregon Manifest Construction Design Challenge in the US charged designers with ‘redefining’ the bicycle - ideas that came back featured sound systems, motors and passenger seats.
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UK consultancies bag Pentawards
Fri, 30 Sep 2011
UK consultancies Cowan and Stocks Taylor Benson have each picked up a platinum Pentaward in the international packaging design awards scheme.
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Interabang brands caffeinated water Just
Fri, 30 Sep 2011
Interabang has created the identity and packaging for new bottled water brand Just.
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Wolff Olins rebrands Asian Art Museum with upside-down ‘A’
Thu, 29 Sep 2011
Wolff Olins has created a new brand for the Asian Art Museum of San Franciso, in the USA, which uses an inverted ‘A’.
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Rem’s progress
Wed, 28 Sep 2011
Dutch architecture practice OMA, led by Rem Koolhaas, has made its mark around the globe with headline projects such as the impossible-seeming CCTV building in Beijing - which looks like four skyscrapers merged into one.
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Schawk buys Brandimage - Desgrippes & Laga
Wed, 28 Sep 2011
International brand and marketing group Schawk has acquired consultancy Brandimage - Desgrippes & Laga, which has offices around the world and a turnover of £20.5 million.
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Cardiff Design Festival
Tue, 27 Sep 2011
The Cardiff Design Festival kicks off this Friday with a launch at the Senedd (featuring former DW editor Lynda Relph-Knight as guest speaker), leading into two weeks of design activity across the Welsh capital.Air Guitar by FK Create
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Method bought by software R&D group Global Logic
Tue, 27 Sep 2011
San Francisco-based consultancy Method, which has offices in London and New York, has been acquired by software research and development group Global Logic.
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News analysis - Using new technologies on stamps
Tue, 27 Sep 2011
The Croatian postal service has issued a stamp with a QR code on it, which allows the recipient to confirm receipt of their package and trace its journey. Design Week looks at this and other recent examples of using technology on postage stamps.
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Edge Architecture & Design refurbishes Harvey Nichols café
Mon, 26 Sep 2011
The fifth-floor café in Harvey Nichols’s London flagship store is set to reopen in November following refurbishment work by Edge Architecture & Design.
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Prince Philip Designers Prize shortlist announced
Fri, 23 Sep 2011
Ideo chief executive Tim Brown, exhibition designer Dinah Casson and Onedotzero co-founder Shane Walter have all been shortlisted for the 2011 Prince Philip Designers Prize.
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Aesop brands Barcelona superyacht marina
Fri, 23 Sep 2011
Aesop has created the branding for Barcelona’s Marina Port Vell, which is set to reopen next year as a superyacht marina.
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Mother creates Great Britain brand campaign for UK Government
Thu, 22 Sep 2011
Ad agency Mother has created the Great Britain brand campaign for the UK Government, which has been launched by Prime Minister David Cameron.
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Happy birthday Sir Terence
Wed, 21 Sep 2011
Sir Terence Conran is 80 this year. On 4 October to be precise. The occasion is being marked by a huge exhibition at the Design Museum - to which Conran has just gifted £18 million for its move to Kensington (and which, of course, he co-founded in the the 1980s with Stephen Bayley).Terence ...
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BBC launches redesigned homepage
Wed, 21 Sep 2011
The BBC has redesigned its homepage, which is now based around a ‘carousel’ central feature.
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Architectural Review redesigns with Simon Esterson
Wed, 21 Sep 2011
Simon Esterson has worked on a redesign of the Architectural Review, which is relaunching with its October issue.
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London Design Festival: Perspectives by John Pawson
Tue, 20 Sep 2011
It’s something of a peculiarity that of the four ‘landmark projects’ hyped in this year’s London Design Festival, three are by architects.
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Branding and design sector sees a rise in company incomes, report shows
Tue, 20 Sep 2011
The branding and design sector has seen a 4 per cent rise in company incomes over the last six months, according to a report from accountant Kingston Smith W1.
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Ron Arad awarded London Design Medal
Tue, 20 Sep 2011
Ron Arad has been awared the 2011 London Design Medal.
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Bloom rebrands Cockburn’s Port
Mon, 19 Sep 2011
Bloom has created new branding and packaging for port brand Cockburn’s, which is owned by Symington Family Estates.
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Stocks Taylor Benson brands wild bird-food range
Mon, 19 Sep 2011
Stocks Taylor Benson has created the branding and packaging for A Little Bird Told Me…, a new range of wild bird-food for retailer Pets At Home.
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London Design Festival preview - highlights outside the LDF districts
Fri, 16 Sep 2011
The all-pervasive nature of the London Design Festival means that there are plenty of highlights to be found outside the six design districts.
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Pentagram’s DJ Stout redesigns Times Educational Supplement
Fri, 16 Sep 2011
Texas-based Pentagram partner DJ Stout has redesigned the Times Educational Supplement, which is moving from a newspaper to a magazine format.
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Supafrank creates illustrated packaging for RNLI sweets
Fri, 16 Sep 2011
Supafrank has created new packaging for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s range of confectionery, which now features illustrations of sailing boats, buckets and lighthouses.
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James Dyson unveils new product - the fan heater
Thu, 15 Sep 2011
James Dyson has unveiled his first major new product since 2009’s bladeless fan - the Dyson Hot fan heater.
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London Design Festival Preview - Fitzrovia Now
Wed, 14 Sep 2011
Design district Fitzrovia Now is relaunching this year with new branding created by consultancy Together, which is based on Great Titchfield Street, in the heart of Fitzrovia.Fitzrovia Now Keys
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Bloom repackages Horlicks
Wed, 14 Sep 2011
Bloom has created new packaging designs for hot milky drink Horlicks.
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London Design Festival Preview - 100% Design
Tue, 13 Sep 2011
Trade show 100% Design, which is running from 22-25 September at Earls Court, is this year rolling out a new marketing campaign created by Peter & Paul and has also launched an app, to help you navigate the huge show.
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News analysis - opportunities in Russia
Tue, 13 Sep 2011
Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday went a on-day flying visit to Russia with the aim of forging closer ties, both politically and on a business level.
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RCA appoints architecture and fine art deans in school structure overhaul
Tue, 13 Sep 2011
The Royal College of Art has appointed Alex de Rijke as its dean of architecture and Ute Mata Bauer as its dean of fine art as it prepares to implement its new academic structure.
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London Design Festival Preview - The V&A and The Brompton Design District
Mon, 12 Sep 2011
For the third year running, the Victoria & Albert Museum is acting as the focal point for the London Design Festival.
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Silk Pearce presentation pack marks Airmail centenary
Mon, 12 Sep 2011
Colchester-based consultancy Silk Pearce has designed a special-issue presentation pack to mark the 100th anniversary of the UK’s first Airmail flight.
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Kantar and McCandless launch data visualisation awards
Mon, 12 Sep 2011
WPP consumer insight consultancy Kantar and data visualistion guru David McCandless have teamed up to launch an international awards scheme for data visualisation.
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Strip show
Fri, 9 Sep 2011
The inaugural BD & Comics Passion long weekend, which will be held next month, appears to have accomplished a tricky balancing act by managing to appeal to both the graphic novel geek squad and those who don’t know their Hergés from their Incredible Hulks.from Bastien Vivès The ...
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Heavenly rebrands online tourism firm Toprooms.com
Fri, 9 Sep 2011
Heavenly has created new branding for independent hotel and B&B aggregator Toprooms.com.
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Design Council challenge aims to keep older people connected
Fri, 9 Sep 2011
The Design Council and the Technology Strategy Board have launched a £495 000 challenge which is seeking designs to keep older people better connected.
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Map reading
Thu, 8 Sep 2011
You Are the Map Maker, the new book by Australia-based designer and branding expert Bernadette Jiwa, is heavy on the motivational speak - ‘This is the start of a journey. One where you will be challenged to take your self-doubt, bundle it up and chuck it overboard.’go for it
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Waitrose launches Food, Fashion & Home offer
Thu, 8 Sep 2011
Waitrose has opened its first-ever Waitrose Food, Fashion & Home store, with design work led by an in-house team working with Interstore and Schweitzer for interiors and Household for wayfinding and signage.
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Labour accuses Government of ‘damaging the foundations’ of UK’s creative industries
Thu, 8 Sep 2011
The Labour Party has launched a national Creative Industries Network of businesses, trade bodies and other organisations and attacked the Coalition Government for its ‘damaging’ education and arts policies.
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Pull up a chair
Wed, 7 Sep 2011
Mother-and-daughter artistic duo Caroline and Maisie Broadhead have combined their craft and image-making skills for an upcoming furniture-based photography show.Head to Head
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New D&AD executive committee appointed
Wed, 7 Sep 2011
Someone founder Simon Manchipp and Airside director Nat Hunter have been elected to the design seats on the D&AD executive committee.
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Aesop brands new hospitality venture Whitebridge
Wed, 7 Sep 2011
Aesop has created the branding for newly-launched Whitebridge Hospitality, which offers hotel, leisure and tourism advisory services to investors, operators and other stakeholders.
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Robot Food brands Jenson Button-backed restaurant
Tue, 6 Sep 2011
Harrogate-based consultancy Robot Food has created the branding for new restaurant brand Victus, which has opened its first branch in the town and is backed by Formula One star Jenson Button.
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Hospital room divider wins UK James Dyson Award
Tue, 6 Sep 2011
A room divider for use in hospitals, developed by designer Michael Korn, has won the UK leg of the international James Dyson Award.
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Guiding light
Mon, 5 Sep 2011
The second edition of Max Fraser’s London Design Guide, which hits shelves next week, offers a handy guidebook to London for the design-conscious among you (which should hopefully be all of you…).Cover
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Tom Dixon redesigns Chelsea restaurant The Collection
Mon, 5 Sep 2011
The Collection restaurant and bar in Chelsea, west London, is set to reopen at the end of the month following a redesign by Tom Dixon.
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Life of Riley
Fri, 2 Sep 2011
Kettle’s Yard’s retrospective of abstract artist Bridget Riley is sure to be one of this autumn’s exhibition highlights.Bridget Riley in front of Justinian
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More than a third of art and design graduates are out of work, report shows
Fri, 2 Sep 2011
More than a third of art and design graduates are still without a full-time job more than three years after graduation, according to a new report.
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Printed company annual reports to continue as digital bid is dropped
Fri, 2 Sep 2011
A proposal which would have allowed companies to stop printing annual reports and go online-only has been dropped due to opposition from investors.
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What’s the big idea?
Thu, 1 Sep 2011
Photographer John Ingledew’s forthcoming book the A-Z of Visual Ideas carries the rather ambitious subheading How to Solve Any Creative Brief.building a bigger picture
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Interbrand rebrands Airmiles as Avios
Thu, 1 Sep 2011
Interbrand has rebranded Airmiles as Avios - with the new brand set to operate both as a travel rewards programme and as a collectible currency.
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RCKa works on Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool
Thu, 1 Sep 2011
Liverpool’s Open Eye Gallery is set to reopen in November in a new space designed by architect RCKa.
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Traces of space
Wed, 31 Aug 2011
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Pascal Anson to create British Airways Olympic livery
Wed, 31 Aug 2011
Pascal Anson is to create an artwork which will be painted on to 12 British Airways aircraft which will fly in guests and teams to the 2012 London Olympic Games.
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Cube 3 works on Hotel La Tour brand and marketing projects
Wed, 31 Aug 2011
Manchester-based consultancy Cube 3 is working on branding projects for new hotel chain Hotel La Tour, which is set to launch next year.
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Pavilion of Art & Design London announces 2011 lineup
Wed, 31 Aug 2011
A total of 57 galleries from 11 countries will display works at the 2011 Pavilion of Art and Design London, which takes place in October.
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Rag and Bone
Tue, 30 Aug 2011
Glasgow-based product designer Martin J Campbell is displaying an admirable philosophy of make-do-and-mend through the series of Rag and Bone Workshops.bricks on legs
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Robert O’Dowd resigns as head of Welsh innovation project
Tue, 30 Aug 2011
Former Designs of the Time director Robert O’Dowd has left his post as chief executive of the £35 million Pontio arts and innovation centre in Bangor, north Wales.
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Fit creates Dying - Doing it Better report
Tue, 30 Aug 2011
Fit Creative has designed the Dying - Doing it Better report for the National Council for Palliative Care and the Dying Matters coalition.
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Best of the Web
Fri, 26 Aug 2011
This week’s selection of our favourite things on the the Internet features a look at Steve Jobs’s legacy, a debate on editorial design and Phil Collins’s meteorological advice.
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Branded at WMH offer brings together two Loewy agencies
Fri, 26 Aug 2011
Loewy Group consultancies Branded and Williams Murray Hamm have launched collaborative offer Branded at WMH, which will see the agencies work together on specific projects.
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Windermere Steamboat Museum shortlist announced
Fri, 26 Aug 2011
Eight design teams have been shortlisted in the competition to redevelop the Windermere Steamboat Museum in Cumbria.
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Landor rebrands Caffrey’s and Worthington’s ales
Thu, 25 Aug 2011
Landor Associates has created new identities for Caffrey’s and Worthington’s ales, in separate projects for brewer Molson Coors.
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Lock up
Wed, 24 Aug 2011
An artist, a composer, a poet and 40 young people from east London have created songs and artwork for a concept album about London’s canals.
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WPP profits up by 37 per cent
Wed, 24 Aug 2011
WPP has reported a 37 per cent rise in pre-tax profits for the first half of the year, compared with the first half of 2010.
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At Large creates East India Company exhibition for National Maritime Museum
Wed, 24 Aug 2011
Consultancy At Large has created the exhibition designs for the National Maritime Museum’s new gallery Traders, which focuses on the history of the East India Company.
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Pop or not
Tue, 23 Aug 2011
Despite its title, the Hayward Gallery’s new venture This is Not a Pop-Up is, well, a pop-up initiative which will see a series of designers take over the Hayward’s shop, on London’s Southbank.
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Dorothy creates Magritte Your World app for Tate
Tue, 23 Aug 2011
Consultancy Dorothy has created the Magritte Your World iPhone app for Tate, to accompany Tate Liverpool’s current René Magritte exhibition.
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Family and Friends repackages Allinson bread
Mon, 22 Aug 2011
Family and Friends has created new packaging for Allied Bakeries brand Allinson bread.
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Together brands Fitzrovia Now initiative
Mon, 22 Aug 2011
Together Design has created the identity for the Fitzrovia Now initiative, which is a collective of showrooms, galleries and cafés in the Fitzrovia neighbourhood of central London.
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Crank it up again
Fri, 19 Aug 2011
Following its UK debut last year (http://www.designweek.co.uk/home/blog/pedalling-posters/3018311.article), bicycle-themed poster show Artcrank is returning to London with a host of new work.Annie Rickard Strauss
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V&A Futureplan continues with new European galleries
Fri, 19 Aug 2011
The Victoria & Albert Museum in London has appointed architect ZMMA to work on its new Europe 1600-1800 Galleries as part of the second phase of its Futureplan refurbishment project.
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Aesop brands Blur star Alex James’s cheese range
Fri, 19 Aug 2011
Aesop has created the branding and packaging designs for Alex James Presents a new range of cheese from the pop-star-turned-cheesemaker.
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Springetts creates designs for new Crusha range
Thu, 18 Aug 2011
Springetts has created the designs for a new range of desserts from the Crusha brand.
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Brains trust
Wed, 17 Aug 2011
Artist Ania Dabrowska’s upcoming photography exhibition aims to demystify the process of brain donation and highlight the vital role it plays in research into dementia.
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Chester Zoo rolls out hand-drawn Music branding
Wed, 17 Aug 2011
Manchester-based consultancy Music has rebranded Chester Zoo and is working to roll out the new identity to collateral including a new website.
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Bloom creates Planet Lunch packaging for Pepsi Co
Wed, 17 Aug 2011
Bloom has created new packaging for Pepsi Co brand Planet Lunch.
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London Loves
Tue, 16 Aug 2011
The city documented in Geoffrey Fletcher’s classic work The London Nobody Knows was already on its death-bed when the book was first published 50 years ago.cover
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Seymour Powell director Nick Talbot joins Indian group Tata Elxsi
Tue, 16 Aug 2011
Nick Talbot, formerly design director and director of the board at Seymour Powell, is joining Indian company Tata Elxsi as global design head for the industrial design division.
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Design Council launches dementia challenge
Tue, 16 Aug 2011
The Design Council and the Department of Health have launched a £360 000 competition to develop designs to help improve the lives of people with dementia and their carers.
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Break it up
Mon, 15 Aug 2011
Probably not a great first-date venue, the touring Museum of Broken Relationships is coming to London - bringing with it its cornucopia of oft-bizarre relationship detritus.One wedding dress - unworn
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Green Room works on Wembley Stadium shops
Mon, 15 Aug 2011
Birmingham-based consultancy Green Room is refurbishing retail elements at Wembley Stadium in London as part of a six-figure project.
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Imagination creates display for Jaguar and Coutts
Mon, 15 Aug 2011
Imagination has created an ‘Andy Warhol-inspired’ display for the headquarters of private bank Coutts & Co in London to mark 50 years of the Jaguar E-Type car.
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SAS brings in former Sapient Nitro creative
Fri, 12 Aug 2011
SAS has appointed former Sapient Nitro associate creative director Chomoi Picho-Owiny as creative director.
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Shaw & Skerm identity aims to popularise fencing
Fri, 12 Aug 2011
Shaw & Skerm has created the Go Fence branding for British Fencing, which aims to encourage people to take up the sport.
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On your bike
Thu, 11 Aug 2011
Bikes designed by Ron Arad and singer Paloma Faith will be spinning around central London in a scheme from the W London hotel.Paloma Faith’s bike
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The Mill launches design division
Thu, 11 Aug 2011
Creative studio The Mill is setting up a design division, which will work on print, branding, art direction and other design-related projects.
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Look again
Wed, 10 Aug 2011
It’s ten years since the publication of Alan Fletcher’s seminal work The Art of Looking Sideways - a grab-bag collection of images, essays, inspiration and quirkiness.pizza
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Lambie-Nairn creates new range for Glorious
Wed, 10 Aug 2011
Lambie-Nairn has created branding for a new range of dips from soup and sauce company Glorious.
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Ashmolean to open new gallery following Rick Mather refurbishment
Wed, 10 Aug 2011
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford is set to open a new series of galleries in November with design led by Rick Mather Architects, which also carried out a refurbishment and created an extension for the museum in 2009.
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Inside the Seed Cathedral
Tue, 9 Aug 2011
Thomas Heatherwick’s Seed Cathedral at the Shanghai World Expo last year was undoubtedly one of the design highlights of 2010. Design: Marque Creative
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News analysis - mergers and acquisitions
Tue, 9 Aug 2011
After a long period of quiet, the past three weeks have brought about two huge acquisitions in the design sector, with experts predicting that more could follow.
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Images of war
Mon, 8 Aug 2011
Throughout his 50-year career, photographer Don McCullin has photographed conflicts in Vietnam, Cambodia, Germany and Iraq.
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Allofus bought by McCann
Mon, 8 Aug 2011
Digital consultancy Allofus has been acquired by McCann Worldgroup.
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Aedas brings in Ralph Courtenay to lead London interiors division
Mon, 8 Aug 2011
Ralph Courtenay, a former international corporate design director at architect HOK, is joining architect Aedas to lead its London interiors group.
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Gensler works on Facebook’s new London office
Fri, 29 Jul 2011
Facebook is set to open a new office in London’s Covent Garden, with architect and interiors consultancy Gensler working on office designs.
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What’s in the box?
Fri, 29 Jul 2011
Beer brand Beck’s has an illustrious history of working in the arts but its latest initiative is so ambitious it took Design Week a little while to get our heads around it.
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London 2012 Olympic medal designs unveiled
Thu, 28 Jul 2011
With just under a year to go until the London 2012 Olympic Games, the designs for the Olympic medals have been unveiled.
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24-hour party people
Thu, 28 Jul 2011
The IAC Observatory sits nearly two-and-a-half kilometres up a remote mountainside on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, perched on a rim of volcanic rock, high above the clouds, tracking the stars.starry night
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Water pump and manoeuverable shopping trolley up for Dyson award
Wed, 27 Jul 2011
Entries so far for this year’s international James Dyson Award include a pipe pump designed for the developing world and a shopping trolley designed to be easy to manoeuvre.
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Alex Kravetz works on Lancaster London refurbishment
Wed, 27 Jul 2011
The banqueting venues at London hotel the Lancaster London are being refurbished by hotel design specialist Alex Kravetz as part of a £10 million project.
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Baigent creates digital designs for Pancreatic Cancer UK
Tue, 26 Jul 2011
Baigent Digital has created a new website for charity Pancreatic Cancer UK, which features a redesign of the charity’s purple ribbon logo.
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Felt works on Pure Sports Medicine flagship site
Tue, 26 Jul 2011
Felt is working on a website and a flagship physical site in London’s Canary Wharf for sports injury clinic Pure Sports Medicine.
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Take a good look at yourself
Mon, 25 Jul 2011
Graphic artist Luke Embden’s upcoming London show boasts the rather self-concious title ‘An Introspective’.
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Positive works on website for new Bristol and Bath Science Park
Mon, 25 Jul 2011
Bristol-based digital consultancy Positive is working on a website and other digital projects for the new Bristol and Bath Science Park, which is set to open in September.
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Crafty politicians
Fri, 22 Jul 2011
When Prime Minister David Cameron shuts the door of 10 Downing Street, loosens his tie and puts his feet up after a hard day at the despatch box, he can now relax surrounded by some of the cream of contemporary UK craft pieces.Candelabra by Deborah Thomas
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Lloyd Northover and Holmes & Marchant brought together in new structure
Fri, 22 Jul 2011
Media Square is bringing together its design consultancies Lloyd Northover, Holmes & Marchant UK and Holmes & Marchant Asia Pacific to form the new Holmes & Marchant Group.
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Tangent Graphic's Glasgow Commonwealth Games pictograms unveiled
Fri, 22 Jul 2011
Tangent Graphic has created a suite of pictograms for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, which aim to capture the ‘defining moment’ of each sport.
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Bostock and Pollitt and The Neighbourhood ‘portable marketing suite’ property app
Thu, 21 Jul 2011
Bostock and Pollitt and Neighbourhood have created an iPad2 app for property developer Hammerson to showcase the London Wall Place scheme in the City of London.
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Camping it Up
Wed, 20 Jul 2011
It’s nearly time for the annual Summer Camp at the Victoria & Albert Museum, with this year’s event spreading across July, August and September and taking in three key themes: Idea, Design and Make.Copyright Hendzel & Hunt
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M Worldwide refurbishes Bath visitor centre
Wed, 20 Jul 2011
M Worldwide is redesigning the The Bath Visitor Information Centre, which is on the ground floor of the 18th-century Abbey Chambers in the city.
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Household works on Cornish ‘not spa - spa’
Wed, 20 Jul 2011
Household is working on designs for a new spa at the Hotel and Extreme Academy in Cornwall, which is says will ‘challenge the traditional way of thinking’ in spa design.
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Branding webchat
Tue, 19 Jul 2011
The Guardian is set to host a Breaking into Brand Design webchat as part of a series looking at how to get into the design industry.
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Writtle Holdings acquires Loewy Group
Tue, 19 Jul 2011
Media sector investment company Writtle Holdings has acquired the Loewy Group, which operates consultancies including Seymour Powell, Epoch Design, The Team and Williams Murray Hamm.
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News analysis: The Made in Britain logo
Tue, 19 Jul 2011
The Made in Britain identity project has certainly been a PR triumph for kitchen company Stoves, which is behind the initiative and has got its name into pretty much every local and national paper in the UK. Some observers, however, have questioned whether the resulting logo is a fitting marque for UK design and even whether such a logo is needed at all.
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A changing cast
Mon, 18 Jul 2011
The Aram Gallery in London is set to present the latest installment of its on-going Prototypes and Experiments exhibition series - Casts and Moulds.Barber Osgerby Stella Tile 2002
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RSA takes spinal cord injury programme to the next step
Mon, 18 Jul 2011
The Royal Society of Arts has received funding to take forward its Design & Rehabilitation initiative, which aims to educate people with spinal cord injuries in design principles to increase their resourcefulness and self-reliance.
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Dinosaur brands this year’s Manchester Picnic
Mon, 18 Jul 2011
Manchester-based consultancy Dinosaur has created the branding for the Manchester Picnic, which runs in Piccadilly Gardens from 5-7 August.
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Master of Ceremony
Fri, 15 Jul 2011
Czech artist Jakub Hosek says his work is largely influenced by the post-punk music he listens to as he paints. It’s probably no coincidence then that his upcoming exhibition Ceremony shares a name with New Order’s debut single.Ceremony, 2008
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Hat-Trick brands Great British Chefs venture
Fri, 15 Jul 2011
Hat-Trick has created the branding for Great British Chefs, a new brand that brings together 12 chefs including Marcus Wareing and Tom Aikens to share their recipes.
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Jawbone creates health-monitoring wristband
Fri, 15 Jul 2011
US-based consutlancy Jawbone, whose chief creative officer is Fuseproject founder Yves Béhar, has created the Up health-monitoring wristband, which claims to track the wearer’s movements, nutrition and sleep patterns.
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Going Swimmingly
Thu, 14 Jul 2011
You might not be the next Mark Foster or Rebecca Adlington, but thanks to a new art installation you could still swim at the Olympics - well, sort of.The colours!
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Design issues raised at Government’s Creative Industries Council
Thu, 14 Jul 2011
The Government’s Creative Industries Council, which includes design representatives from the Design Council and the Sorrell Foundation, has met for the first time to discuss issues to put to Government.
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Time for school
Wed, 13 Jul 2011
Design education - we are told - is in grave danger in the UK.
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North works on Photographers’ Gallery identity
Wed, 13 Jul 2011
North is developing a new visual identity for the Photographers’ Gallery, which is set to open its new central London home later this year.
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Call to bring design education on to Government’s Innovation Strategy
Wed, 13 Jul 2011
Design organisations have been urged to make sure design education is addressed in the Government’s Innovation Strategy, which is due to be released later this year.
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Set the date
Tue, 12 Jul 2011
Choosing the right work, pulling together submissions, writing testimonials and remembering to pick up your black tie from the drycleaners… applying for industry awards is practically a full-time job.
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The House works on First Utility brand strategy
Tue, 12 Jul 2011
Bath-based consultancy The House is working on a brand strategy project for energy provider First Utility.
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Pearlfisher presents the solution for Guzzle Puzzle
Tue, 12 Jul 2011
Pearlfisher has created the identity, graphics and packaging for Guzzle Puzzle, a new product from The Natural Confectionary Company which is designed so that sweets can fit together like a puzzle before being eaten.
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Yay for neighs
Mon, 11 Jul 2011
Photographer Mark Brumell has just completed a very unusual job for a very unusual client.
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Making the impossible possible
Mon, 11 Jul 2011
Finding a needle in a haystack and seeing a leopard change its spots are two things you probably thought you would never be able to experience. But now, thanks to illustrator Harriet Russell, you can.
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To The Point brands Worcester retail development
Mon, 11 Jul 2011
To The Point has created the naming and branding for St Martin’s Quarter, a retail-led development in the centre of Worcester.
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Busaba Eathai and Smack named best-designed restaurant and bar
Mon, 11 Jul 2011
The winners of the 2011 Restaurant and Bar Design Awards have been announced, with David Archer Architects’ Busaba Eathai branch in Bicester named best restaurant and Smack, in Leamington Spa, designed by Steve Smith, scooping the best bar prize.
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Textile designer Fanny Aronsen dies aged 55
Fri, 8 Jul 2011
Swedish textile designer Fanny Aronsen, who worked in partnership with Kvadrat, has died at the age of 55.
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Making Your Mind Up
Thu, 7 Jul 2011
The inaugural Jerwood Makers Open exhibition, which launches next week, shows just how far the boundaries of applied arts can be pushed.Heike Brachlow - Avis I
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Brinley Clark wins New Designer of the Year Part Two award
Thu, 7 Jul 2011
Brinley Clark, from the University of Hertfordshire, has won the Business Design Centre New Designer of the Year 2011 award at Part Two of this year’s New Designers event, for his graphic design project Shit or Miss.
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Will Nice joins Goosebumps as head of design
Thu, 7 Jul 2011
Will Nice is set to join branding consultancy Goosebumps as head of design in a move the consultancy says will ‘complete [our] senior-level recruitment drive’.
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Embroidering the Truth
Wed, 6 Jul 2011
‘My embroideries,’ says artist Malcolm Poynter, ‘Are going where no embroideries have gone before… They are rough, tough and full of spunk!’ Art Is
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Government launches Creative Choice procurement framework
Wed, 6 Jul 2011
A new framework which will supply creative services, including design, to all Government departments and public sector organisations, has been launched by the Department for Education.
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Moments of Confusion
Tue, 5 Jul 2011
A series of paintings by artist Michael Chanarin, going on show at Eleven Spitalfields in London this week, have fused images from instruction manuals and text from daily horoscope readings to highlight ‘humour and displacement’.
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Martin Lambie-Nairn takes on TNS role
Tue, 5 Jul 2011
Martin Lambie-Nairn is taking on the role of creative director at custom research company TNS.
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Hat-Trick and Sennep create 50 years of BHF work
Tue, 5 Jul 2011
Hat-Trick Design and Sennep have developed projects to mark the British Heart Foundation’s 50th anniversary, which is today.
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53K works with artist on widows project
Mon, 4 Jul 2011
53K, the consultancy launched by former Applied Information Group senior staff Kasper de Graaf and Malcolm Garrett alongside others, has worked with British Indian artist Reeta Sarkar on an exhibition in New York.
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Blue Marlin creates graphics for Tango 'foam'
Mon, 4 Jul 2011
Blue Marlin has developed the graphics and branding for Turbo Tango, which uses aerosol technology and is billed as ‘soft drink meets squirty cream’.
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On the menu
Fri, 1 Jul 2011
Zizzi Ristorante has reinforced its already strong design credentials with the results of its menu design competition for graduates.
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Details emerge of London Design Festival commissions
Fri, 1 Jul 2011
Further details are emerging of commissions at the Victoria and Albert Museum for the London Design Festival.
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Mr B & Friends brands Greenergy fuel company
Fri, 1 Jul 2011
Bath-based consultancy Mr B & Friends has rebranded fuel provider Greenergy.
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Spin cycle
Thu, 30 Jun 2011
A graduate product designer has combined a washing machine and a bicycle into a single product, which he believes will create a unique way of washing clothes in developing countries.
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Sir Terence Conran gifts £18m for Design Museum move
Thu, 30 Jun 2011
Sir Terence Conran has made a donation that could total nearly £18 million to help fund the Design Museum’s planned move to the former Commonwealth Institute in Kensington in 2014.
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Magpie creates Channel 4 Street Summer branding
Thu, 30 Jun 2011
Magpie Studio has worked with Channel 4’s in-house design team 4 Creative to develop the branding for the channel’s arts and culture season Street Summer.
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National Media Museum seeks artwork for Life Online
30 June 2011
Concept design for National Media Museum’s Life Online gallery
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Found faces
Wed, 29 Jun 2011
Paul Gray, founder of Glasgow consultancy Suisse, has an obsession.
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Imagination and Heatherwick create interactive wayfinding for Hong Kong mall
Tue, 28 Jun 2011
Imagination has created an interactive wayfinding system for the Pacific Place mall in Hong Kong, which focuses on a series of interactive digital directories.
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Former Selfridges boss Vittorio Radice joins Conran
Mon, 27 Jun 2011
Former Selfridges chief executive Vittorio Radice is joining Conran Holdings as a non-executive director.
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Government launches Made by Britain manufacturing showcase
Mon, 27 Jun 2011
Business Secretary Vince Cable is set to launch the Made by Britain initiative, which will showcase manufacturing from across the UK.
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Government scraps Central Office of Information
Fri, 24 Jun 2011
The Central Office of Information, the Government’s main procurer of design, is to be scrapped.
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Sean Carney to take over as Philips chief design officer
Fri, 24 Jun 2011
Sean Carney is set to take over as chief design officer at Royal Philips Electronics when current incumbent Stefano Marzano retires later this year.
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Fags and football
Thu, 23 Jun 2011
Artist Leo Fitzmaurice has spent the last 10 years collecting more than 800 cigarette packets from all over the world and flattening them out to produce these rather sweet ‘football shirts’.
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Government says design is ‘integral’ to growth plans
Thu, 23 Jun 2011
Universities and Science Minister David Willetts says design is ‘an integral part of the Government’s plans for innovation and growth’, adding that it will form a ‘prominent feature’ in the upcoming research and innovation strategy.
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The Chase completes Cannes Lions hat-trick
Thu, 23 Jun 2011
The Chase has bagged gold, silver and bronze Design Lions at this year’s Cannes Lions Festival.
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Do laws pack clout?
23 June 2011
With sustainable packaging regulations set for an update, Angus Montgomery discovers that many packaging designers feel that current legislation is ’passive’ and doesn’t take their needs into account
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Moving platforms
Wed, 22 Jun 2011
Priestman Goode’s Paul Priestman is something of a train expert, having worked on designs for the Virgin Pendolino, the Mercury train concept and the Sifang Locomotive Company in China.
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Artists chosen to design 2012 Olympic posters
Tue, 21 Jun 2011
A group of 12 artists has been selected to design the official posters for the London 2012 Olympics.
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SAS creates website for Strutt & Parker estate agent
Tue, 21 Jun 2011
SAS has created a new website for estate agent Strutt & Parker, which boasts new features including the ability to search for properties by lifestyle.
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BDP works on Fritz Hansen furniture store
Mon, 20 Jun 2011
Architect BDP is working on interior designs for a new flagship store for Danish furniture brand Fritz Hansen, which is set to open in London in September.
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Neville Brody awarded D&AD President’s Medal as pencils announced
Fri, 17 Jun 2011
Neville Brody has been awarded the D&AD President’s Medal, while design Black Pencils have gone to Samuel Wilkinson and Hulger for the Plumen light bulb and Apple for the iPad.
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Stop Making Sense
Thu, 16 Jun 2011
While all artists and designers - almost by definition - work to redefine people’s perceptions of the world around them, few do so quite as explicitly as those whose work is going on show at the See Yourself Sensing exhibition in London later this month.Didier Faustino, [G]host in the [S]hell, 2008, ...
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Student designs aim to tackle cashpoint crime
Wed, 15 Jun 2011
Students and staff at the Design Against Crime Research Centre at Central St Martins College of Art and Design have developed a series of projects that aim to reduce incidences of crime at cash machines.
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Refinery repackages Hammerite paint
Tue, 14 Jun 2011
Manchester-based group Refinery has created new packaging designs for metal paint brand Hammerite, which are set to roll out internationally.
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Someone brands Pockit online savings service
Mon, 13 Jun 2011
Someone has created the branding for online money saving service Pockit, which aims to help customers save money on services such as life insurance and household bills.
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Thomas Bene to set up own consultancy
Mon, 13 Jun 2011
Thomas Bene, of the Bene furniture company, is to launch his own branding and design consultancy.
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The scent of Bill Murray
Fri, 10 Jun 2011
A total of 1 per cent of human DNA is devoted to our sense of smell - more than all the other senses combined - and the scent of actor Bill Murray is a ‘masculine’ combination of chewing gum and ambergris.
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Mark Studio brands Join the Dots research agency
Fri, 10 Jun 2011
Mark Studio has created the branding for consumer research specialist Join the Dots, formerly known as Virtual Surveys.
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£500 000 fund promotes digital innovation in arts and culture
Thu, 9 Jun 2011
Digital groups are being encouraged to link up with arts and cultural organisations to apply for cash from a £500 000 pot, which has been made available for digital projects that help connect with wider audiences.
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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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Royal Society of Arts reveals 2011 Student Design Awards roll of honour
9 June 2011
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London Olympic torch design unveiled
Wed, 8 Jun 2011
A prototype of the London 2012 Olympic torch, designed by Barber Osgerby, has been unveiled.
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Dragons’ Den’s Deborah Meaden among Design Council trustees
Tue, 7 Jun 2011
The Design Council has announced its new board of trustees, which features Simon Waterfall of Fray alongside Wayne Hemingway and businesswoman Deborah Meaden of BBC TV’s Dragons’ Den fame.
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Tom Muller joins Conran Singh
Tue, 7 Jun 2011
Former Studio Output digital creative director Tom Muller has joined Conran Singh as art director.
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Burgermat
Mon, 6 Jun 2011
Blogger and burger-fiend Burgerac has brought together a whole host of red meat-obsessed artists and designers to create a one-night-only show dedicated to the art of the burger.
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A Plus B Studio brands Arab Spring show
Mon, 6 Jun 2011
A Plus B Studio has created the identity and collateral for The Future of a Promise, a show at the Venice Biennale, which features the work of artists from the Arab world.
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Urban giants
Fri, 3 Jun 2011
With a beguiling mix of geeky infographics and striking photography and research, new book Living in the Endless City provides both a snapshot of global urban living and a guide to designing for the megacity.
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Whitespace works on Sainsbury’s Finance material
Fri, 3 Jun 2011
Edinburgh-based consultancy Whitespace has been appointed to work up print and digital designs for Sainsbury’s Finance.
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DBA works with GLA to promote procurement best-practice
Thu, 2 Jun 2011
The Design Business Association says it is to work with the Greater London Authority to develop best practice design procurement case studies.
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Design events for Manchester International Festival biennial
2 June 2011
LED installation Infinite Freedom Exercise (near Abadan, Iran), by John Gerrard
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Modern saints
Wed, 1 Jun 2011
Illustrator Neal Fox, founder of Le Gun magazine and chronicler of the seamier side of life, has created a series of stained-glass tributes to a dissolute collection of latter-day saints.
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Creative Choice consortium bags central Government contract
Tue, 31 May 2011
The Creative Choice consortium, which features design consultancies Bell, Bentley Holland and the Domarn Group alongside integrated groups Brass and Kindred, among others, has been appointed as the Department for Education’s creative services supplier.
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Lambie-Nairn creates new Emmerdale identity
Tue, 31 May 2011
Lambie-Nairn has created new branding for ITV1 soap Emmerdale.
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Cover story
Fri, 27 May 2011
The Guardian’s series of webchats with publishing industry insiders has moved into the design world, with Harper Collins creative director Ben North the latest to take the chat hot-seat.
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Digital artist sought for Ron Arad Roundhouse installation
Fri, 27 May 2011
A competition has been launched to find a digital artist to design and programme a series of interactive projections for Ron Arad’s Curtain Call installation at London’s Roundhouse.
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Design Museum names 2011 Designers in Residence
Fri, 27 May 2011
The Design Museum has named its four Designers in Residence for 2011, whose work will go on show at the museum from August 2011 until January 2012.
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Paranoia
Thu, 26 May 2011
Where do you want to spend your bank holiday weekend? In the park? In the pub? Or standing in a disused cash-and-carry in London’s New Cross while a sound artist fires lasers and infrasonic sound waves at you in a wilful attempt to make you paranoid?
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GJ Creative revamps Truly Irresistible Co-op range
Thu, 26 May 2011
Manchester-based consultancy GJ Creative has created the new identity, packaging and brand guidelines for the Co-operative’s premium Truly Irresistible range.
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Loewy launches Loewy Unlimited collaborative offer
Thu, 26 May 2011
Group Loewy, which operates consultancies including Seymour Powell, Williams Murray Hamm and The Team, has formalised its cross-consultancy collaborative offer with the launch of new agency Loewy Unlimited.
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Winning goal
Wed, 25 May 2011
The Blizzard magazine, brainchild of football journalist Jonathan Wilson and Peter Daykin, who runs Azure Graphic and Web Design, was born from a conversation between the two old school-friends in the Fitzgeralds pub in Sunderland.
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Top 100 survey shows design industry has returned to growth
Tue, 24 May 2011
The total fee-income from all Design Week Top 100 consultancies has risen by 14 per cent this year to stand at £411m.
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Media Square is back to revenue growth
Tue, 24 May 2011
Media Square has reported a 15 per cent rise in revenues from last year, compared with the 23 per cent year-on-year drop it experienced in 2010.
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CSD in final stage of register plan
Mon, 23 May 2011
The Chartered Society of Designers has held an extraordinary general meeting which it says marks the end of a period of consultation on its plans to set up a register of chartered designers.
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D&AD to award slices of pencil
Fri, 20 May 2011
D&AD is set to award ‘slices’ of pencil as In-Book and Nominated awards, with the new prizes designed by Turner Duckworth.
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Saffron rebrands C&A
Thu, 19 May 2011
Saffron Brand Consultants has created new branding for clothing retailer C&A, which is marking its 170th anniversary this year.
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Brighten the Corners creates Anish Kapoor website
Thu, 19 May 2011
Brighten the Corners has created a new website for artist Anish Kapoor, which the consultancy describes as ‘plain but dense’.
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RCA to bring in new schools structure
Wed, 18 May 2011
Neville Brody is to become dean of the Royal College of Art’s School of Communication as part of a new academic structure being implemented at the RCA.
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The power of making
Tue, 17 May 2011
Boasting a life-sized crochet bear and a lion-shaped Ghanian coffin, the Power of Making exhibition, coming to the Victoria & Albert museum in September, may sound like eclectic throwaway fun, but curator Daniel Charny says he hopes the show will make a serious point.
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Mary Portas leads Government review into the high street
Tue, 17 May 2011
Retail expert Mary Portas has been appointed to lead an independent review into the future of British high street retail.
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Brewing creativity
Mon, 16 May 2011
A group of schoolchildren has been working with Seymour Powell and the Victoria & Albert Museum to redesign the way we make a cup of tea - the results of which are going on show at the V&A.
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Marcel Wanders in line for M&S homeware work
Mon, 16 May 2011
Dutch designer Marcel Wanders has been hired by Marks & Spencer to create a range of gifts and homeware, according to reports.
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Curious brands music agency Satellite
Mon, 16 May 2011
Curious has created new branding for music booking agency Satellite, which represents artists including Bananarama, Heaven 17 and Rick Astley.
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Seymour Powell creates devilish vibrator ring for Durex
Fri, 13 May 2011
Seymour Powell has created the Little Devil vibrator ring for the Durex Play range.
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Turquoise brands Eurovision Song Contest
Fri, 13 May 2011
Turquoise Branding has created the identity for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held on Saturday in Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Fifty years of Private Eye
Thu, 12 May 2011
Frequently hard-hitting, occasionally scurrilous and almost always hilarious, satirical bible Private Eye has been delighting readers and upsetting the great and good since its inception in 1961.Source: © Private EyeP
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London Design Festival unveils 2011 line-up
Thu, 12 May 2011
This year’s London Design Festival will feature key works from architects John Pawson and Amanda Levete and French design team the Bouroullec brothers.
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Small Back Room creates shops for National Museum of Scotland
Thu, 12 May 2011
Small Back Room is working on two new retail spaces for the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh as part of a wider redevelopment led by Gareth Hoskins Architects.
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Cabinet project seeks to redefine visitor perceptions
12 May 2011
Searching by Kerry Whittle
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On the Larkin trail
Wed, 11 May 2011
The Larkin Trail - a series of 25 typography-heavy signs scattered around the city of Hull - provides a fittingly literary tribute to one of the the city’s most famous adopted sons, poet Philip Larkin.
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Five projects bag £52m Lottery windfall
Tue, 10 May 2011
The Heritage Lottery Fund has unveiled £52m of initial funding for five refurbishment and new-build projects around the UK.
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Interbrand works on AT&T Williams Formula One brand
Mon, 9 May 2011
Interbrand is working on branding projects for AT&T Williams as part of a partnership with the Formula One racing team.
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British Airways seeks artist for Olympic livery
Thu, 5 May 2011
British Airways is seeking a candidate to work alongside artist Tracey Emin to create the livery for 12 British Airways aircraft that will fly in guests and teams for the London 2012 Olympics.
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101 designs National Art Pass
Wed, 4 May 2011
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Blue Marlin breakaway group Aesop launches
Wed, 4 May 2011
From left: Ed Woodcock, Roger Hart, Martin Grimer, Jim Paterson
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Department store heads to address retail school
Tue, 3 May 2011
Representatives from Liberty, Fortnum & Mason and Peter Jones will address delegates at retail management course the Oxford Summer School in August.
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WPP reports revenue rise
Thu, 28 Apr 2011
WPP says its reported revenues were up by 7 per cent in the first quarter of 2011 from the last quarter of 2010, to stand at £2.223bn.
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New conference creates space for debate in the product arena
28 April 2011
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Moving Brands works on UAL strategy
Wed, 27 Apr 2011
View of Central St Martins’ new King’s Cross campus
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Museum of London takes to the high seas with pirates exhibition
Wed, 27 Apr 2011
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Pentagram works on British Waterways branding
Tue, 26 Apr 2011
Pentagram is working on the branding of British Waterways as the organisation prepares to rename and become a charity next year.
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V&A appoints new director and head for Dundee project
Thu, 21 Apr 2011
Professor Martin Roth, director general of the Dresden State Art Collections, has been named as the new director of the Victoria & Albert Museum, replacing current director Sir Mark Jones.
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Acid to launch digital intellectual property tracker
Tue, 19 Apr 2011
Organisation Anti Copying in Design is set to launch an intellectual property tracker, which it says will be a ‘simple, cost-effective digital method of tracking delivery of IP-led and confidential information’.
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Marketing spend down by 5%, report shows
Mon, 18 Apr 2011
Marketing spend fell by 5.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2011, according to the latest Bellwether survey compiled by the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising and BDO and authored by financial information group Markit.
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The Yard Creative develops new Clinton Cards format
Fri, 15 Apr 2011
The Yard Creative has created a new store format for Clinton Cards as part of a rebrand of the company led by Branded.
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London Gift Fair postponed
Thu, 14 Apr 2011
This year’s London Gift Fair, which was due to be held at Olympia in September, has been postponed due to market conditions.
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Studio Output enlists artists for Playstation digital service
14 April 2011
Jon Burgerman’s Burgerbrained theme
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Public Zone brands happiness campaign
Tue, 12 Apr 2011
Public Zone has created the branding, website and campaign materials for Action for Happiness, which describes itself as ‘a new mass movement to build a happier society’.
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CBBC website launches new look
Tue, 12 Apr 2011
The BBC’s CBBC children’s website launches a new look today, following a phased restructure of the site that began in February.
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UK show Design Junction to debut in Milan
Fri, 8 Apr 2011
New work by Pearson Lloyd, Michael Sodeau and Kirsty Whyte will be on show at the Milan furniture fair’s first-ever Design Junction show, which will focus on UK brands.
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Brand Union and Lambie-Nairn work on Cannes Also show
Fri, 8 Apr 2011
WPP consultancies The Brand Union and Lambie-Nairn are working on the selection and exhibition designs for the Cannes Also exhibition at this year’s Cannes Lions festival in June.
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Queen’s University Belfast seeks design groups
Thu, 7 Apr 2011
Queen’s University Belfast is looking to appoint up to six consultancies to a four-year graphic design framework.
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Creative & Cultural Skills launches Business Survival Toolkit
Thu, 7 Apr 2011
Creative & Cultural Skills has launched an online Business Survival Toolkit, which it says aims to ‘help people in the creative industries survive and prosper during the hard times ahead’.
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Just our type
7 April 2011
Mobile phone company Nokia’s newly launched Pure font is being applied across all its communications. Angus Montgomery looks at how companies are paying attention to their typefaces as part of their overall identities
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Mobas creates brand positioning for Novotel Weddings
Wed, 6 Apr 2011
Cambridge-based integrated consultancy Mobas has created new brand positioning for Novotel Weddings, introducing the strapline ’Together, we’ll plan your ideal wedding’.
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2011 James Dyson Award open for entries
Tue, 5 Apr 2011
Entries are being sought for the 2011 James Dyson Award, which challenges young designers and engineers to develop problem-solving inventions.
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Lego goes minimalist
Mon, 4 Apr 2011
Having already produced kits immortalising Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum and Fallingwater, Lego has gone Bauhaus with its latest release - Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House.
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Yorkshire police seek design consultancy
Mon, 4 Apr 2011
The four police forces that serve the Yorkshire and Humberside region are seeking to appoint a design consultancy to a marketing services framework.
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Butterfly Cannon rebrands Swedish cosmetics range
Mon, 4 Apr 2011
Butterfly Cannon is working on the relaunch of a body care range for Swedish cosmetics and beauty company Oriflame.
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Design Council examines future of design review
Fri, 1 Apr 2011
The Design Council is launching a consultation on the future of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment’s design review, on the day the Design Council and Cabe officially merge and assume charitable status.
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Design organisations hit by Arts Council cuts
Thu, 31 Mar 2011
The Crafts Council and the London Design Festival have both had their funding reduced following a review of Arts Council England grants.
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Harriman Steel creates new look for BBC Symphony Orchestra
Wed, 30 Mar 2011
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Eurostar launches sculpted new branding by Someone
Tue, 29 Mar 2011
Eurostar has unveiled its new branding, created by Someone, which is based around a brand sculpture that can be applied to different touchpoints.
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MPs say public spending cuts could be ‘disastrous’ for the arts
Mon, 28 Mar 2011
A ‘double-whammy’ of local authority cutbacks and spending reductions from the Arts Council could force arts organisations across the country to close, MPs have warned.
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Hot property
24 March 2011
There was tentative optimism in the air at the property industry’s recent Mipim conference, which could lead to branding opportunities in the property world - including some more innovative UK developments, says Angus Montgomery
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Designing Demand continues with Government backing
Mon, 21 Mar 2011
The Government says it will continue to provide financial support for the Designing Demand programme, set up by the Design Council.
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Working girls
Fri, 18 Mar 2011
Reading Room founder Margaret Manning has turned mentor for the BBC’s Working Girls programme, in an episode which airs next week.
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Government Communications Centre to replace COI
Fri, 18 Mar 2011
A new Government Communications Centre that would replace the Central Office of Information has been proposed.
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Government funding cut for arts institutions
Thu, 17 Mar 2011
The University for the Creative Arts has had its annual central Government funding slashed by 7.8 per cent in the latest round of grant allocations from the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
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RSA initiative tackles issueof Design & Rehabilitation
17 March 2011
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Designs unveiled in anti-bike theft competition
Wed, 16 Mar 2011
Five designs have been developed in the Design Council’s initiative to tackle residential bicycle theft.
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Deborah Dawton takes over as president of Beda
Mon, 14 Mar 2011
Design Business Association chief executive Deborah Dawton has taken the helm as president of the Bureau of European Design Associations.
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Small Back Room redesigns Southbank Centre shop
Mon, 14 Mar 2011
Small Back Room has worked on designs for the London Southbank Centre’s Festival Terrace shop, which is being expanded and will reopen next month.
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The inventor of the album cover
Fri, 11 Mar 2011
The story of how album cover art came into existence is a classic design case study in how considered graphics meet the hard-nosed world of commerce.
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Jane Geraghty to join Landor as London MD
Fri, 11 Mar 2011
Jane Geraghty, managing director of Naked Communications, is set to join Landor Associates as managing director of the WPP consultancy’s London office.
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Landor brands Manchester city-centre quarter Noma
Thu, 10 Mar 2011
Landor has created the name and identity for Noma, an 8ha development in Manchester city centre led by The Co-operative Group.
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Design Commission launches education investigation
Thu, 10 Mar 2011
The Design Commission is launching an investigation into design education, which will examine its importance to economic growth, public-service renewal and wellbeing.
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Method and CSM partner to drive ideas to market
10 March 2011
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Luke Miles to join Virgin Atlantic as head of design
Wed, 9 Mar 2011
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Brandopus creates new look for McCain chips
Wed, 9 Mar 2011
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Quietly strange
Tue, 8 Mar 2011
Wim Wenders’s films are justly hailed for their evocation of place - be it the dusty desert landscapes of Paris, Texas or the angel’s-eye-view of a divided Berlin in Wings of Desire.Ferris Wheel Reverse Angle, Armenia, ...
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CSD changes bylaws in bid to set up register
Tue, 8 Mar 2011
The Chartered Society of Designers says it is to amend its bylaws as part of its ambition to set up a register of chartered designers.
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Holmes & Marchant cooks up ‘vintage’ look for Pork Farms
Tue, 8 Mar 2011
Holmes & Marchant has created a new identity for Pork Farms, which will roll out across the brand’s range of pork pies, sausage rolls and snacks.
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Mazda launches brand-led campaign with WPP groups
Mon, 7 Mar 2011
WPP digital consultancy Syzygy has created a website for car company Mazda as part of a brand campaign worked up with other WPP groups.
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Civic Trust Awards recognise V&A and Norwich Cathedral
Mon, 7 Mar 2011
A total of seven Special Awards have been given out at the Civic Trust Awards, with winning projects including the Victoria & Albert Museum’s Medieval and Renaissance Galleries by Muma, and Norwich Cathedral Visitors Centre by Hopkins Architects.
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WPP reports ‘remarkable’ recovery as profits jump
Fri, 4 Mar 2011
WPP has reported a 28.5 per cent rise in profits before tax in 2010, which it describes as ‘a year of significant recovery’.
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Rockwell Group creates food truck for Jamie Oliver
Fri, 4 Mar 2011
US-based consultancy the Rockwell Group has designed a Food Revolution truck for TV chef Jamie Oliver.
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RMS develops campaign to tackle Somali piracy
Thu, 3 Mar 2011
Cheshire-based consultancy RMS has created a campaign that aims to raise awareness of the plight of seafarers taken hostage by Somali pirates.
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Holmes Wood rolls out new Virgin Atlantic identity on signage
Wed, 2 Mar 2011
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Design Council aims to tackle violence in A&E
Mon, 28 Feb 2011
The Design Council has launched a project which aims to reduce violence and aggression towards NHS staff in hospital accident and emergency departments.
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Hyphen Design and anthropology professor work on ‘hunter’ man-bag
Fri, 25 Feb 2011
Hyphen Design and Geoffrey Beattie, professor of anthropology at Manchester University, have worked on the design of the ‘hunter’ man-bag concept, for shopping comparison site Kelkoo.
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Inside Eden
Thu, 24 Feb 2011
Hardy delegates to next week’s Intersections conference in Cornwall will be spending the night under canvas in aid of charity Shelterbox, which provides emergency shelter and disaster relief.
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Port Magazine set to launch
Thu, 24 Feb 2011
New men’s magazine Port, designed by Matt Willey of Studio 8 and Kuchar Swara, is set to go on shelf next month.
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Real cheerleaders
24 February 2011
Forget flat-capped individuals and old country pubs, real ale has a growing audience of young aficionados, including women. Angus Montgomery looks at how a range of brands are being revamped for a modern audience
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The future's Orange
Tue, 22 Feb 2011
Most people are well-versed in the recent history of Dutch design, with its lineage running from current stars including Tord Boontje and Droog, through to Koeweiden Postma from the ’80s onwards and Wim Crouwel, Ben Bos et al and their Total Design vision in the 1960s.
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Goosebumps to brand Danish city Aarhus
Tue, 22 Feb 2011
Branding consultancy Goosebumps has been appointed to create a global brand for Aarhus, Denmark’s second-largest city.
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Jon Barraclough redesigns Liverpool networking site
Mon, 21 Feb 2011
Jon Barraclough has worked on the redesign of Kin2Kin, a networking website for Liverpool’s creative community.
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Waitrose picks up DBA Grand Prix award
Fri, 18 Feb 2011
The Waitrose graphic design and packaging team has picked up the Grand Prix at the Design Business Association 2011 Design Effectiveness Awards.
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V&A seeks designer for flagship Futureplan project
Thu, 17 Feb 2011
The Victoria & Albert Museum in London is seeking a designer or architect to lead the refurbishment of its 17th- and 18th-century European galleries – a project it describes as a ‘flagship’ in its Futureplan programme.
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Someone adds sparkle to Dimexon diamonds branding
17 February 2011
Consultancy Someone has created new branding and a new strategic position for diamond company Dimexon.
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Harriman Steel creates London Fashion Week wayfinding
Wed, 16 Feb 2011
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Win eternal life
Tue, 15 Feb 2011
If (like certain members of my close family who shall remain anonymous) you find the rules of Monopoly and Cluedo a little too intellectually challenging, then it’s probably best to stay away from the British Museum on Thursday night.
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University researchers develop ‘pedestrian-friendly’ car bonnet
Mon, 14 Feb 2011
Researchers at Anglia Ruskin University have worked with specialists from energy-absorption company Cellbond to develop a car bonnet design which they claim could cut the number of pedestrian deaths in car accidents.
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Design Council and Cabe confirm merger
Fri, 11 Feb 2011
The Design Council and the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment have confirmed that they are to merge from 1 April.
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Government to scrap PQQ stage in procurement
Fri, 11 Feb 2011
The Government is understood to be set to scrap pre-qualification questionnaires to make it easier for small and medium-sized companies to apply for Government contracts.
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Creatives in Cairo
Thu, 10 Feb 2011
On Tuesday 25 January, Jog creative director Robert Smith, accompanied by photographer Timothy Soar and another member of his consultancy, flew to Egypt to complete final snagging on their branding and exhibition design work for the Cairo International Book Fair.Sculpture by Jog for the Cairo International Book Fair. ...
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Spencer du Bois rebrands Alzheimer’s charity
Thu, 10 Feb 2011
Spencer du Bois has created a new name, strapline and visual identity for the Alzheimer’s Research Trust, which is becoming Alzheimer’s Research UK.
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Loyal supporters
10 February 2011
Membership organisations provide designers and designer-makers with valuable business advice, as well as offering opportunities for networking. Angus Montgomery considers the value of the groups
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D&AD to merge student and professional awards ceremonies
Wed, 9 Feb 2011
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Fitch appoints Ed Bolton as design director
Tue, 8 Feb 2011
Ed Bolton has joined Fitch as one of its six design directors and will head up the consultancy’s London-based Dell global creative team.
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Tom Karen: a life in design
Mon, 7 Feb 2011
As one who spent his formative years careering down hills on a metallic-blue Raleigh Chopper, with quieter moments devoted to trying to construct a marble run that stretched from one side of the living room to the other, I can attest that the exhibition of work by Tom Karen opening in Cambridge this week seems to perfectly encapsulate an early-‘80s childhood.
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Trade bodies demand VAT clarification over direct mail
Mon, 7 Feb 2011
The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising, the Direct Marketing Association and the British Printing Industries Federation are lobbying HM Revenue & Customs to seek clarification on VAT on printed marketing material - such as direct mail and mail inserts.
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Over the pond
Fri, 4 Feb 2011
If you’re looking for a Trans-Atlantic perspective on branding and design, you could do worse than tune in to the new season of Design Matters podcasts from New York’s School of Visual Arts.
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Mentor team put together for Design Ventura
Fri, 4 Feb 2011
A mentoring team has been put in place to work with Year 10 pupils from Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College in London, who have won the Design Museum’s Design Ventura initiative.
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Industrial Design Day to explore how design improves life
Thu, 3 Feb 2011
The fourth World Industrial Design Day - to be held on 29 June - will take the theme of Industrial Design: How Does it Improve Your Life?
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Hands on the wheel
3 February 2011
A ’hub and spoke’ approach is one way in which the UK’s design industry bodies could be looking to organise themselves in the future. Angus Montgomery looks at their changing structures and strategies
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Local firm Farrow Creative polishes national park's look
3 February 2011
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Heavenly brands new Sky Atlantic TV channel
Tue, 1 Feb 2011
Heavenly has created the name, branding, positioning and idents for new channel Sky Atlantic HD, which launches tonight.
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Austin Elwood joins Brand Me as planning director
Tue, 1 Feb 2011
Austin Elwood has joined Brand Me as planning director and has merged his strategic business consultancy, Elwood Research, with the design group.
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Design group Dave wins trademark tussle against TV channel
Mon, 31 Jan 2011
TV channel Dave may be forced to change its name after branding consultancy Dave prevented it from registering the title as a trademark.
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Pupils awarded Design Museum prize
Fri, 28 Jan 2011
Year 10 pupils from Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College in London have won the Design Museum’s Design Ventura initiative – and will see the bunting they designed sold in the Design Museum shop.
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Baroness Wilcox says Cabe announcement is ‘imminent’
Thu, 27 Jan 2011
Baroness Wilcox, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Business, Innovation and Skills, says an announcement on the future of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, which is expected to merge with the Design Council, is ‘imminent’.
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Private investment in culture drops by 3 per cent, research shows
Thu, 27 Jan 2011
New figures from organisation Arts & Business show that private investment in culture in the UK has fallen by 3 per cent year-on-year, to stand at £658m in 2009-10.
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World Economic Forum puts design issues in spotlight
27 January 2011
Issues of design and its wider importance will be under debate at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting at Davos, Switzerland, which runs from today until 30 January.
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Bostock and Pollitt brands British Airways/Iberia merger group
Tue, 25 Jan 2011
Bostock and Pollitt has created the branding for International Airlines Group, the holding company that has been formed by the merger between British Airways and Spanish airline Iberia.
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Mind Unit creates new LSO website
Tue, 25 Jan 2011
Mind Unit has designed a new website for the London Symphony Orchestra, with the aim of building longer visitor journeys.
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Competition set to launch to brand Mumbai
Mon, 24 Jan 2011
Authorities in Mumbai, India, are set to launch a competition to brand the city, according to reports in the Indian press.
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Northumbria University in RSA design tie-up
Mon, 24 Jan 2011
Northumbria University’s School of Design is launching a partnership with the North East Regional Network of the Royal Society of Arts that will aim to set up projects to tackle social issues.
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Parliamentary Design Commission set up
Fri, 21 Jan 2011
The Associate Parliamentary Design and Innovation Group has set up a Design Commission to promote design to Government.
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Shaw & Skerm works on Mind charity event materials
Fri, 21 Jan 2011
Consultancy Shaw & Skerm is working on events promotional material for mental health charity Mind and has developed the tagline Move Your Mind, for fundraising events.
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Definition conditions
Thu, 20 Jan 2011
How would you describe the objects pictured below?
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Mark Elwood to join Fallon breakaway 101
Thu, 20 Jan 2011
Fallon partner and head of art Mark Elwood is set to join new consultancy 101, alongside former colleagues from Fallon.
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Universally speaking
20 January 2011
With inclusive design’s processes of workshops, user interviews and role play becoming more widely accepted, Angus Montgomery finds practitioners looking to extend the scope and impact of the field
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Face to face
Wed, 19 Jan 2011
Consultancy 85Four has taken a personal approach for an exhibition it has organised with homeless charity The Passage to mark the organisation’s 30th anniversary.Source: Charlotte DraycottAnthony Andrews by Charlotte ...
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D&AD aims to become 'campaigning' organisation
Wed, 19 Jan 2011
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Office for Subversive Architecture to transform Cube Gallery with installation
Tue, 18 Jan 2011
Office for Subversive Architecture is working on an installation for the Cube, Centre for the Urban Built Environment gallery in Manchester, which will organically grow until it extends out of the gallery and on to the street.
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Angry Birds, Boris bikes and iPad vie for Brit Insurance prize
Mon, 17 Jan 2011
The Apple iPad, the Angry Birds game and the Barclays Cycle Hire scheme in London are all on the shortlist for the 2011 Brit Insurance Design Awards.
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Cambridge Design Partnership creates oxygen generator for MoD
Fri, 14 Jan 2011
Cambridge Design Partnership has developed a prototype oxygen generator to administer oxygen to military casualties on the frontline.
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Think Public works on Barnet prototyping system
Thu, 13 Jan 2011
Think Public has been working with Barnet Council to develop a new prototyping system that can be used to build new public services.
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Rune Gustafson to head up Prophet's Europe operation
Wed, 12 Jan 2011
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Inclusive design challenge launches as 24-hour initiative
Wed, 12 Jan 2011
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LFH patents ink-saving production process
Tue, 11 Jan 2011
Design consultancy LFH has received a European Technical Patent for Chapter 1, a production process that can reduce the number of ink colours needed to print brand packaging.
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Full of energy
Mon, 10 Jan 2011
In what could be the finest line-up of interactive exhibits of 2011, the Architectural Association is bringing a time machine, a giant self-balancing mechanism and an impossible pinball machine to London this month.
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Design House brands Ladbrokes snooker tournament
Mon, 10 Jan 2011
Design House has created the identity for the Ladbrokes Mobile Masters Snooker Tournament, which runs at Wembley Arena until 16 January.
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BDI chief executive Maxine Horn to step down
Fri, 7 Jan 2011
Maxine Horn, the founder director of British Design Innovation, is to step down from her role as chief executive of the organisation.
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Dubai Lynx launches design category
Fri, 7 Jan 2011
The Dubai Lynx international advertising festival is launching a design category this year, with the jury to be chaired by Rodney Fitch.
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Electrolux launches ‘intelligent mobility’ design challenge
Fri, 7 Jan 2011
The Electrolux Design Lab 2011 competition is inviting industrial design students and recent industrial design graduates to submit ideas that consider intelligent mobility within home appliances.
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Callum Lumsden sets up on his own after leaving Small Back Room
Thu, 6 Jan 2011
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Elmwood’s Jonathan Sands receives OBE
Wed, 5 Jan 2011
Elmwood chairman Jonathan Sands has received an OBE in the New Year’s Honours List.
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Design Council set to launch anti-bike theft initiative
Wed, 22 Dec 2010
The Design Council, on behalf of the Home Office, is set to launch an initiative to tackle residential bicycle theft.
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Government sets out higher education and science budgets
Tue, 21 Dec 2010
The Government has set out its allocation to higher education and its ring-fenced funding for science and research.
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Finnair unveils new identity
Tue, 21 Dec 2010
Finnish airline Finnair has unveiled a new identity, developed by WPP consultancy Sek & Grey.
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Outside In Planning rebrands Octopus Investments
Tue, 21 Dec 2010
Outside In Planning has rebranded Octopus Investments, using abstract tentacle imagery and the tag-line ‘making humans happy’.
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Chartered Society of Designers approves charter change
Mon, 20 Dec 2010
The Chartered Society of Designers has approved plans to amend its Royal Charter to allow it to set up a register of chartered designers.
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Market Creative develops Home Form Group campaign
Mon, 20 Dec 2010
The Market Creative has developed a below-the-line campaign for home improvement company Home Form Group, which will include showroom promotions, window dressing and direct mail.
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Ideas sought for Cornwall Big Design Challenge
Fri, 17 Dec 2010
Cornwall’s Big Design Challenge, run by Designs of the Time Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, is seeking local issues that can be tackled through design.
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Labour calls for cross-Government creative industries group
Thu, 16 Dec 2010
Shadow Culture Secretary Ivan Lewis has called on the coalition Government to set up a cross-Government group of ministers and industry figures to produce a creative industries action plan.
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Dragon Rouge creates new hotel brand Chapter Hotels
16 December 2010
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Heartlands scheme to turn mine site into heritage centre
16 December 2010
An arts commissioning programme is set to bring work by a host of international artists and designers to a multi-million-pound community-led development in Cornwall.
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Floating cinema planned for east London
Tue, 14 Dec 2010
Artist group Somewhere and architect Studio Weave are developing a floating cinema that will take to the waterways of east London next year.
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Protests as Cardiff interiors course cut
Mon, 13 Dec 2010
Key figures in interior design and education are protesting at the decision by University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, to shut its undergraduate course in interior architecture.
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Matt Willey and Kuchar Swara work on Port magazine
Mon, 13 Dec 2010
New men’s magazine Port is set to launch next year, with editorial design by Matt Willey of Studio 8 and Kuchar Swara and an iPad app by Jeremy Leslie.
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Mulled wine and murder
Fri, 10 Dec 2010
East London design studio Cherry is mixing festive fun and frights with its Mulled Wine and Murder map project.
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Civic works on Scottish Government website
Fri, 10 Dec 2010
Digital consultancy Civic has been appointed to redesign Scotland.gov.uk, the Scottish Government’s corporate website.
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Technology Strategy Board to launch innovation competition
Fri, 10 Dec 2010
The Technology Strategy Board will launch a competition in the New Year to invest up to £2m into feasibility studies across a range of areas.
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More than half of design employees want to change jobs next year, report shows
Thu, 9 Dec 2010
Nearly 56 per cent of employees in the design and digital industries intend to change jobs within a year, a new report shows, compared to 38 per cent in 2009.
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Stage fright?
9th December 2010
A wave of major theatre building projects financed largely with public funding is nearing completion. Angus Montgomery talks to designers in the sector waiting to see what challenges a greater reliance on private cash could present
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Burrill to take lead role at Pick Me Up
Wed, 8 Dec 2010
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Clive Grinyer, David Archer and Zena Martin join RSA trustee board
Tue, 7 Dec 2010
Clive Grinyer, David Archer and Zena Martin have all been brought on to the trustee board of the Royal Society of Arts.
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Jack Morton Worldwide creates New Year’s Eve London fireworks
Mon, 6 Dec 2010
Jack Morton Worldwide is creating the fireworks display to mark midnight on New Year’s Eve in central London.
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Green Awards winners unveiled
Mon, 6 Dec 2010
The China Environmental Protection Foundation has won the Grand Prix and Sir David Attenborough has won the Lifetime Achievement Award for Communicating Sustainability in the 2010 Green Awards.
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Webb & Webb brands furniture business
Fri, 3 Dec 2010
Webb & Webb Design has created the name and branding for Aegistra, a service for professional furniture buyers.
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Designed in Devon launches regional chapters
Fri, 3 Dec 2010
Designed in Devon, which is part of the South West Design Forum, has set up three local chapters and is seeking to establish more.
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Arthur Steen Horne Adamson redesigns Rules for the Conduct of Life
Thu, 2 Dec 2010
Arthur Steen Horne Adamson has designed a modern make-over for Rules for the Conduct of Life, a book given to those who become freemen of the City of London.
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Client of the Year BHF heads 2010 Benchmarks winners
2nd December 2010
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Top consultancy profits down 50%, says Kingston Smith W1
2nd December 2010
The operating profits of the top 30 design consultancies fell by 50 per cent through 2009, according to a report from accountant Kingston Smith W1.
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Change Retail develops Shop at the Savoy programme
Wed, 1 Dec 2010
Shop at the Savoy, a luxury shopping service aimed at guests at the Savoy hotel and shoppers at large, is launching this week.
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Hidden Art in funding plea to prevent closure
Tue, 30 Nov 2010
Organisation Hidden Art, which promotes the work of designers and designer-makers, says it will be forced to close in January unless it can secure a new source of funding.
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Nesta map identifies UK creative hotspots
Mon, 29 Nov 2010
A map of British creativity produced by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts has identified nine creative hotspots aside from London.
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Lost in translation
Fri, 26 Nov 2010
If a Russian were to accuse you of getting lost in three pine trees, or a Swede warn you that the cow is now on the ice, you’re first reaction would probably be bafflement.
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Radiant Studios creates Champions League final logo
Fri, 26 Nov 2010
Radiant Studios has created the identity for next year’s Champions League final, which will be held at London’s Wembley Stadium.
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European Hotel Design Awards winners announced
Fri, 26 Nov 2010
David Collins Studio, MKV Design and Fox Linton Associates are among the winners in this year’s European Hotel Design Awards.
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DBA online directory launches
Thu, 25 Nov 2010
The Design Business Association has launched its online database of DBA-registered design groups, in a move which aims to speed up and simplify the pitch process.
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Report calls for more Government support of multi-disciplinary design education
Thu, 25 Nov 2010
The multi-disciplinary Design Network – a network of academics from universities across the country – is calling for greater Government support for multi-disciplinary design education, including closer integration of design to science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects.
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Landor goes wild with Great Ormond Street wayfinding
Wed, 24 Nov 2010
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Nixon works on Cornish food retailer brand
Tue, 23 Nov 2010
Cornish consultancy Nixon Design has created the branding and website designs for Cornish Food Market, a new online food delivery service specialising in local produce.
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V&A director Sir Mark Jones to leave
Mon, 22 Nov 2010
Sir Mark Jones, director of the Victoria & Albert Museum, is leaving to become master of St Cross College in Oxford.
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Jerwood Makers Open programme launches
Mon, 22 Nov 2010
Jerwood Visual Arts is launching the Jerwood Makers Open initiative, an annual exhibition series that aims to support and showcase new work by emerging artists in the applied arts.
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Chartered Society of Designers seeks charter change to set up register
Fri, 19 Nov 2010
The Chartered Society of Designers is seeking to amend its royal charter to allow it to set up a register of chartered designers.
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The slice
Thu, 18 Nov 2010
Taking the architectural cross-section as its starting point, an upcoming exhibition at the Architectural Association in London takes a sometimes gory look at what can be revealed by a swift slice through a surface.
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Furniture designer Robin Day dies
Thu, 18 Nov 2010
Furniture designer Robin Day has died at the age of 95.
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Design Museum to go ahead with move as Government grant slashed
Thu, 18 Nov 2010
The Design Museum says its future is secure and it will go ahead with its planned move to the Commonwealth Institute in 2014, despite the Government cutting the grant it gives to the organisation.
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Simon Bailey rejoins Interbrand as European chief executive
Wed, 17 Nov 2010
Simon Bailey has been appointed as chief executive officer of Interbrand Europe.
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Conference promotes social study and collaboration
18 November 2010
A new book argues that with the growth of the digital and interactive worlds, designers are moving away from simply being creators of material products to becoming a new breed of anthropologist - studying human relations, rituals and habits to develop inspiration for designs.
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Four legs bad, six legs good for Highland Fine Cheeses
18 November 2010
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Creative Triangle maps out Prague airport
Tue, 16 Nov 2010
Creative Triangle has designed a series of interactive maps for Prague Airport.
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Creative graduates face long-term recession effects, report shows
Tue, 16 Nov 2010
While many recent graduates from creative courses are using flexible freelance work to ride out the effects of the recession, the long-term impact of this could be career stagnation, a new survey finds.
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Neville Brody plans name change for Royal College of Art department
Mon, 15 Nov 2010
Neville Brody, incoming head of the Royal College of Art’s Department of Communication Art and Design, has announced plans to rename it the Department of Visual Communications and Moving Image.
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Intellectual property laws to be reviewed
Thu, 11 Nov 2010
An independent review is being launched into how the UK’s intellectual property system can better drive growth and innovation.
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British Council grants aim to encourage links with India
11 November 2010
The British Council wants to develop closer links between the creative industries in the UK and India through the Connections Through Culture programme.The initiative provides three different types of grant, worth up to £5000 per application, to projects that involve collaboration between British and Indian partner groups - with each group having as close to an equal role as possible.
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Reaping royal rewards
Wed, 10 Nov 2010
Bill Moggridge was unable to make it to London last night to pick up the Prince Philip Designers Prize at a ceremony at the Design Council so sent his older brother along to claim the award on his behalf.Bil
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Bill Moggridge honoured with Prince Philip Designers Prize
Wed, 10 Nov 2010
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Take-off time for Priestman Goode's cabin interiors for Turkish Airlines
Wed, 10 Nov 2010
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Crafts Council launches online exhibition space
Tue, 9 Nov 2010
The Crafts Council has launched online exhibition space www.onviewonline.org.uk, which has been developed with consultancy Miura.
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Two winners for Royal Parks fountain competition
Tue, 9 Nov 2010
Ben Addy of Moxon Architects and Robin Monotti Architects with Mark Titman have been announced as the joint winners of an international competition to design drinking fountains for London’s eight Royal Parks.
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Cities sought for World Design Capital 2014 title
Mon, 8 Nov 2010
The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design is seeking applications from cities that want to be World Design Capital 2014.
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National School of Furniture set to launch
Fri, 5 Nov 2010
A National School of Furniture is set to launch next week, as a partnership between Bucks New University and Oxford & Cherwell Valley College.
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Cameron plans UK answer to Silicon Valley
Thu, 4 Nov 2010
Prime Minister David Cameron is set to announce plans to turn east London into a technology city to rival Silicon Valley in California.
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Think Public unveils projects for inter-generational initiative
4 November 2010
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Jammie Dodgers range gets splat appeal by Robot Food
Wed, 3 Nov 2010
Harrogate-based consultancy Robot Food has created new branding and packaging for Jammie Dodgers, for brand-owner Burton’s Foods.
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Someone creates branding for new 'charity box' programme Pennies
Wed, 3 Nov 2010
Someone has created the branding for new charity Pennies, which aims to be ’the modern equivalent of the cash charity box’.
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Media Square results show revenue and profit rise
Tue, 2 Nov 2010
Marketing services group Media Square has reported a like-for-like revenue rise of 10 per cent and headline operating profits of £700 000 in its results for the six months leading up to August.
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Up for auction
Fri, 29 Oct 2010
If you’re looking to own the ultimate in design-art talking points, it would be hard to beat a rod from Thomas Heatherwick’s acclaimed UK Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo.
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Government plans return of guilds and new craft award
Thu, 28 Oct 2010
Skills Minister John Hayes has signalled a re-emergence of guilds to promote skills and announced plans for a new award for excellence in crafts.
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Independent launches new I newspaper
Tue, 26 Oct 2010
The Independent has launched the I newspaper, which it describes as ‘a newspaper with quality, convenience and desirability’.
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The Gate’s Poppy Appeal campaign launches
Mon, 25 Oct 2010
The Gate has created this year’s Poppy Appeal campaign for the Royal British Legion.
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British Council awards young interactive entrepreneur
Fri, 22 Oct 2010
Anup Tapadia from India has been named as the British Council’s Interactive Young Entrepreneur 2010.
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Details of spending review cuts emerge
Thu, 21 Oct 2010
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is to cut its resource budget by 25 per cent and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to cut its budget by 24 per cent over the next four years, following the Comprehensive Spending Review outlined by Chancellor George Osborne.
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David Godber to leave Design Council
Tue, 19 Oct 2010
David Godber, deputy chief executive of the Design Council, is to leave the organisation in December.
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Packaging webchat
Mon, 18 Oct 2010
Following on from its graphic design webchat, held last month, The Guardian is set to host a session looking at working as a packaging designer.
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£600 000 awarded to ‘disruptive’ technologies
Mon, 18 Oct 2010
New technologies to develop solar glazing printed directly on glass, skin-safe conductive ink, a donor skin-cell spray and a new way of destroying organics in water have each been awarded a share of £600 000 by the Technology Strategy Board.
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Sellafield nuclear plant seeks consultancy for design work
Fri, 15 Oct 2010
Sellafield nuclear plant is seeking to appoint a consultancy to carry out marketing and advertising work, which will include website design and brand development.
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Internet Week Europe schedule unveiled
Fri, 15 Oct 2010
Adrian Shaughnessy will chair a panel to discuss the future of digital publishing and Creative Review will hold its Click London sessions as part of the first-ever Internet Week Europe, which will take place in London in November.
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Design Council to lose public-body status and become a charity
Thu, 14 Oct 2010
The Design Council will lose its status as a Government-funded body and become an independent charity under plans to reform quangos.
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He’s behind you!
Tue, 12 Oct 2010
Interior designers will be treading the boards at London’s Garrick Theatre this week in a production of Snow White and the Seven Designers.Group rehearsal
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Rosie Arnold is deputy president of D&AD
Tue, 12 Oct 2010
Rosie Arnold, deputy executive creative director at ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty, has been elected as deputy president of D&AD.
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Sir Philip Green recommends centralised Government procurement to cut spend
Tue, 12 Oct 2010
Arcadia boss Sir Philip Green has recommended that the Government centralises some procurement and ‘leverages its name, its credit rating and its buying power’ in his review of Government spending.
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Get a grip
Mon, 11 Oct 2010
Cyclists could soon be enjoying a Grope every time they ride their bike, if illustrator Akira Chatani has his way.
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Science Museum seeks designers for two new galleries
Mon, 11 Oct 2010
The Science Museum in London is seeking a lead designer for two new permanent galleries as part of its Museum of the Future masterplan.
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Naresh Ramchandani joins Pentagram’s London office as partner
Fri, 8 Oct 2010
Naresh Ramchandani has been appointed as the eighth partner in Pentagram’s London office, and is the first advertising and communications partner in the consultancy’s history.
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Moira Gemmill and Gwyn Miles among RIBA honorary fellows
Fri, 8 Oct 2010
Moira Gemmill, director of projects, design and estate at the Victoria & Albert Museum, and Gwyn Miles, director of Somerset House Trust, are among 12 recipients of honorary fellowships from the Royal Institute of British Architects.
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Diamonds are forever
Thu, 7 Oct 2010
If you live your life surrounded by icons of contemporary Scandinavian design, then you might be interested in spending your afterlife in one too.
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DBA Design Effectiveness Awards shortlist unveiled
Thu, 7 Oct 2010
A total of 47 consultancies have won 2010 Design Business Association Design Effectiveness Awards.
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Dragon Rouge brands ‘adult’ milk drink
Thu, 7 Oct 2010
Dragon Rouge has named, branded and created the packaging for Modern Milk, a new milk product aimed at the adult consumer.
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Sir David Chipperfield awarded RIBA Royal Gold Medal
Thu, 7 Oct 2010
Sir David Chipperfield has been named by the Royal Institute of British Architects as the winner of this year’s Royal Gold Medal.
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Sea Design brands Barbican membership scheme
Wed, 6 Oct 2010
Sea Design has worked on a customer engagement programme for London’s Barbican.
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City University seeks consultancies for design roster
Tue, 5 Oct 2010
City University in London is seeking design groups for a roster that will cover print and digital work.
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Festival fever comes to Cardiff
Mon, 4 Oct 2010
Cardiff has picked up the design festival baton from London, with the launch of the Cardiff Design Festival, which runs until 16 October and will see a host of design talent descend on the Welsh capital.
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Amanda Levete and Unit 9 work on Hayward show
Mon, 4 Oct 2010
Amanda Levete Architects and digital consultancy Unit 9 have worked on the Move: Choreographing You exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in London.
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London symposium to tackle challenges of 'food design'
30 September 2010
A seminar being held in London in November will aim to tackle issues in the field of food design.
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D. Vision Create rebrands Oliver Sweeney
Fri, 24 Sep 2010
D. Vision Create has rebranded footwear company Oliver Sweeney.
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&Smith creates identity for Coworth Park hotel and spa
Fri, 24 Sep 2010
&Smith has created the branding and collateral for Coworth Park, a country house hotel and spa in Berkshire, for the Dorchester Collection.
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Ed Vaizey says Design Council review is ‘very positive’
Thu, 23 Sep 2010
Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture, Communications and the Creative Industries, says the review of the future role and status of the Design Council is ’very positive’.
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Maurizio Mussati replaces Alasdhair Willis at Established & Sons
Thu, 23 Sep 2010
Maurizio Mussati has been promoted from chief operating officer to chief executive of furniture design company Established & Sons, replacing Alasdhair Willis, who announced his resignation last week.
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To the barricades
23 September 2010
As the art and design world braces itself for the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review next month, Angus Montgomery reports on some recently launched campaigns that are fighting back against funding cuts in the sector
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Design salaries drop by 6 per cent, DBA survey shows
Wed, 22 Sep 2010
Average salaries in the design industry have fallen by 6 per cent over the past year, according to the Design Business Association’s Charge Out Rates and Salary Levels report for this year.
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Precedent creates new website for University for the Creative Arts
Wed, 22 Sep 2010
Precedent has designed a new website for the University for the Creative Arts, which showcases images of student work.
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Central Manchester University Hospitals seeks Web designer
Tue, 21 Sep 2010
Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking consultancies to host, develop and maintain its website.
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Thomas Heatherwick awarded London Design Medal
Mon, 20 Sep 2010
Thomas Heatherwick is set to receive the London Design Medal at a ceremony tonight.
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Bob & Roberta Smith designs D&AD Annual
Mon, 20 Sep 2010
Artist Bob & Roberta Smith has worked with consultancy Immprint to design this year’s D&AD Annual.
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Price Waterhouse Coopers shrinks to PwC
Fri, 17 Sep 2010
Wolff Olins has created a new brand for financial company Price Waterhouse Coopers, which will now be known as PwC.
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LDA launches investment consultation
Thu, 16 Sep 2010
The London Development Agency is launching a consultation on its investment strategy, despite the fact that it will cease to exist by 31 March 2012.
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Click, chat, buy
16 September 2010
Bye-bye high street, buy by my tweet. Angus Montgomery investigates how retailers are revamping their Internet presence to meet a rise in online spend, and increasingly adopting social media techniques to drive traffic to their sites
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Cog raises the curtains on new-look Marlowe Theatre
16 September 2010
Cog Design has created a new identity for the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury, which is set to reopen in a new building next year.
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Shortlist unveiled for Prince Philip design prize
Wed, 15 Sep 2010
Graphic designers Neville Brody and Margaret Calvert, furniture designer John Makepeace and industrial designer Bill Moggridge are all in the running for this year’s Prince Philip Designers Prize.
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Grange Hill revisited
Tue, 14 Sep 2010
‘Whaddap wap waaaah!’ Being of a certain age, Design Week’s memories of iconic children’s TV series Grange Hill focus mainly on Zammo Maguire’s battle with heroin and Mr Bronson’s outrageous toupee.Adam Ray
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Design Council review in the hands of Government
Tue, 14 Sep 2010
The review of ‘the future role and status’ of the Design Council has been handed over to officials at the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills.
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New D&AD executive committee appointed
Tue, 14 Sep 2010
Vince Frost, Neville Brody and GBH’s Mark Bonner have been elected to the design seats on the D&AD executive committee.
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Dragon Rouge appoints new creative director
Tue, 14 Sep 2010
David Jenkins has been appointed as creative director in Dragon Rouge’s consumer brands team.
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Cog brands I Value the Arts campaign
Mon, 13 Sep 2010
Cog Design has created the branding for the I Value the Arts campaign, led by the National Campaign for the Arts, which aims to give a voice to people who value the arts in their communities.
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Navy Blue works on identity to promote Moray
Mon, 13 Sep 2010
Navyblue is working on an identity for the newly formed Moray Tourism Development organisation, which aims to promote the Speyside and Moray coast in northern Scotland.
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Pop-up Dock Kitchen to relaunch as permanent restaurant
Fri, 10 Sep 2010
The Dock Kitchen in west London, which launched last autumn as a pop-up restaurant, is to reopen as a permanent venture with a new design by Tom Dixon’s consultancy Design Research Studio.
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Technology Strategy Board seeks ‘disruptive’ ideas
Thu, 9 Sep 2010
The Technology Strategy Board is launching a competition to find ‘disruptive’ solutions to challenges in the areas of energy, digital, healthcare and sustainability.
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Smith works on Great Ormond Street installation
Thu, 9 Sep 2010
Cambridge-based consultancy Smith is working on an installation for Great Ormond Street Hospital that will use young patients’ artwork based on the theme of leaves.
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A capital investment
9 September 2010
The wave of luxury hotel refurbishments in London has little to do with the weak pound and London 2012, those behind them tell Angus Montgomery. It’s more about investing in the economic recovery and seeing off competition from rivals
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Eddie Opara joins Pentagram as New York partner
Wed, 8 Sep 2010
British-born Eddie Opara is joining Pentagram’s New York office as partner and is bringing his team from Map Office, the consultancy he founded in 2005.
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Graphic design webchat
Tue, 7 Sep 2010
Anyone looking to break into graphic design will be able to pick the collective brains of industry experts in a webchat hosted by the Guardian tomorrow afternoon.
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Dutch hotel group Citizen M opens Glasgow branch
Tue, 7 Sep 2010
Dutch hotel group Citizen M is set to officially open the doors to its property in Glasgow on Thursday.
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Media Square returns to profit
Mon, 6 Sep 2010
Media Square, which owns design consultancies Lloyd Northover and Holmes & Marchant, says it has returned to profit in the six months leading up to the end of August.
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Pearlfisher packages new Crabtree & Evelyn fragrance range
Fri, 3 Sep 2010
Pearlfisher has created the packaging for Crabtree & Evelyn’s new Florals fragrance range.
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Corporation Pop creates Goldfrapp pinball app
Fri, 3 Sep 2010
Corporation Pop has created an iPhone app for band Goldfrapp, which allows users to remix Goldfrapp’s music using a 3D pinball game.
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Neighbourhood Watch to be rebranded in Design Council project
Thu, 2 Sep 2010
The Neighbourhood and Home Watch Network, which is the national association for Neighbourhood Watch groups, is being rebranded and will have its service design overhauled in a project run by the Design Council.
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Peacock repackages John Lennon albums for anniversary
Thu, 2 Sep 2010
Peacock Design has worked with lettering artist and illustrator Ruth Rowland to create a new logo and album covers to mark the 70th anniversary of John Lennon’s birth on 9 October.
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The Yard Creative works on Clinton Cards retail designs
Wed, 1 Sep 2010
The Yard Creative is working on retail designs for Clinton Cards while Branded is working on new branding for the company.
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RSA relaunches Student Design Awards
Wed, 1 Sep 2010
The Royal Society of Arts is relaunching its Design Directions awards under its former title of the RSA Student Design Awards.
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House away from home
Tue, 31 Aug 2010
Creative collective House is to take over 1 Berwick Street in London’s Soho to host its first-ever event Pop Up House during the London Design Festival.
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Key industry figures attempt to define design
Tue, 31 Aug 2010
Leading industry figures will offer their definition of design in tomorrow’s issue of Design Week.
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Artwork sought for Emirates frequent flyer cards
Tue, 31 Aug 2010
Emirates Airlines has launched a competition to find artwork for the membership cards of its frequent flyer programme Skywards.
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Own a gust of wind
Fri, 27 Aug 2010
Some 300 lucky visitors to the Victoria & Albert Museum’s Friday Late evening during the London Design Festival will be able to walk away with their own piece of a specially created Paul Cocksedge sculpture.Paul Cocksedge’s Gust of Wind sculpture
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Event Communications works on Bletchley Park exhibition
Thu, 26 Aug 2010
Event Communications has been appointed to create an exhibition strategy for Bletchley Park Museum in Milton Keynes.
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Hands on
Wed, 25 Aug 2010
The award for the creepiest exhibition at the forthcoming London Design Festival goes to Studio XAG for the Hands On show.A model of Studio XAG’s Hands On show
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New UK passport design unveiled
Wed, 25 Aug 2010
The redesigned UK passport has been unveiled, which will see the holder’s personal details moved to the second page, and double-page images of well-known UK scenes such as the White Cliffs of Dover used throughout.
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Fingertip attractions
26 August 2010
As publishers of travel guides are flocking to the app and e-book markets, with Lonely Planet most recently targeting the iPad with its Discover series, Angus Montgomery looks at what can be achieved in these formats
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WPP pre-tax profits up 36 per cent
Tue, 24 Aug 2010
WPP has seen a 36 per cent increase in pre-tax profits in the first half of this year, compared with the first half of 2009.
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Former Fitch Live managing director Paul Cowan joins Logistik
Tue, 24 Aug 2010
Paul Cowan, former managing director of Fitch Live, is joining design and communications consultancy Logistik as content and creative strategy director.
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More public sector suppliers going bust
Mon, 23 Aug 2010
The number of businesses supplying goods and services to the public sector going bust has risen by nearly half in the past year, according to research.
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St Bartholomew's and Royal London hospitals seek art and design commissions
Wed, 18 Aug 2010
The £1bn redevelopment of St Bartholomew’s and Royal London hospitals in east London could lead to further work for designers under an arts commissioning programme.
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300 Million brands superyachts for Imperial
Wed, 18 Aug 2010
London consultancy 300 Million is creating brands for individual superyachts managed by yacht company Imperial, which the consultancy is rebranding for the Monaco Yacht Show.
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Sir Philip Green to examine procurement in Government spending review
Fri, 13 Aug 2010
Arcadia boss Sir Philip Green says he will examine cross-Government procurement as part of his review of Government spending.
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It's a dogs life
Thu, 12 Aug 2010
Dogs in jumpers, dogs doing acrobatics and (rather bizarrely) dogs in giant teacups. As you may be able to gather from the book’s title, A Pack of Dogs - An Anthology, is not one for canine phobes.By Christopher Brown
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D&AD executive committee candidates stand for election
Thu, 12 Aug 2010
Voting on candidates for the D&AD executive committee closes at the end of the month.
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Ping-pong ding dong!
Wed, 11 Aug 2010
Whether you’re an advocate of the penhold grip or favour the shakehand option, or like to favour the loop drive or the kill spin defence, you’re now able to deploy your table tennis skills on the streets of London as part of the Ping initiative, which has seen 100 ping-pong tables set up across the capital for the public to play on.
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Felt creates identity for frozen yoghurt start-up Bee Me
Wed, 11 Aug 2010
Felt is working on the website for start-up frozen yoghurt, smoothie and juice company Bee Me, having already named and branded the company and worked on retail designs.
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New school ties
12 August 2010
The Government’s ’free schools’ initiative could lead to a greater variety of schools being set up and to more diversity in school branding. Angus Montgomery goes back to the classroom to see for himself
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Designers sought for hospital children’s play space
Mon, 9 Aug 2010
An architect-led multidisciplinary design team is being sought to create an internal children’s play space and exterior roof garden for the new Royal London Hospital, set to open in 2012.
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Busaba Eathai to open Old Street branch
Fri, 6 Aug 2010
Restaurant Busaba Eathai is set to open a new branch on London’s Old Street on 19 August, with interior design by Christian Liaigre and graphics work by North Design.
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Top of the league
Thu, 5 Aug 2010
The Design Bridge team has topped the Design Week football league for Spring 2010, seeing off strong challenges from the Winkreative and JKR selections.
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Piero Lissoni revamps Benetton’s flagship London store
Thu, 5 Aug 2010
Benetton’s flagship store on London’s Oxford Circus is to reopen on 19 August, with an interior revamp by Italian architect Piero Lissoni’s practice Lissoni Associati.
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Siemens Pavilion can 'unlock the potential' of Royal Docks
5 August 2010
London Mayor Boris Johnson says he hopes that projects including the planned Siemens Pavilion for London, with interiors by architect Pringle Brandon and exhibition design by Event Communications, will lead to a regeneration of the Royal Docks area of east London.
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Green Hat creates South West Fairtrade website
Tue, 3 Aug 2010
Bristol-based consultancy Green Hat has created a website for South West Fairtrade, which claims to be the first ever regional Fairtrade website in the UK.
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Decked
Mon, 2 Aug 2010
With a far-from-auspicious skateboarding career that involved no small amount of scraped knees and embarrassing misuses of the word ‘gnarly’ I find myself both intrigued and slightly intimidated by the Decked exhibition, showing at London’s Conigsby Gallery from 16-28 August.
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Fitzrovia Village to launch during LDF
Mon, 2 Aug 2010
The Fitzrovia Village initiative, which describes itself as ‘a loosely grouped organisation of design-led retail venues’, will launch during this year’s London Design Festival.
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BDI queries terms of Design Council review
Fri, 30 Jul 2010
British Design Innovation has raised concerns over the Government’s review of the Design Council, stating that it does not allow for public consultation and is chaired by a member of the Design Council’s board.
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Pentagram and All of Us work on new Cass Art store
Thu, 29 Jul 2010
A new Cass Art store will open next week in Hampstead, north London, with interior design by Pentagram partner William Russell, and digital interactives by All of Us.
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CBI aims to develop findings into policy recommendations
29 July 2010
Business lobbying group the Confederation of British Industry says its report Creating Growth: A Blueprint for the Creative Industries will be developed into detailed policy recommendations over the coming year.
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Designers want to be part of David Cameron's 'big society'
29 July 2010
Prime Minister David Cameron’s vision for a big society might be meeting with a predictably mixed reception from political commentators and critics, but many in the design world are ready to embrace the move, which aims to liberate public services from central Government control and put more power into the hands of communities.
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GP Studio creates flexible HQ space for Magaschoni
29 July 2010
GP Studio is working on the interiors for the new London headquarters of US-based clothing brand Magaschoni.
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COI spend down by £8m – before freeze imposed
Tue, 27 Jul 2010
The Government spent a total of £532m on advertising, marketing and consultancy through the Central Office of Information last year. This is down by nearly £8m from the previous year.
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V&A seeks designer for Cast Courts refurbishment
Mon, 26 Jul 2010
The Victoria & Albert Museum in London is seeking an architect or designer to lead the refurbishment of its Cast Courts.
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Cogapp to redesign Children’s Society website
Mon, 26 Jul 2010
Cogapp is redesigning the main public-facing website for charity the Children’s Society.
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Butterfly Cannon works on Glenmorangie projects
Fri, 23 Jul 2010
Packaging design consultancy Butterfly Cannon is working on four separate projects for Glenmorangie malt whisky.
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Painting to music
Thu, 22 Jul 2010
For the next three nights, the Lock Tavern in Camden, north London, is hosting the penultimate dates of the Beck’s Vier Music Inspires Art tour.The Lock Tavern in Camden
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Cooler than Cameron
Thu, 22 Jul 2010
What will the home of consultancy Nude Brand Creation soon have in common with Barack Obama’s White House?
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Further arts cuts as final university budgets unveiled
Thu, 22 Jul 2010
University of the Arts London faces an increased cut to its central Government funding, with the release of the finalised budgets from the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
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Reading University appoints 17 groups to resurrected design framework
Thu, 22 Jul 2010
Reading University has appointed 17 consultancies to its graphic and digital design roster.
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Report sets out energy-saving challenges to design industry
22 July 2010
A cross-industry workshop has developed a series of proposals for making homes more energy efficient, and is calling on designers and others to take the ideas forward.
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Eldridge Smerin works on Shakespeare’s Globe educational space
Tue, 20 Jul 2010
Eldridge Smerin is creating the interior design for the new Sackler Studios at the Shakespeare’s Globe theatre on London’s South Bank.
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Future of Design Council under review
Mon, 19 Jul 2010
The Government has called a review of ‘the future role and status’ of the Design Council.
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Third Person brands citizen power initiative
Thu, 15 Jul 2010
Third Person has created the branding for Citizen Power: Peterborough, a partnership between the Royal Society of Arts, Peterborough City Council and the Arts Council that aims to cultivate civic activism.
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Reed Words and Supafrank create Love Brownies brand
Wed, 14 Jul 2010
Consultancies Supafrank and Reed Words have created the branding for brownie gifting brand Love Brownies.
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The art of clubbing
15 July 2010
Budding designers have long cut their teeth on music flyers, but until now little has been done to archive this ephemeral art. With a new museum set to open, Angus Montgomery examines the relationship between clubs and creativity
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Going Green
Tue, 13 Jul 2010
St Ives School can rightfully claim to be the Greenest school in Cornwall, after winning the Eco Design Challenge 2010, organised by Designs of the Time Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.The winning team from St Ives
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Design is key to unlocking UK innovation, says Design Council chief
Tue, 13 Jul 2010
Design Council chief executive David Kester says the design sector can be ‘the key to unlocking UK innovation and future wealth creation’.
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The name game
Mon, 12 Jul 2010
The British taxpayer could be excused for being a bit tired of banks asking for ‘contributions’ but there is one request that should inspire a bit of interest in the design community.’Billions of pounds’ will go into Lord Levene’s new venture
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Eco features ‘a low priority’ for electrical goods shoppers
Mon, 12 Jul 2010
New research from the Waste & Resources Action Programme suggests consumers do not rank ecological features highly when buying electrical goods.
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Wallace Sewell wins TfL moquette competition
Fri, 9 Jul 2010
Textile design consultancy Wallace Sewell has won an open competition organised by Transport for London to design a new seating fabric for the London Underground.
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The new political landscape
Thu, 8 Jul 2010
Finance and tax gurus Mandy Merron and Tim Stovold of Kingston Smith W1 presented their take on the budget and the coalition Government’s initial policies at the Design Business Association’s seminar on the New Political Landscape this morning.Budget 2010
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Hannah Davies wins New Designers One Year On Part Two
Thu, 8 Jul 2010
Graphic designer and illustrator Hannah Davies has been awarded the One Year On prize for Part Two of New Designers.
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The outsiders
Wed, 7 Jul 2010
New work by Budapest-born artist David Foldvari is going on show this week as part of a group show to mark the launch of the Outsiders Gallery in London.David Foldvari Fanciullacci
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Animals on parade
Tue, 6 Jul 2010
All-female illustration collective Girls Who Draw is showing its Travelling Menageries Exhibition in Falmouth, Cornwall.Girls Who Draw
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Bristol Media boss Mike Bennett takes Bristol placemaking role
Mon, 5 Jul 2010
Mike Bennett, co-founder of Bristol-based digital group E3 Media and chief executive of design body Bristol Media, is to become placemaking director of Bristol.
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Pearlfisher rebrands Yeo Valley
Fri, 2 Jul 2010
Pearlfisher has rebranded dairy business Yeo Valley, and has also redesigned packaging for its entire range, the first wave of which launches in Sainsbury’s this week.
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DBA brings The Edge back for 2010
Fri, 2 Jul 2010
The Design Business Association is running its The Edge event for the second time, with the theme this year being ‘for love or money’.
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RCA students win Helen Hamlyn Design Awards
Thu, 1 Jul 2010
A device to help elderly people use television remote controls, a desklight projector and a London bus map accessible through the Oyster card are among the winning projects in the 2010 Helen Hamlyn Design Awards.
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Good for business?
1 July 2010
Only time will tell whether the tax cuts announced in last week’s Emergency Budget will offset the impact of the draconian spending restrictions also put in place by the Chancellor. Angus Montgomery assesses the design fallout
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High flyers
Tue, 29 Jun 2010
Although it seems a little disrespectful to the ultimately tragic Second World War heroes whose story is told in Channel Four’s Bloody Foreigners series, the first thing to note about Fish in a Bottle’s online game to promote the show is that it’s bloody good fun.
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Liverpool academic proposes design education changes
Tue, 29 Jun 2010
Apprenticeships could be brought back in typography, and art and design teaching could be funded through VAT on goods created by the creative industries, a Liverpool academic has proposed
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Driver-less taxi wins vehicle design award
Mon, 28 Jun 2010
The Grid, a driver-less taxi design by Marten Wallgren, has won the best design interpretation prize at the Pilkington Automotive Awards at the Royal College of Art vehicle design graduates show.
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Design Council Designing Demand scheme to continue after RDAs go
Fri, 25 Jun 2010
The Design Council says its Designing Demand programme will continue, despite the Government announcing it will scrap the regional development agencies that deliver the scheme.
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Brash Brands to continue Logica work through London office
Fri, 25 Jun 2010
Dubai-based consultancy Brash Brands says it will continue to service client Logica as well as picking up new work through its newly opened London office.
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UK groups bag Cannes Design Lions Awards
Thu, 24 Jun 2010
There were four UK winners in this year’s Cannes Design Lions Awards, and Belgian group Happiness Brussels picked up the Grand Prix for its IQ Font project for Toyota.
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David Chipperfield to create London Design Festival installation
Thu, 24 Jun 2010
Architect David Chipperfield is to create an installation for London’s South Bank as part of this year’s London Design Festival.
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Olympic champion
Thu, 24 Jun 2010
With London’s 2012 Olympics plans moving into the final strait, attention is beginning to shift to Rio de Janeiro, with the Brazilian city set to host the Olympic Games in 2016.
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Concerns remain despite ‘small business-friendly’ Budget
Wed, 23 Jun 2010
A number of measures in the Government’s Emergency Budget have been highlighted as benefiting small businesses, including those in design, but there are concerns over some tax rises.
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Ignite works on branding and interiors for proposed education centre
Wed, 23 Jun 2010
Ignite Retail Design is working on the identity and interiors for a proposed new education centre in Lancashire.
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Forum for the Future to deliver CIKTN sustainability initiative
24 June 2010
A new project from the Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network aims to galvanise the creative industries into becoming more sustainable and help other sectors become more sustainable too.
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A sea of CDs
Tue, 22 Jun 2010
Bruce Munro has installed his CDSea artwork at a field in Wiltshire, following an appeal for unwanted CDs that netted more than half a million discs.
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Cambridge Design Partnership creates hot chocolate machine
Tue, 22 Jun 2010
Cambridge Design Partnership has created the Maya hot chocolate machine that the consultancy says is built around ‘the ultimate chocolate experience’.
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Sarah Carr wins V&A Illustration Award 2010
Tue, 22 Jun 2010
Sarah Carr has been announced as the overall winner of the V&A Illustration Awards for her illustrations for How to Drink by Victoria Moore, published by Granta Books.
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Tangent works on Edinburgh International Book Festival
Mon, 21 Jun 2010
Glasgow-based consultancy Tangent Graphic has created the identity for this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival, and will continue to work on projects as part of a year-long contract.
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Army of Design works on Vice Style website
Mon, 21 Jun 2010
Consultancy Army of Design has worked on the Vice Style fashion website, for Vice Media Group.
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Designers sought in Haiti housing project
Fri, 18 Jun 2010
Designers are being sought as part of an international competition to rebuild housing in earthquake-struck Haiti.
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Shed works on Kurt Geiger shoe hall in Harrods
Thu, 17 Jun 2010
Interior design consultancy Shed has been appointed by shoe brand Kurt Geiger to design the new women’s shoe hall for Harrods in London.
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Stick 'em up!
Wed, 16 Jun 2010
The Design Week newsdesk has been firmly bitten by the Panini World Cup sticker album bug - surely the best and most traditional way to mark a World Cup.
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Conference to explore impact of interaction on architecture
17 June 2010
A cloud of inflatable light-emitting spheres floating above London and a game which saw Internet users at the Royal Opera House play in conjunction with a group of teenagers in Mile End Park will be among projects discussed at the Interactive Architecture 2010 conference.
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Enabled by Design event looks at ageing and disability
Tue, 15 Jun 2010
Organisation Enabled by Design is holding an event at London’s Design Museum on Thursday which will focus on the principle of ‘design for all’.
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Artists and designers recognised in Birthday Honours list
Mon, 14 Jun 2010
Artist Paula Rego, Jimmy Choo founder Tamara Mellon, Green buildings expert Bill Dunster and fashion photographer Nick Knight are among those recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
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Cambridgeshire Council seeks design framework
Mon, 14 Jun 2010
Cambridgeshire County Council is seeking applicants for a two-year graphic design framework worth £1.4m-£2m.
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Goading Government on design
Wed, 9 Jun 2010
The design industry was boosted by some high-level cheerleading on this morning’s Today programme on Radio Four, when Labour peer Baroness Estelle Morris, commenting on the similarities between the Labour leadership candidates, also managed to make the case for designers to be consulted by Government.Baroness Estelle ...
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Jeremy Leslie works on Heat magazine refresh
Wed, 9 Jun 2010
Jeremy Leslie of Mag Culture has worked on the refresh of celebrity weekly Heat magazine, with specific focus on the Star Style fashion section, which launches next week.
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Four IV creates retail designs for East India Company
Tue, 8 Jun 2010
Four IV has designed the first luxury Fine Food retail space for the East India Company, set to launch in London’s Mayfair at the end of July.
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The Brand Union works on European banking brand Zuno
Mon, 7 Jun 2010
The Brand Union is working on new branding for Austrian bank Raiffeisen International Direct Bank AG, which is changing its name to Zuno Bank AG and launching new direct banking brand Zuno.
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Final selection made for 2010 Pavilion of Art & Design London
Mon, 7 Jun 2010
A total of 47 international dealers including UK-based Carpenters Workshop will display works at the 2010 Pavilion of Art & Design London, to be held in October.
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Up with the Jonze
Fri, 4 Jun 2010
There may have been four Black Pencil winners at last night’s D&AD Awards (including the hugely overjoyed chaps from Sapient Nitro’s Brisbane office, who bounded on stage to collect two), but there were two stars of the show - cult US director Spike Jonze, and outgoing D&AD chairman Anthony Simonds-Gooding.
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Five Black Pencils go to four in D&AD Awards
Fri, 4 Jun 2010
Five Black Pencils have been awarded to four winners in this year’s D&AD Awards, with Sapient Nitro’s Brisbane office bagging two of the coveted prizes.
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De Montfort University launches Retail Lab
Fri, 4 Jun 2010
De Montfort University in Leicester is set to open a research and development lab for the retail industry, designed to support businesses interested in developing sustainable retail design
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John Pawson to work on Design Museum’s new home
Thu, 3 Jun 2010
Architect John Pawson has been appointed to work on the transformation of the former Commonwealth Institute in west London, which will become the new home for the Design Museum.
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999 Design creates bee project as part of BBC Regions work
Thu, 3 Jun 2010
999 Design has created branding and marketing material for an initiative to highlight the dramatic decline of the British bee population, as part of its ongoing work for BBC Regions.
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Johnston Works and SVI Design bag European Design Awards
Thu, 3 Jun 2010
British consultancies Johnston Works and SVI Design have both picked up silver awards at the 2010 European Design Awards.
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Learning environments set to ape office design trends
3 June 2010
’It’s often been said that what’s happening in learning environment design is what happened in office design 20 years ago.’ Fiona Duggan, founder of consultancy FID, which specialises in educational design, is referring to developing trends including open-plan space and breakout areas that, while well-known in an office context, are causing some excitement in education design.
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Starck reality
Tue, 1 Jun 2010
Superstar French designer Philippe Starck, hardly short of media profile already, has taken another step towards notoriety by being immortalised in wax at Paris’s Musée Grévin waxworks museum.
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Lambie-Nairn rebrands Glorious soups
Tue, 1 Jun 2010
Lambie-Nairn has rebranded soup and sauce company Glorious.
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LFH repackages Norwegian juice brand Nora
Tue, 1 Jun 2010
LFH has redesigned the packaging for Norwegian juice brand Nora.
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Consultancies collaborate on mobile Puma 'pop out' shop
Fri, 28 May 2010
Consultancies Eat Sleep Work/Play, Inventory Studio and The Klassnik Corporation have worked together to create a travelling ‘pop out’ shop for Puma.
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Media Square revenues fall by nearly a quarter
Thu, 27 May 2010
Media Square has unveiled its annual results, which show a like-for-like revenue drop of 23 per cent.
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Large Blue brands French cultural initiative
Wed, 26 May 2010
Digital consultancy Large Blue has created the brand and digital platform for Culturethèque - a new cultural initiative from the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni.
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Gateway to East Asia
27 May 2010
China and India may grab the design limelight, but Singapore - midway between the two, but with a strong anglophone culture - is proving to be a very attractive location for UK groups servicing the Asian market. Angus Montgomery reports
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Top 100 survey shows total fee-income fall
Tue, 25 May 2010
The total fee-income from all Design Week Top 100 consultancies is down by 13 per cent this year, to stand at £359m.
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Coalition Government looks to Dyson Report
Fri, 21 May 2010
The coalition Government says it will consider the implementation of the Dyson Report, as it unveils its policies.
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GR/DD works on Science Museum interactives
Thu, 20 May 2010
GR/DD is working on a set of interactives for the new Climate Science gallery at London’s Science Museum, which is set to open later this year.
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Dave works on Initial rebrand
Tue, 18 May 2010
Branding consultancy Dave has been appointed to rebrand washroom hygiene specialist Initial.
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999 to work with Guardian News & Media
Tue, 18 May 2010
Design consultancy 999 is set to work with Guardian News & Media on a series of design projects, replacing GNM’s in-house creative department Guardian Creative.
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Heatherwick and Wrightbus create final Routemaster design
Mon, 17 May 2010
The final design in Transport for London’s New Bus for London competition has been unveiled – created by Heatherwick Studio and Wrightbus.
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Taxi Studio in digital and branding work for TV production company
Mon, 17 May 2010
Bristol consultancy Taxi Studio is working on new branding and a website for TV production company Monastic Productions.
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London Design Festival to bring robot octopus to Trafalgar Square
Fri, 14 May 2010
Trafalgar Square is to play host to a giant ‘mechanical octopus’ as part of this year’s London Design Festival.
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Martin Grimer to leave Blue Marlin
Fri, 14 May 2010
Blue Marlin executive creative director Martin Grimer is leaving the consultancy for an as-yet undisclosed venture - his role will not be replaced.
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Vince Cable and Jeremy Hunt take business and culture briefs
Thu, 13 May 2010
Liberal Democrat MP Vince Cable has been appointed Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills, while Conservative Jeremy Hunt has been appointed Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport.
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Music to work with The Christie as branding consultancy
Thu, 13 May 2010
Manchester-based consultancy Music has been appointed to work with cancer centre The Christie as its branding consultancy for the next two years.
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RSA unveils winning projects in Design Directions scheme
13 May 2010
A woven textile garment that helps people suffering from sensory processing disorder cope discreetly with anxiety in public places and a service aimed at encouraging workers to leave the office at lunchtime are among the winning projects in this year’s Design Directions scheme from the Royal Society of Arts.
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Studio DB designs cardboard shop
Wed, 12 May 2010
Studio DB has designed a permanent shop for London’s Brixton Village, with fittings completely constructed from cardboard, glue and string.
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Orange and T-Mobile merge to form Everything Everywhere
Tue, 11 May 2010
Mobile operators Orange and T-Mobile have merged to form a new company, Everything Everywhere.
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LDF and V&A run Christmas card competition
Mon, 10 May 2010
The London Design Festival and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London are seeking designs for a special range of LDF/V&A Christmas cards.
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Glasgow School of Art seeks digital consultancy
Fri, 7 May 2010
Glasgow School of Art is seeking a consultancy to redesign its website.
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Laurence Kavanagh to take V&A craft residency
Fri, 7 May 2010
Laurence Kavanagh will be the next artist to take up a six-month craft residency at the Victoria & Albert Museum’s Sackler Centre in London.
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Wonderland WPA rebrands Southern Alps muesli and granola range
Thu, 6 May 2010
Wonderland WPA has redesigned the branding and packaging for Southern Alps’s muesli and granola range.
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Farrow rebrands printing company Moore
Wed, 5 May 2010
Farrow has rebranded printer Moore, and is working on its new website, while Ico Design has created a book to showcase the company.
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Digital event is reborn as Future Everything 'living lab'
6 May 2010
The Future Everything Festival, to be held in Manchester this month, will act as a ’living lab, to prototype design for a new world’, according to founder Drew Hemment.
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Stanley Picker Fellowships open for application
Tue, 4 May 2010
The faculty of art, design and architecture at Kingston University is seeking applications for the Stanley Picker Fellowships 2010.
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WPP says its branding sector has seen biggest growth
Fri, 30 Apr 2010
WPP says its branding and identity, healthcare and specialist communications sector has recovered the most quickly, as the group released its quarterly trading update.
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Design Management Industry conference rescheduled after volcanic disruption
Fri, 30 Apr 2010
The Design Management Industry’s Transforming Design conference, which was postponed this month due to the flight ban caused by an Icelandic volcanic eruption, has been rescheduled for September.
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Hudson Fuggle works on guide and website for drama schools
Thu, 29 Apr 2010
Hudson Fuggle is redesigning the Conference of Drama Schools’ Guide to Colleges, and will then work on the organisation’s website.
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From the margins to the mainstream
Wed, 28 Apr 2010
The Trading Places exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum marks ten years of the Design Business Association’s Inclusive Design Challenge at the Royal College of Art.
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Nixon Design, Michael Sodeau and Conran & Partners work on Portuguese resort
Wed, 28 Apr 2010
The Martinhal Beach Resort & Hotel is opening in Portugal’s Algarve region, with branding from Cornish consultancy Nixon Design, furniture by Michael Sodeau, and a masterplan by Conran & Partners.
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Good chemistry
29 April 2010
As several trade bodies are launching their own mentoring programmes, most recently Bristol Media with Bristol Media Mentors, Angus Montgomery considers the advantages of these schemes for both mentors and mentees
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Clearleft revamps Channel 4 News website
Tue, 27 Apr 2010
Brighton-based digital consultancy Clearleft is working on a new website for Channel 4 News.
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Davison Williams works on sports website
Mon, 26 Apr 2010
Davison Williams is working on a new website for Leisure Kicks – an annual guide to sport and leisure in London.
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Designers asked to create new London skyline
Thu, 22 Apr 2010
Transport for London and the London Festival of Architecture are challenging designers to create a contemporary view of the capital’s skyline to be used on merchandise.
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The show must go on
Wed, 21 Apr 2010
With planned speaker Darrel Rhea stuck in the States due to the flight ban, hopes for last night’s Design Business Innovation lecture - From Insight to Innovation - initially looked bleak.
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Plans to resurrect Great Exhibition in 2012
Wed, 21 Apr 2010
Plans are being put in place for a Great Exhibition 2012 - inspired by the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the Festival of Britain 1951.
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Party poopers
22 April 2010
The election manifestos of the main political parties contain scant pickings for design, and commentators are also concerned about the collective failure to address the gaping hole in public finances. Angus Montgomery reports
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Spanish group Cases & Associates leads Independent redesign
Tue, 20 Apr 2010
The Independent newspaper has been redesigned in a project led by Barcelona-based consultancy Cases & Associates.
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Pearlfisher creates Lebanese ice-cream brand
Tue, 20 Apr 2010
Pearlfisher has created the identity for new Lebanese ice-cream brand Cornelli - as well as the 11 sub-brands under the Cornelli umbrella.
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Icelandic designers use volcanic resources
Tue, 20 Apr 2010
As Iceland’s volcanic activity continues to dominate headlines across Europe, Design Week is profiling the country’s young design talent, who use natural resources – including volcanic sand – in their designs.
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Iceland volcano disrupts design events
Mon, 19 Apr 2010
Flight restrictions caused by a cloud of volcanic ash from an eruption in Iceland blanketing northern Europe and the UK are causing delays and disruption to design industry events.
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Gavin Thomson develops easy-to-store pans
Mon, 19 Apr 2010
Gavin Thomson Design has created a set of easy-to-store saucepans - under the name Eazistore - which is going on shelf in the UK this month.
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Music’s Carlos Tévez poster promotes Manchester derby
Fri, 16 Apr 2010
Manchester-based consultancy Music has worked on a poster featuring Manchester City’s star striker Carlos Tévez to promote the upcoming Premier League derby match against Tévez’s former club Manchester United.
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1HQ’s milk jug meets with mixed supermarket success
Fri, 16 Apr 2010
Supermarket Waitrose has dropped the Jugit refillable milk jug, designed by 1HQ, due to poor demand.
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Magic Apple
Thu, 15 Apr 2010
The Design Week office is still slightly overawed following its first in-the-flesh encounter with an iPad.
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Interstate does Jamie Does book
Thu, 15 Apr 2010
Interstate Associates has designed the book to accompany celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s new series Jamie Does…
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Government department seeks single design management group
Wed, 14 Apr 2010
As part of a move that could revolutionise public-sector design procurement, the Department for Children, Schools and Families is set to shortlist a number of groups in its search for a single supplier or manager of creative services, including design.
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Cultural Olympiad provides opportunities for designers
Tue, 13 Apr 2010
Opportunities for designers have been highlighted in the upcoming Cultural Olympiad, which will run alongside the London 2012 Games
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Duttons rebrands workwear company Alexandra
Mon, 12 Apr 2010
Bristol-based consultancy Duttons has rebranded 156-year-old workwear and corporate clothing company Alexandra.
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Ico Design creates Science Museum Lates digital presence
Fri, 9 Apr 2010
Ico Design is working on a digital presence for the Science Museum’s Lates events, which see the London museum open its doors once a month in the evening to host exhibitions and other attractions.
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Pearlfisher repackages Jamie Oliver range
Thu, 8 Apr 2010
Pearlfisher has designed new packaging for celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s entire retail masterbrand range.
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Attention all design-book lovers
Wed, 7 Apr 2010
Lovers of well-designed books about design (hardly an underserved market already) are set to be truly spoiled with the launch of new publishing company Fiell this month.Lifestyle Illustration of the 60s
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Ecological artworks spring up in Secret Garden Project
Tue, 6 Apr 2010
A mobile vegetable garden and a pleasure garden for birds will be two of the temporary art projects springing up across the capital as part of the Secret Garden Project.
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UK submissions down in European Design Awards
Thu, 1 Apr 2010
The number of UK entries to the European Design Awards is down, from 48 last year to 38 in 2010, with 11 entries shortlisted.
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COI claims flexible procurement process addresses design concerns
Wed, 31 Mar 2010
The Central Office of Information says perceptions of it as a ’bullying’ state monopoly are wide of the mark, as it unveils a new flexible procurement process.
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Modern Art Oxford to relaunch with new website and exhibition space
Wed, 31 Mar 2010
The Modern Art Oxford gallery is set to relaunch this month with new marketing materials, a new website and a new exhibition space.
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Flexible procurement could reduce COI involvement
Tue, 30 Mar 2010
Government design buyers will be able to bypass the Central Office of Information from certain aspects of procurement under a new arrangement that comes into force this week.
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Dragon Rouge rebrands mental health trust
Mon, 29 Mar 2010
Dragon Rouge is working on a new identity for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
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Hospital toilet design developed in dignity challenge
Fri, 19 Mar 2010
Azhar Architecture and washroom manufacturer Grant Westfield have developed the Modular Washroom System, as part of a programme for the Design Council and the Department of Health.
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Arts institutions suffer in university budget cuts
Thu, 18 Mar 2010
University of the Arts London has had its central Government funding cut by 4.7 per cent and the Royal College of Art by 3.5 per cent in the latest round of grant allocations from the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
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Royal Mail seeks consultancies for frameworks
Thu, 18 Mar 2010
The Royal Mail Group is seeking design consultancies for a number of frameworks.
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UK designers' combined fee-income reaches £15bn
Wed, 17 Mar 2010
The combined fee-income of UK design consultancies, in-house teams and freelances came to an estimated £15bn in 2009, according to the forthcoming Design Industry Research survey, from the Design Council.
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Pentagram's Domenic Lippa creates freehand identity for London Design Festival
Wed, 17 Mar 2010
Domenic Lippa at Pentagram has created the identity and graphic work for this year’s London Design Festival.
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Digit founders leave the consultancy
Tue, 16 Mar 2010
Digit chief executive Andy Chambers and executive creative director Daljit Singh have left the consultancy they co-founded 15 years ago.
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Bruce Munro works on two pieces for Salisbury Cathedral
Mon, 15 Mar 2010
Lighting designer Bruce Munro is working on two installations for Salisbury Cathedral, and is appealing for funding for the work.
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Eye Writer wins inaugural Future Everything Award
Fri, 12 Mar 2010
The Eye Writer, a pair of low-cost eye-tracking glasses that allows artists and graffiti writers to draw using only their eyes, has won the inaugural £10 000 Future Everything prize.
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Shortlist unveiled to replace Dan Fern at Royal College of Art
Thu, 11 Mar 2010
A shortlist of candidates is being interviewed today to replace Dan Fern as head of the communication art and design course at London’s Royal College of Art.
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Caroline Felton to head up Creative & Cultural Skills
Thu, 11 Mar 2010
Caroline Felton has been appointed as interim chief executive of Creative & Cultural Skills.
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Studio DB's Fenwick refurbishment set to complete
Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Studio DB’s large-scale refurbishment of Fenwick’s Bond Street branch in central London is set to complete at the end of April.
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Edinburgh seeks graphic designer for office development
Tue, 9 Mar 2010
The City of Edinburgh Council is seeking a graphic design group to help promote an office development in the Exchange area of the city.
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Media Square sells off Lloyd Northover Marlow operations
Mon, 8 Mar 2010
Media Square has sold the Marlow outpost of its branding consultancy Lloyd Northover to the existing management.
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Design Museum seeks exhibition designer for new home
Mon, 8 Mar 2010
The Design Museum is seeking an exhibition designer to work on an installation for its new home at the former Commonwealth Institute.
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Alexander McQueen show among Brit Insurance winners
Fri, 5 Mar 2010
Alexander McQueen’s Spring/Summer 2010 catwalk presentation and Min-Kyu Choi’s folding plug are among the category winners in the 2010 Brit Insurance Design Awards – with the overall winner due to be unveiled on 16 March.
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WPP profits down after ‘brutal’ year
Fri, 5 Mar 2010
WPP’s profits before tax fell by 16.1 per cent to £812m following what the group describes as a ‘brutal’ 2009.
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Clinic’s Sage & Onions wins DBA Inclusive Design Challenge
Fri, 5 Mar 2010
Clinic’s Sage & Onions project, which will enable people of different age groups to exchange advice and experiences, has won the 2010 Design Business Association Inclusive Design Challenge.
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Steve Lidbury joins Imagination
Thu, 4 Mar 2010
Steve Lidbury, former design director at TP Bennett, has joined Imagination as creative director of automotive.
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D&AD launch annual for public
Thu, 4 Mar 2010
D&AD is launching the ‘high-street’ version of its annual, which is for the first time available to the general public, rather than just to lucky D&AD members.
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Enter the 2010 James Dyson Award
Wed, 3 Mar 2010
Got a bright idea for a revolutionary bagless vacuum cleaner, hand-dryer or bladeless fan? Well tough, because James Dyson’s already beaten you to it. But if you think you’ve found the solution to a problem no-one else realises exists, you could chance your arm at impressing the bag- and blade-phobic billionaire and enter the 2010 James Dyson Award.
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DBA to launch approved list of design suppliers
Wed, 3 Mar 2010
The Design Business Association is set to launch an approved list of design suppliers - the DBA Design Directory - which clients will be able to access for free.
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Tributes paid to Sam Sampson
Tue, 2 Mar 2010
Tributes are being paid to Sampson Tyrrell founder Martin ’Sam’ Sampson, who died at the weekend.
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Long Lunch: digital design lecture series
Mon, 1 Mar 2010
Upcoming talks from Long Lunch in London
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Fitch Live set to close
Mon, 1 Mar 2010
Experiential, film and digital consultancy Fitch Live is set to close in June.
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National Media Museum seeks designers for London outpost
Mon, 1 Mar 2010
The National Media Museum is set to launch a search for a team to provide integrated design services, including architecture and engineering, for its London Galleries Project.
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New British Film Institute DVD: Design for Today
Thu, 25 Feb 2010
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Browns aims to help England bag 2018 football World Cup
Thu, 25 Feb 2010
Browns is designing England’s 2018 World Cup bid document, which it is hoped will help England win the bid to host the Fifa football World Cup in eight years’ time.
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Magmatic creates 'Mothership'
Wed, 24 Feb 2010
Design company Magmatic, creators of Trunki - the ride-on suitcase for children, is designing its own office space, which it has dubbed the Magmatic Mothership.
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Andrew Tanner wins British Council design entrepreneur award
Wed, 24 Feb 2010
Ceramicist Andrew Tanner has been named as the British Council’s UK Young Design Entrepreneur of the Year 2009.
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Crafts Council develops portable exhibition space
Tue, 23 Feb 2010
The Light Surgeons, Millimetre Design and Houghton Kneale Design have worked on new walk-in, immersive exhibition space concepts for the Crafts Council.
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Guy Smith appointed head of design for Arcadia Group
Mon, 22 Feb 2010
Former Dalziel & Pow associate director Guy Smith is joining Arcadia Group as head of design, Design Week understands.
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Fitch unveils premium brand for HSBC
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Fitch has worked on the branding and strategy for HSBC Advance, a new paid-for banking service from HSBC targeted at what the client calls the ‘emerging mass affluent’ sector.
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Shasa heads north of the border with Dalziel & Pow
18 February 2010
Dalziel & Pow has created a new brand and retail identity for Mexico-based clothing brand Shasa, which is expanding across the US.
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'Back to basics' approach for men's magazine market
18 February 2010
With sales in the UK men’s magazine sector continuing to drop away, many key players have redesigned to promote simplicity and hark back to the glory days of the titles.
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Andrew Pinkness joins LBI from Rufus Leonard
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
Andrew Pinkness, former board director, strategy director and client partner at Rufus Leonard, has joined LBI as client partner and director of strategic services.
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Martin Brudnizki works on Vietnamese restaurant
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
Martin Brudnizki has been appointed to design the interiors for Vietnamese restaurant Pho’s first branch outside of London, which will open in Brighton in May.
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Industrial Design Consultancy works on next-generation motorbike helmet
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Industrial Design Consultancy has helped to develop a new motorbike helmet, which it is hoped will reduce head injuries.
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Sebastian Bergne creates Enjoy utensils for Tefal
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Sebastian Bergne has designed a new range of kitchen utensils using recycled materials for Tefal.
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Entries sought for Northern Design Competition
Fri, 12 Feb 2010
Entries are being sought for the 2010 Northern Design Competition, which is open to students at universities, colleges and sixth forms across the North of England.
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London 2012 Olympics appoints ceramic and crystal firm
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
WWRD, owner of Waterford Crystal, Wedgwood and Royal Doulton, has been appointed to produce ceramic and crystal products for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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Campaign recreates Dunhill’s London home in New York
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
London consultancy Campaign has designed a temporary installation for New York Fashion Week that recreates luxury brand Dunhill’s London home in a Manhattan warehouse.
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More secure mobile phones unveiled
Wed, 10 Feb 2010
Three prototypes have been developed as part of an initiative from the Home Office, the Design Council and the Technology Strategy Board to develop new ways to secure mobile phones against thieves and fraudsters.
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Flying a kite?
11 February 2010
Not all self-initiated concepts make it to production, but the PR and goodwill generated make it all worthwhile. Angus Montgomery reports
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Former 1HQ team sets up new consultancy
Tue, 9 Feb 2010
A group of former 1HQ staffers has set up new consultancy Brand Potential.
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Inventive & Co stitches together Paul Smith Jeans website
Tue, 9 Feb 2010
Inventive & Co has created a new website to showcase Paul Smith Jeans’ spring/summer 2010 range.
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Face rebrands Paris House restaurant
Mon, 8 Feb 2010
West Yorkshire-based Face has created a new brand for the Paris House restaurant, which reopens today.
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SCP, Dare Studio and Redesign among Hidden Art Award winners
Fri, 5 Feb 2010
Furniture company SCP has picked up the prize for more influential or inspiring British company or designer at this year’s Hidden Art Awards.
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Start launches experiential and events consultancy
Fri, 5 Feb 2010
Start has launched brand experiences and events consultancy Start Live
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Design Bridge’s safer pint-glass prototypes unveiled
Thu, 4 Feb 2010
Design Bridge has developed two prototype pint glasses in a bid to crack the problem of glasses being used in violent assaults.
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Jeremy Leslie’s redesigned FHM set to hit the shelves
Thu, 4 Feb 2010
The redesigned FHM, which is Jeremy Leslie’s first completed project under the Magculture banner, hits shelves today.
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Seymour Powell's airship plans take flight with Samsung
Wed, 3 Feb 2010
Seymour Powell has developed concept plans for a giant luxury airship - the Aircruise - in a scheme funded by Samsung Construction & Trading.
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DBA reveals shortlist for 'active ageing' challenge
04 February 2010
An adaptive surface, an online footnoting tool, a graphical ‘brackets’ campaign and a social networking project named after food stuffing are competing for the latest Design Business Association Inclusive Design Challenge award, which this year celebrates its tenth anniversary.
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Together designs Royal Mail girlguiding stamps
Tue, 2 Feb 2010
Together has designed a set of stamps for Royal Mail to celebrate the centenary of the Girlguiding movement.
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Forster creates Plings brand to encourage positive activities
Tue, 2 Feb 2010
Forster has created a new brand for the Plings initiative – ‘places to go and things to do’ – which is an information service for teenagers to find positive activities.
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Havas Worldwide launches design network
Mon, 1 Feb 2010
Havas Worldwide, part of communications group Havas, has launched design and brand network Havas Design Plus.
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Dragon Rouge rebrands military charity
Mon, 1 Feb 2010
Dragon Rouge has created a new name and branding for The Army Benevolent Fund, which is now called ABF The Soldiers’ Charity.
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Virgin launches luxury submarine
Fri, 29 Jan 2010
Virgin Limited Edition, the luxury arm of Sir Richard Branson’s business empire, is launching a specially commissioned submarine.
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Stirling University seeks designer
Fri, 29 Jan 2010
The University of Stirling is seeking a consultancy to create student recruitment and marketing materials.
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Tories would be bad for design industry, poll suggests
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
More than three-quarters of respondents to a Design Week poll believe a Conservative Government would be bad for the design industry.
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A tool for humanity
28 January 2010
This year’s Davos summit offers an unprecedented opportunity for design to influence events on the world stage. Angus Montgomery reports
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Meteorite adds flavour to Costa's Flat White launch
28 January 2010
Meteorite has developed an integrated campaign for the launch of Costa Coffee’s new Flat White product.
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Civic appointed to Sport Scotland digital strategy
Tue, 26 Jan 2010
Edinburgh-based digital consultancy Civic has been appointed to develop a new digital communications strategy for Sport Scotland, Scotland’s national agency for sport.
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Bell Design works on primary curriculum brand
Mon, 25 Jan 2010
Bell Design is working on the brand for the new primary curriculum, which was announced last November.
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£5m pledged for Green building design tools
Mon, 25 Jan 2010
The Technology Strategy Board and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council are investing nearly £5m to fund the development by British companies of new design tools to build Greener buildings.
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Myles Consulting brands Little Shipmates nursery
Fri, 22 Jan 2010
Myles Consulting has created a new brand for Southampton-based nursery chain Little Shipmates.
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Design industry profits rise, but lag behind marketing, survey shows
Thu, 21 Jan 2010
The top 30 consultancies in the design industry managed to improve their profits over 2008 – but the sector performed poorly compared to other marketing services, a survey shows.
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Design teams work on patient dignity projects
Wed, 20 Jan 2010
Pearson Lloyd and fashion designer Ben de Lisi are among those working on developing new products and systems to improve dignity for patients in hospitals as part of a programme from the Design Council and the Department of Health.
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Majority of creative graduates 'in work and happy'
Wed, 20 Jan 2010
The majority of graduates from creative courses work in the creative industries and are satisfied with their jobs, according to new research.
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National Maritime Museum seeks exhibition designers
Tue, 19 Jan 2010
The National Maritime Museum is seeking to appoint to an exhibition design framework to work on its £35m Sammy Ofer Wing project and other exhibitions.
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Cologne Furniture Fair kicks off
Tue, 19 Jan 2010
The Cologne Furniture Fair is opening today in the German city, running until 24 January.
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BBC iPlayer and eco-underwear on Brit Insurance shortlist
Mon, 18 Jan 2010
The BBC’s iPlayer and Yves Béhar’s sustainable Pact underwear have been named on the shortlist for the 2010 Brit Insurance Designs of the Year awards.
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Tom Bewick to step down as Creative & Cultural Skills chief
Mon, 18 Jan 2010
Tom Bewick, group chief executive of Creative & Cultural Skills, is leaving to join business council Enterprise UK.
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Tories vow to slash advertising spend
Fri, 15 Jan 2010
The Conservatives would slash spending on Government advertising straight away if they won this year’s General Election, shadow chancellor George Osborne says.
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Jeremy Myerson leaves InnovationRCA to focus on Helen Hamlyn Centre
Thu, 14 Jan 2010
Jeremy Myerson is relinquishing his role as director of InnovationRCA at the Royal College of Art in London to concentrate on leading the RCA’s Helen Hamlyn Centre.
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The Hub works on scheme to tackle illegal tobacco
Thu, 14 Jan 2010
The Hub is working on a scheme to tackle the purchase and supply of illegal tobacco across the North of England.
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Tory MP questions need to outsource Government design
Wed, 13 Jan 2010
A Tory MP embroiled in a row about the value of identity design for Government clients has reiterated his opinion that some of the work should not be given to designers.
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Biodegradable plastics and bamboo 'are hot packaging trends'
Tue, 12 Jan 2010
Packaging design this year will see a growth in the use of biodegradable plastics and the use of sustainable ingredients such as bamboo, according to predictions from business information consultancy Datamonitor.
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Salford gallery to host Art in Advertising show
Tue, 12 Jan 2010
The Lowry in Salford is set to host an exhibition examining the link between art and advertising, showcasing some of the North West’s best-known campaigns.
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Site selected and architect sought for V&A at Dundee
Mon, 11 Jan 2010
An international architectural competition is being launched to design a new building for the Victoria & Albert Museum in Dundee.
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Most readers think 2010 will be better for design industry than 2009
Fri, 8 Jan 2010
Nearly 85 per cent of Design Week readers believe 2010 will be a better year for design businesses than 2009, according to a poll on www.designweek.co.uk.
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Link up or sink?
07 January 2010
Proposed cuts in funding are forcing regional design networks to consider new strategies and sources of revenue. Angus Montgomery reports
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Landor’s Peter Knapp calls for ‘properly branded’ London
Wed, 6 Jan 2010
Peter Knapp, Landor’s creative director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, says the London identity competition is ‘necessary’, despite flaws in the commissioning process.
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Conran Design Group restructures 3D design offer
Wed, 6 Jan 2010
Conran Design Group says it has reappraised its environmental design offer in light of the difficulties suffered by the retail sector last year.
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Ex-Ideo partner Mat Hunter joins Design Council
Wed, 6 Jan 2010
Former Ideo partner Mat Hunter is set to join the Design Council as its chief design officer.
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Designer sought for pan-European Unicreds project
Tue, 5 Jan 2010
Cornwall County Council is seeking a consultancy to work on design projects as part of the pan-European Unicreds project.
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D&AD’s Anthony Simonds-Gooding honoured in New Year’s list
Mon, 4 Jan 2010
D&AD chairman Anthony Simonds-Gooding has been made a CBE in the New Year’s Honours.
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Financial Services Authority seeks design and digital framework
Wed, 23 Dec 2009
The Financial Services Authority is seeking to appoint groups to a print and digital design framework.
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Brands plan major Green projects
Tue, 22 Dec 2009
More than a fifth of companies are planning a major environmental initiative in 2010, according to a new survey.
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The Consult creates Shelter party hat Christmas card
Tue, 22 Dec 2009
Leeds-based consultancy The Consult has created a combined Christmas card and party hat for PR company MCG and homeless charity Shelter.
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Jack Morton works on New Year’s Eve fireworks
Mon, 21 Dec 2009
Jack Morton Worldwide is creating the fireworks display to mark midnight on New Year’s Eve over the River Thames and the London Eye.
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Path Design’s Natural History Museum restaurant opens
Mon, 21 Dec 2009
The Natural History Museum’s new restaurant has opened, completing a comprehensive remodelling of the museum’s catering and retail spaces by Path Design.
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Westminster seeks kiosk designer
Fri, 18 Dec 2009
Westminster City Council is seeking a designer for a bespoke kiosk for traders in London’s West End.
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Design UK works on Rail Europe website
Fri, 18 Dec 2009
Digital consultancy Design UK is working on a new website for Rail Europe, which sells tickets and passes for rail journeys across Europe and beyond.
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KLM wins Birmingham Library identity work
Thu, 17 Dec 2009
Birmingham-based marketing group KLM is working on the identity for the new Library of Birmingham as part of a contract worth £30 000.
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Vicky Richardson to head design for British Council
Thu, 17 Dec 2009
Blueprint editor Vicky Richardson is set to join the British Council as director of architecture, design and fashion.
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Dott unveils plans to use children to power National Grid
Thu, 17 Dec 2009
Designs of the Time Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly is unveiling one of its showcase projects, which Dott programme director Andrea Siodmok says will ‘take the kinetic energy of children to power the National Grid’. The project, set to take place next year, will see the design and construction of a new playground at a site in Redruth, Cornwall, which will be codesigned with children and the local community. The playground apparatus will be designed so that it ...
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WMH creates franchise-ready branding for learning initiative
17 December 2009
Williams Murray Hamm has rebranded Tower Hamlets Summer University, which was attended by pop star Dizzee Rascal. The organisation will now be called Futureversity.THSU was set up in 1995 as a crime-prevention initiative, providing free courses to young people over the summer holidays. It now caters to more than 2000 young people, and offers more than 120 courses on subjects as diverse as ‘How to DJ’ and ‘Thai cooking’. Rascal, who is now a patron of THSU, attended a music ...
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Sir John Sorrell appointed creative industries ambassador
Tue, 15 Dec 2009
Sir John Sorrell has been appointed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown as Business Ambassador to champion the UK’s creative industries abroad.
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Legible London scheme rolls out across capital
Tue, 15 Dec 2009
Transport for London’s Legible London signage scheme, designed by Applied Information Group, is rolling out to three new areas of the capital, including its first installation in an outer London borough.
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BD Network bags Mars Petcare briefs
Fri, 11 Dec 2009
Integrated consultancy BD Network is working on campaigns for Mars Petcare’s Dentastix and Core Treats ranges.
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Pre-Budget Report ‘unhelpful to design businesses’
Thu, 10 Dec 2009
Chancellor Alistair Darling’s Pre-Budget Report is ‘rather unhelpful’ to the design industry, financial experts say.
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Designers predict shop of the future: hi-tech, no logo
10 December 2009
A trip to the shops next year could see retailers locating passing consumers with GPS, before luring them into their debranded hi-tech stores using limited-period discount offers texted to the shopper’s phone.This is the vision of Britain’s high street envisaged in retail designers’ predictions for 2010. Consultancy Judge Gill has authored a trends report which picks out five key directions for next year: debranding; the growth of experiential design; dual branding (such ...
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Nearly all creative businesses offer employee benefits, research shows
Tue, 8 Dec 2009
More than 90 per cent of companies in the creative sector offer benefits to staff over and above basic salary and holiday entitlement, according to new research from accountant Kingston Smith W1.
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Useful Simple Trust founders outline business model
Tue, 8 Dec 2009
Two founders of design collective the Useful Simple Trust say their business sidesteps ‘one of the key succession challenges’, by removing the link between equity and leadership.
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Government slashes marketing spend
Mon, 7 Dec 2009
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced that the Government’s marketing spend will be cut by a quarter as part of a cost-saving drive.
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Design Bridge founder Nick Verebelyi leaves in restructure
Mon, 7 Dec 2009
Design Bridge founder Nick Verebelyi is leaving the consultancy.
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Tite and Ebdon design seaside shelters
Fri, 4 Dec 2009
London-based architects Michael Tite and Tom Ebdon are designing a series of seafront shelters for Sussex resort Bexhill-on-Sea.
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Harriman Steel creates Nike campaign
Fri, 4 Dec 2009
Harriman Steel has designed a campaign for Nike’s Court Force women’s shoe range.
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Someone’s Paralympic pictograms unveiled
Thu, 3 Dec 2009
Someone’s pictograms for the 2012 London Paralympic Games have been unveiled, following on from a set of pictograms the consultancy developed for the Olympic Games.
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PDD board completes management buyout
Thu, 3 Dec 2009
The board of product design consultancy PDD has completed a management buyout of the company.
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Rising above the competition
03 December 2009
The major airlines are innovating to maintain premium brand positioning and stay one step ahead of their budget rivals. Angus Montgomery reports
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Rodney Fitch leaves Fitch
Tue, 24 Nov 2009
Fitch founder Rodney Fitch is stepping down as chairman of the consultancy.
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Dragon Rouge rebrands care specialist Craegmoor
Tue, 24 Nov 2009
Dragon Rouge has created a new brand for organisation Craegmoor, which provides support for more than 4000 people with learning disabilities, complex needs and mental health illnesses, and older people.
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Virgin Atlantic opens luxury Gatwick Clubhouse
Mon, 23 Nov 2009
Virgin Atlantic is opening a new Clubhouse at Gatwick airport designed by FD Architecture in collaboration with the airline’s in-house design team
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Ron Arad’s Design Museum Holon set to open
Mon, 23 Nov 2009
The Design Museum Holon in Israel, designed by Ron Arad Architects, is set to open in January.
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Nicholas Serota appointed to Boris Johnson’s design panel
Fri, 20 Nov 2009
Sir Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate, has been appointed to London mayor Boris Johnson’s Design Advisory Panel.
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FutureBrand redesigns Beechams packs
Fri, 20 Nov 2009
FutureBrand has redesigned the packaging for the Beechams All in One range for brand-owner GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare.
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NS Design works for free again
Fri, 20 Nov 2009
Digital consultancy NS Design is repeating its controversial work-for-free day this year.
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GR/DD works on Science Museum installations
Thu, 19 Nov 2009
GR/DD is working on two interactive installations for the Science Museum’s Who Am I? gallery.
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Design groups among top independent marcomms firms
Thu, 19 Nov 2009
Several design consultancies have been named among the most successful privately owned marketing and communications groups in the UK.
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David Balko made commercial director of Jigsaw
Thu, 19 Nov 2009
David Balko has been appointed commercial director of digital consultancy Jigsaw.
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Micha Weidmann reworks Fornasetti website
Wed, 18 Nov 2009
Micha Weidmann Studio is working on a new website for Italian design house Fornasetti. Fornasetti was founded by Milan-based artist Piero Fornasetti, who designed the company’s products himself, and also collaborated with architect Gio Ponti. Following Fornasetti’s death in 1988, the company was taken over by his son, Barnaba. Micha Weidmann Studio was appointed to develop the website in July, according to creative director Micha Weidmann, who says the consultancy ...
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Sorrell Foundation seeks Saturday arts and design club venues
Tue, 17 Nov 2009
The Sorrell Foundation is seeking partners for an initiative to run Saturday courses in art and design for youngsters.
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Design ‘could see private equity boost’ in 2010
Tue, 17 Nov 2009
Media and communications groups, including design consultancies, could see a boost in private equity backing next year, according to experts.
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Design Museum seeks architect to work with Koolhaas on its new home
Mon, 16 Nov 2009
The Design Museum has launched an international search for an architect to work on the Commonwealth Institute building in west London, which is set to become the new home of the museum
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More design opportunities in Sea Change programme
Mon, 16 Nov 2009
Seven coastal resorts around the country are receiving up to £3.7m each to invest in culture and heritage as part of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment’s Sea Change initiative.
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Average salary for graphic designer is less than £25k
Fri, 13 Nov 2009
The average salary for a graphic designer is £24 514, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics.
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Cultural ‘women to watch’ sought
Thu, 12 Nov 2009
The Cultural Leadership Programme is seeking nominations to its new Women to Watch list, which will celebrate the achievements of women in the creative and cultural industries.
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Lomo announces camera customisation contest
Thu, 12 Nov 2009
Camera company Lomo is launching a competition to customise its classic Lomo LC-A+ design.
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Studio 91 designs Pants to Poverty packaging
Thu, 12 Nov 2009
Studio 91 has designed packaging made from recycled Fairtrade cotton for ethical underwear group Pants to Poverty. Pants to Poverty started as part of the Make Poverty History campaign in 2005, and sells Fairtrade organic underwear. The company sells its pants through independent shops and online retailers to 22 countries, and works with more than 4500 farmers in India. Studio 91 started working with the company in June 2008 on graphics projects, following a ...
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KVB Design creates Meridian concept store in Thailand
Tue, 10 Nov 2009
KVB Design has created ‘very English’ designs for audiovisual brand Meridian’s new concept store in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Interiors Birmingham to showcase new design
Tue, 10 Nov 2009
Next year’s Interiors event at Birmingham will feature Designersblock for the second year running, and the New Design Britain competition, which showcases the work of young designers.
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US tops country brand survey
Mon, 9 Nov 2009
The United States has claimed the top spot in FutureBrand’s 2009 Country Brand Index, with last year’s number one, Australia, slipping to third place.
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Model of Heatherwick bridge to star at Lord Mayor’s Show
Mon, 9 Nov 2009
A scale model a conceptual Heatherwick Studio bridge will feature at the Lord Mayor’s Show.
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Peter Reid to replace Roger Parry as Media Square boss
Fri, 6 Nov 2009
Roger Parry is stepping down as executive chairman of Media Square, the group that owns consultancies Holmes & Marchant and Lloyd Northover.
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Research reveals procurement ‘postcode lottery’
Fri, 6 Nov 2009
New research has revealed huge variations in the time taken by different councils to pay their suppliers.
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Gordon Murray Design powers up sustainable electric car
Thu, 5 Nov 2009
Surrey-based Gordon Murray Design is working with engineering company Zytek Automotive Technology to develop a new electric car which will be made using a sustainable production process.
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Freeman Christie updates political donations information
Wed, 4 Nov 2009
Freeman Christie has updated, reorganised and redesigned the advice the Electoral Commission gives to political parties about donations and loans.
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Iconic exhibits key for Museum of London galleries
05 November 2009
‘This is the culmination of four years of work. We’re hoping to completely reposition the museum and make it more mainstream. This will allow us to have a bigger presence.’Professor Jack Lohman, director of the Museum of London, is referring to the institute’s planned £20m Galleries of Modern London, set to open in 2010. This work will increase the museum’s space by 25 per cent, allow it to display more than 7000 objects, and open it up to the London Wall, where ...
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Williams Murray Hamm designs tropical Absolut bottle
Tue, 3 Nov 2009
Williams Murray Hamm has designed the bottle graphics for the limited-edition Absolut variant Flavor of the Tropics.
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Cab Studios works on Goodwood website
Tue, 3 Nov 2009
Cab Studios is redeveloping the website for motor circuit and hotel destination Goodwood Estate.
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British Council sets up graphic design framework
Mon, 2 Nov 2009
The British Council is hoping to appoint up to 12 consultancies to a new UK graphic design framework.
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Cog Design creates Wellcome Trust teaser campaign
Mon, 2 Nov 2009
Cog Design has created the branding and campaign for the Wellcome Trust’s Identity Project.
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WPP revenues down but ‘less worse’ than previous quarter
Fri, 30 Oct 2009
WPP, which owns branding and design groups including Landor, Fitch and The Brand Union, has reported a like-for-like revenue drop of 8.7 per cent in the third quarter – an improvement on the second quarter’s 10.5 per cent fall.
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Wizard of Oz bags book design award
Fri, 30 Oct 2009
A new edition of children’s classic the Wizard of Oz, with cover design by Graham Rawle and text design by Rich Carr, has picked up the Book of the Year prize at the British Book Design and Production Awards 2009.
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Forster rebrands waste charity
Thu, 29 Oct 2009
Forster is rebranding environmental charity Waste Watch.
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2010 Deutsche Börse prize shortlist unveiled
Thu, 29 Oct 2009
The Photographers’ Gallery has unveiled the shortlist for this year’s Deutsche Börse Photography Prize.
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NB Studio plans London installations to promote museum
Wed, 28 Oct 2009
NB Studio is working on a campaign to promote the Museum of London’s new galleries, which could see a series of installations spring up across the capital.
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Cabinet creative conference launches
Tue, 27 Oct 2009
World leaders from the creative and financial industries are gathering in the UK for Cabinet, the Government’s inaugural Creativity & Business International Network meeting.
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Wolff Olins creates new National Trust identity
Tue, 27 Oct 2009
The National Trust is set to roll out a new identity, created by Wolff Olins, from the beginning of next year.
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Figtree creates ‘quietly brilliant’ smartphone branding
Mon, 26 Oct 2009
Figtree has created new branding for smartphone manufacturer HTC, using the strapline ‘quietly brilliant’.
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Barcelona design festival opens
Mon, 26 Oct 2009
The BCN Design Week, which focuses on design in business, opens today in the Spanish city of Barcelona and runs until 30 October.
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Tom Foulkes to join Buro Happold
Fri, 23 Oct 2009
Tom Foulkes is leaving his position as head of development marketing, retail at developer Land Securities, to join engineer Buro Happold.
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Marque Creative designs Glasgow Commonwealth Games identity
Thu, 22 Oct 2009
Glasgow-, London- and New York-based design consultancy Marque Creative has been appointed to create the identity for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
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Government cash for creative apprenticeships
Thu, 22 Oct 2009
Up to 1125 new apprenticeship places will be created to train 16- to 24-year-olds for a career in the creative industries.
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London policy plans spell more work for designers
22 October 2009
London Mayor Boris Johnson is seeking the public’s views on a trio of policy documents that could shape the capital’s growth over the next 20 years, at the same time providing plenty of work for designers.The draft Mayor’s Transport Strategy, the Economic Development Strategy and the London Plan were all published last week. Taken as a whole, they cover pretty much every policy area that Johnson has control over. All are now open to public consultation on the Greater London ...
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Event Communications designs Jewish Museum exhibitions
Tue, 20 Oct 2009
Event Communications has designed the permanent exhibitions for the Jewish Museum London, which is set to reopen next spring following a £10m transformation.
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Brompton bike designer wins Prince Philip prize
Fri, 16 Oct 2009
Andrew Ritchie, designer of the Brompton folding bicycle, has won the 2009 Prince Philip Designers Prize.
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Lloyd Northover creates Infiniti car showroom
Thu, 15 Oct 2009
Lloyd Northover has designed the flagship European showroom for US car brand Infiniti, which opens today in Reading.
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Birmingham Library tender reignites free-pitching debate
Wed, 14 Oct 2009
Birmingham City Council is the latest public-sector client to come under fire for asking for unpaid creative work in a tender.
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Stone gets heavy with Seventhingsmedia branding
15 October 2009
Stone Creative Design has designed new branding and a website for marketing agency Seventhingsmedia.With clients including Acne Jeans and Unicef Shop, Seventhingsmedia works on projects such as affiliate management and search engine optimisation.Stone Creative was appointed directly to the work about a month ago after being put in touch with Seventhingsmedia managing director Chris Bishop through a mutual contact. Bishop says, ‘We were considering holding a pitch, ...
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Straight from the heart
15 October 2009
Getting your pro-bono jobs to work out can be just as tricky as with paid-for projects. Angus Montgomery weighs up the pros and cons
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First UK coin designed by a child is unveiled
Tue, 13 Oct 2009
The Royal Mint has unveiled the first-ever UK coin designed by a child – a 50p piece designed by nine-year-old Florence Jackson.
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Government pumps £80m into innovative technologies
Tue, 13 Oct 2009
The Government is investing £82.5m to develop innovative new technologies in fields such as regenerative medicine, transport and logisitics, and low-carbon housing.
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Schoolchildren in Olympic design challenges
Mon, 12 Oct 2009
All secondary schoolchildren across the UK are being invited to take part in a series of science, technology and maths (Stem) challenges focusing on the design and delivery of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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Pearson Lloyd designs flexible new office environment
Fri, 9 Oct 2009
Pearson Lloyd has created an office furniture collection that can be assembled in a range of different combinations.
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University of Liverpool unveils design roster
Thu, 8 Oct 2009
The University of Liverpool has appointed seven consultancies to its design roster.
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Fitchlive appointment to boost links with Fitch
Thu, 8 Oct 2009
Experiential, film and digital agency Fitchlive has appointed Ursula Morrish as project director. Part of her role will be to build an integrated offer with sister consultancy Fitch.
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Fit new brand positioning for South East Enterprise
08 October 2009
Fit Creative is repositioning and rebranding publicly funded business support centre South East Enterprise.The service, which supports businesses in the Greenwich and Lewisham boroughs of London, is looking to raise its profile to customers, funders and users.Jeremy Hedger, business development director for Greenwich, says, ‘We’ve been stuck with the same old brand for a while, and we’re looking to raise our profile.’Fit, which is based in south-east London, ...
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Architect IM Pei to receive Royal Gold Medal
Tue, 6 Oct 2009
Architect IM Pei, best known for his work at the Louvre museum in Paris, has been named as the 2010 Royal Gold Medal winner.
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Design Week Awards judges named
Tue, 6 Oct 2009
The judging panel for the 2010 Design Week Awards has been confirmed.
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Pentawards winners to go on show
Mon, 5 Oct 2009
The winning designs in the Pentawards 2009 packaging design awards will go on show at venues in France, Monaco and China next year.
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England squad gets new branding for Commonwealth Games
Fri, 2 Oct 2009
Corporate Edge has created the new We Are England brand for the English squad at next year’s Commonwealth Games.
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Bisset Adams creates teen space at library
Fri, 2 Oct 2009
Bisset Adams has designed a new, dedicated space for children aged 11-18 at South Woodford Library in London.
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Design for Patient Dignity briefs are finalised
Thu, 1 Oct 2009
The Design Council and the Department of Health have finalised the briefs in their Design for Patient Dignity project.
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Delete London works on online takeaway brand
Thu, 1 Oct 2009
Digital consultancy Delete is working on a new website for online takeaway brand Just Eat.
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Totally works on Barbarians Rugby Club website
Thu, 1 Oct 2009
Digital consultancy Totally Communications is designing a new website for the Barbarians Rugby Club.
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Interbrand rebrands global recruiter Hays
Wed, 30 Sep 2009
Interbrand has created a new identity for Hays, the international recruitment network.
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Run, river, run
01 October 2009
As the River Thames is restored to Harry Beck’s iconic London Tube map, Angus Montgomery looks at how to achieve cartographical clarity
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Crossing O’Sullivan creates Krug Room for the Dorchester
Tue, 29 Sep 2009
Crossing O’Sullivan has designed the interiors of the Krug private dining room at London’s Dorchester Hotel for client Moët Hennessy UK.
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iPhone is coolest brand in UK
Mon, 28 Sep 2009
Apple’s iPhone has been rated the coolest brand in the UK in the 2009/2010 CoolBrands survey.
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Tom Dixon pushes service design agenda
Fri, 25 Sep 2009
Tom Dixon says British design needs to focus more on service design and problem solving, and not just on ‘creating objects’, in order to remain relevant and economically viable.
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Stuart Dickinson joins Futurebrand
Thu, 24 Sep 2009
Stuart Dickinson has joined Futurebrand as creative director.
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Paul Smith awarded London Design Medal
Thu, 24 Sep 2009
Fashion designer Paul Smith has been awarded the 2009 London Design Medal.
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Design Council to launch patient dignity competition
Wed, 23 Sep 2009
The Design Council and the Department of Health are set to launch a new project which will address issues around patient dignity and privacy in hospitals.The Design for Patient Dignity scheme will follow the same structure as the Design Bugs Out competition launched last year, which saw four designers create five new pieces of hospital furniture to combat the spread of infection. However, the new scheme will have a slightly broader format, potentially encompassing service ...
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Interbrand renames North Devon College as Petroc
Wed, 23 Sep 2009
Interbrand has created a new name and identity for North Devon College, which will now be known as Petroc.The new name, inspired by Saint Petroc, follows the merger last year between North Devon College, based in Barnstaple, and East Devon College, based 30 miles away in Tiverton.Interbrand was appointed in September 2008 after winning a pitch for the work in the summer, according to Andy York, director of verbal identity at the consultancy.York said ...
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Design Council chief executive calls for design education change
Tue, 22 Sep 2009
Design Council chief executive David Kester has called for a change in the categorisation of design education.
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Designers sought to promote Cornwall
Tue, 22 Sep 2009
A design group is being sought to work on projects for the Cornwall Marketing project, being run by the Cornwall Development Company.
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Design Triangle in Swiss rail work
Mon, 21 Sep 2009
Cambridge-based consultancy Design Triangle is working on the redesign of interiors for the Swiss national railway company.
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Sumo creates National Gallery digital campaign
Mon, 21 Sep 2009
Newcastle-based consultancy Sumo has created a campaign for the National Gallery in London that uses animated advertisements on the Tube and mainline stations to promote its permanent collection.
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Simon Waterfall leaves Poke
Fri, 18 Sep 2009
Poke co-founder Simon Waterfall is to leave the consultancy.
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Design Museum move gets green light
Fri, 18 Sep 2009
The Design Museum’s plans to move from Shad Thames to a new home in the former Commonwealth Institute on Kensington High Street have won the thumbs up from the council.
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Google rises up list of top brands
Fri, 18 Sep 2009
Google, Amazon and Zara are among the best performers in consultancy Interbrand’s annual ranking of the best global brands.
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Edinburgh group 20/20 Design rebrands Scottish & Newcastle
Thu, 17 Sep 2009
Edinburgh-based 20/20 Design is working on a rebrand and new website for drinks brand Scottish & Newcastle, part of Heineken International.
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Industrial Design Consultancy aims for Chinese growth
Thu, 17 Sep 2009
Industrial Design Consultancy has established a presence in Shanghai, which it aims to grow into a design operation in China.
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Sanky announced as D&AD president-in-waiting
Wed, 16 Sep 2009
Simon ‘Sanky’ Sankarayya, founder of digital consultancy All of Us, has been appointed deputy president of D&AD, and will take over the presidency of the organisation in September 2010.
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Dott unveils new website and showcase projects
Wed, 16 Sep 2009
Designs of the Time Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly is launching a website today to engage people in the region with the programme, and is set to unveil two showcase projects.
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The shape of things to come
17 September
New figures suggest the recession might be over, but consultancies shouldn’t break out the Bollinger just yet, says Angus Montgomery
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Big drop in freelance pay rates
Tue, 15 Sep 2009
Pay rates for freelance designers have dropped by 17.25 per cent in the past year, according to a Design Week survey.
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Dragon Rouge to rebrand Army Benevolent Fund
Tue, 15 Sep 2009
Dragon Rouge is working on a new identity for the Army Benevolent Fund.
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Fraser Muggeridge curates Emerge graduate show
Mon, 14 Sep 2009
Graphic designer Fraser Muggeridge is curating graphic design graduate showcase exhibition Emerge at east London venue Rich Mix as part of London Design Festival.
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Conran and Hamnett to address IP issues
Mon, 14 Sep 2009
Designer Sebastian Conran and fashion designer Katherine Hamnett will be advising entrepreneurs on intellectual property in a seminar next week as part of London Design Festival.
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Electrolux Design Lab shortlist features flying raincatcher
Mon, 14 Sep 2009
The winner of the 2009 international Electrolux Design Lab competition will be announced next week.
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Outside Line creates Jackie Tyson make-up website
Fri, 11 Sep 2009
Digital consultancy Outside Line is set to launch a new website for celebrity make-up artist Jackie Tyson.
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British consortium works on Bahrain airshow
Fri, 11 Sep 2009
The ArenaLea partnership, formed by event specialist Arena Group and exhibition design consultancy Lea International, is working on a £17m contract to design and build a permanent site for a Middle East airshow.
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Cornish duo scoops Isles of Scilly briefs
Thu, 10 Sep 2009
Cornish consultancies Gendall Design and Nixon Design are both working on projects to promote the Isles of Scilly as a tourism destination.
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Letterpress studio to pop up in the capital
Thu, 10 Sep 2009
Designer-maker network Cockpit Arts and the Society of Revisionist Typographers will be running a pop-up letterpress studio during London Design Festival this month.
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D4R in point-of-sale lingerie work
Thu, 10 Sep 2009
Leicestershire-based retail design consultancy D4R has created new point-of-sale displays for lingerie brands Triumph and Sloggi.
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Red, blue, yellow and Green
10 September 2009
With the Lib Dems looking to adopt an interventionist stance on waste reduction, Angus Montgomery explores the politics of planet-friendly packaging
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Brand Me redesigns Sainsbury’s coffee range
Tue, 8 Sep 2009
Brand Me has redesigned the packaging for Sainsbury’s entire range of coffees, which is going Fairtrade.
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Glenn Tutssel calls for new foundation course structure
Tue, 8 Sep 2009
Glenn Tutssel, executive creative director of The Brand Union, has called for arts foundation courses to be restructured in order for graduates to have a more well-rounded education.
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US architect works on new Glasgow School of Art building
Tue, 8 Sep 2009
US architect Steven Holl Architects and Scotland-based JM Architects have been appointed to work on a new building opposite Glasgow School of Art’s Grade A-listed Mackintosh Building.
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Rufus Leonard in British Gas swim campaign
Mon, 7 Sep 2009
Rufus Leonard has designed and developed the online Free Swim campaign for British Gas, which launches today.
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Wrap targets food packaging in waste-reduction campaign
Fri, 4 Sep 2009
The Government-funded Waste Resources Action Programme is working on a number of new projects with leading retailers to minimise packaging waste.
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The Government calls for more work experience
Thu, 3 Sep 2009
The Government is calling for businesses in the design sector to offer work experience to school and college leavers looking for work in the field this summer.
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‘Lower-tech’ Public Gallery opens
Tue, 1 Sep 2009
The Public Gallery, in West Bromwich arts centre The Public, has opened in a ‘lower-tech’ form.
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Three British designers among Sappi winners
Tue, 1 Sep 2009
Three British designers are among the ten winners in the European Ideas that Matter initiative, run by paper producer Sappi.
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Kemistry creates ‘intense’ ice-cream brand
Fri, 28 Aug 2009
Kemistry has created the branding and packaging for new ice cream brand Rica.
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Studio 48 designs New York-style bar in Canary Wharf
Fri, 28 Aug 2009
Studio 48 London has created the branding and interiors of the Lower East Liquor Bar and Bistro in Canary Wharf.
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Event works on Giant’s Causeway visitor centre
Thu, 27 Aug 2009
London- and Dublin-based exhibition design consultancy Event Communications is working on the interiors of the visitor centre for the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland, as well as interpretive design for the entire site.
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Government awards celebrate innovation
Thu, 27 Aug 2009
The deadline for the Iawards, the first-ever Government-backed awards to celebrate achievements in science, innovation and technology, is 16 September.
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Lighthouse goes into administration
Tue, 25 Aug 2009
The Lighthouse, Scotland’s centre of architecture, design and the city, has gone into administration.
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Royal Mail launches Olympic stamps
Tue, 25 Aug 2009
The Royal Mail has unveiled a series of stamps to celebrate the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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The Lighthouse faces crunch meeting
Mon, 24 Aug 2009
A board meeting is being held this evening (24 August) to decide the future of The Lighthouse, Scotland’s centre for architecture, design and the city.
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Design Bridge works on safer pint glass
Mon, 24 Aug 2009
Design Bridge is creating a safer pint glass in a bid to crack the problem of glasses being used in violent assaults.
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Dott Cornwall is looking for designers
Fri, 21 Aug 2009
Designs of the Time Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly is seeking senior design producers to lead Dott projects.
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Young people ‘need more information about creative industries’
Fri, 21 Aug 2009
Employers in the creative industries should do more to make sure the sector is accessible to young people who want to break into it, says organisation Creative & Cultural Skills.
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Konstantin Grcic works on Serpentine exhibition
Thu, 20 Aug 2009
German product designer Konstantin Grcic is curating the Serpentine Gallery’s first-ever exhibition devoted to contemporary design.
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Emma Atkinson leaves Holmes & Marchant
Thu, 20 Aug 2009
Packaging design consultancy Holmes & Marchant has made planning director Emma Atkinson redundant.
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Government move points to more open procurement
Thu, 20 Aug 2009
The Government’s decision to scrap the charge for online public contract portal Supply2.gov.uk is being hailed as the first step towards a more free and open public procurement system.Earlier this month the fee was dropped on searching for contracts worth under £100 000. This had previously cost businesses approximately £99-£180 a year. This may not seem much, but for business representation body the Forum of Private Business the decision is an important move towards allowing ...
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Sony Design Centre Europe announces new director
Mon, 17 Aug 2009
Takuya Kawagoi is the new director of Sony Design Centre Europe, based in London.
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Competition aims to give politics ‘both barrels’
Mon, 17 Aug 2009
A campaign for political reform is calling for film and images as part of a competition to ‘give the old politics both barrels’.
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David Shrigley draws twinset for Pringle
Fri, 14 Aug 2009
Artist David Shrigley has contributed a set of illustrations that will be used on T-shirts and posters for knitwear brand Pringle.
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Addiction gives flexibility to ESPN Premier League titles
Thu, 13 Aug 2009
Addiction has created the titles for TV channel ESPN’s newly acquired coverage of English and Scottish Premier League football matches.
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We Make Design rebrands youth charity
Thu, 13 Aug 2009
Irish consultancy We Make Design has created a new identity for London-based charity New Horizon Youth Centre.
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Start’s Michael Dorrian moves to Hong Kong office
Tue, 11 Aug 2009
Michael Dorrian has been appointed creative director of Start Creative Hong Kong.
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Liverpool canal to host art event
Tue, 11 Aug 2009
A stretch of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal in north Liverpool will host new commissions by international artists and architects as part of an urbanism event in the city next month.
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Engage Group appointed to Nursing & Midwifery Council work
Mon, 10 Aug 2009
Engage Group has been appointed as the sole design and communications consultancy for the Nursing & Midwifery Council.
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Clear Graphics in poster picnic promotion
Mon, 10 Aug 2009
Consultancy Clear Graphics has created an advertising campaign to promote picnicking in London’s Royal Parks.
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Mass Designers works on neighbourhood restaurant
Fri, 7 Aug 2009
East London consultancy Mass Designers is creating the interiors for restaurant Charlotte’s Place’s new Chiswick branch.
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Artist builds Golden Lane tea hut
Fri, 7 Aug 2009
Artist Camilla Brueton is creating a tea hut in the Exhibit Gallery in East London’s Golden Lane Estate as part of the Super Estate community event.
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Creative Edge designs Rick Stein biscuit packs
Thu, 6 Aug 2009
Truro-based consultancy Creative Edge has designed the packaging for chef Rick Stein’s new range of savoury biscuits.
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Corporation Pop works on football poetry website
Thu, 6 Aug 2009
Manchester-based Corporation Pop is working on a new website for Streetspeak, an initiative that aims to improve young people’s literacy through poetry and their love of football.
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Dyson Awards longlist unveiled
Tue, 4 Aug 2009
The longlist has been unveiled for this year’s Dyson Awards, sponsored by Sir James Dyson.
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HOK appointed to BBC interiors work
Tue, 4 Aug 2009
HOK has been appointed to the contract, worth up to £500 000, to design the interiors of phase two of the BBC’s Broadcasting House development.
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RCA celebrates ten years of Helen Hamlyn Centre work
Mon, 3 Aug 2009
The Royal College of Art is to host an exhibition celebrating ten years of European collaborative projects by Helen Hamlyn Centre research associates.
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Brands and own-brands are battling for supermarket supremacy
August 2009 Online
As cash-conscious consumers head for own-brands, brands are fighting back with new innovations, finds Angus Montgomery
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Hat-Trick gives new look to breast cancer charity Breakthrough
August 2009 Online
Hat-Trick Design has created a new identity for charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer.The consultancy was appointed a year ago, following a three-way credentials pitch, according to creative director Gareth Howat.Consultancy Brandsmiths is also working on the project, having been appointed in January 2008 following a three-way pitch to develop a brand strategy. This involved a process of review and development, including testing each phase of work across stakeholders ...
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LDA says High Street 2012 will generate design briefs
August 2009 Online
The London Development Agency says there will be opportunities for landscape design, lighting design, streetscape design, public art commissions and events as part of its High Street 2012 initiative.The project aims to regenerate the A11/A118 from Aldgate in Tower Hamlets to Stratford in Newham, to provide a link from the City to the London 2012 Olympic Park.The LDA has unveiled a vision, developed by architect Fluid, to improve the entire length of the road, ...
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D&AD committee list unveiled
Fri, 31 Jul 2009
A shortlist of 14 designers and advertising creatives are in the running for four seats on the D&AD executive committee.
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Salford City Council unveils design roster
Thu, 30 Jul 2009
Salford City Council has appointed six consultancies to its new creative design services roster.
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Reform Creative brands media placement scheme
Tue, 21 Jul 2009
Manchester-based Reform Creative has designed the identity for Northwest Vision and Media’s Media Foundation Placement Scheme.
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Mark Rogerson brands high-strength Sri Lankan beer
Mon, 20 Jul 2009
Mark Rogerson has created the branding for new high-strength Sri Lankan beer Grand Blonde.
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Vivid creates In the Mix Manchester magazine
Mon, 20 Jul 2009
Manchester-based consultancy Vivid has created the first in what is hoped will be a series of magazines celebrating the redevelopment of the city’s Northern Quarter.
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Strategic Fusion brands private aviation firm Jetbird
Fri, 17 Jul 2009
Strategic Fusion has created the brand for new business jet company Jetbird.
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Designers aim to create world’s longest bench
Thu, 16 Jul 2009
A fundraising campaign has been launched to build the world’s longest bench in the seaside town of Littlehampton in West Sussex.
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Lizzie Mary Cullen scoops second New Designers One Year On prize
Thu, 16 Jul 2009
Lizzie Mary Cullen has won the New Designers One Year On award for Part 2 of this year’s New Designers.
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Redpath works on heraldic look for Supreme Court
Thu, 16 Jul 2009
Edinburgh-based consultancy Redpath has worked on the identity for the United Kingdom Supreme Court - which will be the highest court in the land.The Ministry of Justice appointed the consultancy in 2007, following a credentials pitch against Corporate Edge. It invited Redpath to pitch on the strength of the group’s existing relationship with Malcolm Reading Consultants, which was acting as client adviser.
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TSB report sets out creative industries strategy
Thu, 16 Jul 2009
If the words ‘convergence’, and ‘metadata’ don’t mean much to you at the moment, they will within the next three years - or so the Technology Strategy Board hopes.
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Artillery creates MTV Greatest Superstars identity
Tue, 14 Jul 2009
Brighton-based consultancy Artillery has created the look for MTV’s new show Greatest Superstars.
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Designers hang works from the rafters at Borough Market
Tue, 14 Jul 2009
Design works by Timorous Beasties, Salt and Loophouse will hang from the rafters of London’s Borough Market as part of the first-ever Food With Thought event this September.
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Asda debuts reusable packaging trial
Mon, 13 Jul 2009
Automated machines that allow customers to put fabric conditioner in reusable pouches are being installed in Asda stores, as part of a series of reusable packaging trials.
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Lance Armstrong to finish Tour de France on Damien Hirst bike
Mon, 13 Jul 2009
Legendary cyclist Lance Armstrong is riding a series of artist- and designer-decorated bikes in this year’s Tour de France, to support the Lance Armstrong Foundation and its Livestrong cancer campaign.
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Together designs photography prize book
Fri, 10 Jul 2009
Together Design is creating the book for the Prix Pictet photography prize, the shortlist for which was announced last night.
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Ruth Ashton wins New Designers One Year On prize
Thu, 9 Jul 2009
Nottingham Trent University graduate Ruth Ashton has won the New Designers One Year On award Part 1.
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Gormley named most influential art and design figure
Thu, 9 Jul 2009
Artist Antony Gormley, whose One & Other commission for Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth launched this week, has been named the most influential and powerful person in art and design in an industry poll.
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Design Council's Andrea Siodmok appointed to Dott Cornwall
Wed, 8 Jul 2009
Design Council chief design officer Andrea Siodmok (pictured) has been appointed as programme director for Designs of the Time Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
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Jason Bruges designs Sunderland Station lightwall
Wed, 8 Jul 2009
Jason Bruges Studio has designed a 144m-long lightwall artwork that will run along a platform at Sunderland Station.
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Design Council and British Chambers of Commerce in partnership
Tue, 7 Jul 2009
The Design Council and the British Chambers of Commerce have announced a new partnership to work together to promote the value of design to UK businesses.
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Consultancies advised to spend time on blogs
Tue, 7 Jul 2009
Consultancies should invest time in launching blogs, rather than creating a quick-fix effort, says Christian Barnett, planning director of Coley Porter Bell.
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Gardiner Richardson works on health centre brand
Mon, 6 Jul 2009
Newcastle-based consultancy Gardiner Richardson is creating a new identity for the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health.
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Bell works on climate change publications
Mon, 6 Jul 2009
Design consultancy Bell is working on two publications for the Committee on Climate Change.
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Book design and mobile phone app scoop top D&AD Student Awards prize
Fri, 3 Jul 2009
Two teams have shared the Student of the Year prize at the D&AD Student Awards 2009.
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Barraclough works on vegetarian brands
Fri, 3 Jul 2009
Cheshire-based Barraclough Associates is working on a project to refine and develop the Vegetarian Society’s brands.
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Gladman & Norman designs Elizabeth Cross
Thu, 2 Jul 2009
Birmingham-based group Gladman & Norman has designed the new Elizabeth Cross, an award which will be given to the families of British armed forces personnel killed in action or by terrorist attacks since 1945.
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I-am works on Carphone Warehouse experience
Thu, 2 Jul 2009
Consultancy I-am associates is working on customer experience strategies for The Carphone Warehouse.
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A look at how to capture personalities when branding individuals
Thu, 2 Jul 2009
How do you go about branding individuals, without offending their pride? Angus Montgomery looks at what it takes to capture a personality
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Small Back Room brands fraud group
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Small Back Room has created the name, branding and identity for Financial Fraud Action UK, which is set to launch as banking industry anti-fraud group APACS is disbanded.
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Sagittarius creates disaster response website
Tue, 30 Jun 2009
Kent-based Sagittarius Marketing has created a website for the Red Cross to help European Union countries respond to emergencies and disasters.
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UK’s best pub designs announced
Mon, 29 Jun 2009
The Campaign for Real Ale has recognised four pubs in the Pub Design Awards 2008.
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O’Kennedy named new D&AD chief executive
Mon, 29 Jun 2009
Tim O’Kennedy has been unveiled as the new chief executive of D&AD.
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Roc brands rugby legend Dallaglio
Fri, 26 Jun 2009
West Sussex-based consultancy Roc has created identities for the Lawrence Dallaglio Foundation, and for the former England rugby captain himself.
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The District helps get art into the shop window
Fri, 26 Jun 2009
Cambridge-based consultancy The District has created an identity for Cambridge City Council’s Changing Spaces initiative, which aims to put art in empty shop windows across the city.
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RSA calls for change in design education
Thu, 25 Jun 2009
The Royal Society of Arts is calling for design education to focus more on the design of services and move away from what it says is an emphasis on product and industrial design.
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UK groups pick up gold awards at Cannes Design Lions
Thu, 25 Jun 2009
Williams Murray Hamm, The Partners and Pearlfisher all scooped gold awards at the Cannes Design Lions Awards last night.
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UK groups slow to back World Industrial Design Day
Thu, 25 Jun 2009
World Industrial Design Day 2009 is billed by organiser The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design as a ‘celebration’, ‘to raise awareness about the benefits of industrial design in improving our quality of life’.
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Forster rebrands Grandparents Plus
Tue, 23 Jun 2009
Forster has created a new identity for charity Grandparents Plus, which champions the role of grandparents and the extended family in children’s lives.
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Vitamin launches polka-dot urban gnomes
Tue, 23 Jun 2009
Product design group Vitamin has created a set of urban gnomes for the Hayward Gallery’s summer exhibition Walking in My Mind, which opens today.
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Tord Boontje replaces Ron Arad at Royal College of Art
Mon, 22 Jun 2009
Tord Boontje is to replace Ron Arad as the Royal College of Art’s head of design products.
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Wedgwood Museum wins Art Fund Prize
Fri, 19 Jun 2009
The Wedgwood Museum in Stoke-on-Trent, which tells the story of the historic ceramics company that went into administration at the beginning of the year, has won the £100 000 Art Fund Prize.
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Origin appointed to Manga films work
Thu, 18 Jun 2009
Cheshire-based consultancy Origin Creative is working on the design and marketing for new releases from cult Japanese animation film company Manga Entertainment.
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Wallpaper magazine duo creates Frontline Club paper
Wed, 17 Jun 2009
Editorial designers Sarah Douglas and Lee Belcher have designed Frontline, a broadsheet quarterly newspaper for journalists’ organisation the Frontline Club.
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Echo Brand Design recreates Brylcreem range
Tue, 16 Jun 2009
Echo Brand Design has created new branding and packaging for Brylcreem.
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Pearlfisher creates beauty brand
Tue, 16 Jun 2009
Pearlfisher has created new luxury beauty brand Green & Spring, for hotel company A Curious Group of Hotels.
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David Mlinaric picks up CBE in honours list
Mon, 15 Jun 2009
Interior designer David Mlinaric has been recognised with a CBE in the 2009 Queen’s birthday honours list.
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German firm to work on Imperial War Museum North exterior
Mon, 15 Jun 2009
German landscape architect Topotek 1 has been selected as the preferred design team to work on the external spaces of the Imperial War Museum North in Salford.
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Michael Peters given D&AD President’s Award
Fri, 12 Jun 2009
Four Black Pencils have been awarded at this year’s D&AD Awards, and Michael Peters has been recognised with the President’s Award.
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Digital Britain author Lord Carter to quit Government
Fri, 12 Jun 2009
Communications Minister Lord Carter is understood to be planning to leave the Government after delivering his Digital Britain report next week.
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Public building award shortlist unveiled
Thu, 11 Jun 2009
The shortlist for this year’s Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award, which recognises efficiency in procurement as well as excellence in design, has been unveiled.
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Design Art London becomes Pavilion of Arts & Design
Thu, 11 Jun 2009
This year’s Design Art London fair has been renamed the Pavilion of Arts & Design London, and will feature a stronger decorative art element.
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Mandelson's extended powers hailed by design world
Wed, 10 Jun 2009
The Cabinet reshuffle, which has seen the creation of the new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills under Lord Peter Mandelson, has ‘played out very well for the design agenda’, according to Design Council chief executive David Kester.
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Preddy advocates long-term client relationships
Tue, 9 Jun 2009
Shan Preddy, partner at business development consultant Preddy & Co, says design consultancies need to emulate advertising and PR companies and develop long-term relationships with clients.
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Accrue Brand Value to blindfold MPs in campaign
Tue, 9 Jun 2009
Warwickshire-based consultancy Accrue Brand Value has created a large display for the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association which will be taken to the Houses of Parliament as part of GDBA’s ‘Say No to Shared Streets’ campaign.
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Mandelson’s new Government department to look after design
Mon, 8 Jun 2009
Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Cabinet reshuffle has led to the creation of the new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), which will be responsible for design policy at central Government level.
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Origin Creative works on Henri Lloyd Brawn GP account
Mon, 8 Jun 2009
Cheshire-based consultancy Origin Creative is working on the launch marketing campaign for apparel company Henri Lloyd’s Brawn GP clothing range.
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The Brand Union launches branding MA with Goldsmiths
Fri, 5 Jun 2009
The Brand Union and Goldsmiths, University of London, are set to launch an international master’s degree in brand development.
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Sony Ericsson releases ‘Green’ mobile phones
Fri, 5 Jun 2009
Mobile phone group Sony Ericsson has unveiled two sustainable handsets, which the company claims have carbon footprints 15 per cent lower than current models.
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Innovation Secretary Denham likely to move in Cabinet reshuffle
Thu, 4 Jun 2009
Innovation Secretary John Denham looks likely to be promoted in the forthcoming Cabinet reshuffle.
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EC seeks public consultation on design document
Thu, 4 Jun 2009
The European Commission is seeking public consultation on its Staff Working Document on Design as a Tool for Innovation.
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Dream Lab promotes UK education
Thu, 4 Jun 2009
Sleep might be an alien concept to many design students, what with the need to balance deadlines with an often demanding social life, but the science of sleep is being used to promote the UK’s creative education abroad through a new academic initiative.
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Lloyd Northover splits offices in Media Square restructure
Wed, 3 Jun 2009
Consultancy Lloyd Northover’s UK operation is to split across two sites as part of a wider restructure by parent company Media Square.
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Media Square announces profits surge and restructure
Tue, 2 Jun 2009
Marketing communications group Media Square has announced a huge jump in profits for the past 12 months.
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Creatives have eight minutes to share their inspiration
Tue, 2 Jun 2009
Graphic designer Vaughan Oliver and Richard Hooker, designer and art director at Wieden & Kennedy, are among those taking part in the 8x8 London live design event next month.
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Brand Catalyst creates new Keep Britain Tidy identity
Mon, 1 Jun 2009
Brand Catalyst has created a new identity for the Keep Britain Tidy campaign.
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Designers help develop university technologies
Mon, 1 Jun 2009
Designers are being brought into universities to help speed up the commercialisation of a raft of innovation projects, including solar-powered equipment to generate clean water and electricity, and a safety tracking device using a radar on a chip implanted in clothing.
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Big Cat designs Pride London parade float
Fri, 29 May 2009
Birmingham- and London-based integrated consultancy Big Cat has been named as the official corporate parade-float designer for Pride London 2009.
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Tayburn gets its teeth into Scottish meat work
Fri, 29 May 2009
Tayburn is working on a Scotch beef summer recipe booklet after being appointed to the Quality Meat Scotland design services roster.
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Fudge identity for youth learning programme
Thu, 28 May 2009
Bolton-based consultancy Fudge has created an identity and website for north Staffordshire-based organisation Partners in Creative Learning.
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Green Awards seek creative sustainability
Thu, 28 May 2009
The fourth annual Green Awards are seeking sustainable marketing and communications initiatives.
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300million creates new Access Self Storage brand
Wed, 27 May 2009
300million has created a new brand identity for self-storage business Access Self Storage. The consultancy first started working with Access in January 2008, according to director Nigel Davies, when it looked at positioning the company’s core offer. This work, Davies says, resulted in a revised brand position and a marketing campaign.
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True North aims to change perceptions of National Portrait Gallery
Wed, 27 May 2009
True North has created a campaign for the National Portrait Gallery in London, which aims to change people’s preconceptions of the gallery.
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Landor’s Giovannoni makes the case for female executives
Tue, 26 May 2009
Cheryl Giovannoni, European president of Landor Associates, says new leadership qualities, which many believe are more prevalent in women, could come to the fore in the recession.
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Finns sweep the board in student packaging awards
Tue, 26 May 2009
Roman Klementsov, of Finland’s Lahti Institute of Design, has won the Supreme Gold and Gold Star awards at the Student Starpack 2009 awards with his milk pack design.
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Jack Morton works on Army recruitment campaign
Fri, 22 May 2009
Experiential marketing consultancy Jack Morton Worldwide has created elements of a recruitment campaign for the Army called Start Thinking Soldier.
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The Market Creative works on Earex rebrand
Fri, 22 May 2009
Manchester-based consultancy The Market Creative is developing a new logo and packaging for ear-care brand Earex.
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Heatherwick and Sorrell to judge 2009 Stirling Prize
Thu, 21 May 2009
Thomas Heatherwick and Sir John Sorrell, chairman of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, have been named as judges for the 2009 Stirling Prize, which is awarded to the architects of the building that has made the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year.
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Le Corbusier’s Chandigarh furniture to go on show
Thu, 21 May 2009
An exhibition of furniture created by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret for the Indian city of Chandigarh is being held at the P3 Gallery, London NW1, next month.
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London Digital Week set to launch in autumn
Thu, 21 May 2009
There will be a double dose of digital design in the capital this September, with the inaugural London Digital Week running alongside the London Design Festival.
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Gardiner Richardson rebrands Tyne and Wear Metro
Wed, 20 May 2009
Newcastle-based Gardiner Richardson’s new identity for the Tyne and Wear Metro transport system is set to roll out across the network.
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Clinic founder Adrian Miles dies aged 50
Tue, 19 May 2009
Adrian Miles, co-founder and managing director of Clinic, has died at the age of 50.
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Brand language expert calls for post-recessionary words
Tue, 19 May 2009
A new language must be created for the different kinds of business that will emerge in the coming months, says John Simmons, director of brand language consultancy The Writer.
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Sperm Creative works on Hush retail brand
Tue, 19 May 2009
Cheltenham-based consultancy Sperm Creative is working on the brand for retailer Hush.
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Factor 3 designs new identity for Nobo
Mon, 18 May 2009
Cheltenham-based Factor 3 has rebranded the Nobo product range for office products company Acco Brands Europe.
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Pentagram to create Museum of Liverpool identity
Fri, 15 May 2009
Pentagram is designing a new identity for the £72m Museum of Liverpool, which will open in 2010.
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Design Bridge cuts London staff
Fri, 15 May 2009
Design Bridge says it will be reducing staffing levels at its London headquarters in a group-wide restructure.
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New identity for the Architecture Foundation
Thu, 14 May 2009
Sheffield consultancy Peter and Paul has designed a new identity for the Architecture Foundation.
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‘Roundhead’ brands are beating ‘Cavaliers’
Thu, 14 May 2009
The recession is leading many brands to adopt austere ‘Roundhead’ principles rather than showy ‘Cavalier’ ones, according to John Bateson, creative consultant and chairman of the Typographic Circle.
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Dawton and Fitch advise graduates against going into business on their own
14 May 2009
Deborah Dawton, chief executive of the Design Business Association, and Rodney Fitch, founder and chairman of Fitch, have advised design students and graduates not to form their own consultancies in the current financial climate.
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London Design Festival chairman says 'be bold' faced with recession
14 May 2009
London Design Festival chairman Sir John Sorrell says this year’s event will be ‘a real opportunity to put London and the UK’s excellence in creativity at the heart of what’s happening in the world’. Sorrell adds that with the decline of the financial sector, the UK ‘has the opportunity to be seen by the world as a creative nation and the best creative partner’.LDF director Ben Evans says,
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Magazine bosses debate how to extend brands
14 May 2009
The rise of digital media and the shrinking of the print advertising market means global magazine brands have for some time wanted to see themselves as more than simply providers of a printed product.



