Design Week
Angus Montgomery Editorial

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.

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’.

Aesop brands Maasai safari camp

Wed, 23 May 2012

The identity for the Kenyan camp features a ‘leaping Maasai warrior’.

Church chair designs shortlisted

Wed, 23 May 2012

Designs from Sir Terence Conran and Tomoko Azumi among the finalists.

Futurebrand designs 2012 Olympic tickets

Wed, 23 May 2012

The designs use the Olympic pictogram system and colour-coding for venues.

How much is your privacy worth?

Tue, 22 May 2012

Noma Bar’s posters for the Dutch Museum for Communication exhibition.

Yell rebrands as hibu

Tue, 22 May 2012

The directory service’s new identity has been created by Landor.

Thought Collective and Reed Words rebrand Exosphere

Mon, 21 May 2012

The new branding is based around ‘high-fashion pointers’.

Softroom and BuroCreative work on Wahaca shipping crate restaurant

Mon, 21 May 2012

The restaurant will be decorated with Mexican street art.

Someone creates new look for dairy brand Valio

Fri, 18 May 2012

The branding will be applied across more than 1000 products.

The King’s Cross Filling Station, by Carmody Groarke

Thu, 17 May 2012

A disused petrol station is being converted into a restaurant.

BuroCreative designs Wahaca packaging

Wed, 16 May 2012

Mexican restaurant chain Wahaca is launching new products in supermarkets, with packaging by BuroCreative.

Brand extensions of the future?

Tue, 15 May 2012

Brunel students have created brand extension concepts for Help for Heroes, Kinder and other organisations.

Virgin Atlantic overhauls upper class cabin

Thu, 10 May 2012

Virgin works with Pengelly Design and VW+BS on new look cabin

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.

Airport security – a design challenge too far?

Tue, 8 May 2012

Is airport security now too awful for designers to rescue?

Tourist designs Keane album cover

Tue, 8 May 2012

Consultancy Tourist has designed the cover for Keane’s fourth album Strangeland.

Landor rebrands MoneyGram

Thu, 3 May 2012

Branding for the money transfer service is based around an ‘energy globe’.

Who is Rupert Ray?

Wed, 2 May 2012

A new exhibition aims to reveal the face behind the enigmatically-named consultancy.

Argos branding under review

Wed, 2 May 2012

Retailer Argos is reviewing its branding and store presence, according to reports.

The Team rebrands Stroke Association

Tue, 1 May 2012

The new identity uses a visual pun based around paint strokes.

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.

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.

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.

Google Photography Prize

Wed, 25 Apr 2012

Winning images are on display at London’s Saatchi Gallery.

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.

Christopher Kieling’s menagerie

Tue, 24 Apr 2012

Cats, rhinos and comic book-style art feature in the German illustrator’s solo show.

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.

Bolton Council seeks design groups for framework

Mon, 23 Apr 2012

Design consultancies are sought for digital and print design.

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.

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.

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.

Dragon Rouge repackages Actimel

Wed, 18 Apr 2012

Dragon Rouge has created new packaging designs for Danone yoghurt drink Actimel.

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.

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.

Olympic design

Fri, 13 Apr 2012

Getting under the skin of some iconic Olympics projects.

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’.

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.

Design Council chief executive David Kester resigns

Tue, 10 Apr 2012

Design Council chief executive David Kester is leaving the organisation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

University of Gloucestershire seeks graphics consultancy

Thu, 15 Mar 2012

The University of Gloucestershire is seeking to appoint a graphic design consultancy.

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’.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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’.

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.

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.

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.

Print on the edge

Thu, 1 Mar 2012

An upcoming show by Kingston University students looks at the changing role of print in design.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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’.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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’.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

'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’.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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’.

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.

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.

Bold Creative develops the iPaddington app

Wed, 7 Dec 2011

Bold Creative has developed the Paddington Bear story app, dubbed the iPaddington.

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.

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’.

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.

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.

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

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…)

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

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 ...

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

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.

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.

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

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.

The Partners opens Singapore office

Mon, 21 Nov 2011

The Partners is opening an office in Singapore to service the Asian market.Anant Deboor

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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’.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Consultancy Aesop absorbs marketing agency Steam

Mon, 10 Oct 2011

Consultancy Aesop, which set up in May, has absorbed promotional marketing consultancy Steam.

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.

‘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

Designs sought for urban beehives

Wed, 5 Oct 2011

An international competition is being launched seeking designs for urban beehives, bird-boxes and planters.

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.

Hair apparent

Mon, 3 Oct 2011

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.

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.

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’.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Allofus bought by McCann

Mon, 8 Aug 2011

Digital consultancy Allofus has been acquired by McCann Worldgroup.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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’.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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!

Time for school

Wed, 13 Jul 2011

Design education - we are told - is in grave danger in the UK.

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.

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.

Yay for neighs

Mon, 11 Jul 2011

Photographer Mark Brumell has just completed a very unusual job for a very unusual client.

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.

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.

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.

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

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’.

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.

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’.

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.

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.

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.

Found faces

Wed, 29 Jun 2011

Paul Gray, founder of Glasgow consultancy Suisse, has an obsession.

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.

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.

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’.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

£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.

Royal Society of Arts reveals 2011 Student Design Awards roll of honour

9 June 2011

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Lambie-Nairn creates new Emmerdale identity

Tue, 31 May 2011

Lambie-Nairn has created new branding for ITV1 soap Emmerdale.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

101 designs National Art Pass

Wed, 4 May 2011

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.

New conference creates space for debate in the product arena

28 April 2011

Museum of London takes to the high seas with pirates exhibition

Wed, 27 Apr 2011

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.

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.

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.

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’.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Harriman Steel creates new look for BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wed, 30 Mar 2011

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.

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.

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.

RSA initiative tackles issueof Design & Rehabilitation

17 March 2011

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.

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.

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.

Method and CSM partner to drive ideas to market

10 March 2011

Brandopus creates new look for McCain chips

Wed, 9 Mar 2011

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.

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.

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’.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. ...

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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’.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

Rune Gustafson to head up Prophet's Europe operation

Wed, 12 Jan 2011

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.

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.

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.

Callum Lumsden sets up on his own after leaving Small Back Room

Thu, 6 Jan 2011

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.

Finnair unveils new identity

Tue, 21 Dec 2010

Finnish airline Finnair has unveiled a new identity, developed by WPP consultancy Sek & Grey.

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.

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.

Dragon Rouge creates new hotel brand Chapter Hotels

16 December 2010

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.

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.

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.

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.

Burrill to take lead role at Pick Me Up

Wed, 8 Dec 2010

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Creative Triangle maps out Prague airport

Tue, 16 Nov 2010

Creative Triangle has designed a series of interactive maps for Prague Airport.

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.

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.

Bill Moggridge honoured with Prince Philip Designers Prize

Wed, 10 Nov 2010

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sea Design brands Barbican membership scheme

Wed, 6 Oct 2010

Sea Design has worked on a customer engagement programme for London’s Barbican.

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.

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.

&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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pearlfisher packages new Crabtree & Evelyn fragrance range

Fri, 3 Sep 2010

Pearlfisher has created the packaging for Crabtree & Evelyn’s new Florals fragrance range.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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’.

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.

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.

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.

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’.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Lambie-Nairn rebrands Glorious soups

Tue, 1 Jun 2010

Lambie-Nairn has rebranded soup and sauce company Glorious.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Magic Apple

Thu, 15 Apr 2010

The Design Week office is still slightly overawed following its first in-the-flesh encounter with an iPad.

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.

Duttons rebrands workwear company Alexandra

Mon, 12 Apr 2010

Bristol-based consultancy Duttons has rebranded 156-year-old workwear and corporate clothing company Alexandra.

Pearlfisher repackages Jamie Oliver range

Thu, 8 Apr 2010

Pearlfisher has designed new packaging for celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s entire retail masterbrand range.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Royal Mail seeks consultancies for frameworks

Thu, 18 Mar 2010

The Royal Mail Group is seeking design consultancies for a number of frameworks.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Long Lunch: digital design lecture series

Mon, 1 Mar 2010

Upcoming talks from Long Lunch in London

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Myles Consulting brands Little Shipmates nursery

Fri, 22 Jan 2010

Myles Consulting has created a new brand for Southampton-based nursery chain Little Shipmates.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

David Balko made commercial director of Jigsaw

Thu, 19 Nov 2009

David Balko has been appointed commercial director of digital consultancy Jigsaw.

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.

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

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.

Lomo announces camera customisation contest

Thu, 12 Nov 2009

Camera company Lomo is launching a competition to customise its classic Lomo LC-A+ design.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

Cab Studios works on Goodwood website

Tue, 3 Nov 2009

Cab Studios is redeveloping the website for motor circuit and hotel destination Goodwood Estate.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Figtree creates ‘quietly brilliant’ smartphone branding

Mon, 26 Oct 2009

Figtree has created new branding for smartphone manufacturer HTC, using the strapline ‘quietly brilliant’.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, ...

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.

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.

University of Liverpool unveils design roster

Thu, 8 Oct 2009

The University of Liverpool has appointed seven consultancies to its design roster.

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, ...

Design Week Awards judges named

Tue, 6 Oct 2009

The judging panel for the 2010 Design Week Awards has been confirmed.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Stuart Dickinson joins Futurebrand

Thu, 24 Sep 2009

Stuart Dickinson has joined Futurebrand as creative director.

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 ...

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.

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.

Simon Waterfall leaves Poke

Fri, 18 Sep 2009

Poke co-founder Simon Waterfall is to leave the consultancy.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Emma Atkinson leaves Holmes & Marchant

Thu, 20 Aug 2009

Packaging design consultancy Holmes & Marchant has made planning director Emma Atkinson redundant.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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, ...

Salford City Council unveils design roster

Thu, 30 Jul 2009

Salford City Council has appointed six consultancies to its new creative design services roster.

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.

Strategic Fusion brands private aviation firm Jetbird

Fri, 17 Jul 2009

Strategic Fusion has created the brand for new business jet company Jetbird.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Echo Brand Design recreates Brylcreem range

Tue, 16 Jun 2009

Echo Brand Design has created new branding and packaging for Brylcreem.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Green Awards seek creative sustainability

Thu, 28 May 2009

The fourth annual Green Awards are seeking sustainable marketing and communications initiatives.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

‘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.

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,