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Enso creates new Greenpeace campaign

Fri, 25 May 2012

KFC packaging revolts against KFC founder Colonal Sanders in new campaign.

D Studio brands video app Vyclone

Wed, 23 May 2012

The multifaceted branding aims to reflect the nature of the app.

News in brief round-up

Fri, 18 May 2012

A round-up of this week’s news in brief.

Johnson Banks to rebrand Cystic Fibrosis trust

Fri, 18 May 2012

Cystic Fibrosis Trust will look to appeal to a wider audience with the new identity.

Code Computerlove refreshes Latedeals brand and website

Wed, 16 May 2012

A new identity and website for the online package holiday company.

Teams sought for youth unemployment challenge

Wed, 16 May 2012

Designers are sought to create digital projects in a £150 000 challenge.

Clearleft designs Channel Four Scrapbook website

Mon, 14 May 2012

Clearleft has designed Channel Four’s new Scrapbook website.

Zone Design acquires Social

Fri, 11 May 2012

Zone Design announces acquisition of branding consultancy Social

What is your favourite example of an icon or pictogram-led design system?

Fri, 11 May 2012

Mother London has created icon-led designs for Boots pharmacies. What is your favourite example of an icon or pictogram-led design system?

Red Bee Media designs BBC's London Calling on-screen identity

Fri, 4 May 2012

Red Bee Media has designed the BBC Global News and BBC Worldwide channel’s London Calling on-screen identity.

Cogapp to work on Science Museum website

Thu, 3 May 2012

Cogapp will look to improve the Science Museum website by linking up content and clarifying microsites.

Sennep creates calorie calculator for British heart foundation

Wed, 2 May 2012

The calculator aims to drive traffic to the charity’s website and help raise awareness of cardio-vascular disease.

The Space - an online feast of culture

Tue, 1 May 2012

Catch some live opera or browse John Peel’s record collection at The Space.

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.

It's not brain surgery, it's Tradigital

Mon, 30 Apr 2012

Steve Price of Plan B Studio makes a plea for agencies to bring in digital at an earlier stage of projects.

WPP posts first quarter profits

Fri, 27 Apr 2012

WPP has reported strong growth in emerging markets, while domestically slow growth is reported in digital and interatcive.

Public Zone to create UNICEF social media department branding

Thu, 26 Apr 2012

Consultancy Public Zone is working with UNICEF’s new internal social media and civic department.

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.

Poke creates racetrack game for Orange

Tue, 24 Apr 2012

Tweeters can drive a set of chattering teeth around a physical racetrack.

What design can bring to policy-making

Fri, 20 Apr 2012

Corporate Edge’s Ronan Harrington looks at what design can bring to policy-making.

The Team and Cisco develop virtual mirrors for John Lewis

Fri, 20 Apr 2012

The Team and Cisco have developed two virtual fashion mirrors for retailer John Lewis’ flagship store on Oxford Street.

London Film Museum to open Covent Garden outpost

Fri, 20 Apr 2012

Brand Nu and KPF have worked on designs for a new exhibition space.

The anatomy of a Honda Civic

Thu, 19 Apr 2012

Artist Ryoji Ikeda has created an AV installation using the raw CAD data used to design the Honda Civic car.

What is the best use of a QR code that you have seen?

Thu, 19 Apr 2012

Steve Osborne’s recent article looked at the use if technologies such as QR code on packaging. What is the best use of a QR code that you have seen?

Osborne Ross Design brands The Positive View Foundation

Tue, 17 Apr 2012

Osborne Ross Design has branded new photographic charity The Positive View Foundation.

nerv appointed to create Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games mascot

Mon, 16 Apr 2012

Digital consultancy nerv has been appointed to create the final design for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games mascot, using designs submitted in a UK-wide children’s competition.

National Trust turns to e3 for child focussed campaign

Fri, 13 Apr 2012

Bristol based consultancy e3 has produced the interactive website for the National Trust’s new ‘50 Things To Do Before You’re 11 ¾’ campaign.

Which gameshow would you like to redesign?

Fri, 13 Apr 2012

The Apprentice? The Generation Game? Funhouse…?

Ian Rudge, Neville Brody and Ab Rogers work on new DX design event

Tue, 10 Apr 2012

UBM Built Environment’s Ian Rudge, co-founder of 100 % Design and Tent, is working with Neville Brody and Ab Rogers Design to create DX, a new design event and online platform that will debut in London in spring 2013.

Design Council chief executive David Kester resigns

Tue, 10 Apr 2012

Design Council chief executive David Kester is leaving the organisation.

News in brief round-up

Thu, 5 Apr 2012

A round-up of this week’s news in brief.

Which album cover would you like to update?

Thu, 5 Apr 2012

Sir Peter Blake updated his Sgt Pepper designs - which album would you change?

News in brief round-up

Fri, 30 Mar 2012

A round-up of this week’s news in brief

Voxpop – Where are the women in design?

Thu, 29 Mar 2012

There are fewer women then men leading design consultancies. Last week Designer Breakfasts met to discuss the underrepresentation of women in design and asked, ‘Where are the women?’ What do you think can be done to address the gender imbalance?

National Football Museum launches website by Wonder Associates

Wed, 28 Mar 2012

Wonder Associates has designed the website for the new National Football Museum which is preparing to move from Preston North End’s Deepdale football ground to Manchester’s Urbis building.

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.

News in brief round-up

Fri, 23 Mar 2012

A round-up of this week’s news in brief.

Should the impact of design be measured?

Thu, 22 Mar 2012

Would better measurement help or harm design?

Chester Zoo unveils new look website

Tue, 20 Mar 2012

Code Computer Love has designed a new website for Chester Zoo incorporating the hand drawn branding designed by Music for the zoo last year.

News in brief round-up

Fri, 16 Mar 2012

A round-up of this week’s news in brief.

Landor appoints Peter Knapp to new role of global creative officer

Wed, 14 Mar 2012

Landor has announced a new global creative officer role, which will rotate annually. The first incumbent will be Peter Knapp, executive creative director of Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

ICO unveils digital strategy for paper company GFSmith

Mon, 12 Mar 2012

ICO Design Partners has created a new website for paper company GFSmith which it hopes will ‘inspire and educate’ site visitors.

News in brief round-up

Fri, 9 Mar 2012

A round-up of this week’s news in brief.

Voxpop - What first inspired you to take up a career in design?

Thu, 8 Mar 2012

The Government is to fund the Sorrell Foundation’s National Art and Design Saturday Club initiative, which give young people aged 14-16 the opportunity to study art and design at a local college or university. What first inspired you to take up a career in design?

Love to open Shanghai office

Wed, 7 Mar 2012

Manchester-based consultancy Love is set to open a new office in Shanghai, China, which will build on recent client wins in the country.

Smith & Milton's Helix rebrand uses an English Pointer

Tue, 6 Mar 2012

Smith & Milton has created a new visual identity for Helix, a London-based reinsurance asset collection business, using an English Pointer dog as visual metaphor.

News in brief round-up

Fri, 2 Mar 2012

A round-up of this week’s news in brief.

News Analysis - How to make global projects work for local markets

Fri, 2 Mar 2012

Working on a design project for worldwide audiences can be fraught with difficulties - while one colour may signify luck to one nationality; it may mean something quite different to another. Similarly, with food products - tastes and preferences, obviously, vary enormously between different countries and even regions. Hilarious linguistic gaffs are another story entirely - take France’s Pschitt soda, Italian Mukk yoghurt or Germany’s Zit lemonade, for instance.

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.

300 Million falls into administration

Wed, 29 Feb 2012

Consultancy 300 Million has closed its doors after going into administration, its managing director Nigel Davies has confirmed.

Moshen works on brewer Robinsons' online portfolio

Tue, 28 Feb 2012

Lancaster-based consultancy Moshen has redesigned a corporate and tenancy website for brewer Robinsons and created a new site for its ale Old Tom.

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.

News in brief round-up

Fri, 24 Feb 2012

A round-up of this week’s news in brief.

Voxpop - What is the story behind your consultancy name?

Thu, 23 Feb 2012

New consultancy Rupert Ray is named after ‘a semi-mythological character’. What is the story behind your consultancy name?

Cahoona's real-time website for England cricketer Jimmy Anderson

Wed, 22 Feb 2012

Manchester based digital agency Cahoona has created a brand and website for international cricketer Jimmy Anderson’s benefit year. 

Silk Pearce creates branding and website for opera director Alessandro Talevi

Tue, 21 Feb 2012

Silk Pearce has created the branding and website for opera director Alessandro Talevi.

Pentagram's Paula Scher designs Microsoft Windows 8 Identity

Mon, 20 Feb 2012

Pentagram’s Paula Scher has designed an identity for Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 8, using a graphic resembling a window pane.

Ico Design creates interactive hoarding for Soho sushi restaurant Yoobi

Fri, 17 Feb 2012

Ico Design has created an interactive restaurant hoarding for Soho sushi restaurant Yoobi, which allows people to ‘fish’ for free food.

JHP works on Swarovski's new youth brand lola & grace

Wed, 15 Feb 2012

JHP has developed the branding and retail concept for jeweller Swarovski’s new lola & grace youth sub-brand, working with the in-house team on the project.

VML London and Organic Inc work on British Library digital overhaul

Wed, 15 Feb 2012

VML London has been appointed to develop a new ‘global experience language’ for the British Library’s digital presence, while Organic Inc has been appointed to a web technical architecture review project.

Poke creates Diesel ‘fit your attitude’ jeans website

Mon, 13 Feb 2012

Poke has designed a new website for jeans brand Diesel’s new ‘fit your attitude’ range of women’s jeans.

News in brief round-up

Fri, 10 Feb 2012

A round-up of this week’s news in brief

The Light Surgeons work on Horniman Museum exhibition

Thu, 9 Feb 2012

The Light Surgeons are working on a video based installation for an upcoming exhibition at London’s Horniman Museum  which will look at clothing and body adornments in the capital.

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.

Mirror.co.uk relaunches website with &&& Creative

Wed, 8 Feb 2012

Mirror.co.uk, the digital home of the Daily Mirror and the Sunday Mirror, is being relaunched with a new design developed by consultancy &&& Creative and an in-house team.

Tribal DDB works on digital experience at Guinness Storehouse

Tue, 7 Feb 2012

Ad agency Tribal DDB is working on a digital exhibition project at tourist attraction The Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.

News in brief round-up

Fri, 3 Feb 2012

A round-up of this week’s news in brief.

Government launches one-stop-shop website gov.uk

Wed, 1 Feb 2012

The Government has launched a beta version of website gov.uk, which it says is the first step towards a single Government information website

Red Bee designs identity for Egyptian television channel Sada El Balad

Tue, 31 Jan 2012

Red Bee has designed the on-screen identity and graphics for Egyptian television channel Sada El Balad.

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.

Scope rebrands with Arthur London's user-generated system

Mon, 30 Jan 2012

Charity Scope has launched a new user-generated identity system, developed by marketing consultancy Arthur London, which will use illustrations provided by disabled people in a bid to increase public understanding of disability. 

Scottish public sector framework extended

Fri, 27 Jan 2012

The 10 consultancy-strong Scottish public sector design framework, which had been due to expire in March, is being extended by six months as the Scottish Government tenders for a new framework.

Vimeo launches redesign

Wed, 25 Jan 2012

Video-sharing site Vimeo is rolling out a redesign which the company says is ‘based around maximising the user experience’.

Dixon Baxi designs new on-screen identity for UKTV's Watch channel

Tue, 24 Jan 2012

Dixon Baxi has designed a new on-air identity for UKTV pay entertainment channel Watch, which launches next month.

DC Comics unveils new identity

Mon, 23 Jan 2012

Landor has created new identities for DC Comics, the publisher of Batman, Superman and Wonderwoman, as well as its parent group DC Entertainment. 

Sherry designs Kick It Out annual report

Mon, 23 Jan 2012

Sherry has designed the annual report for the Kick It Out football equality charity.

Mather & Co works on new National Horseracing Museum

Thu, 19 Jan 2012

Mather & Co is working on new designs for the National Horseracing Museum at Newmarket racecourse in Suffolk.

Poke creates BAFTA Orange Film Pulse website

Thu, 19 Jan 2012

Poke has designed the BAFTA Orange Film Pulse website, which aggregates user reviews and comments about films from websites including Twitter, Film Club and Facebook.

Kiosk creates new R&S Records website

Wed, 18 Jan 2012

Sheffield-based consultancy Kiosk has designed a new website for record label R&S Records, working with digital consultancy Kleber.

Tangent works on new website for The Lighthouse

Tue, 17 Jan 2012

Glasgow-based consultancy Tangent Graphic hopes to help The Lighthouse, Scotland’s centre for design and architecture, ‘become the force it was before’ after being chosen to create its new website.

News in brief round-up

Fri, 13 Jan 2012

A round-up of this week’s news in brief.

Yves Behar unveils tablet design for One Laptop per Child scheme.

Wed, 11 Jan 2012

Yves Behar is debuting a tablet designed for children in the developing world this week as his work with the One Laptop per Child organisation continues.

Imagination targets India with two office openings

Tue, 10 Jan 2012

Imagination has opened a new office in Mumbai, India and is looking to open a second in Bangalore.

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.

European Banking Authority seeks consultancy for website redesign

Wed, 4 Jan 2012

The European Banking Authority is seeking a consultancy to redesign and support the implementation of its new website.

Design industry predictions for 2012 - Part one

Tue, 3 Jan 2012

In the first part of our series of design industry predictions for 2012, leading industry figures tell us what they think will happen in branding, graphics, packaging, interactive and financial performance

Review of the year - Apps

Thu, 22 Dec 2011

This year museums, galleries and in particular book publishers, started to realise the potential in linking the virtual to the physical, turning to designers to create expressions of exhibitions, tours and books by extrapolating content and using it to encourage on- and off-line interaction.

Review of the year - Design festivals

Tue, 20 Dec 2011

Calendar mainstay the London Design Festival put on its largest week to date with over 300 events, a barometer for its good health.

This week's news in brief round-up

Fri, 16 Dec 2011

Joint managing director Mano Manoharan is leaving LFH Brand Identity Consultants, which he co-founded 18 years ago. He says he is leaving ‘to pursue new career challenges’.

Design 4 Retail creates house-based interiors concept for Red or Dead

Wed, 14 Dec 2011

Fashion brand Red or Dead has appointed Leicester-based consultancy Design 4 Retail to create a store interiors concept to aid its potential expansions into physical retails spaces over the coming year.

Chapter Eight designs new Gulf Oil website

Tue, 13 Dec 2011

Digital design consultancy Chapter Eight has redesigned the website for oil company Gulf Oil International.

Royal Armouries seeks consultancies for design framework

Mon, 12 Dec 2011

The Royal Armouries museum in Leeds is setting up a new design framework covering exhibition design.

Design Week Awards 2012 open for entries

Mon, 12 Dec 2011

The Design Week Awards 2012 are now open for entries.

Museum of London, Brothers and Sisters and David Foldvari produce Dickens app

Fri, 9 Dec 2011

The Museum of London has turned to consultancy Brothers and Sisters and illustrator David Foldvari to design a graphic novel app which launches today alongside the Dickens and London exhibition at the museum.

News analysis - Design in the Government’s innovation strategy

Thu, 8 Dec 2011

The Government’s long-awaited Innovation and Research Strategy, published this morning, has already been hailed in glowing terms by the Design Council - legitimitely so, as not only does the strategy pay much lip service to the importance of the design industry, but it also provides a huge endorsement of the Design Council as an organisation.

Media Square shares suspended

Thu, 8 Dec 2011

Media Square, the group which operates the Holmes and Marchant Group of design consultancies announced this morning that its shares on the London Stock Exchanges Alternative Investment market, have been temporarily suspended.

Small Back Room brands first London Olympics legacy neighbourhood

Wed, 7 Dec 2011

Small Back Room has created the brand for London 2012 Olympics legacy neighbourhood East Village, a residential development which will sit on the site next to the Olympic Park.East Village identity

Bold Creative develops the iPaddington app

Wed, 7 Dec 2011

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

Cure Studio designs Clean Break charity website

Mon, 5 Dec 2011

Cure Studio is designing a new website for Clean Break, a theatre, education and new writing company that works with women whose lives have been affected by the criminal justice system.

This week's news in brief round-up

Fri, 2 Dec 2011

SAS creates new Sainsbury’s corporate website

Fri, 2 Dec 2011

SAS has designed supermarket Sainsbury’s new corporate website.Site1

Black & Ginger creates designs for Titanic centenary street event

Thu, 1 Dec 2011

Black & Ginger has been appointed to design the branding and concept for The Sea Odyssey, a marionette street event commemorating the centenary of the voyage of the Titanic, taking place in Liverpool next year.

Quentin Blake wins 2011 Prince Philip Designers Prize

Tue, 29 Nov 2011

Illustrator Quentin Blake has been awarded the 2011 Prince Philip Designers Prize.Quentin Blake

This week's news in brief round-up

Fri, 25 Nov 2011

ITV’s Text Santa campaign, which launches next week, has been created by Lambie-Nairn and Aardman Animations. It aims to raise awareness and money for those most vulnerable during the festive period by inviting the public to donate money via text message.

News Analysis - Is design industry financial performance on the up?

Thu, 24 Nov 2011

Operating profits for the top 30 design consultancies rose by 85 per cent through 2010, while gross income was up by £27 million, according to a report from accountant Kingston Smith W1.

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.

This week's news in brief round-up

Fri, 18 Nov 2011

Liverpool-based consultancy Black and Ginger has been appointed to create an integrated campaign for the John Moores Painting Prize, for the 2012 and future prizes. The work will launch next year, shown on posters, banners, merchandise and online formats.

Voxpop - What is your favourite design story of an everyday object?

Thu, 17 Nov 2011

The Science Museum’s exhibition Hidden Heroes: The Genius of Everyday Things, looks to highlight simple, effective and unsung design. What is your favourite design story of an everyday object?

Science Museum to celebrate UK manufacturing with Make it in Great Britain show

Wed, 16 Nov 2011

The Science Museum is set to host an exhibition next summer as part of the Government-run Make it in Great Britain campaign to highlight British manufacturing.Make It In Great Britain Flag

Mather & Co works on York Minster restoration

Tue, 15 Nov 2011

Mather & Co is working on interventions into York Minster cathedral as part of a five-year, £10.5m Heritage Lottery Fund project, York Minster Revealed.East Front of York Minster

Imagination and Marc Newson work on Sydney New Year’s Eve celebration

Mon, 14 Nov 2011

£100,000 grants for projects to help older people live independently

Fri, 11 Nov 2011

The Design Council and the Technology Strategy Board have awarded £100,000 grants to three service design projects which will help older adults live independently for longer, by offering better approaches to nutrition.

The Design Trust support organisation set to relaunch

Thu, 10 Nov 2011

The Design Trust, which provides business training and support to designers and craftspeople, is relaunching as a privately-run social enterprise.

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.

Irrigation system wins 2011 James Dyson Award

Tue, 8 Nov 2011

Australian industrial design student Edward Linacre has won the 2011 international James Dyson Award for his system to irrigate crops in arid areas.

Imperial War Museums launches new website following rebrand

Tue, 8 Nov 2011

Bureau for Visual Affairs has redesigned Imperial War Museums’ website, which now had a focus on the museum’s collections.

Voxpop - do you think a design degree is worth £9000 a year?

Thu, 3 Nov 2011

With university fees set to hit up to £9000 a year next year, new figures show that applications to art and design courses for 2012 have dropped by more than a quarter.

To The Point brands private equity product Pevara

Tue, 1 Nov 2011

To The Point has named and branded a new private equity financial product Pevara and also designed the look of its interface.

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.

Voxpop - who is the most inspirational public speaker you have seen?

Fri, 28 Oct 2011

Last week’s Typo London event brought design stars including Michael Bierut, Chip Kidd and Ghana’s King Bansah to the capital. Who is the most inspirational public speaker you have seen and what was so special about them?

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.

United Visual Artists creates this year’s Onedotzero identity

Tue, 25 Oct 2011

United Visual Artists has designed this year’s identity for moving image festival Onedotzero, using laser technology to make a moving typographic sequence.

Sherry brands book digitisation group Impact

Tue, 25 Oct 2011

Sherry has designed the branding and website for Impact, a not-for-profit organisation that acts as a ‘centre of competence’ for the digitisation of historical texts.

Conran Singh creates website for luxury phone brand Vertu

Fri, 21 Oct 2011

Conran Singh  has developed a website for luxury phone brand Vertu to launch with its new touch-screen Constellation handset.

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.

Voxpop - which country do you think has the best-designed flag?

Thu, 20 Oct 2011

Virgin Media is using the UK’s Union Flag in its new identity. Which country do you think has the best national flag design?

Theo Williams joins John Lewis from Habitat

Mon, 17 Oct 2011

John Lewis has appointed former Habitat creative director Theo Williams as design manager in its interior design team.

Design Council agrees partnership with Government of South Australia

Fri, 14 Oct 2011

The Design Council has announced an internationally endorsed Design Review partnership with the Government of South Australia’s main design body. 

Start Judge Gill works up new Virgin Media identity

Thu, 13 Oct 2011

Start Judge Gill has designed a new identity for Virgin Media incorporating the Union flag, which is set to launch at the weekend.

Black and Ginger designs new site for architects Shedkm

Thu, 13 Oct 2011

Liverpool-based design consultancy Black and Ginger has redesigned the website for architect Shedkm, which is able to show over 200 of its projects spanning the last 14 years.

The Allotment creates new brand for agent Valerie Hoskins Associates

Wed, 12 Oct 2011

The Allotment has branded television and film writer agency Valerie Hoskins Associates, and designed its website around the proposition Words into Action. 

Harry Pearce and Nat Hunter turn up the sustainability for D&AD annual

Fri, 7 Oct 2011

This year’s D&AD annual has been designed by Pentagram partner Harry Pearce and founding director of Airside Nat Hunter with a focus on sustainability.

News analysis - Steve Jobs’s impact on design

Thu, 6 Oct 2011

Steve Jobs probably had more impact on the way design is perceived than anyone else - and certainly more than any other non-designer.

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.

Voxpop - Which 1970s brand would you like to revitalise?

Thu, 29 Sep 2011

Bloom has rebranded Cockburn’s port, aiming to bring back the character that made it a success in the 1970s. Which ’70s brand would you like to revitalise and why?

GRDD creates National Maritime Museum interactive installation

Wed, 28 Sep 2011

GRDD has created an interactive installation for the National Maritime Museum’s new East India and Asia gallery, which opens today.

News analysis - Using new technologies on stamps

Tue, 27 Sep 2011

The Croatian postal service has issued a stamp with a QR code on it, which allows the recipient to confirm receipt of their package and trace its journey. Design Week looks at this and other recent examples of using technology on postage stamps.

Prince Philip Designers Prize shortlist announced

Fri, 23 Sep 2011

Ideo chief executive Tim Brown, exhibition designer Dinah Casson and Onedotzero co-founder Shane Walter have all been shortlisted for the 2011 Prince Philip Designers Prize.

Neville Brody announced as D&AD president in waiting

Thu, 22 Sep 2011

Neville Brody has been announced as the incoming deputy president of D&AD, which means he will take over as president of the organisation in a year’s time.

BBC launches redesigned homepage

Wed, 21 Sep 2011

The BBC has redesigned its homepage, which is now based around a ‘carousel’ central feature.

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.

News analysis - opportunities in Russia

Tue, 13 Sep 2011

Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday went a on-day flying visit to Russia with the aim of forging closer ties, both politically and on a business level.

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.

Voxpop - What can be done about the high unemployment rate for graduate designers?

Thu, 8 Sep 2011

A new report shows that more than a third of art and design graduates have failed to find full-time employment, three years after leaving their courses. What do you think can be done to address this?

New D&AD executive committee appointed

Wed, 7 Sep 2011

Someone founder Simon Manchipp and Airside director Nat Hunter have been elected to the design seats on the D&AD executive committee.

Printed company annual reports to continue as digital bid is dropped

Fri, 2 Sep 2011

A proposal which would have allowed companies to stop printing annual reports and go online-only has been dropped due to opposition from investors.

Greybox creates website for Mayfair members club

Thu, 1 Sep 2011

Greybox has redesigned the website for private members club Pasley Tyler in Mayfair, London.

Hidden Art closes due to lack of funding

Tue, 30 Aug 2011

Organisation Hidden Art, which promotes the work of designers and designer-makers, is to close at the end of next month due to a lack of funding.

Branded at WMH offer brings together two Loewy agencies

Fri, 26 Aug 2011

Loewy Group consultancies Branded and Williams Murray Hamm have launched collaborative offer Branded at WMH, which will see the agencies work together on specific projects.

WPP profits up by 37 per cent

Wed, 24 Aug 2011

WPP has reported a 37 per cent rise in pre-tax profits for the first half of the year, compared with the first half of 2010.

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.

Voxpop - which sport would you like to see rebranded ahead of the Olympics?

Thu, 18 Aug 2011

Shaw & Skerm has created a new identity to promote fencing in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics. Which sport would you like to see rebranded ahead of the Games?

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.

Tent London set to launch new digital show

Fri, 12 Aug 2011

Tent London will return to the London Design Festival with a new digital show, led by Intel and Jotta. 

The Mill launches design division

Thu, 11 Aug 2011

Creative studio The Mill is setting up a design division, which will work on print, branding, art direction and other design-related projects.

Voxpop - Which overseas retail brand would you like to see come to the UK?

Thu, 11 Aug 2011

US fashion brand Forever 21 has opened its first British stores. Which overseas retail brand would you like to see brought to the UK?

BBC executive creative director Marcelo Marer joins Intel

Tue, 9 Aug 2011

Former BBC executive creative director Marcelo Marer is joining the Intel Digital Home Group as chief creative director.

Allofus bought by McCann

Mon, 8 Aug 2011

Digital consultancy Allofus has been acquired by McCann Worldgroup.

Creative Councils shortlist announced

Fri, 5 Aug 2011

NESTA and the Local Government Group has announced the 17 councils on the shortlist for the Creative Councils programme, which aims to support councils to develop new approaches to meet the challenges facing communities and local services.

Silver overhauls La Tasca brand

Wed, 3 Aug 2011

Consultancy Silver has rebranded La Tasca Restaurants with a new identity it says reflects the passion of Spain.

Voxpop - What was your most enjoyable client consultation process

Thu, 28 Jul 2011

Tangent Graphic consulted with professional athletes when developing its pictograms for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Which client consultation process have you found most enjoyable and why?

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.

Halo Media works on Bath Abbey rebrand

Tue, 26 Jul 2011

Bath Abbey has appointed Bristol-based consultancy Halo Media to create a new identity and a website which will serve its congregation and tourists. 

Lloyd Northover and Holmes & Marchant brought together in new structure

Fri, 22 Jul 2011

Media Square is bringing together its design consultancies Lloyd Northover, Holmes & Marchant UK and Holmes & Marchant Asia Pacific to form the new Holmes & Marchant Group.

Voxpop - which design issues would you put before Government?

Thu, 21 Jul 2011

The Creative Industries Council has been set up by Government to examine issues in the creative sector. What design-related issues would you like to see it tackle?

News analysis: The Made in Britain logo

Tue, 19 Jul 2011

The Made in Britain identity project has certainly been a PR triumph for kitchen company Stoves, which is behind the initiative and has got its name into pretty much every local and national paper in the UK. Some observers, however, have questioned whether the resulting logo is a fitting marque for UK design and even whether such a logo is needed at all.

LBI works with Barrett Homes

Mon, 18 Jul 2011

LBI has been reappointed as lead digital agency for property developer Barratt Developments following a five way pitch.

Design issues raised at Government’s Creative Industries Council

Thu, 14 Jul 2011

The Government’s Creative Industries Council, which includes design representatives from the Design Council and the Sorrell Foundation, has met for the first time to discuss issues to put to Government.

Voxpop - what is your favourite piece of data visualisation?

Thu, 14 Jul 2011

Poke is developing dynamic graphics for the Huffington Post’s new UK website,  which will be based on live data such as Twitter feeds and pollresults. What is your favourite example of online data visualisation and why?

Anthony Burrill works on Amnesty International TV channel

Tue, 12 Jul 2011

Amnesty International is set to launch an online television channel which aims to humanise activism through entertainment and has been developed by a creative team which includes Anthony Burrill.

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.

Government launches Creative Choice procurement framework

Wed, 6 Jul 2011

A new framework which will supply creative services, including design, to all Government departments and public sector organisations, has been launched by the Department for Education.

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.

Make It Clear creates Kew Gardens app

Mon, 4 Jul 2011

Make It Clear has designed a new iPhone app for the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew to guide visitors through the attraction with features including GPS mapping.

Sir Terence Conran gifts £18m for Design Museum move

Thu, 30 Jun 2011

Sir Terence Conran has made a donation that could total nearly £18 million to help fund the Design Museum’s planned move to the former Commonwealth Institute in Kensington in 2014.

National Media Museum seeks artwork for Life Online

30 June 2011

Concept design for National Media Museum’s Life Online gallery

United Creatives and Urbed work on Walsall signage

Wed, 29 Jun 2011

Government launches Made by Britain manufacturing showcase

Mon, 27 Jun 2011

Business Secretary Vince Cable is set to launch the Made by Britain initiative, which will showcase manufacturing from across the UK.

Think creates JK Rowling’s Pottermore website

Fri, 24 Jun 2011

Digital consultancy Think has designed the website for the new Harry Potter-themed online game Pottermore.

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.

Consultancies work on BBC paintings website

Thu, 23 Jun 2011

Today the BBC launches BBC Your Paintings, a website displaying tens of thousands of previously inaccessible paintings in the public hands.

Parliament of Owls online masterclass forum to go live

23 June 2011

Williams Murray Hamm restructures for integrated focus

Wed, 22 Jun 2011

Tim Lindsay to take over at D&AD

Mon, 20 Jun 2011

Tim Lindsay has been appointed as the new chief executive of D&AD and will take over from Tim O’Kennedy in August.

Buddy and Here rebrand University of Plymouth

Fri, 17 Jun 2011

Buddy and Here Design have collaborated on a rebranding of the University of Plymouth.

Typo London takes its place on the conference calendar

16 June 2011

King Bansah and Julian Zimmermann billed for Typo London

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.

Five Foot Six aims high with Musto website

Tue, 14 Jun 2011

Five Foot Six has developed a new website for outdoor sports clothing brand Musto.

Zip Design works on Kylie Minogue app

Mon, 13 Jun 2011

Zip Design has created a social gaming app for pop star Kylie Minogue.

Thomas Bene to set up own consultancy

Mon, 13 Jun 2011

Thomas Bene, of the Bene furniture company, is to launch his own branding and design consultancy.

£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.

Leeds loops the Loop as new arts fair promotes creativity

9 June 2011

The Loop Arts Fair, which is launching in Leeds this month, will see a host of illustrators, designers and artists transform a city-centre mill into working studios, print shops, publishing houses and workshops.

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.

Dover Wartime Tunnels exhibition set to open

Tue, 7 Jun 2011

The Grade I-listed Dover Wartime Tunnels, which have been developed into a visitor experience and exhibition space by light architect Light Bureau and Danish design group Kvorning Design & Kommunikation, are set to open on 10 June.

Whitespace works on Sainsbury’s Finance material

Fri, 3 Jun 2011

Edinburgh-based consultancy Whitespace has been appointed to work up print and digital designs for Sainsbury’s Finance.

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.

Baigent Digital has touchdown with its Apollo Legacy moon landings website for Scidox

2 June 2011

The art of the matter

2 June 2011

Conveying inspiration and vision while not drawing attention away from the work is the key to creating effective design projects for artists unobtrusive, functional design allows the work to speak for itself, as Laura Snoad discovers

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.

Pancentric puts Kew Gardens in a game

Thu, 26 May 2011

Pancentric Digital has designed a multi-platform game for Kew Gardens, Tweet and Grow, which launches online today before rolling out as an app. 

Curious identity for photography and video workshops company Imagework

26 May 2011

High street dreams

26 May 2011

Shopping guru Mary Portas has been appointed by the Government to lead an independent review of the future of the British high street. Design Week asks retail design experts to outline their vision of what high streets might look like in ten years’ time

The London Library's heritage presented to 'modern audience' with new website by GRDD

26 May 2011

GRDD has designed a new website for The London Library, the Piccadilly-based independent subscription library.

Creativitea creates new Talkmobile identity

Wed, 25 May 2011

Ico works on Yoobi sushi concept

Wed, 25 May 2011

Media Square is back to revenue growth

Tue, 24 May 2011

Media Square has reported a 15 per cent rise in revenues from last year, compared with the 23 per cent year-on-year drop it experienced in 2010.

Design Management Institute appoints new president

Mon, 23 May 2011

Karen Reuther has been appointed as the next president of US-based industry body the Design Management Institute.

D&AD to award slices of pencil

Fri, 20 May 2011

D&AD is set to award ‘slices’ of pencil as In-Book and Nominated awards, with the new prizes designed by Turner Duckworth.

Brighten the Corners creates Anish Kapoor website

Thu, 19 May 2011

Brighten the Corners has created a new website for artist Anish Kapoor, which the consultancy describes as ‘plain but dense’.

Scidox film-makers site by Baigent Digital

19 May 2011

Conran Singh in digital work for civic project Your Square Mile

Wed, 18 May 2011

Dee Cooper leaves Virgin Atlantic

Tue, 17 May 2011

Dee Cooper, director of product service at airline Virgin Atlantic, has left the company.

Wonder brands online art magazine Cassone

Tue, 17 May 2011

Wonder Associates has created a new identity and website for online art magazine Cassone.

Float creates Blackberry app for RBS

Mon, 16 May 2011

Float has designed an app for RBS which will launch on the new Blackberry Playbook tablet, set to be released in the UK next month.

Somerset House to launch Earth-designed website

Thu, 12 May 2011

Historic arts and cultural events venue Somerset House is poised to launch a new website next week, designed by independent consultancy Earth Creative Strategies which is based in the Somerset House premises. 

Channel Five iPad app to launch in autumn

Tue, 10 May 2011

Method has announced  the Channel Five iPad app which it is working on for the broadcaster’s Demand Five on-demand service is set to launch this autumn.

Allotment rebrands White Logistics haulage

Fri, 6 May 2011

The Allotment has rebranded haulage company White Logistics working to a proposition based around problem solving.

Street Wheels game winner in 24-hour design challenge

5 May 2011

The Collective – aka Centre for Smoother Journeys’ – Street Wheels game, winner of the Judges Award

101 designs National Art Pass

Wed, 4 May 2011

Mather & Co designs new Chelsea FC museum

Wed, 4 May 2011

Digital Shoreditch festival features £1m contest

Tue, 3 May 2011

The four-day Digital Shoreditch festival launches in London today and will culminate in a competition that will see £1m invested in Shoreditch-based digital companies.

WPP reports revenue rise

Thu, 28 Apr 2011

WPP says its reported revenues were up by 7 per cent in the first quarter of 2011 from the last quarter of 2010, to stand at £2.223bn.

Tricks of the trade

Thu, 21 Apr 2011

Here are three more commercial and art photographers revealing their aesthetic and technical secrets - the methods they use to make their work stand out

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.

Art of Digital Preservation seeks to save cyber heritage

21 April 2011

A group of experts is launching a project which aims to prevent historical digital material including digital designs from being wiped out permanently.

The Noble Union works on English/Arabic app for Saudi telecoms company STC

21 April 2011

Digital consultancy The Noble Union is working on an iPhone and iPad app for Saudi Arabian telecoms company STC.

Glasgow School of Art introduces digital art degree

Mon, 18 Apr 2011

The Glasgow School of Art is set to launch a new digital art undergraduate degree for September.

New York design school launches festival

Mon, 18 Apr 2011

New York-based design institute Parsons The New School for Design has launched a festival that will take place in May.

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.

D Studio has food for thought as it looks to reposition dim sum restaurant chain Ping Pong

14 April 2011

Studio Output enlists artists for Playstation digital service

14 April 2011

Jon Burgerman’s Burgerbrained theme

Mind Orchard works on ITV websites

Tue, 12 Apr 2011

ITV has appointed Mind Orchard as its interactive partner following a four-way pitch.

‘Bold and brash’ is key for Now website

Mon, 11 Apr 2011

The Team has created a new website for compilation album brand Now That’s What I Call Music.

Brand Union and Lambie-Nairn work on Cannes Also show

Fri, 8 Apr 2011

WPP consultancies The Brand Union and Lambie-Nairn are working on the selection and exhibition designs for the Cannes Also exhibition at this year’s Cannes Lions festival in June.

Creative & Cultural Skills launches Business Survival Toolkit

Thu, 7 Apr 2011

Creative & Cultural Skills has launched an online Business Survival Toolkit, which it says aims to ‘help people in the creative industries survive and prosper during the hard times ahead’.

Wild Dog Design helps promote Bold brand case-study book with visuals for iPad app

7 April 2011

Red Bee Media brands Italian TV channel La 7

Tue, 5 Apr 2011

Red Bee Media has created an on-screen identity for Italian television channel La 7.

Amaze works on digital projects for Unilever

Mon, 4 Apr 2011

Amaze has been appointed as global digital partner to Unilever and given a portfolio of 68 websites to support. 

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.

Aloof Design puts Roberson Wine in the black with distinct premium trade identity

31 March 2011

United voice

31 March 2011

The merger of the Design Council with the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment marks huge changes. Lynda Relph-Knight reflects on the new charity’s broader remit and implications for the design community

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.

Budget promises economy-boosting measures

Thu, 24 Mar 2011

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has delivered the Budget 2011 with an emphasis on boosting the economy through reducing Corporation Tax, simplifying the tax system and exempting start-ups from domestic regulation.

Airside creates online taster for wine importer Liberty

24 March 2011

Hyper Island training academy launches Manchester offshoot

24 March 2011

Hyper Island Karlskrona, Sweden, where the school was originally set up in 1995

Wild Dog Design helps put Political Tours on the travel map with creation of website

24 March 2011

Government in plan to launch Creative Industry Council

Wed, 23 Mar 2011

The Government is planning to launch a Creative Industry Council, allowing it to more efficiently address issues affecting the creative sectors, Design Week understands.

RFA takes legendary Ace Café on the road

Wed, 23 Mar 2011

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.

Trocadero names DNA its digital partner

Mon, 21 Mar 2011

DNA Advertising has been appointed as the digital partner of shopping and entertainment complex the London Trocadero Centre by real estate firm Criterion Capital.

Government funding cut for arts institutions

Thu, 17 Mar 2011

The University for the Creative Arts has had its annual central Government funding slashed by 7.8 per cent in the latest round of grant allocations from the Higher Education Funding Council for England.

Design Camp seeks funding as cuts threaten its future

Thu, 17 Mar 2011

London-based children’s initiative Design Camp is seeking funding, following cuts that look to put the future of the scheme in danger.

Positive is on the ball for Bath Rugby as the club's digital strategy and services player

17 March 2011

D&AD launches Graduate Academy

Tue, 15 Mar 2011

D&AD is launching the Graduate Academy initiative, which aims to help design graduates find work and gain industry experience.

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.

Cure Studios brands Greenwich Summer Sessions

Fri, 11 Mar 2011

Cure Studio has created new branding for Greenwich Summer Sessions, an open-air concert series based in London.

Entries open for Inclusive Design Challenge

Thu, 10 Mar 2011

This year’s Inclusive Design Challenge, organised by the Helen Hamlyn Centre at the Royal College of Art, is currently accepting entries for the 24-hour-challenge, which will take place on 18 April.

Global Service Jam to set 48-hour virtual challenge

10 March 2011

When old meets the new

10 March 2011

Heritage properties are tapping into a bygone era, translating stories from their past into contemporary, visual elements to try to attract a younger audience. Laura Snoad looks at some of the latest identity projects in this sector

Foxall designs Watch That Label etail site

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.

Design Week Awards winners set to be unveiled

Tue, 8 Mar 2011

The winners of the 2011 Design Week Awards are set to be announced tonight.

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’.

Reading Room designs Royal Wedding website

Thu, 3 Mar 2011

Reading Room has designed the website to celebrate the royal wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton.

Web trends

3 March 2011

The world of online fashion retailing is changing and innovating at a rapid pace. Emily Gosling looks at how etailers are successfully using design to harness these developments in order to increase their Web presence

Brit Insurance category award winners unveiled

Mon, 28 Feb 2011

The seven category winners of the Brit Insurance Design Awards have been announced. They include London’s Barclays Cycle Hire, winner in the Transport category, and personalised magazine app Flipboard, by Mike McCue and Evan Doll, which won in the Interactive category.

Precedent designs website for Newmarket

Thu, 24 Feb 2011

Precedent has created a new website for Newmarket Racecourses as the company looks to reposition itself as a destination for conferences, parties and events – as well as racing.

Sustainability in focus at Somerset design conference

24 February 2011

Four groups join National Grid design roster

Wed, 23 Feb 2011

Jon Barraclough redesigns Liverpool networking site

Mon, 21 Feb 2011

Jon Barraclough has worked on the redesign of Kin2Kin, a networking website for Liverpool’s creative community.

Full Pick Me Up line-up unveiled

Fri, 18 Feb 2011

Graphic art fair Pick Me Up has announced its 2011 line-up, which will see Anthony Burrill set up an ‘open studio’ as designer-in-residence. He will be joined by exhibitors including Rose Blake and Mr Bingo.

Helen Hamlyn Centre to berenamed reflecting its dedicated focus on design

17 February 2011

Tom Dixon to create Blackberry installation in Milan

Tue, 15 Feb 2011

Government to scrap PQQ stage in procurement

Fri, 11 Feb 2011

The Government is understood to be set to scrap pre-qualification questionnaires to make it easier for small and medium-sized companies to apply for Government contracts.

The One Off styles Everything Everywhere stores

Thu, 10 Feb 2011

Communications company Everything Everywhere, which owns the T-Mobile and Orange brands, has announced it will trial a new branded store designed by The One Off, selling products from both brands.

Local consultancy Nixon builds website to promote Cornwall through users' content

10 February 2011

Consultancy Nixon, based in Hayle, Cornwall, has designed and built the I Love Cornwall website, an online initiative to run alongside the Visit Cornwall website to promote the county through social networking.

Manchester to play host to its first design symposium

10 February 2011

D&AD to merge student and professional awards ceremonies

Wed, 9 Feb 2011

Big Fish designs Belvoir Fruit Farms website

Mon, 7 Feb 2011

Big Fish has designed a new website for Belvoir Fruit Farms soft drink brand, which aims to bring ‘loveliness’ to its customers.

Industrial Design Day to explore how design improves life

Thu, 3 Feb 2011

The fourth World Industrial Design Day - to be held on 29 June - will take the theme of Industrial Design: How Does it Improve Your Life?

Rich Creative flies with wartime project

3 February 2011

Hidden Art survives funding crisis

Wed, 2 Feb 2011

Hidden Art, which promotes the work of designers and designer-makers, has developed a plan that will allow it to stay in business as it seeks a new source of long-term funding (www.designweek.co.uk, 30 November 2010).

Wiltshire Design Network launches

Mon, 31 Jan 2011

The Wiltshire Design Network is looking to put a management and organisational structure in place following its launch.

Pupils awarded Design Museum prize

Fri, 28 Jan 2011

Year 10 pupils from Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College in London have won the Design Museum’s Design Ventura initiative – and will see the bunting they designed sold in the Design Museum shop.

Private investment in culture drops by 3 per cent, research shows

Thu, 27 Jan 2011

New figures from organisation Arts & Business show that private investment in culture in the UK has fallen by 3 per cent year-on-year, to stand at £658m in 2009-10.

Spuds-u-love for Allies as it redesigns and merges Potato Council's websites

27 January 2011

Design consultancy Allies is redesigning the Potato Council’s website, merging its Love Potatoes and Love Chips sites into a single URL.

Wellcome Collection blockbuster dishes dirt on reality of everyday life

27 January 2011

Ed Vaizey confirms Design Council merger with Cabe

Wed, 26 Jan 2011

Culture Secretary Ed Vaizey has indicated that the mooted merger between the Design Council and the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment is set to go ahead.

Design debated at Davos meeting

Wed, 26 Jan 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.

Former Centaur chairman Graham Sherren launches digital venture

Tue, 25 Jan 2011

Graham Sherren, founder and former chairman and chief executive of Centaur Media, is launching new digital publishing company Casis Media.

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.

Parliamentary Design Commission set up

Fri, 21 Jan 2011

The Associate Parliamentary Design and Innovation Group has set up a Design Commission to promote design to Government.

Design Week Top 100 open for entries

Thu, 20 Jan 2011

Applications are now open for the 2011 Design Week Top 100 Consultancy Survey.

Nine-week Design Season for Cornwall as Dott takes a bow

20 January 2011

Next month sees the launch of the Cornwall Design Season, a nine-week-long celebration of creativity in the county that aims to promote the value of design to business and the economy.

D&AD aims to become 'campaigning' organisation

Wed, 19 Jan 2011

LBI looks to expansion with client wins

Wed, 19 Jan 2011

The new UK chief executive of LBI Anil Pillai says he is looking to make more ’high-profile appointments’ and push for new business in the healthcare and automotive industries.

Kinetica fair to explore digital art

Tue, 18 Jan 2011

A percussive penguin; a dead bird attached to a light bulb; an enormous robotic bull-type figure and a performance artist constructing an extra ear on his forearm are just a few of the exhibits on show at next month’s Kinetica Art Fair.

Angry Birds, Boris bikes and iPad vie for Brit Insurance prize

Mon, 17 Jan 2011

The Apple iPad, the Angry Birds game and the Barclays Cycle Hire scheme in London are all on the shortlist for the 2011 Brit Insurance Design Awards.

Think Public works on Barnet prototyping system

Thu, 13 Jan 2011

Think Public has been working with Barnet Council to develop a new prototyping system that can be used to build new public services.

Zip creates Aston Martin app

Thu, 13 Jan 2011

Zip Design has designed an Aston Martin Experience app for the luxury car manufacturer, which consultancy creative director Neil Bowen says will use phone technology in a completely new way.

Letter by letter

13 January 2011

Harrison & Co has designed the cover art for a series of Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment albums on its newly launched label OAE Released. The first album, Monteverdi Vespers, is released on 31 January. Consultancy creative director Chris Harrison says, ’The artwork for the range of CDs is based on using and illustrating a single letter for each CD. Over time the collection will build into an alphabet.’

Inclusive design challenge launches as 24-hour initiative

Wed, 12 Jan 2011

Gregor Muir appointed as ICA executive director

Tue, 11 Jan 2011

The Institute of Contemporary Arts has appointed Gregor Muir as its executive director.

Tayburn works on website for Daisy telecoms group

Mon, 10 Jan 2011

Tayburn has been appointed to develop and redesign the website for telecoms company Daisy.

Channel 4’s T4 in design overhaul

Fri, 7 Jan 2011

Channel 4’s youth programming series T4 will unveil a design overhaul tomorrow with a set of 20 new robot-themed idents and on-screen graphics by Double G Studios and set design by Rudi Thackray.

Electrolux launches ‘intelligent mobility’ design challenge

Fri, 7 Jan 2011

The Electrolux Design Lab 2011 competition is inviting industrial design students and recent industrial design graduates to submit ideas that consider intelligent mobility within home appliances.

Peter & Paul to create 100% Design campaigns

Thu, 6 Jan 2011

Elmwood’s Jonathan Sands receives OBE

Wed, 5 Jan 2011

Elmwood chairman Jonathan Sands has received an OBE in the New Year’s Honours List.

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.

Merry Christmas: Design Week online to return on 5 January

Wed, 22 Dec 2010

This is the final Design Week newsletter for 2010.

Government sets out higher education and science budgets

Tue, 21 Dec 2010

The Government has set out its allocation to higher education and its ring-fenced funding for science and research.

IP review calls for evidence

Mon, 20 Dec 2010

The Government-initiated independent review into intellectual property and growth has today issued a call for evidence.

Mat Dolphin creates Callooh Callay website

Fri, 17 Dec 2010

Mat Dolphin has created a new website for Callooh Callay, a Lewis Carroll-inspired bar in London’s Shoreditch.

Bean there

16 December 2010

As they continue their inexorable colonisation of our high streets, the major coffee chains are experimenting with new store concepts to maintain their addictive appeal to an increasingly design-savvy public. Emily Gosling reports

Heartlands scheme to turn mine site into heritage centre

16 December 2010

An arts commissioning programme is set to bring work by a host of international artists and designers to a multi-million-pound community-led development in Cornwall.

Design Council secures Government funding for next four years

Wed, 15 Dec 2010

Mind Unit works on postal archive website

Tue, 14 Dec 2010

The British Postal Museum & Archive has appointed Mind Unit to create a new website, which will launch ahead of the organisation’s new £17m museum due to open in Swindon in 2013.

Technology Strategy Board to launch innovation competition

Fri, 10 Dec 2010

The Technology Strategy Board will launch a competition in the New Year to invest up to £2m into feasibility studies across a range of areas.

Honeysuckle is colour of the year for 2011

Thu, 9 Dec 2010

Pantone has announced 18-2120 Honeysuckle, ‘a dynamic reddish pink’, as its colour of the year for 2011.

Design Council in exploratory partnership talks with Cabe

9th December 2010

The Design Council and the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment have been in ’exploratory’ discussions about a potential partnership between the two organisations.

Management moves at Lambie-Nairn signal global shifts

9th December 2010

Stage fright?

9th December 2010

A wave of major theatre building projects financed largely with public funding is nearing completion. Angus Montgomery talks to designers in the sector waiting to see what challenges a greater reliance on private cash could present

Green Awards winners unveiled

Mon, 6 Dec 2010

The China Environmental Protection Foundation has won the Grand Prix and Sir David Attenborough has won the Lifetime Achievement Award for Communicating Sustainability in the 2010 Green Awards.

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.

Universities UK highlights education’s place in creative industries

Thu, 2 Dec 2010

Universities UK has published a report highlighting the importance of education in supporting the creative industries and the UK economy as a whole.

Building on future plan

2nd December 2010

As the director of the Victoria & Albert Museum, Sir Mark Jones, steps down, where next for the South Kensington treasure trove that he helped transform? Emily Gosling looks back at his achievements - and ahead to the future

Cogapp creates Paris travel guide app for Dorling Kindersley

2nd December 2010

Change Retail develops Shop at the Savoy programme

Wed, 1 Dec 2010

Shop at the Savoy, a luxury shopping service aimed at guests at the Savoy hotel and shoppers at large, is launching this week.

Jason Bruges works on W Hotels flagship in Leicester Square

Tue, 30 Nov 2010

Jason Bruges Studio has revealed details of its involvement in the new 192-room W London hotel in Leicester Square, which is set to open in February.

Nesta map identifies UK creative hotspots

Mon, 29 Nov 2010

A map of British creativity produced by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts has identified nine creative hotspots aside from London.

DBA online directory launches

Thu, 25 Nov 2010

The Design Business Association has launched its online database of DBA-registered design groups, in a move which aims to speed up and simplify the pitch process.

A rebalancing act

25 November 2010

The Mayor of London has previously championed the role of public investment in developing the capital’s cultural life, but a new strategy document hints at a cost-driven change of approach. Tom Banks looks at the implications for design

Sheffield conference aims to explore the art of sketching

25 November 2010

Design Week Creative Survey set to be unveiled

Tue, 23 Nov 2010

Creative award wins are important to consultancies, but necessary for clients, according to Design Week’s 2010 Creative Survey.

V&A director Sir Mark Jones to leave

Mon, 22 Nov 2010

Sir Mark Jones, director of the Victoria & Albert Museum, is leaving to become master of St Cross College in Oxford.

Chartered Society of Designers seeks charter change to set up register

Fri, 19 Nov 2010

The Chartered Society of Designers is seeking to amend its royal charter to allow it to set up a register of chartered designers.

Nick Hornby’s Ministry of Stories opens

Fri, 19 Nov 2010

Author Nick Hornby has launched a new space for young writers, the Ministry of Stories, with branding by We Made This and Web design by Manifest.

Identica parent group Cossette restructures

Thu, 18 Nov 2010

Identica’s parent company Cossette Group is to be renamed Esprit de Corps in the UK as part of a global restructure.

CMW repositions Aviva Investors

Thu, 18 Nov 2010

Aviva Investors is undertaking a repositioning of its global brand, carried out by CMW, which is leading a new strategy and will create an international campaign and a suite of marketing materials.

Simon Bailey rejoins Interbrand as European chief executive

Wed, 17 Nov 2010

Simon Bailey has been appointed as chief executive officer of Interbrand Europe.

Intellectual property law shake-up welcomed

Wed, 17 Nov 2010

Dids Macdonald

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.

Gringo groomers

18 November 2010

Leveraging its creativity could help Mexico escape the economic shadow cast by the US, but can UK consultancies such as Lambie-Nairn - about to open an office in the nation’s capital - help it realise that goal? Emily Gosling reports

Creative graduates face long-term recession effects, report shows

Tue, 16 Nov 2010

While many recent graduates from creative courses are using flexible freelance work to ride out the effects of the recession, the long-term impact of this could be career stagnation, a new survey finds.

True North creates campaign for Tate Liverpool exhibition

Mon, 15 Nov 2010

True North has created the identity and promotional campaign for an exhibition of work by video artist Nam June Paik at Tate Liverpool and the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology in the city.

Macaulay Sinclair creates digital restaurant Inamo

Fri, 12 Nov 2010

Macaulay Sinclair has designed a new restaurant space in London for pan-Asian restaurant Inamo, integrating digital touchscreen table menus with an interior design inspired by natural forms and cellular structures.

Dalziel & Pow opens office in Mumbai

Thu, 11 Nov 2010

Dalziel & Pow has set up an office in India which the consultancy says will grow ‘organically’ in the same way the China office has.

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.

Simon Pendry takes up creative director post at Blue Marlin

11 November 2010

Blue Marlin has appointed Simon Pendry as the new creative director of its London office.

Lambie-Nairn plans office in Mexico City as part of Latin American expansion drive

Wed, 10 Nov 2010

Rufus Leonard creates website to cut carbon footprints

Tue, 9 Nov 2010

Rufus Leonard has designed a website for the Carbon Trust Footprinting Company in a project aimed at increasing recognition of the Carbon Reduction Label.

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.

Neon digital festival unveils expanded 2010 programme

4 November 2010

Elmwood creates Cam’s Den website for children

Tue, 2 Nov 2010

Elmwood has helped design a new website, Cam’s Den, for the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, to help seven- to ten-year-olds with emotional problems to access help in the Camden area of London.

I-Design conference takes one-year hiatus

Mon, 1 Nov 2010

WPP quarterly results show 12 per cent revenue growth

Fri, 29 Oct 2010

WPP has announced third quarter results showing like-for-like revenue growth has risen by 7.5 per cent and its reported revenues by over 12 per cent.

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.

Cuts and bruises

27 October 2010

In his Comprehensive Spending Review last week, Chancellor George Osborne radically slashed public sector budgets, mapping out £81bn in savings over the next four years. Angus Montgomery assesses the impact on design

St Etienne Design Biennale to show vision of the future

27 October 2010

British designers are contributing to this year’s 2010 Saint Etienne International Design Biennale in France, where the pervading theme will be ’teleportation’.

Tak co-founder Dom Murphy to join Wieden & Kennedy in US

Mon, 25 Oct 2010

Dom Murphy, co-founder of digital consultancy Tak, is to join Wieden & Kennedy in Portland in the US, where he will work with ex-Poke co-founder Iain Tait.

British Council awards young interactive entrepreneur

Fri, 22 Oct 2010

Anup Tapadia from India has been named as the British Council’s Interactive Young Entrepreneur 2010.

Code Computer Love to redesign Smooth Radio website

Thu, 21 Oct 2010

Code Computer Love has been appointed to redesign the website for Smooth Radio.

Elmwood appoints Colin Burns as 'director of stuff'

Wed, 20 Oct 2010

Elmwood has appointed Colin Burns, former director of Ideo’s London studio, to the newly created role of ’director of stuff’.

Gaming shapes up

20 October 2010

Computer games have undergone a revolution, with gamers able to burn the calories as they play, while developments in motion-sensor technology are set to herald a new era in interactive fitness. Angus Montgomery reports

David Godber to leave Design Council

Tue, 19 Oct 2010

David Godber, deputy chief executive of the Design Council, is to leave the organisation in December.

Design Symposium North programme unveiled

Tue, 19 Oct 2010

Design Symposium North in Liverpool has announced its programme, with speakers to include designer Adrian Shaughnessy and Moving Brands founder James Bull.

Internet Week Europe schedule unveiled

Fri, 15 Oct 2010

Adrian Shaughnessy will chair a panel to discuss the future of digital publishing and Creative Review will hold its Click London sessions as part of the first-ever Internet Week Europe, which will take place in London in November.

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.

Tony Phillips joins The Partners as head of digital

Thu, 14 Oct 2010

The Partners has appointed former Imagination creative director Tony Phillips as head of digital at the consultancy.

Cogapp aims to engage with Tate Modern digital work

14 October 2010

Cogapp has created a digital platform for the 11th commission in Tate Modern’s Unilever Series of Turbine Hall installations - by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.

Adam Ellis joins Elmwood from Coley Porter Bell

Wed, 13 Oct 2010

Coley Porter Bell design director Adam Ellis (pictured) is set to join Elmwood’s London office in the newly created role of creative director.

Sir Philip Green recommends centralised Government procurement to cut spend

Tue, 12 Oct 2010

Arcadia boss Sir Philip Green has recommended that the Government centralises some procurement and ‘leverages its name, its credit rating and its buying power’ in his review of Government spending.

Factory Design to work on cabin interiors with Marshall Aerospace

Mon, 11 Oct 2010

Factory Design and Marshall Aerospace have agreed a memorandum of understanding which will see consultancy and company collaborate on the design of cabin interior programmes.

Design companies named in Private Plums list

Mon, 11 Oct 2010

Several design consultancies have been named among the most successful privately owned marketing and communications groups in the UK.

Design Wales calls for cross-party group to promote design

Fri, 8 Oct 2010

Design Wales will launch its manifesto next week as part of the Cardiff Design Festival, calling for National Assembly for Wales members to establish a cross-party group to champion design and innovation.

Wednesday London designs new Pringle of Scotland website

Thu, 7 Oct 2010

Wednesday London has created a new website for clothing brand Pringle of Scotland.

Fact seeks interactive groups for new-build developments

7 October 2010

The director of the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology Mike Stubbs is set to announce his search for the commission of interactive interventions which will be integrated into new-build developments at sites adjacent to the organisation’s premises in Liverpool.

Joining up the dotts

7 October 2010

Dott Cornwall’s aim is to change the way that services are developed and delivered via a co-design process. Scott Billings asks how can we measure its impact, what has it delivered and what will be its lasting legacy?

Ron Cregan leaves Navyblue to take AIG and Construct roles

Wed, 6 Oct 2010

Ron Cregan has left his position as strategy director at Navyblue to take up strategic director positions at consultancies Applied Information Group and Construct.Cregan (pictured) will obtain an undisclosed equity in both companies, and will split his time equally between the two.

Interbrand looks to expand Indian presence

Wed, 6 Oct 2010

Interbrand has opened a Mumbai office ahead of a raft of appointments as it looks to strengthen its position in India.

City University seeks consultancies for design roster

Tue, 5 Oct 2010

City University in London is seeking design groups for a roster that will cover print and digital work.

McCann-Erickson Central unveils new look for Lotus

Fri, 1 Oct 2010

McCann-Erickson Central has created a new identity and website for sportscar manufacturer Lotus.

Vote for change?

30 September 2010

With each of the three main UK political parties facing transformative change, would they gain by following the lead of the US Democratic Party, which has just rebranded? Tom Banks talks to the designers who worked on their current logos

Liverpool Design Symposium rebrands as Design Symposium North

Wed, 29 Sep 2010

Liverpool Design Symposium is rebranding as Design Symposium North to become a regional event for the North West, held in both Liverpool and Manchester.

Red Bee breakaway group forms The Council

Thu, 23 Sep 2010

Ex-Red Bee Media head of design Jeff Conrad has formed new consultancy The Council, taking with him Kevin Hill and Sophia Pendar-Hughes – the creative team behind the branding of TV channel Dave.

More chunky types

Thu, 23 Sep 2010

Playful 3D typography is proving popular at the moment, partly because of the advertising world’s ongoing love affair with the quirky and homespun.

LDF deal with Beijing event set to boost Sino-UK design links

23 September 2010

With the London Design Festival in full swing, an announcement was made last night of a partnership between the capital’s main design event and China’s inaugural Beijing Design Week, which will be held from 27 September to 3 October next year.

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.

Precedent creates new website for University for the Creative Arts

Wed, 22 Sep 2010

Precedent has designed a new website for the University for the Creative Arts, which showcases images of student work.

Goldsmiths students work on Cultural Olympiad project

Tue, 21 Sep 2010

Students from Goldsmiths, University of London, are collaborating with consultancy Art Public on the Bus-Tops project, which will see a series of screen-based installations placed on bus shelter roofs for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

Thomas Heatherwick awarded London Design Medal

Mon, 20 Sep 2010

Thomas Heatherwick is set to receive the London Design Medal at a ceremony tonight.

Project Canvas becomes You View

Fri, 17 Sep 2010

The free-to-air Internet-connected TV service, which launches in UK homes next year, has been branded You View by ad group RKCR/Y&R.

Click, chat, buy

16 September 2010

Bye-bye high street, buy by my tweet. Angus Montgomery investigates how retailers are revamping their Internet presence to meet a rise in online spend, and increasingly adopting social media techniques to drive traffic to their sites

Onedotzero organisers adopt a utopian vision of the future

16 September 2010

This year’s edition of moving image festival Onedotzero Adventures in Motion will have a utopian theme that will attempt to bring about a more optimistic view of the sector’s future, the organisers say.

Design Council review in the hands of Government

Tue, 14 Sep 2010

The review of ‘the future role and status’ of the Design Council has been handed over to officials at the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills.

Dragon Rouge appoints new creative director

Tue, 14 Sep 2010

David Jenkins has been appointed as creative director in Dragon Rouge’s consumer brands team.

Johnson Banks creates new look for music and dance institution

Mon, 13 Sep 2010

Johnson Banks has created a new visual identity for the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.

Technology Strategy Board seeks ‘disruptive’ ideas

Thu, 9 Sep 2010

The Technology Strategy Board is launching a competition to find ‘disruptive’ solutions to challenges in the areas of energy, digital, healthcare and sustainability.

SCDF restructures to cope with cutbacks

9 September 2010

The South Coast Design Forum is introducing a new business model and seeking new premises as it aims to move from being reliant on funding to providing its own revenue.

Sanky outlines ambitions for D&AD presidency

Wed, 8 Sep 2010

Simon ’Sanky’ Sankarayya will provide the ’glue’ between advertising and design, he says, when he becomes D&AD president next Tuesday evening.

Multiple British Design Embassies to launch at LDF

Wed, 8 Sep 2010

The London Design Embassy is to be augmented and renamed as the British Design Embassy for this year’s London Design Festival, organiser UK Trade & Investment has confirmed.

Dentsu Japan works on new Uniqlo website

Tue, 7 Sep 2010

Retailer Uniqlo will launch a new UK website on Thursday designed by Dentsu Japan with a Twitter feature which will make the most popular items cheaper.

Media Square returns to profit

Mon, 6 Sep 2010

Media Square, which owns design consultancies Lloyd Northover and Holmes & Marchant, says it has returned to profit in the six months leading up to the end of August.

Corporation Pop creates Goldfrapp pinball app

Fri, 3 Sep 2010

Corporation Pop has created an iPhone app for band Goldfrapp, which allows users to remix Goldfrapp’s music using a 3D pinball game.

Fold 7 Digital sniffs out online task from Parisian parfumeur

2 September 2010

French perfume house L’Artisan Parfumeur has appointed Fold 7 Digital to design its new global e-commerce website.

So what is it that you do?

2 September 2010

As Nick Sunderland of Heavenly struggles elsewhere in these pages to work out what is meant by the word ’design’, Design Week kicks off a campaign to gain greater recognition for our industry by asking some leading lights to come up with their own definitions

RSA relaunches Student Design Awards

Wed, 1 Sep 2010

The Royal Society of Arts is relaunching its Design Directions awards under its former title of the RSA Student Design Awards.

Innovation Digital works on Sense Scotland website

Tue, 31 Aug 2010

Disability charity Sense Scotland has appointed Glasgow-based digital consultancy Innovation Digital to redesign and develop its website.

Nucleus creates ‘seductive’ website for The Goring hotel

Fri, 27 Aug 2010

London’s only family-owned five-star hotel, The Goring, is relaunching its website this week to compete in the capital’s ‘booming’ luxury hotel market.

Red Bee Media head of design Jeff Conrad leaves

Wed, 25 Aug 2010

Jeff Conrad has left Red Bee Media, where he was head of design, as the consultancy prepares for reorganisation and expansion.

Fingertip attractions

26 August 2010

As publishers of travel guides are flocking to the app and e-book markets, with Lonely Planet most recently targeting the iPad with its Discover series, Angus Montgomery looks at what can be achieved in these formats

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.

Derry regeneration group seeks graphics framework

Tue, 24 Aug 2010

Derry urban regeneration company Ilex URC is setting up a framework for graphic design, artwork and print management services, and requires a maximum of three providers.

Open City searches for Jane Priestman successor

Fri, 20 Aug 2010

Following Jane Priestman’s decision to step down as chairwoman of Open City after 18 years, the architecture organisation is now looking to appoint her successor.

Baigent Digital unlocks branding potential of Prison Reform Trust while working on website update

19 August 2010

Baigent Digital has rebranded the Prison Reform Trust and is currently working on a website for the charity.

Sir Philip Green to examine procurement in Government spending review

Fri, 13 Aug 2010

Arcadia boss Sir Philip Green says he will examine cross-Government procurement as part of his review of Government spending.

D&AD executive committee candidates stand for election

Thu, 12 Aug 2010

Voting on candidates for the D&AD executive committee closes at the end of the month.

400 and Zim Zam Zimmy work on solar brand Engensa

Wed, 11 Aug 2010

Solar energy start-up Engensa is set to launch a website and marketing materials by 400, which recently branded the company.

Prospect works on Design Business Association online directory

Wed, 11 Aug 2010

The Design Business Association is preparing to launch its online database of design groups on a website designed by Prospect, which will also revamp the DBA’s main website.

Design Studio creates 'filmic' site and logo for 3DW

12 August 2010

Design Studio has created an identity and website for 3D architectural visualisation company 3DW. Design Studio was appointed in April after 3DW founder Fabrice Bourelly approached the group on the strength of previous projects.

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

iStockphoto creates cleaner look for its website

Tue, 10 Aug 2010

Online image library iStockphoto has unveiled its revamped website, which was designed in-house at the company’s Canadian headquarters.

Alienation designs website for Edinburgh’s Usher Hall

Tue, 10 Aug 2010

Alienation Digital is creating a new website for Edinburgh’s recently modernised Usher Hall to better engage customers and ease the ticket-buying process.

BBC to appoint seven to creative services roster

Fri, 6 Aug 2010

The BBC has clarified that it currently has nine consultancies on its creative services roster and it will appoint up to seven under its new roster, which is currently at PQQ stage.

BBC slashes creative roster by more than half

Wed, 4 Aug 2010

The BBC stands to slash its creative services roster to less than half of its original size.

Five rebrand brief likely after takeover by Richard Desmond

5 August 2010

TV station Five is to be renamed Channel Five under new owner Richard Desmond, precipitating an ’inevitable’ rebrand, says head of strategic communications Andrew Sholl.

Siemens Pavilion can 'unlock the potential' of Royal Docks

5 August 2010

London Mayor Boris Johnson says he hopes that projects including the planned Siemens Pavilion for London, with interiors by architect Pringle Brandon and exhibition design by Event Communications, will lead to a regeneration of the Royal Docks area of east London.

Onedotzero festival programme unveiled

Tue, 3 Aug 2010

Festival Onedotzero returns in November with a series of new commissions looking at moving image and digital innovation.

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.

All of Us and Fray work with Russian broadband firm Yota

Wed, 28 Jul 2010

All of Us has been appointed as lead interactive consultancy for 4G broadband company Yota and is designing a video-on-demand service for the brand.

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.

This Is Studio builds online showcase todisplay Rankin's photography and film work

29 July 2010

Photographer Rankin is to unveil two new websites designed by This Is Studio, which won a three-way pitch for the work in December 2009.

Heavenly recruits Andy York from Interbrand

Tue, 27 Jul 2010

Heavenly has appointed Andy York from Interbrand as its head of verbal identity - a new role which the consultancy says will see York challenge brands to use language more effectively.

300 Million’s Dom Bailey joins Yota

Mon, 26 Jul 2010

Russian wireless broadband Internet company Yota has appointed 300 Million’s Dom Bailey as global chief marketing officer.

Chameleon Net to create British Library website

Fri, 23 Jul 2010

The British Library has chosen Chameleon Net to redevelop its philanthropic website in a move to build closer relationships between supporters and donors.

Reading University appoints 17 groups to resurrected design framework

Thu, 22 Jul 2010

Reading University has appointed 17 consultancies to its graphic and digital design roster.

Bacardi to undergo global rebrand with Young & Rubicam

Wed, 21 Jul 2010

Bacardi is undergoing a global rebrand led by advertising agency Young & Rubicam, Design Week understands.

LBI works on new accessible website for BT

Wed, 21 Jul 2010

LBI is designing a new accessibility website for BT. The telecoms company is understood to have appointed LBI, with which it has worked forabout ten years, without a formal pitch.

Milton Keynes forum holds first meeting

22 July 2010

The newly formed Milton Keynes Design Forum will have its first meeting tomorrow, which its founder says will set the agenda for the group.

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.

New creative apprenticeships scheme for Wales

Thu, 15 Jul 2010

Creative & Cultural Skills is launching a new programme of creative apprenticeships in Wales

Successful challenger brands share key values and methods

15 July 2010

You might not think of Jesus Christ as a ’challenger brand’, but, says Contagious magazine editorial director Paul Kemp-Robertson, he displayed all the traits.

Design is key to unlocking UK innovation, says Design Council chief

Tue, 13 Jul 2010

Design Council chief executive David Kester says the design sector can be ‘the key to unlocking UK innovation and future wealth creation’.

A broader canvas

8 July 2010

Project Canvas could spark a revolution in the way we consume visual media, and digital designers are excited about its interactive potential. But they still foresee a role for conventional ’curated’ content, says Angus Montgomery

Dott Cornwall collaborates with University College Falmouth on sustainable transport project

8 July 2010

The second Designs of the Time Cornwall and the Isle of Scilly showcase project is a collaboration with University College Falmouth that will aim to develop a sustainable transport system for Falmouth.

Bristol Media boss Mike Bennett takes Bristol placemaking role

Mon, 5 Jul 2010

Mike Bennett, co-founder of Bristol-based digital group E3 Media and chief executive of design body Bristol Media, is to become placemaking director of Bristol.

DBA brings The Edge back for 2010

Fri, 2 Jul 2010

The Design Business Association is running its The Edge event for the second time, with the theme this year being ‘for love or money’.

David Worthington becomes Designersblock chairman

Wed, 30 Jun 2010

David Worthington is to join exhibition group Designersblock as chairman.

Browser Creative designs identity of online games site

1 July 2010

Browser Creative has designed the identity and website for a new online video-game exchange platform called Gaboom.

Good for business?

1 July 2010

Only time will tell whether the tax cuts announced in last week’s Emergency Budget will offset the impact of the draconian spending restrictions also put in place by the Chancellor. Angus Montgomery assesses the design fallout

Service to be held in memory of Rupert Spurling

Tue, 29 Jun 2010

A service is to be held next week in memory of Rupert Spurling, creative director of B1 Creative, who died on 19 June.

Design Council Designing Demand scheme to continue after RDAs go

Fri, 25 Jun 2010

The Design Council says its Designing Demand programme will continue, despite the Government announcing it will scrap the regional development agencies that deliver the scheme.

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.

Point and learn

24 June 2010

The future of museum exhibition design lies in developing more intelligent and involving user experiences, but budget-busting technology isn’t always the best solution. Tom Banks investigates the state of the art in interactive applications

Ico Design works on Science Museum interactives

Tue, 22 Jun 2010

Ico Design has created three interactive installations for London’s Science Museum, which is set to open two galleries in its refurbished Wellcome Wing this weekend.

Abandon Normal Devices digital festival moves to Manchester

Mon, 21 Jun 2010

New cinema and digital culture festival Abandon Normal Devices will move from Liverpool to Manchester when it opens in October.

Benchmarks judging panel unveiled

Fri, 18 Jun 2010

The judges for the 2010 Design Week Benchmarks awards have been announced.

British Council warns rostered consultancies over work

Wed, 16 Jun 2010

The British Council has appointed a new graphic design roster, but is warning consultancies that they may not receive any work until next year because of Government spending cuts.

Baigent Digital creates online fundraising platform for Great Ormond Street Hospital charity

17 June 2010

Baigent Digital has redesigned Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity’s online fundraising platform to increase the number of donations made by visitors to the charity’s main website.

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.

Kerve designs website for Daines and Hathaway

Fri, 11 Jun 2010

Kerve Creative has designed a website for luxury leather brand Daines and Hathaway.

Wales leads European digital project

Thu, 10 Jun 2010

The development of cloud computing and social networking will be examined by a new Europe-wide digital collaboration project.

Design Council offers £100 000 to promote design to business

Wed, 9 Jun 2010

The Design Council is launching a £100 000 fund that will be made available to not-for-profit organisations to help them promote the value of design to business.

Cogapp to redesign BFI website

Wed, 9 Jun 2010

Cogapp has been appointed to design a new online home for the British Film Institute, which currently has two websites.

Step into the past

10 June 2010

GF Smith is offering a glimpse of the goodies in its archive in a London show, and more and more design collections are opening their doors to the public. Laura Snoad looks at where to go to find inspiration from our rich heritage

John Pawson to work on Design Museum’s new home

Thu, 3 Jun 2010

Architect John Pawson has been appointed to work on the transformation of the former Commonwealth Institute in west London, which will become the new home for the Design Museum.

Johnston Works and SVI Design bag European Design Awards

Thu, 3 Jun 2010

British consultancies Johnston Works and SVI Design have both picked up silver awards at the 2010 European Design Awards.

Bureau of European Design takes on EC challenge

Wed, 2 Jun 2010

The European Commission has tasked the Bureau of European Design Associations with creating a series of proposals that could influence design policy over the next few years.

Value-added content

3 June 2010

Locking down their online content behind a paywall has released The Times and The Sunday Times from the constraints of news aggregation, and in the process freed them for an editorially led redesign. Tom Banks reports

Crush creates teaser site for new James Bond novel

Fri, 28 May 2010

Crush Design has created a website to promote the new James Bond novel, which will be published in 2011.

Airside creates new website for under-threat BBC Asian Network

Wed, 26 May 2010

Airside has designed a new website for BBC Asian Network, the radio station which has been threatened with closure by BBC director-general Mark Thompson.

Design Studio unveils work for photographer

27 May 2010

Design Studio has created a website and book for London-based photographer Esther Teichmann.

Hotel conference addresses the next decade's challenges

27 May 2010

Forecasters are saying turbulence and uncertainty in the coming decade will present hotels with new problems for design to challenge and change.

Royal Society of Arts launches spinal injuries programme

Mon, 24 May 2010

The Royal Society of Arts is launching a pilot scheme in which leading designers will give basic design training to spinal injury patients, possibly helping them to create their own products and services.

Coalition Government looks to Dyson Report

Fri, 21 May 2010

The coalition Government says it will consider the implementation of the Dyson Report, as it unveils its policies.

Design Museum launches initiative for schoolchildren

Fri, 21 May 2010

Sebastian Conran is to unveil plans for Design Ventura, an initiative run by the Design Museum to develop student creativity in a real-world context.

Design industry welcomes Vince Cable's Government appointment

Thu, 20 May 2010

Design industry observers say former Liberal Democrat economic spokesman Vince Cable’s appointment as Secretary of State for Business Innovation & Skills bodes well for the sector.

2010 London Design Festival aims for international appeal

20 May 2010

Programme details are emerging for this year’s London Design Festival, which LDF director Ben Evans says will ’include activities from all over the world’.

Shelf starters

20 May 2010

Turning a ’mom and pop’ cottage industry product into a mainstream brand calls for genuine differentiation and serious long-term investment - and getting the packaging design right is crucial to success. Emily Pacey investigates

Benchmarks awards open for entries

Tue, 18 May 2010

The 2010 Design Week Benchmarks awards are now open for entries.

London Design Festival to bring robot octopus to Trafalgar Square

Fri, 14 May 2010

Trafalgar Square is to play host to a giant ‘mechanical octopus’ as part of this year’s London Design Festival.

Cog Design looks to the big picture forcultural production company Web brief

13 May 2010

Cog Design has created a website for Artichoke, the cultural production company behind Antony Gormley’s One & Other installation on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth and The Sultan’s Elephant event that visited London in 2006.

RSA unveils winning projects in Design Directions scheme

13 May 2010

A woven textile garment that helps people suffering from sensory processing disorder cope discreetly with anxiety in public places and a service aimed at encouraging workers to leave the office at lunchtime are among the winning projects in this year’s Design Directions scheme from the Royal Society of Arts.

CSD delays bid for design certification

Wed, 12 May 2010

The Chartered Society of Designers is postponing its application to professionally certify designers, following a meeting with regulating body the Privy Council, Design Week understands.

Rapid growth prompts redesign at Digital Spy

Tue, 11 May 2010

Entertainment news website Digital Spy has been redesigned following a rapid growth in user figures.

British Interactive Media Association relaunches with expansion plans

Fri, 7 May 2010

The British Interactive Media Association has relaunched, announcing its expansion throughout the UK and its commitment to digital.

Anywhichway creates Mayday Network site

Thu, 6 May 2010

A new website for The Prince’s Mayday Network has been delivered by consultancy Anywhichway in a bid to encourage UK businesses to reduce their carbon emissions.

EC launches paper on future of Europe's creative industries

6 May 2010

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the development of Europe’s creative industries. It is asking designers and other creative professionals to comment on ways to improve funding, skills and clustering.

WWF and Tetra Pak in hunt for Green ideas

Tue, 4 May 2010

Tetra Pak and WWF UK have launched a competition to generate ideas that encourage the public to buy environmentally friendly products.

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.

Hudson Fuggle works on guide and website for drama schools

Thu, 29 Apr 2010

Hudson Fuggle is redesigning the Conference of Drama Schools’ Guide to Colleges, and will then work on the organisation’s website.

Cyber-Duck creates new website for European Union

Wed, 28 Apr 2010

Digital group Cyber-Duck has been appointed to create a website for the European Commission, which will provide information about the benefits of the European Union to the British public.

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

Think Public works with housing association residents on 'skill-sharing space' co-design project

29 April 2010

Consultancy Think Public is working with residents at a housing association block in Plymouth in a co-design project to create a ’skill-sharing space’ in the house.

Sam Oakley creates digital books website

Tue, 27 Apr 2010

The Literary Platform, a website about the adaptation of books for digital media, launches today with design by Sam Oakley.

Moving Brands to feature at European Design Festival

Mon, 26 Apr 2010

The European Design Festival will take place in Rotterdam in the Netherlands this year, and will feature talks by French graphic designer Philippe Apeloig and UK consultancy Moving Brands founder James Bull.

Clearsilver brands Stem subjects resource centre

Fri, 23 Apr 2010

Leeds- and Hull-based branding group Clearsilver has created a new identity for the Government’s UK resource centre for women in science, engineering and technology, UKRC.

Bristol Media launches creative mentoring service

22 April 2010

Creative network Bristol Media has launched a mentoring system, whereby leading creative entrepreneurs will be able to offer tailored advice both online and face-to-face.

London Cycling Campaign hires Blacklabs and Hart D'Lacey to overhaul its image

22 April 2010

Hart D’Lacey and sister company Blacklabs are working to overhaul the identity, website and magazine of the London Cycling Campaign.

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

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.

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.

Cultural Olympiad provides opportunities for designers

Tue, 13 Apr 2010

Opportunities for designers have been highlighted in the upcoming Cultural Olympiad, which will run alongside the London 2012 Games

Stars to gather for Belgrade Design Week

Mon, 12 Apr 2010

Jaime Hayon, Arik Levy and Graphic Thought Facility will lecture at Belgrade Design Week, which takes place in the Serbian capital in June.

Ico Design creates Science Museum Lates digital presence

Fri, 9 Apr 2010

Ico Design is working on a digital presence for the Science Museum’s Lates events, which see the London museum open its doors once a month in the evening to host exhibitions and other attractions.

Pentagram alumni launch Dowling Duncan consultancy

Wed, 7 Apr 2010

Nottinghamshire-based consultancy Dowling Design & Art Direction has joined together with Rob Duncan Design, based in San Francisco in the US, to launch new consultancy Dowling Duncan.

Organza project launched to explore creativity in Europe

08 April 2010

Institutions across Europe will be asking what they can learn from each other’s creative industries with the launch of new research project Organza.

Creativitea creates Natterjacks website

Tue, 6 Apr 2010

Surrey-based design consultancy Creativitea has created a website for online urban fashion retailer Natterjacks.

UK submissions down in European Design Awards

Thu, 1 Apr 2010

The number of UK entries to the European Design Awards is down, from 48 last year to 38 in 2010, with 11 entries shortlisted.

A dash for freedom

01 April 2010

A spate of recent departures from digital consultancies signals a growing dissatisfaction with life under the corporate umbrella of advertising agencies. Tom Banks investigates what this means for the future of a still thriving sector

Method in hunt for top-level staff to bolster London arm

01 April 2010

US-based digital design group Method is seeking a managing director, creative director and two user-experience designers for its London office, which is expanding and relocating.

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.

Conference proposals to link universities with industry and business

Fri, 26 Mar 2010

Three ideas to stimulate innovation in the design and creative industries will be considered at a conference hosted by the University of Brighton today.

Code Computerlove designs jeweller's e-commerce site

Thu, 25 Mar 2010

Code Computerlove has won a four-way pitch to design an e-commerce site for jeweller Beaverbrooks.

Media Square groups create new website for Design Council

25 March 2010

Media Square-owned design consultancy Lloyd Northover is collaborating with its stablemate digital agency Twenty Six to create a new website for the Design Council.

Bell Design to represent the industry at Shanghai Expo

Wed, 24 Mar 2010

UK Trade & Investment has selected Bell Design to represent UK design at Expo 2010 Shanghai China, ahead of the opening of the consultancy’s new office in Beijing.

Barry Seal leaves Anthem Worldwide

Wed, 24 Mar 2010

Anthem Worldwide managing director Barry Seal is leaving at the end of the month to set up a creative business mentoring consultancy called Vitamin B.

Nicolas Mamier joins Appetite as MD

Fri, 19 Mar 2010

Appetite has appointed former Elmwood managing director Europe and Middle East Nicolas Mamier as its new managing director.

Body Shop looks to recruit new global creative director after departure of Nikki Austen

18 March 2010

The Body Shop International is recruiting for the role of global creative director, in the wake of Nikki Austen’s departure in January.

Sowing the party line

18 March 2010

James Dyson’s Ingenious Britain report for the Conservative Party has thrown the spotlight firmly on the role of design in future Government policy thinking. Laura Snoad sounds out senior figures from the industry for their responses

Scientists and designers work on RCA show

Tue, 16 Mar 2010

Designers from the Royal College of Art in London have collaborated with leading scientists to develop work for a new exhibition at the RCA, which opens today.

Plans emerge for multiple design embassies at LDF

Wed, 10 Mar 2010

The London Design Embassy may be renamed the British Design Embassy and appear at several locations across London in this year’s London Design Festival, Design Week understands.

Precedent creates Political Animal website for RSPCA

Wed, 10 Mar 2010

Precedent has created a microsite for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to promote animal welfare policy before the General Election later this year.

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation briefs Think Public to provide design support to social projects

11 March 2010

London- and Lisbon-based charity the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation has commissioned Think Public to provide design support for a number of upcoming social projects.

James Dyson calls for Design Council review in Tory party report

Tue, 9 Mar 2010

James Dyson has called for a review of the ‘funding, objectives and impact’ of the Design Council in a report commissioned by the Conservative Party.

Glasgow Commonwealth Games unveils Marque identity

Mon, 8 Mar 2010

Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games has unveiled its new visual identity, designed by Marque Creative.

WPP profits down after ‘brutal’ year

Fri, 5 Mar 2010

WPP’s profits before tax fell by 16.1 per cent to £812m following what the group describes as a ‘brutal’ 2009.

Nelson Associates designs celebrity florist website

Thu, 4 Mar 2010

Nelson Associates has designed a website for celebrity florist Robbie Honey.

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.

Something From Us creates Cornish brand for Dott

Wed, 3 Mar 2010

Designs of the Time Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has appointed London consultancy Something From Us as senior design producer for branding project From Cornwall with Love.

British Design Innovation works on 'device' to monetise design's contribution to the bottom line

04 March 2010

British Design Innovation is working on a piece of technology which will be capable of tracking the financial benefits of design thinking for client companies.

Funnel Creative to create Mountain Rescue website

Tue, 2 Mar 2010

Funnel Creative is beginning work on a new website for Mountain Rescue.

Benjamin Tomlinson joins Poke as creative director

Mon, 1 Mar 2010

Poke has appointed Benjamin Tomlinson as creative director. Tomlinson joins from Ico Design, where he held the position of creative director.

AKQA appointed to Royal Navy digital work

Mon, 1 Mar 2010

AKQA has been appointed to develop the Royal Navy’s digital strategy and redesign its website.

Cog Design creates arts festival website

Fri, 26 Feb 2010

Cog Design has created a new website for Norfolk & Norwich Festival.

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.

DW all set for redesign and blog launch

25 February 2010

Design Week will unveil a redesign next week (DW 4 March), led by art director Sam Freeman.

Glasgow students win Audi Sustain Our Nation contest

Thu, 18 Feb 2010

Students from The Glasgow School of Art have won top prize in the Sustain Our Nation contest with a project to connect residents on Glasgow’s Wyndford estate by helping them to create interest groups across generations.

Free pitch bears fruit for E3 Media with National Trust orchard site

18 February 2010

The National Trust is preparing to launch a new website about orchards, designed by Bristol-based consultancy E3 Media. The Orchard Network portal goes live in April.

Ware Anthony Rust works on biomedical website

Tue, 16 Feb 2010

Cambridge-based consultancy Ware Anthony Rust is branding and designing a new website for Biomedical Research Centres, based around a ‘molecular structure metaphor’.

Stone Creative creates Geeks digital identity

Mon, 15 Feb 2010

Stone Creative Design has created a new brand identity, website and guidelines for online review site www.geeks.co.uk.

GRDD designs art debate forum

Fri, 12 Feb 2010

GRDD has won a three-way pitch to design a website for the Great British Art Debate, a four-year collaboration between Tate Britain and three other institutions.

Former Syzygy creative Aaron Martin joins BD Network

Thu, 11 Feb 2010

Digital and marketing group BD Network has appointed Aaron Martin, formerly of Syzygy, as its executive creative director.

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

New whisky website showcases illustrators

Tue, 9 Feb 2010

Form, Devilfish and Rehab Studio have collaborated to create a new website for Berry Bros & Rudd-owned whisky brand Cutty Sark, which will showcase the work of illustrators.

iPhone app lets MPs communicate with constituents

Mon, 8 Feb 2010

Public Zone has created the first iPhone app for Members of Parliament, allowing constituents and MPs to communicate.

Youngsters explore British Museum with GRDD game

Mon, 8 Feb 2010

Graphics and interactive consultancy GRDD has created an online computer game for the British Museum.

DBA reveals shortlist for 'active ageing' challenge

04 February 2010

An adaptive surface, an online footnoting tool, a graphical ‘brackets’ campaign and a social networking project named after food stuffing are competing for the latest Design Business Association Inclusive Design Challenge award, which this year celebrates its tenth anniversary.

Uber Agency rebrands Phoenix Dance Theatre

Tue, 2 Feb 2010

Sheffield-based Uber Agency is rebranding and designing a new website for Phoenix Dance Theatre.

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.

Apple’s iPad is ‘entirely new category of device’

Thu, 28 Jan 2010

Apple’s eagerly anticipated iPad is being touted by the company’s chief executive Steve Jobs as ‘an entirely new category of device’ at its launch.

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.

Universities and consultancies meet to discuss link-ups

Wed, 27 Jan 2010

More than 60 universities and design consultancies will meet next month to discuss how to support each other’s commercial interests withoutfalling into competition.

Barbican seeks digital consultancy to overhaul website

Tue, 26 Jan 2010

The Barbican is calling on digital consultancies to show expressions of interest in overhauling its website, which the arts centre wants to use to ‘engage audiences in new ways’.

Design Week Top 100 open for entries

Tue, 26 Jan 2010

The entry form for the 2010 Design Week Top 100 is now available on the Design Week website.

£5m pledged for Green building design tools

Mon, 25 Jan 2010

The Technology Strategy Board and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council are investing nearly £5m to fund the development by British companies of new design tools to build Greener buildings.

Design industry profits rise, but lag behind marketing, survey shows

Thu, 21 Jan 2010

The top 30 consultancies in the design industry managed to improve their profits over 2008 – but the sector performed poorly compared to other marketing services, a survey shows.

Designers ‘need a union’, says DW poll

21 January 2010

More than 70 per cent of Design Week readers believe the design industry needs a trade union, according to a DW poll.

Just browsing, thanks

21 January 2010

Sales of packaged games may be in decline, but it’s just a format thing - new software means the action is now all online, reports Tom Banks

Northants County Council and Police seek print and Web designer

Tue, 19 Jan 2010

Northamptonshire County Council and Northamptonshire Police are looking to procure print and Web design from one consultancy.

Tom Bewick to step down as Creative & Cultural Skills chief

Mon, 18 Jan 2010

Tom Bewick, group chief executive of Creative & Cultural Skills, is leaving to join business council Enterprise UK.

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.

AMP creates architect’s website

Fri, 15 Jan 2010

Digital group AMP Communications has designed a new website for Keith Williams Architects featuring ‘print-like and traditional pages’.

Tory MP questions need to outsource Government design

Wed, 13 Jan 2010

A Tory MP embroiled in a row about the value of identity design for Government clients has reiterated his opinion that some of the work should not be given to designers.

Development opportunities

14 January 2010

Museum residencies allow emerging designers to develop - artistically and commercially - in a sympathetic environment. Laura Snoad reports

Industry split on co-design, says DW poll

14 January 2010

Nearly 40 per cent of respondents to a Design Week poll say they do not think co-design is a good idea.

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.

Fudge works on Creative Islington website

Mon, 11 Jan 2010

Digital consultancy Fudge has been commissioned by Islington Council to create a website for Creative Islington, a community-based arts organisation.

Most readers think 2010 will be better for design industry than 2009

Fri, 8 Jan 2010

Nearly 85 per cent of Design Week readers believe 2010 will be a better year for design businesses than 2009, according to a poll on www.designweek.co.uk.

Local group Gendall revamps website for Dott Cornwall

07 January 2010

Falmouth-based consultancy Gendall is designing a new website for Designs of the Time Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, which the consultancy hopes will ‘engage designers and the community’.

Young Creative Network develops branding for Futurising event

07 January 2010

The Young Creative Network is developing an identity and website for Futurising, an event which aims to find employment for creative graduates and engage employers and educators.

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.

Design Week takes Christmas break

Wed, 23 Dec 2009

The Design Week team are taking a Christmas break.The first email newsletter of 2010 will be sent out on 5 January, and the first issue will be on 7 January.Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Totally creates Gurkha charity website

Mon, 21 Dec 2009

Totally Communications has designed a new website for The Gurkha Welfare Trust.

Rufus Leonard creates British Gas iPhone app

Fri, 18 Dec 2009

British Gas has launched an iPhone meter reading app, designed by Rufus Leonard and developed by an in-house team.

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.

Telecoms group Three to refresh identity

Thu, 17 Dec 2009

Telecoms company Three will refresh its identity next year. A spokesman for the company says Three will not be rebranding, but it will be ‘freshened up to make the brand look cleaner and more succinct’ as part of an ‘evolutionary process’. He says the work will be carried out in-house. Zoo Media is already creating a blog for the company, which is set to launch in the new year. The consultancy was appointed on the strength of an ongoing redesign it is carrying ...

Children bring fresh ideas to the design of public spaces

17 December 2009

Designers have praised contributions to public design projects from children and young people, saying they inject fresh new ideas and a different perspective.A new project targeted at children aged between nine and 14 shows the value designers attach to young people’s involvement in public design. Space Shapers 9-14, developed by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and Beam with The Architecture Centre in Bristol and the Kent Architecture Centre, aims ...

TV producer Russ Malkin seeks designer for website

17 December 2009

Russ Malkin, who produced and directed television programmes the Long Way Round and the Long Way Down, is seeking a digital consultancy to redesign his adventure travel website Big Earth.The site allows people to share pictures and videos of their holidays and offers advice on gaining visas and filming travel documentaries.However, Malkin is not happy with the website’s current look and feel. He says, ‘I want to find a design consultancy which is excited by the ...

Sir John Sorrell appointed creative industries ambassador

Tue, 15 Dec 2009

Sir John Sorrell has been appointed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown as Business Ambassador to champion the UK’s creative industries abroad.

Digital Marketing Group buys 20:20 London

Mon, 14 Dec 2009

Digital consultancy 20:20 London has been acquired by Digital Marketing Group for a fee of up to £2m.

BD Network bags Mars Petcare briefs

Fri, 11 Dec 2009

Integrated consultancy BD Network is working on campaigns for Mars Petcare’s Dentastix and Core Treats ranges.

Audi Design Foundation set to close

Wed, 9 Dec 2009

The Audi Design Foundation is closing next spring after 12 years of supporting design initiatives. Its final, £200 000 project, Sustain Our Nation, which involves university students designing local community enterprises, will complete at the end of March. The charitable trust’s general manager, Rebecca Myrie, will continue to be employed by parent company Audi UK to head up corporate responsibility management within the car company. The planned closure is strategic ...

D&AD New Blood moves to East End

Wed, 9 Dec 2009

D&AD’s graduate event New Blood will move from Olympia in west London to east London’s Old Truman Brewery next year, taking up a week of graduate show Free Range. The move is part of a ‘radical transformation’ that will see the show focus more on networking, the organisation claims. D&AD says it hopes to organise satellite events and work experience opportunities for graduates with local design groups, as the Old Truman Brewery is in the middle of the UK’s digital ...

Turquoise is 2010 colour of the year

Tue, 8 Dec 2009

Pantone has announced 15-5519 Turquoise as its colour of the year for 2010.

Useful Simple Trust founders outline business model

Tue, 8 Dec 2009

Two founders of design collective the Useful Simple Trust say their business sidesteps ‘one of the key succession challenges’, by removing the link between equity and leadership.

BD Network opens Australian office

Mon, 7 Dec 2009

Design and marketing group BD Network has opened its first overseas office in Melbourne, Australia.

Jamie Oliver is Client of the Year at 2009 Benchmarks

Thu, 3 Dec 2009

Jamie Oliver’s culinary empire took Client of the Year at the fifth annual Design Week Benchmarks awards last night. The accolade was established in 2007 to celebrate excellence in commissioning design.Since his TV debut in 1996, Oliver has proved to have a highly commercial bent, developing a range of products, packaging and brands through Jamie Oliver Holdings. At this year’s Benchmarks, Pearlfisher, which developed the Jme lifestyle brand, collected an award in the Household ...

Core Creative revamps brand and website for triathlon store

03 December 2009

Core Creative has designed a new identity and e-commerce website for triathlon store Tri UK, in a bid to realign the brand with its target audience of affluent, 30- to 40-year-old professionals.The design group speculatively suggested a rebrand and website overhaul in October, having carried out a series of print projects for the company, with which it has worked since 2006.Keeping the Tri UK identity simple was key to the project, says Matt Hellier, creative ...

Buyouts in a recession are worthwhile, says E3 Media owner

Tue, 1 Dec 2009

Taking the plunge with a management buyout of your consultancy in a recession is a worthwhile venture, according to E3 Media owner Stuart Avery.

Another Vision designs Electric December website

Mon, 30 Nov 2009

Another Vision has designed the website for Bristol Watershed Media Centre’s Electric December, a digital advent calendar with 24 downloads created by young people aged between 14 and 21.

Heavenly acquires Martin Lambie-Nairn’s ML-N

Thu, 26 Nov 2009

Branding group Heavenly has bought Martin Lambie-Nairn’s company ML-N, taking the partners into its business.

Helsinki gears up for World Design Capital stint

Thu, 26 Nov 2009

The city of Helsinki has pledged to make ‘city planning and service design’ interventions following its announcement as World Design Capital 2012, and is inviting help from the international design community. 

Designers Anonymous brands Scottish ecopods

Thu, 26 Nov 2009

Designers Anonymous has branded, worked on interiors and created a website for a new luxury geodesic dome retreat in Scotland. Once complete, Ecopod Boutique Retreat, located on the west coast of Scotland near Loch Linnhe, will comprise up to five geodesic domes, supplied by German manufacturer Zendome. The 100 per cent recycled domes, second-hand furniture and use of sustainable materials are intended to earn the retreat Green credentials. ‘I honestly believe ...

Design trio work on Oxford 'fusion' restaurant Camera

26 November 2009

Noble Russell, Ryuu Design and Commun are working on a new Asian-inspired restaurant and bar in Oxford.Camera owner Oxford Leisure, which describes the restaurant’s menu and decor as ‘fusion’, is aiming its offer at the ‘over-21 sophisticated weekend crowd’, according to Oxford Leisure co-owner Jake Oppon.Oxford Leisure appointed the furniture and interior design group on the strength of its previous work for the company over the past eight years, including on ...

Royal Society of Medicine opens doors to designers

Mon, 23 Nov 2009

The Royal Society of Medicine is offering corporate membership to design groups that work in the healthcare sector.

Nicholas Serota appointed to Boris Johnson’s design panel

Fri, 20 Nov 2009

Sir Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate, has been appointed to London mayor Boris Johnson’s Design Advisory Panel.

Green Awards fail to pick packaging winner

Thu, 19 Nov 2009

The Green Awards failed to select a winner in the packaging category last night – the only category of 16 to have no winner.

Design groups among top independent marcomms firms

Thu, 19 Nov 2009

Several design consultancies have been named among the most successful privately owned marketing and communications groups in the UK.

Futurebrand appoints Pete Hollingsworth to creative role

Wed, 18 Nov 2009

Futurebrand is appointing Pete Hollingsworth as its managing creative director consumer. The creation of the new role indicates that the consultancy is rebuilding its management team following a cull of senior staff earlier this year.

Academic boost for discipline of design anthropology

19 November 2009

The discipline of design anthropology, which will next year be the subject of an MSc course at the University of Aberdeen, is described by its practitioners as an emerging field, but one which has been emerging for some time.For some 20 years, the likes of Ideo, Intel and Nokia have been using arts and social science graduates to help them define and think about their customers in new ways. Key figures such as Genevieve Bell at Intel and Dori Tunstall, formerly of Arc Worldwide ...

Tim Berners-Lee heads roll-call of new RDIs

19 November 2009

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the man commonly credited with inventing the World Wide Web, is being named as a Royal Designer for Industry. Berners-Lee is joined by film set designer Sir Kenneth Adam, stage designer Alison Chitty, set designer Jim Clay, graphic designer Mark Farrow, and architect Peter Higgins. Fashion designer Barbara Hulanicki, milliner Stephen Jones, engineer Derek Sugden and landscape designer Kim Wilkie complete the list. Meanwhile, furniture ...

Design ‘could see private equity boost’ in 2010

Tue, 17 Nov 2009

Media and communications groups, including design consultancies, could see a boost in private equity backing next year, according to experts.

More design opportunities in Sea Change programme

Mon, 16 Nov 2009

Seven coastal resorts around the country are receiving up to £3.7m each to invest in culture and heritage as part of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment’s Sea Change initiative.

Vince Frost appointed Woolworths South Africa creative head

Mon, 16 Nov 2009

Woolworths South Africa has appointed Australian designer Vince Frost as its creative director.

Established & Sons launches new website

Fri, 13 Nov 2009

Established & Sons is launching a new website on 10 December, which the furniture design group says it is co-designing with Made Thought.

Cultural ‘women to watch’ sought

Thu, 12 Nov 2009

The Cultural Leadership Programme is seeking nominations to its new Women to Watch list, which will celebrate the achievements of women in the creative and cultural industries.

Seymour Powell links up with Brash Brands in the Middle East

Thu, 12 Nov 2009

Seymour Powell is to collaborate on projects with Middle East branding consultancy Brash Brands after signing a strategic partnership with the group. Brash Brands, which has offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, was set up in 2007 by John Brash, former executive creative director and European board director of Landor Associates, and creative group head at Conran Design Group. The consultancy works with clients including Burj Dubai and the Lebanese waste management ...

Brighton event tackles state of digital education

12 November 2009

‘Are people on courses picking up the right skills? The feedback we get from our portfolio clinics is that 90 per cent of graduates are unemployable,’ says Phil Jones, managing director of Wired Sussex.Wired Sussex, which works in partnership with the University of Brighton to help Sussex-based digital businesses develop, will host seminar Digital by Design: Create and Debate this week. Regional figureheads from digital industry and education will meet in Brighton and discuss ...

Designers say stress levels are on the up

12 November 2009

More than 72 per cent of designers say that their stress levels at work have risen over the past year.The poll, details of which are on www.designweek.co.uk, shows that 72.1 per cent of respondents say that their stress levels have risen over the past year, while 18 per cent say they have declined, and 9.8 per cent say they have stayed the same.Recent research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development shows that more than a quarter of UK workers ...

Virgin Media marketing chief joins Start Creative

Tue, 10 Nov 2009

Start Creative has appointed James Kydd as its non-executive director – a new role created to use his marketing, media and telecoms experience.

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.

Research reveals procurement ‘postcode lottery’

Fri, 6 Nov 2009

New research has revealed huge variations in the time taken by different councils to pay their suppliers.

Michael Wolff slams city branding, annual reports… and Wolff Olins

Thu, 5 Nov 2009

Branding a city is like attempting to ‘eat a dinosaur’, said Michael Wolff at last night’s D&AD President’s Lecture in Liverpool.

Phoenix Square digital centre set to open in Leicester

Wed, 4 Nov 2009

The Phoenix Square Digital Media Centre will open in Leicester on 17 November, the culmination of a £21m project that will give digital arts and independent cinema a home in the city. Delivered by Leicester City Council, De Montfort University and developer Blueprint in association with Leicester Arts Centre, it is funded by the council, DMU, Blueprint, the European Commission, the Arts Council and EM Media. Architect Marsh Grochowski, lead consultancy on the ...

Poll highlights problems with public sector

05 November 2009

More than 70 per cent of designers have had problems with public-sector clients, according to a Design Week poll. The survey, on www. designweek.co.uk, shows that 71.4 per cent of respondents have encountered unacceptable practices while tendering for public-sector jobs.Both Reading University and Birmingham City Council have come under fire from designers last month over their tender processes. BCC was criticised for asking for unpaid creative work in a tender to create ...

Rudd Studio brands See Saw VoD service

Tue, 3 Nov 2009

Rudd Studio has designed the static and animated identities for See Saw, a new video-on-demand service.

WPP revenues down but ‘less worse’ than previous quarter

Fri, 30 Oct 2009

WPP, which owns branding and design groups including Landor, Fitch and The Brand Union, has reported a like-for-like revenue drop of 8.7 per cent in the third quarter – an improvement on the second quarter’s 10.5 per cent fall.

Design teams hope to secure youth centre funding

Wed, 28 Oct 2009

Designers and architects in 15 teams are hoping to secure Lottery funding to build a series of youth centres across the country, in a project run by The Sorrell Foundation. The Joined Up Design for My Place project has seen The Sorrell Foundation match designers such as Interbrand with architects including Marks Barfield to work on youth centre projects aiming to secure funding as part of the £272m My Place initiative, which is administered by the Big Lottery Fund for the ...

Addiction brands online theatre start-up

29 October 2009

Addiction London has branded and created a Web presence for Digital Theatre, a start-up company that screens online high-definition film recordings of theatre performances.The consultancy was appointed directly in April, and given a brief to create an identity, website, stationery, idents, credit sequences and promotional films.Martin Delamere, creative director at Addiction London, says that as an advertising and branding consultancy, it is able to ‘design right through’.

Report raises college admissions discrimination fears

29 October 2009

Concerns have been raised about discrimination in admissions to art and design colleges, following the publication of new research.The report, Art for a Few, scrutinises admissions by examining institutional statements, prospectuses, websites, interviews with tutors and observations from 70 admissions interviews at five unnamed institutions. It has been commissioned by the National Arts Learning Network, and authored and researched by University of the Arts London.

Said Business School unveils digital brochures

Mon, 26 Oct 2009

Positive New Media has created four digital brochures for The University of Oxford’s Said Business School.

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.

Cogapp creates Olympic art website

Thu, 22 Oct 2009

Cogapp has designed the branding, marketing materials and a website for London 2012’s art commissioning programme.

To The Point creates websites for science research

Thu, 22 Oct 2009

To The Point has been appointed by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to work with Research Councils UK to design websites for three research programmes.

New Royal Designers for Industry master aims to build bridges with RSA

Wed, 21 Oct 2009

When Robin Levien takes up his role as Master of the Royal Designers for Industry in November he aims to improve the soured relationship between the RDI faculty and parent body the Royal Society of Arts. Levien (pictured), founder of product design consultancy Studio Levien, is poised to replace Chris Wise, who has held the position of master since 2007. ‘I am a conciliatory character and that will be my approach to trying to talk around any issues that there ...

Airside designs new London Transport Museum website

Wed, 21 Oct 2009

Airside has branded and designed a new website for the London Transport Museum which is aimed primarily at children and other visitors. According to Bryan Wills, the London Transport Museum’s head of digital resources, the consultancy was approached directly in May with a brief to design a site that was ‘more funky and dynamic’ than the museum’s other websites. The new site, called Pick & Mix, will enable users to browse the museum’s full online collections, ...

E3 Media revs up Kia's Web offering

22 October 2009

E3 Media is extending its redesign of Kia Motors’ digital presence to include the car-maker’s 140 dealership sites.The websites are being brought into line with the main UK brand site (pictured), which the group redesigned earlier this year. Kia awarded the work to Bristol-based E3 Media directly on the strength of its work with the client on previous iterations of the main site.The websites will use the same bright colours and Neo Sans typeface as the main site, ...

Rankin asks for pitches for two websites

22 October 2009

Photographer Rankin has invited five groups to pitch for free for a refresh of his website and to design a new website for him and his business partner Chris Cottam.Perfect Day, Us Design, Digital Club, Them and Attention Seeking pitched for both projects two weeks ago. A shortlist will be drawn up this week and both sites will be ‘up and running by December’, says Rankin, whose full name is John Rankin Waddell.‘So many photographers’ sites are boring, like a shop ...

Christopher Exeter for Design Council policy post

Mon, 19 Oct 2009

The Design Council is appointing Christopher Exeter in the new role of director of policy.

Someone’s Olympics pictograms unveiled

Fri, 16 Oct 2009

Pictograms for the London 2012 Olympic Games launched today, designed by Someone.

Uffindell West brands bus company

Thu, 15 Oct 2009

Uffindell West has created a new identity for international bus and coach manufacturer Temsa.

Digital offer to change at 2010 London Design Festival

Wed, 14 Oct 2009

London Design Festival’s digital showcases look set to change next year, with the i-Design conference possibly taking place in October and Tent London hoping to expand its digital design element, with a view to launching it as a standalone event.

Reading Room expands Australian operations

Wed, 14 Oct 2009

Digital consultancy Reading Room is expanding further into Australia, opening an office in Brisbane, Queensland - its third in the country since 2001. This means that the UK group, which has offices in London and Manchester employing 100, now has a presence in Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane. Margaret Manning, chief executive at the consultancy, says, ‘Australia has already come out of recession and it’s an amazing growth market.’ The Australian economy ...

Country house gets makeover from Teviot

15 October 2009

Edinburgh-based consultancy Teviot has created a new identity and website for Lucknam Park, a country house hotel in Bath.Appointed in February on recommendation, the group was given an open brief to rebrand the five-star hotel and create a new online presence and print communications.The hotel has recently undergone a refurbishment which includes an £18m spa and a new restaurant.Teviot director Douglas MacDowall says, ‘We didn’t really feel that ...

Honey brands new Graduates Yorkshire 'matchmaker' venture

15 October 2009

Honey has created a website and branding strategy for Graduates Yorkshire’s new Grads East venture. The consultancy was appointed directly last month, having worked on the Graduates Yorkshire site and brand.The site launches on 21 October and will link employers, which pay a subscription fee, with graduate jobseekers in the east of England.The brief was to come up with a brand which appealed to both of these groups, and a website with two clear customer journeys. ...

Straight from the heart

15 October 2009

Getting your pro-bono jobs to work out can be just as tricky as with paid-for projects. Angus Montgomery weighs up the pros and cons

Full Picture takes on Covent Garden digital strategy

Tue, 13 Oct 2009

Full Picture has been appointed by the Covent Garden Area Trust to handle its digital marketing.

True creates website for private school

Fri, 9 Oct 2009

True has created a website for Somerset private school Millfield.

Fitchlive appointment to boost links with Fitch

Thu, 8 Oct 2009

Experiential, film and digital agency Fitchlive has appointed Ursula Morrish as project director. Part of her role will be to build an integrated offer with sister consultancy Fitch.

Charge-out rates and benefits have fallen, new research shows

Wed, 7 Oct 2009

Charge-out rates have dropped among senior design staff, benefits have been cut and pay increases limited, according to a new report released by the Design Business Association.The 2009 DBA Charge Out Rates and Salary Levels survey shows last year’s results to be something of an anomaly. That report found that charge-out rates were increasing for the first time in more than five years (DW 7 January).Despite this year’s drop in charge-out rates among senior staff, ...

New COI roster framework set to address concerns

08 October 2009

The Central Office of Information has often been accused of over-complicating public procurement, but it is confident its three new design rosters will be welcomed by designers and clients alike.COI roster veteran Start Creative is one consultancy enthusiastic about the new rosters, including branding and brand identity, which launches on 22 October, to be followed by content and publishing, and design and related services (DW 23 September).‘We hope that this ...

Design Week Awards judges named

Tue, 6 Oct 2009

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

Glue London creates digital presence for Stem initiative

Fri, 2 Oct 2009

Glue London has designed a new website encouraging 11- to 16-year-olds to take science and maths A-levels, for the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

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.

The Chase is overall winner at the Fresh Awards

Thu, 1 Oct 2009

The Fresh Awards announced consultancy The Chase as overall winner at its ceremony in Manchester last night, when it handed out digital and creative honours across 44 categories.

Ex-JKR creatives launch new consultancy

Wed, 30 Sep 2009

Jones Knowles Ritchie creative director Glenn Kiernan is leaving the consultancy to form new group We Are Him & Her with former JKR design director Ruth Galloway. Kiernan has been creative director at JKR for nine years, and worked with Galloway at the consultancy. Galloway, who is currently freelance, has also been design director at Smith & Milton. We Are Him & Her will open for business on 1 November and will be based in east London. Kiernan describes ...

Design Museum move welcomed by leading creatives

01 October 2009

The Design Museum’s proposed move to the former Commonwealth Institute in London’s Kensington will extend the reach of the ‘Albertopolis’ cultural quarter, says Paul Thompson, rector of the Royal College of Art.Thompson was speaking after Kensington and Chelsea Council and English Heritage approved plans drawn up by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas’ practice OMA to house the museum in a redeveloped Commonwealth Institute building. This would move the Design Museum 10km west ...

Rehab Studio creates Visit England social media tool

Tue, 29 Sep 2009

Rehab Studio has created a social media tool for tourism body Visit England, to help businesses in the leisure and tourism sector use social media to their advantage.

Untitled London creates mobile cash site

Mon, 28 Sep 2009

Untitled London has created a mobile-specific site for Ukash, a company which facilitates online cash transactions.

Tom Dixon pushes service design agenda

Fri, 25 Sep 2009

Tom Dixon says British design needs to focus more on service design and problem solving, and not just on ‘creating objects’, in order to remain relevant and economically viable.

De-construct founder Fred Flade leaves consultancy

Thu, 24 Sep 2009

Fred Flade, founding partner of De-construct, is leaving next month to find ‘a new challenge’.

Paul Smith awarded London Design Medal

Thu, 24 Sep 2009

Fashion designer Paul Smith has been awarded the 2009 London Design Medal.

BDI appoints four regional directors

24th September 2009

British Design Innovation has appointed four new regional directors ahead of a restructure of the organisation that will turn it into ‘a regional, franchise-style co-operative’, according to chief executive Maxine Horn.

Boris Johnson praises traditional design

Tue, 22 Sep 2009

London Mayor Boris Johnson has reinforced his position as an upholder of tradition in design, while acknowledging design’s importance to the capital’s economy

Designers sought to promote Cornwall

Tue, 22 Sep 2009

A design group is being sought to work on projects for the Cornwall Marketing project, being run by the Cornwall Development Company.

Sumo creates National Gallery digital campaign

Mon, 21 Sep 2009

Newcastle-based consultancy Sumo has created a campaign for the National Gallery in London that uses animated advertisements on the Tube and mainline stations to promote its permanent collection.

Design Museum move gets green light

Fri, 18 Sep 2009

The Design Museum’s plans to move from Shad Thames to a new home in the former Commonwealth Institute on Kensington High Street have won the thumbs up from the council.

Edinburgh group 20/20 Design rebrands Scottish & Newcastle

Thu, 17 Sep 2009

Edinburgh-based 20/20 Design is working on a rebrand and new website for drinks brand Scottish & Newcastle, part of Heineken International.

Conran and Hamnett to address IP issues

Mon, 14 Sep 2009

Designer Sebastian Conran and fashion designer Katherine Hamnett will be advising entrepreneurs on intellectual property in a seminar next week as part of London Design Festival.

Design Museum picks 2009 Designers in Residence

Fri, 11 Sep 2009

The Design Museum has announced this year’s five young designers for its annual Designers in Residence programme.

New graduate design school launches in London

Thu, 10 Sep 2009

University of the Arts London launches its new graduate design school next week.

US architect works on new Glasgow School of Art building

Tue, 8 Sep 2009

US architect Steven Holl Architects and Scotland-based JM Architects have been appointed to work on a new building opposite Glasgow School of Art’s Grade A-listed Mackintosh Building.

Mandelson dismisses attempt to criminalise IP infringement

Fri, 4 Sep 2009

The IP debate has gathered pace this week as inventor Trevor Baylis, Business Secretary Lord Mandelson and now Innovation Minister David Lammy and designer Sebastian Conran have spoken out on the issue.

GLA says it cannot pay for pitch work, amid London identity furore

Thu, 3 Sep 2009

The Greater London Authority claims that it is ‘not in a position to give a fee for pitch work’, following complaints about the way it is running a tender to create an identity for the capital.

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.

Royal Parks reveals design roster line-up

Thu, 3 Sep 2009

The Royal Parks has unveiled its first-ever marketing services roster, which features a number of design consultancies.

Map of UK creative sector could inform Government policy

03rd September 2009

It comes as no surprise to hear that London and its surrounding counties are the UK’s creative epicentre. But a new mapping experiment - published last week by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts - also reveals which types of creative business cluster together and where.Nesta hopes that this fine-grained information could encourage the Government to tailor its creative industries policies to suit certain cluster types according to region.

‘Lower-tech’ Public Gallery opens

Tue, 1 Sep 2009

The Public Gallery, in West Bromwich arts centre The Public, has opened in a ‘lower-tech’ form.

LDA funds designer-maker collectives

Thu, 27 Aug 2009

London’s designer-makers could benefit from the London Development Agency’s latest £500 000 cash injection to ‘develop the creative skills of Londoners’ ahead of the 2012 Olympics.

Calls for code of practice on graduate internships

Wed, 26 Aug 2009

Creative & Cultural Skills has proposed that a code of practice on graduate placements in the creative industries be introduced, in a bid to end the practice of unpaid internships. The call comes after the organisation urged employers in the sector to do more to make it accessible to young people, by providing better information and guidance on finding work (www.designweek. co.uk, 21 August). C&CS also believes that it is up to employers to stamp out ...

Lighthouse goes into administration

Tue, 25 Aug 2009

The Lighthouse, Scotland’s centre of architecture, design and the city, has gone into administration.

New York’s Parsons appoints new director

Mon, 24 Aug 2009

Parsons The New School for Design has appointed Radhika Subramaniam as director and chief curator of the Sheila C Johnson Design Center.

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.

Government move points to more open procurement

Thu, 20 Aug 2009

The Government’s decision to scrap the charge for online public contract portal Supply2.gov.uk is being hailed as the first step towards a more free and open public procurement system.Earlier this month the fee was dropped on searching for contracts worth under £100 000. This had previously cost businesses approximately £99-£180 a year. This may not seem much, but for business representation body the Forum of Private Business the decision is an important move towards allowing ...

Heatherwick to star at Irish Design Week

20th August 2009

Thomas Heatherwick will open this year’s Irish Design Week in Dublin on 2 November.After saying last year that he would ‘do anything to get [Heatherwick] over’, Barry Sheehan, immediate past president of the Institute of Designers of Ireland, one of the IDW’s key organisers, says he can ‘rest happy now’.The festival will also host the three-day Offset 2009 conference, taking place in Dublin from 6-8 October. Speakers at Offset will include graphic designers Leila ...

Mike Exon leaves Digit

Tue, 18 Aug 2009

Digit editorial director Mike Exon is leaving the consultancy to pursue other career plans after a mutual decision to part with the digital group.

Pancentric waltzes in with Strictly Come Dancing website

Tue, 18 Aug 2009

Pancentric Digital is designing a Web-based viewing application for BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing show.

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.

Entries sought for Benchmarks Client of the Year

Fri, 14 Aug 2009

Nominations are invited for Client of the Year as part of the entry to Design Week’s 2009 Benchmarks awards.

Two consultancies work on branding and digital briefs at Ashmolean

Wed, 12 Aug 2009

Jane Wentworth Associates is working on a new identity for the Ashmolean museum, which will launch in November, alongside the institution’s £61m refurbishment (DW 6 August).

Peter Saville and Michael Peters on Prince Philip Prize shortlist

Wed, 12 Aug 2009

Graphic and branding designers Peter Saville, Michael Peters, Jay Smith and Howard Milton have been named on the shortlist for the 2009 Prince Philip Designers Prize.This year is the 50th anniversary of the prize, which is run by the Design Council. Its aim is to focus on the contributions of designers to design among businesses and the general public.Completing the shortlist are architects David Adjaye and Eric Parry, fashion designers Jeff Banks and Hussein ...

Engage Group appointed to Nursing & Midwifery Council work

Mon, 10 Aug 2009

Engage Group has been appointed as the sole design and communications consultancy for the Nursing & Midwifery Council.

WFCA brands ‘friendly’ toy animals

Fri, 7 Aug 2009

Consultancy WFCA has branded and created a packaging range for toy company Lockhard.

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.

National Portrait Gallery to review roster

Wed, 5 Aug 2009

The National Portrait Gallery is reviewing its roster and will ask the groups on its existing list to repitch.The gallery’s marketing manager Jonathan Rowbotham says new groups will get a chance to compete against listed consultancies in ‘a fair and open process’.Rowbotham says he is unsure if the roster will be expanded, but says the gallery will approach some design groups that have carried out ‘admirable work’ with other museums. All groups will first be invited ...

Dyson Awards longlist unveiled

Tue, 4 Aug 2009

The longlist has been unveiled for this year’s Dyson Awards, sponsored by Sir James Dyson.

i-Design line-up unveiled

Mon, 3 Aug 2009

Malcolm Garrett, Nik Roope and Adrian Shaughnessy will all speak at September’s i-Design digital conference, this year subtitled ‘Is it Real?’

RCA celebrates ten years of Helen Hamlyn Centre work

Mon, 3 Aug 2009

The Royal College of Art is to host an exhibition celebrating ten years of European collaborative projects by Helen Hamlyn Centre research associates.

Christine Losecaat to unveil new venture at London Design Festival

August 2009 Online

London Design Embassy founder Christine Losecaat will unveil her new venture at the London Design Festival next month.The Elevator Lounge, to be hosted at 100% Design, will be a space for both exhibitors and visitors to do business and meet with experts specialising in business advice, international trade and intellectual property.Losecaat describes it as’a business-enabling space’, where people will be able to meet like-minded contacts and get advice from free ...

Sir Christopher Frayling talks about his RCA tenure

August 2009 Online

Christopher Frayling has left a worthy legacy for his successor at the RCA, Paul Thompson. Lynda Relph-Knight talks to him about his tenure

Jeremy Leslie will not be replaced at John Brown Media

Fri, 31 Jul 2009

John Brown Media has revealed that it has made executive creative director Jeremy Leslie redundant.

Salford City Council unveils design roster

Thu, 30 Jul 2009

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

Studio Output brands Thomas Cook snow festival

Wed, 29 Jul 2009

Studio Output is creating the branding, marketing materials and website for Thomas Cook’s new skiing and music event, The Big Snow Festival.The holiday company, which will launch the festival in September, appointed Studio Output in April without a pitch, on the recommendation of one of the consultancy’s other clients, Ministry of Sound, which works on music events with Thomas Cook.Thomas Cook briefed Studio Output to create a brand that would ‘make winter sports ...

Bradshaw speaks of ‘global future’ for UK creative industries

Tue, 28 Jul 2009

Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw has reiterated the Government’s view that the creative industries are key to the UK’s future on the international stage at a time when we have ‘passed on the baton’ of more traditional industries to developing countries.

In-house management skills wanted for DME Awards

Mon, 27 Jul 2009

The Design Management Europe Awards 2009 are seeking entries from companies that procure and manage design.

Rainmaker survey claims consultancies ‘oversell’ themselves

Fri, 24 Jul 2009

Most marketing and design groups sell themselves too hard, according to the results of a new survey by Rainmaker.

Uber revamps Leeds University website

Thu, 23 Jul 2009

Uber is creating a new website for Leeds University – the result of a 16-month development – following a three-way competitive pitch in January 2008.

London Design Festival in funding talks

Wed, 22 Jul 2009

The London Design Festival is in discussions with the London Development Agency over the future of its funding. This year’s festival, which takes place in September, will be the last year that LDA funding - which totals £300 000 each year - is guaranteed under the current contract. In a statement, the LDF confirms that ‘the current funding support by the LDA runs to March 2010’. It adds that ‘additional income is derived through sponsorship and from other organisations’. ...

Design enters TV reality show arena

23rd July 2009

Last Wednesday, Jam Design founder Jamie Anley and designer Phil Nutley watched themselves burst on to prime-time TV as frontmen for BBC Two interior design series Home for Life (News, DW 23 April).After cramming in filming around their day job - which includes revamping London’s 100% Design show - the duo had not had time to watch the finished product. So, at 8pm last Wednesday, Anley sat down with friends and family in a hotel room in London’s Covent Garden to watch his ...

The RSA unleashes its design manifesto

23rd July 2009

The Royal Society of Arts’ Design & Society manifesto is being launched tomorrow.The manifesto, written by RSA director of design Emily Campbell, outlines the society’s plans for its engagement with design. It is titled ‘You know more than you think you do: Design as resourcefulness and self-reliance’.Campbell says the key messages are ‘to show how design contributes to self-reliance and resourcefulness’, and to propose that designers can redefine themselves ...

Odd devises Lacoste campaign

Mon, 20 Jul 2009

Lacoste’s footwear brand is set to launch a marketing campaign, packaging and point-of-sale materials designed by Odd.

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.

Design Week Benchmarks awards judges named

Wed, 15 Jul 2009

Sainsbury’s former packaging head Kate Blandford, Michael Walton, head of trading at London’s Transport Museum, and David Delaney of banking group HSBC will be among the judges for the 2009 Benchmarks awards for effective brand communications.

Onedotzero takes the lead on digital show for the V&A

16th July 2009

Onedotzero, graphics group Hawaii and architect Francesco Draisci are working on a digital design exhibition set to open at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum in December.

Ideo targets schools in climate change initiative

Mon, 13 Jul 2009

Ideo and Oxfam are working together on a project to help young people to engage with reducing climate change.

Bristol Media wins SWRDA skills brief

Fri, 10 Jul 2009

Creative industry network Bristol Media has been appointed by the South West Regional Development Agency in a £1.7m investment to ensure skills and talent are retained in the area.

Gormley named most influential art and design figure

Thu, 9 Jul 2009

Artist Antony Gormley, whose One & Other commission for Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth launched this week, has been named the most influential and powerful person in art and design in an industry poll.

Cog director mounts Fourth Plinth

Tue, 7 Jul 2009

Cog Design director Michael Smith will appear on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth in central London this evening, as part of artist Antony Gormley’s One & Other project.

Consultancies advised to spend time on blogs

Tue, 7 Jul 2009

Consultancies should invest time in launching blogs, rather than creating a quick-fix effort, says Christian Barnett, planning director of Coley Porter Bell.

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.

Former Landor designers move on with Family and Friends

Thu, 2 Jul 2009

Ex-Landor creative director Derek Johnston has set up a new consultancy, Family and Friends, with Alex Durbridge, and has contracts in place with several blue-chip companies.

Experts quizzed in design review by Parliamentary group

July 2009 Online

A Parliamentary team aiming to improve design buying in the Government is set to quiz high-level policy experts about their procurement practice.

Number 10 hosts Design Council talks

02 July 2009

The Design Council is set to hold an extraordinary meeting at Number 10 Downing Street tomorrow.

Rebecca Edge stands down at Audi

July 2009 Online

Rebecca Edge is leaving the Audi Design Foundation after seven years as manager.She will be replaced by Rebecca Myrie, who is being promoted from her position as grants manager.Edge leaves at the end of this month, but will continue to work for the charity’s Sustain Our Nation initiative, which encourages new designers to set up sustainable design-led social enterprises. She will also offer her services to the foundation as a consultant.The foundation ...

Unilever plans inspiring design book ahead of roster review

July 2009 Online

Unilever is assembling a book of ‘inspiring design’, ahead of an expected roster review at the end of the year, according to sources close to the manufacturer.‘Unilever is writing a book about design that will be distributed around its portfolio of brand managers,’ claims an unnamed source involved with the project.‘The book will feature inspiring work by groups that it hopes will inform the future direction of its branding and packaging design,’ the source continues.

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.

Glastonbury airing for digital work

Fri, 26 Jun 2009

The BBC will showcase leading digital work from around the UK at Glastonbury Festival this weekend.

Government hints at change to IP laws

Fri, 26 Jun 2009

Higher Education and Intellectual Property Minister David Lammy has conceded that ‘it’s not clear all parliamentarians understand the importance of intellectual property’, when he addressed a conference on IP at the Houses of Parliament last night.

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.

Clusta works on social networking brief for Barclays

Wed, 24 Jun 2009

Barclays has tasked digital group Clusta with creating a closed social network for the managers of its Barclays Spaces for Sports programme.

BDI lobbies Mandelson over university design departments

Fri, 19 Jun 2009

British Design Innovation is calling on Lord Mandelson to stop university design departments competing with design groups for business.

Digital group wanted for clothing brand

Thu, 18 Jun 2009

Shop Direct is launching a competition to find a ‘small’ digital group to help it launch a new clothing brand, for which it is offering a £1000 development grant and a commercial contract.

Robert O'Dowd reprises Dott 07 role in Cornwall

Wed, 17 Jun 2009

Robert O’Dowd, executive producer of Designs of the Time 2007, has been appointed executive director Dott Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

Mark Lawson Bell brands Sideways News project

Wed, 17 Jun 2009

Online publishing start-up Sideways News launches this week with an identity and branding created by Mark Lawson Bell and a website delivered by 9web.

E3 creates ‘to scale’ website for Toshiba phone launch

Mon, 15 Jun 2009

E3 has created a ‘to scale’ website for Toshiba, replicating the exact size of its new Toshiba TG01 mobile phone.

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.

Digital Britain author Lord Carter to quit Government

Fri, 12 Jun 2009

Communications Minister Lord Carter is understood to be planning to leave the Government after delivering his Digital Britain report next week.

Design Art London becomes Pavilion of Arts & Design

Thu, 11 Jun 2009

This year’s Design Art London fair has been renamed the Pavilion of Arts & Design London, and will feature a stronger decorative art element.

Max Fraser book gets LDF showcase

11 June 2009

The publication of design writer Max Fraser’s London Design Guide will be accompanied by an exhibition at this year’s London Design Festival.

Mandelson’s new Government department to look after design

Mon, 8 Jun 2009

Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Cabinet reshuffle has led to the creation of the new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), which will be responsible for design policy at central Government level.

Innovation Secretary Denham likely to move in Cabinet reshuffle

Thu, 4 Jun 2009

Innovation Secretary John Denham looks likely to be promoted in the forthcoming Cabinet reshuffle.

Listen to the Design Week Top 100 podcast

Thu, 4 Jun 2009

The Design Week Top 100 podcast is now live and free to download.

100% Design reduces size of footprint

Thu, 4 Jun 2009

London Design Festival lynchpin 100% Design is reducing its footprint at Earls Court exhibition centre, partly as a result of the recession.

Oakwood ranked top design group in South West

Tue, 2 Jun 2009

Oakwood Media Group is the most successful design group in the South West, according to a list of the top 100 creative companies in the region.

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.

DBA picks new regional managers

Thu, 28 May 2009

The Design Business Association has appointed four new regional heads of development, who will act as the face of the DBA in the regions.

Designs ‘to improve human life’ shortlisted

Tue, 26 May 2009

The Index Award 2009 has announced its shortlist of 72 designs from 18 countries. A €500 000 (£440 000) prize will be split equally between five winners across five categories.

Jack Morton works on Army recruitment campaign

Fri, 22 May 2009

Experiential marketing consultancy Jack Morton Worldwide has created elements of a recruitment campaign for the Army called Start Thinking Soldier.

Leeds to host design activism festival

Thu, 21 May 2009

The Leeds Festival of Design Activism, which will focus on how design can affect environmental and social issues, will be held in July.

London Digital Week set to launch in autumn

Thu, 21 May 2009

There will be a double dose of digital design in the capital this September, with the inaugural London Digital Week running alongside the London Design Festival.

Red Bee creates latest UKTV rebrand Really

Tue, 19 May 2009

UKTV launches its lifestyle channel Really today, with branding and design by Red Bee Media.

New identity for the Architecture Foundation

Thu, 14 May 2009

Sheffield consultancy Peter and Paul has designed a new identity for the Architecture Foundation.

Dawton and Fitch advise graduates against going into business on their own

14 May 2009

Deborah Dawton, chief executive of the Design Business Association, and Rodney Fitch, founder and chairman of Fitch, have advised design students and graduates not to form their own consultancies in the current financial climate.

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,

Rufus Leonard appointed to British Gas digital work

Thu, 7 May 2009

Rufus Leonard has been appointed as lead digital consultancy for British Gas, following an eight-way competitive pitch.

Crisis works with Loft on new website

7 May 2009

Homeless charity Crisis is preparing to relaunch its website, with design by Loft Digital. Due to launch in July or August, the new site will place the charity’s policy and research work centre stage.Crisis appointed Loft to the £10 000-£12 000 contract last November, following a competitive creative pitch.‘The brief was very open and flexible,’ says Loft founder Nick Nettleton, although the group is having to work within the brand guidelines produced last autumn ...

Onedotzero seeks festival entries

Thu, 30 Apr 2009

Onedotzero is seeking entries for its Adventures in Motion festival, which showcases moving image and digital arts.

Google urges colleges to exploit digital design

30 April 2009

Google has urged universities to engage with digital design and social networking sites to market themselves more effectively.

COI launches regional framework

Tue, 28 Apr 2009

The Central Office of Information has launched a new framework of regional design consultancies and marketing groups.

De-construct makes Webby shortlist

Fri, 24 Apr 2009

De-construct and Wieden & Kennedy London are among 58 UK consultancies nominated at this year’s annual Webby Awards.

Moving Brands co-founder steps down

Fri, 24 Apr 2009

Moving Brands founding member Toby Younger is to leave the consultancy to join an international healthcare business at board level.

Blockbuster film features Brody/Research Studios font

Thu, 23 Apr 2009

Neville Brody and Research Studios has created the font for Michael Mann’s forthcoming blockbuster Public Enemies.

Enterprising consultancies triumph in Queen's Awards

23 April 2009

JHP Design, Chapman Taylor, Paul Smith and a raft of furniture design groups have been honoured for their business achievements at The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise.

British Council launches newspaper for Milan fair

Tue, 21 Apr 2009

The British Council will tomorrow launch The Incidental, a daily newspaper in print and digital form for visitors to the Milan furniture fair.

Jonathan Ive and Marc Newson launch product design film

Fri, 17 Apr 2009

Jonathan Ive and Marc Newson last night took to the stage to discuss the future of product design at the UK premiere of new film Objectified in London.

Rufus Leonard creates mobile phone traffic site

Thu, 16 Apr 2009

Brand and digital media consultancy Rufus Leonard has created a mobile phone website service for the Highways Agency.

Sebastian Conran calls for closer research links

Tue, 14 Apr 2009

Sebastian Conran is calling for more investment in postgraduate design research, and closer links between the design industry and academic research institutions.

Figtree creates online car sales branding

Tue, 14 Apr 2009

Figtree has designed the branding for new online car sales service Carmony.

Government considers New Deal of the Mind

9 April 2009

The New Deal of The Mind has a simple objective, but you could hardly accuse it of lacking ambition. Its aim is to boost employment in Britain’s creative sector - for the good of the entire nation.

Brand42 redesigns Metro website

Mon, 6 Apr 2009

Brand42 is redesigning the Metro newspaper’s website, www.metro.co.uk.

Nina Due is new Design Museum head of exhibitions

Thu, 2 Apr 2009

Nina Due has been appointed as the new head of exhibitions at the Design Museum.

Design Council partners TSB to drive innovation

2 April 2009

The Design Council is linking with the Technology Strategy Board in a partnership which aims to strengthen design's role in innovation.The two bodies are both funded by the Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills, and, according to Design Council chief executive David Kester, 'share a common aspiration to drive innovation across the UK'.Kester adds that the two organisations have always been very collaborative, and have now identified specific projects where ...

Liverpool launches free-to-use brand created by Finch

2 April 2009

Businesses, organisations and the public are being encouraged to use the City of Liverpool's new brand across their own communications for free.The identity, created by Liverpool advertising agency Finch, builds on the heritage created by the European Capital of Culture 2008 brand.Paul Whitehead, head of marketing at Liverpool Vision, the organisation behind the brand, says, 'Companies had to pay to use the Capital of Culture logo, but with this we wanted to give something ...

Thoughtful set to market Tate Liverpool blockbuster

2 April 2009

Antidote and Digit cook up The Big Lunch

Tue, 31 Mar 2009

Antidote and Digit have joined forces to promote The Big Lunch, a nationwide street party organised by the Eden Project aimed at fostering greater community spirit.

North East design hub launches

Fri, 27 Mar 2009

Design Network North, a hub for innovative design in the North East, is launching today in Gateshead.

Seaside funding creates design opportunities

Thu, 26 Mar 2009

Corporation Pop to work on Second Life university course

Tue, 24 Mar 2009

Manchester-based consultancy Corporation Pop has been appointed to help Manchester Metropolitan University deliver part of one of its courses through Second Life.

Watch company launches designer networking site

Mon, 23 Mar 2009

Swatch Group owner Rado Switzerland will launch a networking website for designers next month.

Government seeks design opinions on websites

Fri, 20 Mar 2009

The Government is calling on designers to help it improve the quality and lower the costs of its websites.

Shepard Fairey’s Obama posters are Design of the Year

Thu, 19 Mar 2009

Shepard Fairey’s Barack Obama poster series has been named Brit Insurance Design of the Year.

The Brand Union bolsters US operations

Thu, 19 Mar 2009

The Brand Union has bolstered its US operations ahead of anticipated further work on Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch buyout.

100% Design recalibrates for recession

Wed, 18 Mar 2009

This year's 100% Design trade exhibition will feature a new floorplan, a 'festival spirit' - and possibly Designersblock.Designed by Jam, the new floorplan will feature spaces for live performances. It will also offer flexible display concepts to appeal to cash-strapped exhibitors.100% Design exhibition director Peter Massey says that while exhibitor numbers are roughly in line with previous years, 'people are taking smaller spaces or sharing stands to reduce costs'.100% ...

EU design policy 'will create jobs'

Wed, 18 Mar 2009

The formation of EU design policy will result in more jobs for designers, according to president of the Bureau of European Design Associations Jan Stavik.The newly elected Beda president, who last weekend replaced Michael Thomson (www.designweek.co.uk, 16 March), is convinced that the organisation's continued European political focus will result in more jobs for designers, 'lifting their ability and focus'.Stavik's comments come ahead of next month's Staff Working Paper ...

Design salaries slump amid recession

Tue, 17 Mar 2009

Salaries for creative design roles in London have declined across the board over the past year, according to Design Week’s 2008 salary survey.

Coley Porter Bell rebrands wind turbine firm

Mon, 16 Mar 2009

Wind turbine manufacturer Iskra is set to relaunch next month under a new name and identity created by Coley Porter Bell.

Cyber-Duck overhauls Halcyon Gallery website

Fri, 13 Mar 2009

Halcyon Gallery relaunches its website today, with a design created by digital consultancy Cyber-Duck.

Nintendo bags top video game Bafta award

Thu, 12 Mar 2009

Nintendo’s development team has scooped top prize at this year’s video game Baftas for Super Mario Galaxy.

Dott Cornwall can learn from the North East's festival

12 March 2009

The organisers of the second Designs of the Time can learn from the first programme in 2007. Angus Montgomery reports