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January 2009 Online

  • ‘Golden hello’ plan is ‘irresponsible’

    Mon, 12 Jan 2009

    The Government’s plan to give firms that recruit people who have been unemployed for more than six months ‘golden hellos’ of up to £2500 is ‘irresponsible’, say design recruitment experts.

  • £12m grant for seaside culture

    Tue, 20 Jan 2009

    Great Yarmouth, Southport, Hastings and Bridlington have won £12m to renovate and create new arts and cultural venues, in the second wave of the Government’s Sea Change programme.

  • Anne Carlisle takes over at Falmouth

    Tue, 27 Jan 2009

    Professor Anne Carlisle is to replace University College Falmouth rector Alan Livingston.

  • APFEL to create Hepworth Wakefield museum identity

    Tue, 6 Jan 2009

    Graphic design studio A Practice for Everyday Life has been appointed to design the visual identity for The Hepworth Wakefield, a new museum opening in 2010.

  • Architect Jan Kaplicky dies

    Thu, 15 Jan 2009

    Czech-born architect Jan Kaplicky has died at the age of 71.

  • Artists and designers in paper plane stunt

    Thu, 29 Jan 2009

  • Arts Council appoints 16 groups to roster

    Tue, 13 Jan 2009

    Arts Council England has created a marketing and design roster featuring 16 consultancies.

  • ASHA creates Ashburton branding

    Fri, 16 Jan 2009

    Cheltenham brand consultancy Arthur Steen Horne Adamson has created the corporate branding for investment management company Ashburton.

  • Blast brands office development

    Tue, 27 Jan 2009

    Blast has created the name, identity and marketing campaign for a new £30m office development in Maidenhead, Berkshire.

  • Bleach creates Big Chill festival branding

    Wed, 21 Jan 2009

    Graphic design consultancy Bleach has created the branding and identity for the 2009 Big Chill music festival.In response to the design brief, Bleach commissioned 32 illustrators to each contribute a design as part of the festival's branding.Bleach creative director Matthew Darcy Hunt says, 'We could have a campaign that people will never tire of, because no two ads, posters or flyers will ever be the same.'Bleach used quotes from an online survey taken after the ...

  • British designer’s portrait to mark Obama inauguration

    Mon, 19 Jan 2009

    New York’s Museum of Arts and Design will unveil a portrait by British designer Benjamin Shine to make President Barack Obama’s inauguration tomorrow.

  • Call for design element in Capital of Culture plan

    Thu, 8 Jan 2009

  • CDT designs face of London Art Fair

    Mon, 12 Jan 2009

    CDT Design has created the look for this year’s London Art Fair, which opens to the public on Wednesday.

  • Ciné Lumière reopens

    Fri, 9 Jan 2009

    French arthouse cinema Ciné Lumière reopens in London today, following an £800 000 interior refresh and a French New Wave-inspired campaign by Intro.

  • Clearsilver designs site for children’s charity

    Tue, 20 Jan 2009

    Leeds-based branding group Clearsilver has created a new website for children’s charity Variety Club.

  • Conran’s new Boundary project unveiled

    Tue, 6 Jan 2009

    In defiance of the economic climate, Terence Conran’s latest project, Boundary, opens in London’s Shoreditch this evening.

  • Consultancies raise charge-out rates

    Wed, 7 Jan 2009

    Consultancies appear to be increasing the rates they charge clients for design work for the first time in over five years, according to a report by the Design Business Association.The DBA's Charge Out Rates and Salary Levels 2008 survey, published for the association's members just before Christmas, has discovered that salaries and charge-out rates both increased by 5 per cent last year. This is the first time that increases in charge-out rates have matched salary-growth in at ...

  • Corporation Pop creates Creamfields campaign

    Mon, 26 Jan 2009

    Corporation Pop is revising the logo for music festival Creamfields, as part of a brief to develop the campaign for this year’s event.

  • Cowan Design creates Just Milk identity

    Mon, 19 Jan 2009

    Cowan Design has turned its attention to UHT milk brand Candia in a bid to reposition it under a new identity.

  • Creative Direction packages Kelly’s ice cream

    Tue, 13 Jan 2009

    Cornwall-based consultancy Creative Direction has designed new packaging for ice cream brand Kelly’s.

  • Crinière to design Louvre Abu Dhabi

    Thu, 8 Jan 2009

  • D&AD appoints Greg Quinton as education chairman

    Tue, 6 Jan 2009

    D&AD has appointed The Partners creative director Greg Quinton as its new education chairman, filling a post that was vacant for three months.

  • Deadline approaches for European Design Awards

    Fri, 30 Jan 2009

    Entries are being sought for this year’s European Design Awards. The deadline to enter the awards is 14 February.

  • Design brought on to agenda at Davos

    Wed, 28 Jan 2009

    Debates are being held to bring design on to the agenda at the World Economic Forum annual meeting which starts in Davos, Switzerland, today.The overall theme of this year's meeting, which runs until 1 February, is 'shaping the post-crisis world'.Design critic and former Design Museum director Alice Rawsthorn will be curating two debates focused on design.The first, What is Good Design?, held tomorrow, will feature contributions from Tim Brown, chief executive of ...

  • Design Council recruits seven new board members

    Wed, 21 Jan 2009

    Sebastian Conran, Virgin Atlantic Airways head of design Joe Ferry, and Royal College of Art Helen Hamlyn Centre director Professor Jeremy Myerson are among seven new recruits to the Design Council.Design Council chairman Sir Michael Bichard, Innovation Secretary John Denham and Culture Secretary Andy Burnham made the appointments in the new year to help 'bring the council back up to its full complement of members', according to Bichard.In the past two or three years, members ...

  • Design to bounce back in 2010

    Wed, 7 Jan 2009

    Financial experts are forecasting that, although business will get tougher for design consultancies in the first half of this year, the third and fourth quarters could see an upturn.Ian Cochrane, managing director of management consultancy Ticegroup, says, 'I think it could swing up as fast as it's gone down,' adding he agrees with WPP chief executive Mar- tin Sorrell's recent comment that the downturn is likely to be 'v-shaped and not bath-shaped'.Amanda Merron, partner ...

  • Digit develops Directgov touchpoints

    Wed, 28 Jan 2009

    The Government's public services website Directgov is looking to develop a raft of digital touchpoints based on emerging technology, and has appointed Digit to a long-term project.

  • Dragon rebrands Puffed Wheat

    Mon, 26 Jan 2009

    Dragon Brands has created the look for today’s relaunch of Big Bear’s cereal brand Puffed Wheat.

  • Etihad Airways to redefine cabin experience

    Wed, 14 Jan 2009

    Etihad Airways, the United Arab Emirates' national carrier, is to embark on a long-term design programme that will define its future cabin experience, Design Week can reveal.The project will be undertaken by a consortium comprising product design groups Design Acumen and Factory Design, as well as Honour Branding and research group Promise, which together won an 'extensive global pitch' in November.Design Acumen and Factory Design will develop the 3D elements, from the ...

  • Firetrap opts for Lateral site

    Thu, 8 Jan 2009

    Digital consultancy Lateral has designed jeans brand Firetrap’s first e-commerce site, launching today.

  • Former Established & Sons director goes solo

    Wed, 7 Jan 2009

    Former Established & Sons design director Mark Holmes is set to launch his first solo venture since leaving the high-end furniture brand last year.

  • Forster Creative brands single-parent charity

    Tue, 20 Jan 2009

    Forster Creative has created a new brand for charity Gingerbread, which supports single-parent families.

  • Foster creates new Net Jets fleet

    Thu, 8 Jan 2009

  • Frank creates BBC Northern Ireland on-screen identity

    Mon, 26 Jan 2009

    Belfast-based consultancy Frank has designed the on-screen identity for BBC Northern Ireland, working in consultation with Red Bee Media, which designed a logo for the broadcaster in 2006.

  • Free design day pays off

    Tue, 27 Jan 2009

    A digital design group that held a controversial day of free consultations just before Christmas claims that the exercise has won it at least two paid jobs.

  • FutureBrand’s Dumeu steps down

    Mon, 12 Jan 2009

    Jean-Louis Dumeu has stood down as president and chief executive of FutureBrand Worldwide and Patrick Smith has been instated in his place.

  • Gareth Williams moves to the RCA

    Fri, 16 Jan 2009

    The Victoria & Albert Museum’s curator of furniture Gareth Williams has decamped to the Royal College of Art to become its senior tutor in product design.

  • Gendall creates identity for £30m regeneration scheme

    Wed, 14 Jan 2009

    Cornish consultancy Gendall is designing the identity of the £30m regeneration scheme The Heartlands Project, in Pool, Cornwall.Gendall was appointed in October by Kerrier District Council following a credentials pitch in response to a tender, according to Paul Davies, digital director at Gendall.Tess Gendall, managing director at the consultancy, says it is looking to create a 'bright, colourful and approachable identity' for the scheme (model pictured below).She ...

  • Get trained in cultural leadership

    Fri, 9 Jan 2009

  • Gill Hicks awarded MBE

    Tue, 6 Jan 2009

    Congratulations to former Design Council head of curating Gill Hicks, who has been honoured as an MBE for her charity work.

  • Hat-Trick creates Norwich art school identity

    Wed, 14 Jan 2009

    Hat-Trick Design has created a new identity for Norwich University College of the Arts.Prompted by a name change in January last year - from Norwich School of Art and Design to Norwich University College of the Arts - the university invited Hat-Trick and two other groups to a credentials pitch last July.Jim Sutherland, creative director at Hat-Trick Design, is one of four designers at the consultancy who studied at the institution.He led a team to create an identity ...

  • Hat-Trick founder to go it alone

    Wed, 28 Jan 2009

    David Kimpton, one of the three founders of Hat-Trick Design, is leaving to set up his own group.Kimpton will leave next month and his new consultancy will start up in March.Hat-Trick co-founders Jim Sutherland and Gareth Howat will continue to run the group, and all parties described Kimpton's departure as amicable.Kimpton says he is leaving to pursue new goals, adding that he is 'relishing the challenge' of setting up his own consultancy.Kimpton, Sutherland ...

  • HMV’s tie-up with Mama to yield branding work

    Thu, 15 Jan 2009

    HMV’s tie-up with live music operator Mama looks set to yield branding work, as venues are renamed to reflect the deal, announced yesterday.

  • Interbrand updates Churchill Wines

    Tue, 6 Jan 2009

    Interbrand has refreshed Churchill Wines’ identity and redesigned the packaging across all its port and wine ranges.

  • IQ Design winners announced

    Fri, 16 Jan 2009

    The Royal College of Arts has announced three winners in its ‘intelligent urban living’ competition, the 2009 IQ Design Challenge.

  • Jannuzzi Smith brands RCA’s Battersea campus

    Fri, 30 Jan 2009

    Jannuzzi Smith is developing the signage and branding for the Royal College of Art’s new campus in London’s Battersea.

  • Jobs steps down as Apple boss

    Thu, 15 Jan 2009

    The news that Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is stepping down from his position for health reasons has fuelled speculation that senior vice-president of design Jonathan Ive could succeed him.

  • John Lewis tops retail survey

    Fri, 30 Jan 2009

    John Lewis has topped a Which? league table to find Britain’s best shops, winning plaudits for its store environment, staff and products.

  • Land Securities creates first-ever retail roster

    Wed, 14 Jan 2009

    Developer Land Securities has put together its first-ever formal roster for its retail portfolio, Design Week can reveal.Those appointed to the retail roster include London group Next Big Thing (which has also been awarded the status of 'lead among equals'), Leicester consultancy Untitled, Small Back Room, Leeds-based DS Emotion, Design House and Edinburgh group Tsuko, which is new to the client.Johnson Banks has been retained for strategic design work. The groups were ...

  • Lateral solves Agatha Christie Web brief

    Thu, 22 Jan 2009

    London-based digital consultancy Lateral has redesigned the official Agatha Christie website for entertainment company Chorion, which holds the rights to the crime writer ‘brand’.

  • Light show plays on London’s tallest block of flats

    Thu, 22 Jan 2009

    London’s tallest block of flats will celebrate its opening this evening with a light show created by Maurice Brill Lighting Design.

  • Marrakesh brief for Jade Jagger

    Fri, 9 Jan 2009

  • Parliamentary group launches procurement research

    Wed, 21 Jan 2009

    A high-level bid to raise awareness in Government about procurement practice has been launched with the aim of improving design buying in the Civil Service.Organised by the all-party Associate Parliamentary Group for Design and Innovation, the research-based initiative is a joint venture with the Design Business Association, one of APGDI's financial backers.According to Oliver Coppard, manager of the APGDI, the objective is 'to better understand what is going on and ...

  • Peter Blake show opens in London

    Fri, 23 Jan 2009

    An exhibition of new prints by Peter Blake opens in London today.

  • Preloaded creates 1066 battle game

    Fri, 23 Jan 2009

    Digital consultancy Preloaded has created a computer game, 1066, that will run alongside an eponymous TV series in March.

  • Priestman Goode to design China’s largest train

    Wed, 7 Jan 2009

    Priestman Goode has won the job to design what is being billed as the world’s biggest train, for the Sifang Locomotive Company in China, Design Week can exclusively reveal. The London consultancy won the competition against international rivals, including teams from Italy and Germany. The two- to three-year project involves two contracts – one for the nose of the train, and the other for the exterior and interiors for all classes – the combined value of which ...

  • Public competition to design 50p pieces for 2012

    Tue, 13 Jan 2009

    The Royal Mint is today launching a competition, open to all members of the public, to design a new 50p piece that celebrates the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games.

  • Radiant creates Al Jazeera channel identities

    Fri, 16 Jan 2009

    Radiant Studios has created the identity for the relaunch of Qatar channel Al Jazeera Children’s Channel, as well as a pre-school counterpart, airing today.

  • Reform Creative brands Out to Dance event

    Wed, 21 Jan 2009

    Manchester-based consultancy Reform Creative has designed the branding for Visit Blackpool's Out to Dance event, which will take place during the city's annual dance festival in May.Reform Creative was appointed to the job last October, following a four-way pitch in September, and tasked with creating an identity, supporting literature, advertising and online media for the event, according to Claire Turner, events development manager for Visit Blackpool.Out to Dance, which ...

  • Robot Food wins Robert Welch cutlery brief

    Thu, 29 Jan 2009

    Harrogate-based consultancy Robot Food is working on packaging designs for home, kitchen and tableware company Robert Welch.

  • Royal Mint to launch Olympic coin competitions

    Wed, 14 Jan 2009

    The Royal Mint is expected to launch a series of tenders in the build-up to 2012 to find designs for the backs of coins celebrating the Olympic Games.The news may quell some negative reactions that have risen from the design community following the launch yesterday of the Royal Mint's public competition to find designs for the backs of 50p pieces.The Design Business Association recommends that consultancies do not enter the competition, which will find a child, a teenager ...

  • Saturday revamp for The Times

    Fri, 23 Jan 2009

    The Times is launching a redesigned Saturday edition tomorrow.

  • SGA Productions creates Wallace & Gromit show

    Wed, 21 Jan 2009

    SGA Productions has put together a team of six interactive, sound and lighting designers for a new £2m Science Museum exhibition, Wallace & Gromit Present a World of Cracking Ideas.

  • Shipping container hotel opens at Heathrow

    Thu, 22 Jan 2009

    London’s largest hotel made from shipping containers opens at London’s Heathrow Airport today.

  • Simon Bailey is The Brand Union UK chief exec

    Thu, 29 Jan 2009

    The Brand Union has promoted managing director Simon Bailey to the role of UK chief executive.

  • Slice Design creates Wrigley mint tin

    Mon, 12 Jan 2009

    Branding agency Slice Design has designed the Extra Ice Tin, a new tin for Wrigley mints.

  • Stereo overhauls cycle brand

    Tue, 20 Jan 2009

    London consultancy Stereo is working on a five-figure brief to overhaul the identity and branding for bicycle company Madison’s premium range Genesis.

  • Students urged to avoid design

    Tue, 27 Jan 2009

    Industry heavyweight Ian Cochrane is recommending design students to ‘get out’ of the sector, which ‘does not need you’, as the recession bites.

  • Studio Conran’s luxury yacht interior launches

    Thu, 15 Jan 2009

    Studio Conran has designed the interiors for a new range of Sealine luxury yachts.

  • Swath-drying device wins Glasgow 1999 Design Medal

    Fri, 30 Jan 2009

    A device used to dry out bales of cut hay is this year’s winner of the Glasgow 1999 Design Medal.

  • Tena rebrand aims to take stigma away from incontinence

    Mon, 19 Jan 2009

    Branding consultancy Dragon has repositioned incontinence brand Tena in a bid to disassociate the condition from its stigma.

  • The Public gallery faces crunch funding decision

    Fri, 23 Jan 2009

    West Bromwhich’s troubled exhibition space The Public is preparing for a crunch decision on future funding.

  • The Public gallery is ‘not worth the entry price’

    Thu, 29 Jan 2009

    The Public’s interactive gallery ‘is not worth the entry price’, according to the Arts Council, which refused further funding to the beleaguered West Bromwich arts centre yesterday.

  • Three shortlisted Waterloo Square concepts unveiled

    Wed, 28 Jan 2009

    The subways and pedestrian labyrinths around London's Waterloo station could be eradicated and transformed into a ground-level streetscape, under design concepts to be unveiled later this week.Design Week can reveal that the three shortlisted concepts in the Waterloo City Square competition, which could yield work for graphics, retail, interior and product designers, are by architects DSDHA, EDAW and Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands.Lab Architecture, which was also shortlisted ...

  • Turquoise focuses on Middle East under new MD

    Tue, 13 Jan 2009

    Motion branding consultancy Turquoise, which has a number of clients in Dubai, says it will continue to look to the Middle East for expansion this year, despite gloomy economic forecasts.

  • Two receive RCA’s Misha Black Medals

    Mon, 19 Jan 2009

    The 2009 Sir Misha Black Medal for Distinguished Services to Design Education will be presented to Judy Frater at a ceremony at the Royal College of Art on the 17 March. At the same time, the 2009 Sir Misha Black Medal for Innovation in Design Education will go to the RCA's head of design interactions, Anthony Dunne.

  • V&A launches Islamic art and design prize

    Mon, 26 Jan 2009

    The Victoria & Albert Museum today launches a new £25 000 art and design prize for Islamic-influenced work.

  • Virgin Atlantic loses seat design court case

    Thu, 22 Jan 2009

    Virgin Atlantic has lost a High Court case in which it alleged that seat manufacturer Contour had copied its design.

  • Webb & Webb creates Industrial Revolution stamps

    Wed, 28 Jan 2009

    Webb & Webb has created a set of stamps for the Royal Mail to commemorate the work of the early industrialists.

  • What now for Russian gold rush?

    Wed, 7 Jan 2009

    One of the key questions consultancies will be asking themselves at the beginning of 2009 is: where is all the work going to come from? Had you asked this question 12 months ago, one of the first answers would have been: Russia.At the beginning of last year, the Russian economy, propped up by vast supplies of petroroubles and cheap loans, was booming. The country, which had effectively gone bust in the late 1990s, boasted a $1.3tn (£857bn) economy and foreign currency reserves ...

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