Design Week
June 2011 Online
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£500 000 fund promotes digital innovation in arts and culture
Thu, 9 Jun 2011
Digital groups are being encouraged to link up with arts and cultural organisations to apply for cash from a £500 000 pot, which has been made available for digital projects that help connect with wider audiences.
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A bird in the hand
Wed, 29 Jun 2011
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A Plus B Studio brands Arab Spring show
Mon, 6 Jun 2011
A Plus B Studio has created the identity and collateral for The Future of a Promise, a show at the Venice Biennale, which features the work of artists from the Arab world.
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Allies rebrands Spanish food company Brindisa
Fri, 3 Jun 2011
Allies Design has rebranded Spanish food company Brindisa, creating a refreshed visual identity to be used across all touchpoints, including its three restaurants and Borough Market store in London.
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Amaze lands Keep Britain Tidy campaign website
Fri, 3 Jun 2011
Amaze has been appointed by Keep Britain Tidy to create a website to support its new anti-litter brand Love Where You Live.
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Architect Owen Luder joins SBID as board director
Thu, 16 Jun 2011
Architect Owen Luder has been appointed as the new executive board director by the Society of British Interior Design.
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Artists chosen to design 2012 Olympic posters
Tue, 21 Jun 2011
A group of 12 artists has been selected to design the official posters for the London 2012 Olympics.
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BDP works on Fritz Hansen furniture store
Mon, 20 Jun 2011
Architect BDP is working on interior designs for a new flagship store for Danish furniture brand Fritz Hansen, which is set to open in London in September.
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Best of the Web
Fri, 17 Jun 2011
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Best of the Web
Fri, 10 Jun 2011
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Best of the web
Fri, 24 Jun 2011
Our weekly round-up of interesting things we’ve found on the Web.
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Blue Marlin repackages Purdey’s
Fri, 10 Jun 2011
Blue Marlin has redesigned the packaging for the Britvic-owned Purdey’s wellbeing drink.
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Boldness and Britishness
Thu, 23 Jun 2011
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Brand Voice speaks up for Martson’s Pedigree real ale
Fri, 17 Jun 2011
Brand Voice has created a cricket-themed campaign for Marston’s Pedigree real ale, which launched with an initial Father’s Day promotion yesterday and will run throughout the summer.
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British Museum History of the World exhibition bags Art Fund Prize
Thu, 16 Jun 2011
The British Museum has been awarded the Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year, for its exhibition A History of the World.
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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.
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Cada works up Mexican restaurant interiors
Tue, 28 Jun 2011
Cada is designing the interiors for Mexican restaurant Poncho No 8’s third branch, which is set to open in Old Compton Street in London’s Soho.
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Condiments and entrails
Mon, 27 Jun 2011
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Constructive abandonment
Tue, 21 Jun 2011
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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.
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Cottrell & Vermeulen creates children’s hospital designs
Mon, 27 Jun 2011
Cottrell & Vermeulen Architecture is designing two new spaces for children in the New Royal London Hospital in east London.
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Crowdsourcing for kids
Thu, 30 Jun 2011
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Cultural Innovations works with Royal Society on Arabick Roots exhibition
Thu, 9 Jun 2011
The Royal Society is hosting an Arabick Roots exhibition project managed by Cultural Innovations, with a video by Piers Video Production and interactives by GRDD.
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Dalziel and Pow creates gunsmith Ray Ward’s anniversary campaign
Fri, 17 Jun 2011
Dalziel and Pow has created a 50-year anniversary campaign for luxury gun retailer Ray Ward, aiming to portray the brand’s ‘lifestyle aspect’.
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Daniel Buren to create Tottenham Court Road installation
Mon, 6 Jun 2011
Art on The Underground has announced that French artist Daniel Buren will create a permanent installation as part of the redevelopment plans at Tottenham Court Road Tube station.
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Design LSM creates Rhubarb interiors
Mon, 27 Jun 2011
Design LSM has designed the interiors for the soon-to-open Rhubarb restaurant at Heathrow’s Terminal 3.
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Design Week to continue online
Tue, 28 Jun 2011
Design Week will be digital only from this edition.
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Direct Marketing Association set for rebrand
Thu, 9 Jun 2011
The Direct Marketing Association is set to roll out new branding developed by an in-house team, working with digital consultancy Jacob Bailey.
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DIY: digital type
Wed, 22 Jun 2011
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Doodle for Google
Mon, 13 Jun 2011
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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.
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Dragons’ Den’s Deborah Meaden among Design Council trustees
Tue, 7 Jun 2011
The Design Council has announced its new board of trustees, which features Simon Waterfall of Fray alongside Wayne Hemingway and businesswoman Deborah Meaden of BBC TV’s Dragons’ Den fame.
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Dublin, Cape Town and Bilbao vie for World Design Capital title
Thu, 23 Jun 2011
Bilbao, Cape Town and Dublin have been shortlisted in the bid to become World Design Capital 2014.
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Editor's blog
Tue, 7 Jun 2011
Lynda Relph-Knight’s perspective on the week
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Editor's blog
Wed, 22 Jun 2011
Lynda Relph-Knight’s perspective on the week.
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Editor's Blog
Wed, 15 Jun 2011
Lynda Relph-Knight’s perspective on the week
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Epoch appointed to Krispy Kreme designs
Mon, 6 Jun 2011
Bristol-based Epoch Design has been appointed to work on integrated design work for doughnut brand Krispy Kreme UK.
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Exam to distinguish between interior designers and decorators
Fri, 24 Jun 2011
The Society of British Interior Design is to run an exam which aims to distinguish between interior designers and interior decorators.
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Fags and football
Thu, 23 Jun 2011
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Films afloat
Thu, 9 Jun 2011
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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.
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Former Selfridges boss Vittorio Radice joins Conran
Mon, 27 Jun 2011
Former Selfridges chief executive Vittorio Radice is joining Conran Holdings as a non-executive director.
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Found faces
Wed, 29 Jun 2011
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Gesture killed the touchscreen star
Mon, 27 Jun 2011
Guest blogger Kyle Van Blerk, creative partner at branding consultancy Meteorite, reflects on the future of touchscreen in the light of developments in voice recognition and gesture-based communication.
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Glastonbury decontamination
Thu, 23 Jun 2011
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Government launches Made by Britain manufacturing showcase
Mon, 27 Jun 2011
Business Secretary Vince Cable is set to launch the Made by Britain initiative, which will showcase manufacturing from across the UK.
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Government says design is ‘integral’ to growth plans
Thu, 23 Jun 2011
Universities and Science Minister David Willetts says design is ‘an integral part of the Government’s plans for innovation and growth’, adding that it will form a ‘prominent feature’ in the upcoming research and innovation strategy.
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Government scraps Central Office of Information
Fri, 24 Jun 2011
The Central Office of Information, the Government’s main procurer of design, is to be scrapped.
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GRDD creates Titanica interactives
Mon, 13 Jun 2011
GRDD has created two interactive pieces for the Titanica exhibition at the National Museums Northern Ireland’s Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, called Titanic Stories and Titanic Plans.
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Hamleys unveils rag doll toy
Tue, 28 Jun 2011
Toy store Hamleys is unveiling a new Rosie Ragdoll toy designed in-house, marking the start of a new range for girls.
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Happy Families
Thu, 16 Jun 2011
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Hat-Trick rebrands RNID as Action on Hearing Loss
Fri, 10 Jun 2011
Hat-Trick Design has led a rebranding project for the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID), renaming it Action on Hearing Loss and creating a new visual identity for the charity.
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Heaps good
Fri, 24 Jun 2011
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Heavy heaven
Mon, 27 Jun 2011
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I Wanna Be Adored
Tue, 14 Jun 2011
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Imagination and Heatherwick create interactive wayfinding for Hong Kong mall
Tue, 28 Jun 2011
Imagination has created an interactive wayfinding system for the Pacific Place mall in Hong Kong, which focuses on a series of interactive digital directories.
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Kill your darlings
Tue, 28 Jun 2011
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KVB works for Middle East entertainment group
Thu, 16 Jun 2011
KVB Design has created a retail concept for Middle East home entertainment company Archemedia ahead of a global roll-out.
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Label look
Tue, 7 Jun 2011
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LCD creates identity for charity sweepstake organisation
Tue, 14 Jun 2011
LCD has developed the brand for new online fundraising company Guess to Give.
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Light Bureau design director Paul Nulty launches consultancy
Fri, 10 Jun 2011
Paul Nulty has left lighting design consultancy Light Bureau, where he was design director, to set up his own practice, Paul Nulty Lighting Design.
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Light show
Thu, 9 Jun 2011
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London Olympic torch design unveiled
Wed, 8 Jun 2011
A prototype of the London 2012 Olympic torch, designed by Barber Osgerby, has been unveiled.
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Love and Loss
Tue, 14 Jun 2011
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Made in Italy
Fri, 24 Jun 2011
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Magpie creates Channel 4 Street Summer branding
Thu, 30 Jun 2011
Magpie Studio has worked with Channel 4’s in-house design team 4 Creative to develop the branding for the channel’s arts and culture season Street Summer.
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Making in film
Thu, 30 Jun 2011
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Man & Man redesigns Satsuma restaurant
Tue, 21 Jun 2011
Man & Man Design is redesigning the interiors for Japanese katsu curry restaurant Satsuma, due to reopen in London’s Soho in September.
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Mark Studio brands Join the Dots research agency
Fri, 10 Jun 2011
Mark Studio has created the branding for consumer research specialist Join the Dots, formerly known as Virtual Surveys.
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Mayday creates branded ice-cream range for Tesco
Thu, 9 Jun 2011
Mayday has produced the identity and packaging designs of a new range of Tesco ice cream, which has been branded Choka Blok but will not carry the Tesco name.
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Moving platforms
Wed, 22 Jun 2011
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Neville Brody awarded D&AD President’s Medal as pencils announced
Fri, 17 Jun 2011
Neville Brody has been awarded the D&AD President’s Medal, while design Black Pencils have gone to Samuel Wilkinson and Hulger for the Plumen light bulb and Apple for the iPad.
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Nike and Hotel Creative work on Nike 1948 space
Tue, 21 Jun 2011
Hotel Creative has designed graphics to support the redesign of Nike’s soon-to-reopen 1948 space in east London.
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Olivier Kugler wins V&A Illustration Awards
Tue, 7 Jun 2011
Stuttgart-born illustrator Olivier Kugler has been announced as the overall winner of the V&A Illustration Awards, with his illustration of a truck driver’s journey across Iran, from French reportage magazine XXI.
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Open City
Wed, 15 Jun 2011
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Patricia Urquiola creates ‘flagship venue’ for Scholtès
Thu, 16 Jun 2011
Patricia Urquiola is creating a new retail space for kitchen brand Scholtès, which is set to open in London in September.
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Pearlfisher and 20/20 work on new Waitrose food range
Tue, 7 Jun 2011
Pearlfisher has designed the packaging for the new Waitrose Love Life food range while 20/20 worked on the brand strategy for the range.
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Print the North
Mon, 6 Jun 2011
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Questing digital print
Fri, 3 Jun 2011
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Radical architecture
Mon, 13 Jun 2011
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Raw creates grassroots football resources
Fri, 3 Jun 2011
Raw is working for the Football Association to brand and design a range of online training resources for grassroots leagues and clubs.
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Refinery repackages Hammerite paint
Tue, 14 Jun 2011
Manchester-based group Refinery has created new packaging designs for metal paint brand Hammerite, which are set to roll out internationally.
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Remember Remember
Fri, 17 Jun 2011
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Samsung runs with Kate Moross-designed Olympic logo
Tue, 14 Jun 2011
Illustrator Kate Moross has designed Samsung’s new Olympic logo, which will go into use for the London 2012 Games next year.
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SAS creates website for Strutt & Parker estate agent
Tue, 21 Jun 2011
SAS has created a new website for estate agent Strutt & Parker, which boasts new features including the ability to search for properties by lifestyle.
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Sean Carney to take over as Philips chief design officer
Fri, 24 Jun 2011
Sean Carney is set to take over as chief design officer at Royal Philips Electronics when current incumbent Stefano Marzano retires later this year.
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Sherry creates Kick It Out football materials
Mon, 6 Jun 2011
Sherry has designed the communication materials for the Kick It Out football equality charity’s One Game, One Community Action Week in October.
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Sign of the times
Tue, 7 Jun 2011
Ahead of his exhibition at Brighton’s Ink-d Gallery later this month, street artist Ryan Callanan, aka RYCA, talks to Design Week about the influence of symbols on culture and how his background in sign-writing has shaped his work.
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Sir Terence Conran gifts £18m for Design Museum move
Thu, 30 Jun 2011
Sir Terence Conran has made a donation that could total nearly £18 million to help fund the Design Museum’s planned move to the former Commonwealth Institute in Kensington in 2014.
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So Jung
Wed, 15 Jun 2011
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Someone brands Pockit online savings service
Mon, 13 Jun 2011
Someone has created the branding for online money saving service Pockit, which aims to help customers save money on services such as life insurance and household bills.
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Spin cycle
Thu, 30 Jun 2011
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Still life
Mon, 20 Jun 2011
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Stop Making Sense
Thu, 16 Jun 2011
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Street life
Fri, 3 Jun 2011
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Studio Output brands X Factor star Cher Lloyd
Thu, 30 Jun 2011
Studio Output has created a brand for former X Factor finalist Cher Lloyd ahead of the release of her debut single.
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Team A Go-Go works on youth centre
Thu, 30 Jun 2011
Liverpool-based consultancy Team A Go-Go is working on the interior design of youth centre The Fuse: Trafford Youth Village – which has been funded by the Big Lottery’s My Place scheme.
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That's just not cricket
Thu, 9 Jun 2011
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The battle for Abidjan
Tue, 21 Jun 2011
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The Chase completes Cannes Lions hat-trick
Thu, 23 Jun 2011
The Chase has bagged gold, silver and bronze Design Lions at this year’s Cannes Lions Festival.
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The Joy of Living vs New Designers
Mon, 20 Jun 2011
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The pain of desire
Thu, 16 Jun 2011
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The scent of Bill Murray
Fri, 10 Jun 2011
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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.
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Thomas Bene to set up own consultancy
Mon, 13 Jun 2011
Thomas Bene, of the Bene furniture company, is to launch his own branding and design consultancy.
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Thomas Manss opens Brazil office
Mon, 20 Jun 2011
Thomas Manss & Company is opening its first South American office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this week, headed by Rio de Janeiro partner Maria Clara Rezende.
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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.
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To The Pointe
Tue, 14 Jun 2011
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Tom Muller joins Conran Singh
Tue, 7 Jun 2011
Former Studio Output digital creative director Tom Muller has joined Conran Singh as art director.
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Trading places
Mon, 13 Jun 2011
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Turning ten
Fri, 10 Jun 2011
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Type on TV
Wed, 29 Jun 2011
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Urban giants
Fri, 3 Jun 2011
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V&A brings in contemporary furniture using new fund
Mon, 20 Jun 2011
The Victoria & Albert Museum is to display pieces by Fredrikson Stallard, Nendo and other designers that have been acquired through its new Outset Contemporary Art Fund.
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Visual design students today
Tue, 28 Jun 2011
Guest blogger Adrian Shaughnessy shares the ten things he thinks you should know about today’s visual design students.
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Vive La Revolution
Fri, 17 Jun 2011
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Weather music
Mon, 20 Jun 2011
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Whitespace works on Sainsbury’s Finance material
Fri, 3 Jun 2011
Edinburgh-based consultancy Whitespace has been appointed to work up print and digital designs for Sainsbury’s Finance.
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Zip Design works on Kylie Minogue app
Mon, 13 Jun 2011
Zip Design has created a social gaming app for pop star Kylie Minogue.
