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November 2010 Online

  • Reaping royal rewards

    Wed, 10 Nov 2010

    Bill Moggridge was unable to make it to London last night to pick up the Prince Philip Designers Prize at a ceremony at the Design Council so sent his older brother along to claim the award on his behalf.Bil

  • 10 Associates rebrands Leeds Bradford Airport lounge

    Tue, 23 Nov 2010

    Yorkshire-based consultancy 10 Associates has been appointed to rebrand the Premier Lounge facility at Leeds Bradford International Airport.

  • A fine stack

    Tue, 16 Nov 2010

    If you haven’t heard of Stack yet, you’ve really been missing out.

  • A nice cuppa

    Tue, 23 Nov 2010

    The team here at Design Week are known for drinking tea by the bucket load. Guaranteed on the hour every hour someone will pop on the kettle for a nice cuppa tea - which frankly makes life on the editorial desk a little less fraught.

  • A novel project

    Mon, 29 Nov 2010

    Sir Salman Rushdie’s new children’s novel, Luka and the Fire of Life will be brought to life through the animations of four Kingston University students.

  • Against gravity

    Fri, 19 Nov 2010

    Italian writer Italo Calvino once said that ‘lightness is a value, rather than a defect’.

  • Alex Tarling joins Cogapp as head of user experience

    Mon, 29 Nov 2010

    Cogapp has appointed Alex Tarling as head of user experience. Tarling has been a freelance usability and user experience consultant to the consultancy for four years.

  • All you need is love

    Mon, 29 Nov 2010

    Love might not be the first thing on your mind today what with below zero temperatures and tube strikes for those of us in London. But if you’re interested in swapping your Bah Humbug hat for a altogether more snugly one, then a pop-up exhibition in central London this week may well warm your cockles.

  • Alter-ego

    Tue, 16 Nov 2010

    The art world is full of alter-egos. Turner Prize-winning ceramicist Grayson Perry sometimes appears as Claire and numerous street artists, such as Blek le Rat and Banksy, permanently hide behind pseudonyms and shadowy personas.Marylin by Dran

  • Atkins works on Southampton Legible City signage

    Mon, 15 Nov 2010

    Atkins is working on wayfinding for the Legible City project in Southampton.

  • Bedside manner

    Mon, 1 Nov 2010

    Clinical white corridors and intrusive strip lighting are usually what come to mind when you think of hospital interiors. No matter how keen you are on clean minimalist design or nurses, you probably wouldn’t want your home or hotel room to resemble even the nicest looking ward.Patient bedroom

  • Beyond the grave

    Wed, 24 Nov 2010

    It’s a sobering thought that when you die, you may not have achieved some of your more outlandish dreams: flying on Concorde, perhaps, or visiting the moon.

  • Bill Moggridge honoured with Prince Philip Designers Prize

    Wed, 10 Nov 2010

  • Blake's homage

    Tue, 2 Nov 2010

    Peter Blake has often created work which involved layering an assembly of found and iconic images to create unexpected and contemporary scenes.Birds, 2010, collage with found objects (c) Peter Blake

  • Brand New brands sporting Gold Challenge

    Thu, 25 Nov 2010

    Brand New has created the identity for Gold Challenge, a new initiative set up by a consortium of Olympic and sports bodies to encourage members of the public into new sports and to raise money for charity.

  • 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.

  • Carter Wong rebrands Norton Motorcycles

    Mon, 1 Nov 2010

    Carter Wong has designed a new identity for Norton Motorcycles in the consultancy’s first project as brand guardian for the British motorbike brand.

  • Champagne and paper

    Mon, 29 Nov 2010

    Travelling business class on the Eurostar to see the Arjowiggins Graphic Greenfield pulp mill in Chateau Thierry, France last week seemed like an opulent affair. Especially with the paper industry having to work harder than ever before to demonstrate its Green credentials.

  • 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.

  • Children to design logo for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

    Mon, 1 Nov 2010

    A competition launches today, calling for children to design the emblem for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012.

  • Chinese takeout

    Tue, 23 Nov 2010

    Guest blogger Paul Priestman of Priestman Goode shares his experiences of China - and the Prime Minister’s recent trade delegation in particular.

  • 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.

  • Clinic works on winning entries of Cadbury's Pocketgame Challenge

    Mon, 1 Nov 2010

    Consultancy Artomatic has worked with London-based design and branding consultancy Clinic to put into production the winning entries of Cadbury’s Pocketgame Challenge.

  • 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.

  • Coley Porter Bell packages Maiden Voyage whiskey

    Tue, 16 Nov 2010

    Coley Porter Bell has designed packaging for a new Irish whiskey, Maiden Voyage, which is aged on the privately owned Inish Turk Beg Island.

  • Coley Porter Bell rebrands food supplement Lifeplus

    Fri, 5 Nov 2010

    Coley Porter Bell has rebranded wellbeing and food supplements company Lifeplus, creating a new brand positioning, logo, livery and packaging.

  • Connor Goddard brands Cultured Cow yoghurt

    Fri, 12 Nov 2010

    Connor Goddard has created the branding for Cultured Cow, a new frozen yoghurt company that will be launching a store in London’s Camden next year.

  • Crafts Council launches online exhibition space

    Tue, 9 Nov 2010

    The Crafts Council has launched online exhibition space www.onviewonline.org.uk, which has been developed with consultancy Miura.

  • 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.

  • Creative pop-up

    Wed, 17 Nov 2010

    As the UK retail market has taken a mighty wallop from the recession, a deluge of opportunistic pop-up shops has appeared over the past couple of years.

  • Creative Triangle maps out Prague airport

    Tue, 16 Nov 2010

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

  • Cut the art cuts

    Tue, 7 Dec 2010

    Chancellor George Osbourne announced his Comprehensive Spending Review back in October, with the public sector being one of the hardest hit. The arts, particularly, is one sector that is buckling under the pressure as massive cuts are made across the UK.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Design excavation

    Tue, 30 Nov 2010

    Since our hairy ape-like ancestors started fashioning tools more than two million years ago, design has been at the heart of problem solving and the progress of human civilisation.

  • Design LSM works on Westfield tapas restaurant

    Thu, 11 Nov 2010

    Design LSM has designed the interiors for new Spanish restaurant Tapas Revolution at London shopping centre Westfield.

  • Design Museum to go ahead with move as Government grant slashed

    Thu, 18 Nov 2010

    The Design Museum says its future is secure and it will go ahead with its planned move to the Commonwealth Institute in 2014, despite the Government cutting the grant it gives to the organisation.

  • 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.

  • Drink and be arty

    Tue, 2 Nov 2010

    Artists and Becks collaborate for the final installment of the Shape Your Music project, which launches today.

  • Dyson launches dog-grooming tool

    Mon, 8 Nov 2010

    Dyson has unveiled a dog-grooming tool, the Dyson Groom, which is designed to suck up dog hair before it falls to the floor.

  • Editor's blog

    Mon, 8 Nov 2010

    Lynda Relph-Knight’s perspective on the week.

  • Editor's blog

    Fri, 12 Nov 2010

    Generations of creative directors have bemoaned the lack of drawing skills among younger designers. Over the years, some of the best have instituted life-drawing classes and other creative ventures to encourage studio teams to, literally, keep their hand (and eye) in.

  • Editor's blog

    Mon, 22 Nov 2010

    Lynda Relph-Knight’s perspective on the week.

  • El Nino creates North Road restaurant

    Mon, 15 Nov 2010

    El Nino Design has designed restaurant North Road, the new enterprise of Danish chef Christoffer Hruskova, mixing mid-century furniture with modern pieces.

  • 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.

  • European Hotel Design Awards winners announced

    Fri, 26 Nov 2010

    David Collins Studio, MKV Design and Fox Linton Associates are among the winners in this year’s European Hotel Design Awards.

  • Fight night

    Mon, 15 Nov 2010

    Last Saturday was the ultimate fight night, and not just because David Haye  retained his WBA Heavyweight belt title against Audley Harrison.

  • Fonda works on girls’ school network brand

    Thu, 25 Nov 2010

    London consultancy Fonda has been appointed to rebrand the Girls’ Day School Trust network of independent girls’ schools, creating a new visual identity and guidelines.

  • Forgotten streets

    Wed, 3 Nov 2010

    The sterilisation of Britain’s once colourful highstreets continues at unstoppable rate. A very sad but not unfamiliar story we are told will end in the obliteration of choice and independence on a highstreet near you.

  • Forster works on winter campaign for Age UK

    Tue, 9 Nov 2010

    Forster has created a campaign for Age UK to unite all winter activities undertaken by the older people’s charity.

  • Free breakfasts for design tutors

    Wed, 10 Nov 2010

    Designer Breakfasts, a regular meet-up for designers to discuss business issues in the industry, is aiming to encourage more design tutors to get involved with their discussions.

  • Furniture designer Robin Day dies

    Thu, 18 Nov 2010

    Furniture designer Robin Day has died at the age of 95.

  • Futurebrand’s Olympic shop design rolls out

    Tue, 2 Nov 2010

    Futurebrand’s London 2012 shop design is rolling out to new locations across the capital, with a store opening in Paddington Station this week.

  • Gary Card designs London concept store

    Tue, 9 Nov 2010

    Set designer and illustrator Gary Card has designed the interiors for LN-CC - a new ‘experiential installation’ concept store in Dalston, east London, selling clothing, records and books.

  • Get well soon

    Wed, 10 Nov 2010

    After the popularity of Kingston University student Napatsawan Chirayukool’s What makes your day? animation, which won the Adobe Design Achievement Awards animation category with its illustrated interviews of people talking about their happy moments, we thought we’d bring you another animated film using similar inspiration from real people.

  • Get your digits out

    Fri, 5 Nov 2010

    Okay, so we know the future’s digital. We’ve been told it often enough. We also know technology changes faster than the blink of an eye.

  • Go for glow

    Wed, 17 Nov 2010

    In August we reported that Print Club London was on the hunt for illustrators to submit work for its Christmas show Blisters Blackout.

  • Gothic beacon

    Thu, 11 Nov 2010

    The Victoria and Albert Museum will lend its uppermost dome to a Mat Collishaw installation which will turn the museum into a sort of Gothic beacon torn from the pages of a romantic novel.

  • Government mulls standardised cigarette packaging

    Mon, 22 Nov 2010

    Cigarette packaging design could come to an end in the UK if Health Secretary Andrew Lansley’s proposal to standardise packaging becomes official policy.

  • Harrison Design Company works on TGI Friday’s in US

    Mon, 22 Nov 2010

    London- and Birmingham-based Harrison Design Company is working on brand repositioning and a refit for TGI Friday’s restaurant in New York state’s Westbury, in Long Island, to give it a more ‘sophisticated edge’.

  • Hidden Art in funding plea to prevent closure

    Tue, 30 Nov 2010

    Organisation Hidden Art, which promotes the work of designers and designer-makers, says it will be forced to close in January unless it can secure a new source of funding.

  • Horizon pushing

    Mon, 15 Nov 2010

    We take a look at the challenges and opportunities thrown up by the ‘inspiration’ stage of Open Planet Ideas – the crowdsourcing initiative from Sony, WWF and Ideo. Six recurring themes have been established, and up to 30 concepts will now be considered for evaluation

  • Howdy revamps the identity of St Martin-in-the-Fields

    November 2010 Online

  • 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.

  • I-Design conference takes one-year hiatus

    Mon, 1 Nov 2010

  • Intellectual property laws to be reviewed

    Thu, 11 Nov 2010

    An independent review is being launched into how the UK’s intellectual property system can better drive growth and innovation.

  • Is this thing on?

    Wed, 3 Nov 2010

    Way back when, students were known for their political activism and forthright views, protesting about pretty much anything and waving placards at the drop of a hat.

  • It's electric

    Tue, 30 Nov 2010

    With Christmas rapidly approaching, just what do you get that eco-friendly, time-scarce, London-loving relative? Well, if you’ve got a spare £12 995, we have the solution.

  • It's party time!

    Wed, 24 Nov 2010

    Last week, we gave you alternative ideas of where to go Christmas shopping to avoid the hustle and bustle of the high street. With Made in Clerkenwell’s Winter Open Studios (opening tomorrow night) being top of the list.

  • J’adore Dior

    Tue, 2 Nov 2010

    Glamour, glitz, couture and sophistication - perfectly encapsulates the Dior style. What girl hasn’t dreamt of being a Miss Dior vision - oozing luxury and Parisian elegance.

  • Jammie Dodgers range gets splat appeal by Robot Food

    Wed, 3 Nov 2010

    Harrogate-based consultancy Robot Food has created new branding and packaging for Jammie Dodgers, for brand-owner Burton’s Foods.

  • 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.

  • Jerwood Makers Open programme launches

    Mon, 22 Nov 2010

    Jerwood Visual Arts is launching the Jerwood Makers Open initiative, an annual exhibition series that aims to support and showcase new work by emerging artists in the applied arts.

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

    Wed, 10 Nov 2010

  • Land Design Studio designs Book of the Dead exhibition

    Thu, 4 Nov 2010

    Land Design Studio has designed the British Museum’s Book of The Dead exhibition – a detailed exploration of Ancient Egypt’s account of the afterlife, which opens today. 

  • Life on the wall

    Mon, 22 Nov 2010

    Samuel Johnson famously quipped, ‘When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.’

  • Light Bureau and Kvorning tackle Dover Wartime Tunnels

    Fri, 26 Nov 2010

    The Grade I-listed Dover Wartime Tunnels are being turned into a visitor experience and exhibition space by light architect Light Bureau and Danish design group Kvorning Design and Kommunikation.

  • Light painting

    Tue, 7 Dec 2010

    Disappointed by your local Christmas lights? A new app from advertising agency Dentsu could offer you an interesting alternative by allowing you to create illuminated 3D typography with an iPhone.

  • Lomography to open east London store

    Tue, 16 Nov 2010

    Analogue photography brand Lomography is to open a new shop in east London, with interiors designed by company director Sally Bibawy.

  • Lost in translation

    Fri, 26 Nov 2010

    If a Russian were to accuse you of getting lost in three pine trees, or a Swede warn you that the cow is now on the ice, you’re first reaction would probably be bafflement.

  • 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.

  • Media Square merges London offices of Twentysix and Lloyd Northover in latest restructure

    Mon, 1 Nov 2010

  • Media Square results show revenue and profit rise

    Tue, 2 Nov 2010

    Marketing services group Media Square has reported a like-for-like revenue rise of 10 per cent and headline operating profits of £700 000 in its results for the six months leading up to August.

  • Media surfaces

    Mon, 8 Nov 2010

    With the growth of social media our world is changing. Smart brands, and design consultancies, will know that using emerging media and integrating it into campaigns and services is about far more than just having a Facebook page and tweeting about your latest product or launch.

  • Method creates digital solutions for Channel Five TV on demand services

    Wed, 10 Nov 2010

  • Mobile by design

    Thu, 4 Nov 2010

    Guest blogger Dean Johnson, creative director at Brandwidth, explores the current landscape of mobile phone design and discusses the challenges faced by manufacturers wanting to compete with the iPhone.

  • Model medal

    Thu, 4 Nov 2010

    The winner of this year’s Royal Institute of British Architects’ Manser Medal will walk home with more than just a sense of glowing pride next week. The trophy for the relaunched prize has been created by ceramicist Petr Weigl and will be awarded to the architect behind the best new UK house or major extension at a ceremony on 11 November.

  • Music rebrands the Brit Awards

    Mon, 8 Nov 2010

    The Brit Awards brand has been overhauled by Manchester-based consultancy Music, which has cast a new statuette trophy, drawn a new identity and designed a new website.

  • National School of Furniture set to launch

    Fri, 5 Nov 2010

    A National School of Furniture is set to launch next week, as a partnership between Bucks New University and Oxford & Cherwell Valley College.

  • National Theatre to rename and refurbish venue

    Mon, 1 Nov 2010

    The National Theatre says there are no plans to employ a consultancy for a rebrand following the planned change of name of the Cottesloe Theatre to the Dorfman.

  • 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.

  • Neville Brody plans name change for Royal College of Art department

    Mon, 15 Nov 2010

    Neville Brody, incoming head of the Royal College of Art’s Department of Communication Art and Design, has announced plans to rename it the Department of Visual Communications and Moving Image.

  • New Manchester cultural centre planned

    Mon, 29 Nov 2010

    A new arts and cultural centre is planned for central Manchester to house the Library Theatre and international centre for contemporary visual arts and film Cornerhouse.

  • New Planet waves

    Tue, 23 Nov 2010

    If, like us, you are intrigued to know what the next generation of creative minds will come up with, you might like to check out the latest instalment in the Sony Open Planet Ideas saga - a venture that seeks to generate thoughts on how Sony technology can be used to support a more sustainable future.

  • Nick Hancock wins Spitfire memorial competition

    Mon, 8 Nov 2010

    Designer Nick Hancock has won a competition to design a Battle of Britain Spitfire fighter plane monument in Southampton, where the plane was first built.

  • 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.

  • Nixon works on Cornish food retailer brand

    Tue, 23 Nov 2010

    Cornish consultancy Nixon Design has created the branding and website designs for Cornish Food Market, a new online food delivery service specialising in local produce.

  • NRN Design works on Internet galleries for National Media Museum

    Fri, 26 Nov 2010

    Manchester design consultancy NRN Design has been appointed to create new Internet galleries at the National Media Museum in Bradford, which will explore the history, evolution and social impact of the Internet.

  • Onedotzero links with Wieden & Kennedy for awards scheme

    Fri, 12 Nov 2010

    Moving image festival Onedotzero has opened with an announcement from creative director Shane Walter that a partnership has been forged with ad group Wieden & Kennedy. 

  • Paul Smith joins Landor as creative director

    Fri, 19 Nov 2010

    Landor London has appointed Paul Smith, former design director at Interbrand, as creative director.

  • Pearcing thoughts

    Thu, 25 Nov 2010

    Whatever was happening in Trafalgar Square last night, the student protests didn’t deter creative stalwarts from heading down to London University’s Bloomsbury campus to hear Pentagram partner Harry Pearce’s thoughts on design, creative intervention and dreams.Harry Pearce

  • Pearlfisher brands Mii make-up

    Thu, 4 Nov 2010

    Pearlfisher has created branding for the new Mii make-up line for cosmetics distributor Gerrard International.

  • PLB works on £1m exhibition contract at Preston Hall Museum

    Fri, 19 Nov 2010

    North Yorkshire-based consultancy PLB has been appointed to overhaul exhibition design at Preston Hall Museum in Stockton-on-Tees in a £1m design and implementation project.

  • Pleased to greet you

    Mon, 1 Nov 2010

    Walking into an office or any corporate building, the first thing you’ll be greeted with is a reception. Not always just a dull desk with a pot plant or two, the design savvy are well aware of the important first impression that this often overlooked piece of furniture can give.

  • Pop culture club

    Tue, 9 Nov 2010

    Sometimes, your inbox is filled with dull Google alerts and irrelevant junk. Other times, you can open it to see what is apparently a neon green penis in a paint pot, a distinctly unhappy placard shouting ‘Happy’ in plywood lettering, and a gnarled, tangled take on the Olympic logo.Rob Leech, Suck

  • Pop-up presents

    Fri, 19 Nov 2010

    Apparently some people do their Christmas shopping ahead of the week-before-Christmas apocalypse, lovingly poring over ideas and browsing the shops until they find the perfect presents for their cherished ones. I personally find that a medium to high level of panic heightens my gift-buying ability, allowing me the focus I need to speedily purchase questionable objects in a matter of hours.

  • Prototype of Heatherwick’s new London bus unveiled

    Thu, 11 Nov 2010

    Mayor of London Boris Johnson has unveiled a full-size prototype of the Heatherwick Studio-designed New Bus for London at the London Transport Museum’s depot in Acton.

  • R Design works on Kshocolât rebrand

    Fri, 5 Nov 2010

    Chocolate brand Kshocolât is being rebranded and repackaged by R Design to support a relaunch in the new year.

  • Radiant Studios creates Champions League final logo

    Fri, 26 Nov 2010

    Radiant Studios has created the identity for next year’s Champions League final, which will be held at London’s Wembley Stadium.

  • Real interiors

    Thu, 11 Nov 2010

    Look at this image - is it real or is it an illusion?Interior by Ben Johnson

  • Record art

    Mon, 22 Nov 2010

    The Futureheads will celebrate ten years of music-making by teaming up with artists and graphic artists to reinterpret their album covers as limited edition prints.FH10 cover art

  • Report calls for more Government support of multi-disciplinary design education

    Thu, 25 Nov 2010

    The multi-disciplinary Design Network – a network of academics from universities across the country – is calling for greater Government support for multi-disciplinary design education, including closer integration of design to science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects.

  • Reverting to type

    Fri, 19 Nov 2010

    Exhibition Reverting to Type will explore the modern execution of letterpress through the work of twenty practitioners.

  • Richard Clayton joins Coley Porter Bell as design director

    Tue, 30 Nov 2010

    Coley Porter Bell has appointed Richard Clayton as design director.

  • Rightly royal

    Fri, 26 Nov 2010

    One of the most heartening things about last night’s Royal Designers ceremony was that Sir Terence Conran finally joined that elevated throng.

  • 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.

  • Season's seating

    Thu, 18 Nov 2010

    Christmas is a time for peace and goodwill, but aside from the warmth and fuzziness, there’s undoubtedly usually a few rows and a couple of tears shed around Yuletide.

  • Simon Bailey rejoins Interbrand as European chief executive

    Wed, 17 Nov 2010

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

  • Sleep out

    Fri, 12 Nov 2010

    If like me you’re lagging a bit with end of the week tiredness, spare a thought for Elmwood’s Joslyn Tinker, who is working away in the consultancy’s London office today despite sleeping rough last night in London’s Spitalfields market.

  • Slice Design repackages Picnic and Starbar for Cadbury

    Mon, 1 Nov 2010

    Slice Design has created new packaging for Cadbury chocolate bars Picnic and Starbar.

  • Social brands Capital FM’s Jingle Bell Ball

    Tue, 30 Nov 2010

    Social has created branding for radio station Capital FM’s 2010 Jingle Bell Ball.

  • Someone creates branding for new 'charity box' programme Pennies

    Wed, 3 Nov 2010

    Someone has created the branding for new charity Pennies, which aims to be ’the modern equivalent of the cash charity box’.

  • Spam jam

    Wed, 3 Nov 2010

    If the spam emails we receive really delivered what they promised, we’d all be muscular but slim-wasted millionaires and excellent lovers to boot. 

  • Studio Output brands Radio 1 Teen Awards

    Fri, 12 Nov 2010

    Studio Output has created the branding for BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards, a peer-nominated prize that celebrates exceptional 12- to 17-year-olds which will be held on Sunday at London’s Hammersmith Apollo.

  • Studio Six works on Nectar points e-store

    Fri, 5 Nov 2010

    Studio Six has created a new online campaign for Nectar to engage customers during the Christmas period.

  • Surreal cells

    Fri, 5 Nov 2010

    Octopuses smoking cigars, yogic ostriches, men with ’magpie vision’, Fez-sporting elephants and electric eel vindaloo are just a few of the wonders that are to be found in Solipsistic Pop 3.

  • Take-off time for Priestman Goode's cabin interiors for Turkish Airlines

    Wed, 10 Nov 2010

  • The 'godfather' of street art

    Wed, 17 Nov 2010

    Royal engagements, recession, protests and strikes: 2010, it seems, is more than a little ‘eighties’.

  • The kids are alright

    Mon, 15 Nov 2010

    Anyone who visited the offices of branding and marketing consultancy Tag on Friday could be forgiven for thinking a child labour policy was being rolled out.

  • The magic number

    Tue, 16 Nov 2010

    Three, it seems, really is the magic number.

  • The night chauffeur

    Fri, 5 Nov 2010

    While driving around London last night, a heavy-lidded femme fatal ambushed our car and seduced the driver into providing her with a quick getaway - she was on the run from the law it turned out. 

  • The slice

    Thu, 18 Nov 2010

    Taking the architectural cross-section as its starting point, an upcoming exhibition at the Architectural Association in London takes a sometimes gory look at what can be revealed by a swift slice through a surface.

  • The stars shine all day too

    Thu, 4 Nov 2010

    From cards for Roger La Borde and a custom fisheye camera for hipster analogue photography brand Lomo to a cover for weekly women’s magazine Stylist, Rob Ryan’s work has expanded beyond charming 2D prints and papercuts, making the artist a much-loved household name.All It Took by Rob Ryan

  • The Team brands Lily Allen’s clothing enterprise

    Mon, 29 Nov 2010

    The Team is developing branding and marketing materials for Lucy in Disguise – the vintage clothes store, salon and forthcoming clothing collection from Lily Allen and her sister, Sarah Owen.

  • The theory of patterns

    Tue, 30 Nov 2010

    From the structure of a black hole to the weave of a tea towel, patterns are integral to the fabric of the universe.

  • 'Tis the season to get glugged'

    Wed, 24 Nov 2010

    Party dresses at the ready - Christmas is coming early for all you Gluggers out there.

  • Tonkin Liu unveils new Dover Esplanade

    Thu, 4 Nov 2010

    London-based architect Tonkin Liu has redesigned the Dover Esplanade as part of a £2m project to improve the town’s seafront.

  • 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.

  • True North works on collateral for Wallace and Gromit stamps

    Tue, 2 Nov 2010

    True North has designed the core products to accompany the Royal Mail’s Wallace and Gromit Christmas stamps, which have been created by Aardman Animations.

  • Two winners for Royal Parks fountain competition

    Tue, 9 Nov 2010

    Ben Addy of Moxon Architects and Robin Monotti Architects with Mark Titman have been announced as the joint winners of an international competition to design drinking fountains for London’s eight Royal Parks.

  • Type time

    Mon, 15 Nov 2010

    With over a decade of type and graphic design under their belts, Henrik Kubel and Scott Williams from London-based studio A2/SW/HK have created a lot of typefaces for commercial clients. And it’s this wealth of handiwork that designers can buy and use, now that the duo have set up new type foundry A2 Type.

  • 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.

  • V&A Museum

    Wed, 17 Nov 2010

  • Visual conversations

    Thu, 18 Nov 2010

    Satirists have a distinct ability to dictate how politicians and famous figures will be remembered long after they fade from the public eye. David Cameron, for me, will always be the shiny, slippery balloon, jellyfish or even a condom, as drawn by Guardian illustrator Steve Bell, just as I always picture John Major as a grey Spitting Image puppet accompanied by a plate of peas.

  • Web 'dig'

    Thu, 11 Nov 2010

    This year the Internet turns 20. And since its clunky, visually messy and very slow beginnings, web pages have changed beyond all recognition and are rapidly evolving to offer new online experiences year on year.

  • What happened to identity?

    Mon, 8 Nov 2010

    Guest blogger graphic designer Patrick Argent looks at three ‘truly outstanding’ identities and wonders why they were ever replaced.

  • What’s Happening?

    Thu, 25 Nov 2010

    ‘Artist refers to a person, wilfully enmeshed in a dilemma of categories, who performs as if none of them existed.’ So said pioneering performance artist Allan Kaprow.

  • When the smoke clears

    Fri, 12 Nov 2010

    It’s always interesting when illustrators and artists bring out their own clothing lines, and even more so when the clothes can transform you into their works of art. Such is the case with street artist and illustrator Kid Acne’s new hand-printed range, which allow the ladies, and men with a penchant for cross-dressing, to transform into one of his Stabby Women.

  • Young Americans

    Tue, 9 Nov 2010

    Young design duo Zigelbaum & Coelho make their UK debut at London’s Riflemaker gallery this month with an interactive light installation which is somewhere between a chilled-out laser show and the innards of a living, breathing beast.The installation can be changed by visitors

  • Zizzi opens new London branch with art and ceramics

    Tue, 23 Nov 2010

    Restaurant chain Zizzi opens a new branch on Thursday at Central St Giles, London, with design by artists Camille Rousseau and ceramicist James Rigler.

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