Design Week
11 December 2008
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... but will those Mancunian hacks give it a chance?
11 December 2008
It was nice to read that two of your guest contributors chose work by the wonderful Thomas Heatherwick for their favourite pieces of public art (Voxpop, DW 27 November). Not so nice is the shoddy treatment given by the Mancunian press to Heatherwick's B of the Bang sculpture. The Manchester Evening News has done nothing but bitch about the piece since its inception. Of course, now that a couple of pointy bits have become loose the newspaper has been baying for Heatherwick's ...
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£150M Birmingham City Uni plan gets the green light
11 December 2008
Designs are under way to transform Birmingham City University under a £150m development plan, which got the go-ahead from Birmingham City Council last month.Associated Architects was appointed last week as lead designer on the project, replacing BDP, and is working with BCU to identify 'future design packages', expected to include interiors, according to BCU assistant director of estates Peter Cochrane.BCU appointed Birmingham consultancy Inside Information Design to the ...
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A load of symbollocks
11 December 2008
Large-scale public art symbolising regional identity is nothing new - novelist GK Chesterton predicted the idea more than a century ago, says Hugh Pearman
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Acrobat has designed...
11 December 2008
Acrobat has designed an identity for next year's bicentenary of Derbyshire's Denby Pottery, celebrating the company's history with a tessellating pattern of silhouetted products. The identity features a logo (pictured above) and packaging design (below) for nine limited-edition pieces, which will be available throughout the anniversary year.
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Bad design should get its just reward - a critical panning
11 December 2008
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Design Council in mentor plan
11 December 2008
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FLB has produced...
11 December 2008
FLB has produced festive packaging for Welsh bakery brand Brace's white bread. The wrappers, which will appear in stores this week, feature snow-covered tops, falling snowflakes and a debossed snow-print logo.
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GBH badges Puma for 60th birthday push
11 December 2008
GBH has created a global campaign for Puma, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this week.The west London design group, which has worked with Puma for six years as a 'preferred supplier', took the project on board in April, under a brief to 'create an interesting theme' that would promote the sports lifestyle brand's activities around its birthday.A number of creative routes were mooted, says GBH designer Phil Bold, before deciding on a birthday badge idea.'The birthday ...
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Get involved in championing design in the public sector
11 December 2008
There's a debate going on in high places that demands input from the design community at large. It is the thorny issue of public procurement of design.There is a real will in organisations as diverse as the Design Council and Parliament to improve design buying within ...
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Inspired
11 December 2008
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It can take a while for a work of art to be appreciated...
11 December 2008
I agree with Jason Bruges (Voxpop, DW 27 November). Thomas Heatherwick's B of the Bang is my favourite piece of public art, too. It's a shame that it has been the centre of so many problems, from failings in construction leading to health and safety fears, to financial and legal issues. I hope, despite these, it remains in place until 2300, when the time capsule at its core is opened. Jasper Smith, Chief wizard, Sparks, Oxford OX1 4SZ
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It's only a matter of time before the glass cracks
11 December 2008
When reviewing recent placement applications at Echo, I was reminded of a past article in Design Week concerning the small number of females in the higher echelons of consultancies. This prompted a question: Where have all the male design students gone? Why do they not want to experience life at a thriving design group? I'm amazed at the weighting of female applicants I receive, and it's been female students alone who have completed placements with us. There is no better boost ...
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Keep it simple to stay strong
11 December 2008
The recession needn't be just about gloom and doom. Jonathan Sands believes that we may be entering one of the most exciting periods in our history
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Lao Jianhua is a Chinese designer with a global outlook
11 December 2008
A Chinese designer with a global outlook, Lao Jianhua is keen to absorb as many influences as he can. As he begins his tenure at the V&A as HSBC Designer in Residence, he tells Anna Richardson about Chinese design
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Large illustrations have mushroomed recently
11 December 2008
From event dressing to beer ads and privately commissioned murals, large illustrations have mushroomed recently. Some are created small and scaled into giant copies, other are life-size one-offs. All demonstrate big was of telling stories
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News in Pictures
11 December 2008
Landor Associates designer Brett Stabler has created an identity and supporting materials for hypnotherapist and life coach Jack Karney.
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News in Pictures
11 December 2008
Sky and the BBC have unveiled their new Christmas idents. Designed by Sky Creative, the Sky 1, 2 and 3 idents launched on Sunday, based around a theme of three states of matter: solid, liquid and particulate.
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Not all designers are happy about the British Standard draft on Web design
11 December 2008
A British Standard draft on Web design should improve online accessibility for the disabled, but not all designers are happy, says Tom Banks
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Portland masterplans retail space in 1km-tall Dubai tower
11 December 2008
Portland Design is masterplanning the 70 000m2 retail area in Dubai's proposed 1km-tall Nakheel Tower (concept image pictured).Property developer Nakheel, which is also responsible for Dubai's Palm Islands project, appointed the consultancy in July, six months after Portland approached the developer about the project.Portland reports that in the build-up to the tower's completion in 2012, Nakheel will be seeking lighting and wayfinding designers, among other design specialists.'We ...
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Royal fellowship could take Magic Light to market
11 December 2008
'I'm completely guilty of coming up with a solution without an application,' says Royal College of Art graduate Adrian Westaway. Westaway has created the Magic Light, an invention that allows people to interact and move light by 'touching' the beam.To get a full grasp of the project, watch Grand Designs Trade Secrets presenter Tom Dyckhoff capering with a light beam just like fictional wizard Harry Potter in a clip on Westaway's website, www.foldingbaguette.com.Westaway ...
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Tandem has created...
11 December 2008
Tandem has created a logo for Belfast's Ulster Hall for its reopening in March, recreating its facade in slanting lines to represent the venue's organ. Tandem will also refit the hall for events celebrating its history.
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The brazen iconography of Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko
11 December 2008
After the carefully crafted dignity of Barack Obama's official election graphics - and the affectionately subversive unofficial ones - your jaw drops at the brazen iconography of Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko
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The Lightbox gallery launches Woking pavilion prize
11 December 2008
The Lightbox gallery has launched a competition, in association with Tent London and The Architecture Foundation, to design a summer pavilion for its Woking site.The project offers a 'glimmer of hope' in an arid climate for new architectural projects, says AF director Sarah Ichioka.The Art Fund pavilion has a committed construction budget of £100 000, a sum awarded to the gallery by The Art Fund Prize last May.The winning pavilion design will be shown at Tent London ...
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Tsar quality
11 December 2008
In craftsmanship, the endorsement ‘By appointment to the Russian Imperial Court’ was a distinction without equal.
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Voxpop
11 December 2008
Ad agency Brothers & Sisters boarded a plane which performed a series of parabolic dives to film a National Geographic ident in zero gravity. What is the most dangerous situation you have ever been in as part of a project?
