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September 2010 Online

  • Mini launches electric scooters

    Thu, 23 Sep 2010

    Mini has launched a new range of electric scooters, designed to appeal to ecologically conscious drivers living in urban areas.

  • The festival in Shoreditch

    Wed, 22 Sep 2010

    Perhaps one of the best things about the London Design Festival is the chance to hear some of the most interesting names in the business speak about their practice, current issues and the future of design.

  • &Smith creates identity for Coworth Park hotel and spa

    Fri, 24 Sep 2010

    &Smith has created the branding and collateral for Coworth Park, a country house hotel and spa in Berkshire, for the Dorchester Collection.

  • 2011 Design Week Awards judges announced

    Thu, 30 Sep 2010

    Nina Jenkins, head of branding at Virgin Atlantic Airlines, has joined the line-up of judges for the 2011 Design Week Awards.

  • Aardman creates Christmas stamps for Royal Mail

    Tue, 21 Sep 2010

    Aardman Animations has created a series of Christmas stamps for the Royal Mail, which feature characters Wallace and Gromit in a series of festive scenarios.

  • Adorn

    Fri, 17 Sep 2010

    All-female design collective and collaborative group Flock will be presenting their first public exhibition at the London Design Festival.

  • Alasdhair Willis leaves Established & Sons

    Thu, 16 Sep 2010

    The chief executive of British furniture design company Established & Sons, Alasdhair Willis, has announced his resignation.

  • Art director's choice

    Wed, 15 Sep 2010

    Asking a graphic designer their favourite logo of all time is often a bit of a minefield and difficult to pinpoint. Mine, however, is quite clean cut, in the form of Supreme New York’s identity.

  • Art director's choice

    Wed, 22 Sep 2010

    The first time I set eyes on the Banco typeface in a Letraset book while at high school, I was transfixed. I spent hours (pre-Mac days) carefully tracing, rubbing, cutting, pasting and rearranging the letters into my own compositions – whether it be fliers, posters or tape covers. There was something about the dynamic letterforms that struck a chord with me, but it was only years later that I discovered the creator of this and his many other wonderful typefaces, Roger Excoffon.

  • Art on wheels

    Wed, 29 Sep 2010

    Back in July, Design Week blogged about the fantastic Papergirl Manchester project (DW blog 28 July), which will see creatively minded cyclists distributing bundles of art and design work to passers by around the city. 

  • Bank prepared to spend a penny?

    Wed, 1 Sep 2010

    As one who’s constantly banging on to designers about the importance of sharing experiences and getting your opinions across, I was particularly heartened by a tale involving a letter in the national press this week.Peezy from Funnely Enough

  • Bedtime story

    Mon, 20 Sep 2010

    An anonymous author once quipped, ‘Money will buy you a bed but not sleep.’  This little adage is something that Madame ‘Veuve’ Cliquot knew only too well, having been known to suffer crippling bouts of insomnia.

  • Big bang from Brody

    Thu, 9 Sep 2010

    A lasting legacy of the Anti Design Festival set to launch next week is the Gun font, devised by Neville Brody specifically for the ADF.

  • Biker art

    Wed, 15 Sep 2010

    Later this month in Milan, The Warhol Museum will show a collection of contemporary artists’ new take on pop culture, as expressed through the iconic motorcycle jacket, beloved by the Rockers of the 1960s.

  • Black and Ginger rebrand dental practice as Milk

    Wed, 29 Sep 2010

    Black and Ginger has rebranded Liverpool-based dental practice High Street Dental as Milk.

  • Blacksheep designs interiors of Jamie's Italian in Birmingham

    Wed, 29 Sep 2010

    Jamie’s Italian, the restaurant chain owned by chef Jamie Oliver, is set to open a new restaurant in Birmingham with interiors by Blacksheep, drawing on modern industrial and classic Italian design.

  • Blue Marlin creates Halloween zombie packaging for Tango

    Mon, 6 Sep 2010

    Tango is launching limited-edition Halloween bottle and can designs this week, created by Blue Marlin.

  • Blue Marlin repackages Carex hand soap

    Fri, 10 Sep 2010

    Blue Marlin has created new packaging for Carex hand soap, which will be unveiled this month.

  • Bob & Roberta Smith designs D&AD Annual

    Mon, 20 Sep 2010

    Artist Bob & Roberta Smith has worked with consultancy Immprint to design this year’s D&AD Annual.

  • Boxed imagination

    Tue, 14 Sep 2010

    This may sound odd, but as a little girl I was fascinated by cardboard boxes. I found a thousands things to do with them - from building castles to making a little theatre and even creating the odd robot. A simple brown box could transform my imagination.

  • Cada Design Group creates Galeries Lafayette gourmet food concept in Dubai

    Wed, 29 Sep 2010

    Cada Design Group has created a new Galeries Lafayette gourmet food concept, Lafayette Gourmet, in Dubai Mall.

  • Can do culture

    Fri, 3 Sep 2010

    On the continuing theme of crowsourcing - in some instances the newspeak for ‘free pitch’ - we report yet another competition that is appealing to the hearts and minds of creatives talents to help promote a brand.Big ...

  • Central Manchester University Hospitals seeks Web designer

    Tue, 21 Sep 2010

    Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking consultancies to host, develop and maintain its website.

  • Chilli UK creates Christmas campaign for Waterford Wedgwood

    Thu, 30 Sep 2010

    Consultancy Chilli UK is working to design a single creative theme for the Christmas campaign of crystal and tableware manufacturer Waterford Wedgwood Royal Doulton.

  • City scene

    Mon, 20 Sep 2010

    It’s not often that you get to draw all over the outside of a train carriage without the transport police getting rather upset. But Cure Studio has done just that, after it was invited to decorate the outside of a 1960s 35 tonne train carriage on Deptford High Street.Drawings ...

  • Coca-Cola keeps top spot in Interbrand’s 100 Best Global Brands

    Thu, 16 Sep 2010

    Coca-Cola has retained the top spot for the 11th year running in Interbrand’s annual ranking of the 100 Best Global Brands.

  • Cog brands I Value the Arts campaign

    Mon, 13 Sep 2010

    Cog Design has created the branding for the I Value the Arts campaign, led by the National Campaign for the Arts, which aims to give a voice to people who value the arts in their communities.

  • Coley Porter Bell creates identity for Diesel not-for-profit body

    Fri, 17 Sep 2010

    Coley Porter Bell has created a new visual identity for the relaunch of fashion brand Diesel’s not-for-profit organisation, the Only the Brave Foundation.

  • Comic cuts

    Fri, 10 Sep 2010

    In this age of digital everything, it’s comforting that children still enjoy a good old fashioned comic book. David Fickling Books regularly deploys little parcels of illustrated narrative joy, and its latest offering is a trio of hard-back books set in three diverse fantasy lands.

  • 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.

  • Cover star

    Thu, 30 Sep 2010

    The Dreamspace Gallery near Old Street, East London, will be opening a new exhibition next week of book covers and illustrations by London-based Slovenian  graphic designer and illustrator, Andreja Brulc.

  • Creatives to discuss London’s future at RCA conference

    Mon, 27 Sep 2010

    The Royal College of Art’s Innovation Centre is bringing together a  panel of design experts including Richard Seymour of Seymour Powell to discuss how the creative sector can help shape London’s future.

  • Cut, stick and dance

    Thu, 16 Sep 2010

    As London Design Festival approaches, it’s not just the talks, launches and chances to meet some new design talent that are getting us excited - it’s the parties too.

  • D. Vision Create rebrands Oliver Sweeney

    Fri, 24 Sep 2010

    D. Vision Create has rebranded footwear company Oliver Sweeney.

  • Dalziel & Pow redesigns Material Lab store

    Wed, 15 Sep 2010

    Dalziel & Pow has designed a new concept and set of graphic communications for the Material Lab tile showroom and designers’ resource centre in central London.

  • Danegeld set to supplement UK creative currency

    Mon, 27 Sep 2010

    The cult of celebrity lives on in design, it seems - with a rampant fear of the unknown threatening to curb creativity.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Design Museum awarded grant for relocation plans

    Mon, 27 Sep 2010

    The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded the Design Museum a £300 000 grant to develop its plans to relocate to the former Commonwealth Institute on London’s Kensington High Street.

  • 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.

  • Design Week needs YOU

    Tue, 21 Sep 2010

    Design Week is inviting designers to nominate their peers for inclusion in the 2010 Rising Stars supplement.

  • Designersblock

    Fri, 24 Sep 2010

    Designersblock has returned to The Bargehouse on London’s Southbank for this year’s London Design Festival, after exhibiting at Earls Court One last year.

  • Designs of the Financial Times

    Mon, 13 Sep 2010

    Ironic isn’t it that just as the coalition Government’s axe falls on school design in the UK, the Financial Times should focus on the benefits on great educational building design and the importance of design and development ‘as a viable career path for newly minted MBAs’ as traditional outlets in banking and finance have dried up?

  • Dixon Baxi creates identity for TV channel Diva Universal

    Tue, 28 Sep 2010

    Dixon Baxi has created the on-screen identity of Universal Networks International channel Diva Universal.

  • Dott Cornwall unveils its final major project

    Wed, 22 Sep 2010

    Designs of the Time Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly will launch the Big Design Challenge in October, which will invite communities to identify and tackle local issues by co-developing their ideas with designers and entrepreneurs.

  • Down at The Dock

    Thu, 23 Sep 2010

    The LDF trail took the Design Week team out to west London last night, to Tom Dixon’s headquarters and the newly opened Moooi showroom and UK base.

  • 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.

  • Dutch hotel group Citizen M opens Glasgow branch

    Tue, 7 Sep 2010

    Dutch hotel group Citizen M is set to officially open the doors to its property in Glasgow on Thursday.

  • Dyson and Sorrell ‘to advise Government on business’

    Mon, 6 Sep 2010

    Ten Downing Street says it is set to make a statement confirming details of David Cameron’s new business advisory board.

  • Ed Vaizey says Design Council review is ‘very positive’

    Thu, 23 Sep 2010

    Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture, Communications and the Creative Industries, says the review of the future role and status of the Design Council is ’very positive’.

  • Eddie Opara joins Pentagram as New York partner

    Wed, 8 Sep 2010

    British-born Eddie Opara is joining Pentagram’s New York office as partner and is bringing his team from Map Office, the consultancy he founded in 2005.

  • Editor’s blog

    Fri, 10 Sep 2010

    Lynda Relph-Knight’s perspective on the week.

  • Editor’s blog

    Mon, 27 Sep 2010

    Those based out of London may be sick of hearing about the London Design Festival. But while we acknowledge other events are taking place outside the capital - not least the Liverpool Biennial - the LDF is an international event and so offers a snapshot of trends beyond the city’s confines.

  • Editor's blog

    Mon, 20 Sep 2010

    Lynda Relph-Knight’s perspective on the week.

  • Editor's blog

    Fri, 3 Sep 2010

    Lynda Relph-Knight’s perspective on the week.

  • Ex-PR guru Lynne Franks launches business club for women

    Thu, 16 Sep 2010

    Former fashion PR Lynne Franks has brought together a design team including interior designer Rachel Ashwell and sustainable designer Elina Grigoriou to create women’s business club B.Hive.

  • Forward shift

    Mon, 11 Oct 2010

    As Open Planet Ideas – a crowd-sourcing initiative from Sony, WWF and Ideo – reaches the end of its ‘inspiration’ gathering ...

  • Fun and games

    Wed, 22 Sep 2010

    Cross-disciplinary gaming conference Playful is being held on Friday, featuring talks from  Studio Output’s Tom Muller, writer Pat Kane and Paul Bennun, director of digital production company Somethin’ Else.

  • Furniture in Fitzrovia

    Thu, 23 Sep 2010

    Our first stop in yesterday’s central London design jaunt was the ever-beautiful Liberty department store, which is showcasing Swedish brand Acne’s new furniture range. Despite being more famous for their fashion than their furniture, the array of sculptural armchairs and sofas bears the mark of the Acne denim, with many of the pieces fashioned from the fabric. 

  • Gardens of delight

    Thu, 9 Sep 2010

    Prince Charles has opened the Clarence House gardens to the public to promote sustainability and consultancy Interact 20/20 has created a series of oversize installations for event sponsor B&Q.

  • Get the picture?

    Mon, 13 Sep 2010

    We all know about the power of association for brands - which is why The Emirates backs Arsenal Football Club, Samsung adorns the Chelsea shirts and the likes of Audi and champagne brand Veuve Clicquot lend their names, products and services to a host of cultural events.

  • GLA festival to celebrate design in London

    Mon, 20 Sep 2010

    The Greater London Authority will celebrate the importance of design to London’s history as part of ten-day-long festival the Story of London.

  • Glass class

    Fri, 24 Sep 2010

    Graphic designer Gareth Bayliss, who shared Design Week art director Sam Freeman’s love for Roger Excoffon’s Banco font in Art director’s choice this week, has created window graphics for Concrete Hermit’s new store in central London’s Kingly Court.

  • 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.

  • Government called on to prioritise creative industries education

    Wed, 8 Sep 2010

    The Council for Industry and Higher Education is calling on the Government to prioritise CDIT (creative, digital and IT) subjects to help make the UK a global leader in these industries.

  • Grange Hill revisited

    Tue, 14 Sep 2010

    ‘Whaddap wap waaaah!’ Being of a certain age, Design Week’s memories of iconic children’s TV series Grange Hill focus mainly on Zammo Maguire’s battle with heroin and Mr Bronson’s outrageous toupee.Adam Ray

  • Graphic design webchat

    Tue, 7 Sep 2010

    Anyone looking to break into graphic design will be able to pick the collective brains of industry experts in a webchat hosted by the Guardian tomorrow afternoon.

  • Graven Images refurbishes Glasgow’s Corinthian Club

    Thu, 2 Sep 2010

    A £5.7m refurbishment of Glasgow’s Grade A-listed The Corinthian Club is coming to fruition this week following an 18-month design project by Graven Images.

  • Guide to the Anti Design Festival published

    Tue, 14 Sep 2010

    A guide to the Anti Design Festival, featuring a map of events created by ADF curator Neville Brody, will be published with Design Week this week.

  • Harry Ramsden's to rebrand with 20/20

    Wed, 15 Sep 2010

    Fish and chip restaurant brand Harry Ramsden’s has turned to 20/20 to completely overhaul its brand and interiors to celebrate the chain’s heritage, and introduce red, white and blue colourways and ’inclusive’ zonal seating.

  • Heavenly-sent opportunities

    Wed, 29 Sep 2010

    The old adage that all publicity is good gains new potency when you look at what branding consultancy Heavenly has been up to.

  • Heinz launches new packaging for HP Sauces

    Tue, 28 Sep 2010

    Heinz has launched new packaging for HP Sauce, designed by Bulletproof.

  • Helsinki Design Week

    Mon, 6 Sep 2010

    Yolanda Zappaterra reports back from Helsinki Design Week.

  • Holistic ideas wanted

    Thu, 2 Sep 2010

    An attempt to globally crowdsource ideas on using technology to tackle environmental issues is being launched by Sony UK and WWF today.

  • I Want Design brands Southbank Venues

    Fri, 17 Sep 2010

    I Want Design has created the identity for Southbank Venues, a new venture from South Bank Marketing Group to boost the corporate hiring of venues in the area.

  • Identica adds French touch to Russian cosmetics

    Mon, 13 Sep 2010

    Identica has created a new visual identity for the relaunch of Russian cosmetics company Divage.

  • It came from Japan

    Wed, 1 Sep 2010

    Giant face-obscuring scarves, chess piece dresses and fluffy jumpsuits - it’s not the sort of get-up you generally see walking down the street. But a number of such whacky and sculptural creations will be on show in October at London’s Barbican Gallery, as part of a survey of the last 30 years of Japanese fashion.

  • Jack Morton promotes Thomson Reuters software

    Mon, 20 Sep 2010

    Thomson Reuters launches a new piece of software designed for financial professionals today, supported by a campaign created by consultancy Jack Morton.

  • JKR adds 'classic English' twist to Porkinson sausages

    Tue, 28 Sep 2010

    JKR has redesigned the packaging for Porkinson sausages, aiming to restore the brand’s ‘classic English’ identity by focusing on Porkinson’s creator, Norman Parkinson.

  • JKR tailors packaging for new Penhaligon’s perfume

    Mon, 27 Sep 2010

    JKR has designed the packaging for boutique perfumer Penhaligon’s new fragrance, Sartorial.

  • 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.

  • Judges unveiled for Design Week Awards

    Tue, 21 Sep 2010

    The judging panel has been named for this year’s Design Week Awards.

  • Junction

    Wed, 8 Sep 2010

    Multiplatform creative event Junction will take place at London’s Camden Town Unlimited, bringing together designers, sculptors, architects and installation specialists during London Design Festival.

  • Lambie-Nairn adds 'holistic' touch to aerospace company EADS

    Fri, 24 Sep 2010

    Lambie-Nairn has created a new brand identity for aerospace company EADS, which unites its four main divisions – Airbus, Eurocopter, Astrium and Cassidian – with a ‘holistic brand system’.

  • Lambie-Nairn works on Eurosport brand strategy

    Wed, 15 Sep 2010

    Consultancy Lambie-Nairn has been appointed to work on a brand strategy project for broadcaster the Eurosport group following a five-way pitch in July.

  • Lawrence of Alexandra Palace

    Tue, 7 Sep 2010

    Last week, Design Week spoke to Secret Cinema art director Toby Stevens about the complicated process behind the cinematic event, which involves translating a chosen film into a venue big enough to fit several thousand.

  • LDA launches investment consultation

    Thu, 16 Sep 2010

    The London Development Agency is launching a consultation on its investment strategy, despite the fact that it will cease to exist by 31 March 2012.

  • Letters from America

    Mon, 6 Sep 2010

    Here at Design Week, we tend to focus on projects created within the shores of our own little island, but this week a couple of projects from our American cousins have caught our eye.

  • LFH repackages Elmlea cream range

    Thu, 30 Sep 2010

    LFH has created new packaging for Unilever-owned cream brand Elmlea.

  • Lists and scribbles

    Mon, 6 Sep 2010

    In the design world, you rarely get to see the rough workings of creatives’ minds. Instead we’re presented with the finished and perfected product of months or sometimes years of work. So it’s exciting to get a chance to nose through the sketchbooks of some top international graphic designers in a new book from Thames & Hudson.

  • 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.

  • Living doll

    Thu, 2 Sep 2010

    Never ones to conform with the pack, fashion photographer Nick Knight and the team at Showstudio aren’t waiting for London Fashion Week to unveil their latest superstar model. They are doing it on their blog from Sunday.

  • London Design Festival partners Beijing event

    Fri, 10 Sep 2010

    London Design Festival is to partner the inaugural Beijing Design Week in a deal that will see London become the official guest city when the Chinese event takes place next year.

  • Malcolm Garrett joins Science Museum advisory committee

    Thu, 9 Sep 2010

    Malcolm Garrett,creative director of Applied Information Group, has been appointed to the advisory committee of the Science Museum in London.

  • Map marathon

    Tue, 7 Sep 2010

    The Serpentine Gallery’s Marathon series will return in October with Map Marathon – a non-stop cavalcade of designers, architects, artists, poets, musicians, writers, philosophers, scholars and scientists, presenting works on a map theme.  

  • Martyn Ware works on sound installations for National Portrait Gallery

    Wed, 22 Sep 2010

    Three-dimensional soundscape designer Martyn Ware is leading a project at the National Portrait Gallery in London to accompany portraiture with sound design.Ware, who is founder of consultancy Illustrious and was a founding member of bands The Human League and Heaven 17, says he has been speaking to the gallery for 18 months ’to persuade them that 3D sound in particular could be used in an exhibition environment’.

  • Maurizio Mussati replaces Alasdhair Willis at Established & Sons

    Thu, 23 Sep 2010

    Maurizio Mussati has been promoted from chief operating officer to chief executive of furniture design company Established & Sons, replacing Alasdhair Willis, who announced his resignation last week.

  • 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.

  • Method creates App Lounge identity

    Fri, 3 Sep 2010

    Method has created the visual identity, website and promotional material for The App Lounge, a pop-up digital showroom that will open during London Design Festival.

  • Mixing media

    Mon, 13 Sep 2010

    The Design Week diary is brimming with design events showcasing installations, quirky exhibitions and the like, as both London Design Festival and Neville Brody’s Anti Design Festival get under way next week.Giannina Capitani

  • 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.

  • My first tweetup

    Fri, 24 Sep 2010

    I’ll admit it, I’m really not that Twitter savvy (a novice really) and therefore hide behind the @Design_Week name instead of having my own account. So when I was asked to go down to the inaugural Creative Review tweetup, hosted at the London’s Design Museum last night, I didn’t really know what to expect (or do).

  • Navy Blue works on identity to promote Moray

    Mon, 13 Sep 2010

    Navyblue is working on an identity for the newly formed Moray Tourism Development organisation, which aims to promote the Speyside and Moray coast in northern Scotland.

  • Neighbourhood Watch to be rebranded in Design Council project

    Thu, 2 Sep 2010

    The Neighbourhood and Home Watch Network, which is the national association for Neighbourhood Watch groups, is being rebranded and will have its service design overhauled in a project run by the Design Council.

  • Neville Brody’s visual origins traced

    Mon, 27 Sep 2010

    The evolution of Neville Brody

  • New D&AD executive committee appointed

    Tue, 14 Sep 2010

    Vince Frost, Neville Brody and GBH’s Mark Bonner have been elected to the design seats on the D&AD executive committee.

  • Nixon rebrands seasonal ales for Sharp's

    Tue, 7 Sep 2010

    Cornish design consultancy Nixon has redesigned Sharp’s Brewery’s Seasonals range of ales.

  • On yer own bike

    Tue, 28 Sep 2010

    We knew it wouldn’t be long before Boris’s bikes - the affectionate term for the hoards of Barclays-backed hire cycles that hit London streets this summer - would spawn new branding ideas.

  • Peacock repackages John Lennon albums for anniversary

    Thu, 2 Sep 2010

    Peacock Design has worked with lettering artist and illustrator Ruth Rowland to create a new logo and album covers to mark the 70th anniversary of John Lennon’s birth on 9 October.

  • Pearlfisher packages new Crabtree & Evelyn fragrance range

    Fri, 3 Sep 2010

    Pearlfisher has created the packaging for Crabtree & Evelyn’s new Florals fragrance range.

  • Pedalling posters

    Thu, 16 Sep 2010

    Look Mum No Hands, grandaddy of London’s bike-themed café scene (yes, there really is one) is set to host the first London event from bicycle-themed art poster company (yes, there really is one of them too) Artcrank.Work by Cowburned for the exhibition

  • Photographers’ Gallery to host off-site exhibitions during refurbishment

    Tue, 7 Sep 2010

    The Photographers’ Gallery has unveiled its off-site programme, which will take place while the London gallery is closed for refurbishment from October.

  • Pixel power

    Wed, 15 Sep 2010

    Graphic and print designer Cristian Zuzunaga will launch a new collection with Kvadrat during London Design Festival.

  • Playing to the crowd

    Thu, 2 Sep 2010

    The jury is out on crowdsourcing as a means of canvassing design ideas. But, as former Grafik editor and publisher Caroline Roberts says in Design Week this week, it’s unlikely that any big projects - an airline identity, say - will be commissioned in this way so the phenomenon might not be the threat it may appear to established designers.

  • Poetry in motion

    Wed, 8 Sep 2010

    Keen to create a book that would celebrate Eastern culture in the West, designer and calligrapher Farah K. Behbehani has created a beautiful illustrated version of 12th century Sufi poem The Conference of the Birds.

  • Populous creates Olympic beach volleyball venue

    Fri, 3 Sep 2010

    Populous has been appointed to create a temporary Olympic beach volleyball venue on London’s Horse Guards Parade for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

  • Pop-up Dock Kitchen to relaunch as permanent restaurant

    Fri, 10 Sep 2010

    The Dock Kitchen in west London, which launched last autumn as a pop-up restaurant, is to reopen as a permanent venture with a new design by Tom Dixon’s consultancy Design Research Studio.

  • 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.

  • Price Waterhouse Coopers shrinks to PwC

    Fri, 17 Sep 2010

    Wolff Olins has created a new brand for financial company Price Waterhouse Coopers, which will now be known as PwC.

  • Priestman in print

    Tue, 21 Sep 2010

    I’m constantly goading designers to get themselves in print - preferably in the national media. You know it makes sense to put yourself in the public eye, particularly where clients might go for inspiration.

  • Prize paper

    Thu, 30 Sep 2010

    There’s been a tide of impressive ‘zines and small-scale independent magazines arrive in the Design Week post bag over the last few weeks, equally matched by the number of ’zine-related events available outside of the office.Kid Acne’s zine Stabby Women

  • 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.

  • Punk on paper

    Thu, 23 Sep 2010

    However respectable they may appear now, some of design’s heavyweights cut their teeth in the gritty sphere of punk posters and DIY aesthetics. Haunch of Venison’s London gallery launches an exhibition this week celebrating the rich visual heritage of Punk posters, which has been curated by artist and designer Toby Mott.

  • Rabbits in the limelight

    Tue, 21 Sep 2010

    Last night the Dreamspace Gallery held the private view and prize presentation for the UK winners of the Design Against Fur poster competition.The crowd gathered for the awards at Dreamspace Gallery

  • Real character

    Thu, 23 Sep 2010

    Three-dimensional typography seems to be one of those callings you stumble on some way into a different career, and which then keeps you hooked. Emily Pacey speaks to three enthusiasts of the art of creating letterforms with substance

  • 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.

  • Rose Design creates new Hampstead Theatre identity

    Wed, 8 Sep 2010

    Rose Design has created a new identity for London’s Hampstead Theatre.

  • 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.

  • Sebastian Bergne launches e-commerce site

    Mon, 6 Sep 2010

    Sebastian Bergne is to launch an e-commerce site, which will showcase and sell the wide range of products created by the studio.

  • Seymour Powell creates new rail seat layout

    Wed, 15 Sep 2010

    Seymour Powell has designed a flexible new seat layout system for the premium segment of high- speed and long-distance rail travel.

  • Shaun Clarkson ID designs Harvey Nichols Oxo Tower bar

    Thu, 30 Sep 2010

    Shaun Clarkson ID has designed the interiors for a new Harvey Nichols bar in London’s Oxo Tower to accompany the existing restaurant and brasserie.

  • SHH redesigns Barbican cafés

    Wed, 8 Sep 2010

    Interior design consultancy SHH has led the redesign of two cafés at the Barbican Centre in London, which are set to reopen as the Barbican Foodhall and the Barbican Lounge.

  • Shooting stars

    Tue, 28 Sep 2010

    There may not be much work out there, but in some respects it’s a great time to be an emerging designer, with so many organisations keen to highlight and harness fresh talent.

  • Shortlist unveiled for Prince Philip design prize

    Wed, 15 Sep 2010

    Graphic designers Neville Brody and Margaret Calvert, furniture designer John Makepeace and industrial designer Bill Moggridge are all in the running for this year’s Prince Philip Designers Prize.

  • Si Scott creates Mostro illustration for Puma

    Thu, 9 Sep 2010

    Illustrator Si Scott has designed in-store graphics for Puma to help promote its new Mostro shoe.

  • Siegel & Gale aims to position Catch 22 charity

    Tue, 14 Sep 2010

    Siegel & Gale is working on the strategy and positioning of charity Catch 22, which is looking to better communicate its purpose.

  • Sitting pretty

    Thu, 9 Sep 2010

    If anyone’s going to have a great office, it should be Vitra. It would be the height of incongruity for one of Europe’s leading furniture companies to house staff in a strip-lit room of cheap plastic desks, right? Right.

  • Smith works on Great Ormond Street installation

    Thu, 9 Sep 2010

    Cambridge-based consultancy Smith is working on an installation for Great Ormond Street Hospital that will use young patients’ artwork based on the theme of leaves.

  • Sounds of the suburbs

    Fri, 17 Sep 2010

    Although London Design Festival fever might be hotting up here in the capital, don’t worry, we know there’s still a world outside the hive of activity here in London.

  • Spin on the Southbank

    Fri, 17 Sep 2010

    If you’re around London’s Southbank over the weekend, it’ll be worth popping round the back of the Southbank Centre to give one of Thomas Heatherwick’s new chairs a spin - literally.

  • 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.

  • The Big Window works on Hunterian Museum guidebook

    Fri, 10 Sep 2010

    The Big Window is creating a guidebook for the Hunterian Museum in London, which is run by the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

  • The body electric

    Thu, 2 Sep 2010

    With its connotations of rabid - or overly excited - dogs, the word ‘unleashed’ is an apt title for an eccentric exhibition currently running at Brentford’s Watermans gallery, given the quirky contents of the show.Andy Deck’s Hold Contro

  • The Chase creates Media City UK wayfinding

    Mon, 20 Sep 2010

    The Chase has developed the wayfinding strategy for Media City UK, using colours instead of street names to highlight access routes around the Salford Quays development.

  • The lost city of Stoke

    Wed, 29 Sep 2010

    Stoke-on-Trent isn’t the sexiest city. But perhaps some of my fondest childhood memories involve being paraded around the potteries by my dad - himself a Staffordshire lad, playing hide-and-seek in crumbling factory yards and narrowly avoiding smashing racks of ceramics.The Gladstone-Rosslyn ...

  • The Partners tags global road safety campaign

    Fri, 24 Sep 2010

    The Partners has designed the identity for a UN-initiated global road safety campaign which will be fashioned into a tag for supporters.

  • The play’s the thing

    Fri, 10 Sep 2010

    Suddenly it’s all about design for play - with the focus on children.

  • Thomas Heatherwick awarded London Design Medal

    Mon, 20 Sep 2010

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

  • Tube trials

    Thu, 16 Sep 2010

    We Londoners are pretty territorial over our Tube map. Designed by Harry Beck in 1933, the map has not changed dramatically since that date and when the zones and river were removed from the map last September, there was public outcry that has only just died down.

  • Tynan D’Arcy repackages Lake District Cheese

    Thu, 2 Sep 2010

    Tynan D’Arcy has created new packaging for The Lake District Cheese Co, which is owned by First Milk, the largest dairy farmer-owned business in the UK.

  • UCA announces eco event line-up

    Mon, 27 Sep 2010

    The University for the Creative Arts has announced that its annual Sustainable Innovation conference will focus on ‘the links between eco-innovation and entrepreneurship’ this year.

  • UKDA debates funding threat to regional design forums

    Wed, 29 Sep 2010

    UK Design Alliance has endeavoured to strengthen the relationship with its regional design forums despite its sole source of funding, the Design Council, facing an uncertain future.

  • V&A unveils shortlisted designs for Dundee outpost

    Tue, 28 Sep 2010

    The Victoria & Albert Museum has unveiled six shortlisted designs for its new outpost in Dundee, following an international architectural competition.

  • Volcanic reaction

    Tue, 14 Sep 2010

    Is the most exciting thing in your sitting room a dusty yucca plant?  Is the only ‘sleeping giant’ in your home your partner/dog/dust-gathering home-exercise equipment?

  • Watching brief

    Fri, 3 Sep 2010

    If you’re at a loose end in London’s Soho tomorrow, you might like to retrace the steps of one of the neighbourhood’s great characters, courtesy of a walking tour organised by The Photographers’ Gallery.

  • Webb & Webb rebrands classic children's toy Playplax

    Wed, 22 Sep 2010

    Webb & Webb Design has created the identity and packaging for relaunched iconic children’s toy Playplax.

  • Will design for beer

    Wed, 1 Sep 2010

    Advertising agency Mother and Stella Artois have teamed up to run a competition that will no doubt get the mouths of numerous design students watering.

  • Wonder wall

    Wed, 8 Sep 2010

    It’s always pleasing to see designers selling their wares in a novel and visually exciting way. The stylish lovechild of a pop-up shop and e-commerce site with a bit of interiors magazine spread thrown in, Supermarket Sarah is an interesting online retail concept thought up by namesake Sarah Bagner.

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