Design Week
September 2011 Online

1HQ brands Arden & Amici Italian bakery range

Fri, 9 Sep 2011

1HQ has created branding for a new range of Italian biscuit and bakery products, Arden & Amici, which is owned by distributor Arden Fine Foods.
999 brands Mini Tennis initiative aimed at children

Thu, 15 Sep 2011

999 Design has created the visual identity for the Lawn Tennis Association’s Mini Tennis - an adapted version of the sport using smaller equipment and aimed for three-to-ten-year-olds.
Aesop brands Barcelona superyacht marina

Fri, 23 Sep 2011

Aesop has created the branding for Barcelona’s Marina Port Vell, which is set to reopen next year as a superyacht marina.
Aesop brands new hospitality venture Whitebridge

Wed, 7 Sep 2011

Aesop has created the branding for newly-launched Whitebridge Hospitality, which offers hotel, leisure and tourism advisory services to investors, operators and other stakeholders.
Alpha-ville

Tue, 20 Sep 2011
Andy Warhol looks a scream…

Fri, 23 Sep 2011
Apfel creates graphics for V&A’s Postmodernism show

Fri, 23 Sep 2011

A Practice for Everyday Life has created the ‘supergraphics’-inspired exhibition graphics and publication for the Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990 exhibition, which opens and the Victoria & Albert Museum tomorrow.
Architectural Review redesigns with Simon Esterson

Wed, 21 Sep 2011

Simon Esterson has worked on a redesign of the Architectural Review, which is relaunching with its October issue.
ASHA rebrands National Star College

Fri, 2 Sep 2011

Arthur Steen Horne Adamson has rebranded the National Star College further education and training college, creating separate brands for the National Star Foundation and the college itself.
Auto Art

Mon, 26 Sep 2011
BBC launches redesigned homepage

Wed, 21 Sep 2011

The BBC has redesigned its homepage, which is now based around a ‘carousel’ central feature.
Best of the Web

Fri, 23 Sep 2011
Best of the Web

Fri, 16 Sep 2011
Best of the Web

Fri, 2 Sep 2011
Best of the Web

Fri, 9 Sep 2011
Bike to the future

Fri, 30 Sep 2011
Bloom rebrands Cockburn’s Port

Mon, 19 Sep 2011

Bloom has created new branding and packaging for port brand Cockburn’s, which is owned by Symington Family Estates.
Bloom repackages Horlicks

Wed, 14 Sep 2011

Bloom has created new packaging designs for hot milky drink Horlicks.
Blue Marlin works on J20 varient featuring edible gold

Tue, 6 Sep 2011

Blue Marlin has designed the packaging for soft drink J2O’s Glitter Berry variant, which will be a limited-edition flavour for the Christmas period and features edible gold glitter.
Brand Matters and Morning rebrand brewer Greene King

Fri, 16 Sep 2011

Consultancies Brand Matters and Morning have collaborated to create a new identity for brewer Greene King.
Brand on Shelf creates QR-coded packaging for Mira Showers

Wed, 28 Sep 2011

Cheltenham-based consultancy Brand on Shelf has designed new packaging and on-shelf communications for Mira Showers, featuring on-pack QR codes.
Branding and design sector sees a rise in company incomes, report shows

Tue, 20 Sep 2011

The branding and design sector has seen a 4 per cent rise in company incomes over the last six months, according to a report from accountant Kingston Smith W1.
Bridging Brooklyn

Wed, 7 Sep 2011
Butterfly Cannon works on new Blavod product

Thu, 29 Sep 2011

Consultancy Butterfly Cannon is creating an identity and packaging for a new product from Blavod Wines and Spirits.
Cada creates retail designs for Portugal’s Sonae Continente supermarket

Fri, 9 Sep 2011

Cada Design consultancy has created a new store concept for Portuguese supermarkets Sonae Continente Bom Dia, the ‘neighbourhood’ arm of the Sonae Continente supermarket chain.
Can creativity change the world?

Wed, 21 Sep 2011
Cardiff Design Festival

Tue, 27 Sep 2011
Choices

Tue, 6 Sep 2011
Confessions of a Design Geek

Mon, 19 Sep 2011
Dalziel & Pow creates new Timberland retail designs

Mon, 5 Sep 2011

Dalziel & Pow is working on new retail designs for US-based outdoor company Timberland.
David Adjaye unveils Design Miami pavilion

Mon, 12 Sep 2011

Architect David Adjaye is to create a pavilion for this year’s Design Miami event, which starts in November.
Design Council challenge aims to keep older people connected

Fri, 9 Sep 2011

The Design Council and the Technology Strategy Board have launched a £495 000 challenge which is seeking designs to keep older people better connected.
Design LSM creates interiors for Indian street-food café

Fri, 30 Sep 2011

Design LSM has designed the interiors for new Indian street-food café Roti Chai, which is set to fully open in Marble Arch, London.
Design Museum seeks permission to transform interior of new home

Thu, 29 Sep 2011

The Design Museum is seeking permission to alter the interiors of the Grade II*-listed Commonwealth Institute ahead of its planned move to the Kensington building in 2014.
Designs revealed for pylons of the future

Wed, 14 Sep 2011

The pylon design of the future shortlist has been unveiled by competition organisers Royal Institute of British Architects, the National Grid and the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
Dragon Rouge creates new packaging for Red Lion Foods

Mon, 5 Sep 2011

Dragon Rouge has designed new packaging for Red Lion Foods, with a new positioning, Eat Well and Do Good.
Edge Architecture & Design refurbishes Harvey Nichols café

Mon, 26 Sep 2011

The fifth-floor café in Harvey Nichols’s London flagship store is set to reopen in November following refurbishment work by Edge Architecture & Design.
Fetch A Sketch

Mon, 19 Sep 2011
Fish + Chocolate

Mon, 12 Sep 2011
Funny Laundering

Wed, 21 Sep 2011
Glitz and pieces

Mon, 26 Sep 2011
Government calls for evidence on design rights

Wed, 21 Sep 2011

The Government has today called on the UK design community to provide information on how well the current design rights intellectual property system is working.
GRDD creates National Maritime Museum interactive installation

Wed, 28 Sep 2011

GRDD has created an interactive installation for the National Maritime Museum’s new East India and Asia gallery, which opens today.
Greybox creates website for Mayfair members club

Thu, 1 Sep 2011

Greybox has redesigned the website for private members club Pasley Tyler in Mayfair, London.
Guiding light

Mon, 5 Sep 2011
Hackney Film Festival

Wed, 14 Sep 2011
Happy birthday Sir Terence

Wed, 21 Sep 2011
Heavenly creates BBC Entertainment idents

Fri, 23 Sep 2011

Heavenly has designed a new set of idents for global channel BBC Entertainment, using a dance theme.
Heavenly rebrands online tourism firm Toprooms.com

Fri, 9 Sep 2011

Heavenly has created new branding for independent hotel and B&B aggregator Toprooms.com.
Hendzel & Hunt works on La Gelatiera ice-cream parlour

Thu, 1 Sep 2011

La Gelatiera ice-cream and coffee shop is set to open in London’s Covent Garden, with interiors created alongside furniture studio Hendzel & Hunt, a logo by designer Carl Koch and other branding by designer Mira Choi.
Hit the North

Tue, 20 Sep 2011
Hospital room divider wins UK James Dyson Award

Tue, 6 Sep 2011

A room divider for use in hospitals, developed by designer Michael Korn, has won the UK leg of the international James Dyson Award.
Interabang brands caffeinated water Just

Fri, 30 Sep 2011

Interabang has created the identity and packaging for new bottled water brand Just.
Interbrand rebrands Airmiles as Avios

Thu, 1 Sep 2011

Interbrand has rebranded Airmiles as Avios - with the new brand set to operate both as a travel rewards programme and as a collectible currency.
It's a small world

Fri, 2 Sep 2011
James Dyson unveils new product - the fan heater

Thu, 15 Sep 2011

James Dyson has unveiled his first major new product since 2009’s bladeless fan - the Dyson Hot fan heater.
Jenner Studio uses historical influences for New York Diptyque store

Tue, 27 Sep 2011

UK consultancy Jenner Studio has created the interior designs for French perfumer Diptyque’s flagship New York store.
JHP works on mammoth Korean retail project

Mon, 26 Sep 2011

JHP has planned and designed the retail experience for D Cube City in Seoul, South Korea, a development featuring two 50-storey residential towers, a 40-storey office block, a hotel with heli-pad, a convention centre, theatres, cinemas, gyms, spas, parkland and retail.
Just the flip side of the wall

Tue, 27 Sep 2011
Kantar and McCandless launch data visualisation awards

Mon, 12 Sep 2011

WPP consumer insight consultancy Kantar and data visualistion guru David McCandless have teamed up to launch an international awards scheme for data visualisation.
Labour accuses Government of ‘damaging the foundations’ of UK’s creative industries

Thu, 8 Sep 2011

The Labour Party has launched a national Creative Industries Network of businesses, trade bodies and other organisations and attacked the Coalition Government for its ‘damaging’ education and arts policies.
Life of Riley

Fri, 2 Sep 2011
London 2012 paralympics medals unveiled

Mon, 19 Sep 2011

Jewellery designer Lin Cheung has created the designs for the London 2012 Paralympic Games medals.
London Design Festival Preview - Pimlico Road Design District

Mon, 12 Sep 2011
London Design Festival Preview - 100% Design

Tue, 13 Sep 2011
London Design Festival Preview - Clerkenwell Design District

Thu, 15 Sep 2011
London Design Festival Preview - Covent Garden Design District

Tue, 13 Sep 2011
London Design Festival Preview - Fitzrovia Now

Wed, 14 Sep 2011
London Design Festival preview - highlights outside the LDF districts

Fri, 16 Sep 2011
London Design Festival Preview - Shoreditch Design District

Fri, 16 Sep 2011
London Design Festival Preview - The Southbank

Wed, 14 Sep 2011
London Design Festival Preview - The V&A and The Brompton Design District

Mon, 12 Sep 2011
London Design Festival: Noma Bar, Covent Garden and other wanders

Mon, 19 Sep 2011
London Design Festival: Perspectives by John Pawson

Tue, 20 Sep 2011
London Design Festival: Shoreditch

Thu, 22 Sep 2011
London Design Festival: The V&A

Thu, 22 Sep 2011
Lounge Link

Fri, 9 Sep 2011
M&S rolls out ‘segmented’ store designs at Westfield Stratford

Tue, 13 Sep 2011

Marks & Spencer has redesigned its High Street Kensington store as one of two pilots to debut a more ‘segmented’ offer, with the second opening in Stratford’s Westfield shopping centre today.
Map reading

Thu, 8 Sep 2011
Marcel Wanders designs M&S Christmas range

Wed, 21 Sep 2011

Dutch designer Marcel Wanders has created a Christmas product range for Marks & Spencer, in the store’s first collaboration with a designer across more than one product range.
Mather & Co works on new National Football Museum

Thu, 22 Sep 2011

Interiors and exhibition design specialist Mather & co is working on the interiors of the National Football Museum, which is set to open next year after moving to Manchester’s Urbis building.
Met Studio creates ‘emotive’ War Horse exhibition

Wed, 7 Sep 2011

Met studio has designed the War Horse: Fact & Fiction exhibition, which opens next month at the National Army Museum in Chelsea, London.
Method bought by software R&D group Global Logic

Tue, 27 Sep 2011

San Francisco-based consultancy Method, which has offices in London and New York, has been acquired by software research and development group Global Logic.
More than a third of art and design graduates are out of work, report shows

Fri, 2 Sep 2011

More than a third of art and design graduates are still without a full-time job more than three years after graduation, according to a new report.
Mother creates Great Britain brand campaign for UK Government

Thu, 22 Sep 2011

Ad agency Mother has created the Great Britain brand campaign for the UK Government, which has been launched by Prime Minister David Cameron.
Navyblue goes into liquidation

Tue, 13 Sep 2011

Navyblue, which has UK offices in Edinburgh and London, has gone into liquidation.
Neville Brody announced as D&AD president in waiting

Thu, 22 Sep 2011

Neville Brody has been announced as the incoming deputy president of D&AD, which means he will take over as president of the organisation in a year’s time.
New D&AD executive committee appointed

Wed, 7 Sep 2011

Someone founder Simon Manchipp and Airside director Nat Hunter have been elected to the design seats on the D&AD executive committee.
News analysis - a design preview of Westfield Stratford City

Tue, 6 Sep 2011

When it opens next week, Westfield Stratford City in London will be Europe’s biggest urban shopping centre, according to its operator Westfield. Design Week takes a look at the retail design highlights at the centre, including a number of flagship stores.
News analysis - How to design a medal

Tue, 20 Sep 2011

Yesterday the London 2012 Paralympic medals were unveiled – the culmination of a design by competition winner and jewellery designer Lin Cheung, selection and steering from an advisory panel, a passive contribution from a Greek Goddess, and forging and striking by The Royal Mint.
News analysis - opportunities in Russia

Tue, 13 Sep 2011

Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday went a on-day flying visit to Russia with the aim of forging closer ties, both politically and on a business level.
News analysis - Using new technologies on stamps

Tue, 27 Sep 2011

The Croatian postal service has issued a stamp with a QR code on it, which allows the recipient to confirm receipt of their package and trace its journey. Design Week looks at this and other recent examples of using technology on postage stamps.
News in pictures

Mon, 26 Sep 2011
News in Pictures

Mon, 19 Sep 2011
News in Pictures

Mon, 19 Sep 2011
News in Pictures

Mon, 5 Sep 2011
News in Pictures

Mon, 5 Sep 2011
News in pictures

Mon, 26 Sep 2011
News in Pictures

Mon, 12 Sep 2011
News in Pictures

Mon, 12 Sep 2011
Night Sun

Fri, 30 Sep 2011
North East of North

Thu, 29 Sep 2011
Olympic Metals

Wed, 28 Sep 2011
on the outside looking in

Tue, 6 Sep 2011
Open for Business

Thu, 15 Sep 2011
Ottolenghi’s Islington restaurant is redesigned

Mon, 12 Sep 2011

Israel-based architect Alex Meitlis has redesigned chef Yotam Ottolenghi’s restaurant in Islington, London.
Overlapping

Wed, 28 Sep 2011
Passementalists

Tue, 6 Sep 2011
Pearlfisher brands Westons Organic cider as Wyld Wood

Tue, 27 Sep 2011

Pearlfisher has rebranded Westons Organic cider, renaming it Wyld Wood Premium Organic Cider and creating a new visual identity for the brand.
Pearlfisher creates new packaging for anti-spot range Oxy

Tue, 20 Sep 2011

Pearlfisher has created new packaging for Oxy anti-spot skincare range, focusing on its ‘active seaweed’ ingredients.
Pentagram’s DJ Stout redesigns Times Educational Supplement

Fri, 16 Sep 2011

Texas-based Pentagram partner DJ Stout has redesigned the Times Educational Supplement, which is moving from a newspaper to a magazine format.
Philip Watts creates interiors for new Greggs coffee shop offer

Fri, 30 Sep 2011

Bakery chain Greggs is moving into the coffee shop market with its new Greggs Moment offer, developed as an interior concept by Philip Watts Design.
Picture this

Tue, 27 Sep 2011
Plant and Stiff & Trevillion work on Army and Navy Club bar

Fri, 16 Sep 2011

The Plant and Stiff & Trevillion have redesigned the interiors the bar at the Army and Navy Club in London’s Mayfair.
Praline creates student recruitment campaign for Goldsmiths

Mon, 5 Sep 2011

Praline has created a campaign for Goldsmiths College, part of the University of London, as part of its student recruitment campaign.
Prince Philip Designers Prize shortlist announced

Fri, 23 Sep 2011

Ideo chief executive Tim Brown, exhibition designer Dinah Casson and Onedotzero co-founder Shane Walter have all been shortlisted for the 2011 Prince Philip Designers Prize.
Printed company annual reports to continue as digital bid is dropped

Fri, 2 Sep 2011

A proposal which would have allowed companies to stop printing annual reports and go online-only has been dropped due to opposition from investors.
Pull up a chair

Wed, 7 Sep 2011
Rabih Hage is inspired by Alice in Wonderland for new hotel

Mon, 19 Sep 2011

Architect Rabih Hage has designed the interiors for a new Radisson hotel in Guildford, Surrey, with an Alice in Wonderland and ‘performance’ theme which reference the fact that the town was author Lewis Carroll’s Birthplace.
RCA appoints architecture and fine art deans in school structure overhaul

Tue, 13 Sep 2011

The Royal College of Art has appointed Alex de Rijke as its dean of architecture and Ute Mata Bauer as its dean of fine art as it prepares to implement its new academic structure.
RCKa works on Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool

Thu, 1 Sep 2011

Liverpool’s Open Eye Gallery is set to reopen in November in a new space designed by architect RCKa.
Reach rebrands Mr Sheen polish

Wed, 14 Sep 2011

Bristol-based consultancy Reach has rebranded Mr Sheen polishes, repositioning the brand and creating new packaging for the four products in the range, including floor products, aerosol’s, wipes and Mr Sheen Express Mist, which launched last month.
Rem’s progress

Wed, 28 Sep 2011
Robot Food brands Jenson Button-backed restaurant

Tue, 6 Sep 2011

Harrogate-based consultancy Robot Food has created the branding for new restaurant brand Victus, which has opened its first branch in the town and is backed by Formula One star Jenson Button.
Ron Arad awarded London Design Medal

Tue, 20 Sep 2011

Ron Arad has been awared the 2011 London Design Medal.
Sane & Able brands Blue Dot project, which rewards people’s charity

Thu, 8 Sep 2011

Sane & Able has created branding and the website for Blue Dot, an initiative which rewards people for charitable activities and giving, using a new Blue Dots online currency.
SB Studio creates National Centre for Craft & Design branding

Thu, 15 Sep 2011

SB Studio has created the branding for the new The National Centre for Craft & Design in Sleaford, Lincolnshire.
Schawk buys Brandimage - Desgrippes & Laga

Wed, 28 Sep 2011

International brand and marketing group Schawk has acquired consultancy Brandimage - Desgrippes & Laga, which has offices around the world and a turnover of £20.5 million.
Secret Sensory Suppers

Fri, 23 Sep 2011
Silk Pearce presentation pack marks Airmail centenary

Mon, 12 Sep 2011

Colchester-based consultancy Silk Pearce has designed a special-issue presentation pack to mark the 100th anniversary of the UK’s first Airmail flight.
Someone works on Spurs branding overhaul

Mon, 26 Sep 2011

Consultancy Someone is working on a strategic brand overhaul for Premiership football club Tottenham Hotspur.
Squid’s in

Wed, 7 Sep 2011
Stella for star

Mon, 26 Sep 2011
Stocks Taylor Benson brands wild bird-food range

Mon, 19 Sep 2011

Stocks Taylor Benson has created the branding and packaging for A Little Bird Told Me…, a new range of wild bird-food for retailer Pets At Home.
Stoked about ceramics

Thu, 29 Sep 2011
Strip show

Fri, 9 Sep 2011
Supafrank creates illustrated packaging for RNLI sweets

Fri, 16 Sep 2011

Supafrank has created new packaging for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s range of confectionery, which now features illustrations of sailing boats, buckets and lighthouses.
Terence Conran launches health and beauty range

Wed, 14 Sep 2011

Terence Conran is launching new health and beauty brand Conran Bath and Body with branding and packaging designs by Studio Conran.
The Other Media works on Ben Sherman website in brand overhaul

Wed, 7 Sep 2011

The Other Media is working on a new digital presence for fashion label Ben Sherman, which is revamping all elements of its branding.
The Space Creative brands Pukka Herbs skincare range

Mon, 26 Sep 2011

Somerset-based consultancy The Space Creative has created the branding for Pukka Herbs’s new range of skincare products, Pukka Ayurveda.
Things We Like

Thu, 22 Sep 2011
Things We Like

Thu, 8 Sep 2011
Things We Like

Thu, 15 Sep 2011
Things We Like

Thu, 29 Sep 2011
Tom Dixon redesigns Chelsea restaurant The Collection

Mon, 5 Sep 2011

The Collection restaurant and bar in Chelsea, west London, is set to reopen at the end of the month following a redesign by Tom Dixon.
UK consultancies bag Pentawards

Fri, 30 Sep 2011

UK consultancies Cowan and Stocks Taylor Benson have each picked up a platinum Pentaward in the international packaging design awards scheme.
Vending the Rules

Mon, 5 Sep 2011
Voxpop - What can be done about the high unemployment rate for graduate designers?

Thu, 8 Sep 2011

A new report shows that more than a third of art and design graduates have failed to find full-time employment, three years after leaving their courses. What do you think can be done to address this?
Voxpop - What is your favourite real-life story behind a brand?

Thu, 22 Sep 2011

Brand Matters and Morning have created a new identity for brewer Greene King, based around the story of Christian martyr St Edmund. What is your favourite example of a real-life story behind a brand?
Voxpop - Which 1970s brand would you like to revitalise?

Thu, 29 Sep 2011

Bloom has rebranded Cockburn’s port, aiming to bring back the character that made it a success in the 1970s. Which ’70s brand would you like to revitalise and why?
Voxpop - Which book has inspired you most as a designer?

Fri, 2 Sep 2011

An exhibition at the Kemistry Gallery is marking 10 years since the publication of Alan Fletcher’s book the Art of Looking Sideways. Which book has inspired you most as a designer?
Voxpop - Which sporting star would you like to work with?

Thu, 15 Sep 2011

Robot Food has created the branding for a new restaurant, backed by Formula One star Jenson Button. Which sporting star would you like to work with and why?
Waitrose launches Food, Fashion & Home offer

Thu, 8 Sep 2011

Waitrose has opened its first-ever Waitrose Food, Fashion & Home store, with design work led by an in-house team working with Interstore and Schweitzer for interiors and Household for wayfinding and signage.
We Made That and Free Play work on Olympic legacy playground

Wed, 28 Sep 2011

Consultancies We Made That and Free Play have won a competition to design the new Three Mills Green Playspace in East London as part of Olympic legacy proposals, with a design which promises to be a ‘wild kingdom’.
Welcome to the Jungle

Mon, 5 Sep 2011
Westfield Stratford City Opening

Tue, 13 Sep 2011
Whitton Wisdom

Fri, 30 Sep 2011
Wolff Olins rebrands Asian Art Museum with upside-down ‘A’

Thu, 29 Sep 2011

Wolff Olins has created a new brand for the Asian Art Museum of San Franciso, in the USA, which uses an inverted ‘A’.

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