Design Week
Tom Banks Editorial

Stamps unveiled for Queen's Diamond Jubilee

Fri, 25 May 2012

The stamps are designed by Kate Stephens, with a presentation pack by Silk Pearce.

Vitamin Green - Contemporary Sustainable Design

Wed, 23 May 2012

New book exploring contemporary sustainable design through 100 projects

Floating cinema design competition launched

Tue, 22 May 2012

Design group sought to build permanent cinema structure for East London waterways

The Gild designs look for new Cowshed products

Tue, 22 May 2012

The packaging has been created for the Slender Cow range.

Design Triangle develops electric bus concept

Mon, 21 May 2012

The design has been created for a Dutch transport company.

Johnson Banks to rebrand Cystic Fibrosis trust

Fri, 18 May 2012

Cystic Fibrosis Trust will look to appeal to a wider audience with the new identity.

Kent Lyons creates app for The Run To Monaco

Thu, 17 May 2012

The app will be given to each driver preloaded on to an iPad in a bespoke leather case.

Bricolage to exhibit in Paris

Wed, 16 May 2012

All-female design collective Bricolage ‘and friends’ head to Paris.

Pretty Ugly: Visual Rebellion in Design

Tue, 15 May 2012

This new book looks at what can be achieved by breaking the rules of design.

Guernsey Photography Festival announces programme

Mon, 14 May 2012

Dramatic set of photographs by international cast of photographers addressing theme of Journey

New Government department branding set to launch

Fri, 11 May 2012

Government turns to in-house colour coded brand system

Russian Revolutionary Posters

Thu, 10 May 2012

From Civil War To Socialist Realism, From Bolshevism to the End of Stalinism

A history of accident prevention posters revealed

Wed, 9 May 2012

The Royal Society for The Prevention of Accidents shares its history through posters

UK designers inspire US students in poster design

Tue, 8 May 2012

Talks by Established & Sons and Barber Osgerby inspire Olympic posters.

Webb&Webb designs P&O anniversary book

Fri, 4 May 2012

Webb & Webb has designed a book for maritime company P&O to celebrate its 175th anniversary.

FutureBrand to rebrand Air Malta

Fri, 4 May 2012

FutureBrand is working on the rebrand of Air Malta, Design Week understands.

Cogapp to work on Science Museum website

Thu, 3 May 2012

Cogapp will look to improve the Science Museum website by linking up content and clarifying microsites.

Sennep creates calorie calculator for British heart foundation

Wed, 2 May 2012

The calculator aims to drive traffic to the charity’s website and help raise awareness of cardio-vascular disease.

WPP posts first quarter profits

Fri, 27 Apr 2012

WPP has reported strong growth in emerging markets, while domestically slow growth is reported in digital and interatcive.

Cut & Paste Digital Design Tournament

Wed, 25 Apr 2012

Cut & Paste Digital Design Tournament will see teams of designers pitted against each other to do battle in front of a live audience.

Habitat launches Platform gallery

Tue, 24 Apr 2012

Habitat is opening a new gallery space which will open under its Kings Road store.

Poke creates racetrack game for Orange

Tue, 24 Apr 2012

Tweeters can drive a set of chattering teeth around a physical racetrack.

Robot Food rebrands The York Roast Co

Mon, 23 Apr 2012

Robot Food has created new branding and interiors for restaurant chain The York Roast Co.

The Team and Cisco develop virtual mirrors for John Lewis

Fri, 20 Apr 2012

The Team and Cisco have developed two virtual fashion mirrors for retailer John Lewis’ flagship store on Oxford Street.

Further to rebrand Green Park development

Thu, 19 Apr 2012

Further and its sister consultancy Fishburn Hedges have been appointed to rebrand the Green Park business park in Reading.

Designers release unwanted work in bid to release unwanted hounds

Tue, 17 Apr 2012

Collateral from rejected projects (including some ham from Stefan Sagmeister) is being used to raise money for Battersea Dogs Home.

Kent Lyons designs song lyric posters

Mon, 16 Apr 2012

Charity posters reimagine songs about change.

National Trust turns to e3 for child focussed campaign

Fri, 13 Apr 2012

Bristol based consultancy e3 has produced the interactive website for the National Trust’s new ‘50 Things To Do Before You’re 11 ¾’ campaign.

V&A announces sound design programme

Thu, 12 Apr 2012

The Victoria and Albert museum has announced a hefty sound design programme, with ‘show and tells’ from sound designers as part of its Digital Design Drop In, and a sound design workshop with its sound artist in residence Jason Singh.

Southbank Centre to focus on contemporary Indian design

Wed, 11 Apr 2012

The Southbank Centre is putting Indian design high on the agenda of its Alchemy Festival of South Asian Culture this month.

BBC trims down design services roster

Tue, 10 Apr 2012

The BBC has cut the size of its design services roster, reducing it from seven consultancies to five following a tendering process which stretches back to September 2011.

Team Publishing designs Titanic stamps

Thu, 5 Apr 2012

Loewy Group consultancy Team Publishing has designed a sheet of commemorative Titanic stamps for the Royal Mail telling the story of the building, launching, sailing, and sinking of the Titanic.

Studio Hansa designs Hungarian game show

Wed, 4 Apr 2012

London-based Studio Hansa has created the look of a new free-to-air Hungarian game show for Sanoma Media, working on branding, title sequences, in show graphics and content.

Marvel illustrator co-designs online comic project

Mon, 2 Apr 2012

Brandon Generator

Outdoor retailers Blacks and Millets look to rebrand

Mon, 2 Apr 2012

Blacks Leisure Group is understood to be looking to rebrand its Blacks and Millets brands.

Information Graphics

Thu, 29 Mar 2012

The infographic is, as this book explains, a mode of communication universally loved by newspaper and magazine art directors, data analysts and the ancient Egyptians. 

Jamaica Street Artists Collective announces open studio weekend

Wed, 28 Mar 2012

Bristol’s Jamaica Street Artists collective - which comprises 42 artists - is preparing to host its annual Open Studios event to share the work of editorial, comic book, children’s book, animation and conceptual illustrators.

Pearson Lloyd designs new Lufthansa business-class cabins

Tue, 27 Mar 2012

Pearson Lloyd has created a new business-class seat and cabin design for Lufthansa which will roll out across the airline’s entire long-haul fleet – around 7000 seats. Itself

Leahy Brand Design creates Chi identity and packaging

Mon, 26 Mar 2012

Leahy Brand Design has created the look for new beverage Chi Coconut Water using a symmetrical graphic designed to evoke escape.

Identica names John Wigham new design director

Fri, 23 Mar 2012

Identica has created a new position for John Wigham who joins as design director from Design Friendship.

News Analysis – What the Budget means for design

Thu, 22 Mar 2012

As the Budget received a broad backlash yesterday, its focus on business shows a potential for design consultancies  to prosper – but could this just be the larger groups?

Hugh Broughton Architects designs Maidstone Museum extension and interiors

Wed, 21 Mar 2012

Hugh Broughton Architects has  designed a £3m East Wing extension for Maidstone Museum and implemented an extensive refurbishment of the museum’s interiors.

Art & Sole collaborates with Nike on Cortez project

Tue, 20 Mar 2012

Book and blog Art & Sole - run by purveyors of sneaker culture and graphic designers Intercity – has shoe-horned the creative talents of artists including Rose Stallard and Matthew Nicholson into the NikeiD Studio shop in the Boxpark shopping mall, East London.

Comedy Carpet damaged by Blackpool Council

Tue, 20 Mar 2012

The Comedy Carpet designed by Gordon Young and Why Not Associates has been damaged in action taken by Blackpool Council over what it says are health and safety issues.

Mercy brands children's bike Juno

Fri, 16 Mar 2012

Liverpool based consultancy Mercy has designed the identity for The Juno, a new product by children’s bike company Early Rider which will launch at The Conran Shop in April. 

Satirist George Grosz hailed in new Hayward Touring exhibition

Thu, 15 Mar 2012

George Grosz: The Big No, a Hayward Touring exhibition is being billed as a celebration of the artist, who in the 1920s ‘made hundreds of drawings depicting the vices and injustices of a society on the brink of economic and moral collapse.’

Alan Turing commemorated by Science Museum

Wed, 14 Mar 2012

Alan Turing, the scientist credited with a string of computing firsts, including the invention of the Bombe machines which broke German Enigma codes in WWII, is to be celebrated in a new Science Museum exhibition designed by Nissen Richards.

Fallon designers produce bookmark magazine

Tue, 13 Mar 2012

A bookmark, crammed with tiny poems, witticisms, illustrations and general literary ephemera, written perhaps by the very people who pick them up. Why has no one thought of it before?

Ex-300 Million MD launches Pin Creative

Tue, 13 Mar 2012

Former 300 Million managing director Nigel Davies has started a new venture, consultancy Pin Creative.

Emperor acquires Tsuko

Mon, 12 Mar 2012

Emperor has bought Edinburgh- and London-based consultancy Tsuko in a takeover which will see the consultancy folded into Emperor as its new branding division.

News Analysis - Has the web design rulebook been torn up?

Fri, 9 Mar 2012

Recent major web redesign projects such as the BBC homepage redesign and the Tate beta site seem to reject traditional web design orthodoxies such as vertical navigation.

Brody’s Fuse back-catalogue to be republished

Wed, 7 Mar 2012

Neville Brody’s experimental type publication Fuse is celebrating its twentieth edition with a retrospective tome combining all the issues going back to its first in 1991.

Pentagram’s Pearce and Ramchandani brand Hong Kong retail development

Tue, 6 Mar 2012

Pentagram partners Harry Pearce and Naresh Ramchandani have created an identity for the newly renamed Landmark shopping complex in Hong Kong.

Studio H overhauls BD Foods brand

Mon, 5 Mar 2012

Studio H has rebranded catering company BD Foods with an identity which visually references the names of founders John Davis and Clive Barker.

Voxpop - What is your favourite book cover design?

Thu, 1 Mar 2012

Today (1 March) is World Book Day. What is your favourite book cover design?

300 Million falls into administration

Wed, 29 Feb 2012

Consultancy 300 Million has closed its doors after going into administration, its managing director Nigel Davies has confirmed.

An Alphabet of London

Mon, 27 Feb 2012

‘Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford,’ wrote Samuel Johnson in 1777.

Royal Academy reveals Premium Interim Projects

Fri, 24 Feb 2012

The Royal Academy is to open its doors to the public for a peek at the students’ work

MARK furniture and Kvadrat to reveal secrets

Thu, 23 Feb 2012

Cornish furniture brand MARK has teamed up with Danish textile company Kvadrat – no stranger to collaboration - for an exhibition on the making process of furniture.

Cahoona's real-time website for England cricketer Jimmy Anderson

Wed, 22 Feb 2012

Manchester based digital agency Cahoona has created a brand and website for international cricketer Jimmy Anderson’s benefit year. 

Harrison & Co creates Brighton Festival 2012 campaign

Tue, 21 Feb 2012

Harrison & Co has branded and art directed the campaign for this year’s Brighton Festival, which is being guest-directed by Vanessa Redgrave.

Pentagram's Paula Scher designs Microsoft Windows 8 Identity

Mon, 20 Feb 2012

Pentagram’s Paula Scher has designed an identity for Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 8, using a graphic resembling a window pane.

Bergne the dinner

Thu, 16 Feb 2012

Designer Sebastian Bergne is throwing a dinner party where 15 years worth of table-wear will be used for its designed purpose.

Thompson Brand Partners works on visual language for National Trust properties

Wed, 15 Feb 2012

Leeds-based consultancy Thompson Brand Partners is working on a new visual language for National Trust properties Gibside and Wallington, both based in the North East.

Design Council appoints Tony Burton as new director of policy

Tue, 14 Feb 2012

The Design Council has appointed Tony Burton, founder of charity Civic Voice, as its new director of policy and communications.

Love and Peter Saville work on new charity album

Fri, 10 Feb 2012

Manchester based consultancy Love has collaborated with Peter Saville on the artwork for a new charity album, Thirty One, which features music created in Manchester.

The Light Surgeons work on Horniman Museum exhibition

Thu, 9 Feb 2012

The Light Surgeons are working on a video based installation for an upcoming exhibition at London’s Horniman Museum  which will look at clothing and body adornments in the capital.

Kimpton Creative works up matrix brand for Market Sentinel

Wed, 8 Feb 2012

Kimpton Creative has repositioned digital business consultancy Market Sentinel by creating a suite of branding materials based on a matrix graphic.

Dunning Penney Jones works on PS Vita launch following PlayStation rebrand

Tue, 7 Feb 2012

Dunning Penney Jones has designed the supporting materials for Sony PlayStation’s new hand-held device PS Vita which launches in the UK on 22 February.

Gendall in design work at National Trust Modernist icon

Fri, 3 Feb 2012

Gendall is working on exhibition design for The National Trust’s latest acquisition, High Cross House in Devon.

Holmes & Marchant unites chocolate and cheese in new Philadelphia offering

Thu, 2 Feb 2012

Holmes & Marchant has created the packaging for Kraft Food’s new Philadelphia Cadbury variant, which launches this week.

Yacht brand Y.CO launches Poke website and Kent Lyons book

Wed, 1 Feb 2012

Yacht company Y.CO is launching a new website, designed by Poke, and a luxury book, designed by Kent Lyons.

Emil Asgrimsson solo exhibition

Tue, 31 Jan 2012

There’s a very nuanced aesthetic to Icelandic design, art, and music, especially when work reflects the country’s often ethereal, beautiful and earthy qualities.

Community Kite Project

Mon, 30 Jan 2012

Designers and social innovators Tom Tobia, Jo Peel and Christopher Jarratt are bringing together leading illustrators and the public in a free Community Kite Project.

Scottish public sector framework extended

Fri, 27 Jan 2012

The 10 consultancy-strong Scottish public sector design framework, which had been due to expire in March, is being extended by six months as the Scottish Government tenders for a new framework.

Meet the creator of Disney's the Little Mermaid

Wed, 25 Jan 2012

‘I’m an actor with a paintbrush; I can play anyone I can imagine.’ says animator Glen Keane, who has created Disney characters Ariel (from the Little Mermaid), Aladdin, Pocahontas, the Beast and Tarzan.

More 4 rebrand unveiled

Tue, 24 Jan 2012

Man Vs Machine has rebranded Channel 4’s digital channel More 4, working with the channel’s in-house design team 4Creative and Jason Bruges Studio.

DC Comics unveils new identity

Mon, 23 Jan 2012

Landor has created new identities for DC Comics, the publisher of Batman, Superman and Wonderwoman, as well as its parent group DC Entertainment. 

Renault looks to students for car design competition

Fri, 20 Jan 2012

Renault has launched a student graphics competition to design a paint job for its new two seater Twizy and offered to pay the winner’s tuition fees for a year.

The Sunday Times Magazine celebrates 50 years with photographic exhibition

Thu, 19 Jan 2012

Portraits of a scantily clad Marilyn Monroe and Lady Gaga,  the  moment Ronald Regan is shot, forlorn miners and pit ponies, and a fortified Royal Ulster Constabulary post on a residential Northern Ireland street, are some of the arresting images which The Sunday Times Magazine has splashed on its front cover over the last 50 years.

News analysis - is a university rebrand worthwhile?

Fri, 13 Jan 2012

A new academic paper is questioning the value of university rebrands.

News analysis - IMM Cologne set to showcase international furniture pieces

Thu, 12 Jan 2012

International furniture show IMM Cologne launches on Monday with a centrepiece artificial home designed by London-based studio Doshi Levein.

Pentagram’s Domenic Lippa works on new identity for University of The Arts London

Wed, 11 Jan 2012

Pentagram partner Domenic Lippa is working on a new visual identity for University of The Arts London following a strategy and scoping project led by Moving Brands.

Imagination targets India with two office openings

Tue, 10 Jan 2012

Imagination has opened a new office in Mumbai, India and is looking to open a second in Bangalore.

Harry Pearce to talk about his dreams

Fri, 6 Jan 2012

Pentagram partner Harry Pearce is to give a non-scripted talk on turning dreams into creative reality.

Boxed: Fabulous Coffins from UK and Ghana

Thu, 5 Jan 2012

As we move steadily into January, perhaps unfairly tainted as a depressing month, some cheer, from an unlikely source, coffins.

Best Art Vinyl 2011

Wed, 4 Jan 2012

Zack Nipper’s design for The People’s Key LP by Bright Eyes has been awarded as the best cover design of 2011 in the Art Vinyl Awards.

European Banking Authority seeks consultancy for website redesign

Wed, 4 Jan 2012

The European Banking Authority is seeking a consultancy to redesign and support the implementation of its new website.

Ceramics designer Eva Zeisel dies aged 105

Tue, 3 Jan 2012

Eva Zeisel, designer of furniture, ceramics and homewares has died at the age of 105.

Brains: the mind as a matter

Thu, 22 Dec 2011

The Wellcome Collection looks set to continue to charter its niche, peculiar and brilliant exhibition territory next year, following the announcement of Brains: the mind as a matter.

Review of the year - Apps

Thu, 22 Dec 2011

This year museums, galleries and in particular book publishers, started to realise the potential in linking the virtual to the physical, turning to designers to create expressions of exhibitions, tours and books by extrapolating content and using it to encourage on- and off-line interaction.

In Numbers: Serial Publications by Artists Since 1955

Tue, 20 Dec 2011

Often the pursuit of young professional artists, serialised magazine and postcard publications have long been a place to explore off-kilter and experimental work.

Review of the year - Design festivals

Tue, 20 Dec 2011

Calendar mainstay the London Design Festival put on its largest week to date with over 300 events, a barometer for its good health.

The Takeaway Shop opens for local history art project

Fri, 16 Dec 2011

The Takeaway Shop of Deptford, open for one week only, is a local history project and knowledge exchange put together by artist Amy Lord.

Make It In Great Britain exhibition calls for exhibits

Thu, 15 Dec 2011

Following the launch of the government’s Make It In Great Britain campaign, the Department of Business Innovation and Skills is asking for expressions of interest from the design community for the content of an accompanying exhibition at the Science Museum.

Office Twelve designs Virgin Holidays flagship store

Wed, 14 Dec 2011

Office Twelve has designed a new experiential flagship store for Virgin Holidays which has opened on London’s Kensington High Street and features an augmented brochure concept.

Moving Brands overhauls HP identity

Tue, 13 Dec 2011

Moving Brands has overhauled the HP brand to position the computing giant as a company founded on the belief that technology improves peoples lives.

Royal Armouries seeks consultancies for design framework

Mon, 12 Dec 2011

The Royal Armouries museum in Leeds is setting up a new design framework covering exhibition design.

Media Square shares suspended

Thu, 8 Dec 2011

Media Square, the group which operates the Holmes and Marchant Group of design consultancies announced this morning that its shares on the London Stock Exchanges Alternative Investment market, have been temporarily suspended.

Small Back Room brands first London Olympics legacy neighbourhood

Wed, 7 Dec 2011

Small Back Room has created the brand for London 2012 Olympics legacy neighbourhood East Village, a residential development which will sit on the site next to the Olympic Park.East Village identity

Shed designs Ireland’s largest shoe department

Tue, 6 Dec 2011

Interior consultancy Shed has developed the retail design for a Kurt Geiger concession in Dublin department store Arnotts, making what it claims will be the largest shoe department in Ireland.

Kellogg's rebrands Nutri-Grain

Mon, 5 Dec 2011

Kellogg’s has repositioned its Nutri-Grain range with a new identity and on-pack graphics designed by its in-house team.Nutri-Grain

New Gresty Word Up Exhibition

Wed, 30 Nov 2011

Designer Mr Gresty’s latest solo exhibition Word Up is a typographic catharsis into what he sees as his ‘ongoing struggle with language’.Gresty screen printing

Polaroid launches first UK website

Tue, 29 Nov 2011

Polaroid has launched its first UK website, which has been overseen by digital strategy consultant Richard Bone, who operates under the consultancy name Creacion.

Harrison & Co brands writers charity English Pen

Wed, 23 Nov 2011

Harrison & Co has rebranded writers charity English Pen with a new identity that aims to communicate writing under duress but also a sense of independence and freedom.

Someone eyes world-record bid in Burton’s biscuits rebrand

Tue, 22 Nov 2011

Consultancy Someone is rebranding Burton’s Foods in an overhaul which will see the company’s name change to the Burton’s Biscuit Company and a potential attempt made on the Guinness World Record for the biggest biscuit.  Burton’s Biscuit Company

Office Twelve creates Oliver Bonas store interiors

Mon, 21 Nov 2011

Leicestershire-based consultancy Office Twelve has designed a new interior concept for fashion and lifestyle retailer Oliver Bonas, which opens a new store in Bristol today.Shop front

News Analysis - Could a paper wine bottle design really work?

Fri, 18 Nov 2011

Design and sustainability experts say designs for a ready-for-production paper wine bottle, unveiled this week, are progressive and practical, although questions of aesthetics remain.Greenbottle’s paper wine bottle

Double G Studios creates Tate moving image identity

Thu, 17 Nov 2011

Double G Studios has designed a new moving identity for the Tate to use online and for its gallery film and video content.Video:

Landor redesigns British Airways Executive Club cards

Wed, 16 Nov 2011

Landor has redesigned British Airways’ suite of Executive Club cards working up identities and developing their application with digital consultancy Ogilvy One.

Cross Over

Tue, 15 Nov 2011

Central St Martins has worked with ad group Lowe and Partners to develop the first exhibition to be held at the college’s new King’s Cross home.

Imagination and Marc Newson work on Sydney New Year’s Eve celebration

Mon, 14 Nov 2011

Special Delivery

Thu, 10 Nov 2011

Ex bassist of The Specials Horace Panter will present his first exhibition next week – Robots, Saints & (Extra) Ordinary People.Black History

Thompson Brand Partners uses children’s artwork for Young Epilepsy identity

Thu, 10 Nov 2011

Thompson Brand Partners has created the branding for national charity Young Epilepsy, which has changed its name from the National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy.

Jack Morton opens Dubai office

Wed, 9 Nov 2011

Brand experience consultancy Jack Morton Worldwide is opening an office in the United Arab Emirates.

Imperial War Museums launches new website following rebrand

Tue, 8 Nov 2011

Bureau for Visual Affairs has redesigned Imperial War Museums’ website, which now had a focus on the museum’s collections.

Oddbins rolls out new campaign and point-of-sale material

Fri, 4 Nov 2011

Richard P Chapman Design Associates has designed a Christmas campaign for Oddbins.

News analysis - The design ambition of Foster + Partners Thames Hub proposals

Thu, 3 Nov 2011

Foster + Partners’ plans for the Thames Hub - a £50 billion proposal for a Thames linked to a utility and data spine running down the UK - has put the value of huge, design-led national infrastructure projects firmly in front of Government.

Spring and Mercer creates ‘gem-like’ logo for LK Bennett

Wed, 2 Nov 2011

Spring and Mercer has created a new marque for fashion retailer LK Bennett which will be designed into clothes, starting with bags.

Good Press

Tue, 1 Nov 2011

Glasgow based Good Press is an independent gallery and bookshop, newly set up, just last month, in the back of a cafe.

Internet Week

Mon, 31 Oct 2011

The internet, omniscient and omnipresent God of the modern age, normally existing in the ether and the minds of believers, will be coming to London next week.

Fielding notes

Fri, 28 Oct 2011

The Scribblings of a Madcap Shambleton, a book of artworks by Mighty Boosh star Noel Fielding, is probably quite an accurate title.

Illuminating York

Thu, 27 Oct 2011

Digital arts and lighting festival Illuminating York got under way last night with an architectural mapping projection over the Castle Museum.

Motor Skills

Wed, 26 Oct 2011

Royal College of Arts students have been asked to design posters for the RAC’s Future Car Challenge, imagined in the year 2021.Anthony O’Sullivan

Handmade in Britain

Tue, 25 Oct 2011

Handmade in Britain is back this weekend with its annual pre-Christmas showcase, featuring work by around 70 designers.Carol Farrow

Zebra Face

Mon, 24 Oct 2011

Illustrator, hip-hop musician and all-round nice guy Kid Acne has been speaking to Design Week about the ten year anniversary and re-release of his Zebra Face comic book, which is about to be turned into an animated pilot for terrestrial  TV.ZebraFace poster

Conran Singh creates website for luxury phone brand Vertu

Fri, 21 Oct 2011

Conran Singh  has developed a website for luxury phone brand Vertu to launch with its new touch-screen Constellation handset.

Chalk Architecture creates Small Batch Coffee branch

Thu, 20 Oct 2011

Chalk Architecture has designed a new concession for the Small Batch Coffee Company, which will sit within the My Hotel Brighton.

HL Studio works on new store as Boxfresh returns to the High Street

Wed, 19 Oct 2011

HL Studio has created designs for a new London store for retailer Boxfresh, which will see the brand’s return to the High Street.

Newcastle Council pledges to keep Heatherwick’s Blue Carpet

Tue, 18 Oct 2011

Newcastle City Council says there are no plans to scrap Thomas Heatherwick’s Blue Carpet public artwork, which has come under fire from a Tory MEP.

Home Creative develops new print collateral for rebranded Beaverbrooks jewellers

Mon, 17 Oct 2011

Home Creative has designed a suite of new brochures and print materials for jewellers Beaverbrooks which features a new positioning for the company.

Magpie defines Spirit of Adventure for Mamont vodka

Fri, 14 Oct 2011

Magpie Studio is working on the brand strategy of Siberian Vodka brand Mamont, positioning it as the ‘Spirit of Adventure’ through ads and new packaging.

News Analysis – British Design 1948-2012: Innovation in the Modern Age

Thu, 13 Oct 2011

The V&A has announced its British Design 1948-2012: Innovation in the Modern Age exhibition, which is being curated for a March 2012 opening, a period which today’s designers have been influenced by and one which they have been part of shaping. 

The Allotment creates new brand for agent Valerie Hoskins Associates

Wed, 12 Oct 2011

The Allotment has branded television and film writer agency Valerie Hoskins Associates, and designed its website around the proposition Words into Action. 

Tunnel Vision

Wed, 12 Oct 2011

Dining experiences and design keep coming together at the moment, in increasingly ambitious spaces.

Mather & Co hire Sarah Clarke following new wins

Tue, 11 Oct 2011

Mather & Co has appointed a new special projects designer Sarah Clarke following a series of new business wins.

Small Back Room rebrands Herefordshire

Mon, 10 Oct 2011

Herefordshire has been rebranded by Small Back Room in a repositioning project which considers the county as a business and tourist destination, clarifies its geographical location and promotes it as an aspirational place to live.

Oh Fudge!

Fri, 7 Oct 2011

Yesterday D Studio took to London’s Borough Market to initiate an illustration competition for Fudge brand Burnt Sugar, which it hoped could capture the imagination of young designers.signage for Burnt Sugar Drawing Room

Liverpool Design Festival

Thu, 6 Oct 2011

Liverpool Design Festival opens today, a four day conflation of all things design and fashion.

Raise the Alam

Wed, 5 Oct 2011

Documentary photographer Shahidul Alam is largely unknown in the UK but in his native Bangladesh he’s credited with helping to introduce email to the country and providing the artistic inspiration to ensure there are now more documentary photographers in Bangladesh than any other country.Ballakot ...

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Park

Tue, 4 Oct 2011

French illustrator and artist Laetitia Devernay has seen her illustrated tale, The Conductor, translated into English, and published in the UK.

Post Colonial

Mon, 3 Oct 2011

It’s Black History Month UK, and stamp dealer Stanley Gibbons  is putting on an exhibition curated by graphic designer Jon Daniel.Louis Armstrong

Whitton Wisdom

Fri, 30 Sep 2011

Stuart Whitton picks the phone up, having just done ‘two all-nighters’ finishing off work, and now 40 pieces have gone off to the framers, giving him a few days grace before his exhibition Origin starts. Origin

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.

North East of North

Thu, 29 Sep 2011

This year’s Neon Digital Arts Festival will be themed around collaboration and legacy promising ‘a distinct Nordic flavour.’Neon

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.

Secret Sensory Suppers

Fri, 23 Sep 2011

The prospect of Secret Sensory Suppers was beguiling and terrifying, inviting diners to reassess the way they eat, helped by ‘masked assistants’ who would ‘lead guests through a ritualistic supper.’

London Design Festival: The V&A

Thu, 22 Sep 2011

For nine days London Design Festival takes residence at the V&A, saving its big name commissions for the venue.

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.

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.

Fetch A Sketch

Mon, 19 Sep 2011

For Ink Illustration, the process of illustration is a candid and personal one which shared through sketch books can be more revealing than finished works.Boxer

Open for Business

Thu, 15 Sep 2011

This weekend London will unlock its best kept architectural secrets as the annual Open House project gifts the public access to over 700 private buildings across the capital, for free.

London Design Festival Preview - The Southbank

Wed, 14 Sep 2011

The seemingly pervasive London Design Festival will be setting up another of its hotspots on the Southbank next week. 

London Design Festival Preview - Covent Garden Design District

Tue, 13 Sep 2011

Covent Garden will play host to one of London Design Festival’s centrepiece installations, Lego Greenhouse by Sebastian Bergne.

Squid’s in

Wed, 7 Sep 2011

Irish international art exhibition Dublin Contemporary will celebrate its inauguration  by pooling the work of global artists and showing ‘the resourcefulness that can be squeezed out of tough times,’ say curators.Source: Courtesy of the artist. Photo credit: Renato ...

Vending the Rules

Mon, 5 Sep 2011

Normally a prison of carbonated saccharine dreams, the vending machine is liberating its contents to instead dispense design classics through a tie-up between The Design Museum and The St Martins Lane hotel.1

Nose and Publicis rebrand Swiss International Airlines

Fri, 26 Aug 2011

Swiss consultancy Nose Design has worked with international group Publicis to create a new identity for Swiss International Air Lines, which will roll out in October.

Imagination creates Ford experiential space for Frankfurt Motor Show

Thu, 25 Aug 2011

Imagination has designed an experiential space for Ford for next month’s Frankfurt Motor Show, which will aim to express the brand values ‘quality, green, safe and smart’ through sight, sound smell and touch interactives.

ORM creates B2B site for Channel Four

Wed, 24 Aug 2011

ORM has designed a new business-to-business site for Channel Four Sales which will aim to better reflect the broadcaster’s brand and user expectations.

News analysis - hand-drawn branding

Tue, 23 Aug 2011

When Music delivered the design of Chester Zoo’s new brand (alphabet pictured), it opted for a hand-drawn approach, by illustrator Adam Hayes, to ensure maximum flexibility – in this case to appeal to families and to promote conservation messages.

Grimshaw creates portable retail space for John Lewis

Mon, 22 Aug 2011

Grimshaw Architects has created a portable retail environment for John Lewis, which will host designer collections at its Oxford Street London store, before touring other John Lewis branches across the country.

Method creates new Radio Times website

Fri, 19 Aug 2011

Method has worked with BBC Magazines’ in-house digital team and broadcast design group Meta Broadcast to create a new website for the The Radio Times, which aims to target ‘hunter-gatherer’ viewers.

Toucan play that game

Wed, 17 Aug 2011

One time Guinness brand character, hero of children’s book Two Can Toucan, and real-life flamboyant from the Ramphastidae bird family, the toucan is many things to many people.classic toucans

Black

Tue, 16 Aug 2011

The Royal College of Art will collaborate with the African and African Caribbean Design Diaspora at the end of the month for a new show, Black, which will bring together 60 years work by alumni and students of African and African Caribbean descent.Chris Ofili – Untitled, 1992, oil on ...

Sage-Meister

Mon, 15 Aug 2011

Graphic designer and typographer Stefan Sagmeister has produced Another Book about Promotion and Sales Material.

Tent London set to launch new digital show

Fri, 12 Aug 2011

Tent London will return to the London Design Festival with a new digital show, led by Intel and Jotta. 

Charmed I'm sure

Wed, 10 Aug 2011

Touted as an exploration of the space between ‘faith morality and healing,’ the Wellcome Collection’s latest exhibition programme Miracles and Charms looks at what it calls ‘the human responses to chance and suffering.’

Physical Graffiti

Tue, 9 Aug 2011

A coordinated and constructive international arts project will see the facades of ten buildings situated on Bristol’s Nelson Street turned into permanent canvases.Ben Slow

Projectile Motion

Mon, 8 Aug 2011

Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist will project a retrospective career of installations onto a range of canvases including a chandelier made of underpants when she comes to the Hayward Gallery next month.Source: Courtesy the ...

Allotment to rebrand The Donkey Sanctuary

Fri, 5 Aug 2011

The Allotment has been appointed to rebrand international charity The Donkey Sanctuary.

Viktoriana

Thu, 4 Aug 2011

Montage maestro Viktor Koen is heading to London for his first solo exhibition which explores photography, illustration and other mixed media across collage.scary toy

Voxpop - Which designer would you pair with a material or process?

Thu, 4 Aug 2011

London Design Festival has selected David Chipperfield Architects for its Size and Matter commission – an installation in a metal coated fabric. Every year Size and Matter pairs a designer with a material or a process. Who would you chose and how would you have them work?

News analysis – IP reforms accepted by government

Wed, 3 Aug 2011

A host of intellectual property reforms announced by government this morning appear to have been met with cautious acceptance by the design industry.

A Good Vintage Festival

Tue, 2 Aug 2011

Over the weekend The Royal Festival Hall took on the cultural mantle of all things 1920s-1980s for Vintage festival, and design was very much at the fore.Source: John SnellingWayne Hemingway

Absolute Interiors Designs National Trust Restaurant

Tue, 2 Aug 2011

Cornwall based Absolute Interiors has designed a public restaurant space for listed National Trust property Killerton House.

Christopher Jenner Designs Concept for Penhaligon’s

Mon, 1 Aug 2011

Christopher Jenner has designed perfumery emporium Penhaligon’s first Singapore store.

In Your Face

Fri, 29 Jul 2011

The face of Britain as seen through the eyes of its children might well be a sunny and optimistic one.

V&A to open new Photographs Gallery as Futureplan rolls on

Thu, 28 Jul 2011

A new, permanent Photographs Gallery is set to open at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum in October,  designed in-house,  but with consultancy from English Heritage, chronicling the history of photography from 1839-1960.

SB Studio rebrands National Centre for Craft and Design

Wed, 27 Jul 2011

SB Studio is working on the rebrand of the Lincolnshire-based National Centre for Craft and Design, which promotes and exhibits craft and design work from around the world.

Halo Media works on Bath Abbey rebrand

Tue, 26 Jul 2011

Bath Abbey has appointed Bristol-based consultancy Halo Media to create a new identity and a website which will serve its congregation and tourists. 

The Man Who Would Be King

Mon, 25 Jul 2011

Known as, variously, a modernist exponent of interior design, sceneography, graphic design and illustration, this exhibition will see Edward McKnight Kauffer lauded The Poster King, and rightly so. Taking in Japanese art, Fauvism, constructivism and surrealism, Kauffer (1890-1954) developed an adaptable style and applied it to commercial poster art.

National Railway Museum steams ahead with Thompson Brand Partners identity

Thu, 21 Jul 2011

Thompson Brand Partners has created a new identity the National Railway Museum in York which aims to ‘connect generations’ through the story of railways.

Museum of London has great expectations for Dickens exhibition

Wed, 20 Jul 2011

The Museum of London is set to host a Dickens and London exhibition to mark next year’s bicentenary of the author’s birth, with exhibition design by the museum’s in-house team and a campaign by Cog Design.

Palestine ‘country brand’ plan mooted

Tue, 19 Jul 2011

Palestinian business leaders are looking to develop a ‘country brand’ for Palestine, which it will use for global promotion.

Create's Plates

Fri, 15 Jul 2011

New works by a raft of designers have been brought together by the East London Design Show as part of Create 11 - the annual arts and cultural programme.

53k brands online wine retailer

Thu, 14 Jul 2011

53k has branded and designed a website for online wine retailer Phillipe Alexander.

Conran & Partners works on new City of London restaurant

Wed, 13 Jul 2011

Conran & Partners is developing the interior concept for a new D&D London restaurant which will occupy the 18th-century Old Bengal Warehouse in the City of London. 

Anthony Burrill works on Amnesty International TV channel

Tue, 12 Jul 2011

Amnesty International is set to launch an online television channel which aims to humanise activism through entertainment and has been developed by a creative team which includes Anthony Burrill.

Shooting Stars

Fri, 8 Jul 2011

As the late Brian Duffy became increasingly ill from a degenerative lung disease his son, Chris Duffy, also a photographer,  began to piece together what would become the most comprehensive collection of his work.David Bowie, Aladdin Sane, 1973

Brandhouse repackages Jamaica Ginger Cake

Fri, 8 Jul 2011

McVitie’s Jamaica Ginger Cake has been given an identity and packaging overhaul by consultancy Brandhouse.

Making Future Collaboration

Wed, 6 Jul 2011

Digital technologies, art, design and science are finding new ways to share knowledge and make opportunities.

Hot Gossip

Tue, 5 Jul 2011

The Moniker Art Fair is launching Gossip Well Told – a London-based exhibition featuring the work of street artists from around the world.

Wearing out

Mon, 4 Jul 2011

The Kemistry gallery in London has announced its latest exhibition, Out Of My Head, by illustrator Paul Wearing.

Make It Clear creates Kew Gardens app

Mon, 4 Jul 2011

Make It Clear has designed a new iPhone app for the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew to guide visitors through the attraction with features including GPS mapping.

Springetts rebrands Saga

Fri, 1 Jul 2011

Springetts has designed a new identity for Saga, which is updating its brand for the first time in 35 years.

Studio Output brands X Factor star Cher Lloyd

Thu, 30 Jun 2011

Studio Output has created a brand for former X Factor finalist Cher Lloyd ahead of the release of her debut single.

Someone works on Chivas Regal branding

Wed, 29 Jun 2011

Heavy heaven

Mon, 27 Jun 2011

The Prodigy’s Maxim – along with the rest of his band - are better known as being big beat pioneers and purveyors of a shock aesthetic previously unknown in dance music.

Designers make sense of London's changing transport

23 June 2011

The London Transport Museum has enlisted a host of designers to work alongside its in-house team for the Sense and the City exhibition, which opens next month.Dare by Rian Hughes (left) and Helicopters for Everybody from Mechanix Illustrated

Tim Lindsay to take over at D&AD

Mon, 20 Jun 2011

Tim Lindsay has been appointed as the new chief executive of D&AD and will take over from Tim O’Kennedy in August.

KVB works for Middle East entertainment group

Thu, 16 Jun 2011

KVB Design has created a retail concept for Middle East home entertainment company Archemedia ahead of a global roll-out.

Five Foot Six aims high with Musto website

Tue, 14 Jun 2011

Five Foot Six has developed a new website for outdoor sports clothing brand Musto.

Light Bureau design director Paul Nulty launches consultancy

Fri, 10 Jun 2011

Paul Nulty has left lighting design consultancy Light Bureau, where he was design director, to set up his own practice, Paul Nulty Lighting Design.

Design Room Sport is on its way to Wembley with new FA Cup identity

9 June 2011

To The Point considers all the options as it creates brand for new social care service Optalis

9 June 2011

Dover Wartime Tunnels exhibition set to open

Tue, 7 Jun 2011

The Grade I-listed Dover Wartime Tunnels, which have been developed into a visitor experience and exhibition space by light architect Light Bureau and Danish design group Kvorning Design & Kommunikation, are set to open on 10 June.

Raw creates grassroots football resources

Fri, 3 Jun 2011

Raw is working for the Football Association to brand and design a range of online training resources for grassroots leagues and clubs.

Someone rebrands Pakistani broadband company

Thu, 2 Jun 2011

Consultancy Someone has rebranded Pakistani broadband company Wi-Tribe by creating a new brand language to support its existing identity.

Design House creates retail concept for Nuance Group's Duty Free Store

Wed, 1 Jun 2011

20/20 rebrands Hobbycraft

Tue, 31 May 2011

20/20 has designed a new brand and store interior for arts and crafts company Hobbycraft, with a look that the consultancy is calling ‘bright, colourful, spacious and feminine’.

Design bites

Thu, 26 May 2011

Continuing from yesterday’s Restaurants in Residence update, our hunger takes us further into design-led food ventures today.

East London's Create festival announces line-up for 2011

26 May 2011

Eating in the eighties

Wed, 25 May 2011

Celebrating the culinary and the incongruous, dining concept Restaurants in Residence will occupy a disused office block in Canary Wharf, which is being reimagined as a 1980s office.

Radiant Studios to rebrand Uefa Champions League

Mon, 23 May 2011

Radiant Studios has been appointed to overhaul the Uefa Champions League brand, which will be redesigned for next year’s competition.

Hargreaves review makes IP recommendations

Thu, 19 May 2011

A Government-initiated review into intellectual property has been delivered by Professor Ian Hargreaves, concluding that ten adjustments need to be made to current IP laws, which he sees as obstructive to innovation and economic growth.

Conran Singh in digital work for civic project Your Square Mile

Wed, 18 May 2011

Float creates Blackberry app for RBS

Mon, 16 May 2011

Float has designed an app for RBS which will launch on the new Blackberry Playbook tablet, set to be released in the UK next month.

A fairy tale of two halves

Thu, 12 May 2011

It’s two days before the FA Cup final and this has landed on our desk – the second in a series of collaborative publications from consultancy Fivefootsix.

The home of metal

Wed, 11 May 2011

Mephistophelian pacts, spandex onesies, pyrotechnics, poodle-perms, thrash- industrial- and death-, the gamut of metal runs wide and deep, but it’s rooted in the West Midlands.  The Home of Metal

RIBA installations go into Regent Street shops

Mon, 9 May 2011

The Royal Institute of British Architects has unveiled the finished window installations that have been designed in collaboration with architects for selected shops on London’s Regent Street.

WPP consultancies attempt Guinness world record in Cannes

Fri, 6 May 2011

The Brand Union and Lambie-Nairn are attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the world’s biggest book and will make their attempt at this year’s Cannes Also.

The Other Media creates new V&A website

Wed, 4 May 2011

Nice Agency works on Channel 4 iPad design

Thu, 28 Apr 2011

Channel 4 has announced the release of the 4oD iPad application designed by Nice Agency.

Take the stage

Fri, 15 Apr 2011

United Visual Artists designer Ben Kreukniet has just hit the pillow when we call. He’s been up all night putting the finishing touches to the main stage of Coachella, one of the biggest music festivals on the international circuit.Coachella

A funny old game

14 April 2011

Football clubs are increasingly on the ball in developing brand identities and marketing themselves. Tom Banks discovers that branding a football club in the 21st century is as much about what happens off the pitch as on it

Fallon sets up design group Made in Fallon

Wed, 13 Apr 2011

Pentagram ‘redefines’ the look of the RSA

Mon, 11 Apr 2011

The Royal Society of Arts is unveiling its new Pentagram-designed brand today, which is set to be rolled out over the next three to four months with the strapline ‘21st century enlightenment’.

Clearsilver creates dog welfare website for Battersea

Thu, 7 Apr 2011

Clearsilver has worked on a website for Battersea Dogs & Cats Home to create an online training and resource hub for dog welfare information.

Heavenly works on branding projects for Fulham FC

Wed, 6 Apr 2011

Amaze works on digital projects for Unilever

Mon, 4 Apr 2011

Amaze has been appointed as global digital partner to Unilever and given a portfolio of 68 websites to support. 

We Made That creates National Trust drawing room

Thu, 31 Mar 2011

We Made That has designed an alternative space for the drawing room of National Trust property Croome Court in Worcestershire.

DWHD creates collateral for City Year London charity

Tue, 29 Mar 2011

DWHD has designed an awareness brochure for new charity City Year London and created a website for a photography exhibition promoting the charity.

Urban Salon designs British Library exhibition

Fri, 25 Mar 2011

Urban Salon is designing the British Library’s Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination exhibition and will work with graphic designer John Morgan Studio to realise the project.

Budget promises economy-boosting measures

Thu, 24 Mar 2011

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has delivered the Budget 2011 with an emphasis on boosting the economy through reducing Corporation Tax, simplifying the tax system and exempting start-ups from domestic regulation.

National Maritime Museum interacts with Kin Design

Wed, 23 Mar 2011

Trocadero names DNA its digital partner

Mon, 21 Mar 2011

DNA Advertising has been appointed as the digital partner of shopping and entertainment complex the London Trocadero Centre by real estate firm Criterion Capital.

Reading room

Thu, 17 Mar 2011

Multidisciplinary consultancy Designers Front has designed an immersive reading environment which has appeared in Spitalfields Market in time for the paper-back launch of David Mitchell’s The Thousand Autumn’s of Jacob de Zoet, published today.

Lounge wizards

17 March 2011

High-end airport lounges offer international travellers a haven where they can escape from the stresses of air travel. Tom Banks looks at some of the latest developments and considers the future of lounge design

Future Brand creates ‘export icon’ for Peru

Tue, 15 Mar 2011

Future Brand has created a new brand for South American country Peru, designing an identity that will be principally used as a trade icon on exported goods.

Alienation Digital overhauls Bath University websites

Fri, 11 Mar 2011

Bath University has turned to Alienation Digital to overhaul its portfolio of websites following a tender involving more than 80 consultancies.

Foxall designs Watch That Label etail site

Wed, 9 Mar 2011

Foxall designs new fashion title Ponystep

Mon, 7 Mar 2011

Fashion industry blog Ponystep has launched as a print magazine with design by Foxall.

Print Futures Awards open to graphic designers

Fri, 4 Mar 2011

The Print Futures Awards are calling for entries, targeting the printing, publishing and graphic arts industries.

Pixel 8 rebrands Crowne Plaza hotels

Thu, 3 Mar 2011

Pixel 8 is rebranding the Crowne Plaza hotel brand to bring it in line with three ‘hallmark’ offers that make up the brand.

Studio Parris Wakefield is on the pulse with Citizen refresh

3 March 2011

Love Creative works up V Festival visuals

Wed, 2 Mar 2011

PLB brings Norwich Castle’s history to life

Tue, 1 Mar 2011

PLB is working on the design of a new Norwich Castle exhibition to reimagine its keep, with the use of borrowed medieval artifacts from the British Museum.

Waitrose to roll out home delivery website

Fri, 25 Feb 2011

Waitrose is set to unveil a new home delivery online platform - designed by Grand Union - which the retailer says it has invested more than £10m in.

Cowan repackages Heinz Big Soup

Tue, 22 Feb 2011

Cowan has redesigned the branding and packaging of Heinz Big Soup, which will be rolled out in a new convenience format.

Crest showroom to host top design brands

Mon, 21 Feb 2011

International design brands including Thonet, Artifort and Pallucco will be brought together at Crest Living’s first showroom, which opens in London in April.

Full Pick Me Up line-up unveiled

Fri, 18 Feb 2011

Graphic art fair Pick Me Up has announced its 2011 line-up, which will see Anthony Burrill set up an ‘open studio’ as designer-in-residence. He will be joined by exhibitors including Rose Blake and Mr Bingo.

Harrison creates Brighton Festival branding

Thu, 17 Feb 2011

Lee Broom designs Westfield Stratford lighting concept

Wed, 16 Feb 2011

The joys of spring

Mon, 14 Feb 2011

Some seasonal levity will be brought to London’s Berwick Street in Soho when Outline Editions unveils a series of spring themed graphic art commissions at its temporary gallery HQ.Landscape with Sunlight by Anthony Burrill

Light festival seeks North East creatives

Fri, 11 Feb 2011

This year’s Lumiere festival of light in Durham has added a new commissioning programme - Brilliant - with a call for entries announced targeting creatives ‘originally form the North East of England’.

Rose works on National Portrait Gallery show

Wed, 9 Feb 2011

Rebrand and new website for Scottish accountants

Tue, 8 Feb 2011

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland’s website is being redesigned by Realise Digital in a bid to increase user engagement as consultancy 17-7 works on a rebrand.

Mindful of silver

Thu, 3 Feb 2011

Mindful of Silver, is a new exhibition by The Goldsmiths Company showcasing twelve silver vessels by leading British silversmiths.

Designers, academics and a monk

Wed, 2 Feb 2011

Design heavyweights Jaime Hayon and Neville Brody will share a stage with Zen Buddhist Master Sante Poromaa in a Stockholm based event which looks at the changing role of the designer.Boost show

Speirs & Major designs urban LED light

Wed, 2 Feb 2011

Speirs & Major has designed a new light-emitting diode urban lighting concept for US manufacturer Ruud Lighting, which Ruud aims to produce commercially for cities worldwide.

Graphic design history

Fri, 28 Jan 2011

‘I Don’t Know Where I’m Going But I Want To Be There: The Expanding Field of Graphic Design 1900-2020,’ shouts the monochrome typographic cover of a new book in the discipline.The cover

Laura Cretara designs unified currency coin

Thu, 27 Jan 2011

A new coin struck by The Royal Mint will be unveiled at the World Money Fair in Berlin on Saturday.

Minibar for the mind

Wed, 26 Jan 2011

Imagine it: a minibar for the mind, somewhere to quench epistemological thirst, binge on intellect, inspiration and ideas and then settle a bill for it.

Hemisphere creates war correspondent exhibition

Wed, 19 Jan 2011

Hemisphere is working with The Imperial War Museum North in Manchester for the War Correspondents: Reporting Under Fire Since 1914 exhibition, which opens in May. The show will be an audio and visual affects-heavy exploration of the experiences of war reporters.

Start creates interactive shoe wall for Adidas

Mon, 17 Jan 2011

Start Creative has designed a 3D interactive touchscreen shoe wall for Adidas operated on new Intel hardware, which may be showcased in UK Adidas stores next year.

The boy in the oak

Thu, 13 Jan 2011

Jessica Albarn, illustrator and author of children’s book The Boy In The Oak, is adapting her novel into a short film narrated by Jude Law with a soundtrack by brother Damon Albarn.A still from The Boy in the Oak

Gregor Muir appointed as ICA executive director

Tue, 11 Jan 2011

The Institute of Contemporary Arts has appointed Gregor Muir as its executive director.

Channel 4’s T4 in design overhaul

Fri, 7 Jan 2011

Channel 4’s youth programming series T4 will unveil a design overhaul tomorrow with a set of 20 new robot-themed idents and on-screen graphics by Double G Studios and set design by Rudi Thackray.

Industry experts predict steady recovery for 2011

Thu, 6 Jan 2011

Sapient Nitro works on AA and Saga websites

Wed, 5 Jan 2011

Sapient Nitro will redesign websites for the AA and Saga after being retained by Acromas Holdings, which owns both brands.

Corporation Pop works on Creamfields campaign

Wed, 22 Dec 2010

Corporation Pop will design the online and offline campaign for festival Creamfields 2011 following its appointment from a three-way pitch.

Echo works on Carling brand brief

Tue, 21 Dec 2010

Echo has been appointed by Molson Coors as strategic brand partner for Carling to drive the lager to a broader audience.

Llowarch Llowarch creates Cob arts space

Fri, 17 Dec 2010

A new artistic space, Cob Studios and Gallery, will open in London’s Camden in February 2011, designed by Llowarch Llowarch Architects.

Tweetmas

Wed, 15 Dec 2010

Digit is looking to find how the meaning of Christmas changes over the course of the festive period in a ‘reverse advent’ concept where data will be captured everyday and presented in the new year in a tangible form.

Mind Unit works on postal archive website

Tue, 14 Dec 2010

The British Postal Museum & Archive has appointed Mind Unit to create a new website, which will launch ahead of the organisation’s new £17m museum due to open in Swindon in 2013.

Precedent creates website for international schools

Thu, 9 Dec 2010

Precedent has designed a new website for ACS International Schools with an emphasis on interaction and exploration for prospective students and parents thinking of relocating to London.

Never judge a book by its cover

Wed, 8 Dec 2010

Penguin Books and London gallery Stolen Space’s exhibition Never Judge… is an invitation to question the proverbial, casting an eye over reinterpretations of book cover art by selected illustrators and designers.

Start brands British Inspiration Trust

Tue, 7 Dec 2010

Start Creative has designed an identity for the British Inspiration Trust, a new charitable foundation set up by Phil Packer, winner of the 2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award.

Airstream creates interiors for Qatar bank

Fri, 3 Dec 2010

Airstream Design has designed an interior concept for the QNB bank in Doha, which will open in the residential and shopping development Pearl.

Magpie Studio thinks outside the box to bag printer's brief

2nd December 2010

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.

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.

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.

Bodyshop team works on Aids initiative

Wed, 24 Nov 2010

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

Reverting to type

Fri, 19 Nov 2010

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

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.

Intellectual property law shake-up welcomed

Wed, 17 Nov 2010

Dids Macdonald

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Time after time

4 November 2010

Annual charity events such as the Poppy Appeal require hard-hitting new work each year. Tom Banks looks at how consultancies and charities work to achieve this, while maintaining overall brand values

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.

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.

Cannes Lions launches effectiveness award

Thu, 28 Oct 2010

The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival has announced the launch of the Cannes Creative Effectiveness Lions in 2011, a new award which merits design.

Tak co-founder Dom Murphy to join Wieden & Kennedy in US

Mon, 25 Oct 2010

Dom Murphy, co-founder of digital consultancy Tak, is to join Wieden & Kennedy in Portland in the US, where he will work with ex-Poke co-founder Iain Tait.

Code Computer Love to redesign Smooth Radio website

Thu, 21 Oct 2010

Code Computer Love has been appointed to redesign the website for Smooth Radio.

Design Symposium North programme unveiled

Tue, 19 Oct 2010

Design Symposium North in Liverpool has announced its programme, with speakers to include designer Adrian Shaughnessy and Moving Brands founder James Bull.

Public-designed 50p coins unveiled

Thu, 14 Oct 2010

The Royal Mint has unveiled a series of 50p coins celebrating the Olympics – designed by the British public – which are to be put into circulation.

Pole position

Wed, 13 Oct 2010

Established and Sons will demonstrate the strength of its 2mm thick Surface Table with the aid of a carefully balanced 300kg F1 McLaren car.The Surface table complete with a McLaren car

Factory Design to work on cabin interiors with Marshall Aerospace

Mon, 11 Oct 2010

Factory Design and Marshall Aerospace have agreed a memorandum of understanding which will see consultancy and company collaborate on the design of cabin interior programmes.

Olympic Park renamed Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Thu, 7 Oct 2010

Plans for the future of the London 2012 Olympic Park have been unveiled by Mayor Boris Johnson and Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, which include renaming the area Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

You are in control

Wed, 6 Oct 2010

Iceland is a strange, beautiful and complex country with a thriving digital industry and a rapidly expanding creative sector.

Science Museum could host LDF events

Tue, 5 Oct 2010

The Science Museum could be brought into the fold more directly at next year’s London Design Festival.

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.

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.

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.

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’.

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.

Onedotzero organisers adopt a utopian vision of the future

16 September 2010

This year’s edition of moving image festival Onedotzero Adventures in Motion will have a utopian theme that will attempt to bring about a more optimistic view of the sector’s future, the organisers say.

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.

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.

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.

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.  

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.

British Heart Foundation launches design roster

Wed, 25 Aug 2010

The British Heart Foundation has announced its first roster, which it is describing as a ’support network’.

Derry regeneration group seeks graphics framework

Tue, 24 Aug 2010

Derry urban regeneration company Ilex URC is setting up a framework for graphic design, artwork and print management services, and requires a maximum of three providers.

Open City searches for Jane Priestman successor

Fri, 20 Aug 2010

Following Jane Priestman’s decision to step down as chairwoman of Open City after 18 years, the architecture organisation is now looking to appoint her successor.

Six hopefuls chosen for Trafalgar Square fourth plinth

Thu, 19 Aug 2010

The Fourth Plinth Programme today unveiled six designs which will compete for the coveted public art space in London’s Trafalgar Square.

Old media

Wed, 18 Aug 2010

Contemporary arts centre Arnolfini will present three exhibitions as part of its Old Media season, exploring the history of software art and the impact of technology set against progress, consumerism and globalisation.Coal Fired Computers by YoHa in collaboration ...

300 Million brands superyachts for Imperial

Wed, 18 Aug 2010

London consultancy 300 Million is creating brands for individual superyachts managed by yacht company Imperial, which the consultancy is rebranding for the Monaco Yacht Show.

Pearlfisher works on London debut for US restaurant chain

Tue, 17 Aug 2010

Pearlfisher has designed the on-pack graphics and menus for sustainable restaurant chain Otarian, which is opening two branches in London tomorrow – on Wardour Street and Shaftesbury Avenue.

Michael Grade and Wayne Hemingway to speak at Bristol Media event

Fri, 13 Aug 2010

Design luminaries Wayne Hemingway and Nicolas Roope will join business development consultant Blair Enns and broadcast executive Michael Grade as keynote speakers for design network Bristol Media’s conference Vision.

That's a wrap

Wed, 11 Aug 2010

New graphic design and illustration magazine Wrap will launch in October and showcase work as pull-out wrapping paper. 

Online music magazine Stunt courts specialist audience

12 August 2010

Both new online music magazine Stunt, which is preparing for launch, and Drowned in Sound, which is redesigning to mark its tenth anniversary, are aiming for a clean editorial-led and content-driven design to engage specialist audiences.

Alienation designs website for Edinburgh’s Usher Hall

Tue, 10 Aug 2010

Alienation Digital is creating a new website for Edinburgh’s recently modernised Usher Hall to better engage customers and ease the ticket-buying process.

BBC to appoint seven to creative services roster

Fri, 6 Aug 2010

The BBC has clarified that it currently has nine consultancies on its creative services roster and it will appoint up to seven under its new roster, which is currently at PQQ stage.

BBC slashes creative roster by more than half

Wed, 4 Aug 2010

The BBC stands to slash its creative services roster to less than half of its original size.

Onedotzero festival programme unveiled

Tue, 3 Aug 2010

Festival Onedotzero returns in November with a series of new commissions looking at moving image and digital innovation.

Dixon Baxi creates 13th Street Universal ident

Fri, 30 Jul 2010

Dixon Baxi has created an on-screen ident for pan-European TV channel 13th Street Universal, which will launch in September.

Seriously playful

Wed, 28 Jul 2010

This Nokia Kinetic concept phone uses kinetic movement to stand itself up as a call comes in.

Heavenly recruits Andy York from Interbrand

Tue, 27 Jul 2010

Heavenly has appointed Andy York from Interbrand as its head of verbal identity - a new role which the consultancy says will see York challenge brands to use language more effectively.

Second set of Royal Mail’s London 2012 stamps released

Fri, 23 Jul 2010

The second set of the Royal Mail’s London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games stamps have been unveiled today and feature work by ten different illustrators across ten stamps. 

Billings Jackson works on New York plazas

Thu, 22 Jul 2010

Billings Jackson Design will work on the plazas of New York’s Broadway, following a competition to improve the pedestrian experience in an area which includes Times Square.

New Bristol role for Bennett boosts profile of city branding

22 July 2010

’I’ve never had a proper job,’ says co-founder of digital group E3 Media, Mike Bennett, who is to step down as chief executive of design body Bristol Media to become ’place-making director’ of Bristol.

Neighbour works on clothing store for ex-Oasis singer Liam Gallagher

Tue, 20 Jul 2010

Former Oasis singer Liam Gallagher’s clothing label Pretty Green will open a pop-up store on London’s Carnaby Street with interior design and branded environment work carried out by Neighbour.

On the money

Fri, 16 Jul 2010

The rupee has joined the pound, the dollar, the yen and the euro by being cast as a symbol.

The Clearing brands charity set up by acid-attack victim

Wed, 14 Jul 2010

The Clearing has created the branding for the Katie Piper Foundation, an organisation set up by acid-attack victim Katie Piper.

Arts Team works on Doncaster performance venue

Mon, 12 Jul 2010

Doncaster Council has unveiled the plans for its £22.5m performance venue designed by Arts Team.

BBC uses Research Studios visual language in new website

Thu, 8 Jul 2010

The BBC will launch a revamped news website in the next week using the global visual language established by Neville Brody and Research Studios earlier this year.

Nixon works as lead consultancy for Sharp’s brewery

Tue, 6 Jul 2010

Cornish group Nixon has become the lead consultancy for Sharp’s Brewery following a three-way pitch against Gendall and Hush Creative, as the company prepares to position real ale as an aspirational product for younger drinkers. 

TfL plans cable car to cross the Thames

Mon, 5 Jul 2010

A new cable-car system that will straddle the Thames, linking the Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks, is being designed.

20/20 works on Club Level areas for Arsenal

Wed, 30 Jun 2010

Arsenal Football Club’s Club Level areas are being redesigned by 20/20 in time for the new season, with Tom Dixon furnishings chosen by furniture supplier Viaduct.

Government to review entire website portfolio

Mon, 28 Jun 2010

The Government will review all of its websites, following a report by the Central Office of Information into the cost of procuring website design and maintaining sites.

Jack Morton works on World Cup ceremonies

Thu, 24 Jun 2010

The closing ceremony of the football World Cup in South Africa will ‘celebrate the fans’ and is being delivered by Jack Morton Worldwide, which will provide creative, production and technical consultancy.

Ico Design works on Science Museum interactives

Tue, 22 Jun 2010

Ico Design has created three interactive installations for London’s Science Museum, which is set to open two galleries in its refurbished Wellcome Wing this weekend.

Danny Boyle to lead design of Olympic ceremonies

Thu, 17 Jun 2010

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games has announced that the opening and closing ceremonies will be curated by filmmakers Danny Boyle, Stephen Daldry and Hamish Hamilton with stage and set designer Mark Fisher, and Catherine Ugwu working as consultant and creative director for ceremonies. 

Household gives deli feel to Waitrose format

Tue, 15 Jun 2010

Waitrose will open a new-format convenience store in Cambridge on Thursday with wayfinding, in-store graphics and communications by Household and interiors by German consultancy Interstore Schweitzer.

Centre for Competitive Creative Design to reveal results

Mon, 14 Jun 2010

Results from the Centre for Competitive Creative Design will be presented on 28 June to show how London College of Communication and Cranfield University are producing ‘practical and conceptual’ research, according to institution directors.

You spin me right round

Thu, 10 Jun 2010

Lomography’s new panoramic camera, the Spinner 360, was unveiled at its London store last night.

Consultancies work on Good Energy repositioning

Wed, 9 Jun 2010

Studio Makgill has redesigned the identity of renewable electricity supplier Good Energy in a project involving three other consultancies, which together are repositioning the company.

V Group creates lettuce branding

Mon, 7 Jun 2010

V Group has branded and designed packaging for a new lettuce range by Natures Way Foods which is exclusive to Waitrose.

Hair-raising footie fun

Thu, 3 Jun 2010

Eight days to go till the World Cup starts, Design Week’s Panini sticker album is brimming and our inboxes are bulging from unsolicited World Cup projects. Here’s one of our favourites.

Five consultancies dropped as BBC reviews roster

Wed, 2 Jun 2010

Elmwood, Love Creative, Designate, Inferno and Easy Tiger have all been dropped from the BBC’s marketing communications and design services roster.

Bulletproof creates new identity for Wembley Stadium

Tue, 1 Jun 2010

Bulletproof has designed a new identity for Wembley Stadium, which will spearhead a sponsorship programme running to 2014.

Airside creates new website for under-threat BBC Asian Network

Wed, 26 May 2010

Airside has designed a new website for BBC Asian Network, the radio station which has been threatened with closure by BBC director-general Mark Thompson.

Hotel conference addresses the next decade's challenges

27 May 2010

Forecasters are saying turbulence and uncertainty in the coming decade will present hotels with new problems for design to challenge and change.

Branded works to reposition Clinton Cards

Tue, 25 May 2010

Clinton Cards is being repositioned by consultancy Branded in a project which will see the retailer’s entire portfolio reviewed, including store design.

Magnetic North creates destination website for Manchester

Fri, 21 May 2010

Magnetic North has worked closely with creative director of Manchester Peter Saville on a destination website for the city.

Design industry welcomes Vince Cable's Government appointment

Thu, 20 May 2010

Design industry observers say former Liberal Democrat economic spokesman Vince Cable’s appointment as Secretary of State for Business Innovation & Skills bodes well for the sector.

Michael Johnson and Wolfgang Weingart talk at St Bride event

Tue, 18 May 2010

Johnson Banks co-founder Michael Johnson and typographer Wolfgang Weingart will speak about a growing trend toward self-initiated design projects at this year’s St Bride Conference in London next week.

Ilse Crawford show goes to Sotheby’s

Thu, 13 May 2010

The Design Academy Eindhoven’s Questions show, which is co-curated by Ilse Crawford, will be exhibited and sold at Sotheby’s London this week.

Digital conference I-Design leaves London Design Festival

Wed, 12 May 2010

Digital conference I-Design will not take place during London Design Festival this year, instead moving to a date in February 2011 to target more students in term-time and to help organisers put together a funding strategy.

British Interactive Media Association relaunches with expansion plans

Fri, 7 May 2010

The British Interactive Media Association has relaunched, announcing its expansion throughout the UK and its commitment to digital.

Design groups work on Yorkshire museum refurbishment project

6 May 2010

Yorkshire Museum in York is undergoing a £2m overhaul with permanent exhibition design by Studio MB, Campbell & Co and The One Off. All the consultancies have been commissioned by York Museums Trust.

Polimekanos rebrands museum project Museumaker

Tue, 4 May 2010

Polimekanos has rebranded Museumaker, a project initiated by Renaissance East Midlands and Arts Council England which sees museums paired with designers who are commissioned to create objects referencing museum collections.

Simon Waterfall resurfaces with new venture Fray

Wed, 28 Apr 2010

Poke co-founder Simon Waterfall says that his new consultancy Fray will serve to ’defend creativity’ above all else.

Randak brands insurance company

Tue, 27 Apr 2010

Randak has designed an identity for W&P Longreach, a new company formed from the merger of specialist insurers Walton & Parkinson and Longreach.

Eco Graphics creates logo for housing association

Fri, 23 Apr 2010

Eco Graphics has designed a new identity for Spitalfields Housing Association and a campaign that will aim to serve and improve Bangladeshi communities. 

The Web Well works on Cadbury Ice Cream

Wed, 21 Apr 2010

Cadbury Ice Cream will launch a website designed by The Web Well tomorrow, which aims to spearhead a campaign for the product based on Great British Beaches.

Universities design digital tagging service

Mon, 19 Apr 2010

A consortium of universities has designed a service that allows users to tag objects with RFID or QR technology. This enables information and personal stories to be attached to them, creating ‘a networked museum of social history’.

Morag Myerscough works on Vintage at Goodwood festival

Wed, 14 Apr 2010

Wayne Hemingway (pictured) has spoken about design direction at his inaugural Vintage at Goodwood festival, which is being led by Morag Myerscough and Hemingway’s wife Gerardine.

LMNO brands music company The Local

Tue, 13 Apr 2010

LMNO Computer Projects has created a new identity and website for music promotions company The Local.

Benjamin Shine designs recycled bag for Eurostar

Fri, 9 Apr 2010

A train manager’s bag for Eurostar staff has been designed by Benjamin Shine using reclaimed staff uniforms and train seating.

Precedent works on Welsh Athletics digital drive

Wed, 7 Apr 2010

Welsh Athletics will unveil a new website designed by Precedent this week in an attempt to make the organisation appear more inclusive and inspire involvement from schools, coaches and professional athletes.

NME unveils ‘mature’ redesign

Tue, 6 Apr 2010

NME has undergone a redesign led by art director Joe Frost in a bid to make the title more ‘heavyweight’ and  ‘mature’, following Krissi Murison’s appointment as editor last year.

Stiff & Trevillion works on The Arts Club refurbishment

Wed, 31 Mar 2010

Architect Stiff & Trevillion is working on a refurbishment of The Arts Club in London, as Lambie-Nairn prepares to launch a new identity for the Mayfair-based club.

Elmwood brands Cable & Wireless Communications

Tue, 30 Mar 2010

Elmwood has created a new identity for Cable & Wireless Communications, one of two groups created following the demerger of the 140-year-old Cable & Wireless plc.

Conference proposals to link universities with industry and business

Fri, 26 Mar 2010

Three ideas to stimulate innovation in the design and creative industries will be considered at a conference hosted by the University of Brighton today.

Sounds in harmony

Wed, 24 Mar 2010

London consultancy Someone has named and designed the certification mark for Music Matters, a music industry collective which will look to safeguard the value of music and identify legal music services through the trustmark.

Southern Water calls in designers to help reduce water consumption

Mon, 22 Mar 2010

Southern Water is asking designers and engineers to work with its customers on a water-saving scheme that will see 600 water meters installed each week across the supplier’s catchment area from June onwards.

BBC approaches non-rostered consultancies in frameworks review

Wed, 17 Mar 2010

The BBC has been actively approaching non-rostered consultancies to appoint to its strategy and identity design services roster, ahead of a proposed roster review at the end of May.

Social UK creates identity for Heart radio charity

Mon, 15 Mar 2010

Social UK has created an identity for charity Have a Heart – set up by Global Radio’s Heart network – and a campaign identity.

Royal College of Art plans Milan exhibition

Fri, 12 Mar 2010

London’s Royal College of Art will have a presence at the Milan furniture fair’s Salone satellite exhibition this year, taking residence in a disused factory to present Hotel RCA, a collection of work by 90 students and graduates.

Plans emerge for multiple design embassies at LDF

Wed, 10 Mar 2010

The London Design Embassy may be renamed the British Design Embassy and appear at several locations across London in this year’s London Design Festival, Design Week understands.

BBC design rosters up for review

Tue, 9 Mar 2010

Two BBC design rosters will come up for review at the end of May as the broadcaster undergoes a public consultation, following director-general Mark Thompson’s strategy review.

Lin Dickens leaves Aricot Vert

Thu, 4 Mar 2010

Aricot Vert founder and managing director Lin Dickens is leaving the consultancy after more than 20 years at the helm. 

Eno and Harrison & Co unveil fruits of collaboration for Brighton Festival

25 February 2010

Artist and musician Brian Eno’s art direction and Harrison & Co’s branding for this year’s Brighton Festival will be unveiled today, alongside a bill revealing digital, gaming and soundscape design.

Italian design brand Skitsch to open in UK

Mon, 22 Feb 2010

Italian contemporary design brand Skitsch is opening a UK store in March, with interior design by Italian architect Studio Blast Architetti.

Carbon Trust seeks design consultancies

Thu, 18 Feb 2010

The Carbon Trust is looking to establish a new framework of consultancies and appoint a lead group to address its branding, digital and print communications.

Ware Anthony Rust works on biomedical website

Tue, 16 Feb 2010

Cambridge-based consultancy Ware Anthony Rust is branding and designing a new website for Biomedical Research Centres, based around a ‘molecular structure metaphor’.

GRDD designs art debate forum

Fri, 12 Feb 2010

GRDD has won a three-way pitch to design a website for the Great British Art Debate, a four-year collaboration between Tate Britain and three other institutions.

Event works with Zaha Hadid on Glasgow museum

Wed, 10 Feb 2010

Event Communications’ interior and exhibition design plans for the Riverside Museum in Glasgow will incorporate ’art and textile’ exhibits and will avoid running along thematic zones, the consultancy says.

New whisky website showcases illustrators

Tue, 9 Feb 2010

Form, Devilfish and Rehab Studio have collaborated to create a new website for Berry Bros & Rudd-owned whisky brand Cutty Sark, which will showcase the work of illustrators.

Youngsters explore British Museum with GRDD game

Mon, 8 Feb 2010

Graphics and interactive consultancy GRDD has created an online computer game for the British Museum.

Jason Bruges and Daniel Hirschmann unveil new works at Kinetica

Thu, 4 Feb 2010

Jason Bruges Studio and Daniel Hirschmann are among designers unveiling work at the Kinetica Art Fair.

Kin Design unveils hanging sculpture for MA showcase

04 February 2010

Kin Design will unveil a hanging sculpture consisting of three touchscreens and 100 digital picture frames to showcase the portfolios of MA students at the London College of Fashion’s exhibition show.

Heavenly rebrands finance company Creditsafe

Fri, 29 Jan 2010

Heavenly has rebranded credit-referencing company Creditsafe, creating a new identity with the tagline ‘Simply smarter’.

CMW works on Kellogg’s Krave digital campaign

Thu, 28 Jan 2010

CMW is working on a digital campaign to help Kellogg’s launch its first cereal aimed at 16- to 25-year-olds in the UK.

Havering youth centre gets £4.7m Myplace green light

28 January 2010

A £4.7m youth centre has been given the go-ahead in the London Borough of Havering under the Big Lottery Fund’s Myplace scheme. It aims to become the first carbon-neutral building in the borough.

Barbican seeks digital consultancy to overhaul website

Tue, 26 Jan 2010

The Barbican is calling on digital consultancies to show expressions of interest in overhauling its website, which the arts centre wants to use to ‘engage audiences in new ways’.

Mango Architecture creates Battery restaurant space

Fri, 22 Jan 2010

Mango Architecture has designed the interior of Battery, a new ‘lighthouse-style’ rooftop restaurant that was conceived by Philippe Starck and previously occupied by Nobu. 

Just browsing, thanks

21 January 2010

Sales of packaged games may be in decline, but it’s just a format thing - new software means the action is now all online, reports Tom Banks

B&B Studio brands new gum Peppersmith

Mon, 18 Jan 2010

B&B Studio has named and branded a new chewing gum, Peppersmith, which is being launched by two ex-employees of juice brand Innocent.

Kensington Palace hosts ‘multi-sensory exhibition’

Thu, 14 Jan 2010

Kensington Palace is set to host a ‘multi-sensory exhibition’ which will ‘open up’ the world of the royal court with installations, soundscapes, interactive theatre, film and fashion.

Festival explores symbiosis between craft and digital art

14 January 2010

Separated by more than 100 years and seemingly different principles, the Arts and Crafts Movement and digital design would seem unlikely bedfellows, but Lovebytes - a digital festival opening this month in Sheffield - will show them to be underpinned by the same mode of thought.

Futurebrand continues board restructure with CEO appointment

Tue, 12 Jan 2010

Futurebrand is continuing to rebuild its management team with the appointment of Patrick Smith as chief executive worldwide, following a cull of senior staff last year.

Electrolux seeks ‘second space age’ designs

Fri, 8 Jan 2010

The ‘second space age’ will be the theme of this year’s Electrolux Design Lab competition, which is open to industrial design graduates and undergraduates.

5.5 Designers creates La Cie flash keys

Wed, 6 Jan 2010

5.5 Designers has designed two USB flash keys for La Cie, based on the design of La Cie’s Iama Key, which has won an Observeur du Design award.

Cogapp creates infinite snowflake

Wed, 23 Dec 2009

Coggapp has created an ‘infinite snowflake’ application for its website, where users can design, save and send digital snowflake creations.

Totally creates Gurkha charity website

Mon, 21 Dec 2009

Totally Communications has designed a new website for The Gurkha Welfare Trust.

Uefa Euro 2012 football identity unveiled

Tue, 15 Dec 2009

The Uefa Euro 2012 identity, designed by Portuguese group Brandia Central has been unveiled in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, which will co-host the competition finals along with Poland.

Bentley Holland designs Copenhagen climate change book

Fri, 11 Dec 2009

Bentley Holland and Partners has created a book for the Department for Children, Schools and Families, presenting the environmental views of children to delegates at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen.

Restructure at Interbrand as splinter group breaks away

Wed, 9 Dec 2009

Three senior Interbrand staff are leaving to form their own breakaway consultancy in the new year.Creative directors Andy Howell and Jonathan Hubbard, and head of verbal identity Pete Dewar, will leave Interbrand in February to set up the consultancy, which will be’a creative business, within branding but not in direct competition with Interbrand’, according to Hubbard.The new venture, which is yet to be named, will be London-based.Interbrand managing ...

Virgin Galactic spaceship set to be unveiled

Mon, 7 Dec 2009

Virgin Galactic’s Space Ship Two will be unveiled in the Mojave Desert, California, later today, following a five-year project which has seen interiors of the craft designed by Seymour Powell and branding by Start Creative.

Survey shows 43% of designers waiting for end of recession to change job

Thu, 3 Dec 2009

Once the UK’s recession comes to an end, up to 38 per cent of staff at UK design consultancies will flood the job market, according to new research.A survey of 567 clients of recruitment agency Gabriele Skelton reveals that 19 per cent of executive-level bosses, 36 per cent of directors, 53 per cent of managers and 47 per cent of co-ordinators and assistants intend to move to other companies when the recession ends.About 43 per cent of designers are planning ...

Dunning Eley Jones creates launch visuals for Italian TV channel

Tue, 1 Dec 2009

Dunning Eley Jones has created the visual identity for new Italian digital television channel Cielo.

Brian Eno named artistic director for 2010 Brighton Festival

Mon, 30 Nov 2009

Musician Brian Eno will take the role of guest artistic director for next year’s Brighton Festival, working with Harrison, which is designing the festival’s branding.

Boris Johnson adds Farrell and Parry to London design panel

Fri, 27 Nov 2009

London Mayor Boris Johnson has expanded his Design Advisory Panel to include architects Sir Terry Farrell and Eric Parry.

Patricia Urquiola creates Barcelona hotel interiors

Thu, 26 Nov 2009

Patricia Urquiola has designed the interior of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Barcelona, which opens today. Urquiola claims that she ‘has not worked on looks, but on the sensation of mental quality and comfort’.

Small Back Room brands Northumberland in tourism drive

Tue, 24 Nov 2009

Small Back Room has branded the county of Northumberland in a £40 000 project for Northumberland Tourism.

Digital group Fjord opens in Madrid

Fri, 13 Nov 2009

Digital consultancy Fjord is opening an office in Madrid as part of a growth strategy to bring the consultancy to new markets.

Brighton event tackles state of digital education

12 November 2009

‘Are people on courses picking up the right skills? The feedback we get from our portfolio clinics is that 90 per cent of graduates are unemployable,’ says Phil Jones, managing director of Wired Sussex.Wired Sussex, which works in partnership with the University of Brighton to help Sussex-based digital businesses develop, will host seminar Digital by Design: Create and Debate this week. Regional figureheads from digital industry and education will meet in Brighton and discuss ...

To The Point brands online wine merchant

Mon, 9 Nov 2009

Consultancy To The Point is developing a brand for new online wine trading merchant LHK Fine Wines.

Peugeot unveils emission-free car

Thu, 5 Nov 2009

Peugeot has unveiled a four-seater, 2.5m-long car which it claims gives off no emissions.

Rudd Studio brands See Saw VoD service

Tue, 3 Nov 2009

Rudd Studio has designed the static and animated identities for See Saw, a new video-on-demand service.

Pinched Post releases pumpkin font for Halloween

Fri, 30 Oct 2009

Design group Pinched Post has developed a Halloween font based on a ‘matrix system’, allowing the typeface to be punctured into pumpkins.

Big Active designs Youth Music charity book

Thu, 29 Oct 2009

A book featuring artwork inspired by Rankin’s music photography has been designed by consultancy Big Active to celebrate charity Youth Music’s tenth birthday.

Public competition launched to design Youth Olympic Games medal

Tue, 27 Oct 2009

The International Olympic Committee has announced a public competition to design a medal for the Youth Olympic Games.

Kinnersley Kent brands new womenswear boutiques

Mon, 26 Oct 2009

Kinnersley Kent Design has created the identity and store interiors for new womenswear brand Mint Velvet, which is rolling out across 14 concessions and two boutiques from this week.

Graphic designer works on Leeds tunnel

Fri, 23 Oct 2009

The redesigned Neville Street Tunnel in Leeds opened this morning, following a £4.6m overhaul to create a ‘contemporary gateway’ to the city.

To The Point creates websites for science research

Thu, 22 Oct 2009

To The Point has been appointed by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to work with Research Councils UK to design websites for three research programmes.

Constellation Europe packs ‘keep wine fresh’

Tue, 20 Oct 2009

Wine producer Constellation Europe has designed a new large-format packaging solution with packaging group Drink Works.

Whitestone designs anti-doping logo

Fri, 16 Oct 2009

Whitestone has created a new identity for United Kingdom Anti-Doping, a new governmental organisation set up by UK Sport.

Reading Room expands Australian operations

Wed, 14 Oct 2009

Digital consultancy Reading Room is expanding further into Australia, opening an office in Brisbane, Queensland - its third in the country since 2001. This means that the UK group, which has offices in London and Manchester employing 100, now has a presence in Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane. Margaret Manning, chief executive at the consultancy, says, ‘Australia has already come out of recession and it’s an amazing growth market.’ The Australian economy ...

Turquoise rebrands Saudi TV channel

Fri, 9 Oct 2009

Turquoise has rebranded Saudi Television station STV’s 24-hour news channel STV Al-Ekhbariya, using time as a metaphor in its identity, newsroom and news desk. 

Quinine Design creates Orange store ‘experience’

Tue, 6 Oct 2009

Quinine Design has designed a new Orange Multimedia Store focused on ‘experience’ instead of selling, which opens in Milton Keynes today.

Glue London creates digital presence for Stem initiative

Fri, 2 Oct 2009

Glue London has designed a new website encouraging 11- to 16-year-olds to take science and maths A-levels, for the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Pingo Doce packs given 'daring' look by Wren & Rowe

01 October 2009

Wren & Rowe is designing 52 packaging ranges for Portuguese supermarket Pingo Doce, for a six-figure fee that will see the roll out of 250 repackaged products, starting this month.

Rehab Studio creates Visit England social media tool

Tue, 29 Sep 2009

Rehab Studio has created a social media tool for tourism body Visit England, to help businesses in the leisure and tourism sector use social media to their advantage.

Untitled London creates mobile cash site

Mon, 28 Sep 2009

Untitled London has created a mobile-specific site for Ukash, a company which facilitates online cash transactions.

Tune in to the vibe

24th September 2009

Bombarded by visual branding, how often do we spare a thought for the audio equivalent? Tom Banks reports on sonic identity consultancy

Innovision works on BBC Sports Personality of the Year

Mon, 21 Sep 2009

Innovision has won a BBC tender to design the set for this year’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year, following a creative pitch process.

Student creates new Olympic logo

Tue, 15 Sep 2009

Olympics minister Tessa Jowell has revealed the new Olympics education logo, designed by Reiss Evans, winner of a design competition open to 16- to 21-year-olds.

Robot surgeons go on show

Mon, 7 Sep 2009

A new exhibition will open to the public tomorrow exploring robotic advances in surgery and prototype designs for micro-robots which can work inside the body.

Artillery creates FX idents

Fri, 4 Sep 2009

Brighton-based consultancy Artillery Design has created a new campaign for cable TV channel FX which will launch tonight.

Land Design’s Centre of the Cell exhibition opens

Thu, 3 Sep 2009

Land Design has created a new exhibition space for the Centre of the Cell, a children’s science and education centre which opens today at Queen Mary’s School of Medicine in London.

Pubs call time on poor design

03rd September 2009

Pubs may be disappearing, but sympathetic owners are ensuring foodies and traditionalists alike are well served by good design, says Tom Banks

Bow Wow International creates exhibition identity

September 2009 Online

Bow Wow International has designed the identity of MeWecycle, an exhibition hosted by French gallery Colette, which will host the work of several UK designers. 

Equality and Human Rights Commission looks at brand

Wed, 26 Aug 2009

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has put out two tenders in quick succession - the first to address brand strategy and the second to work on a campaign for its advice and guidance helpline.

Myerson and Pearson Lloyd at Vienna Design Week

Tue, 25 Aug 2009

This year’s Vienna Design Week will feature Helen Hamlyn Centre director Jeremy Myerson and UK designers Pearson Lloyd and Thomas Bene on its bill.

New York’s Parsons appoints new director

Mon, 24 Aug 2009

Parsons The New School for Design has appointed Radhika Subramaniam as director and chief curator of the Sheila C Johnson Design Center.

HMKM brands New York hotel

Fri, 21 Aug 2009

HMKM has designed the identity for the Crosby Street Hotel in New York, Firmdale Hotels’ first venture outside the UK.

The Yard works on 'gourmet' kebab brand

Thu, 20 Aug 2009

The Yard Creative is branding and creating the interior of the UK franchise for Sunshine Kebabs, an Australian restaurant venture set to open in the food court of shopping centre Westfield Merry Hill in the West Midlands.Following a recommendation, the consultancy was chosen via a credentials pitch ahead of two other groups.The chain of 21 outlets is looking to approach the UK with a renewed offer, having asked the consultancy to identify the freshness of its ...

Mike Exon leaves Digit

Tue, 18 Aug 2009

Digit editorial director Mike Exon is leaving the consultancy to pursue other career plans after a mutual decision to part with the digital group.

Blue Marlin rebrands Turkish snacks range

Fri, 14 Aug 2009

Blue Marlin has created a new identity and packaging designs for Turkish snack brand Mavi Yesil’s entire range.

Two consultancies work on branding and digital briefs at Ashmolean

Wed, 12 Aug 2009

Jane Wentworth Associates is working on a new identity for the Ashmolean museum, which will launch in November, alongside the institution’s £61m refurbishment (DW 6 August).

Karim Rashid to speak at Pentawards

Tue, 11 Aug 2009

The Brussels Design Forum will host this year’s Pentawards – the packaging awards competition – with talks focusing on two themes, packaging and European design competitions.

Disney to launch ‘boy focused’ TV channel

Mon, 10 Aug 2009

Disney has turned to US consultancy Loyalkaspar to create the identity of DisneyXD, a new ‘boy focused, girl inclusive’ TV channel, which will be used in a multiplatform campaign ahead of the channel’s launch on 31 August.

Website to showcase moving image work

Fri, 7 Aug 2009

A new moving image website will aim to showcase the best work in creative disciplines and host debates among film-makers, producers and curators.

Comic designers aim to ‘unmask corruption’

Thu, 6 Aug 2009

A comic design competition has been announced by action group Ctrl Alt Shift that will see the biggest names in comic book illustration come together to produce a comic anthology in a bid to ‘unmask corruption.’

Jack Morton works on Westfield spaces

Mon, 3 Aug 2009

Jack Morton Worldwide is designing a series of interior spaces for the  Westfield London shopping centre.

Longfield brands Cheeky Girls cosmetics

Fri, 31 Jul 2009

Longfield Studio has branded and designed packaging for a new 36-piece Cheeky Girls cosmetics range.

Industry Design revamps Henleys outlets

Mon, 27 Jul 2009

Industry Design is creating new interiors for clothing store Henleys, which will be applied to four outlets this year and rolled out across a further 15 next year.

Redcow rebrands Taunton mall

Fri, 24 Jul 2009

Redcow Creative has named and designed a new identity for the Orchard shopping centre in Taunton. The group has also created signage and marketing materials for the mall.

Onedotzero Adventures in Motion to focus on 'post-digital'

Wed, 22 Jul 2009

Onedotzero’s annual digital festival, Adventures in Motion, returns to London this September with a focus on ‘post-digitalism’. This year the show will look beyond its digital remit to examine the overlap - and conflict - between traditional hand-crafted and digital design. Taking place over five days at BFI Southbank, SE1, the festival programme features more than 200 films, exhibitions and installations. Shane Walter, chief executive and creative director of ...

Draught Associates in digital dance work

Tue, 21 Jul 2009

Draught Associates has designed the website for leading contemporary dance institution The Place, replacing a site the consultancy designed in 2006. 

Rehab draws on Facebook for Doritos game

Fri, 17 Jul 2009

Digital consultancy Rehab Studio has designed a viral game for Doritos that will collect players’ personal information from their Facebook profile and integrate it into the game.

Design Event 09 to focus on politics and play

Thu, 16 Jul 2009

Politics and Play will be the theme of this year’s Design Event 09, the annual North East festival celebrating regional graphics, illustration, fashion and architecture.

Start-up boss finds public sector best for funding

Tue, 14 Jul 2009

Peter Glover, managing director of digital group CL5, reveals how to tap into public-sector investment schemes to fund new businesses, in the next edition of Design Week.

Ideo targets schools in climate change initiative

Mon, 13 Jul 2009

Ideo and Oxfam are working together on a project to help young people to engage with reducing climate change.

Sane & Able brands new Raymond Blanc venture

Thu, 9 Jul 2009

Sane & Able has branded and designed a website for Michelin-starred chef Raymond Blanc’s new event company.

Mark Starbuck brands designer proofreading service

Tue, 7 Jul 2009

Former Navyblue senior designer Mark Starbuck has created the identity for Read By Me, a new proofreading service being launched today by Rebecca Dobson, former project manager at Leeds-based Brahm.

Keane T-shirt created by 999

Thu, 2 Jul 2009

999 has designed a new T-shirt which is to be merchandised by the pop band Keane.

Local design to star in Cultural Olympiad event

July 2009 Online

Create 09, the first major Cultural Olympiad initiative, is under way with design firmly on the agenda.

The logistics of stadium set design

July 2009 Online

The uncertain fate of the set for Michael Jackson’s cancelled O2 concerts makes Tom Banks consider the logistics of stadium set design

Consider This UK to brand theatre schools

Mon, 29 Jun 2009

Consider This UK has won a three-year contract to develop the brand and create new marketing communications for Stagecoach Theatre Schools, a 600-strong franchise.

Government hints at change to IP laws

Fri, 26 Jun 2009

Higher Education and Intellectual Property Minister David Lammy has conceded that ‘it’s not clear all parliamentarians understand the importance of intellectual property’, when he addressed a conference on IP at the Houses of Parliament last night.

Sebastian Conran takes IP debate to MPs

Thu, 25 Jun 2009

The issue of intellectual property moves centre stage as Sebastian Conran makes the case for stronger legislation in Parliament. Tom Banks reports

Judge Gill creates speakeasy bar in Manchester

Tue, 23 Jun 2009

Judge Gill has designed and branded Black Dog Ballroom, a speakeasy-style bar in the Northern Quarter of Manchester.

Design events lined up for City of London Festival

Fri, 19 Jun 2009

This year’s City of London Festival, which starts today, is to have a significant design agenda.

Met Studio designs show for National Army Museum

Thu, 18 Jun 2009

Met Studio Design has created and branded a new exhibition, Conflicts of Interest, which will open at the National Army Museum in London in September.

E3 creates ‘to scale’ website for Toshiba phone launch

Mon, 15 Jun 2009

E3 has created a ‘to scale’ website for Toshiba, replicating the exact size of its new Toshiba TG01 mobile phone.

Start Creative expands presence in China

Fri, 12 Jun 2009

Start Creative has opened an office in Beijing, China, to concentrate on business development and client services, and plans to open another office in Shanghai.

Science Museum announces radical changes

Thu, 11 Jun 2009

London’s Science Museum could change beyond recognition in little more than five years, having developed strategic plans to extend, redesign and rebrand.

Different to brand North East drink debate

Mon, 8 Jun 2009

Different has been appointed by Balance, the North East Alcohol Office, to brand The Big Drink Debate North East.

Rawls named One New Change retail guardian

Thu, 4 Jun 2009

Rawls has been appointed by Land Securities to oversee interior design at the One New Change shopping development in the City of London.

Ticketsoup identity is ready to serve

Mon, 1 Jun 2009

The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre will today launch Ticketsoup.com, a ticket distribution site with a logotype designed by Teviot and a visual identity by Tangent Graphic.

To The Point brands accountancy space

Thu, 28 May 2009

To The Point has created the name and visual identity for The Business Centre@ICAEW, a resource space for staff and members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

How consultancies can use social media

Thu, 21 May 2009

How should consultancies integrate social media in their repertoire? Tom Banks explores some options currently being used

Mytton Williams promotes land speed record talk

Mon, 18 May 2009

Bath-based Mytton Williams has unveiled its latest poster for the West of England Design Forum, ahead of a speech by Mike Turner, industrial designer with the Bloodhound land speed record attempt team. 

Paul Smith creates bags for Design Museum show

Fri, 15 May 2009

Paul Smith has produced 138 bag designs to be showcased at London’s Design Museum, as part of an exhibition that looks to promote individual design in the face of mass production and the economic downturn.

Bannenberg sails ahead with identity by Zulver & Co

14 May 2009

Branding consultancy Zulver & Co has created a new identity for super-yacht company Bannenberg.