Natural born talent is the best weed killer
I write in response to Les J Curtis’s letter (DW 6 January), headlined: “Qualifications are the best weed killer.” – I must be one of the “so-called practising designers” referred
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BiC remodels the Crystal biro
BiC’s famous Crystal biro, a design icon of the 1950s, is being relaunched after its first redesign. – The first BiC was designed by Baron Marcel Bich in 1957.
Judds rewraps low-fat crisps
Judds has redesigned the packaging for Solos Lites, KP’s renamed lower-fat crisps, to be launched this month. – The consultancy had to overcome the common perception that lower-fat products don’t
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Latest launch in the battle of the soaps is Lever Brothers’ Persil Finesse, an automatic liquid for use with delicate fabrics. Packaging design is by Surrey consultancy Brown Inc. Design
Find the perfect silent partner
Saatchi & Saatchi must be keen to fill the shoes left by departed chairman Maurice Saatchi, advertising being such a personality-dominated business.
Le Monde paper carries new look
Financially troubled French newspaper Le Monde hits the streets this week with a new design by typographer Jean Franáois Porchez and Canadian designer Natalie Ballaucq.
Metropolis in the West End
Metropolis Spatial, the interiors division of Metropolis 88, is redesigning bars in five West End venues for London entertainment group Mayfair Theatres. First to display the new Metropolis Spatial look
The heart of the matter
Why is there a growing market for nostalgia and retro products? Could it be because the public views modern design as unemotional, gimmicky, cold… and generally not very good? Gaynor
Managing New Product Development for Business Turnaround
Thursday 2 March – Conference on design management and its part in the manufacturing of new products. – Venue: Manchester Conference Centre, UMIST, Sackville Street, Manchester M60 1QD.
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Bang & Olufsen is launching the Beovision Avant system in the near future. Billed as the first integrated widescreen TV and video system, Avant is designed by British-born freelance David
Zantac hits counters
Glaxo’s ulcer treatment Zantac is to be sold over the counter in Britain, the first country to allow non-prescription sales of the drug. The prescription version had sales of ú2.4bn
It’s a Pleasure!
Saturday 14 January – Sculpture, film, painting, photography and computer graphics by nine women artists. Until 19 February.
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Design Week quiz: a look back through the ages
Have you been paying attention for the last four decades? Only one way to find out.
Design Week 1986-2023
Design Week closes, having championed design excellence for the past 38 years.
What will retail and experience design look like in 2024?
As part of our series on design in 2024, WeWantMore creative director Ruud Belmans offers his view on what retail and experience design might look like next year.
What will exhibition design look like in 2024?
As part of our series on design in 2024, Studio Arc director Lyndsey Bowditch offers her view on what exhibition design might look like next year.
