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Design in Action big fish Barry Salter could net a good catch with his Activator fishing fly. – The gold hooks threaded with plastic beads might look like jewellery, but

HP Bulmer has launched a new luxury cider, Strongbow Ice, with design by Springett Associates. – Springett director Roger Bannister says: “The typeface used for the word `ice’ is quite

The RIBA Architecture Centre is organising a show in association with Design Week of work by ten British architects who take on product design. Entitled Products of Desire, it is

What better way to kick off the new year than with news that that all-important Design Council slot has at last been filled – and by someone seemingly with a

Wednesday 11 – Saturday 28 January – Venue: 1-10 Summer’s Street, London EC1. – Details: 0171-278 8456.

Nicholas Pryke Productions is designing an exclusive range of furniture for London’s Jerry’s Home Stores. The South Union Table pictured is the first product to be commissioned and is designed

The Design Council’s new chief executive Andrew Summers is pledging to get results from the relaunched organisation in 1995. Summers, appointed for the next three years, says last year’s “brave

Rover Group is investing ú25m in a new design and engineering centre which will speed up production by taking a year off the design process.

Saturday 7 – Sunday 15 January – Venue: 81 Fulham Road, London SW3. – Details: 0171-589 7401.

SelecTV, which makes Lovejoy and Birds of a Feather, is looking for designers to create an on-screen identity for its cable TV channel launching in March. Janet Goldsmith, who is

Get those new diaries and pens out as Design Week rounds up this year’s batch of trade fairs

Alex McCuaig of Met Studio, one of the designers behind the beleaguered ú30m refit of Cunard’s flagship QE2, has been on board this week as work is finally completed.