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The result of three years and 16m of research and development, the Philishave Reflex Action is a new family of Philips electric shavers. Designed by an in-house team led by
Why team play is often vital to individual skill
Well-deserved congratulations go to TKO’s Andy Davey and inventor Trevor Baylis on being named Designers of the Year by the BBC (See News, page 6). Their sterling work on the
DoH shows signs of unhealthy behaviour
Four things depressed me about the piece on the announcement by the Department of Health of a 38-strong design roster (DW 28 June), which included the astonishing revelation that “the
Powell laps up words of sympathy
Designers can save s on birthday and get well cards by drawing their own. Seymour Powell has already established itself as a leader in this field, with Richard Seymour having
Videophone network targets pub audience
Allied Domecq Leisure is introducing an in-pub videophone network, designed by CHBi Interactive Media. Targeted at 18-26-year-olds, Xchange is part of Pubnet, also being designed and developed for Allied Domecq
IDEO takes top prize
IDEO has swept the board at Germany’s Design Innovations ’96 competition, winning ten design Red Dots and being named design team of the year. Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners picked up
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Goalkeepers are the unsung heroes of soccer, according to publisher Boxtree in a book to be launched on 30 September. One, Images of a Goalkeeping Season is a collection of
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Last week’s Royal Show at Stoneleigh featured a debut for Aero System Structure, a new tensile exhibition stand designed by Event Exhibition & Design in Wiltshire.
Freeplay radio triumphs in BBC design awards
TKO’s Andy Davey and inventor Trevor Baylis are the BBC Designers of the Year after their Freeplay clockwork radio triumphed in the 1996 BBC Design Awards. The radio also won
Many rivers to cross
The tallest building in the world is about to be built by an Asian woman; nanotechnology is almost at our fingertips and marketing may finally die its much-prophesied death –
Intergraphic heads east
London corporate design group Intergraphic has opened its first overseas branch in Bahrain. The Bahrain office is intended to serve the three-year-old consultancy’s client base in the Middle East.
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This angry looking chap in a nightie is posing for Daniel Freaker’s photograph for Free Beer, an exhibition of work by more than 30 young London artists. Painting, sculpture and
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