11 March 1999

Bell rolls out Italian concept

An Italian restaurant concept created by architectural practice Bell Associates is to be subject to a major roll out. Another 38 Fresco Italian brasseries are planned over the next 18

British Council halts redesign

The British Council has shelved plans for a major redesign of its brand after a four-month review by Wolff Olins. The wide-ranging review of the council’s operation has culminated in

Events

This year’s Design Council Design in Education Week runs for two weeks from 11 March. The week(s) provide a forum for creative thinking in the educational arena, and ensures that

Digest

An eye-catching new look for tomato ketchup heralds the entry of Manchester United into the grocery sector. The Reds Sauce bottle design was created by Yorkshire-based consultancy Chameleon Design. The

A couple of blaggers

The lengths some people will go to for a cheap night out at the Design Week Awards are bordering on the illicit. A couple of chancers from a northern graphics

Seat crosses the red line

While a red face is usually nothing to shout about, car manufacturer Seat is shouting long and hard about its red face at the moment. The company, of Spanish descent

Frisps relaunch for KP Foods

KP Foods will relaunch its three-strong Frisps crisp range later this month, with new pack design by Kingston-upon-Hull group Visuality Design Partnership. Visuality subsidiary group Visuality Research worked on strategy

Drawn together

Digital illustrations for the Potentia brochure, a unique service for assessing human potential in business, were created by Gary Neill of the Central Illustration Agency. Designed by Fonda, the five

Young guns go for it

After giving the nation’s TV viewers a completely unrepresentative vision of designers with hit programmes such as Changing Rooms, the BBC seems committed to making amends. The corporation is poised

Offside decision on Spiral mailer winner

Johnson Banks played a blinder in last week’s Design Week Awards, winning three categories. But poor old Jeremy ‘chopper’ Paxman , the awards’ compare and a self-confessed design ignoramus, was

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