Papa don’t teach
A new set of architectural slides has been released by World Microfilms, celebrating a somewhat unusual group of erections in Amsterdam. The Amsterdam School was the term used to describe
Briefs
Dublin group International Leisure Design Concepts aimed to create a world of decadence, fantasy and game-playing with its interiors for Atlantis, First Leisure’s latest nightclub venture in Wolverhampton. The dance
Gnome’s electric organ
Paul Murphy tries to log on to Private Eye’s spanking new website and finds it has an aggressively unwelcoming door policy for the unwary Mac user
Merchandising giant picks up Kord Design
Point-of-purchase design consultancy Kord Design has struck an alliance with retail merchandising giant RTC Europe. – The acquisition, for an undisclosed sum, will allow eight-strong Kord Design to maintain and
The infamous, the rich and the designer
Launch parties are often good places to rub shoulders with the great and the good, as Façade’s Justin Mould discovered at the Imagination Gallery the other week.
Water body searches for name
A new single trade association representing the UK water industry is offering 100 to the person who comes up with the best name for the company. The new body will
TSB hopes to revolutionise insurance with ASDA pilot
Asda stores are piloting what is being billed as a revolutionary insurance shop concept jointly created by MPL and sister consultancy CLK. The Insurance Shop, set up by Lloyds TSB
The Team tunes up car finance image
A used car finance provider has relaunched with a black and red corporate identity created by The Team to differentiate the company in a crowded market. On-Line Finance aims to
Schools creativity push welcomed
Chief recruiters in the design industry welcome the Government’s latest drive to promote creativity and nurture innovation in schools. There has been a decline in creativity in new entrants to
JKR overhauls McVitie’s image
Biscuit and cake giant McVitie’s is evolving its brand, with a new identity, packaging across its 1800 products, and point-of-sale material by Jones Knowles Ritchie. The brand evolution is part
Picture perfect
Natalie Spencer continues the monthly selection of graphics projects
DTI to show off design at ASEM
The Department of Trade and Industry is putting on a design exhibition for the delegates of the Asia-Europe meeting in April. The exhibition, which is being designed by Branson Coates,
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