12 January 1995

The Millennium Commission is poised to yield opportunities for designers and architects as proposals for an estimated ú1.

Elements of defunct London interiors show IDI will be resurrected at Interbuild, the construction industry show to be held at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre on 19-24 November. Apicella Associates will

Apart from the economical lunacy of working for nothing on projects, the gamble is not worth it. – I have never known a free-pitch lead to a design consultancy obtaining,

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

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 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

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

Saatchi & Saatchi must be keen to fill the shoes left by departed chairman Maurice Saatchi, advertising being such a personality-dominated business.

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 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

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

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.