Michael Dowd and Two Design go Off The Wall
A fabric screen, which its creator hopes could revolutionise the way paintings and prints are displayed in bigger residential and work spaces, will be previewed at 100esign later this month.
Pentagram sets up Berlin office
Pentagram opens its first continental office next month in Berlin’s Mitte district, in a bid to win business in the lucrative East European market and build its credentials in Germany.
Browns builds on brief for property developer
Browns has been appointed to design a website for property manager and developer MacDonald Egan this week, as the consultancy works towards an October launch of a promotional book for
HPW serves up fast food interiors
HPW has designed interiors for Bauwaus Gourmet Hotdogs, which opens in Edinburgh this week and aims to transform the traditionally down-at-heel snack into an upmarket treat. The site is the
Who’s in charge of managing the group?
Clare Dowdy takes a look at four approaches to the overall management of design consultancies and finds out what works for one may not work for another
Coexistence exhibition
Coexistence is hosting an exhibition of SCP furniture re-upholstered by some of Britain’s top designers from 14 September to 4 October. Entitled About a Chair, the event is linked to
Base London lands Softmoss look
Softmoss has created interiors for Base London’s first store, as the footwear group moves to strengthen its retail brand presence. The 232m2 store in London’s Carnaby Street opens in October.
Like a duck to water
Lakshmi Bhaskaran tours Mandarina Duck’s impressive London flagship, under the watchful eye of its resident, a giant yellow mannequin
Toy brand moves on to Third Planet
Third Planet is creating print, point-of-sale and merchandising design for the European launch of a computer game spin-off from Japanese toy brand Gundam, in a campaign due to begin at
TalkS
Pentagram partner Daniel Weil gives a talk for Teknion Europe on 18 September at 6.30pm. Contact: 020 7248 9090 or Zoe Green on info.eur@teknion.com. Photographer Edward Barber presents a discourse
You could end up putting something back into design
Design for free? Well, there is another way you know.
Digest
Attik has created point-of-sale branding for a Carlsberg campaign targeting lager drinkers in Ireland via 450 off licences across the country. The work was launched last weekend to coincide with
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