A hive of activity
London design consultancy Blast has created a new corporate identity for 3D animation group The Hive. Inspired by the bee connection in the group’s name, the new logo features a
Francis O’Connor
Francis O’Connor originally wanted to be an actor, then a director. It was only when he found himself lumbered with painting the scenery for a student show that the penny
Cordiant buys LGN to build design expertise
Fitch parent Lighthouse Global Network is to be acquired by UK-based worldwide advertising and marketing network Cordiant Communications Group for approximately £392m. The deal, creating the tenth largest communications group
Design can be stifled by over-refined disciplines
For the second time this year we’ve asked opinion formers what advice they have for this year’s crop of design graduates. What they do immediately after college can, after all,
Retail revamp for Abbey National
First Partnership has picked up the design brief in the modernisation of Abbey National’s high street presence, following a five-way pitch. The brief initially involves the redesign of a number
BBC designers await job verdict
Design staff at BBC Resources will find out in coming weeks whether or not they will lose their jobs as part of a major restructuring exercise. The company, a wholly-owned
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Feather’s letter did a bad job of tickling me
I read with feigned interest Martyn Feather’s letter (DW 7 July). Whether or not these areas are on your job description or not, surely it is more fulfilling to be
Syzygy set for Emerald Isle
E-business group Syzygy has opened a Dublin office. It will be headed by Matt Norton, formerly a senior account director in the London office, and creative director Dermot McQuillan. Rapid,
Gardiner Richardson design shareholder brochure
Gardiner Richardson has produced a limited edition shareholder brochure for tea company Rington’s. Soon to celebrate its 100th anniversary, the company wanted to communicate its standards to new shareholders, mostly
Digest
Redhouse Lane has designed the latest Oftel annual report, released last week. It is the first time the communications specialist has produced the 56-page publication, which seeks to reflect changes
Exhibition enlivens Manchester Museum
The multi-award winning Science for Life exhibition designed by MET Studio Design in 1993 for charity the Wellcome Trust has been moved from the trust’s London headquarters to The Manchester
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