Design power centre planned
A consortium of design industry representatives met last week to table proposals for a new venue for design and the creative industries in London’s disused Battersea Power Station. Instigated by
Book
Sensual Home, by Ilse Crawford, explains how to turn your home into a safe haven by stimulating all of the five senses, providing a retreat from the stresses of modern
Take stock
Natalie Spencer looks at a range of brochures which use images from photo libraries
Auctions
TV Generation is an auction of cult toys (such as this Batman robot by Nomura, 1967) and ephemera created as spin-offs for TV programmes of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
Digest
Cambridge design group Flag has appointed Caroline Bramley, formerly of MPL, as a senior account director and Paul Flower, who has worked for Enterprise IG and The Partners, as a
Rover snaps up a heavyweight
The Rover Group has achieved something of a coup with the appointment of heavyweight sportscar designer Peter Stevens as its product design director. Stevens, who was responsible for the design
Sausages given second skin by JKR
Irish manufacturer Kerry Foods is relaunching its Richmond sausages range next week with new brand packaging by Jones Knowles Ritchie. Richmond has been producing sausages to a traditional Irish recipe
Interior designers need a wide range of skills
Reported trends in the work of interiors groups, in the interior design feature (DW 2 June) and Comment (DW 16 June) have highlighted the increasingly multi-disciplinary nature of interior design
Digest
Scottish Courage has appointed Circus to take its John Smith’s brand on-line. Circus won the project after a four-way pitch and will explore opportunities for consumers to access the site
Buyout creates Newton EH6
Edinburgh group Newton Creative has reached an agreement to acquire fellow local consultancy EH6 from its parent company The Silvermills Group. Under the deal, all four creative staff from EH6
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