13 March 1997

Philips has unveiled a new longer-lasting and more powerful battery for appliances which drain batteries quickly. Packaging for PowerLife has been designed by DJPA. PowerLife product group manager Ruud Jona

Philippe Starck says he plans to retire in 1999 when he reaches 50. The leading French designer is meanwhile taking a more ethical stance in his work and has turned

The Design Council’s Design In Education Week starts on 17 March. Its aim is to promote excellence in design and forge links between education and business. Key events include Future

Light & Coley continues its decade-long working relationship with Scottish cigarette brand Club by designing the 1997/98 gift catalogue and revamping the Club Gift Centre in Glasgow.

Working from home can be a double-edged sword: you get to lie in and watch daytime TV, but open yourself up to all manner of work-related accidents. Such as that

Thai Airways is to get a full-scale design overhaul in a two-year project being carried out by Interbrand Zintzmeyer & Lux.

The fourth biggest cement manufacturer in the world, The Italcementi Group, has a new corporate identity to promote itself in an industry formerly dominated by family-owned businesses. Design is by

Brand development and design group Haines McGregor has created packaging for a new range of fruit infusions from Tetley GB, which are currently being launched. MetaDesign has appointed Frances Jackson

I was pleased to receive this year’s copy of the Design Week Awards supplement. It’s always good to see what’s happening in the design industry and get a snap-shot of

Once you’ve bought something these days, it’s almost obsolete, remarks Hugh Pearman. But stalwarts are here to ensure certain products never go out of fashion

The prize for Top Blagger at the Design Week Awards went to a certain Scottish lassie whose account handling skills came in useful as she negotiated her way into the

Britannia Airways, the UK’s biggest charter airline, began talks with Luxon Carr nearly three years ago, initially with regard to exterior aircraft livery. After extensive research showed that the overall