13 November 1997

Tom Bawden ventured into the colourful Brick Lane area of the East End to check out the Vibe Bar, where old and new meet in a funky juxtaposition.

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A furniture exhibition entitled Space is only a hundred miles away by David Murphy and Matthew Stanwix is on show from 19-24 November. Their work, as conceptual as it is

The annual report for The Passage, a homeless charity based in London’s Westminster, has been designed by C&FD for the second year running. The consultancy and photographer Martin Tothill donated

Workplace ’97 shows how an integrated approach to workplace management and design can lead to business advantage. It brings together over 100 leading office furniture manufacturers and providers of communications

The explosion of Internet use is forcing multinational companies to step up global branding and creating an increase in high-profile identity projects. Multinationals are looking to standardise identities because the

Taking risks is a key element of creativity – I was delighted to learn that James Dyson was awarded the Designer’s Prize (DW 31 October).

Newell and Sorrell has unveiled the logo for the G8 Birmingham Summit taking place in May. It is intended to convey the power of the world’s big players, promote Britain

Nick Smurthwaite enters the extraordinary world of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop and looks at the role that animatronics play in Buddy, a film about a pet gorilla.

Buddy is the (largely) true story of a baby gorilla which is brought up as a human by an eccentric American woman in the Twenties. The Creature Shop’s brief was

These three bollards are being launched at Interbuild 97 this month, as part of a new range of street furniture called Sofco. Industrial designer Lawrence Awere created the range, which

A consortium has been ap-pointed to create the 12m Football Museum in Preston. The team comprises The Chase in Manchester, exhibition design group Land, structural engineer Buro Happold and architect