14 August 1997

Architect ORMS has transformed the lower two floors of a 19th century building in London’s Covent Garden, into a bar for Lord Bradford. The bar, called Porters, is next to

Quora rival Wacom has brought out eight pressure-sensitive plug-ins which work with such as Photoshop, Painter, Corel PhotoPaint and others – and of course the Wacom tilt and pressure sensitive

Winners of the Pentagram Gallery Awards, selected from work at the Association of Illustrators, Images 21 last year, will be on show from 18 August – 26 September. Illustrators Ian

First there was the clockwork radio, now there is the clockwork computer. No, it’s not a wind-up. Trevor Baylis, the inventor of the aforesaid award-winning wireless, is planning his latest

Convenience grocer Londis has introduced an own-brand cola with name and packaging by Design House. – The pack features the US national symbol, the bald eagle, to convey the American

Throughout the Edinburgh Fringe Festival a number of events are taking place including the jewellery exhibition Dazzle, being held for the 14th time. On show will be work by 46

Team Saatchi’s identity for the PayPoint project, which enables payment of electricity, gas, water and telephone bills at petrol stations and retail outlets, launches next month. PayPoint terminals will be

Having arrived back from holiday recently, I notice that the new British Airways livery is still under discussion. – This has prompted me to write and draw a comparison which

Version 5.5 of the cross-platform Adobe FrameMaker suite has just been announced and will be available in a month or so. The company claims the new version includes improvements in

Ray Dream Studio 5, the 3D app, is now billed for, probably, September, courtesy of new owner MetaCreations. Hope it’s a bit cheerier than the lacklustre beta version being hawked

Quora are less well known than they should be as manufactures of excellent tablet/pen combos. Now they’ve brought out this fascinating whiteboard. There you are fighting off an attack of

Cadbury’s is importing two new chocolate brands to the UK. Astros have been brought in from South Africa to rival Smarties. Jones Knowles Ritchie redesigned the packs to make Astros