14 January 1999

British Design and Art Direction members have voted Michael Johnson of Johnson Banks and Glenn Tutssel of Tutssels@The Brand Union to the D&AD executive committee. They will take up their

British Sky Broadcasting has appointed Wolff Olins to redefine its brand identity, as competition in the TV market hots up. Recent entrants to the subscription TV market, such as Channel

New media group Precedent is to formally merge with sister consultancy Hoskins Associates, a specialist in corporate identity, literature and strategy. The two London groups will come together under the

Lambie-Nairn has created the identity for Children’s Promise, a new millennium charity initiative. It comprises seven of the UK’s leading charities for children, and aims to launch one of the

Berkshire communications agency The Sandom Group has spawned Distillery, a consultancy specialising in brand strategy and new product development. The new group’s workforce numbers five – three full-time and two

Being one of the few design groups known outside the industry can have its downside, as a recent Sunday Telegraph business editorial reminded us. Delivering a blow-by-blow account of Royal

While the loyalty of designers working on the interiors of the Millennium Dome is commendable, I for one find it difficult to believe that funding problems caused by the lack

Toothbrush brand Wisdom has launched its new identity and revised pack designs, created by Design Bridge. Wisdom briefed the consultancy to rejuvenate the brand identity with a dramatic redesign which

The growing importance of client annual reports as a brand communication tool is creating “significant copywriting opportunities” for design consultancies, according to the author of a new survey on the

Imagine a phone that moulds itself to fit the shape of your hand, kettles that change colour as they come to the boil, a laptop computer as slim and light

The last paragraph of the editorial comment last week took my breath away (DW 8 January). You wrote that: “We can’t rely on the Chartered Society of Designers or Design

Design group The Edge has merged with advertising group Grounds Morris to form a new communications group, with plans to introduce a film-style royalties system of payments to the design