National Meningitis Trust launches new awareness campaign
The increasing dangers of meningitis are being highlighted to students throughout the UK in a new awareness campaign from the National Meningitis Trust. Created by Radley Yeldar, a series of
Wolff Olins and Red Design create 2004 Olympic symbol
The symbol for the 2004 Athens Olympics has been created jointly by Wolff Olins and Red Design in Athens. The Olympic Committee received 242 proposals for the design. The final
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Building by Design; André Platteel; Retailpack 99
Digest
IT recruitment group Teleos Consulting has launched a new identity, created by Bluegreen Design Consultants.
CPB’s new DBA identity makes quite a splash
I was glad to see that the Design Business Association identity that we completed recently has created such interest and debate in your magazine. Allison Miguel Creative head Coley Porter
Digest
Baxters has relaunched its Vegetarian Soups range, featuring packaging by Bath consultancy Blue Marlin.
Carphone loses website designer
Carphone Warehouse appears to be without a Web design consultancy this week, following the resignation of Clarity Communications, which designed its e-commerce website. Clarity chairman Martin Chilcott has written to
Stephen Peart, Vent Design
“The silicon rush is the second gold rush,” declares Stephen Peart, the head of Vent Design, based in Campbell, California. A natural-born philosopher, being close to the cutting edge of
WPP’s tempting offer
WPP has bought two more design groups, one of which is The Brand Union. Damian Schogger looks at the effects of the acquisition for WPP and its design consultancies
Brett Wickens, Sapient
Brett Wickens left Pentagram London in 1993, along with his then partner Peter Saville, to set up a multimedia division in Los Angeles for US design group Frankfurt Balkind. By
A Portuguese lesson
Portugal has more to offer designers than cheap labour, discovers Liz Farrelly, following her recent trip to the Experimentadesign99 biennial in Lisbon
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