Liverpool job for BDP
Building Design Partnership has been appointed lead consultant for public realm development of Liverpool city centre’s Rope Walks area. The £12m contract will see completion of public areas by 2001,
Carlton Online’s award-winning Simply Food
Packaging specialist Brewer Riddiford is getting a “new energy and creative focus at the highest level in the consultancy”, after the retirement this month of partner John Brewer, according to
Sweet offer crammed full of creative juice
Junction ad group is celebrating its first anniversary by distributing ‘never ending sweet jars’ of boiled sweets to clients. The Huddersfield agency guarantees that the jar ‘will stay full for
West Midlands college takes glass to China
Wolverhampton University’s glass design degree course is linking up with Shanghai University to launch China’s first homespun glass design course. The launch marks the culmination of three and a half
Digest
Design group Mirror Image is banking on journalists living up to the drunken hack stereotype, with an invitation design created for press clients of PR group Liberty Marketing Communications. The
Spencer Landor polishes off logo
London consultancy Spencer Landor has conceived the identity for a soon-to-launch charitable trust for young people. Shine is being backed by a currently secret corporate sponsor and will officially launch
Legs 11 Dares to let shoes do the talking
London shoe chain Legs 11 is opening a rebranded store called Egoshego which aims to divert emphasis from the store’s interior design on to the actual products. The store, which
Degree Shows
Furniture graduates at The London Guildhall University exhibit their designs until 21 July. Venue: Unit B, Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London E1.
Corvin joins Siebert Head
Siebert Head has appointed Tim Corvin as its new senior account director. Currently design manager at Design Bridge Structure, he will take up his new post in August. Corvin, who
I may not have enough experience, but I can do the job
The design industry is in a mess and there is nothing we can do. The colleges are training large amounts of promising, highly talented candidates. Standards are good. They have
Future Dates
The Design Business Association and The Preddy Consultancy host a one-day course on how to convince clients you are right for their projects. Credentials Presentations and Pitches takes place on
Misguided marketing is no innovation substitute
Dorothy Mackenzie cannot, it seems, separate innovation (clockwork radio), from a marketing idea (British Airways tailfin graphics) (Letters, DW 18 June). Innovation solves problems, marketing is simply hit or miss,
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