Stills Design to get Welsh kids exercising
Wales is gearing up to launch a national children’s health initiative run by the Sports Council for Wales, with a brand identity designed by Cardiff consultancy Stills Design. Called 5
Eg.G designs look book for fashion brand
Eg.G has designed a look book for fashion brand Onitsuka Tiger autumn/winter collection. It is designed to look like a vinyl record sleeve.
Electronics industry in Green challenge
Environmentally sub-standard components from many Asian suppliers are proving to be a new challenge for global electronics companies.
Profile: Claude Closky
Cult figure or diffuser of the banal, Claude Closky is a master of complex sequences. Natasha Edwards considers the work of the French conceptual artist, who has a solo show
Graymatter creates website for Diabetes UK
Graymatter has designed a website for Diabetes UK to raise awareness of how healthy eating can help manage the condition. The site launches this week at www.diabetes.org.uk/ storetour.
News in Pictures
Caerdydd consultancy Hoffi launched its Big-small chair at the Cardiff Design Festival last week. The festival runs until 22 June. The design is available as a rocker or a flat
Voxpop
Wolff Olins has been appointed to develop a ‘global brand’ for London that will ‘capture the spirit of the city in the lead-up to and beyond the Olympic Games’. What
Exhibition of work by photographer Albert Watson
A visual retrospective of the work of photographer Albert Watson will be exhibited at City Art Centre in Edinburgh – Watson’s birthplace – from 1 August to 22 October. Entitled
Postscript on student jobs
According to www.keepbritishdesignalive.com, ‘In 2003-2004, 140 000 students completed a further or higher education course in design. According to the industry, 6315 graduates got jobs in design during 2004-2005’ (Letters,
Portland picks Allen as head of retail
Portland Design has appointed Lewis Allen, former Fitch creative director and most recently head of retail interiors at HOK, as its creative head of retail. He replaces Lloyd Blakely, who
Young’s goes for glass bars in Thames-side schemes
Young’s Brewery is poised to open three bars built into condominium developments on the River Thames, under a design scheme by Harrison Design Group. The Birmingham consultancy was briefed to
Design Week correction – Pete Burns
Pete Burns, outgoing head of digital media at Navyblue Design, is based in the consultancy’s Edinburgh office, not London, as stated last week (DW 8 June).
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