8 ETTORE SOTTSASS b1917
A towering figure in post-war Italian design. Architect, designer and philosopher-poet, who never fails to surprise and intrigue.
2 MARCEL BREUER 1902-1981
Hungarian-Jewish designer who pioneered modern furniture design at the Bauhaus in Germany in the Twenties, later a key figure in Modern architecture as a partner of Walter Gropius and a
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Having survived the recent coat debacle (Diary, DW 3 December), digital media star Malcolm Garrett continues to wow us with his sartorial elegance. At AMXstudios’ client bash last week, Garrett
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Johnson Banks think it’s a case of sour grapes from MinTat
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Gyro snapped up by Kodak
London design group Gyro has won a six-way creative pitch to rebrand Kodak Professional Services UK. The revamp starts in January and will be rolled out over a 12- month
Put it down in black and white to avoid grey areas
Alex Maranzano asks for suggestions about protecting the copyright in design work in pitches. The answer is simple. The real problem is that Maranzano is asking the wrong question. Ownership
Ziggurat forced to lay off non-creative staff
London design group Ziggurat has terminated the contracts of three non-creative staff with immediate effect and made one redundancy in the account handling department. Client services director Nicky Clark describes
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In the wake of news from the Home Office that the Probation Service is to have a name change, what are some of the spirited responses to this controversial decision?
Original design hard to find in Yellow Pages ?
I was surprised to see the images we created for British Design and Art Direction 1998 lecture series (sunflower, lollipop) used for the “new look” yellow pages covers and internal
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