Ad agencies plan relocation
Two major London advertising agencies are working with designers to create new office space, and one more is to look for an interior design consultancy. D’Arcy Masius Benton and Bowles
Tutssels signals BT’s interactive TV service
Tutssels has created the main identity and guidelines for BT’s interactive television service. – Believed to be the first such service in the UK, it is on a one-year trial
Fitch kicks off store for Reebok in US
International Sportswear manufacturer Reebok has opened a flagship store in New York with design by Fitch. – The store stocks Reebok’s entire range as well as providing customers with access
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Space: 28m2. – How used? Each consultancy will have more than 4.5m2 to exhibit multimedia demonstrations. – Cost: 1715 per consultancy for two representatives.
New Scottish councils fix identity plans
Identity work is set to boom in Scotland with the formation of 29 new single-tier local authorities. In Edinburgh, councillors were this week considering proposals to use an external consultancy.
Ritchie quits post in gallery budget row
Architect Ian Ritchie is resigning from his post as design advisor to the Natural History Museum. The museum says his masterplan for the new Earth Galleries did not keep within
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The Tussauds Group Studios in London is designing the interiors, graphics and high-tech show featuring waxwork figures for the new Madame Tussaud’s in New York. The new building is scheduled
Gateshead on winning track
Gateshead has won its bid to host the 1999 World Veteran Track and Field Championships, billed as the world’s biggest athletics event. Yellow M designed the winning logo, brochure and
Lemon aid: Now in handy cans
The humble pop is now going with a bang. The launch of Hooper’s Hooch alcoholic lemonade by Bass this summer seems to have hit the spot. So pleased is Bass
Burden of proofs
The repro process, like the rest of the printing industry, has seen dramatic changes and designers are starting in-house repro. Or are they?
Digital media brands boom
More than 60 identities will be up for grabs when digital radio and television broadcasting is launched in the UK. – There is the potential for at least 42 radio
Fear and loathing on the road to Las Vegas
What should have been a celebration of UK design at this year’s Comdex show in Las Vegas is in danger of becoming a divided effort. Beverley Cohen checks out the
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