Time of the signs
Signs in an art gallery, theatre or hall have to inform a large and varied audience with a different set of needs from travellers at train stations or airports. Emma
Giant flagship for Virgin Vie
Virgin Vie, the brand’s cosmetics retail chain, is currently set to launch a largescale flagship store before embarking on a national expansion programme. The chain has surprised the retail property
Designers should say no to lookalike branding
Graphic designers should pull together and refuse to carry out lookalike packaging, said Interbrand creative director Chris Lightfoot last week. He was speaking along with British Brands Group director John
New director set to raise RSA’s profile
Penny Egan, appointed as director of the Royal Society of Arts, says she wants to use design to help project the RSA as a “think tank for the nation”. Egan,
Brief
Pyott Design has created new duty free brochures for British Airways’ Chinese and Japanese routes. The brochures feature the shiny new BA identity from Newell and Sorrell and an illustration
New concept for convenience
A US petrol retailer is bringing out a new retail concept targeting the convenience store “connoisseur”. – The store concept for Dupont Company subsidiary Conoco is called Breakplace and has
US group to buy Davies Baron
US corporate branding group Diefenbach Elkins has agreed to buy Davies Baron for an undisclosed sum. – The move follows the acquisition of Diefenbach Elkins by the Interpublic Group of
Copycat fee disparity
It’s time for designers to take responsibility for their designs and resist the temptation of getting involved with “me too” own-brand packs for immoral retailers. So we heard at the
PHOTOGRAPHY
Are you interested in Formula One racing? Here’s your chance to look at Formula One images in The Golden Era 1950-1969. – Photographs by Michael Tee.
The Chartered Society of Designers should have been at the Halifax Initiative
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Mad in Manchester?
Manchester designers really understand the concept of branding. Poo-pooing official efforts for a logo, designers, DJs, architects and the like have put their heads together. Simply Red’s manager Elliot Rashman
Record number of name changes prompts work
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