Festival Hall unveils its £15m makeover plans
London’s South Bank Centre this week revealed details of its planned refurbishment of the Royal Festival Hall, following confirmation of a £15m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The regeneration
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Virgin Atlantic Airways has appointed Joe Ferry as head of design. Ferry, who was previously industrial design manager at the airline, will lead teams responsible for on-board product and lounge
Council takes Workroom medicine
The Medical Research Council will unveil a revamped identity, designed by The Workroom, next month, as the 90-year-old organisation moves to improve awareness among the public of its advocacy role
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Lighting by Design, by design director of Lighting Design International Sally Story, is published by Chrysalis Books on 18 October, priced £25. Design Week contributor and Atelier Works director Quentin
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Unreal has created graphics and branding, including idents and stings, for television programme Britain’s Worst Driver, which goes on air on Five from this week.
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Boutique hotel group Malmaison has launched its sixth hotel, with interiors and architectural design by Jestico & Whiles, in Birmingham’s city centre.
Time to burst the bubble of overstated brand talk
‘We have to walk the brand, not only talk the brand. Our clients will judge us on that basis’. This is taken out of a speech that was given by
Springetts styles Vosene haircare range
Springetts has refreshed packaging design for Vosene, Wella’s shampoo brand, refocusing the teardrop symbol to help it better compete against the likes of Head & Shoulders. The brief was to
Named, but not ashamed of extending to fit the title
At the Design Museum he was plain ol’ Paul Thompson. Now he’s director of New York’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, he’s Paul Warwick Thompson. As they say in the Big
Outline the basic ways of expressing brand language
As a copywriter who’s been involved in many sets of design guidelines, I agree with Judy Delin (DW 3 October) that there should be more detail in the language section
Talk
Milliner Philip Treacy dons his lecturing hat on 21 October at the latest in a series of Design Museum talks. Treacy will discuss his career to date and his ongoing
Bar operator entertains with interiors by Fusion
Bar owner Lewis & Clark launches three original concept bars in London this month with interiors by Fusion, the first in a series of bars the company plans to open
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