18 June 1998

Italian fashion chain Diesel has broken with the past, appointing Conran Design Group and New York consultancy Sisman Design to develop its entire global design strategy, after a four-way proposals

Used-car supermarket chain CarLand, which opened in January using a format developed by Rawls & Co, has launched an Internet shopping service.

An Interbrand Newell and Sorrell spokeswoman declines to say whether the consultancy is working on an identity for the British Airways/American Airlines alliance. The alliance is expected to be approved

DIA has appointed a replacement for brands division creative director Nick Ovenden, who left the consultancy in April to join Landor Associates as design director (DW 27 February). Ovenden has

What is Interbrand Newell and Sorrell up to? I had assumed that the group’s new identity for PricewaterhouseCoopers was, in fact, a joke. Has it, or indeed Siegel & Gale,

A new exhibition at the Theatre Museum focuses on one of the leading lights of theatre design. Nick Smurthwaite tracks the early developments in this field

We’re not short of artistic talent in the design industry, but it’s still good to hear of a promising new musical combo. – Acting Chartered Society of Designers director Maria

Heathrow Express has to be good. Quite apart from the 450m investment by BAA in the fast rail link from London’s Paddington station to Heathrow Airport, it will be launched

London group Glazer Design Associates has boosted its staff numbers by six to 17, after an across-the-board recruitment drive to strengthen its offering. All new recruits started at the consultancy

SAS, formerly Stocks Austin Sice, has designed a new brochure for Selfridges. Photography is by Nick Turpin. – – The North West Cultural Forum, which aims to promote the economic

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Edward Briscoe Design is to join M&C Saatchi Village, the design and marketing alliance formed by advertising agency M&C Saatchi, and has confirmed a number of new board appointments so