Sampson Tyrrell gives Tarmac good grounding
The Tarmac Group yesterday unveiled its new Sampson Tyrrell Enterprise-designed corporate identity. The new identity – a radical departure from the old logo Design Research Unit first created in 1964
New Zealand airline’s redesign makes waves
A “Pacific wave” which sweeps across the fuselage of its jets is central to Air New Zealand’s new identity, designed by Davies Baron in London. Appointed last year after an
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www.futurefunk.co.uk is the interactive Web site going on-line now to accompany compilation album Future Funk. Intro designed Future Funk’s CD graphics, point-of-sale material, posters and a TV commercial. The group
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No room for the faint-hearted at the RCA
As you read this, Christopher Frayling knows his fate. He is either rector-in-waiting at the Royal College of Art, poised to take over when Tony Jones returns to the US
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SKB cuts back design roster
The UK packaging roster for SmithKline Beecham Consumer Healthcare has been reviewed, with the number of groups listed falling from ten to six. Smith & Milton Original, Klause Wuttke and
Tourist board takes on 999
Design has been booked by the Scottish Tourist Board to design its 1997 guide. The Glasgow consultancy triumphed in a four-way unpaid creative pitch against three Edinburgh groups. In what
Germany awards IDEO
Product design group IDEO is being lauded as Design Group of the Year 1996 by Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Germany. It is the first time a non German design
Saul Bass
If heroes exist, then Saul Bass, who died last week, was certainly one to generations of graphic designers since the 1950s, not least to myself. Simply by playing truant from
Persil opts for human touch
Persil washing powder has a new packaging identity designed by Graphique. The Middlesex consultancy has worked on Persil projects for seven years, but won a three -way paid creative pitch
Harpin joins Haymarket team
Paul Harpin has joined Haymarket Magazines as director of design. Harpin, who took up his new post last week, will work with editorial director Mel Nichols across the company’s existing
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