20 March 1997

The 47th International Design conference will be held in Aspen, Colorado, between 5-8 June. Entitled Hollywood, the conference will be looking at the many ways in which Hollywood has shaped

London’s Scala Cinema building in King’s Cross is being redeveloped as an arts venue and nightclub designed by Fashion Architecture Taste, Fat. The Scala closed in 1993 after a costly

If you’re after great building illustrations, interactive work or even a website, look no further than Chiswick and Scots-led Hayes Davidson, says Sutherland Lyall

‘We keep finding things which mean testicles in Finnish’ – Sue Couldery, international finance director of Interbrand, on the dangers inherent in international brands

Asda must change the packaging of its Puffin chocolate biscuits after Penguin brand owner United Biscuits won a partial victory in the High Court. The supermarket has five weeks to

Despite Asda’s brave face, the Penguins came out of court smiling. The result may encourage more brand owners to take packaging copycats to the courts, reports Matthew Valentine

Design consultancies which are using software illegally are among 76 000 companies being targeted for raids by trading standards officers. A crackdown from May on “software crime” is expected to

Helen Storey in conversation with Paul Smith has now been rescheduled to the 24 March at 7.30pm. Storey explores her passion for design and the need for designers to look

Advertising and design should stop the sniping, says Jeremy Myerson, while three creatives who have worked on both sides of the divide speak to Jane Lewis

Cordiant, parent of Siegel & Gale and Saatchi & Saatchi Design, has reported a return to profit in its 1996 full-year results.

I was shocked by the tasteless and sexually offensive pun Broad Horizons on the cover of Design Week (DW 7 March). I was then puzzled by the contradiction with the

Typical. Colleges gripe about resources and funding but when you try to give them something for free they can’t be bothered to come and collect it. The good people at