Something fishy has gone on with Design Conspiracy’s spoof corporate name generator, www.whatbrandareyou.com that we brought you last month (Diary, DW 23 October). All the ‘brands’ have been registered at
Northcross has created a fashion-conscious interiors concept in Glasgow for start-up jewellery retailer Red, which could be the model for a new UK-wide chain. Red has been developed by Martin
Art, Lies and VideoTape, a newly opened exhibition of performance art at Tate Liverpool, has been produced with designer Nick Radclyffe and architect Franca di Veroli. Curated by Adrian George,
As one of the seven shortlisted designers/ design groups for the London 2012 Olympic bid identity, I have been dismayed to read about the poor design management and judging panel
Amp Associates has designed the sleeve of Ministry of Sound’s soon-to-be released compilation The Very Best of the Chillout Sessions. A gold edition Technics 1210 turntable was frozen for photographer
So it is all change at the top end of the industry again with news that Omnicom-owned branding group Interbrand is moving closer to sister company Innocence (see News, page
Patterns, all-girl pop groups and shoe collections are just some of Nina Chakrabarti’s obsessions. Sara Manuelli talks to the Anglo-Indian illustrator about the joys of creating decorative designs
As the Michael Hoppen Gallery puts its collection of Bauhaus photographs on show, Clare Dowdy finds out why the movement is still so influential
As London 2012 unveils its bid logo, Richard Clayton asks whether the branding of a city is a capital idea
Sir Terence Conran has won the Prince Philip Designers Prize 2003, with Sir Nicholas Grimshaw and product design partnership Richard Seymour and Dick Powell receiving special commendations. Conran, widely credited
The London Institute read with interest Design Business (DW 30 October) on the Risk It initiative and the advisory service it provides to new and emerging creative businesses, and I
Dennis DeYonker, marketing director at Macleans, meets Trish Lorenz and discusses his motivation to go client-side with the top-three toothpaste brand
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As part of our series on design in 2024, WeWantMore creative director Ruud Belmans offers his view on what retail and experience design might look like next year.