Consultancies vie for Sainsbury’s roster
Packaging design and branding consultancies are this week in the process of presenting to Sainsbury’s ahead of final appointments to the supermarket giant’s design roster, Design Week can reveal. Sainsbury’s
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It Was So Quiet I Could Hear a Pin Drop, a new children’s book about the sounds we hear around the house, has been designed and written by Fivebargate creative
Punch through the crunch
High street retailers are in the credit crunch front line, but it’s not all doom and gloom, says Julie Oxberry.
Adding value to the shopping experience will keep tills ringing
Art metro
Harry Beck it ain’t, but maps created over the years of the Paris Metro system have a beauty and interest all their own. Here is a selection from a book
It may represent the future of shopping, but lose the italics
I can’t comment on the ‘experience’ per se, because I have not yet visited Westfield London (www.designweek. co.uk, 31 October). What I can say, however, is that whoever chose that
The D&AD judging process is not such a mystery after all
It is the morning after D&AD’s ‘How the hell did that get in?’ event, and I can’t figure out if my head is spinning from drinking too much Guinness or
One word changes it all – guilty by association?
When the Government first passed the London 2012 Olympic bill, which was partly aimed at protecting official sponsors of the event, there was a whole debate as to whether the
Voxpop
London lights the way with its cutting-edge creative sector, but it is so easily snuffed out in times of recession. Boris Johnson should use us, not lose us. He should
Inspired
US President-elect Barack Obama owes much of his success to his command of the Internet as a fundraising and organising tool. Both Obama and Republican rival John McCain relied on
Rediscovering time
The economic downturn is really an opportunity,
argues Jim Davies – it could free us from some of
our burdens and give us a chance to take stock
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Finnish illustrator Kustaa Saksi will present his new book of retrospective work, and show a new series of war-hero characters and large-scale, never-before-seen prints as part of The Heroes exhibition
Support for creative sector in Coventry ‘lacks co-ordination’
A lack of co-ordination across projects and initiatives to support the creative industries is hampering growth in the Coventry region, according to a report produced by Coventry University for Coventry
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Ikea launches build-your-own party electronics
Designed in collaboration with Stockholm-based studio Teenage Engineering, the collection aims to “democratise light and sound at home” with affordable modular pieces.
The virtual reality platform changing how we experience art
When the world’s biggest artists have a vision for virtual reality, London-based Acute Art provides the platform to make it possible.
5 talks to see at Design Indaba
Cape Town-based design conference and festival Design Indaba returns next month promising a special edition to celebrate 25 years.
Pentagram has designed a screen-free audio platform which puts kids in control
The Yoto Player — a connected speaker with a light-up smiley face — can play stories, music, radio and podcasts for children.
