Dew Gibbons administers infant medicine’s revamp
Dew Gibbons has redesigned the identity and packaging for the UK’s biggest selling treatment for infant colic, Infacol, which hits the shelves next month. The five-figure redesign was prompted by
Book
Careers by Design – A Business Guide for Graphic Designers by American head-hunter Roz Goldfarb is published by Allworth Press, priced £14.95.
Visual volumes
Adrian Shaughnessy looks at the editorial design of photography books, but believes the images speak louder than the layouts
Talk
Wayne Hemingway presents A Blueprint for New Generation Estates as part of the Innovation in Housing series for The Architecture Foundation, on 25 March at 7pm. Entry is free but
CD compilations on song, as suggestions trickle in
Sad Bastard at Design Week is delighted to report that ideas for the design industry’s own music compilation series (Diary, DW 14 March) have been flowing in – alright, trickling
Colors to be published on 27 May
A compilation of 13 issues of Benetton magazine Colors is published on 27 May to celebrate the work of designer and former editor-in-chief Tibor Kalman. The book is designed by
Crediting a team’s efforts motivates the whole group
A noticeable thing about entries to the 2002 Design Week Awards was the great number of entrants naming individual design team members, not just the consultancy. There was also a
Cochrane markets advice using a quintet of points
My abbreviated answer to the massive question posed in Vox Pop (DW 14 March) is as follows: First of all, be there: raise your profile around your target market. Second,
Digest
Elmwood has created a brand identity and corporate brochure for technology software supplier Exe Technologies, which was unveiled on 18 March.
Capturing your group’s values pays off with clients
With regards to last week’s Vox Pop (DW 14 March), the best marketing for design groups is word-of-mouth. The trick is to become front of mind and become talked about
Grey matter
Inspired by the Hardcore exhibition at the Royal Institute of British Architects, Gayle Markovitz looks at different concrete applications
Obituary: Herbert Spencer 1924-2002
The graphic designer, author and teacher Herbert Spencer was a lifelong champion of the modernist approach to typography, he became a catalyst for change through his writing and teaching. The
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