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The Clio Print, Poster & Package Design Awards honoured three UK consultancies last week. Design Bridge picked up a Gold for its work on Drambuie, while Turner Duckworth and Brewer
Clinic brands Lego Media
Clinic has created the identity for Lego Media International and is developing product packaging and corporate literature. The move is part of a drive to make Lego the most powerful
Fitch floored by celestial poser
Rodney Fitch & Company is to redesign Heaven, a claim most designers would pay dearly to make. – The Heaven in question is, however, an after-pub rather than an after-life
Multi-skilling is getting me nowhere
I was interested in the question raised by Tony Huggett of Quarto Design (Letters, DW 1 May) regarding cross-over and specialisation, particularly in regard to young/graduate designers. I have a
Laura Ashley plans for survival
Fashion and home furnishings chain Laura Ashley is not to change its logo, but may make adjustments to its store interiors, confirms a spokeswoman for the retailer. The troubled chain,
Cambridge wants more product design news
With reference to your comment entitled Good design is not limited to London (Comment, DW 8 May), I would like to point out that virtually all the successful new-product development
Tea shops to follow in coffee’s footsteps
The growth of US-style coffee shops is set to accelerate with a chain planned for Eastern Europe and two tea manufacturers looking to apply the concept to the UK tea
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A baby’s sound, movement, breathing and room temperature can all be measured by the new Intouch baby reassurance monitor. The product, launched by Johnson & Johnson, has been designed by
Happy with your handbag?
Plastic bags look set to remain fashionable this summer, with a new range of rucksacks and shoulders bags by Inflate. – The new products, a collaboration with designer Craig Morrison,
Aukett wins office award
Aukett Associates created the interiors for the winning urban workspace building in the 1998 British Council for Offices Awards on Monday. The most effective fit-out category went to M&C Saatchi’s
To give away creative work is to give away all
I want to support David Gregory’s views on free-pitching as expressed in his letter (Letters, DW, 1 May). – As a member of the Design Business Association, Needhams endorses the
Train logos by Giant and CGI
Marsteller Giant has created the new name and identity for the former Regional Railways North East, to reflect its transition to privatisation. It will be known as Northern Spirit from
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