Digest
Start has announced five appointments this week, including Richard Crabb who joins from Orange as design director and senior designer Minna Orsimoas, previously at Saatchi Design.
Book
The Art Directors Club of Europe Best of European Design & Advertising Annual is available now. The new ADCE identity was designed by TV4 Sweden head of graphic design Barbro
Branding messages that drive you round the bend
OK, so the Toyota RAV4 ad (Private View, DW 17 October and Letters, DW 14 November) is no masterpiece. But, hazy locale apart, it’s not that bad. We may scoff
Netgem channels upmarket set-top box to audiences
French digital TV manufacturer Netgem is rolling out what it claims is the first high-end set-top box to operate with the BBC/ BSkyB service Freeview, with packaging and point-of-sale design
White Xmas
Festive snowfalls have come early to the Norwegian beer market, with Oslo-based Tank Design’s minimal styling of White Xmas, positioned as a party drink by brewer Macks Olbryggeri. ‘It’s traditional
Exhibitions
The annual Hidden Art Open Studios event takes place over 23-24 November and 30 November-1 December across east London. Visitors can buy fashion, textiles, lighting, furniture, ceramics and glass from
Government biotechnology site launches
Clinic has designed and branded a cross-Government on-line portal, i-bio, that gives access to more than 200 public and private sector biotechnology websites in a bid to address suspicion of
Glass
Contemporary glass design by international artists is on show at touring exhibition Heart of Glass, which starts tomorrow and continues until 26 January 2003. Venue: The Crafts Council, 44a Pentonville
Natural history series bought to life by 422
Bristol-based 422 South has created the title sequences and 3D graphical special effects for the £8m natural history series The Life of Mammals, which is broadcast for the first time
Galleryshop Myerscough looks to creative pooches
Want to collar the mutt in your life? Try scampering over to Her House, graphic designer Morag Myerscough’s gallery home, where it’s all gone dog for a Bitch of a
Fire helmet for Modular Helmet Systems
Sheffield-based product consultancy AME has created a fire helmet for Modular Helmet Systems, which should appear on the market in April 2003. Designed by AME industrial designer Andy Rosie, the
Dig deeper for the pay dirt
Images used in TV ads are becoming increasingly irrelevant to the brands they’re trying to sell, says David Bernstein. He thinks the admen should try a lot harder
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