Design recovery position is behind advertising
Amanda Merron of accountant Willott Kingston Smith provides an overview of how design and branding groups have fared according to their accounts
Culture is much more interesting than objects
I know it’s probably rather unfashionable to say this, but I think what Alice Rawsthorn has done at the Design Museum is excellent. It used to be so dull.
Wechsler Ross & Partners to set up London office
US design group Wechsler Ross & Partners is setting up a London office to service clients including Burberry, Center Parcs and Capital Radio in Europe.
NWD in good health with Clinic deal
AIM-listed marketing services group, NWD, has snapped up design consultancy Clinic, in a £2.4m deal. Clinic, which includes design groups Small Japanese Soldier, I-clinic and Two Hats, says the acquisition
Pearlfisher pack treatment for Umi range
London design group Pearlfisher has put the finishing touches to a range of ‘super premium’ toiletries for Waitrose and John Lewis. Called Umi, the premium quality range will be launched
The Royal Society for the Arts appoints Andrew Summers
The Royal Society for the Arts has appointed Design Partners chairman Andrew Summers (pictured) and former Design Council design director Sean Blair as two of its four incoming trustees.
Restaurant designers aren’t makeover artists
In response to Sally Mackereth of Wells Mackereth’s reference to Conran restaurants (Interiors feature, DW 30 September), having rejoined Conran & Partners I’m struck by my colleagues’ intellectual rigour and
Sign language
Transport signage has to help us go from A to B with minimum fuss, while battling a modern-day landscape of visual noise. Clare Dowdy gets straight to the point
Exhibitions
Zest For Life has travelled from London to South Yorkshire and showcases Brazilian designer brothers Fernando and Humberto Campana’s furniture from 22 October until 18 December. Venue: The Design Centre,
Design intervention can work wonders for schools
Congratulations to Foster and Partners for its success in the prestigious Riba Stirling Prize with London’s 40 St Mary Axe – better known to locals as the Gherkin. As well
Conran relaunches Mezzo as Meza
Terence Conran has relaunched his Soho restaurant Mezzo as a Spanish eatery and bar, renaming it Meza. The space, in London’s Wardour Street, has been adapted to house Cuban cocktail
Cancer Research youth strategy
Cancer Research UK is launching a scheme called Today, targeting 18- to 25-year-olds, with visual identity and naming by Love. The Manchester consultancy won the work in a seven-way credentials
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