22 April 1999

More chairs please

Your 9 April issue was a breath of fresh air. I have been bemoaning the ever decreasing use of chairs within you magazine, then out of the blue comes this

Exhibitions

Photographer Carl Lyttle captures the annual Burning Man Ritual in the Nevada desert with his exhibition Heaven & Hell from 26 April until 1 May.

Fitting praise

It’s amazing how much common ground there is between interior designers and shopfitters these days. The results of our trawl of opinions reveal that both parties put a feeling for

Digests

Nestlé UK has introduced a hardback coffee table book, created by London consultancy Blast, to promote the Nescafé Gold brand. Edward Briscoe-breakaway The Company has been retained by travel and

Lecture

Marc Newson will talk about his work on 28 April at 6pm. Newson has worked across a wide range of design disciplines to create furniture, household products and interiors for

Picture this

Photolibrary PhotoDisc Europe has relauched its website to accommodate the growing number of users identified at the end of year audit, which showed that 29 per cent of UK sales

Events

World Graphics Day, on 27 April, aims to celebrate and promote the power of graphic design to the wider community and its contribution to economic, social and cultural issues. Exhibitions,

We’re designers, not manufacturers

I am surprised to see that Design Week of 9 April contains inaccuracies. You report on the millennium bus, the livery by Roundel “extended into the interiors… using textiles developed

Compass design head

Compass Group, the world’s largest food service organisation, has appointed Lynne Mason as head of design within its design and planning team, nine months after she joined the company as

Madge plays cupid

Has the silly season come early this year? Yes, indeed, judging by a spate of obscure e-mails received from someone called Madge.The woman in question is the animated operator of

Books

The RIBA Book of 20th Century British Housing by Ian Colquhoun is published by Architectural Press and retails at 24.99. The book is both a guide to the most significant

Millennium love bug

A fond farewell to one of our regular correspondents who is quitting this country to experience the ‘Millennium thing’ from the seclusion of an Australian farm. Lee Sillitoe’s name has

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