22 May 1997

Should we discard Beefeaters and the Union Jack as symbols of Britain? As the debate hots up, Clare Dowdy looks at suggestions for the nation’s branding

There are two conferences to watch out for. The first is an interactive workshop entitled Effectively Managing Creative People, how to sustain the wow effect. Learn how to manage creative

Pentagram in London will have been going on for 25 years next month. Ten years ago a sister office in New York was set up, which is now a formidable

Imagination looks certain to be retained as designer of the millennium celebrations in Greenwich, despite a current lull in its workload and rumours of disagreements with the organising company, Millennium

Macromedia is calling for entries for the Made With Macromedia People’s Choice Award, held in conjunction with the international users conference and exhibition held in October. There are 16 categories

Over the past 30 years Italian-born design guru Massimo Vignelli has turned his hand to just about everything, from airline identities to packaging, posters and newspaper grids. But there’s one

The British Tourist Authority is bringing in a design consultancy to update its “Britain brand” logo which appears on all products marketing the UK overseas. It has shortlisted Springpoint, Real

Touted as London’s first indoor sundial, the ‘shadow clock’ has been designed by Pethick & Money for the Times Place commercial building on Pall Mall.

Shaun Dew and Steve Gibbons are to launch a new consultancy next month. Called Dew Gibbons, the consultancy will reunite the two former partners from The Partners. Gibbons left The

As part of the ongoing review of design industry representation, Design Week, the Chartered Society of Designers, the Design Business Association and the Design Council are asking the industry what

If you thought the RIBA Architecture Centre was a place for public debate, forget it. It may have an events programme designed to pull in the punters and it may

The Department of Trade and Industry hopes to publish a green paper before the summer on its tough action for late payers of bills, says a department spokesman. “We want