22 May 1997

You may not realise it, but cruise ship design suffers from a sad dearth of innovation. Or so says ship designer and master planner John McNeece. One of the principal

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‘Some friends of ours have given us an alternative name – Damp Monkeys’ – Former Partners partner Shaun Dew on her and her new partner, also an ex-Partners partner, Steve

On 30 May Christie’s is holding a nineteenth and twentieth century poster auction at 10.30am and 2pm. The posters span 80 years of design from Europe, Africa and the US.

You could substitute branding, retail or new-product development for the corporate communications we cite in this week’s client survey (see page 17). Strategy is the buzzword that links them all.

The Government is looking at restricting the merchandising and packaging of so-called alcopops in response to claims of distributors targeting under-age drinkers. The Department of Trade and Industry is studying

United Designers has designed a new restaurant for Indian food writer Zuju Shareef. Located in London’s Wimbledon Hill Road, Zujuma’s has a deep red, olive and galvanised steel exterior. The

Peter Thomas, chief executive at Design in Action parent group Lopex, has cooled talk of a takeover bid by Incepta, the parent of Lloyd Northover Citigate. Thomas says Lopex will