Midsummer Place, Milton Keynes
Architect: GMW
Presidential race speculators should study form
Designers, rather than the electoral college voting system, dodgy recounts or even Al and George themselves, are officially to blame for the shambolic presidential election in the US, according to Britain’s Ergonomics Society. It claims the poor design of the ballot paper led, unsurprisingly, to bafflement among voters. Information design expert and society member Simon […]
Deedman turns over a new leaf
Bolton interior landscapes and tropical plant group Deedman is launching a redesigned corporate identity created by Prestwich-based design consultancy Appleby Bowers. Deedman, a 25-year-old family business specialising in the design, provision and maintenance of indoor plants to retail, leisure and commercial businesses, appointed the consultancy three months ago after a three-way pitch. Its new identity, […]
Exhibitions
Paul Cathedral: London Linos II; ARTfutures; Donna McLean; Casio – 25 years of digital innovation in the UK; Millennium Products
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A retrospective book of artist Tim Macmillan is published this week by Picture This Moving Image, designed by Bristol design consultancy Northbank. Macmillan,who pioneered the time-slice technique used in the film The Matrix, has produced work such as Island and Sleep – where the subject triggers a time-slice camera at the moment of unconsciousness to […]
Croneen heads Morton UK team
Global events design specialist Jack Morton Worldwide has appointed former Caribiner International client services director Laurence Croneen to managing director of Jack Morton UK. Croneen effectively replaces Mark Wallace, who resigned from Caribiner prior to its acquisition by US-based Jack Morton. This follows other changes at senior level, including the appointments of Alex Ritchie as […]
Books
40 Architects under 40; Art and Social Function; Shop London
Post Office to review roster
The Post Office is set to create a new roster of design consultancies from 1 April next year and is taking the opportunity to review the nature of the design services it buys. The exact roster line up will be announced in the New Year. Although it is still unclear if the Post Office intends […]
Digest
Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust has appointed Button Design to brand Portsmouth naval visitor attraction Action Stations. It is scheduled to open in spring 2001.
Ambulance Service calls CScape
A new nationwide campaign to reduce the time ambulances spend finding houses in an emergency call-out will be launched next week by the Ambulance Service NHS Trust. London design consultancy CScape has designed the posters and a website to support the campaign. Entitled 999 Where Are You, the campaign will feature in schools and health […]
Jaguar racing with Light & Coley
London design consultancy Light & Coley has designed the identity for The E-Type Racing Experience, a series of races next year celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1960s classic Jaguar.
WestQuay, Southampton
Architect: BDP
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Dundee University best place to study design, says The Guardian
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Inspiration
Canongate website redesign, by Human After All
Digital design studio Human After All has created a new website for independent publisher Canongate, which moves away from a traditional, book-ish look and adopts a colourful, contemporary and multimedia style. The homepage showcases key authors’ quotes against colourful backgrounds, alongside extracts, photography, audio and video. The About Us page has also been revamped to […]
Dart x Design, by various designers
When we think of dartboards, connotations of music-less, ale-filled, old-fashioned pubs and splintered, ancient wooden boards arise. But now, designers including Base Design and Karim Rashid have reimagined the dartboard as part of charity project Dart x Design, organised by consultancy Frog. Interpretations include a colourful, 3D-printed board from Alex Trochut, a mathematical, geometric board […]
Metro Galactic, by Cillian McMinn
The design of the London Underground map has inspired many, with its distinctive roundel and colour-coded lines. Product designer and entrepreneur Cillian McMinn has been so inspired, in fact, that he has applied the style not to a map of various cities or countries – but to our entire galaxy. Metro Galactic is a map […]
Here East shuttle bus livery, by Dn&co
Dn&co has designed the livery for the new shuttle buses being used across Here East, a digital and creative campus in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, East London. The livery features the Here East visual identity, and all of the shuttle buses are covered in a series of dot patterns inspired by the Here East […]
Rail House Café interiors, by Adam White and Box 9 Design
East Sussex-based consultancy Box 9 Design has designed the interiors for Rail House Café, a new restaurant in London’s Victoria. The interiors have been designed by Box 9 Design founder Lou Davies in collaboration with the restaurant’s founder Adam White. Inspired by the design of a metropolitan train station, the restaurant features multiple hubs which […]
Grek branding and packaging, by Interabang
London-based graphic design studio Interabang has designed the visual identity and packaging for a new tea company called Grek. The monochrome packaging design is based on the founder’s childhood trips to the Greek island of Pyrgi, where geometric, black and white tiles are commonly found. Each tea flavour comes with a booklet featuring a unique […]
Ombar chocolate rebrand, by Ocean Branding
Organic chocolate Ombar has been given new branding and packaging by Ocean Branding, which aims to make it appear more “natural” for consumers. The new look features a brushscript typeface, a primary colour palette of white, gold and brown alongside a colourful secondary palette to suit different flavours. Brown wrapping paper-style packaging is used. Ombar […]
Plants of Posters, by Federico Moreno and Juan Frias
A new art project has taken to the streets of Madrid, transforming advertising posters into flowerbeds. Plants of Posters is a new, non-profit venture set up by design copywriters Federico Moreno and Juan Frias. The pair have designed makeshift, cardboard cut-out plant pots that can be attached to ads across the city to counter how […]
