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
Digest
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
Latest articles
5 important things that happened in design this week
From a rebrand for the Southbank Centre to a visit to Dundee, the UK’s latest cultural hotspot, we round-up the news from the last seven days.
Exhibition exploring fictional world of Downton Abbey opens
Mather & Co has designed the exhibition, which is set to take a world tour, and incorporated holographic and audio visual technology to create an interactive visitor experience.
Southbank Centre reveals first rebrand in 10 years, inspired by Brutalism
The London-based culture and art hub, which is composed of four venues, has been given a new visual identity by studio North, dropping the Wolff Olins branding designed in 2007.
SomeOne creates branding for new “pro-working” space Fora
The London-based workspace chain aims to distinguish itself through “hotel-style hospitality” and being free from interruptions such as “people larking about or playing table tennis”.
Inspiration
Iford Opera Festival material, by So Design and Charles Emerson
So Design Consultants has teamed up with fine art photographer Charles Emerson to create a selection of images for this year’s Ilford Opera Festival. As the event is set in the Peto Garden at Ilford Manor, the focus of every image is flowers. Each chosen to symbolise the musical performance they represent, the flowers were […]
Philographics, by Genis Carreras
Solipsism is the philosophical idea that only the direct mental experience is certain, as things external to one’s own mind cannot be known. In other words: you are the only thing that definitely exists and everything else in the world, from family to forests, might just be your hallucinations. Four years ago, London-based designer Genis […]
Penguin Random House Student Design Award winners, by various
For the last 11 years, Penguin Random House UK has put on the Student Design Award, an opportunity for young designers to take an imaginative pop at some of the most timeless book covers ever published. This year, the gauntlet was set across three categories: Adult Fiction Cover Award was To Kill a Mockingbird by […]
Rightmove advert, by Trunk Animation, Layla Atkinson and Anna Kövecses
Director Layla Atkinson has worked with illustrator Anna Kövecses and animation studio Trunk to create a new advert for home renting and buying company Rightmove. The advert is aimed at renters, and follows the story of a young couple as they go house-hunting, and chancing upon many properties before finding the “perfect” one, says Trunk. […]
The Great British Postcard Competition, by various illustrators
Print company Saxoprint is holding a postcard competition that asks creatives to summarise their view of Britain in 2017 through design and illustration. The competition is being judged by a panel led by ex-Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon, and shortlisted entries and winners will be revealed in an exhibition on 23 September. The venue is yet […]
Anthology, by The Cass School of Art
Visual Communication students at The Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design have designed a new book of critical and creative writing. Anthology features the writing of the university’s English Literature and Creative Writing students, alongside illustrations and design by Visual Communication students. It aims to be a collection of the school’s “best fiction, poetry, […]
Tokyo ice cream and chocolate shop, by Nendo
Japanese design consultancy Nendo has created the interiors for a new shop aimed at those with a sweet tooth. A Tes Souhaits! Glace et Chocolat is based in Tokyo, and is the sister shop to patisserie A Tes Souhaits!. The shop features a curved wall made out of various soils, which mimic the effect of […]
Sorry Not Sorry for Being Me campaign, by BBC Creative and Mother Design
Mother Design has completed its first project since joining the BBC’s roster, the branding and campaign for a new BBC Three show. Sorry Not Sorry For Being Me aims to explore the personal identities and “uniqueness” of young people, and enable young viewers to feel comfortable in themselves. The campaign includes print advertising, social media […]
