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The London Transport Museum was designed by Dry Butlin Bicknell and not Paul Mullins Associates, as stated in Design Week on 28 January. The project was co-ordinated by George Butlin
Sølve Sundsbø
Rankin says he is the future of photography. Tony Chambers says he is one of the photographers he would want to work with. Whoever you talk to, this 28-year-old Norwegian
New Spring blossoms in Japan
London Group Spring Design Consultants has changed its name to Spring Creative Consultants following a “sizeable” investment from a private Japanese backer. The group was established in 1998 by partners
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Yorkshire taxi
London is famous internationally for its black cabs and red buses. Why, argues Design Yorkshire, shouldn’t the northern county have its own vehicular icon? Plans currently under development should, if
Parker Williams eats up Bodyfood brand
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Joachim Baldauf
Joachim Baldauf is known in Britain for his saucy fashion shoots for Wallpaper, in particular last year’s ‘Horny’ October issue in which a scantily clad ‘him & her’ posed with
Mind you don’t hot-rock the furniture
It was a jolly evening at the opening night of the exhibition of furniture by Matthew Hilton at London’s Geffrye Museum last week. Especially for the unidentified cyclist on the
Tartan thread runs through Kemistry’s BBC design
The Macdonald tartan and the work of artist Mondrian inspired on-screen design specialist Kemistry in its titles for Monarch of the Glen, a Scotland-set series due to be broadcast on
Digest
Glasgow consultancy Burns Design has transformed Stirling University’s student union into a new club/ bar venue called Glow. The £200,000 project has doubled Glow’s capacity and aims to rival Glasgow
Norwich Union and CGU merger
The £19bn insurance giant created by the merger between CGU and Norwich Union is set to be renamed CGNU if the deal is approved. No design groups have been approached,
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Edinburgh design group Graphic Partners is opening a Manchester office next month. It will be headed by Mark Ross and Tom Shaughnessy, formerly creative directors at The Chase.
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