The UK will weather the global downturn better than other economies, according to Mintel, which yesterday published a report on British consumer spending. The survey analyses changes in spending priorities
Wink Media has beaten FutureBrand, Interbrand and Wolff Olins breakaway Venture 3 to win the identity work for Switzerland’s beleaguered airline, it has emerged. The Swissair Group combined its operations
Glass artist Alexander Beleschenko has created two works for London’s Canary Wharf public art programme. The installations will be located at the Citigroup buildings. The first, which has just been
Many design sectors have been slow to generate news in the New Year lull, but the exhibitions camp has proved to be an amazingly fruitful source of stories and new
Elina Brotherus was born in Finland in 1972. She creates both portraits and self-portraits, sometimes incorporating people emotionally close to her, to convey a state of mind and sentiment. They
The LGS Partnership has created an identity and global guidelines for International Coatings, a marine coatings brand owned by Akzo Nobel. The identity is launched this week following a 12-month
Red Design has created the sleeve artwork for Tru Thoughts Recordings’ forthcoming compilation Heavyweight Rib Ticklers, part of Tru Thought’s Unfold series. The artwork incorporates a cardboard model of a
Philip-Lorca diCorcia is showing his series Heads, which has been exhibited at the Gagosian Gallery on London’s Heddon Street. It consists of a kind of surveillance project, in which the
Hugh Pearman likes the idea of the universe being a shade of turquoise, but is worried that it’s just another marketing ploy to help make the world go round
New media specialist Lisa Strausfeld has joined Pentagram’s New York office as the seventh partner. She was previously director and vice-president at digital sports entertainment company Quokka Labs, where she
Gyro has designed the Europe-wide marketing literature for the Treo, a mobile phone/palm organiser hybrid, which launches early next month. The consultancy won the six-figure graphics project without a pitch,
Danella Weir, BBC marketing manager, brand communications talks to Hannah Booth about logos, rosters and her fascination with apostrophes
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