25 February 1999

Contract design and retail outlet Artworks hosts the UK launch of Fantastic Plastic Elastic by Ron Arad on 3 March. Venue: Artworks, 21-22 Upper Street, Islington, London N1.

There are three career routes into architectural lighting design – 90 per cent of practitioners start in theatrical lighting, engineering or architecture. But, the man who recently became lighting design

The Department for Culture Media and Sport is already claiming cost-savings on stationery bearing its new identity, which makes its debut this week after a two-year 79 000 project by

International PR and corporate communications consultancy Burson-Marsteller has plans to set up a new design and advertising division in Paris. ‘We are considering it but nothing is confirmed,’ says Burson-Marsteller

Award winning entries from this year’s Images 23 competition will be exhibited from 2-12 March. Contact: Emily Glass at the Association of Illustrators on 0171-733 2955/5844. Venue: Royal College of

The phenomenal growth in the multimedia sector, which traditionally prefers IBM compatible PC computers, is challenging the Apple Macintosh’s hold on the design industry, according to the author of a

Accountancy group Ernst & Young has launched a competition to design and manufacture the trophies for its inaugural Entrepreneur of the Year award scheme. The competition is open to any

It may sound like sacrilege to the terminally trendy, but many of the current crop of fashion and lifestyle magazines go further than being a victory of style over content.

WPP Group, parent company of design consultancies including Enterprise IG, BDG McColl and Coley Porter Bell, has announced record profits for the year to 31 December 1998. But the group

Steve Cooper asks why projects involving putting a couple of lines of Helvetica Italic under an existing symbol go to large groups like Team Saatchi and never to small consultancies

WALLPAPER manufacturer Country Decor is fighting back against the trend to ignore wallpaper with a new corporate identity created by Leeds consultancy Dare! The identity repositions the manufacturer which is

If you’re planning a visit to free- lance designer/client match-maker Crimson, don’t mention managing director Cathy Burns’ ankle. Working late one night, Burns popped across the corridor to the kitchen,