The Children’s Society
The Children’s Society is set to launch sponsored walking event Footsteps for Childhood on 18 May, with a logo devised by Bulletproof Design. The charity works with more than 50
Looking back
Some things we just can’t get out of our heads. Like pop tunes, objects often trigger memories of times and places. Artefacts of an era, personal or cultural, become loaded
2007 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion
Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson and Norwegian architect Kjetil Thorsen have unveiled designs for the 2007 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. The timber-clad structure resembles a spinning top and brings a new vertical
A flexible friend
A chemist invented the first plastic in 1907 and the material has been in and out of fashion ever since, but Clare Dowdy finds it still very much in demand,
Hot chocolate
The first design museum in the Japanese capital is opening with an event called Chocolate, but there are no Mars bars in sight. Richard Clayton nevertheless develops a taste for
Super size me
Giant graphics, such as billboards and pavement-embedded messages so large you have to stand back to take them all in, cannot fail to impress through their sheer scale. Big writing
The Campana brothers
The Campana brothers will show a series of single- and multi-seat chairs, lamps, and ‘illuminated meteors’ made from various plastics and apuí, a traditional Brazilian fibre that is extracted by
Design Museum to host Barnbrook show
Graphic designer Jonathan Barnbook, renowned for his experimental typefaces and political projects, is to unveil the first UK exhibition of his work at the Design Museum in June.The Friendly Fire
Parker Williams reworks packaging for Gaymer ciders
The Gaymer Cider Company is set to unveil a packaging redesign for its Olde English and Gaymers Original cider brands, created by consultancy Parker Williams.The Olde English packaging redesign launches
Architect called in to build Visa ‘virtual’ HQ
Visa Europe, one of the latest brand owners to commission premises in the fast-growing, Web-based ‘virtual’ world Second Life, is using a ‘real life’ architect to work on the designs.Rambir
Radio interviews can be turned to your advantage
In Hugh Pearman’s excellent Private View on radio, the imaginary researcher was said to have asked, ‘Can’t you give up your afternoon to get down there for a 45-second interview
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Working from a fish farm in Aberdeenshire, Johanna Basford designs textiles and wallpapers for companies such as Heal’s, exploring botanical motifs, insects and evolution. Fiona Nicolson speaks to her
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