Designers can learn from risk-takers in couture
Regarding your Vox Pop on London Fashion Week (DW 19 February), fashion is constantly re-inventing itself. Each new season brings new designers, new opinions and new takes on nostalgia.
Bright sparks
Vittorio Radice has put together a crack team of creatives to ensure products from Marks & Spencer’s latest venture, Lifestore, become features in British homes. Sara Manuelli quizzes the team
DBA takes new staff on board
The Design Business Association announced three new board members at its annual general meeting, held yesterday. Williams Murray Hamm director Richard Williams, Finisterre brand strategy director Sean Lewis, and Elmwood
The Big Leap campaign
Susan Rentoul Design has created the website – www.thebigleap.org – and branding for The Big Leap campaign, which launches on 29 February. The initiative aims to encourage people to donate
Federation of Door Supervisors and Security takes on Christopher Lewis Associates
The Federation of Door Supervisors and Security, the new national union for doormen and doorwomen, has appointed Christopher Lewis Associates to create its first membership recruitment campaign.
Point-of-sale material for Zuma
Dutton Merrifield has created point-of-sale material for hot chocolate beverage brand Zuma. It is the first consumer-facing material the brand has commissioned.
Sweet brief attracts 14-year-olds of all ages
Designers might know about getting caught with their fingers in the cookie jar, but wouldn’t you give your back teeth to design your own sweets? This week, Haribo announced a
GT Network builds global capability
Good Technology is setting up a tactical network of specialist Web design, interactive, technology and digital media groups for the WPP Group. Called GT Network, the project is being spearheaded
Saturday brings Kurt Geiger to heel
Saturday is to revamp the Kurt Geiger brand, with an updated visual identity and communications campaign scheduled to launch next month. The group, which won the work following a three-way
Rapid succession
Rapid prototyping is a quick standard for turning plans into 3D reality, but hand-made models still have a role to play, says Adrian Berry
Show
From 3-17 March The Furniture Works Show will present the launch of new furniture by young up-and-coming designers. Venue: Furniture Works Showroom, 41 Commercial Road, London E1.
Exhibitions
A Touch of Finland, from 5 March until 4 May, includes the works of 12 Finnish craft artists who capture the essence of their country’s natural forms. Venue: Flow, 1-5
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