Battersea ‘Megaplex’
Warner Village Cinemas has unveiled its plans for Battersea Power Station. A 32-screen, 8200-seat ‘Megaplex’ cinema complex with catering and retail outlets will be developed in the landmark building at
Lighthouse exhibition
Torch is designing a series of exhibitions for Trinity House, a body set up in 1514 to control lighthouses around England, Wales, the West Indies and Gibraltar. Torch secured the
RPA Europe delays director appointment
RPA Europe will not replace former managing director Michael Howard until at least the end of this year, says chairman Gerry Postlethwaite. It is possible that Howard’s eventual replacement may
Expert advice needed for millennium plans
It’s great that the Millennium Dome will go ahead, even if it won’t be to the original plan. As we hadn’t seen Imagination’s proposals for its innards, we don’t know
Gullivers to get identity rethink and new name
HSAG has followed its creation of an identity for the Local Government Association (DW 31 January) with the design of the LGA’s magazine, Local Government Voice. HSAG designers Tom Poslett
C’est la ‘Vie’ for Virgin store
Virgin has confirmed the brand identity of its cosmetics chain as Virgin Vie (DW 20 June), created jointly by Revolution and in-house visual design manager Allison Miles. Virgin Retail is
Out with the old in with the new CSD
This latest in the series of CSD errors of judgement (Letters, 20 June) has at least served to get the society as a subject of general debate once again. Parallels
Redrawing the line in Hong Kong
With the handover of Hong Kong drawing near, UK designers working there are obviously concerned for the future. Sharon Marshall asks whether they have anything to worry about
Bank gives CSD deal to cut debt
The Chartered Society of Designers has done a deal with its bank to write off about half of the 700 000 it owes over the next seven years. The deal,
RCA honours Wegner
Hans Wegner, designer of furniture, lights and wallpaper, is tomorrow to be made a Royal College of Art Honorary Doctor, alongside fashion designer Rei Kawakubo, painter Ellsworth Kelly and film
Art of the Royal College
The word ‘design’ has been included for the first time in the Royal College of Art’s identity, in a new version to be launched at the college’s Convocation tomorrow. RCA
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Josep Rubua Sola, designer of the bull-inspired Miura motorcycle displayed at the Royal College of Art/ RAC show, was revelling in the publicity at the launch of the event. But
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