In response to Michael Johnson bemoaning loss of work and plagiarism (Letters, DW 13 October), while I do sympathise with his sentiments I have to question whether the ideas he claims to be his original ideas are really so original. Did he first think of using melons instead of breasts? Did the European star from […]
In many cases the Internet can be an effective marketing medium and information resource, but Richard Murray thinks too many websites are just a waste of cyberspace
Midlands digital media consultancy QiQ has designed www.sortit.org.uk, a website for the Royal National Institute for the Blind, which launches next week. It is aimed at blind and partially sighted 11- to 16-year- olds, and is designed to be used in conjunction with speech synthesis technology, braille output and over-large fonts.
Design in Business Week; www.e-brand.com or con
Architectural and design consultancy Shh has created the identity and interiors for new central London noodle bar, Ichizen, which opened last week. ‘The clients wanted a young, happening place,’ says Graham Harris, managing director of Shh. ‘Trying to put that across in architectural terms was an interesting challenge.’ The designer was limited by the building’s […]
Boots the Chemists has said that its marketing services deal with WPP Group (DW 20 October) will not affect its arrangements for commissioning design. Is this a realistic position or do you feel that in the long run smaller creative groups will lose out? ‘Obviously, that depends on the strategy. It sounds like they are […]
A design collaboration including Design Triangle, Wolff Olins and Glazer has scooped the Grand Prix and Design Management awards for the Heathrow Express train at this year’s Design Business Association’s Design Effectiveness Awards.
Print Circle is the Photographers’ Gallery annual collection of original prints for sale to the public. The signed photographs, which are limited edition batches of 20, are priced at £250 for one image and include established and contemporary photographers, as well as the work of emerging young artists. Contact: the website at www.photonet.org.uk. Venue: The […]
Corporate marketing budgets have been revised downwards for the next few months, according to the latest Bellwether Report, published last week by the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising. While the quarterly report shows that Internet marketing and sponsorship grew from 1.5 per cent to 2.5 per cent of marketing budgets, it states: “Companies reported that […]
– Timecode trailer and titles
Leaner, fitter design consultancies that can quickly reduce their overheads survive fluctuations in the economy.
Retail, leisure and corporate design group Spring Creative Consultants has created the identity for new music video production company Vigilante. The bold pink identity contrasts a classical typeface with paint splash-style imagery.
The new app offers customers home delivery within the hour, and enables people to order, track their delivery and pay through the online interface.
From a Shepherd Neame rebrand to a new Apple headquarters, we round up the important design news from the last seven days.
Apple will close its other London offices and move 1,400 employees from these sites to Battersea, where they will be part of a team of 3,000 staff.
The pilot bus shelter, backed by the Department for Transport, allows people to charge their phones, access wi-fi and view travel information.
Curzon Cinema Ident – In Cinema version from The Plant on Vimeo. Consultancy The Plant has created a new cinema ident for art house cinema Curzon, as part of its 40th anniversary. The ident is an extension of Curzon’s refreshed visual identity, which was unveiled in 2015 and also created by The Plant. The consultancy […]
Tom Dixon has launched a new range of bowls and trays, finished from soft silver. The Orbit trays are a series of circular trays of various sizes which can fit within each other, and are intended for “afternoon tea, canapes, or trinkets”, says the studio. They are made from solid brass and silver plated. The […]
Technology Will Save Us has launched the Synth Kit – a build-it-yourself musical instrument which teaches kids about both engineering and music. It aims to teach children the “basics of electronics and sound”, and show them “how a synth and how circuits work”, says the company. The DIY synth kit is suitable for children aged […]
Consultancy After Hours has created the branding for a hand-made candle company in New Zealand called The Treasury of Candles. The brand mark is a foil candelabra symbol, which creates the letter “T”. The packaging has “luxury” elements, says After Hours, including a silk clam-shell gift box, organza ribbons and watercolour print inserts. The candle […]
Architectural practice Moxon has designed the interiors of start-up shoe store Mov:el, bringing all the shop’s stock to the front of store. There is no storeroom, and all the shoes are out on display in cubby holes based in movable modular units. This layout aims to deliver quicker service, says the architect, and also create […]
DesignLSM has created the interiors for a new branch of restaurant Burger & Lobster, based in the W hotel at Leicester Square, London. The interiors include a hanging light chandelier at the centre, alongside lobster tanks and banquette seating, a central spiral staircase, timber flooring and a brass bar. The restaurant is spread over two […]
London hotel Hilton Bankside has commissioned a living art installation made of various types of foliage. Florist All for Love has created the typographic installation, which spells out Bankside using ferns, ivy and English herbs. Ruth Davis, founder at All for Love, says: “The concept is to create a modern yet living structure that reflects […]
Interabang has designed the branding for economic analytics company Enodo Economics. The design studio also named the company, with Enodo deriving from the Latin word for “make clear, untangle and explain”. This was used as a metaphor in the logo motif itself, the studio says, which is an “unravelling double ‘e’” shape. A colour palette […]
