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.
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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 […]
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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.
“We want to bring together countries to look at design’s important role in the big emotive issues of our time,” says festival director.
From a rebrand for the Southbank Centre to a visit to Dundee, the UK’s latest cultural hotspot, we round-up the news from the last seven days.
Mather & Co has designed the exhibition, which is set to take a world tour, and incorporated holographic and audio visual technology to create an interactive visitor experience.
The London-based culture and art hub, which is composed of four venues, has been given a new visual identity by studio North, dropping the Wolff Olins branding designed in 2007.
So Design Consultants has teamed up with fine art photographer Charles Emerson to create a selection of images for this year’s Ilford Opera Festival. As the event is set in the Peto Garden at Ilford Manor, the focus of every image is flowers. Each chosen to symbolise the musical performance they represent, the flowers were […]
Solipsism is the philosophical idea that only the direct mental experience is certain, as things external to one’s own mind cannot be known. In other words: you are the only thing that definitely exists and everything else in the world, from family to forests, might just be your hallucinations. Four years ago, London-based designer Genis […]
For the last 11 years, Penguin Random House UK has put on the Student Design Award, an opportunity for young designers to take an imaginative pop at some of the most timeless book covers ever published. This year, the gauntlet was set across three categories: Adult Fiction Cover Award was To Kill a Mockingbird by […]
Director Layla Atkinson has worked with illustrator Anna Kövecses and animation studio Trunk to create a new advert for home renting and buying company Rightmove. The advert is aimed at renters, and follows the story of a young couple as they go house-hunting, and chancing upon many properties before finding the “perfect” one, says Trunk. […]
Print company Saxoprint is holding a postcard competition that asks creatives to summarise their view of Britain in 2017 through design and illustration. The competition is being judged by a panel led by ex-Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon, and shortlisted entries and winners will be revealed in an exhibition on 23 September. The venue is yet […]
Visual Communication students at The Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design have designed a new book of critical and creative writing. Anthology features the writing of the university’s English Literature and Creative Writing students, alongside illustrations and design by Visual Communication students. It aims to be a collection of the school’s “best fiction, poetry, […]
Japanese design consultancy Nendo has created the interiors for a new shop aimed at those with a sweet tooth. A Tes Souhaits! Glace et Chocolat is based in Tokyo, and is the sister shop to patisserie A Tes Souhaits!. The shop features a curved wall made out of various soils, which mimic the effect of […]
Mother Design has completed its first project since joining the BBC’s roster, the branding and campaign for a new BBC Three show. Sorry Not Sorry For Being Me aims to explore the personal identities and “uniqueness” of young people, and enable young viewers to feel comfortable in themselves. The campaign includes print advertising, social media […]
