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Billed as the latest must-have hi-tech gizmo, Nabaztag is a ‘smart rabbit’ that is permanently connected to the Internet through a broadband wireless connection. Designed by Paris company Violet, Nabaztag
Area Sq flies £3m revamp of EasyJet’s Luton headquarters
Work starts on site at EasyJet’s new corporate headquarters at Luton Airport this week, with interiors designed by Area Sq, in what is a £3.1m refurbishment project for the group.
SHH creates £2m restaurant in Bahrain
London consultancy SHH has created the brand identity and interior concept for a £2m three-storey, 300-seater restaurant called Nu Asia, which will open in Bahrain this winter.
Audit time
Back in the late 1990s, the Audi TT took the design world by storm, but does the new TT Coupé stand a chance of matching the success of its predecessor?
At the heart of it all
Some say design leadership begins in the boardroom, but David Bernstein believes design should be allowed to flourish at an organisation’s very core. Design leadership. What does the term mean?
Proximity London appoints digital creative director
Digital consultancy Proximity London has appointed Pete Petrella as creative director of digital, overseeing a team of eight. Petrella was previously associate creative director at Wheel. The group is seeking
Profile: Teresa Monachino
Teresa Monachino has combined her love of typography and the English language in a book that gently subverts and questions the art of expression. Trish Lorenz talks to the designer
Voxpop
Amazon has begun to sell corn flakes and soup, in a bid to become a mighty, one-stop, on-line shopping destination. Do books and groceries sit happily together on the virtual
Modernism teaches us to strive for our ideals
The Modernism exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum depicts a time when artists, architects and designers had a strong influence to react to. Destruction was all around and, for
From No One to SomeOne
Going solo may seem like a scary option, but the rewards can be great, argues Simon Manchipp, who has taken the leap. I’ve flown the nest, cut the apron strings
Inspired
When I was training as an architect in Liverpool about 20 years ago, a friendly-looking guy called Nigel Irens turned up to tell us how he designed boats. When you
Sandeman revamped by Wren & Rowe
Global fortified wine producer Sandeman is relaunching with a redesigned corporate identity and overhauled packaging, in a six-figure-a-year design project by Wren & Rowe. It is the first time the
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