28 January 1999

The proposed 28.5m Imperial War Museum of the North, the future of which had been in doubt after a funding application to the Heritage Lottery Fund was unsuccessful, has been

Fitch has been appointed to design a retail and entertainment complex within the old city walls of Valletta, the capital of Malta. Working with local architect MED Design Consultants, Fitch

Bedford-based Bluegreen Design Consultants has devised a new branding device for Point Recruitment. Launched this week, the identity contains a star motif to represent the idea of recruiting the top

Lee Sillitoe’s appeal to bring our neglected spiritual selves back into design processes (Letters, DW 8 January) struck an odd chord. Flanked by yet another lookalike design letter and some

Real Time Studio has created the literature and identity for UK Athletics, the new governing body formed to replace the British Athletic Federation, which went bankrupt in 1997. The logo

London consultancy Curious has created the bottle, graphics and logotype for Svensk Vodka, a new vodka brand from Swedish company Svensk Vodka i Motala. The group also worked with the

I have been trying extremely hard to resist joining the Chartered Society of Designers/ Design Business Association debate, but alas have failed. The fact is societies and associations consist largely

Changes on the Design Week editorial team see former news editor Clare Dowdy become features editor. Matthew Valentine takes up the news editor role.

Students are being challenged to design a stylish new lunchbox for this year’s Steel Packaging Design Awards, run by British Steel to encourage innovative design using steel. Retail group The

The face of the Web consultancy sector changed immeasurably during 1998. While last year’s bloodbath of closures or mergers among groups was often described as “consolidation”, in fact, the changes

The Co-operative Wholesale Society is to relaunch its 275-strong Late Shop convenience chain as Welcome next month, as part of an overall repositioning of its operation. The move was prompted

As part of a show by MA students from the interior design and IT course at Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, Pentagram’s Lorenzo Apicella will give a slide talk