Groups parade for war brief
The Imperial War Museum will draw up a shortlist by Easter for the design work on its 4m Holocaust exhibition. A paid pitch will follow. Consultancies which have submitted credentials
Brighton University wins design computer base
Brighton University has been chosen over De Montfort, Coventry and Middlesex universities to host the first Computers in Teaching Initiative centre for art and design. The CTI centre will be
Focusing on the needs of UK design centres
I was very interested to read your Comment last week (DW 22 March), particularly as I had just spent a morning at Buckinghamshire College in a steering group set up
Agenda sets creative brands
Agenda Design and Stephen Hodgson this week launched a joint venture to concentrate on brand development, positioning and naming. Hodgson, a partner in consultancy Hodgson Mothersole which ceased trading last
Brief
Plugging a new range of products is the point of this brochure designed by Walker Izard for Caradon MK Electric. The client, said to be the UK’s leading electrical accessories
Min Tatt’s makeover of an ‘old boiler’ in Italy
Italian manufacturer Viero knew who to turn to when its silk-screen silk printing machine needed to be remodelled… the group which redesigned its identity. Andy Gilgrist reports
King Carson of Ray Gun takes royal wrong turn
The Royal Geographical Society in Kensington was packed to the gunwales last week as Ray Gun and Beach Culture designer David Carson talked of his life and loves. Tension mounted
Landor flies high aloft Top 100
Landor Associates tops the consultancy charts in terms of fee-income, according to Design Week’s latest trawl of industry statistics which shows both fees and staff levels up. The global group
Black gold at the heart of the town
Petrol stations as community centres of the future? In a saturated market, oil companies search for new ideas to build brand loyalty. Michael Evamy reports
Interbrand Schechter stars in MCI identity
Interbrand Schechter’s new identity for international communications company MCI has been unveiled. The company, the second largest communications organisation in the US, is using the revamped identity to mark its
Retail boom echoes
Retail design is echoing the boom in the shopfitting industry, according to a spokesman for the Shop and Display Equipment Association. Nearly half the SDEA’s 150 members have reported an
Briefs
Southampton Airport’s baggage handling and passenger transit division, has a new identity by Loewy International, a project won after a three-way credentials pitch. Architectural practice Austin-Smith Lord has won the
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