Picture This
A photography exhibition, Picture This, commemorating 175 years of the Royal Institute of British Architects, will take place at Cube Gallery in Manchester from 10 July to 5 October. Competition-winning
YCN
YCN, a group set up in 2001 to showcase emerging design talent, has moved into its new space in 72 Rivington Street, London EC2. The ground floor, which is open
Folio Creative Communication
Henley-on-Thamesbased consultancy Folio Creative Communication has designed a public safety campaign for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to highlight the dangers of ‘tombstoning’ – the practice of jumping from cliffs
Bristol Design Festival unveils programme
Kinneir Dufort and Sebastian Gronemeyer will be among 500 exhibitors showing at the Bristol Design Festival in June – more than twice as many as last year. Despite this growth,
Furniture design company Thonet
Furniture design company Thonet is producing a special edition chair, the 214k, for the upcoming Bauhaus exhibition, which is touring Germany from July to October, before going to New York
Top 100 shows the need for creativity and communication
Congratulations to Imagination for maintaining pole position in the Top 100 this year. The ‘experience design’ specialist may not have made great strides in 2008 (see supplement), but it held
D&P applies retail foundation for cosmetics brand Aromanice
Retail design consultancy Dalziel & Pow is designing the first store for Chinese beauty and skincare brand Aromanice. Aromanice is part of the Landy group, based in Xiamen, south-east China.
News in Pictures
French graphic designer Damien Poulain has created 49 hand-painted totems made from reclaimed wood. Totem 49 is showing at the Kemistry Gallery, London EC2, from 5 June to 18 July.
News in Pictures
Work by Kirsty Wright, Simon Allen, and Helen Ashcroft will feature in Variety 09, an exhibition by students at the School of Art & Design at Blackpool & The Fylde
Tradition’s undoing
Quaint customs and outmoded forms of address have had their day – they’re as passé as Parliamentary sleaze. Kasper de Graaf urges wholesale reform
Inspired, Patrick Volavka – Let My People Play
The release of the film Beat Street (1984), featuring New York hip-hop culture, is what inspired me to be a graphic designer. Along with the earlier film Wild Style (1983),
Sadly missed car brands? Don’t forget the E-Type
In the light of General Motors’ announcement that it is to ditch its iconic Pontiac car brand, a few weeks ago you asked, ‘Which now-defunct brand do you miss most,
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