Briefs

Citigate Albert Frank has designed a new identity and literature for Hill Samuel Asset Management.

Flextech Television’s cable and satellite offer The Family Channel is being relaunched as a gameshow channel in February and renamed Challenge TV. On- and off-screen identities will be by Baxter Hobbins Sides.

Wales and Wales, known for its street furniture designs including those for Canary Wharf, has won the 1996 Arts Foundation Po-Shing Woo Fellowship for furniture-making. ‘The award of 10 000 will go towards developing large-scale designs and research into using different media,’ says design partner Alison Wales. Works include the seating (pictured) made of oak and polished maple for the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow. >

The Design Distillery, formerly The Artwork Company, has designed packs for the Pick of the Flock egg range.

London consultancy Shh has promoted client services director Louise Barron to joint managing director alongside founding partner Graham Harris. Former Conran Design Group designer Robert Clode joins as senior designer and former freelance Ross Dougan as interior designer.

Eureka! has created the identity for Fused 97, a gay lifestyle exhibition to be held at London’s Earls Court next August.

Pemberton & Whitefoord has designed packs for the seven-strong Hill Station luxury ice cream range.

Colour 3D models can now be captured electronically by this new scanner. Developed by Frazer Designers, the scanner has a modelmaker sensor attached to a position-sensing arm and uses laser technology to scan, says a Frazer spokeswoman. ‘It will make scanning in animation, engineering and media much simpler and more efficient,’ she adds. The consultancy was briefed by electronic and software company 3D Scanners to come up with a small, light and stylish product.>

The PowerGen weather idents created by Tutssels are being screened on ITV and not Channel 4 as stated last week (DW 22 November). >

EPR Architects, not Italian architect Tagliaventi & Associates, has designed and is fitting out the new headquarters for the Department of the Environment (DW 15 November). Tagliaventi & Associates is redeveloping the DoE’s Marsham Street site in London.>