The scheme of things
Colour has a profound effect on mood, but there are no hard and fast rules for designers to follow.
Small Japanese Soldier designs V logo
Small Japanese Soldier has expressed the majority view of the Westlifes and Blues of this world with its V-sign logo for new boy band V. Well, sort of – it’s
Bill Amberg lifts lid on leather interiors
Bill Amberg has lifted the lid on his latest collection of leather interior products and accessories for the ‘home and the home office’ this week, with a range of gifts,
Talks
Rotwang & Sons – The Story of a Design Idea on Tuesday 4 May at 7pm, features Sir Christopher Frayling, Rector of the Royal College and Chair of the Arts
Ron Arad and DuPont Corian show in Milan
Ron Arad worked with DuPont Corian for a show at Milan’s furniture fair. Lo-rez-dolores-tabula-rasa is an installation which brings sheets of blank Corian to life with film, music and images.
Vox Pop
Press reports suggest that Bird’s Eye’s rebranding programme by Carter Wong Tomlin is part of a bid to reposition the brand towards being a healthy eating option. Can a big
Exhibitions
Photographer and graphic designer Carl Fisher is holding his first UK exhibition Photographs 1963-1977 until 14 May. The show presents a selection of work including a series of iconic images
MTV advises youth brands to soak up street culture
The way to teenagers’ hearts is through a bit of rough-and-ready street culture, if the latest edition of Switched On, a quarterly youth trends report published by MTV Networks Europe,
Hammond launders the fair-weather clothesline
Have you ever hung your damp clothes on your rotary clothesline, only for them to be drenched in a rainstorm? If so, you will know the frustration of waiting days
Dew Gibbons creates Yardley brand bible
Dew Gibbons has created a brand bible for fragrance retailer Yardley. The 52-page, hardbound book, which aims to make the brand more ‘relevant to a 21st-century audience’, launches in May.
Mayor Ken promises to add value to Creative London
Young designers and established consultancies are set to benefit from Ken Livingstone’s Creative London initiative, which launched on Monday with a pledge to add £11bn to the annual value of
Larger store for Louis Vuitton
Luxury French fashion house Louis Vuitton is moving sites on London’s Sloane Street with a new-look store set to open in mid-July. The larger store, which at 500m2 is big
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As part of our series on design in 2024, Studio Arc director Lyndsey Bowditch offers her view on what exhibition design might look like next year.
