29 February 1996

“Only Alan Fletcher would name something like a ball of string a design classic,” a leading designer confided not that long ago, glowing with admiration for a presentation his graphics

You won’t be able to move this month in Bristol without seeing at least one computer-generated image by Adrian van de Plas. The ambitious graphic designer and illustrator has an

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is launching a new identity to clarify its role as a volunteer service run entirely on charitable donations. MPL has revamped the RNLI’s identity and

Elmwood has redesigned all Opera North’s corporate and promotional material. The Leeds consultancy, which won a three-way paid creative pitch against undisclosed rivals, has applied the new look to the

Hot air, malarkey and The Big Breakfast played essential parts in one designer’s ploy to avoid making coffee for the studio. Oliver King, senior designer at Priestman Associates, is now

How do you design for a medium in which viewers select their own typeface and colours? Confirmed anoraknaphobic Fay Sweet spoke to three Web weavers about mastering design on the

Warwick consultancy Design Principles and London firm CGI share honours in the 1996 Annual Awards for Published Accounts. Annual reports from every listed company are entered for the awards, which

Staff at Design Bridge in London eagerly await the return every few months of Krystina Lyon for a chance to see her snaps. Krystina, you see, goes off on these

Looking for a job? Bhavna Mistry provides tips on how to blossom with confidence rather than break out in a cold sweat in that dreaded scenario, the job interview

A fire at Design Week’s printer has led to publication delays for the past two weeks. Things will be back to normal in a week or so, so please bear

The Great Eastern Hotel at London’s Liverpool Street station is to get a 30m revamp by CD Partnership and architect Manser Associates after owner Railtrack sold the 260-room hotel to

Having made its mark in the Spanish market, Twelve Stars now has designs on the wider European community. Andy Gilgrist traces the group’s success and looks at the De Santis