WPP reports strong growth in branding
The branding and identity, healthcare and specialist communications sector provided the largest revenue growth for WPP during the first five months of the year, rising by 20 per cent, against
Nestlé Waters to relaunch Buxton water
Nestlé Waters is relaunching its Buxton Mineral Water following a branding and packaging revamp by LMC Design. The consultancy has re-styled the logo to feature a splash of water against
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A man of many talents, Keiichi Tahara is about to be propelled on to centre stage with a lighting scheme for Battersea Power Station. Sarah Balmond talks to him about
Dalziel & Pow to breathe new life into Freespirit
Dalziel & Pow has been appointed to refresh the visual identity for Freespirit, the surf, snowboarding and skate clothing and accessory retailer owned by Blacks Leisure Group.
Rapley will replace Buck at St Martins
The Head of Central St Martins College of Art and Design, Professor Margaret Buck, is to step down from her position at the end of the academic year. Dean of
Taylor developed the Stella branding, not JKR
The article Winning brew (DW 15 June), linking national character and a country’s beers, hit some good points. However, I should like to point out that the Stella Artois branding
Don’t waste acquired talent
Ted Leonhardt thinks there is a lot to be learned about respecting the cultures of acquired creative groups. He puts his thoughts in an open letter to Sir Martin Sorrell
Sorrell talk fails to amuse Leonhardt
Sir Martin Sorrell’s speech at the Cannes Advertising Festival was quickly beamed around the world last week. But, while the tongue-in-cheek delivery earned the WPP chief executive rapturous applause, some
News in Pictures
The New Designers 2006 student show continues with its second exhibition phase, Part Two. Work taken from courses in product design, furniture, illustration and animation, graphic design and interactive media,
High bandwidth retailing
As mobile phone brands prepare to fight it out on the high street, Mike Exon looks at how they are maximising the retail branding experience Just when you thought mobile
Arthur Steen Horne designs posters for anti-bullying event
Arthur Steen Horne Adamson has designed a poster, tickets and programme to promote an anti-bullying performing arts event at Aylesbury College, Buckinghamshire, which takes place on 30 June. The designer
Self-employment can be a rewarding last career phase
Jim Davies’ view on the joys and frustrations of being a specialist in a multi-functional team (Private View, DW 15 June) formed a neat juxtaposition to the rant of ‘Name
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