Science Museum Dares to be different
A Science Museum exhibition is aiming to make technological design more appealing through the use of Eagle comic-book character Dan Dare.Opening this month, Dan Dare And The Birth Of Hi-tech
The Brand Union sets pay minimum for graduate recruits
The Brand Union is to launch an initiative to raise employment standards for young designers in response to Design Week’s Salary Survey.The consultancy will introduce a £20 000 minimum wage
Mirror gets ‘European’ design refresh
A new-look design for tabloid newspaper the Daily Mirror is being rolled out this week.Editor Richard Wallace appointed Spanish design consultancy Cases Associats in December 2007 to give the Trinity-owned
Collect the whole set
They may retain some very traditional imagery, but the new reverse designs for UK coins feature a radical ‘collective’ idea, says Gina Lovett From the summer, those calling ‘tails’ may
News in Pictures
Spanish designer Jaime Hayon has created a ‘tongue in cheek’ scale model of a luxury private jet entitled Bisazza Air, in collaboration with Italian mosaic company Bisazza. The piece will
News in Pictures
1. Property developer Land Securities has this week unveiled a hoarding which takes the form of a giant light switch, created by Hat Trick Design, for its Piccadilly Lights development
Royal Mail stamps
A set of Royal Mail stamps marking the centenary of SOS and Morse Code, shown last week (DW 27 March), were designed by Hat Trick Design.
Spirit of 1968
In this year’s movie hit Juno, the über-cool titular teen is asked to cite her favourite three musicians. Without missing a beat, she says ‘Iggy Pop, the Ramones and Patti
The real value of team spirit
Nurturing and encouraging staff is the best way to maintain morale and reduce turnover, especially when times are hard, says Phil Jones
Art books
Art books – be they artefacts in themselves or books about artists – have a venerable history. Fraser Muggeridge, an art book designer himself, checks out a major exhibition on
Beyond branding
Imagine an ‘experimental year’ without briefs, with total freedom to create what you like and design something truly worthwhile. Daunting for some, maybe, but Stefan Sagmeister rose to the challenge.
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Osmotronic founder Matthew Falla thrives on making printed surfaces come alive, bringing interaction design to bear on graphics. Scott Billings meets a designer whose work conjures up a future of
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