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Barclaycard, the new sponsor of the FA Premier League, says it will appoint a branding consultancy to create the new identity for the competition, to be renamed the FA Barclaycard
Balance the economies of scale
David Jebb analyses trends in design consultancy performance and warns of the pitfalls awaiting the unwary business
Publicis continues consolidation trend
Perceptor will not be restructured or merged with any of its sister consultancies following the acquisition last week of its parent company the Triangle Group by Publicis Group. In a
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Inventive Leisure is adding six branches in England and Scotland to its branded vodka bar chain Revolution by the end of the year. HPW Partnership, MasonWood, David Brown Associates and
Etam’s flagship central Paris store
Hosker Moore & Kent has designed the interiors for fashion retailer Etam’s flagship central Paris store, featuring pale timber floors, translucent perimeter screens and frosted Perspex floor furniture.
Chapman has ‘no brief’ encounter with heckler
Jake Chapman, one half of the Chapman brothers art duo, tried hard at the last British Design & Art Direction lecture to scandalise the savvy creative audience in the same
LSO scores with The Partners
The London Symphony Orchestra is considering changing its name following the appointment of The Partners to create a new identity, designed to reflect its diverse output and reach new audiences.
Soho undies store window bares its art
We have been sent news of a voyeuristic video installation in the window of upmarket erotic underwear store Agent Provocateur. We wanted to see for ourselves what all the fuss
No Room for Smack & Crack in Brixton
The Partners has created an identity for an anti-drug project launching next week in South London’s Brixton. The campaign aims to rid the area of drug dealers and users by
RCA appoints new professor
The Royal College of Art has appointed Irene McAra-McWilliam as professor of interaction design and head of department for the RCA computer-related design course. McAra-McWilliam is director of design research
Four quit Tucker Clarke-Williams
Manchester group Tucker Clarke-Williams Creative is on the hunt for four senior staff members, following the resignation last week of three of its senior designers and its operations director. Creative
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