RIBA to throw open its doors to designs of all disciplines
In response to this week’s Voxpop, yes, it is time to have a new national centre for design and innovation, and I am tempted to say it should be at
Magpie branding?
News Analysis (DW 13 October) prompted a sense of deja vu. The cover of the Unilever brochure bears a close resemblance to Hans Schleger’s Edinburgh Festival identity programme of 1966-78.
Dunning Eley Jones…
Dunning Eley Jones has completed an identity overhaul for Swiss public service broadcaster, Schweizer Fernsehen DRS, after winning a pitch against local and UK consultancies in June (DW 16 June).
Slice of life
Andy Mueller’s latest project – collating an eclectic range of photographs, by amateurs and professionals – is typical of his unconventional, collaborative approach to design. Liz Farrelly meets the man
Proctor & Gamble relaunches Ariel detergent
Proctor & Gamble has relaunched its Ariel detergent brand, redesigned by Landor Associates.
Anti-smoking campaigns have to be more inventive
The old model of advertising is dead, but the Government still insists on using it. Everyone in the ad industry knows that young people in particular don’t respond any longer
Jack Morton Worldwide redesigns Sky News studio
Jack Morton Worldwide has redesigned the Sky News studio and newsroom. It features a purpose-built LED screen that mirrors images projected on to the news wall and a rotating, motorised
Christian Aid reveals life after the tsunami
A host of designers and artists will contribute to a Christian Aid exhibition documenting the rebuilding of lives and places in Sri Lanka, following the catastrophic tsunami of Christmas 2004.
Hot 50
If there is a barometer measuring how design is faring in the wider world, it is surely Design Week’s Hot 50. Compiled with input from readers and honed down by
Geometry sparks up BAT sensory branding
British American Tobacco is opening experimental interiors at its London head office, as the tobacco giant continues to seek ways to express its brand through 3D and sensory means. BAT
EU court upholds perfume ruling
An EU court has upheld the ruling of the EU trademark agency to reject an application to trademark a smell, filed by a French perfume company.
Meagre pickings
Despite optimistic predictions, design salaries have taken a downturn over the past year, particularly at the higher end of the scale. But the picture for juniors and freelances is looking
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