Briefs

As part of its Lottery-fuelled 58m refurbishment, London’s Royal Albert Hall has commissioned The Jenkins Group to redesign its signage. Donald Insall and Associates is advising on interiors.

Wagstaffs has redesigned packs for RHM’s two flour brands, McDougalls and Be-Ro, and for Nestlé’s Hippo children’s dessert brand.

Multimedia software house MultiJac’s in-house design arm Designer Jack has created a CD-ROM for Ford’s promotion of the Ka at this month’s motor shows. Consumer literature is designed by Allan Burrows.

Coca-Cola, the Marks & Spencer own-brand St Michael, British Airways, Virgin, Disney, Sony, Kellogg’s Corn Flakes and Microsoft are the leading brands in the UK in a Superbrands survey published this week.

Architect Peter Marino has designed Donna Karan’s new store on London’s Bond Street.

New snack concept Pfeiffer’s Pretzels are being launched by Union Snack in packaging designed by Newcastle’s Robson Brown.

BBC TV’s The Money Programme returned this week with titles directed and designed by Bedeau Wiessler. The design and production group, set up by former BBC designers Patrick Bedeau and Matt Wiessler a year ago, based the titles on those used by the programme in the 1960s and 1970s.

MCA Group is on the verge of taking over an advertising agency, a step towards its aim to offer a fully integrated marketing mix including its design interests Fly Design and Soft Options.