The Arts Council of England launches ArtsOnline.com
The Arts Council of England launched its ArtsOnline.com website on Monday, created by digital media group Cimex Media. Cimex was responsible for the design, construction and development of the site
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Accessorize, the high street accessories retailer, has opened its flagship store on London’s Oxford Street. The branch is based on a concept created by Din Associates for the Richmond store.
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Jeweller Mappin & Webb has turned to London consultancy Agenda to create a family of four brochures illustrating its 2000/ 2001 collection.
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British Airways has relauched its in-flight retail brochure Shopping The World, redesigned for the fifth year by London design group Pyott. Each year, 19 versions of the brochure are designed
No comment from Publicis
Spokesmen at both Paris-based international design consultancy Carré Noir and French advertising giant Publicis refuse to comment on rumours of Publicis’s imminent takeover of the design group.
Conran Design Group rebrands Wilde & Partners
Wilde and Partners, the receivables financing and assetbased lending legal practice, has been rebranded by Conran Design Group. The design consultancy won the contract following an unpaid creative pitch. The
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Graphic Partners has created promotional literature for a play at Manchester’s Contact theatre. The play, written by Dolly Dhingra, is entitled Unsuitable Girls.
Service industry
Sara Manuelli asks UK ceramics manufacturer Wedgwood how it managed to turn around a steep decline in sales, while Mike Exon maps out the current structure of the business
New vehicle to reduce cost of public transport
A revolutionary Minitram vehicle, manufactured by Transport Design International and Winstanley & Co, was unveiled last week, designed to reduce the cost of public transport and help reduce emissions.
Continental Airlines Presidents Club
Design: Bennett Design Group (Houston) At 700m2, the new Presidents Club is more than double the size and capacity of the previous lounge.
Books
Museum New; Space Within
Focus groups are a waste of precious time
Richard Murray’s Private View struck a chord with the creatives here at WFCA Integrated (DW 24 November) as we increasingly spend our time, energy and dwindling sense of humour battling
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