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Burton is blinging it up
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Watch your step
Anselm Kiefer is the unsinkable dreadnought of contemporary German art. Heavy and metallic, inescapably big, looming with history. Since the 1970s, he has commanded the cultural bridge between Joseph Beuys
Crispin Reed goes to Sterling Brands
Crispin Reed has left his position of director of brand communications at luxury skincare and fragrance brand owner Cradle Holdings to become senior vice-president Europe of Sterling Brands’ UK office.
England takes over Leeds branding as Thompson quits
Branding for the city of Leeds should finally be signed off this week, after the surprise resignation of Leeds design group Thompson. It has emerged that the group resigned its
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Design consultancies wishing to participate in the UK Trade & Investment-backed design missions to Design Korea 2005 (1-6 December) or Hong Kong Business of Design Week (19-23 November), should contact
Do teach students the rudiments of selling their skills
In response to Comment (DW 21 July), I graduated with a Bachelor of Design in Design Futures in November last year from Napier University, Edinburgh, and moved to London with
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David Collins has a penchant for working on glamorous projects. As his latest restaurant opens in a fanfare of publicity, he is determined to ensure his creative approach is not
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The in-house studio of London’s National Centre for Languages has created posters, postcards, stickers and T-shirts for this year’s European Day of Languages, held on the 26 September to celebrate
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