A consultancy specialising in digital design, strategy, advertising and marketing launched last week under the name Equation. The five-strong group was set up by three directors from Traffic, the new media division of ad agency Abbot Mead Vickers. It will act as lead consultant on projects, working with clients on strategy and acting as an […]
Four of the ten food and beverage retailers appointed by The New Millennium Experience Company to operate in the Millennium Dome say they will use the project to try something completely different with their formats. The rest are opting to roll out existing formats, despite being given a brief to provide an innovative service, in […]
Essex group Piranha uses recent tabloid reaction to the lowering of the age of consent for gay men as its inspiration for a six-strong poster range advertising a new gay pension plan. The posters are intentionally confrontational and incorporate images by freelance photographers Gordon Rainsford and Chris Jepson. The product, named The Equality Plan, is […]
CLK.MPL finance director Tony Walford had the pleasure of meeting celebrity beauty Caprice last week, at the launch of AM Racing’s new McLaren F1 GTR Long Tail. Look Interactive, a division of CLK.MPL and a sponsor for the team, had created the launch literature giving Walford the perfect opportunity to meet the model. ‘She was […]
It’s ironic that an industry full of creative leaders should lack leadership and a public persona. In the public eye, design is the stuff of fashion, football and celebrity chefs – a lifestyle issue rather than a commercial force that can enhance business performance and quality of life. Look at the way the national media […]
OK, let’s dream a little. You put your work up at your degree show, stick the corners back down on a piece of curling foam board, then you sit there and wait. And wait. And wait some more. This is it, you tell yourself. This is the day Gill/Fletcher/Peters/Brody/Dumbar/Carson (tailor the dream to match your […]
Italian chair industry promotional body Promosedia has opened its annual design competition to non-Italian architecture and design students for the first time. Ideas for a European Chair Design will compete for up to ten awards to students across Europe. A Promosedia spokeswoman says entries will also be viewed by chair manufacturers, with a view to […]
Paul Smith, Kate Moss and David Bowie help to celebrate four decades of the Mini with the exhibition Mini: 40 years of a design icon, from 8 February until 9 May. Smith, Moss and Bowie have bestowed 1990s cool on the 1950s car, through striking but classically chic designs. The exhibition also features the winning […]
The Government has unveiled the identities for two new agencies, formed to support and help reinvigorate local government. The identities for both agencies – the Improvement and Development Agency and the Employers Organisation – have been created jointly by London consultancy HSAG Design and the in-house teams of the Local Government Association and the Local […]
Design and marketing group Sense formally merged with identity, branding and literature consultancy Kyzen on Monday, under the new name Kysen. The merger follows the acquisition of Kyzen by Sense last year and will see the newly-formed 30-strong group split into a corporate division and a consumer division (DW 31 July 1998). Kysen creative director […]
The exhibition Mies van der Rohe – architecture and design in Stuttgart, Barcelona, Brno brings all van der Rohe’s furniture designs together for the first time. The Vitra Design Museum in Germany will host the exhibition until 25 April. It will then move to Glasgow from 14 May until 29 August. Contact: Vitra Design Museum […]
Cardiff regional brewing group, SA Brain and Co, has introduced new branding to its range of beers. The branding, created by local consultancy Elf Design, is being applied to all six real ale products in the Brains range – Brains Bitter, Brains Dark, Reverend James, Buckleys Best Bitter, Buckleys IPA and cult favourite Brains SA, […]
The London-based culture and art hub, which is composed of four venues, has been given a new visual identity by studio North, dropping the Wolff Olins branding designed in 2007.
The London-based workspace chain aims to distinguish itself through “hotel-style hospitality” and being free from interruptions such as “people larking about or playing table tennis”.
The initiative, founded by ex-Design Council CEO John Mathers and Damon Bonser, has reached its fundraising target and aims to help British product design start-ups.
The Queen’s Speech has laid out the Government’s plans for the next two years, which include bills around Brexit, technical education and the national living wage. We look at what it means for designers.
For the last 11 years, Penguin Random House UK has put on the Student Design Award, an opportunity for young designers to take an imaginative pop at some of the most timeless book covers ever published. This year, the gauntlet was set across three categories: Adult Fiction Cover Award was To Kill a Mockingbird by […]
Director Layla Atkinson has worked with illustrator Anna Kövecses and animation studio Trunk to create a new advert for home renting and buying company Rightmove. The advert is aimed at renters, and follows the story of a young couple as they go house-hunting, and chancing upon many properties before finding the “perfect” one, says Trunk. […]
Print company Saxoprint is holding a postcard competition that asks creatives to summarise their view of Britain in 2017 through design and illustration. The competition is being judged by a panel led by ex-Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon, and shortlisted entries and winners will be revealed in an exhibition on 23 September. The venue is yet […]
Visual Communication students at The Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design have designed a new book of critical and creative writing. Anthology features the writing of the university’s English Literature and Creative Writing students, alongside illustrations and design by Visual Communication students. It aims to be a collection of the school’s “best fiction, poetry, […]
Japanese design consultancy Nendo has created the interiors for a new shop aimed at those with a sweet tooth. A Tes Souhaits! Glace et Chocolat is based in Tokyo, and is the sister shop to patisserie A Tes Souhaits!. The shop features a curved wall made out of various soils, which mimic the effect of […]
Mother Design has completed its first project since joining the BBC’s roster, the branding and campaign for a new BBC Three show. Sorry Not Sorry For Being Me aims to explore the personal identities and “uniqueness” of young people, and enable young viewers to feel comfortable in themselves. The campaign includes print advertising, social media […]
Graphic designer Camille Walala, known for her colourful, geometric patterns that adorn various bridges and landmarks in London, is set to create an installation at Greenwich Peninsula’s Now Gallery. The sculpture will be a giant maze, laden with Walala’s distinctive patterns and composed of corridors, open spaces, suspended shapes and mirrors. The playful installation will […]
Duffy and illustrator Chuck U have designed the packaging for Lucy Session Sour Ale, and Peach Bum, which is produced by the Indeed Brewing Company. Both drinks are made with fruit flavours and the designs reflect this. They are rolling out now.
