Take Off set to fly with Giant
Giant has created the design work for British Council initiative Take Off – the first exhibition designed to promote the UK aerospace industry. Giant spent six months project-managing Take Off
Car giants spotlight designers
United Utilities, the UK’s first multi-utility formed out of the acquisition of Norweb by North West Water, has unveiled an identity created by Wolff Olins. The logo, launched on 1
Welcoming in 1996 on the right footing
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Business Links could fall over shaky foundations
On the face of it, Michael Heseltine’s scheme for a national network of one-stop business advice shops was a great idea, so why is it the subject of a House
New site for Wagamama
Japanese noodle bar Wagamama has opened a second site in London’s Soho. Interiors are by David Chipperfield Architects. The Soho restaurant, which opened on Tuesday, is on two levels and
John Grey heads north
John Grey is leaving Halpin Grey Vermeir to live in Scotland. Formerly the consultancy’s design management director, Grey was unavailable to comment on his plans. ‘There is no acrimony’ in
Design Council plans for 1996
Design Council chairman John Sorrell says the council’s 1996 programme will help UK industry to compete both at home and abroad. The 1996 programme includes the formation of a partnership
1996 SOUNDBITES
‘I want to see more ideas. 1995 didn’t produce any stunning new-wave ones. There was far too much blandness accepted’ Andrew Hunter of Tayburn McIlroy Coates ‘Single representation to Government
TV proves itself as the most effective medium
I am writing about the recent Equinox TV programme on the work of Seymour Powell. It was a great programme – very enjoyable, and not only brilliant PR for Seymour
Welcome to the new Fether Christmas
Do you practice your ho ho ho’s in the bathroom mirror and wear a jolly red outfit and beard at all times? Are you, in fact, a professional Santa? Forget
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Government export promoter Alex Pratt is lobbying the Department of Trade and Industry to open up more places for designers at a US technology conference in March. “I’m trying hard
Siebert Head lays off juniors
Siebert Head has laid off two junior designers as part of plans to return to its ‘core business’, according to consultancy managing director John Parsons. The group has ‘invested heavily
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