Exhibitions
Furniture retailer Twentytwentyone shows the world of the rocking chair at Rock, from 1945 to the present day, from 5-13 July. Venue: Twentytwentyone, 18c River Street, London EC1. Artist Richelle
The Little Book of Cool
Creative copywriting group, Mother Tongue, has published The Little Book of Cool, designed by Guy Gilpin. The guide is something you won’t want to travel abroad without this summer. For
Creating utopia
Former Punk devotee and graphic designer Alex McDowell talks to Yolanda Zappaterra as his latest venture is unveiled; Steven Spielberg’s chilly, futuristic thriller Minority Report
Royal Mail posts out new look stamp books created by CDT Design
Royal Mail is to launch revamped stamp books, designed by CDT Design, as part of a drive by the organisation to improve the usability of its products for disabled customers.
Textual Preference
Hannah Booth explores the role that graphics perform within three current exhibitions, and discovers there’s more to it than just text boxes, picture captions and floorplans
Parker Williams packs Freefrom
Parker Williams has designed packaging for Sainsbury’s own range of gluten-, wheatand dairy-free products, which went on-shelf last week. The consultancy has also created the identity for the range, called
Outdoor pursuits
Magis has invited five international designers to reinvent traditional games to generate interest in outdoor pursuits in the age of the computer game. The games, which have been designed to
Digest
Flextech Creative services has created a series of idents which will air on youth TV channel Trouble from mid-July. The idents feature six new rock bands from around the UK
The Aero seating system to be installed in the Greater London Assembly building
The Aero seating system, which scooped first prize for product excellence at Spectrum last month and the top award at last year’s Valencia Furniture Fair, is to be installed in
Digest
Wirebox Designs has created the title credits for Split, a short feature film by Nick Franco of 1185 Films.
Digest
Bedfordshire Police has commissioned a series of posters from National Diploma graphic design students at Bedford College to encourage young people to report crimes. The work, worth a four-figure fee
Water jump cleared by Tin Horse
Tin Horse has redesigned the structural packaging of water brand Deep RiverRock, as part of a move by manufacturer Coca-Cola Bottlers Ireland, to tap into the demand for water by
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