Digests
Radio station Atlantic 252 has introduced a new corporate identity, created by Media Design Creative, to coincide with an advertising push to boost audiences for the station’s flagship breakfast show.
Please remember: the client is not a moron
Judging from the number of requests we have had for a copy of the research undertaken for the Pan European Brand Design Association there is a lot of interest in
BBC redefines global service
BBC WORLDWIDE will shortly appoint a branding consultancy, expected to be Lambie-Nairn, to create BBC-branded “genre signposts” as part of an aggressive global marketing campaign. The campaign for the BBC’s
Quick off the marks in passing the baton
Trickett & Webb front man Brian Webb denies the recent promotion of Heidi Lightfoot to associate director has been done with an eye on the succession of the group he
Lufthansa targets youth
Stockport design group Tucker Clarke-Williams is working on a specially targeted youth identity for German airline Lufthansa. The identity, which will be unveiled later this month, is for use in
Lectures
The London Institute Platform hosts Angela McRobbie – Art, Fashion, Music in the Culture Society. The lecture will explore the consequences of the “aestheticisation of society”. McRobbie’s book British Fashion
Multimedia lift for Bamber Forsyth offer
Bamber Forsyth has appointed five new staff to its eight-strong interactive division as part of a sustained drive into the multimedia market. Consultancy director of interactive communications Mark Wilson has
Eyes on the Prize
Now in its third year, the Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize is gaining in stature. Short Channel 4 films devoted to the five contestants have been shown every evening this
Local Zone takes shape with Blue Peter’s help
THE design for the Millennium Dome’s Local Zone, a cardboard construction intended to involve Britain’s children more fully in the overall millennial project, has been unveiled by the New Millennium
Living it small
There’s just a couple of people, plus a little dog called Betty, and a row of The British Design and Art Direction yellow pencils manning the compact Johnson Banks office
INS engineers BTR Siebe name
INTERBRAND NEWELL AND SORRELL has presented five potential names to senior management at BTR Siebe, the interim name for the company formed by the recent merger of engineering groups BTR
Hasbro ups in-house designers
Toys and games firm Hasbro is looking to increase its in-house creative services team by 20 per cent, as its product range widens to include recent acquisitions such as construction
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