5 December 1996

In the last of this year’s client surveys, Jane Lewis assesses how product designers are faring and discovers they need to market themselves better to increasingly demanding clients.

How does a 29-year-old Englishman land what must surely be one of the best design jobs in the world – head of Apple’s design studio? Emma O’Kelly finds out from

‘I’m essentially a technophobe’ Jonathan Ive, director of design at Apple in California

Letters to the Editor should be sent to Design Week, 50 Poland Street, London W1V 4AX. Fax: 0171-734 1770.

Burford Holdings’ hotel subsidiary has shortlisted three interiors consultancies to develop four newly acquired central London sites for hotels. Burford Covent Garden has bought buildings in Berners Street, Trafalgar Square,

HSAG has won a paid pitch against The Team and Pylon for the 20 000 design of the identity for the Local Government Association, which will represent 500 local authorities

Dewe Rogerson Corporate Design has produced a new corporate identity for industrial gas supplier Messer. The company, whose headquarters is in Germany, is majority-owned by Hoechst, one of the world’s

The Partners has beaten Lewis Moberly in a strategic pitch to create a brand identity for Barclays Bank direct loans subsidiary Mercantile Credit. The group has also created a logo

German media group Bertelsmann has opened its first retail outlet for the public, marking a departure from the 300 members-only stores it has traditionally run alongside its mail-order book clubs.

Korean electronics group Samsung is looking to broaden its “core” of European product design consultancies with a new appointment expected next year. Samsung European design manager Clive Grinyer reveals in

A deal has finally been struck between Wickens Tutt Southgate and Rodney Fitch, ending months of speculation about the future of the London brand design group. Retail specialist Rodney Fitch

It is good to see that FontWorks et al are beginning to address the problems of typeface pirates (DW 29 November). Perhaps while they are about it, they would also