Time to rebrand the spade as a spade
In a world awash with buzzwords, are designers justified in wanting to be ‘brand consultants’? Robert Jones and Adrian Shaughnessy compare notes
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NB Studio has designed posters, leaflets, banners, invitations, advertisements and an exhibition catalogue for this year’s Jerwood Applied Arts Prize for textile designers. The work features photography by Thomas Haywood
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Dew Gibbons has designed the annual report and accounts for Sporting Bet, the on-line gambling company.
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Sun Stream Design has created a brand identity for Gemserv, the utilities regulatory company, which launched last week.
Exhibitions
Conrad Leach’s prints and paintings celebrate 25 years since Elvis’s death, at Thankyouverymuch, from 5 September to 3 October. Venue: Dust, 27 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1. The basic human needs
Tokujin Yoshioka
A range of ‘simple, sculptural and inexpensive’ plastic furniture designed by Tokujin Yoshioka for manufacturer Driade will launch at Selfridges in London at the end of this month. The furniture,
Zulver & Co is driving force behind brands
Zulver & Co has revamped the visual identity for Motor Racing Legends and it’s sister business Motoring Adventures, in a project designed to clarify the events in the congested classic
Pearlfisher revamps skincare range
Superdrug will this month roll out new packaging for its own-label Tea Tree skincare range, designed by Pearlfisher, in an effort to reposition the brand within the fickle ‘teen’ skincare
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Hat Trick Design has created a Zoe Ball drive-time companion for Capital Radio, to promote the presenter’s debut on XFM this week.
The Space Pod
The Space Pod, designed by Mmetti director Lee McCormack, launches at 100esign in September. With a soft leather interior, climate control, adjustable lighting, plasma screen, DVD and Internet access, it
Design credited for rise in visitors to attractions
Well-designed attractions are proving a bigger crowd puller than heritage as Britain’s modern tourist attractions continue to win the largest share of visitors, according to a report released this week
Great comfort
Public seating needs to be both comfortable and durable. Hannah Booth reports
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