Blow your own trumpet
Conventional strategies for bringing in new business aggravate rather than attract clients. Better to work on your social skills, says Adrian Shaughnessy
Celsius designs Neighbourhood Statistics report
Celsius has designed the cross-Government initiative Neighbourhood Statistics report. Aimed at making statistics accessible and authoritative, the project encourages audiences to absorb highly ‘technical’ information.
Making It report reveals girl power in crafts sector
The crafts sector is a burgeoning industry, worth some £826m and largely driven by female, self-employed entrepreneurs, says a Crafts Council report due to be published later this month. The
CDT Design creates Royal Parks booklet
CDT Design has created a booklet for The Royal Parks, the organisation which helps to fund the maintenance and restoration of more than 2000ha of parkland across London. Featuring detailed
Vox Pop
British Design & Art Direction Congress is scheduled to kick off at London’s Billingsgate on 13 May. Meanwhile, organisers of the London Design Festival have started to reveal plans for
Magnet North designs Special K site
Magnetic North has designed a website, www.specialk.co.uk, promoting the Kellogg’s cereal brand. Named Kutopia, the site has been designed to provide Special K’s audience with an on-line retreat listing stories
Cuba designs Funky Egg identity
Cuba has designed the identity for on-line children’s clothing retailer Funky Egg. Described as ‘twee-free’ children’s clothing, Funky Egg sells designer garments for kids. The Web design was by Wai
Exhibitions
Mike Nelson is known for his large-scale installations made of sequences of interconnecting rooms that suggest real or imagined spaces. His first solo show since 2001 takes place from 8
Laura Ashley’s Commercial Interior Design complete Jurys Inn interiors
Laura Ashley’s Commercial Interior Design team has completed the interiors for the Jurys Inn, Chelsea. Jurys Inn heads a series of Laura Ashley hotel interior designs scheduled for release during
The new custom
Car design is marrying creatives from a wide range of disciplines to create vehicles that are both individualistic and adaptable. Hannah Booth inspects solutions from the Royal College of Art,
Growth for Havas and WPP Group
Design and branding group owners WPP Group and Havas both reported improved first quarter trading results last week. UK-owned WPP reported like-for-like revenues up 2 per cent, excluding acquisitions –
D&AD chief: pitch will help to dispel ‘old boys’ tag
British Design & Art Direction wanted to open up the way that we work with advertising and design companies (Comment, DW 29 April).
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