Interstate for debate
Interstate Associates has designed the identity and promotional literature for Design Debate, four events organised by the Design Business Association to discuss how the future will affect the creative industries.
Digests
Sainsbury’s has introduced a new recyclable plastic shopping trolley by Italian design group Comital. The new model aims to cure the steering problems of traditional metal trolleys. Westminster City Council
Business role at Hildebrand
Hildebrand Design has appointed a former corporate marketing executive from US software company Siebel Systems to steer the consultancy through a sustained expansion. Matthew Luxon took up the newly created
Minor ambitions
It was on seeing the first Morris Mini Minor that I determined to become a designer. To this day, the very thought of my first encounter with this little car
New centre for culinary arts
The proposed 25m National Centre for the Culinary Arts is to seek design consultancies to carry out a range of design tasks in preparation for its launch. The centre is
Financial picture
The topic of the next Big Picture has been honed down from Business Communications to focus on Financial Services. Revised survey forms will go out on 11 January, and can
Tunnel vision
In the ultra-exclusive Hamptons in upstate New York designers are working on a luxurious retirement home which will feature round-the-clock medical care, sun rooms, recreation areas and on-site companions for
Digest
The seventh International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition is an invitational exhibition open to artists throughout the world. Sculpture in all media must fit in a standard size shoebox and be submitted
Glazer gives Comic Relief an education
Glazer Design Associates is working on a literature pack for The Best Lesson Plans in the World – Ever, a new education project organised by Comic Relief. Glazer has a
Fancy a holiday?
It might sound like something out of Woody Allen’s film Sleeper, but second-man-on-the-moon Buzz Aldrin reckons space resorts will be all the rage in 20 years’ time. Working closely with
The way ahead is to bypass our preconceptions
Why do we never see any articles on outer and inner space, and the importance of design in understanding it? Our ancestors seemed to be so in touch with their
As sick as a parrot at party residue
Addison head of words Sam Hannam enjoyed her consultancy’s Christmas party this year. But as so often, the aftermath was less fun. After an evening of alcohol-wolfing Hannam was duly
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