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Iranian-born Shirana Shahbazi, whose work features images of everyday life in Tehran, has won this year’s £15 000 Citigroup Private Bank Photography Prize. Previous winners include Boris Mikhailov, Andreas Gursky
Exhibitions
Jean Prouvé and Charles & Ray Eames; Material Light; Halfway House; Foretaste
BBC MediaArc designs title sequences for Wright Here, Wright Now
BBC MediaArc, the corporation’s in-house creative team, has designed the low-budget title sequences for Wright Here, Wright Now, the new entertainment show hosted by Ian Wright, which goes on air
Vox pop
Following last week’s news that Gordon’s gin has been redesigned for the first time in 60 years, which product in your opinion is crying out for a repack and why?
Do I detect a hint of ageism within design recruitment?
Due to a change in circumstances, I’ve been considering returning to work in London. I’ve sent my CV to several recruitment agencies, much with the same reply: ‘Unfortunately our clients
Digest
Tableau has been appointed to work on the website for Cotton Bottoms, an environmentally friendly nappy and baby accessory manufacturer. The initial brief is to focus on developing an e-commerce
The Two Dicks that can rise to every occasion
Talk about omnipresent. Like those irritating candles that keep re-igniting when blown out by unsuspecting children at toddlers’ birthday parties, Richard Seymour and Dick Powell just keep on popping up…
Harvey Nash recruits for identity job
Recruitment specialist Harvey Nash has appointed Corporate Edge to review its corporate and sub-brands following a two-stage pitch. Harvey Nash saw seven consultancies. Of these, Corporate Edge, Basten Greenhill Andrews
The year of the cat
As Jaguar launches its new X-Type 2-litre V6 model this week, Sara Manuelli rides up to the Coventry headquarters to meet the brains behind the hard work
E-tail Therapy
Pamela Buxton looks at how the Internet and interactive technology is evolving in the retail environment as it adapts to the new ways in which customers shop
Arts Council set to unite branding
The Arts Council of England is consolidating its 11 national and regional visual identities into a single name and brand, following recommendations by Wolff Olins. The organisation, in conjunction with
Digest
E3 has been appointed to develop all new media for French Connection. Its work kicks off with a ‘radical redesign’ of the website, www.frenchconnection.com, which is scheduled to go live
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