7 October 1999

Creative Action rings in with MPD interiors

Mobile Phones Direct has opened four retail outlets designed by Creative Action, having appointed the St Albans consultancy in June. Stores in Newbury, Basingstoke, Winchester and Southampton have opened during

The Faults Start to Show

David Bernstein doesn’t hate all design, it’s just that there’s more bad design than good. And you don’t notice inspired designs because they’re too busy solving your problems

Conference

The Allure of the Digital is an international conference about art, design and new technology on 8-9 October. Speakers include Peter Molyneux, The Attik, AudioRom and Malcolm McLaren. Contact: Gavin

Rain Design takes photographic approach

Dublin group Rain Design Partnership has taken a modern photographic approach to a traditional craft, with cards and brochures for Botany Weaving Mill. The latest weaving technology is emphasised in

Design Business Association

The jury’s still out on the new Design Business Association marque, lovingly crafted by Coley Porter Bell. But early signs aren’t good. It’s not so much the vortex motif, as

WPP signs up marketing star

WPP Group has added Marketing Perspectives to its portfolio of companies in the marketing sector, as it continues to strengthen all its areas. The 70-strong marketing group has been rated

Channel 4 gets another update

Next month Channel 4 is planning to roll out the second new version of its screen identity, each by a different design group, in less than a year. TV branding

New directors at RTKL

International architecture and planning group RTKL Associates has promoted London director Paul Hanegraaf to its main board. He will be joined by directors from Los Angeles and Dallas.

The VK&C Partnership

Ian Carnduff and Hamid Van Koten are the two creative minds behind The VK&C Partnership. They are product designers who met at Glasgow School of Art, collaborating in their third

ID8 Design Associates

ID8 stands for the verb ‘ideate’ and refers to the act of brainstorming. Created in 1993 by Stuart Balley in Glasgow, ID8 specialises in industrial design. The philosophy of the

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