Call for forum on interiors
A group of interior designers has pledged to convene a regular forum to a voice for the discipline within the creative industries and the wider world. Ten leading designers met
Pop Pickers
Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell’s selection of their 100 best album covers says as much about them as it does about the designs, says Matthew Valentine
Interactivity on the Internet needs more editing than copy on the page
Your piece on the importance of good copy (DW 17 September) made sense. But even design groups that attach importance to copy are mostly missing a trick. Look at the
DBA ‘out of sink’ with business?
The Design Business Association’s new identity, created by Coley Porter Bell, has received a mixed reaction from DBA members since its launch last week. Marsteller Giant managing director Mark Rollinson
Bop low-voltage table light
The Bop low-voltage table light is designed and manufactured by The VK&C Partnership and was nominated for the 1998 Scottish Design Awards. The base is cast in concrete with stainless
Digest
Minale Tattersfield & Partners has developed packaging for Prague Absinth, a new product launched to capitalise on the popularity of the once-banned drink.
DW Awards judges
Four more judges have joined the panel for the 2000 Design Week Awards. They are David Davies of FutureBrand, Rodney Fitch & Company director Neil Whitehead, client advisor Dale Russell
ICI may review identity
ICI Acrylics is discussing plans to redesign its corporate identity after a £505m sale to the Ineos Group was agreed on Monday. Based in Brussels, ICI Acrylics is the world’s
Arkitype Design Partnership
Arkitype is a Glasgow-based group of three friends: Steven Young, Richard Smith and Douglas Bryden, who met at the Glasgow School of Art Product Design course in 1996. They set
Sensodyne Elite
Sensodyne is to launch a newly-engineered toothbrush in two weeks, called Sensodyne Elite. It has been designed by Stafford Miller, with brand development and packaging by London brand consultancy Creative
Exhibitions
The Second Glasgow International Festival of Design; Please Touch; The 20th Chelsea Crafts Fair; The annual Society of Scottish Artists
YoYo table
The YoYo table is one of a number of furniture designs by architect Michael Kavanagh of Zebra Design. After attending a number of trade shows, Kavanagh set himself a brief
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