Navyblue targets growth despite loss of directors
Navyblue Design Group is to lose three board directors over the coming weeks, including its chairman Jim Faulds, who will not be replaced. But joint group managing director Geoff Nicol
Lippa Pearce to move to Pentagram?
Packaging design consultancy Lippa Pearce is set to merge into Pentagram, according to industry sources. An announcement and further details are expected to follow Pentagram’s annual International Partners Conference, which
Olympics 2012 kicks off design roster hunt
London 2012 is in the throes of compiling two dedicated design rosters to handle the vast amount of work in the run-up to the capital’s Olympic Games, Design Week can
Design Week correction – Heals
Last month’s Design Week Top 100 supplement should have read that Heals, not Habitat, was redesigned by Lippa Pearce in August 2005.
Stickland Coombe designed Beauty and the Beast
We would like to clarify that Stickland Coombe were the exhibition designers for Beauty and the Beast: New Swedish Design at the Crafts Council 2004-2005 (DW 25 May). Kerr Noble
Emap picks Odd to make Kiss cool again
Emap is undertaking a rebrand of its Kiss dance music portfolio as part of a plan to update the image and output of the radio, television and on-line broadcaster. The
Factory Records artwork to be showcased in book
The back catalogue of sleeve artwork, packaging, posters and venues from Manchester’s Factory Records label is presented in a title written and designed by Matthew Robertson, published by Thames &
Scottish Design Awards winners span wide spectrum
This year’s Scottish Design Awards offered an eclectic mix of design work, but entries in the packaging sector were particularly weak, say jurors on the panel.
CGI London designs GlaxoSmithKline Annual Report
CGI London has designed the print and on-line versions of GlaxoSmithKline’s Annual Review and Annual Report, after winning a four-way pitch. The theme of Being Human will form the basis
Nationwide discussions to be held on Creative and Media Diploma
Creative and Cultural Skills has begun nationwide consultation with employers on the new Creative and Media Diploma for 14- to 19-year-olds in England. The diploma aims to provide young people
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Miss Sixty’s new hotel, in an Italian seaside town, is set to blur the line between retail and resort as never before, targeting a young, clubby audience. Sara Manuelli talks
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