Identity parade
The 2010 Shanghai World Expo is an opportunity for countries to represent their character on a global stage. But what do the shortlisted pavilion designs say about Britain the brand?
Fat chance
Fat faces are moving out of 19th-century textbooks and into the 21st century, taking a stand against the monotony of modern typography, says Simon Loxley. We also ask three designers
Showing off
A new showcase for up-and-coming designers launches this month, backed by a cheeky creative competition to design a customisable identity for the event and a live illustration project
Challenging artistic values
The growing market for limited edition and collectors’ pieces is blurring the distinction between the art and design worlds
Retail designs have shorter shelf life in Internet age
Theories on the rise of Internet trading versus retail stores have often focused on how the virtual could cause the demise of the physical, along with the need for specialist
Call for greater involvement in school design
Head teachers and pupils should be given greater support and inclusion from the Government to develop an understanding of the design process of the Building Schools for the Future programme,
Proud Creative to brand 2007 Promax event
This year’s Promax UK conference and awards are to be branded by nascent broadcast branding group Proud Creative (see Profile, page 13).Under the strapline ‘Beyond the box’, the rethink is
News in Pictures
Giorgio Armani has designed the new Armani Lounge at Chelsea Football Club’s Stamford Bridge stadium in London, which features furnishings from his Armani/Casa home interiors collection.
Collectables aren’t created by making products dearer
The surge at the high end to align design more closely with art is not a new phenomenon. Design has long been a ‘collectable’, as more than one auction house
Jones the Bootmaker
Jones the Bootmaker will celebrate its 150th anniversary this September with a commemorative identity created by Dalziel & Pow.
Hatch your firm in an incubator
Business incubator units can be the ideal place to get your start-up off the ground in an affordable and supportive environment, says Charles Hadcock
Profile: Kate Astbury
She is the third generation of her family to become a photographer. Kate Astbury’s speciality is wide-angle photomontages of the epic and the domestic. Paula Carson finds the only thing
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