Designers need an ambassador to raise our public profile
When I meet someone new, the first thing they ask me is, what am I studying? Product design, I say. But that isn’t a good enough description – they look
Design management to get Skills Panel support
I fully sympathise with Caroline Norman, who feels that her MA Design Management course is not well known among UK and European Union students. During our research we came across
Voxpop
Last week’s global brand survey by Interbrand saw surges from Google and Burberry at the expense of the majors like Coca-Cola, Gap and Ford. What do these big mainstream brands
Inspired
We were invited to submit designs for an entrance gateway to a new public park, the size of London’s Hyde Park, at the heart of the new Pudong business district
In praise of dissent
The 2012 logo debate highlighted the way designers close ranks when faced with honest criticism. Adrian Shaughnessy is amazed they still get away with it
Acid demands tougher measures against IP theft
Describing an object or someone’s taste as ‘cheap’ used to be an insult, but bragging about budget store bargains now counts as status-raising small talk. The less it cost, the
The Dupliquick Zebra Award
The Dupliquick Zebra Award for poster of the year 2007 has gone to Richard Chapman for his work for magician Chris Cox’s show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Travelodge
Travelodge has unveiled a new room design by The One Off Company, just four years after a Conran Design Group ‘refresh’. The hotel chain has also shortlisted Agency.com, Soup and
O2 Cocoon
O2 has this week rolled out its latest handset, the O2 Cocoon, with packaging design featuring an existing letter-box friendly shape, by Lambie-Nairn.
Watermark
Watermark has won a five-way pitch to design literature for a marketing campaign by City College in Coventry.
Tennent’s Lager
Glasgow-based Stand has created a brand identity for a Tennent’s Lager scheme to educate bar owners and their staff on how to maintain and build product quality standards. The consultancy
Notting Hill
Notting Hill is the subject of photographer Derry Moore’s new book, due to be published in November by Frances Lincoln. Designed in-house by Becky Clarke, in collaboration with Moore, it
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