9 October 1997

The Interbrand Group is still looking to buy a design group in France following its merger deal with London consultancy Newell and Sorrell. But the nature of a French acquisition

Women in Marketing & Design has invited three experts on the art and science of perfumery to reveal the history of perfume and the premium price it commands.

Levitate, the latest album from veteran rockers The Fall, features graphics from design group Venus. Based around photography from guitarist Tommy Crooks, the silver, red and black type aims to

At the Design Council’s fringe debate on British identity, held in Brighton, debate chairman and editor of The Independent Andrew Marr told us how our identity is really formed. It

Business Links, the agency which brings together small businesses, is set to standardise its service across the nation. – There has been widespread criticism that the 89 Business Links schemes

Conran Design Group is working on a new retail concept for Shell as part of the company’s drive to halt the loss of business to supermarket chain forecourts. “We want

James Woudhuysen has quit his post as manager of market intelligence at Philips as the restructuring of personnel at the company continues. Woudhuysen would not be specific about his reasons

The BBC has launched a new logo by Lambie-Nairn to be used across all BBC activities. The new marque, revealed in Design Week, uses Gill Sans, a typeface created by

It was good of you to publicise the Central St Martins College of Art & Design website (DW 26 September). – However, in light of recent discussion about the role

The British Tourist Authority logo is a very jolly image, but I cannot understand why the Union Flag is wrapped around Spain. Is it some subliminal reference to the parochialism

Hugh Pearman laments the easy option so often taken in relation to design projects, and regrets the fact that Zaha Hadid’s opera house plans fell foul of this risk avoidance