Coca-Cola appoints EU creative director
Coca-Cola has appointed a new director of creative develop – ment for Europe, a move that is expected to kickstart the review process for its delayed design and branding roster
Gordon Ramsay’s first hotel interiors
Gordon Ramsay Holdings has revealed the design details of its first foray into the boutique hotel market exclusively to Design Week. The interiors of the £4m York & Albany development,
Behind the V&A Cold War exhibition
The Victoria & Albert Museum in London has unveiled the first details of its £750 000 Cold War Modern design show later this year. It will be crea ted by
Skills Alliance brand up for grabs
A design consultancy is shortly to be appointed to create the name and branding for the Design Council-backed design skills initiative. This week saw the first prac – tical step
Fornarina global retail expansion
Fornarina, the women’s casualwear brand owned by Italybased Fornari, is understood to be on the verge of a major global expansion bid which will see it diverge radically from its
LBI creates HMV social site
HMV is remaining tight-lipped about its forthcoming social networking site Get Closer, which is being designed by digital media consultancy LBI.
Nick Hough to help Goosebumps expand
Former Lambie-Nairn chief executive Nick Hough is joining forces with ex-Interbrand strategist Simon Cotterrell to oversee the expansion of a newly beefed-up brand development consultancy. Formerly called Goosebumps, the original
MPs host South West creativity event
MPs including Culture Secretary Andy Burnham, South West minister Ben Bradshaw and schools minister Jim Knight will be meeting representatives from the creative industries later today in London, at an
Tributes for Peta Levi
Tributes are flooding in for Peta Levi, founder of Design-Nation and The Design Trust, who died at the end of last week, aged 69. Levi was renowned in the industry
Start buys up events agency
Start has acquired a controlling stake in London events agency Anymedia in a bid to broaden its range of services. The contract was signed last Friday and brings the Start
Lloyd Northover begins Ravensbourne rebranding
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication has appointed Lloyd Northover to lead the first phase of a strategic rebranding programme, ahead of the opening of the college’s new £50m campus
Studio 8 sets the stage for D&AD Awards
Studio 8 is art-directing the D&AD Awards ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall on 15 May.
Latest articles
Design across five decades: from the editors who brought you Design Week
As the design industry propelled itself forward, we were always there to champion, inform, analyse and guide the way.
Design Week quiz: a look back through the ages
Have you been paying attention for the last four decades? Only one way to find out.
Design Week: 1986-2023
Design Week closes, having championed design excellence for the past 38 years.
What will retail and experience design look like in 2024?
As part of our series on design in 2024, WeWantMore creative director Ruud Belmans offers his view on what retail and experience design might look like next year.