South Korean electronics giant LG is expanding its London design team, ahead of the launch of its first fully European-designed mobile phone handset.Head designer Luke Miles, who joined LG earlier this summer from Nokia, is currently recruiting for three new design positions at the Southampton Street Design Centre in Covent Garden, London WC2. The London […]
Sainsbury’s is to invite design consultancies to help it roll out its Ecostore concept, following the opening of its flagship in Dartmouth, Devon earlier this month.In a call to design consultancies David Sheehan, store development director of Sainsbury’s says, ‘We’re looking for like-minded people to help with sustainably designed innovation, as we’re hoping to roll […]
The British Contract Furnishing & Design Association is aiming to set a benchmark in environmental standards with a new code of best practice.
The first new Wenlock Spring water bottles redesigned by Carl Jones Design hit the shelves this week.The Shropshire consultancy was appointed in December last year to redesign the mineral water brand corporate identity, the bottle label and packaging graphics, as well as overhaul Wenlock Spring’s website and marketing material, as part of an ongoing two-year […]
Perrier is repositioning its brand in the UK, with the help of graphic design consultancy Cosanostra Design.The brand, owned by Nestlé Waters, is aiming to position itself as a more adult drink used as a mixer for alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. Giuseppe Rampello, managing director of Cosanostra Design, explains that Perrier is attempting to further […]
Rugby Football Union club Harlequins is to embark on a drive to increase its fan base ahead of a major game at Twickenham Stadium, and has appointed Minale Tattersfield Design Strategy to the project.The Guinness Premiership rugby club is looking to increase its 20 000-strong fan base ahead of a major December game against Leicester […]
Design consultancy Navyblue is creating a new role of director of creative strategy.Patrick Baglee – currently executive creative director at direct marketing, data and digital specialist EHS Brann – will take up the newly created role in October. He will form part of an expanding board at Navyblue, working as part of the consultancy’s Brand […]
The organisers of European advertising awards scheme Eurobest is to appoint a design judging panel, led by Team Creatif France chief executive Sylvia Vitale Rotta.
The iconic Grolsch ‘swingtop’ bottle has undergone a subtle evolution, in its fourth redesign since 1897.The Dutch lager brand’s in-house design team says it was keen to maintain the bottle’s distinctive swingtop, but has added retro grip strips and a new slimmer shape. The iconic green bottle has also been accepted into the Museum of […]
Chips and bottles of vinegar were the most highly coveted accolades at this year’s Chip Shop Awards in Edinburgh last week.Now in its fifth year, the scheme is an industry celebration of all that is innovative, ironic and outlandish in the world of design, advertising and branding. Triumphant winners in categories such as ‘Best Use […]
The Mayor’s Thames Festival in London will unveil a new identity next week, created by consultancy Cog Design.Cog won a credentials pitch last year to redesign the festival’s website, and was awarded a contract in January to redesign the festival identity, now in its eleventh year. Cog Design managing director Michael Smith says, ‘The festival […]
A new creative platform that will allow designers to upload and share work on a community website officially launches tomorrow.Zoo qoo.com identifies 12 creative industries – one of which is design – and encourages people to submit work to be screened by a panel and uploaded. The work will then be rated by visitors to […]
C&G Partners has given the New York-based biomedical research institution a new visual identity that uses “vibrant” watercolour imagery.
As a new crowdfunder launches to reissue the Humanscale manual from the 1970s, we speak to the team behind the campaign about why keeping historic designs such as standards manuals alive is so important.
Burgerman is among artists commissioned by charity Artfelt to transform communal spaces in the hospital’s new wing, after Morag Myerscough redesigned its bedrooms in February.
Sea Design has led the rebrand, which looks to position the data company as “reliable” but also “contemporary and vibrant”.
Brand consultancy Studiomade has launched an online graphic design and art shop featuring its design team’s own risograph prints alongside a collection of designs by individual designers. The studio will also be paying for all of the initial production costs such as frames, meaning that the individual designers will be able to sell their work […]
Art critics Zoë Lescaze and painter Walton Ford have released a new book showcasing examples of paleoart dating from the 1830s up until the 1990s. The artworks featured in the book are modern interpretations of prehistoric creatures such as dinosaurs and woolly mammoths, and come in the form of paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, mosaics and […]
Napp Studio has worked on the design for a recent exhibition exploring androgyny and gender fluidity in Hong Kong popular culture. Ambiguously Yours featured 90 exhibits looking at gender representation in everything from Cantopop and fashion to film and graphic design. Grey was chosen as the main colour in the exhibition space, with the aim […]
Brand consultancy Notable has created a new brand identity for women’s lingerie brand Wacoal, which aims to appeal to the “modern, female customer”. The company produces lingerie and swimwear for customers across a “complete spectrum”, says Notable, to provide for “fuller-busted” and “fuller-figured” women. Notable gave four lingerie sub-brands owned by the company a new […]
White Bear Studios has designed the branding for Swordfish Works, a laser-cutting company and workshop, which “cuts anything from plastic to lychee fruit” for use in exhibitions and for custom patterns. The studio designed a visual identity the positions the workshop as “the A to Z of laser cutting”, creating a bespoke patterned alphabet demonstrating […]
Publisher Laurence King is set to release a colourful new card game, which tests the player’s knowledge of the art world. Guess the Artist is an art trivia game that asks players to identify famous artists from three visual clues. The illustrations have been created by Craig & Karl. Each card presents three images on […]
Department store Selfridges has launched a new campaign to support London’s nightlife scene, as an estimated 40% of music venues in the capital have closed over the last 10 years. Selfridges has opened the doors of its Ultralounge venue on the lower ground floor of the store for three months as a new space for […]
Tourism Ireland has launched a new tapestry-based campaign to highlight Northern Ireland’s role as a filming location for cult TV series Game of Thrones. Advertising agency Publicis London has created the campaign in collaboration with Tourism Ireland and HBO. Various artists from Jelly Kitchen have worked on illustrations for the 66-metre-long tapestry, which depicts key […]
