Designing Women
A show opening at London’s Fashion and Textile Museum this week celebrates the trio of women who pioneered post-war British textile design – Lucienne Day, Jacqueline Groag and Marian Mahler.
Design4retail works on revived Kwiksave brand
Costcutter Supermarkets Group has turned to Design4retail for the branding of its new Kwiksave convenience stores and two other store formats.
Voxpop – What can designers bring to organisations?
Our recent guest blog from Sidekick Studios looks at the skills designers can bring to start-up companies. What do you think is the most important thing designers can bring to
News analysis – Measuring the impact of design
The Design Council’s latest forum, held this week, tackled the issue of measuring the impact of design. How can it be measured? And does it need to be?
University of Gloucestershire seeks graphics consultancy
The University of Gloucestershire is seeking to appoint a graphic design consultancy to work on projects including prospectus design and brand campaigns in a contract worth £210 000.
News in Pictures
Thomas Manss & Company has created a new identity for Italian telecommunication company Zal Telecomunicazioni. It created the new Zal name, which means ‘yellow’ in the local Romagna region dialect,
Drawings in progress
The Working Drawings show, which opens next week, showcases the doodlings and scribblings of designers including Abram Games, Ken Garland and Milton Glaser.
Flatpack Festival 2012
Misspent youth, vampire motorcycles and attic explorations will all be making an appearance at this year’s Flatpack film Festival, which opens across various Birmingham locations today.
Gardiner Richardson creates Dumfries and Galloway tourism identity
Newcastle-based Gardiner Richardson has designed a new destination identity for Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland.
Seymour Powell creates Nestle catfood packaging
Seymour Powell has created new packaging for Nestlé Purian Pro Plan catfood, which the consultancy says is based around a ‘big cat face design’.
Landor appoints Peter Knapp to new role of global creative officer
Landor has announced a new global creative officer role, which will rotate annually. The first incumbent will be Peter Knapp, executive creative director of Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Williams Murray Hamm creates Plasticine identity for charity Magic Me
Williams Murray Hamm has rebranded London-based charity Magic Me, with the new identity and supporting icons crafted from Plasticine.
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