Vivid Brand works on Qatari hypermarket
Vivid Brand has been appointed to rebrand Qatar-based retailer Dasman Centre and design the interior of its flagship store in Qatar’s capital Doha and one other outlet.
RSA calls for change in design education
The Royal Society of Arts is calling for design education to focus more on the design of services and move away from what it says is an emphasis on product
UK groups pick up gold awards at Cannes Design Lions
Williams Murray Hamm, The Partners and Pearlfisher all scooped gold awards at the Cannes Design Lions Awards last night.
Arthur Steen Horne Adamson works on Estonia brand guidelines
Arthur Steen Horne Adamson has created new brand guidelines for Estonia, which will inform the Baltic state’s inward-facing brand identity. The consultancy was appointed to the work by Estonian enterprise
UK groups slow to back World Industrial Design Day
World Industrial Design Day 2009 is billed by organiser The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design as a ‘celebration’, ‘to raise awareness about the benefits of industrial design in
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Design art group Based Upon are the darlings of the luxury market
Liquid metal and a fondness for context have made the brothers behind furniture and design art group Based Upon the darlings of the luxury market. Trish Lorenz sees what the
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It’s looking good for printmaking up in the North. Anna Richardson greets the arrival of an ambitious new international print biennale in Newcastle upon Tyne
Slice Design harks back to sweeter times for Cadbury
Cadbury is relaunching its Curly Wurly, Fudge, Chomp and Freddo bars with new, nostalgic packaging created by Slice Design.
Urban Salon set for work on Titanic exhibition
Southampton City Council is in the process of appointing Urban Salon to design a permanent exhibition about the Titanic, which set sail from the city’s port nearly 100 years ago.
Motivation designs new sports wheelchairs
Two new sports wheelchairs have been designed by charity Motivation in a bid to make sport accessible for disabled people in low-income countries.At the suggestion of the International Paralympic Committee,
Hidden Art aims for Olympic tender
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games is set to release a tender for giftware for the 2012 games. The tender, which is due out in the next two
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