Lighting up Savile Row
Savile Row, the London street famous for its traditional men’s bespoke tailoring, is to be fitted with old-fashioned street lamps in an attempt to enhance its historic character. Designed in
Lewis Moberly distils identity for new Spanish wine
Lewis Moberly has created the identity for a new premium Spanish wine brand. Launching in the UK this month, the Señorío de Arinzano wine labels have been designed to reflect
Heatherwick café owners to open chippy
A fish and chips offshoot of Thomas Heatherwick’s East Beach Café is opening next month in west Sussex’s Littlehampton. Some of the design features within the 45m2 West Beach Café
Design Conspiracy create Trinny and Susannah roadshow
The Design Conspiracy is behind the creation of an Obama-and-Hillary-style roadshow for TV fashion advisors Trinny and Susannah. The London-based consultancy has created the designs for banners, posters and rosettes
Cisco division sets up European design HQ
Linksys, a division of Cisco, opened its first dedicated design studio and European design headquarters in Denmark yesterday. The Linksys European Design Centre will create networking hardware for the home
Buildings line up for RIBA Awards
Thomas Heatherwick Studio and HOK Sport are just two of the groups jostling to win the Royal Institute of British Architects’ 2008 RIBA Awards. Announced today, the awards are effectively
New recipe for River Cottage branding
The screen branding for Channel 4’s River Cottage, its third seasonal food series which airs this week, has been created by 0404. The Dorset-based consultancy won a three-way creative pitch
Alzheimer’s Society launches dementia campaign
A campaign, launched today by the Alzheimer’s Society in conjunction with the Department of Health, has been created by Red Stone Design.
Loewy replaces Hoult with interim CEO
Loewy Group is seeking a new chief executive following a boardroom shift that moves its founder Charlie Hoult into a less central role. Hoult becomes vicepresident, development, within the independent
Premier Foods signs up design groups
Premier Foods is this week finalising its long-awaited design roster, Design Week has learned. The aim of the review, which was called in January, has been to rationalise the company’s
Silverstone rebrand flags up design openings
Formula One racetrack Silverstone is implementing new brand guidelines ahead of a major redevelopment programme that could create opportunities for graphics, interior and wayfinding designers. The Northamptonshire racetrack is consolidating
Design to share in £200m from DIUS
The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills confirms that a £200m fund could help plug skills gaps in the product and digital design sectors (DW 22 May). DIUS has earmarked
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