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Naming a company, service or brand can be a huge gamble, but some risks can be removed if designers get the legal essentials right, advises Jonathan Mercer
DTI scheme invites entries
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Local councils to spark logo boom
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Jonathan Park heads up VE day show plan
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Made in Scotland by Architects
Work by architectural practices including Building Design Partnership, Graven Images and McNeish Design Partnership. Until 28 January. Venue: RIBA Architecture Centre, 66 Portland Place, London W1. Details: 0171-580 5533.
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Architectural Association’s first Graduate Design Week (23 – 28 January) is introduced by an exhibition by the 13 candidates for the AA Graduate Design Diploma. Until 28 January. Venue: AA
Bordercrossing
The RIBA and Design Week have put together designs from nine architects who have crossed over the border into product design. The result is the Products of Desire exhibition. Clare
Barr pledges to spend
Scottish soft drinks group AG Barr is pledging to up its marketing spend on Barr Soft Drinks brands after investment in the past year saw the group announce a 63
The Porthole: Illustrators’ Works for Caribbean Cruises
Show of work by illustrators including Milton Glaser and Dan Fern. Until 10 February. – Venue: The Pentagram Gallery, 11 Needham Road, London W11.
Breaking down barriers between disciplines
Later this month you can assess the results of the first collaboration between Design Week and the RIBA Architecture Centre. The show Products of Desire, which opens at the London
US-style restaurant for London
American restaurant and live music venue Dick’s Last Resort is coming to London as “the antithesis of a good restaurant”. The group’s first site outside the US will open in
Corporate design work rises as US recovers
A plethora of company name changes in the US has led to a boom in the corporate design industry, according to two New York surveys. Branding consultancies Interbrand Schechter and
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