Overhaul for Sunday Express magazine
This weekend’s Sunday Express magazine will have a “totally new look” which will “radically define it from all other Sunday magazines”, according to its designer. Art director and associate editor
UK groups scoop seven wins at Mobius awards
British designers scored well in the 24th annual Mobius Advertising awards in the US, with UK consultancies scooping six of the 16 prizes in the packaging section and securing a
Art 95
Wednesday 18 January – Contemporary art fair. Until 22 January. – Venue: Business Design Centre, Upper Street, Islington Green, London N1.
Candidates vie for lottery boon
The Millennium Commission is poised to yield opportunities for designers and architects as proposals for an estimated ú1.
Fragments of IDI to be rebuilt
Elements of defunct London interiors show IDI will be resurrected at Interbuild, the construction industry show to be held at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre on 19-24 November. Apicella Associates will
Natural born talent is the best weed killer
I write in response to Les J Curtis’s letter (DW 6 January), headlined: “Qualifications are the best weed killer.” – I must be one of the “so-called practising designers” referred
BiC remodels the Crystal biro
BiC’s famous Crystal biro, a design icon of the 1950s, is being relaunched after its first redesign. – The first BiC was designed by Baron Marcel Bich in 1957.
Find the perfect silent partner
Saatchi & Saatchi must be keen to fill the shoes left by departed chairman Maurice Saatchi, advertising being such a personality-dominated business.
Metropolis in the West End
Metropolis Spatial, the interiors division of Metropolis 88, is redesigning bars in five West End venues for London entertainment group Mayfair Theatres. First to display the new Metropolis Spatial look
The heart of the matter
Why is there a growing market for nostalgia and retro products? Could it be because the public views modern design as unemotional, gimmicky, cold… and generally not very good? Gaynor
Managing New Product Development for Business Turnaround
Thursday 2 March – Conference on design management and its part in the manufacturing of new products. – Venue: Manchester Conference Centre, UMIST, Sackville Street, Manchester M60 1QD.
It’s a Pleasure!
Saturday 14 January – Sculpture, film, painting, photography and computer graphics by nine women artists. Until 19 February.
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