Design Week articles from August 2005

Design Week archives from August 2005

England takes over Leeds branding as Thompson quits.
August 4, 2005... Branding for the city of Leeds should finally be signed off this week, after the surprise resignation of Leeds design group Thompson. It has emerged that the group resigned its contract with Marketing Leeds, the body set up to run the...

English Heritage urges local councils to save fingerpost signs.
August 4, 2005... English Heritage is issuing a rallying cry to save traditional traffic direction signs under threat from neglect and decay. There may be opportunities for design groups as local councils seek out consultation on the grass-roots...

David Collins wins jewellery task.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... David Collins Studio has been commissioned to redesign the interiors for David Morris' London flagship jewellery boutique, which is located in Bond Street. The revamped boutique is expected to launch next February. David Collins also...

STOP PRESS: Bruges Group to fight on over logo?(with Johnson Banks)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... The Bruges Group says it has not dropped its trademark dispute over the design of the Government's EU presidency logo, despite failing to address the question at its latest meeting. Director Robert Oulds says the group's lawyers have advised...

STOP PRESS: DBA appoints two new regional heads.(Design Business Association)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... The Design Business Association has appointed Alistair Sim of Love Creative and Nicholas Burton of Openskies as regional heads of development. Sim will oversee the North West of England, while Burton becomes joint regional head of...

STOP PRESS: Crispin Reed goes to Sterling Brands.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Crispin Reed has left his position of director of brand communications at luxury skincare and fragrance brand owner Cradle Holdings to become senior vice-president Europe of Sterling Brands' UK office. Copyright: Centaur Communications...

Topman plans a range of specialist clothing stores.
August 4, 2005... Topman, the Arcadia-owned menswear retailer, has revealed plans for a series of stand-alone brand extension stores. The outlets are to be branded Topman, but will only sell specialised fashion lines. Possible variations include denim and...

Identity for Virgin Digital.(by Start Creative )(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Start Creative has designed the identity for Virgin's forthcoming music download service, Virgin Digital. 'Virgin began life as a music brand and with this design we wanted to capture the richness of its music heritage,' says Start Creative...

Simmer to create identity for food redistribution charity brand.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Fare Share, a national charity that works to relieve 'food poverty' in the UK through redistributing quality surplus food to the homeless, is redesigning its existing identity and developing a new brand for its soon-to-launch sister company,...

National Centre for Languages creations.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... The in-house studio of London's National Centre for Languages has created posters, postcards, stickers and T-shirts for this year's European Day of Languages, held on the 26 September to celebrate language and cultural diversity. The creative...

Opportunities with Leicester Square makeover scheme.
August 4, 2005... The design industry is set to benefit from a #10m makeover of London's Leicester Square, which will see the space redesigned as a family- friendly entertainment area. Environmental design consultant Gillespies is leading the scheme and...

Tattersfield to promote the Lake Garda area.(Minale, Tatterfield and Partners)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Minale Tattersfield is to brand the entire Lake Garda tourist region of Italy after winning the project in a pitch against three Italian consultancies. Lake Garda is the largest of the Italian lakes and a region in its own right,...

New lease of life for design group Opius.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... London product and transport design group Opius is set to reopen as Opius Design, having folded the business because of rising property and staff costs. The Islington design group is set to reopen for business in north London with three of...

Six buildings shortlisted.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Six buildings have been shortlisted for the Stirling Prize this October. Favourites are: the Jubilee Library in Brighton by Bennetts Associates, with Lomax Cassidy and Edwards, and the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking by Foster and Partners....

IN BRIEF: Design missions.
August 4, 2005... Design consultancies wishing to participate in the UK Trade & Investment-backed design missions to Design Korea 2005 (1-6 December) or Hong Kong Business of Design Week (19-23 November), should contact Christine Losecaat at...

IN BRIEF: Brandlab appointed.(by Field Fisher Waterhouse)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Cornish design consultancy Brandlab has been appointed to provide creative and strategic support to lawyer Field Fisher Waterhouse. The group was appointed to the six-figure contract after a three-way pitch. Copyright: Centaur...

IN BRIEF: Escape appointed.(by London & Quadrant)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Basingstoke design group The Escape has been appointed by London & Quadrant, the UK's largest social landlord, with a view to rationalising its design and print spend. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

IN BRIEF: Interiors for new WPP office.(by BDG Workfutures )(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... BDG Workfutures has designed the interiors for the new WPP office in Ealing, which houses the BMRB market research group, KMR Software, The Operations Centre and Millward Brown's Ealing office. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and...

IN BRIEF: Brand identity for Raybould Fields.(by Purple Frog )(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Purple Frog has created a brand identity for Raybould Fields, a property consultant based in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. It will launch this month across a range of corporate material, including stationery and signage. Copyright:...

IN BRIEF: New office in Rome.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Futurebrand Gio Rossi Associati is set to open a new office in Rome to sit alongside its Milan office. Business development director Roberta Cutuli, who will report to Italian managing director Susanna Bellandi, will head it up. ...

COMMENT: Menswear boom provides opportunities for designers.
August 4, 2005... BY LYNDA RELPH-KNIGHT It was only a matter of time before menswear once more became a focus for retail designers (see News Analysis, page 8). Readers old enough to remember the last big push towards men in the 'designer' days of the...

Metaphor wins three-year job for Ashmolean Museum.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Oxford's Ashmolean Museum has appointed London exhibition design consultancy Metaphor to create the gallery displays at its new-look complex, which is being redesigned by Rick Mather Architects. Metaphor was appointed to the three-year...

World News food takes off with Aricot Vert.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... World News, the airport retailer owned by Alpha Group, is launching its first 40-strong range of own-branded food products, as it embarks on a growth strategy to enter new markets. Aricot Vert has been appointed to design the identity and...

Glasgow graduate wins UK Luxe Pack Awards.(Lewis Macintyre)
August 4, 2005... By Lucia Cockcroft A luxury bottle emulating the shape of an elongated water droplet has scooped first place in the UK round of the Monaco Luxe Pack Design Awards. The design, the brainchild of Glasgow School of Art graduate Lewis...

NEWS ANALYSIS: Burton is blinging it up.
August 4, 2005... Menswear retailers are collaborating with designers to woo the fashion- conscious, says Sarah Balmond Western rockabilly, LA trailer trash labourer, Japanese skater and Latino tiki prints are just some of the latest seasonal menswear...

Interactive art exhibit.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Cornelia Sollfrank has put together an interactive art exhibit as part of the StoryRooms exhibition at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. It examines media culture, linking physical installations with digital space using...

Matthews designs launch issue of Itch.(Thomas Matthews )(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Thomas Matthews has designed the launch issue of Itch, a magazine covering all things sustainable, published twice a year by Beyond Green, a London-based sustainability consultancy. The magazine is made using vegetable-based inks and recycled...

Panamera to go on sale in 2009.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... German sports car manufacturer Porsche has released sketches of the Panamera, its first four-saloon car, which is due to go on sale in 2009. The car will be designed and engineered solely by Porsche. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd....

Scrapbook for Oskar's annual report.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... The Farm has designed a scrapbook of personal memories and insights for Czech mobile operator Oskar's annual report. Called simply Love, the book was born out of the brand's personable tone of voice. Copyright: Centaur Communications...

Studio Output graphic design.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Illustration designed by Studio Output to promote BBC Radio 1's tenth show broadcast from Ibiza in August. The graphic will feature across ads, posters and flyers. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

Identity for Edinburgh Art Festival.
August 4, 2005... The identity for the Edinburgh Art Festival, which opened on the weekend, has been designed by Glasgow design consultancy Graphical House. See www.edinburghartfestival.org for details of the event. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and...

PRIVATE VIEW: A Cannes for geeks.(Comic-Con International)
August 4, 2005... At Comic-Con International, the world's largest comic book and sci-fi convention, Adrian Shaughnessy finds a great appetite for the visual and the authentic On a trip to the US in July, I was invited by a friend to accompany him to...

INSPIRED: Joe Heapy, Engine.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... To this day I'm not sure why, but as a child I didn't sleep well. To save their own sleep, my parents gave me a radio and on my behalf tuned it to Radio Four. At one in the morning the BBC World Service takes over and if you're lucky...

Voxpop.
August 4, 2005... Following the publication of Interbrand's global brands survey last week, which up-and-coming niche brands do you think ought to be worthy of a place in the future? That's a paradox because a niche brand by definition would probably not...

Letter: Do teach students the rudiments of selling their skills.(Letter to the Editor)
August 4, 2005... In response to Comment (DW 21 July), I graduated with a Bachelor of Design in Design Futures in November last year from Napier University, Edinburgh, and moved to London with the hope of getting my foot in the door of the creative industry. A...

Letter: Design graduates in TV don't have to be patient.(Letter to the Editor)
August 4, 2005... I was interested to read that Lisa Linder (Profile, DW 21 July) left the TV design industry when she realised that 'it takes ten years before they let you design your first title sequence'. As a graduate designer, this has not been my...

Letter: Don't overlook importance of design of Olympic Transport Plans.(Letter to the Editor)
August 4, 2005... Reading Scott Billings' News Analysis (DW 14 July), we were disappointed to see that the Olympic Transport Plans didn't get a mention in his round-up of key supporting graphics and print design. Transport is a key issue and London 2012's...

PROFILE: David Collins.
August 4, 2005... David Collins has a penchant for working on glamorous projects. As his latest restaurant opens in a fanfare of publicity, he is determined to ensure his creative approach is not diluted, says Clare Dowdy David Collins is one of those rare...

ACCESSORIES: Dinner for two.(CuldeSac )(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... CuldeSac prefers to take an eclectic approach. For its latest project, the consultancy asked student designers to create accessories for a romantic dinner, says John Stones CuldeSac, a young design consultancy in Valencia, prides itself...

ILLUSTRATION: A cult above the rest.
August 4, 2005... The Internet and digital technology have made it easier for independent- minded illustrators to set up business and establish a name for themselves. Liz Farrelly meets some underground entrepreneurs Being able to fulfil creative urges and...

DESIGN BUSINESS: Small wonders show the way.
August 4, 2005... Thom Newton argues that small specialists provide a better service than larger groups, which are always looking to boost their revenue At some time or other, those of us who work consultancy-side will have questioned whether we are the...

REVIEW: Watch your step.(Art exhibitions)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... By Richard Clayton Anselm Kiefer is the unsinkable dreadnought of contemporary German art. Heavy and metallic, inescapably big, looming with history. Since the 1970s, he has commanded the cultural bridge between Joseph Beuys and the...

Industry discontent rises over European tender system.
August 11, 2005... The European tendering system for public sector design work via the Official Journal of the European Union, has come under fire for wielding a process that is 'killing design'. The criticism by one disgruntled designer follows a recent...

Gerard Taylor to style Orla Kiely outlet.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Fashion designer Orla Kiely is to open her first stand-alone boutique in Europe in London's Covent Garden next month, designed in collaboration with architect and furniture designer Gerard Taylor. The concepts will then be used as a...

Johnson Banks will rebrand CABE.(Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment )(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... A rebrand of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment by Johnson Banks will go ahead this autumn, despite being delayed by the intervention of Cabe's incoming chairman, John Sorrell. The identity was scheduled to launch...

STOP PRESS: Ilva takes over Gateshead M&S store.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Next spring's UK launch of Danish furniture group and Ikea rival Ilva received a boost this week, when the chain signed a 20-year lease to take over Marks & Spencer's Lifestore in Gateshead. Ilva is working with London strategy agency...

STOP PRESS: Stanford picked to advise Moss Bros.(Moss Bros Group)(appointments)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Moss Bros Group has appointed Karen Millen and Whistles co-founder Kevin Stanford to advise on its brand development. Stanford, who holds a 28.2 per cent stake in the company, has been briefed to grow the business by assisting the design and...

STOP PRESS: Fennelow leaves DBA to tend baby.(Design Business Association)(appointments and resignations)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... The Design Business Association's membership and communications manager Adam Fennelow is leaving the organisation this week to spend time with his baby daughter. The DBA plans to appoint a membership, marketing and development director 'at a...

STOP PRESS: Hartford turns Jamie's into Polka.(LSM Design)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Jamie's bar chain owner The Hartford Group is poised to re-open its venue in Soho, London, as the newly-named bar Polka. Sussex design consultancy LSM Design has been appointed to work on the launch, which is earmarked for the end of...

BAT commissions street furniture designs for smokers.
August 11, 2005... British American Tobacco is behind an unusual initiative to create a range of street furniture. The cigarette giant has appointed Industrial Design Consultants to create the non-branded designs, which will be installed in the capital of...

Forthcoming identity for City Channel.(City Channel )(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... The forthcoming identity for Irish-based TV station City Channel is set to go on air at the end of September. City Channel will show programmes of interest to the Dublin area, including information on local government, motoring, property,...

Enterprise IG wins Romanian store brief.(electrical retailer DoMo)
August 11, 2005... Enterprise IG is to overhaul the store environments of Romanian electrical retailer DoMo, after winning a three-way pitch for the contract in June. DoMo operates 108 stores throughout the country. Last month, it earmarked Ge1/47.5m (#5.2m)...

Hambleton Ales to relaunch.(packaging)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Yorkshire beer brand Hambleton Ales is to relaunch its brand packaging next month. The beer has been redesigned by Harris Cook Taylor. The design group has reconfigured the look of Hambleton's five bottles, as well as the pump designs for...

Liverpool City Council gears up for Capital of Culture 2008.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Liverpool City Council is to create its first graphic design roster as the city prepares to become the European Capital of Culture in 2008. A group of up to 12 international design consultancies will be appointed to work on a range of...

Science & Media plans designer roster.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... A roster of exhibition design specialists is to be set up by Science & Media, a partnership formed by the Science Museum and Fleming Media to create a series of globally touring exhibitions. The company's chief executive Sara Milne aims...

Reiss to open Dubai store by Draw Associates.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... UK fashion retailer Reiss is rolling out an international store expansion, with its first outlet in the Middle East opening in Dubai next month. It has been designed by architect and interior design consultancy Draw Associates. The design...

Screen branding for Belgacom TV.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Screen branding for Belgacom TV's national football television coverage in Belgium this season has been designed by BBC Broadcast. It launched last Thursday across five channels. The branding, which also kicks off Belgacom's move into...

IN BRIEF: Iron aimed at men.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Tefal has launched an iron aimed at men, which comes with an insulated mat so it does not have to be used with an ironing board. It is designed by Sunil Cunningham. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

COMMENT: Civil Service must streamline its design buying system.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... BY LYNDA RELPH-KNIGHT So now we have the full story about Government commissions, thanks to our anonymous correspondent (see Letters, page 11). If this consultancy's experiences are the norm for public sector projects then the industry...

COMMENT: Holiday hobbies.
August 11, 2005... BY LYNDA RELPH-KNIGHT What a pleasure it was to find a copy of David Chaloner's latest opus, Collected Poems, on my desk. While most of us take to the beach, the Conran & Partners interior and retail design director turns to crafting...

Household creates retail outlets for gourmet pie chain.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Household is developing the retail environments for Brighton pie shop Pokeno Pies, ahead of a planned expansion for the food company. The design consultancy has created the style of the first, trial Pokeno outlet using simple techniques,...

Aqueduct wins English Heritage brief.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... English Heritage has appointed Aqueduct to revise its brand guidelines, as part of plans to achieve more visual consistency across the organisation. The consultancy won the branding project following a four-way pitch against OpenMind...

The NHS plans to establish a talent pool of designers.
August 11, 2005... By Sarah Balmond The NHS is planning to collaborate with a range of entrepreneurial designers on a more permanent basis, as it seeks to integrate design into the organisation. The NHS has worked with designers in the past, but this...

NEWS ANALYSIS: Aiming for global reach.
August 11, 2005... The Science Museum's new venture should mean more work for designers, says Scott Billings Design groups are to be drafted in to work on a series of global exhibition projects for the next ten years, under a new company just formed by the...

Ali Taylor video.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Sherbet animation director Ali Taylor has created a promotional video for Irish singer Marc Carroll's Talk Again single, released on Evangeline Recorded Works this week. Illustrator Emma Bray designed the video's flowers and insects. ...

Forthcoming album from Cowboy Junkies.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Early 21st Century Blues, the forthcoming album from Canadian musicians Cowboy Junkies, features a cover painting by Xiu Gao Lynn Timmins and art direction by Luke Despatie for Dinnick and Howells. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd....

Send a letter postcards.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Johnson Banks' 'send a letter' postcards feature the 26 letters of the alphabet, which have been die stamped with foil-blocked backs in a selection of 'fat' fonts. They were designed for the Victoria & Albert Museum Fete in London last...

Paul Smith plans furniture shop.(Paul Smith has unveiled the plans for the furniture shop )(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Paul Smith has unveiled the plans for the furniture shop he is designing on Albemarle Street in London. It is due to open in October and will stock an eclectic mix of curiosities sourced from around the world. Copyright: Centaur...

Radical-looking business class seat.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Reborn Islington design group Opius Design has designed a radical- looking business class seat, which it plans to license to airlines in partnership with the manufacturer. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

Playboy celebration.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... It's strange to think that Playboy has been around for 50 years, but one of its ex-editors, Gretchen Edgren, has compiled this celebration of Hugh Hefner's publishing phenomenon, designed in-house by Playboy. It is published by Taschen this...

Latest graffiti project.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... The danger just keeps on mounting for Banksy, who chose one of the walls dividing Palestinians and Israelis in Ramallah for his latest graffiti project, The West. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

Packaging for men's product.(Jones Knowles Ritchie has designed the packaging )(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... Jones Knowles Ritchie has designed the packaging for Molton Brown's latest men's product, Thermal Salts Muscle Soaks, which rolls out to stores this month. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

PRIVATE VIEW: Let's take some risks.
August 11, 2005... Innovation can be an extremely risky business, but design groups shouldn't just stay on the safe path. Hugh Pearman urges them to live more dangerously Risk. We don't take enough of it. When a besuited business type talks about 'thinking...

Inspired: Valerie Wickes - View.(Pringle of Scotland)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... One of my favourite pieces of work was created for Pringle of Scotland. It illustrates beautifully what inspires me time and time again - the element of the unplanned and unknown in art direction and photography. The shot was for an...

Voxpop.
August 11, 2005... Leeds is set to unveil its England-developed brand identity on 26 September. What are the measures of a successful destination or city brand proposition, and in what ways do such schemes fail to deliver anything meaningful? We all know,...

Letter - IN REPLY: The Frank Nuovo lecture can't have been that bad.(Letter to the Editor)
August 11, 2005... Wow, Michael Lenz really had a bad evening in the company of Frank Nuovo at the D&AD Icons lecture (DW 28 July) - #35 down the drain? I hope his company can stand the expense. I had a ticket and would happily have travelled to London from...

Letter: Government design jobs aren't just easy money.(Letter to the Editor)
August 11, 2005... Lynda Relph-Knight's Comment (DW 28 July) filled me with despair. Journalists portray Government design work as a newly discovered pot of gold. This isn't true, and it encourages unsuitable businesses to take part in Government tenders,...

Letter: Let's embrace subconscious brand communications.(Letter to the Editor)
August 11, 2005... In response to your recent Vox Pop on tobacco (DW 7 July), with up to 85 per cent of our decision-making driven by emotion, intuition, long- term memories and unconscious motivations, the tobacco companies are actually being pretty smart. ...

Letter: There's no need to introduce a new copyright system.(Letter to the Editor)
August 11, 2005... Jonty Balcombe makes some valid points in his article 'Take the law in your own hands' (DW 7 July). Anyone who's been embroiled in disputed court proceedings will sympathise with his wish to make it easier for copyright owners to protect...

Profile: Mary Rose Cook.
August 11, 2005... Mary Rose Cook has just won the BDC New Designer of the Year Award with a product range intended to make cooking more enjoyable, but she herself hates to cook. Trish Lorenz talks to her about her designs Students are generally notorious...

HOTEL GRAPHICS: Cheap but chic.(Hotel 140 )
August 11, 2005... Boston's Hotel 140 and 'super hostel' Wake Up! London are both being marketed as bright and modern affordable hotels, adapted to the needs of today's users. Yolanda Zappaterra looks at some current examples of hotel branding Staying at...

EXHIBITION DESIGN: Close encounter.
August 11, 2005... An attraction that offers a virtual space journey has just opened in an old ferry terminal in Liverpool. John Stones looks at Real Studio's designs for Spaceport While attention may recently have been focused on the American space...

SIGNAGE: Vertical signage.(Burj Dubai)
August 11, 2005... Creating signage for a new development containing the world's tallest building, the Burj Dubai, presents novel challenges. John Stones reports on a monumental project Earlier this year, the world's tallest building began its dramatic...

DESIGN BUSINESS: Design needs you in its corner.
August 11, 2005... Design's benefit to business is hard to quantify, so it is hard to convince corporate types to put it centre stage, says Lee Coomber I find it extraordinary that people are concerned about the future of the design world. Let me tell you...