Design Week articles from December 2003

Design Week archives from December 2003

Ford stalls Ingeni in bid to cut costs.(News)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... FORD'S Ingeni design centre in London's Soho is to shut its doors before the end of the year, as the cash-strapped automotive group struggles to cut costs. The 14 designers currently based at the Soho studio are being offered repatriation...

Furniture on Alsop drawing board.(News: Alsop Architects)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... ALSOP ARCHITECTS is planning to branch out into homewares, with an as yet unnamed furniture-to-accessories-led range expected to launch in April. The range will build on a series of products developed for the Valencia Biennial 2003,...

Summers joins Brandsmiths' drive.(News)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... ANDREW SUMMERS, the former chief executive of the Design Council, has joined Brandsmiths as its chairman, as the group seeks to expand its strategic offer. The consultancy, which currently has ten full-time staff, is looking to double in...

Refined design for Shell Centre.(News)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... SHELL is planning to revamp the interiors at the Shell Centre complex on London's South Bank, the oil giant confirmed this week. A pitch involving up to four design groups is understood to have taken place on Friday, though a Shell...

New title for The London Institute.(News: has applied to become the 'University of the Arts, London')(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... THE LONDON INSTITUTE, the federation of five leading design colleges, has applied to become the 'University of the Arts, London', Design Week has learned. The institute submitted the name to the Privy Council in November and hopes to...

Lippincott Mercer recruits partners.(News)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... LIPPINCOTT MERCER is looking to expand its European design operation with the appointment of senior creatives. Consultancy senior partner Rune Gustafson confirms he hopes to make two partner appointments at the beginning of next year as part of...

Design plays leading role in the museum experience.(Comment)
December 4, 2003... It's interesting how over recent years museums have espoused design to broaden the appeal of their collections. Where once we saw an array of Roman coins, say, grouped to show object rather than context, now we might see how that money was...

Evrot creates space age interiors for Villa Moda.(News)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... JEAN-PHILIPPE EVROT, formerly part of Parisian concept store Colette's design team, has created retail interiors for 'Sheikh of Chic' Majed Al-Sabah's latest venture, Villa Moda Dubai, launching this week. The department store, which will...

Artmedia Press has helped to design Some Place Like Home, Toby Israel's design psychology book that will be published next week by John Wiley & Sons.(News)
December 4, 2003... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Artmedia Press has helped to design Some Place Like Home, Toby Israel's design psychology book that will be published next week by John Wiley & Sons. Israel's book explores a new field of work, which puts...

CHNTO research aims to fill design skill gap.(News: Cultural Heritage National Training Organisation )(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... TRAINING needs for designers across the UK are being audited, in a bid to gain Government funding to improve skill sets. An on-line survey of designers and design consultancies--www.strategia.co.uk/designskills--will provide a picture of...

Third Space has completed a redesign for Brighton retailer Peter Werth.(News)
December 4, 2003... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Third Space has completed a redesign for Brighton retailer Peter Werth. The consultancy was invited to overhaul the shopfront, interiors and in-store graphics at the flagship. Large format fashion...

Poke has finger in Oliver's pie.(News)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... POKE is taking a butcher's at Jamie Oliver's website as the celebrity chef aims for a more mature online image that gets away from his 'cheeky cockney' persona. The group is reviewing all aspects of the site's content, functionality and...

Staffordshire is bullish with a Different scheme.(News)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... DIFFERENT BY DESIGN, a 2.7m [pounds sterling] initiative to bring together designers and local manufacturers to deliver innovative product ideas to market, launched last week in Staffordshire. Funded by regional development agency Advantage...

Elmwood acquisitive as its 'reputation growing'.(News)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... ELMWOOD is looking to acquire an 'easily digestible', ten-person creative group to build up its London office, Design Week has learned. Chairman of the group Jonathan Sands confirms that he is in the process of 'recruiting people' and is...

Close encounters with a Nessie-style monster, swarms of bug-like video game characters and memories of Friern Barnet Photographic Society all figure in graphic designers' contributions to Day14, a curatorial and publishing venture created by Andy Maw and Bill Griffin.(News)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Close encounters with a Nessie-style monster, swarms of bug-like video game characters and memories of Friern Barnet Photographic Society all figure in graphic designers' contributions to Day14, a curatorial and...

Start has created a video loop and interactive touch-screen installation for the BBC World Service, which showcases the broadcaster's creativity and diversity via the theme 'many voices, one world'.(News)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... Start has created a video loop and interactive touch-screen installation for the BBC World Service, which showcases the broadcaster's creativity and diversity via the theme 'many voices, one world'. The installation is located at BBC Bush...

Design-to-print company Sterling has opened a London office in Lots Road, Chelsea, to provide additional creative and account management services.(News)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... Design-to-print company Sterling has opened a London office in Lots Road, Chelsea, to provide additional creative and account management services. The move formalises the group's relationship with Lance Hodgson, former creative partner at...

Guerilla Communications has created an identity for DJ and producer Mr Bird.(News)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... Guerrilla Communications has created an identity for DJ and producer Mr Bird. Guerrilla senior designer Geoff Feats says the design, applied to T-shirts, CD covers, flyers and stickers seeks to put Mr Bird on a more business-friendly footing.

Proctor & Gamble's display division has been acquired by Ferndown-based SPS Group.(News)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... Proctor & Gamble's display division has been acquired by Ferndown-based SPS Group, which takes over the division's point-of-purchase display contracts with cosmetic and perfumery brands including Hugo Boss, Lacoste, Max Factor and Olay.

TheWriter.co.uk.(News)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... Interbrand senior consultant Neil Taylor will join specialist writing consultancy TheWriter.co.uk in January to run its training and development arm. It is a joint venture between the group and former Interbrand verbal identity director John...

Starbucks has launched a website in time for the festive season, in collaboration with Wheel Group.(News)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... Starbucks has launched a website in time for the festive season, in collaboration with Wheel Group. Offering interactive games, discount vouchers and competitions, http://lounge.starbucks.co.uk has also been designed to promote HotSpot-enabled...

www.DM-U.co.uk.(News: Sampson May Design has created a range of Tube advertising posters for John Richmond diffusion brand R2K)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... Sampson May Design has created a range of Tube advertising posters for John Richmond diffusion brand R2K. The campaign features shots of bags and leather goods. They go up on the London Underground this week, according to Sampson May director...

The North West's digital media industry can now benefit from a development network and Web portal designed to offer learning materials and business advice.(News)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... The North West's digital media industry can now benefit from a development network and Web portal designed to offer learning materials and business advice. The site, www.DM-U.co.uk, offers free membership for a limited period.

No One has created restaurant branding for London eatery Lanes in the City of London.(News)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... No One has created restaurant branding for London eatery Lanes in the City of London. The branding of Lanes owes Its name to the complex warren of lanes that make up the restaurant's surrounding area, says No One design director Simon Manchipp....

Donna Youngs Design Associates.(News: creates identity for Dove Anodising)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... Identity and print design consultancy Donna Youngs Design Associates has created an identity, stationery, print collateral and Web graphics for Dove Anodising that will be launched next week.

View has sent out boxed heart rate monitors for a European direct marketing campaign for Threadneedle Investments, a part of the American Express Group.(News)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... View has sent out boxed heart rate monitors for a European direct marketing campaign for Threadneedle Investments, a part of the American Express Group. Working with direct marketing agency Langham Works, View attached the monitors to the...

Lee.(News)(Correction Notice)
December 4, 2003... In our issue of 20 November we referred to Easy Tiger Associates' client as Lee Cooper, but the brand in question is, in fact, Lee.

Random Media powers to victory in BIMA Grand Prix.(News: British Interactive Media Association)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... THE British Interactive Media Association's Grand Prix has been won by Random Media for its Battersea power station website. The site, www.thepowerstation.com, also picked up top prize in 'best use of the Internet', and 'business and corporate'...

Aricot Vert cooks up Frango identity.(News)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... FLEET consultancy Aricot Vert has cooked up a funky chicken identity for fledgling restaurant chain Frango, which has an eye on challenging brands like Nando's in the 'fast casual' food market. The group has created the name--which means...

Doodles by illustrator Andrew Rae in Nesta's 2002-2003 annual report, designed by Blast, have been hand-drawn to denote its support of creativity.(News)
December 4, 2003... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Doodles by illustrator Andrew Rae in Nesta's 2002-2003 annual report, designed by Blast, have been hand-drawn to denote its support of creativity. As the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the...

The Nest cures Neal's Yard.(News)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... THE NEST is concocting interiors for Neal's Yard Remedies' Notting Hill shop, relaunching in January, with elements of the revamp expected to roll out across the brand's 23-strong UK estate. The consultancy is creating in-store graphics...

Code package for Keele University.(News)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... MANCHESTER group Code has been appointed by Keele University to create two interactive aids, as the university's Widening Participation division moves to promote higher education in the area. The digital communications group beat six other...

New ITV channels bring calls for unified rebrand.(News)
December 4, 2003... TWO new digital channels and more advertiser-led programming have been scheduled this week by ITV boss Charles Allen. The move follows the Carlton-Granada merger, but many designers are clamouring for a total revamp of the brand. ITV3 will...

A montage of powerful imagery compiled from newsreels, home movies and classic cinema cuts is at the heart of Bodysong, a cross-media film and website project, featuring a musical score by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, that launches on Friday.(News)
December 4, 2003... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: A montage of powerful imagery compiled from newsreels, home movies and classic cinema cuts is at the heart of Bodysong, a cross-media film and website project, featuring a musical score by Radiohead's Jonny...

Is there room at the top? In light of D&AD's plans to expand its awards next year, Anne Konopelski asks whether an increase in the number of design events is sustainable.(News Analysis: British Design & Art Direction)
December 4, 2003... LAST WEEK, British Design & Art Direction, annual bestower of the creative industries' coveted Yellow Pencils, unveiled plans for a three-week creative congress to revolve around its May awards ceremony, to be held for the first time at Old...

US postal service duels with movie merchandise.(Diary)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... Serious Lord of the Rings aficionados can't stop talking about the latest batch of limited edition blades up for sale at www.cbswords.com. The replica swords, ranging flora Glamdring and Anduril to Legolas's fighting knives, are so authentic...

Wilko drop goal clears national boundaries.(Diary: Paul Martin Design Company creates Rugby World Cup tribute)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... Quicker from a standing start than Billy Whizz (that's England winger Jason Robinson to the uninitiated), the Paul Martin Design Company was swept along with the low swinging chariot vibe. The Petersfield group has created its own Rugby World...

He looks scary, but we're told he's a 'gentle giant'.(Diary)
December 4, 2003... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: He looks scary, but we're told he's a 'gentle giant'. Steve Walker, six foot four and 23 stone Brunel University design graduate and former bouncer, has designed a 'slash-proof, punch-proof suit of body...

Admen take bright spark honours over designers.(Diary)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... Did anyone else notice--or care--that the Financial Times Creative Business chart of the top 50 bright sparks who turn ideas into cash' did not include a single individual from the design industry? Number one was The Number, the ubiquitous...

Imagine The Polyphonic Spree in technicolour fancy dress, fronted by a 1980s-fixated Mama Cass, and you have a picture of Doreen Doreen.(Diary)
December 4, 2003... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Imagine The Polyphonic Spree in technicolour fancy dress, fronted by a 1980s-fixated Mama Case, and you have a picture of Doreen Doreen. Hats off to the band and singer Carol Whitworth (of Bristol-based Bi-Design)...

Constructive criticism: working with builders can be stressful, whether you're creating a restaurant or a home extension. The cowboys of the trade have Colum Lowe in their sights.(Private View)
December 4, 2003... EVERY now and then you embark on some new venture in the full knowledge it will be a total disaster, something that will push you to the point of a nervous breakdown and put huge pressure on your marriage and family, something that, while not...

Support your peers if you want to change perceptions.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
December 4, 2003... So what nave we learned from the London 2012 Olympic identity bid? Apparently nothing. We persist with the standard small-minded deconstruction of the selected design and we moan about how the outside world doesn't understand us and does...

A passionate response is better than none at all ...(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
December 4, 2003... As a sign manufacturer, artist and layman with some appreciation of design, I think the London 2012 identity (pictured below) looks dreadful. I didn't get the River Thames connection and I spend a lot of time in London--so what chance has...

Gallery will show that winning isn't everything.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
December 4, 2003... Following my letter (DW 20 November), we have decided to take the plunge, and volunteer to stage an on-line gallery of the submitted London 2012 logo designs, all 1100 if possible. It is not often the design community unites in such force:...

Shortlist shows judges were spoilt for choice.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
December 4, 2003... I did find it refreshing to read David Watson's take on the London a 2012 Olympic bid process (Letters, DW 20 November). He was certainly magnanimous about being a runner up, although I suspect that--just like us--the real reason for writing...

Vox pop.(designers opinions on various institutional names)
December 4, 2003... With the London College of Printing changing its name to the London College of Communication, what other bastions of the establishment do you think could do with a change of name to project a more accurate image of what they do? 'Once you...

The Tate of flux: the Tate's Will Gompertz tells Richard Clayton about his transition from school dropout to director of communications at one of the UK's foremost art galleries.(Client Profile)
December 4, 2003... IT'S four-thirty on a dark November afternoon, yet the sun is shining inside Tate Modern's Turbine Hall. Of course, it is artist Olafur Eliasson's huge, ponderous, sodium street-lamp-coloured weather event of a sun. And Will Gompertz, Tate's...

Crystal method: Rachel Wingfield's work lights the way for interactive design in the smart home.(Profile)(Cover Story)
December 4, 2003... RACHEL WINGFIELD's work fuses state-of-the-art lighting with familiar domestic design. Her desire to make it accessible and visually seductive distinguishes her from those designers who make a virtue of technology at the expense of...

Type and a place: many typographers are outraged when their work gets used in an inappropriate context, but this process can also produce effective results in the hands of a sensitive designer, argues Jim Davies.(Typography)
December 4, 2003... TO some type designers, fonts are like children. They're conceived, laboured over, nurtured, and finally packed off into the big wide world. But, free from parental constraint, they almost inevitably cut loose and do their own thing. ...

Design Indaba.
December 4, 2003... If you haven't yet attended a Design Indaba in Cape Town, you're missing a treat. Apart from the impressive array of top-flight international speakers, new names as well as established global gurus, there is the vibrancy, infectious enthusiasm...

Scher options: Adrian Shaughnessy speaks to the multifariously talented Paula Scher of Pentagram.(Profile)
December 4, 2003... THERE'S a smoky 20-cigarettes-a-day timbre to her voice. On the phone from New York, Paula Scher is self-assured and in a hurry. It is a few days before she is due to leave for London to give a British Design and Art Direction lecture with...

Directory: in association with the Design Council.(Directory)
December 4, 2003... For inclusion call the classified team on 020 7970 6666 1-2-1 MAC TRAINING Stephen Price (Training & Consultancy) Comprehensive, expert tuition for beginners, intermediate and advanced users. Individual attention, faster...

Exhibitions.(The Week Ahead: Heavy Metal Exhibition, Gerhard Richter--Atlas, James Tower, All that Glistens is not Gold, Bjarne Melgaard )(Brief Article)(Calendar)
December 4, 2003... Until 3 January Heavy Metal Exhibition explores the work of British silversmiths whose jewellery makes bold statements through dramatic design. Venue: Bluecoat Display Centre, Bluecoat Chambers, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX. Gerhard...

Degree show.(The Week Ahead: Edinburgh College of Art Masters of Design 2003 )(Brief Article)(Calendar)
December 4, 2003... The Edinburgh College of Art Masters of Design 2003 degree show runs from 4 to 10 December. Venue: Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9DF.

Character building: the Smithsons are renowned for their Brutalist architecture, but a new exhibition reveals a quirkier side to their work.(The Week Ahead: The Smithsons--The House of the Future to a House for Today)
December 4, 2003... Alison and Peter Smithson, the visionary architects best known for the Economist Building and the controversial House of the Future at the 1956 Ideal Home exhibition have never been the subject of a major exhibition, despite their enduring...

Sale.(The Week Ahead: Association of Illustrators presents a Contemporary Illustration Auction of works by leading illustrators)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
December 4, 2003... On Monday 8 December the Association of Illustrators presents a Contemporary Illustration Auction of works by leading illustrators, as well as future stars, as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations. The works can be seen from 3pm and the...

Talk.(The Week Ahead: Ella Doran, Rob Merrett )(Brief Article)(Calendar)
December 4, 2003... On Friday 5 December from 2-3pm Ella Doran will discuss her work with ceramics manufacturer Portmeirion and from 3.30-4.30pm Rob Merrett will give an analysis for the fashion and interior industry spring/summer 2005. Both talks are part of the...

Books.(The Week Ahead: What Is Packaging Design?, Letterhead and Logo Design 7 )(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... What Is Packaging Design? by Giles Calver aims to lay the foundations and guidelines for best practice when designing contemporary packaging. Published by Rotovision, priced 24.99 [pounds sterling]. Letterhead and Logo Design 7 features the...

Battersea powers up branding plan.(News)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... A SECRET list of three UK branding consultancies has been drawn up for a six-figure branding project to relaunch Battersea Power Station as London's ultimate leisure and retail complex in 2008. The groups concerned have not even been...

Strategic role at Ford US for Horbury.(News)(Peter Horbury has landed a pivotal job as Ford executive director of design, North America)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... PETER HORBURY, executive director of design for Ford's Premier Automotive Group, has landed a pivotal job as Ford executive director of design, North America. Horbury will oversee design strategy and execution for Ford, Lincoln and Mercury...

Fuller takes Promise director post.(News)(Clare Fuller has become the first recruit to Promise Corporation, the nascent brand business)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... CLARE FULLER, former Bamber-Forsyth Fitch director, latterly with Roundel, has become the first recruit to Promise Corporation, the nascent 'brand business' set up by ex-FutureBrand Europe, Middle East and Asia chief executive Charles Trevail...

Twin win in the DBA challenge.(News: Design Business Association)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... TWO product design groups share top prize in this year's Design Business Association Design Challenge, beating four other contenders. Factory Design and Seymour Powell are joint winners, respectively for a cooking pan designed for...

Consortium wins Expo 2005 work.(News)
December 11, 2003... A THREE-COMPANY consortium from Canada has won a bid to design and build Canada's Expo Pavilion for Japan in 2005. The consortium, made up of Toronto-based interactive design group Immersion Studios, to which UK designer Malcolm Garrett was...

Sedley Place livery for Cardhu.(News)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... CARDHU, the whisky owned by Diageo, has been redesigned in green by Sedley Place. The 'pure malt' Cardhu has been sold on the Continent in the same brown livery as the 'single malt' variety, causing confusion among customers. It will be...

Frayling chairs Arts Council.(News: Arts Council England)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... SIR CHRISTOPHER FRAYLING, the rector of the Royal College and Design Council chairman, is to add another string to his bow with his appointment as the next chairman of Arts Council England. Frayling succeeds Gerry Robinson, whose term has...

Promote design's place at the heart of business.(Comment)
December 11, 2003... You expect a study showing stagnation in British industry to put the argument in favour of good design. But the Design Council's latest opus Design in Britain 2003-4 manages to support its commercial value (see News, opposite). That many...

Purple Cow: transform your business by being remarkable is the latest book from outspoken US management guru Seth Godin.(News)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 11, 2003... Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable is the latest book from outspoken US management guru Seth Godin. The new volume, a purple hardback which twists the portrait-shaped book Into a landscape design and is created by Red...

Design Council proves business case for design.(News)
December 11, 2003... COMPANIES that invest in design outperform those that fail to use the discipline, according to a survey of British business by the Design Council, but less than half say it has become more important over the past ten years and many still don't...

OneVoice revamps The Greswolde.(News: The Greswolde Hotel and Brasserie)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... SPIRIT GROUP-OWNED The Greswolde Hotel and Brasserie next week relaunches with an identity by OneVoice Design, in a bid to differentiate itself from 'corporate hotel chains' surrounding nearby Birmingham International Airport. Operations...

CK makes Cardinal point for Land.(News: Checkland Kindleysides, Land Securities)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... RETAIL specialist Checkland Kindleysides has been appointed by property developer Land Securities as retail consultant for its 200m [pounds sterling] Cardinal Place development in London's Victoria. The work follows the consultancy's role...

The DNA double-helix is the inspiration for a sculptural work by Brit-Pop artist Abigail Fallis that went on show last week.(News)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... The DNA double-helix is the inspiration for a sculptural work by Brit-Pop artist Abigail Fallis that went on show last week. Created from shopping trolleys, the work is in support of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. A first inception, at nearly...

Jimmy Yang tailors Boateng site.(News)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... OZWALD BOATENG, the newly appointed creative director of Givenchy menswear, has launched his own website, designed by Jimmy Yang Associates. Located at www.ozwald boateng.com, the site makes use of still photography, simple animation and...

CWT to communicate Howies' ethics on-line.(News: Carter Wong Tomlin)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... CARTER WONG TOMLIN has created a website for Howies, the 'ethical' clothing brand specialising in skate- and cycle-wear, founded by former adman David Hieatt. The design of www.howies. co.uk bears out the alignment of Howies' clothing...

Sharply dressed, posing gents figure in a selection of images by 1960s fashion photographer Terence Donovan being shown at the Pentagram gallery from next week.(News)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... Sharply dressed, posing gents figure in a selection of images by 1960s fashion photographer Terence Donovan being shown at the Pentagram gallery from next week. The exhibition runs from 15 December to 16 January 2004 at 11 Needham Road, London...

Bentley has appointed Adrenaline Creative to design a training handbook.(News)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... Bentley has appointed Adrenaline Creative to design a training handbook for its staff in the UK, the US, the rest of Europe and the Far East. The text will be written in five languages.

Wallpaper is launching an 'urban travel' magazine in February, called Navigator.(News)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... Wallpaper is launching an 'urban travel' magazine in February, called Navigator. Published twice a year, it will be designed by Loran Stosskopf and art directed by Tony Chambers of IPC Media.

The Royal Academy of Arts restaurant will be redesigned by McInnes Usher McKnight Architects.(News)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... The Royal Academy of Arts restaurant will be redesigned by McInnes Usher McKnight Architects and is due to reopen in the autumn of 2004.

Wimbledon School of Art and Kingston University are aiming to set up an innovative collaboration in the guise of a joint Higher Education Institute of Art and Design in South London.(News)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... Wimbledon School of Art and Kingston University are aiming to set up an innovative collaboration in the guise of a joint Higher Education Institute of Art and Design in South London. If the scheme goes ahead, the institute will combine the...

Nextbigthing.(News)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... Former client services director at The Partners Lou Cameron has joined Nextbigthing, the creative group set up by former Tango creative director Glenn Harrison. Cameron will assume the same post at Nextbigthing.

Natural has been appointed by London adult education centre City Lit to undertake a review of its branding.(News)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... Natural has been appointed by London adult education centre City Lit to undertake a review of its branding. The project will deliver a new-look identity, brand guidelines, a website, student handbook and prospectus.

Bank Design.(News)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... Bank Design has created a contemporary identity for newly merged lawyer Howlett Clarke Crowther Wood.

Citigate Lloyd Northover has designed the Home Office's Working in the UK website to give foreign nationals information on employment in Britain.(News)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... Citigate Lloyd Northover has designed the Home Office's Working in the UK website to give foreign nationals information on employment in Britain. The site, located at www.workinginbritain.gov.uk, includes advice on how to apply for work...

Packs for Natco Spiced Tea, the latest launch by Natco Foods, have been created by Tomorrow Associates.(News)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... Packs for Natco Spiced Tea, the latest launch by Natco Foods, have been created by Tomorrow Associates. The design blends contemporary Images and powerful colours with an ethnic twist.

Fijit has rebranded financial group Havant Insurance Services.(News)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... Fijit has rebranded financial group Havant Insurance Services. The project includes an identity and its implementation across stationery, brochures and a website.