Design Week articles from December 2004

Design Week archives from December 2004

Final selection for South Bank brand.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... The South Bank Centre is planning to overhaul its identity for the first time in a decade to support a major redevelopment programme across its entire 11ha site. The new-look corporate identity will serve to brand all of the art and...

Dixon backs design in boardroom.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Following the Design Council's push to get design into the boardroom, Tom Dixon is calling on businesses to accept that design is worthy of their close attention. Speaking at the Associate Parliamentary Group for Design and Innovation,...

Rahmouni home-brew for W'Sens.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Imaad Rahmouni, a protege of Philippe Starck, has designed the interiors and identity for W'Sens, a London restaurant and lounge bar due to open this week. W'Sens is the latest project to be launched by Michelin-star chefs Jacques and...

Air France KLM identities unite.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Air France KLM has adopted a unified corporate marque, six months after the merger of the French and Dutch airlines, as predicted by Design Week in May (DW 13 May). The corporate logo first featured in a low-key manner in the holding...

Change of plan for Selfridges.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Selfridges is playing down its plans to redevelop the site of its Oxford Street store, after its decision in May to pull the plug on a #300m redevelopment plan with property developer Stanhope. The retailer confirms it is pressing ahead...

Dupoux interior for L'Odeon.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Dupoux Design is designing a pan-Asian restaurant on the site of the former L'Odeon eatery on London's Piccadilly. The design group, headed by Stephane Dupoux, is poised to unveil the restaurant and lounge bar venue, Cocoon, later this...

COMMENT: Wrap strikes a blow in fight against wasteful packaging.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... BY LYNDA RELPH-KNIGHT It's always good to see activists putting money where their mouth is, especially when it benefits design. It is therefore encouraging to hear about the Waste & Resources Action Programme's pot of cash to back...

COMMENT: All packs need personality.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... BY LYNDA RELPH-KNIGHT Talking of inspiration, we know how inspiring a witty pack can be. The delights of reading the label of an Innocent smoothie or Pret-a-Manger sandwich pack are revisited by Simon Jones (see feature, page 22). ...

VisitBritain uses design to put tourism in the picture.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... VisitBritain is pushing design further up its strategic branding agenda as part of a campaign to promote the UK as a more 'visual' destination. The organisation, sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, will launch an...

Circle shapes template for Bapco.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Branding consultancy Circle is developing a retail network blueprint for the state-owned oil company of Bahrain, Bapco, which will be rolled out next year. The group is designing a state-of-the-art retail solution that will mark a shift...

Five-year project.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... A five-year project to create a landmark college building in Southend- on-Sea reached completion last week. The #52m South East Essex College of Arts & Technology was conceived by multidisciplinary consultancy KSS Design Group, which handled...

Reworked brand imagery.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Laurent-Perrier is introducing reworked brand imagery by photographer Jean-Baptiste Huynh and art directed by Alexandra Pereyre de Nonancourt and Stephanie Meneux de Nonancourt. The new look will feature across the champagne brand's...

Message Labs secure with Lloyd Northover.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Message Labs Group, one of the world's leading companies specialising in e-mail security services, is poised to unveil a reworked global identity designed by Lloyd Northover for its operating division Message Labs. The move forms part...

Cipa: Scottish law a patent restriction for designers.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Scotland's legal system for intellectual property rights is restrictive to designers and should be brought in line with the system in England and Wales, according to the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents. Cipa, a professional body...

DBA and Nesta offer free advice.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... The Design Business Association is launching a new initiative to accelerate business growth among small and 'micro'-sized design groups. The project - Small, Medium, Large - will offer free business advice and training worth up to #50,000...

Musical tome for Wilco.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... US group Picture Box has created a musical tome for Wilco, billed as 'one of America's most literate bands'. The Wilco Book documents the ideas, philosophies and working methods of the group that 'reads like a record'. Featuring photography...

Dew Gibbons designs.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Dew Gibbons has designed the annual report and accounts for Sportingbet. The graphics reflect Sportingbet's move into broader, entertainment-based projects, rather than 'pure gambling ventures. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and...

Royal Mail's brand image library.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Start Creative has completed the first stage of an extension to Royal Mail's brand image library. Working with brand guidelines produced by Wolff Olins last year, the consultancy has produced 'more emotive and braver' photography. ...

Promotional posters.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Blue Design has created promotional posters for Crusaid, the HIV and Aids charity. The consultancy donated its time to the project, which is launched to coincide with World Aids Day tomorrow. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and...

Redrawn logo.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Club 18-30 has unveiled a redrawn logo designed by consultancy Fellowship Productions. It launches next week and will run across all printed material, including the Summer 2005 brochure. Club 18-30 refreshes its logo every four years. ...

Local opposition.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... The Royal College of Art has pulled out of its #30m planned extension after local opposition to the scheme, led by the Royal Albert Hall, was successful in a bid for a public enquiry that would have cost the RCA an estimated #1m. The...

Carhartt appoints Fitch London.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Streetwear brand Carhartt has appointed Fitch London to design a series of retail outlets for the UK, Germany and Holland. The Michigan-based business is looking to capitalise on the 'growing demand for high quality workwear' in Europe...

Design Conspiracy-created identity.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... The Performing Rights Society has unveiled the Design Conspiracy- created identity for its Members' Fund (DW 30 September). The logo references the musical notation 'mf', which stands for mezzo forte or medium loud. Copyright: Centaur...

Raft of course guides.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Rhodes Design has updated a raft of course guides for the St John Ambulance first aid initiative. Rhodes has created trainer guides, work sheets, scenario cards, playing cards, videos and presentations for the charity. Copyright: Centaur...

RPW completes design.(RPW Design)(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... RPW Design has completed designing the interiors of the four-star Hotel St Gregory in London's financial square mile. The 193-bedroom new-build site was furnished by furniture maker O' Donnell Design. Copyright: Centaur Communications...

Exhibition for the Wales Millennium Centre.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... The Continuum Group has designed an exhibition for the Wales Millennium Centre, an international arts venue that opened in Cardiff last week. Called Arts Explorer, the exhibition is a hands-on, interactive gallery. Copyright: Centaur...

Stand for the Isos Collection.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Furniture designers Shin and Tomoko Azumi are creating a stand for the Isos Collection which will feature in Collection, a new contemporary hall at next year's Furniture Show at the NEC in Birmingham. Graphics for the stand are by Draught...

HTDL brand in the wings for Flywho.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Birmingham design and branding consultancy HTDL has created the name and identity for start-up transatlantic airline Flywho. The airline, which is owned by BlueArrow Aviation, will be launched later this month. It has been developed and...

Packaging for Mont Blanc pen.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Jahn Lykouria Design has designed the packaging for a limited edition Mont Blanc pen to benefit the Unicef literacy programme. The studio has created a streamlined, solid acrylic box that holds the Hero Pen model and a bespoke ink pot. The...

Tenon softens its voice with Tayburn identity.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Tayburn has overhauled the visual communications for UK accounting company Tenon, as part of a broader project to reposition the firm. Adopting a more 'approachable' tone of voice in its identity, Tenon is aiming to distinguish the company...

Clarks stretches its Taxi Studio Legends.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Bristol design consultancy Taxi Studio is designing an in-store incentive scheme for Clarks Shoes, called Legends. The brand, with its dual overtones of greatness and pedestrian anatomy (leg-ends), is set to replace the less playfully...

Airside spreads Lemon Jelly word.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Airside has revealed the designs of its forthcoming album for Lemon Jelly, which will be released on 31 January next year. Available on CD and DVD format, Airside has created an extensive set of animations for the album - called '64-'95 -...

Deliverance orders 20/20 identity.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... 20/20 has been appointed to rebrand and create a new visual identity for the upmarket London takeaway service Deliverance. The branding work will support the company's growth plans to open more kitchens across the UK for next year. ...

Code Computer Love and Poke collect Bima wins.(British Interactive Media Association-awards)
December 2, 2004... Manchester group Code Computer Love scooped the Grand Prix at the British Interactive Media Association Awards last week for Future Proof, an educational CD-Rom created for Keele University. Future Proof targets 14- to 16-year-olds from...

Two vivid ranges of shoe designs.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Philippe Starck is set to add two vivid ranges of shoe designs to his collection for sportswear brand Puma. Next spring sees the launch of the Starck-Puma sandal, made from an injection-moulded, lightweight shell and a compression-moulded...

Raise the brand standard.(destination branding)
December 2, 2004... High-profile regions need to distinguish themselves, but distilling the key qualities of an area requires constant attention, argues Sarah Balmond The branding of countries, regions and cities has become increasingly fashionable in the...

INSPIRED: HENRIK KUBEL - A2-Graphics/SW/HK.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... We developed the name and a dynamic visual language for 1508, a company whose service is to advise and implement strategic communication and design over the Internet. The 1508 visual language is inspired by Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion...

PRIVATE VIEW: Smothered by red carpet.(buckingham palace)
December 2, 2004... Adrian Shaughnessy temporarily put his 'mildly republican tendencies' aside when he was confronted with the decadent splendour of Buckingham Palace Writers who use their columns to name-drop are fairly contemptible. The...

Letter: Figures show lack of innovation in British companies.(Letter to the Editor)
December 2, 2004... The results of the Design Council's survey, which is part of its new annual report (News, DW 25 November), is a very positive step in the right direction for selling design more effectively to companies with entrenched ideas and unfounded...

Letter: FCUK the argument that 'ideas' can't build brands.(Letter to the Editor)
December 2, 2004... While I have no intention of becoming embroiled in the Jaffa Cakes packaging cake fight, I do have to take issue with Don Williams (Letters, DW 25 November) when he says that you can't build a brand identity with a creative 'idea'. Forgive...

Letter: Plagiarism? It's likely to be just a passing resemblance.(Letter to the Editor)
December 2, 2004... Let's not go down the path of 'I created something like that years ago' again (Letters, DW 18 November). If creative work is plagiarised, then sue. If you're 'flattered' by similarity, then that's all it is, an unrelated passing...

Letter: More glamour in worlds of fashion and architecture.(Letter to the Editor)
December 2, 2004... Most areas of design just aren't sexy enough for press and magazine journalists, and, indeed, their readers (see Vox Pop, right). This is to do with the cult of personality: readers will happily read about James Dyson and Terence Conran,...

VOX POP.
December 2, 2004... Following the publicity afforded to last week's Design Reception at Buckingham Palace, do you think design receives enough coverage in the national media generally? And is it of the right kind? 'Why are we as designers always demanding...

DESIGN BUSINESS: Common experience.
December 2, 2004... Ian Silverstein wonders why UK design groups are so reluctant to talk about their business. Surely they could learn from the trials and tribulations of others? Are we too competitive? In the reasonably short period of time I have been in...

GRAPHICS: TRUE BLUE.
December 2, 2004... Adrian Shaughnessy celebrates the uncompromising work of German graphics group Cyan, whose founders gladly sacrifice big budgets to work with clients who appreciate the quality of their work German graphics consultancy Cyan was one of the...

PROFILE - STEPHANE DUPOUX: Beaches and cream.
December 2, 2004... Stephane Dupoux may have traded mountains for 'urban tropicalism', but he has hit the peak of the exotic interiors scene, says Bethan Ryder As a young boy growing up in the south of France, it's doubtful Stephane Dupoux dreamt he'd one...

PACKAGING: TAKE THE WRAP.(funding for packaging industry)
December 2, 2004... Can a Government fund backing research into reduced and recycled packaging - which will cut clients' costs - change the behaviour of supermarkets and designers? Hannah Booth finds out Packaging sells. Its quality and aesthetic appeal, hand...

COPYWRITING: Language barrier.
December 2, 2004... Words are just as important as images when you want to get through to your target market, but very few companies put them to good use, says Simon Jones Love them or hate them, over the past decade brands have fuelled the growth of a...

REVIEW: Design hits the right note.
December 2, 2004... Can you buy a design classic for less than #10? Hugh Pearman finds out at a Design Museum exhibition All praise to Cameron Sinclair for bringing a note of harsh reality into the designer-luvvie world of the Design Museum's Under a Tenner...

BT screens off Lambie-Nairn win.(British Telecommunications PLC)(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... BT has appointed screen branding specialist Lambie-Nairn to a major branding project, which is being kept tightly under wraps. It is understood the thrust of the WPP-owned design group's work involves the telecoms giant's new interactive...

Skills Council launch boosts design.(Creative and Cultural Sector Skills Council)(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... Employers in design look set to gain more control over the future development of their businesses as a result of tomorrow's launch of the Creative and Cultural Sector Skills Council. Set up by the Government as one of 25 Sector Skills...

High time to update Greenwich.(Millennium Square)(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... A raft of design consultancies is set to develop a major public space in the Greenwich Peninsula in London, as the project is given the go- ahead by the local council. The blueprint for the Millennium Square (sketch pictured), overseen by...

100% Direction for Tim Pyne.(appointments)(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... 100% Design has appointed Tim Pyne as consultant creative director. Pyne, who will oversee the entire 100% portfolio across graphics and exhibition design, says he is keen to 'bring back... unexpectedness' to the brand. The organisation...

Sorrell to sit as chair of Cabe.(John Sorrell selected as chairman of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment)(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... Former Design Council chairman and Newell and Sorrell founder John Sorrell has been selected as the next chairman of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, as predicted by Design Week last month (DW 11 November). ...

Partners identity for the National.(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... The National Gallery has appointed The Partners to revamp its visual identity, as it moves to compete more effectively with local competitors, such as the Tate galleries and the National Portrait Gallery. The group won the work after a pitch...

COMMENT: Design exercises influence in the Sector Skills Council.
December 9, 2004... BY LYNDA RELPH-KNIGHT It's great news that the Government is looking to include design in its two-year-old Sector Skills Council initiative (see News, page 3). Not only should the exercise partnered and co-funded by the Design Council...

V and A Illustration Awards.(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... Illustrator Sara Fanelli has scooped this year's V&A Illustration Awards, a cash-prize of #2500, for her work on children's book Pinocchio. Fanelli was selected from more than 500 entries. A display of all award-winning entries, including...

Blacksheep brews new interiors for Diageo lab.(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... Drinks giant Diageo is overhauling its UK development laboratory - where drinks such as Smirnoff Ice and Baileys Minis have been created - with a reworked interior design to promote more interaction and 'creative group working' across its...

Rural makeover for Wysing Arts.(development of studios and administration areas)(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... Wysing Arts, a centre in Cambridgeshire that provides work space and accommodation for artists, is to embark on a two-stage development programme, with interior and structural designs by Hawkins Brown. The architect and interiors group has...

SHH spreading Joy through retail.(SHH Design)(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... Urban high-street retailer Joy has appointed SHH to develop a new store concept across its portfolio, as it prepares to launch a wave of 'second-generation' sites across the UK. The move marks the first time Joy, which specialises in...

FutureBrand revamp on the money for Citic First.(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... FutureBrand is overhauling the brand environment for the priority customers of Citic Ka Wah, a top five Hong Kong bank. The consultancy will present initial concepts this week, after being appointed last month to work on the entire retail...

Why Not Associates promos.(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... Why Not Associates has produced the promo and title sequence for the BBC's Sports Personality 2004 programme, set for live broadcast on Sunday 12 December. The promos, which are scored to U2 song Vertigo, present the nominees...

Centennial identity.(Karakter has created a centennial identity for Norwegian energy company Hydro's 100th anniversary next year)(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... Karakter has created a centennial identity for Norwegian energy company Hydro's 100th anniversary next year. The identity features 12 marques and, according to Karakter managing director Shahar Silbershat, aims to 'give the identity a more...

Unreal time for GLA initiative.(Greater London Authority)(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... The Greater London Authority is launching an initiative to teach children how the city is run, with a raft of educational packs designed by Unreal. The push - Resource for Schools - forms part of the organisation's long- term strategy to...

Turnbull Ripley creations.(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... Turnbull Ripley has created the look and feel for Children First for Health, an on-line NHS resource that deals with children's health and social issues. The consultancy has also designed a printed brochure for the scheme). Copyright:...

Two programme blocks.(Dunning Eley Jones has designed blocks for Discovery Kids)(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... Screen specialist Dunning Eley Jones has designed two programme blocks for Discovery Kids, the group's first venture to date in the US. The sequences, called Animal Afternoons and Saddle Club Sundays, recast the existing Discovery Kids...

Channel 4 identity.(Channel 4 is set to unleash is identity from its square frame on New Year's Eve)(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... Channel 4 is set to unleash is identity from its square frame on New Year's Eve. The dynamic idents have been created by the in-house team 4Creative and Rudd Studio. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

Educational exhibit.(design of exhibit which consists of waste recycle)(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... The Science Museum's in-house team is designing an educational exhibit, called Rubbish Attraction, which consists of waste recycled by Islington Council. It will launch next spring. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

Packaging for Rocket Fuel vodka.(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... WPA Pinfold has refreshed the packaging for Rocket Fuel vodka, adopting an alien-themed design. It is the second time the consultancy has worked on the drink's packaging. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

Robson Dowry design.(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... Bristol consultancy Robson Dowry has designed a range of on-trade Californian wines called Jack Rabbit. The brand is part of wine company Constellation Europe's Turner Road collection. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

Street furniture for the Cercanias Renfe station.(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... Addison Spain and Spanish design group Mormedi have designed the identity and street furniture for the Cercanias Renfe station in Spain. The designs include shelters, benches and wastebins. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and...

Range of print graphics.(Costain Group has launched a range of print graphics created by College Design)(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... The Costain Group has launched a range of print graphics created by College Design, aimed at raising awareness of opportunities for school leavers in the construction industry. It forms part of the Costain Building Awareness initiative. ...

Redesigned website.(Nucleus has redesigned the e-commerce website for luxury jeweller Van Peterson)(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... Nucleus has redesigned the e-commerce website for luxury jeweller Van Peterson. Nucleus, which will run the business - www.vanpeterson.com - has a 50 per cent equity stake in the venture. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and...

No relief for designers in pre-budget.(Gordon Brown's pre-budget report )
December 9, 2004... Chancellor Gordon Brown's pre-budget report held mixed news last week, as design groups look unlikely to benefit from the proposed extension of tax relief for research and development. Under proposals that are set to be introduced in 18...

Jahn Lykouria interiors take InnSide upmarket.(German hotel group InnSide has appointed interior designer)(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... German hotel group InnSide has appointed Jahn Lykouria Design to create the interiors of its new Munich hotel. The company currently has six other hotels scattered around Germany and is in the throes of implementing an expansion strategy....

Environment Agency builds digital roster.(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... The Environment Agency has completed a 12-month selection process to create a new media agency roster containing just three groups: E3 Media, Rufus Leonard and Intelfax. Chosen for their skills in both design and electronic marketing, the...

Honkshoo design.(Honkshoo has designed the cover for an album by 1960s progressive rock group Syn)(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... Honkshoo has designed the cover for an album by 1960s progressive rock group Syn. The cover has a 1960s feel with a contemporary twist, says Honkshoo creative director Mark Bown. The album will be released next February. Copyright:...

Paul Cartwright scrubs up The Refinery brand.(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... Premium men's grooming salon The Refinery is launching a refreshed design for all its print material, created by Paul Cartwright Branding. The designs build on the product range that was developed by Michael Nash Associates in 2002. ...

Blast posters.(Blast has designed posters for the British Broadcasting Corp.)(Brief Article)
December 9, 2004... Blast has designed a series of 'folded character' posters for the BBC to promote its Costumes and Wigs department, which is celebrating 50 years of service to the film and television industries. Briefed to produced six posters that display...

Study reveals strong case for law firm branding work.
December 9, 2004... Law firms are increasingly embracing branding but they could do more, according to a study by University College Northampton and Blueberry Creative. The report, which is based on responses to a questionnaire sent to key players at the...

The bottom of the barrel.(petrol companies are turning to alternative offers to supplement their business)
December 9, 2004... Fuel sales are no longer enough to sustain petrol companies, so they are turning to alternative offers to supplement their business, says Scott Billings Would you buy a pint of milk emblazoned with the Shell logo? Probably not - the...

Letter: Dixon's arguments merely reinforce a stereotype.(Letter to the Editor)
December 9, 2004... I applaud Tom Dixon's call for design to play a bigger role in management decision-making (DW 2 December). But why does he succumb to the hubris that has undermined so many design-led assaults on the boardroom? Every business decision isn't a...

Letter: Arts commissions often underfunded/underpaid.(Letter to the Editor)
December 9, 2004... It is a pleasure to be praised by a fellow designer. But Michael Johnson (Features, DW 18 November) has an uncanny knack of pulling the rug from under you, even before the warmth of praise has faded. He liked CDT's work for English National...

Letter: Queen mingles at speed, unlike the bendy buses.(Letter to the Editor)
December 9, 2004... It was an honour to be invited to Buckingham Palace for the reception last week, to celebrate British Design - alongside my peers from a wide array of design disciplines. I was impressed that such time was taken to celebrate our dynamic...