Design Week articles from January 2004

Design Week archives from January 2004

Upfront identity at Hackney Empire.(News: music hall re-designed by Tim Ronalds Architects)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... HACKNEY EMPIRE, the Grade II-listed music hall that once provided a stage for Charlie Chaplin and WC Fields, is planning a huge, eye-catching, exterior identity for its East London home following the venue's long-awaited relaunch later this...

MoreySmith opens up C4 offices.(News: Channel 4)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... MOREYSMITH completes the first of nine phases in the refurbishment of Channel 4's 13 500[m.sup.2] London headquarters this week, as the broadcaster moves to consolidate its real estate and introduce a more creative work environment. The...

Acid Lobby will protect IP rights.(News: Anti Copying in Design fights to protect intellectual property)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... ANTI COPYING IN DESIGN launches a lobby group this week, Acid Lobby, tasked with targeting Government and industry about the issues around designers' intellectual property rights. Its focus will be to push for the creation of a law of...

Designer of the Year shortlist.(News: The Design Museum)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... THE DESIGN MUSEUM has named four candidates for its 25 000 [pounds sterling] Designer of the Year award. Multimedia designer Daniel Brown is nominated for his Play-create and Show Studio websites; product designer Sam Buxton for his miniature...

MBE honours for Matthews.(News: Member of the Order of the British Empire )(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... THIS year's New Year Honours list included an MBE for postage stamp designer Jeffrey Matthews (pictured below). Matthews, who together with his wife operates as Charity Box-hall, designed the UK industry standard Jeffrey Matthews Colour...

20/20 sets up in the Netherlands.(News)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... RETAIL design specialist 20/20 is opening an office in the Netherlands this week. Based in Amsterdam, the office is being set up through a joint venture with Dutch media and design consultancy Mixed Flavours, but all design work will be...

Designer of the Year will certainly break the mould.(Comment: The Design Museum competition)
January 8, 2004... The Design Museum couldn't have chosen a better time to announce the shortlist for its second Designer of the Year award (see News, page 3). Coming in the wake of a lacklustre New Year Honours list for design, it gives a welcome boost to the...

Abdullah styles Evisu's stride into retail market.(News)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... CULT Japanese jeans label Evisu is building up its British retail presence with the opening of its first UK store, and a concession in London, next year. The concession--opening in Selfridges' flagship Oxford Street store in March--and the...

Conchango globetrots with Virgin.(News)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... VIRGIN is flying high with interactive consultancy Conchango this month, as it unveils the last in its trio of phased websites following American investment tycoon Steve Fossett's bid to fly around the world non-stop. The website,...

Structures based on natural forms, photographed by Steve Geliot, adorn the cover of Public Art in the South East, a guide to commissioning public art, produced by Arts Council England and the South East England Development Agency and designed by TWA Design.(News)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... Structures based on natural forms, photographed by Steve Geliot, adorn the cover of Public Art in the South East, a guide to commissioning public art, produced by Arts Council England and the South East England Development Agency and designed...

Sustainable design in the built environment is the focus of this spring's schedule for The Lighthouse, Scotland's Centre for Architecture, Design and the City.(News)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... Sustainable design in the built environment is the focus of this spring's schedule for The Lighthouse, Scotland's Centre for Architecture, Design and the City. Re: Motion, which is billed as the programme's centrepiece, was designed by Graven...

Mook widens T4's net with revamp of site.(News)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... MOOK has updated the website for Channel 4 teen sub-brand T4, as the channel moves to align its online presence more closely with its on-air branding. T4 targets a core audience of 13-to 19-year-olds and its on-air identity was revamped by...

New stage direction for London's Unicorn Theatre.(News)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... LONDON'S Unicorn Theatre has confirmed that it will approach designers in the New Year for a 'massive overhaul' of its website, www.unicorntheatre.com. The move follows the appointment of Pentagram last month to work on the theatre's brand...

Japanese restaurant chain Moshi Moshi opens its revamped London flagship in London's Liverpool Street next week, with interiors created by Japanese designer Yusaku Kaneshiro.(News)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... Japanese restaurant chain Moshi Moshi opens its revamped London flagship in London's Liverpool Street next week, with interiors created by Japanese designer Yusaku Kaneshiro. The 500 000 [pounds sterling] project is Kaneshiro's first in the UK....

DTI gives boost to Government design buying.(News: Department of Trade and Industry)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY has pledged to make the Government a 'more intelligent customer' when buying products and services, signalling a boost for design-friendly purchasing. New guidelines are expected to introduce...

Safeway is launching a children's food range across ten existing categories and 70 product lines, with packaging designed by Butcher and Gundersen.(News)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... Safeway is launching a children's food range across ten existing categories and 70 product lines, with packaging designed by Butcher and Gundersen. Packs feature nutritional information for parents and fun facts for kids.

Into Lighting Design.(News)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... Into Lighting Design has promoted Darren Orrow to director following four years' service at the consultancy. Orrow (pictured) is now charged with setting up Into's new London studio in Shoreditch, which will focus on schematic lighting design,...

The Landscape Institute, the chartered institute for landscape architects, is launching a monthly journal called Landscape.(News)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... The Landscape Institute, the chartered institute for landscape architects, is launching a monthly journal called Landscape, art directed by Mark Burrough of Wardour Communications.

The New Golf Club, St Andrews has published a limited edition centenary book entitled One Hundred Years New.(News)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... The New Golf Club, St Andrews has published a limited edition centenary book entitled One Hundred Years New, designed by Avian Communications of Dundee.

Manchester design group Race has created a promotional campaign for Sheffield International Venues leisure complexes.(News)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... Manchester design group Race has created a promotional campaign for Sheffield International Venues leisure complexes. The New Year campaign aims to highlight the lengths people will go to to lose weight. Posters feature a taped up fridge, a...

Design Week hosts its next Meeting Point social get together for young designers, at a central London venue, on Wednesday 21 January from 6pm.(News)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... Design Week hosts its next Meeting Point social get together for young designers, at a central London venue, on Wednesday 21 January from 6pm. Entry is free, but ticket-only. To register, e-mall your name, job title and design discipline to...

Hemingway Design and the Metropolitan Housing Trust have unveiled pioneering plans for the regeneration of housing in West Hendon, London.(News)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... Hemingway Design and the Metropolitan Housing Trust have unveiled pioneering plans for the regeneration of housing in West Hendon, London. The scheme aims to build some 1500 affordable homes on a 150ha site on the Welsh Harp reservoir.

Ozwald Boateng's Parfum Bespoke has been designed by Jimmy Yang Associates.(News)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... Ozwald Boateng's Parfum Bespoke has been designed by Jimmy Yang Associates. The design comprises two vials of fragrance in one elongated, jewel-like bottle, so women can either wear the perfumes separately or create their own mix.

Gensler.(News)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... Chris Johnson, managing principal of Gensler, has been made a board member of the global architect, after growing the group's presence in Europe and the Middle East.

London design group Pod Three has created a typographically led promotional brochure.(News: Smith & Pye)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... London design group Pod Three has created a typographically led promotional brochure for the fashion recruitment consultancy Smith & Pye.

Guildford group Chaos has designed an identity for legal services group STL.(News)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... Guildford group Chaos has designed an identity for legal services group STL. The work, which includes literature, promotional no stone left unturned mailers and a website--www.stlgroup.co.uk-launches this week.

Creator Communications has designed Tubetastic, Transport for London's magazine for seven-to-ten-year-olds.(News)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... Creator Communications has designed Tubetastic, Transport for London's magazine for seven-to-ten-year-olds. It aims to provide entertainment for children travelling on the Tube.

Digit waves on-line flag for Bullrun.(News)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... DIGIT is putting its foot to the floor with an interactive website for Bullrun, a trans-American car rally for high rollers and 'petrosexuals' that roars from Los Angeles to Miami this June. The idea, dreamt up by British impresario David...

Mystery solves trust identity brief.(News: Mystery Design, Edward James Foundation)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... THE EDWARD JAMES FOUNDATION is planning to update its identity with the help of Mystery Design, as the West Sussex charitable trust moves to unify and strengthen the profile of its five business interests. The foundation comprises West Dean...

The 25m trimaran built for British yachtswoman Ellen Macarthur will be unveiled at this week's London Boat Show.(News)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... The 25m trimaran built for British yachtswoman Ellen Macarthur will be unveiled at this week's London Boat Show. The livery by Interstate design features B&Q branding on the starboard side and Castorama livery on the port side.

Capital Project to launch 48 Fitzroy branding.(News: Capital Project Consultancy)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... PROJECT management company Capital Project Consultancy is poised to launch branding and a website by East Sussex design group 48 Fitzroy. The website, www.cpcltd.com, will be unveiled this month and features a corporate identify also...

Center Parcs clicks with Nucleus.(News)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... CENTER PARCS is launching a revamped website, www.centerparcs.co.uk, designed by Nucleus, that follows the group's 285m [pounds sterling] takeover by Collins Stewart. Center Parcs brought in Nucleus in November 2002, with a brief to...

At the Four Designers conference last year Johnson Banks principal Michael Johnson challenged students to customise his fruit and veg-themed stamp designs for Royal Mail (DW 20 March 2003).(News)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... At the Four Designers conference last year Johnson Banks principal Michael Johnson challenged students to customise his fruit and veg-themed stamp designs for Royal Mail (DW 20 March 2003). Chris Wilson receives 100 [pounds sterling] for his...

Cinemas project plans to improve brand loyalty.(News)
January 8, 2004... THIS year looks set to be a bit of a dazzler for cinema design, as multiplexes invest in branding and moves are made toward consolidation among operators. Vue, formerly Warner Village, unveiled its FutureBrand-designed identity to...

Steering a cultural course: with the closure of Ingeni and the ascent of Nissan's Rotunda, Christopher Kanal asks whether automotive design studios in central London have a future.(News Analysis)
January 8, 2004... BRITISH car design has fallen into flux. The sudden closure of Ford's innovative design studio, Ingeni, last month is bringing about a shift in the landscape of the sector. Ingeni shut its doors in December 2003, bringing to an end a...

OK, we're letting off Howard Smith Paper just this once, because it is for charity and the testicular Orchid Cancer Appeal at that, but let's make a collective new year's resolution not to publish, participate in or design a nudie calendar ever again.(Diary)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... OK, we're letting off Howard Smith Paper just this once, because it is for charity and the testicular Orchid Cancer Appeal at that, but let's make a collective new year's resolution not to publish, participate in or design a nudie calendar ever...

Benson & Hedges lights up campaign for the lads.(Diary)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... Are you a Ben Sherman shirt wearer? Have you ever been a Brit-popped, dance-crazed tequila drinker? Perhaps a Nike-kicking, Fast Show-watching, Loaded-reading, babe-pulling young gentleman? If so, the boys in advertising have you in the...

Nash Design goes the distance for London 2012.(Diary)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... Another trend set to jog into 2004 as unflaggingly as a 118 118 runner is London 2012 logo-gazing. John Nash & Friends' on-line gallery of the unsuccessful Olympians has become a veritable Salon des Refuses of graphic design talent. Visit...

Location: Journey Shoe Gallery, off London's Carnaby Street.(Diary)
January 8, 2004... Location: Journey Shoe Gallery, off London's Carnaby Street. Time: sometime after midnight during the festive season. 'Oi,' gurgles Easytiger creative director Richard Collier [back of head, pictured], 'That bloke with the pen, it's bloody Mani...

Rendered characterless: the latest CGI technology can bring animation closer to real life, says Jim Davies. But he draws the conclusion that it's often a trade-off for the standard of writing.(Private View)
January 8, 2004... AT the best of times, I'm forced to sit through hours of dodgy animation. My young sons are connoisseurs of Japanese cartoons; anything as long as it involves crazed battling monsters, badly dubbed voiceovers and cutesy bug-eyed protagonists....

New Fitch Chairman proves to be a popular choice.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
January 8, 2004... I have finally taken up the role of Chairman at Fitch (DW 6 November) and would like to say a Word of thanks. My thanks go, first, to Martin Sorrell, whose idea that I should rejoin Fitch it was, and to Design Week, which was tactful yet...

London 2012 losers aren't winning any new fans.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
January 8, 2004... Am I the only Design Week reader bored rigid of consultancies harping on about NOT winning the London 2012 competition? Their attempts to bag two column inches of publicity reek of desperation; they sound like bad losers. Yes, I did...

Tricket & Webb made a classic contribution.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
January 8, 2004... I was saddened to be reminded that Trickett & Webb ceased trading last year (DW 18 December). I have great memories of working with the many designers that learned their craft working under Brian Webb and Lynn Trickett. After a...

Persistence and passion lead to a job in design.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
January 8, 2004... I graduated two and a half years ago. After little success finding a design job I became disheartened, but kept applying. Three months later I was offered my first job as a Mac artworker/typesetter. After 18 months I was offered my first...

Graphic and digital design are different disciplines.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
January 8, 2004... While totally agreeing with Alistair Williamson's comments (DW 27 November 2003), it is little wonder that job opportunities for graphic design graduates are so few. My visits to three degree shows suggest that students are too pre-occupied...

What will your New Year's resolution be?(VOX Pop)
January 8, 2004... 'I'm sure my New Year's resolution last year was to not make any more New Year's resolutions--however... don't fall for the sweet smile of my daughter every time she wants something new, guaranteed failure! Don't go to so many Christmas...

Turn over a new leaf: Richard Clayton asks Waterstone's marketing director Lesley Miles how the company stays true to its ideals while competing in a rapidly changing market.(Client Profile)
January 8, 2004... FOR the book trade, perhaps more than most, Christmas really does come but once a year. Any day now, Waterstone's marketing director Lesley Miles will probably be unwrapping her seasonal sales figures and hoping for financial good cheer. ...

Sweepstake: Hannah Booth brushes up on a duo who create all sorts of quirky products, while simultaneously reversing the fortunes of Berlin's Institute for the Blind.(Profile)
January 8, 2004... BERLIN'S 'Blindenanstalt' (Institute for the Blind) isn't in the tourist guidebooks. It's a large, scruffy building with a whiff of dilapidated grammar school, located in one of the city's edgier districts, far from the glitz of Potsdamer...

Out of the ordinary: the finalists for this year's Citigroup Photography Prize are a group of unsung heroes who have made an enduring impression on documentary photography. Oliver Bennett casts his critical eye over their work.(Photography)(Cover Story)
January 8, 2004... THE public will continue to call it the Citibank prize, but the country's foremost photography prize has morphed into the Citigroup Photography Prize--the kind of corporate tweak that matters only to corporations. Whatever it prefers to be...

Raw hideaway: luxurious Texan ranch-style accommodation in Norfolk may sound a little wacky, but the interior designer is hardly conventional. Pamela Buxton tips her ten-gallon hat to Shaun Clarkson.(Interior Design)
January 8, 2004... WHEN Shaun Clarkson, designer of some of London's most popular bars, decided to start an upmarket, self-catering holiday home it was a safe bet the result wouldn't be anything less than extraordinary. And when Cliff Barns, the gloriously...

Directory.(Directory)
January 8, 2004... 3D--ANIMATION AND IMAGING Arcana Digital Ltd. Animation, Imaging and post production for broadcast, interactive & print. Folio available on line or call for CD sampler. Studio 15 minutes from Victoria. Clients Include:--Bray...

Fairs.(The Year Ahead)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... Internationale Mobel Messe furniture fair, 19-25 January. Venue: KolnMesse, Messeplatz 1, Cologne, Germany. Info: www.koelnmesse.de/imm Maison & Objet interiors and furniture, 23-27 January. Venue: Paris-Nord Villepinte, Paris,...

Shows.(The Year Ahead)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... East London Design Show, 3-6 June. Venue: Atlantis Gallery, 146 Brick Lane, London E1. Design Front design show for the East of England, 17-20 June. Venue: Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex SS0 7RA. Into: 020 7629 9645 ...

House style: Dominic Lutyens samples Art House, Tara Bernerd's exhibition that rejects the minimalism of a gallery in favour of chic domestic surroundings.(The Year Ahead)
January 8, 2004... It's ironic that Tara Bernerd - universally known as the It Girl of London's interior design scene - should have created Art House at this year's London Art Fair (which showcases art from approximately 100 UK galleries). She was formerly...

Awards.(The Year Ahead)(Brief Article)
January 8, 2004... Scottish Design Awards 21 May; entry deadline 6 February. Info: 0141 352 4661 British Design & Art Direction Awards 26 May; entry deadline 17 February. Info: 020 7840 1140 or www.dandad.co.uk Roses Awards 7 October; entry...

Events.(The Year Ahead)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
January 8, 2004... Design Indaba design forum, 25-27 February. Venue: International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa. Info: www.designindaba.com Brands Summit Europe 2004 branding forum, running from 25-27 February. Venue: Hotel...

Royal appointments planned at Tower.(News: Royal Palaces, Tower of London)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2004... HISTORIC Royal Palaces is planning to appoint a design group to create a series of permanent displays at the Tower of London. The charitable trust, which manages five unoccupied royal palaces in London and Surrey, is in the midst of a...

Enterprise IG reshuffles US arm.(News)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2004... FOLLOWING a restructure of its North American operation, Enterprise IG is setting up a core global team of worldwide directors, in a move that sees San Francisco chief executive Carol Bellandi's role axed with immediate effect. Bellandi,...

Fitch to restyle Aquascutum flagship.(News: Fitch London )(Brief Article)
January 15, 2004... TRADITIONAL British fashion house Aquascutum has appointed Fitch London to revitalise the interiors of its longstanding flagship store at 100 Regent Street. A spokeswoman for the retailer this week confirms the appointment. 'We've been in...

Jones to take real time out.(News)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2004... REAL TIME founder and vice chairman of EHS Brann Phil Jones has announced he will be leaving the Havas Group at the end of January. Jones (pictured) says he plans to 'take a sabbatical' and spend more time with his family and will consider...

Leonhardt sings to Anthem's tune.(News: Anthem Group)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2004... TED LEONHARDT joins San Francisco-based Anthem Group as global president this week. The group is a branding and packaging specialist and Leonhardt says he has been appointed to 'sharpen the agency's positioning'. Leonhardt (pictured)...

Sarson directing Landor Europe.(News)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2004... LANDOR ASSOCIATES' London office has further bolstered its European standing with the promotion of Tim Sarson to financial director of Landor Europe. Sarson replaces Gilles Portail, from Landor's Paris office. Landor declined to comment on...

Let's entrench sustainability ethos in the design industry.(Comment)
January 15, 2004... Every so often design adopts a new buzzword or phrase, often borrowed from the client side. Not long ago any consultancy worth its salt introduced the words 'strategic consultant' to its company descriptor in a bid, we can only surmise, to...

Land Rover unveiled its first ever concept vehicle last week, designed under Land Rover design director Geoff Upex at its Gaydon design studio in Warwickshire.(News)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Land Rover unveiled its first ever concept vehicle last week, designed under Land Rover design director Geoff Upex at its Gaydon design studio in Warwickshire. The three-door Range Stromer is a high...

Spencer du Bois comes to aid of NHS Confederation.(News: studio head of Claire Biscard)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2004... NHS CONFEDERATION is rolling out a healthier set of brand guidelines, following a review in conjunction with Spencer du Bois. The rebrand aims to help clarify the organisation's role and sharpen its voice in debates over health service...

Leonard makes SoBo look a picture.(News)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2004... PETER LEONARD, the interiors specialist who rose to fame in the 1980s with his work for WH Smith and Virgin Megastores, opens SoBo next week, a combined art gallery and coffee shop in London's Southwark. According to Leonard, the name is a...

Hope Pit digs plan by RFA Designers.(News)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2004... BRADFORD group RFA Designers is on the brink of implementing its plans for a science and technology-based exhibition centre, the Hope Pit Scheme, at the National Coal Mining Museum for England. Pending a decision on Heritage Lottery Fund...

Oakwood DC drives branding at Hyundai.(News)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2004... HYUNDAI has appointed Oakwood DC as its lead design group, replacing Sharp End, its incumbent of ten years, as the Korean car manufacturer overhauls its roster of marketing services groups. Oakwood DC, which was appointed following a...

Courtesy of Fudge Studios, a series of blue- and yellow-tinted 'digital'-style images featuring Manchester City football fans--and overlaid with the rousing strapline, 'City 'til I die'--now grace dining, bar and entrance areas at the Premiership club's City Social sports bar.(News)
January 15, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Courtesy of Fudge Studios, a series of blue- and yellow-tinted 'digital'-style images featuring Manchester City football fans--and overlaid with the rousing strapline, 'City 'til I die'--now grace dining,...

Told by an Idiot has commissioned Martin Brown to create posters and leaflets for its latest play, I'm A Fool To Want You.(News)
January 15, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Told by an Idiot has commissioned Martin Brown to create posters and leaflets for its latest play, I'm A Fool To Want You. The work, launching this week, reflects the 'surreal humour' of the show, says...

Bank of Scotland plots True North.(News)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2004... BANK OF SCOTLAND'S small business division rolls out a corporate brochure designed by True North this month, the first work to come from the Manchester group's recent roster appointment. The 12-month contract is believed to be worth a...

Building Design Partnership.(News)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2004... Building Design Partnership has completed a 50 000[m.sup.2] retail and leisure development called the ABC Centre in Beirut. The design aims to blend contemporary European and traditional Lebanese styles.

Lambie Nairn.(News)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2004... Lambie Nairn has appointed Charlotte Harwood-Matthews as head of new business. Harwood-Matthews joins from ad agency J Walter Thompson, where she was senior account director.

London design group Fijit has given Enigma Vehicle Services a new look.(News)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2004... London design group Fijit has given Enigma Vehicle Services a new look. The rebrand is due for completion at the end of the month.

Benchmark Vending has been refreshed by Rawls & Co.(News)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2004... Benchmark Vending has been refreshed by Rawls & Co, as the group relaunches as Vendia.

Winkreative.(News)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2004... Winkreative has appointed Jerry Fielder, former chairman of ad agency Leagas Delaney, as chief executive. Fielder will work alongside Winkreative chairman and creative director Tyler Brule to establish a bigger client base in the UK, Spain and...

Meeting Point.(News)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2004... Owing to unforeseen circumstances Design Week's Meeting Point event will now take place on Wednesday 28 January, at a central London venue. Anyone registered for the night of 21 January will automatically be admitted, otherwise please e-mail...

NMO Design has created an identity for nascent Devon catering company.(News)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2004... NMO Design has created an identity for nascent Devon catering company, The Cheeky Cow Catering Company. The work launches this month.

This Way Up.(News: designs medical manual)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2004... This Way Up has designed a manual for medical professionals responsible for administering healthcare to people with palliative care needs. A frosted PVC cover provides strength and durability, while a silver background is inset with an abstract...

Design group Mark has created an identity for Trinidad-based Centre for Energy Enterprise Development, which rolls out from this month.(News)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2004... Design group Mark has created an identity for Trinidad-based Centre for Energy Enterprise Development, which rolls out from this month. The group also created a strapline--'growing together'--for the organisation.

Graphic impressions will create the 2004 Christmas campaign for Ramada Jarvis Hotels, following a three-way pitch.(News)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2004... Graphic Impressions will create the 2004 Christmas campaign for Ramada Jarvis Hotels, following a three-way pitch. The work will roll out across the group's 60-strong estate and encompasses brochures, posters, flyers, menus, banners and...

Newcastle group Sumo has designed an identity for financial consultant Newcastle Consulting.(News)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2004... Newcastle group Sumo has designed an identity for financial consultant Newcastle Consulting. The work launches next week and will roll out across marketing literature, on-line and via advertising.

Navy Blue is boosting its digital media contingent with the appointment of Oneswoop.com.(News)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2004... Navy Blue is boosting its digital media contingent with the appointment of Oneswoop.com creative director Pete Burns as head of new media and senior systems architect John Dow.

Phage has designed an interactive CD-Rom, incorporating illustrations by Phage partner Tasha Zlovec, for PR agency Hill & Knowlton.(News)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2004... Phage has designed an interactive CD-Rom, incorporating illustrations by Phage partner Tasha Zlovec, for PR agency Hill & Knowlton. The project is the culmination of six months' work by the group and will replace PowerPoint presentations at the...