Design Week articles from July 2005

Design Week archives from July 2005

The Partners axes eight jobs after sluggish start to the year.(Brief Article)
July 7, 2005... The Partners cut its workforce by almost 20 per cent last week, after instigating eight redundancies across the consultancy. Five design positions are being dropped in the skills rationalisation process, including one at the design...

Qatar branding win by Vallis Tammaro.(London consultancy Vallis Tammaro has been awarded a six-figure contract to rebrand Mowasalat,trasportation company.)(Brief Article)
July 7, 2005... London consultancy Vallis Tammaro has been awarded a six-figure contract to rebrand Mowasalat, the company that runs the transport system in Qatar. The project involves a complete refresh of the current visual identity for the core brand,...

STOP PRESS: Roster review at the British Council.(Brief Article)
July 7, 2005... The British Council has this week completed a review of its design roster. The public sector organisation has appointed 25 design groups, following what is estimated to have been more than 300 first-round applications and a second-round tender...

STOP PRESS: Devoy and Brady up for DBA board.(Design Business Association has appointed Harriet Devoy and Pip Brady as board members.)(Brief Article)
July 7, 2005... The Design Business Association has appointed Harriet Devoy, creative director of The Chase, and Pip Brady, managing director of Moon UK, to fill two of three board vacancies left open following its March annual general meeting. They...

STOP PRESS: In-house brand for Dixons Group.(Brief Article)
July 7, 2005... Dixons Group's planned corporate identity change to DSG International will be handled by its in-house design team, with no input from an external consultancy, according to a company spokeswoman. The company is seeking shareholder approval...

STOP PRESS: London move for Motorola design centre.(Brief Article)
July 7, 2005... Motorola is planning to relocate its design centre to London. Ignacio Germade, director of Motorola's UK Design Centre, heralds the move as 'phase two' in the Japanese electronics group's plans for the UK. The company's eight-strong...

Thompson plays culture card to sway IOC's 2012 decision.(International Olympic Committee)
July 7, 2005... An 11th hour attempt to persuade the International Olympic Committee to choose London to host the 2012 games continues today in a concerted effort by a number of design groups. Last night a series of 'cultural' literature designed by...

Plans for The Freedom Tower.(Brief Article)
July 7, 2005... Plans for The Freedom Tower, the 1776ft(541m)-high building that will replace the World Trade Center in New York, were unveiled last week by David Childs of architect and multidisciplinary design group Skidmore Owings and Merrill. ...

RHM sets a date for the review of its roster.(RHM Foods)(appointments)(Brief Article)
July 7, 2005... Food group RHM is planning a full review of its new multi-million pound design roster in just six months' time, it emerged this week. Last week RHM appointed Ikon, Jones Knowles Ritchie, Turner Duckworth and Williams Murray Hamm to the...

World's Most Photographed exhibition.(Brief Article)
July 7, 2005... World's Most Photographed, an exhibition exploring the power of images and the nature of iconography, runs at the National Portrait Gallery in London from 6 July to 23 October Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

Battersea adds cats to iconic dogs home identity.
July 7, 2005... Battersea Dogs & Cats Home rolls out its new name and identity this week, incorporating both types of animal into its logo for the first time in an effort to shine a light on the work that it has done for cats since 1883. Renton &...

Mercedes-Benz drives brand centre.
July 7, 2005... Mercedes-Benz has announced that its Aukett Fitzroy Robinson-designed brand centre at Brooklands racing track in Surrey will be called Mercedes-Benz World, opening in summer 2006 (DW 30 January 2003). At 63ha, the site will become...

Nucleus designs Web portal.
July 7, 2005... Nucleus has designed a Web portal for a collection of over 100 luxury hotels, which is due to launch this week. The site, www.luxuryexplorer.com, draws on what Nucleus managing director Peter Matthews calls 'the best of the best hotels,...

Saint Martins three clean up at D&AD student awards.(WeiWei He, Chuan Shi and Wen Ying Lu won awards in the Product Design & Innovation category.)(Brief Article)
July 7, 2005... A trio of Chinese students studying at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in London has been awarded the D&AD Student of the Year Award 2005, for a Dog Poo Spray innovation. WeiWei He, Chuan Shi and Wen Ying Lu won in the...

IN BRIEF: Single global brand.(Credit Suisse Group )(Brief Article)
July 7, 2005... Credit Suisse Group has unveiled a single global brand, the outcome of a research, strategy and design project by Enterprise IG. Its investment banking, private banking and asset management businesses will become unified under the Credit...

IN BRIEF: WSJ international edition.(Wall Street Journal has appointed Mario Garcia to design an integrated print and on-line format for its international edition.)(Brief Article)
July 7, 2005... The Wall Street Journal has appointed Mario Garcia to design an integrated print and on-line format for its international edition. Garcia, who led the redesign of the WSJ's main US newspaper redesign in 2002, will collaborate once again with...

IN BRIEF: Martin Lambie-Nairn award.(Martin Lambie-Nairn has been nominated to the Promax & Broadcast Design Association Hall of Fame.)(Brief Article)
July 7, 2005... Martin Lambie-Nairn has been nominated to the Promax & Broadcast Design Association Hall of Fame. The award is deemed to be the international screen design industry event's highest individual honour. Copyright: Centaur Communications...

IN BRIEF: Venture Three appointment.(Stuart Jane has joined branding consultancy Venture Three as design director.)(Brief Article)
July 7, 2005... Former Imagination design director Stuart Jane has joined branding consultancy Venture Three as design director. Jane will work on several large-scale projects for clients in the retail and industrial sectors, including the branding of a major...

COMMENT: Product designers forge ahead with strategic plans.
July 7, 2005... BY LYNDA RELPH-KNIGHT, EDITOR The debate rages on as to what constitutes a designer, following the naming of non-designer Hilary Cottam as winner of the Design Museum's coveted Designer of the Year prize (see Letters, page 13). We...

Studio Output mixes up Wizard of Oz bar design twist.(Brief Article)
July 7, 2005... Nottingham design group Studio Output has designed a mural for Nottingham cocktail bar Brass Monkey, which is being installed this week. The illustrations will be reproduced on to wallpaper, forming a 5m x 4m centrepiece for the bar area....

Cepsa goes Green with Twelve Stars.
July 7, 2005... Petroleum giant Cepsa will begin rolling out a high-end fuel brand this month, with an identity and branding by Twelve Stars. Optima is pitched as an environment-friendly petrol, but its branding will play on 'emotional' associations and...

RCA students take inclusive approach for our Future Selves.(Royal College of Art)
July 7, 2005... By Scott Billings Ten students of the Royal College of Art have shared #9000 prize money as part of the 2005 Design for our Future Selves Awards, a scheme to encourage socially aware designs. Winning ideas include a 'sunlight table'...

Electrotecture opens.(exhibitions of digital video)(Brief Article)
July 7, 2005... Electrotecture, a video installation exploring the fusion of architectural and digital spaces, opens this week, designed by Universal Everything, at the Millennium Galleries, Sheffield. The exhibition runs until October. Copyright: Centaur...

Candy Light design for John Lewis.
July 7, 2005... Afroditikrassa's Candy Light design for John Lewis is one of the products featuring in Design Nation's Eureka 2005 design-to-retail collection, exhibiting at the Oxo Tower Gallery in London from 21 September to 2 October. The designs are...

Firefli Lighting system.
July 7, 2005... The Firefli Lighting system, by Ravensbourne College of Design Communication Interaction Design student Kelvin Chau, is one of the pieces featured in Part 2 of the New Designers exhibition, running from 7-10 July at the Business Design Centre...

Third Eye Design creates six postcards.
July 7, 2005... Third Eye Design has created six postcards to commemorate the 160th anniversary of The Glasgow School of Art. GSA graduate illustrators were commissioned for the designs. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

News Analysis: Taking learning to the next level.
July 7, 2005... Learning centres are being transformed to house interactive technology and to make them more appealing to students, says Sarah Balmond Mention the word 'learning centre' and it probably won't conjure up images of an inspired space. Often...

PRIVATE VIEW: Jumping through hoops.
July 7, 2005... Adrian Shaughnessy despairs at the inefficient process of public sector tendering and calls for clients to observe the same rules they set for consultancies Graphic designers like nothing better than a good moan. Take public- sector...

INSPIRED: Justus Oehler, Pentagram.(Brief Article)
July 7, 2005... The one thing that has inspired me most in the last couple of years is our 'new' house in Berlin. It was built in 1927 in the purist Modernist style and is one of very few surviving originals. The house was designed by the Jewish avant-garde...

Voxpop.(Path)(Thomas Matthews)(All Of Us )
July 7, 2005... With tobacco companies pioneering new forms of sensory branding, how far could, or should, subliminal communications be taken? Tobacco companies are very aware of the existing 'rules of engagement' when delivering brand values and...

Letter - IN REPY: Students need to know design industry realities.(Letter to the Editor)
July 7, 2005... In recent issues of Design Week, readers have expressed their concern over the ability of education providers to turn out the calibre of graduates that the industry needs to compete. The design industry labour market supports a workforce...

Letter: Designer definition must cover the entire process.(Letter to the Editor)
July 7, 2005... The recent brouhaha over the Design Museum's Designer of the Year suggests that we need more precision in the definition of the word designer. My personal view is that a designer is someone who actually creates and defines the physical form,...

Letter: In memory of a visionary designer and a true gentleman.(Obituary)
July 7, 2005... Peter Kent was a designer with immense style and original talent who will be remembered with love and respect by everyone who worked with him. A major creative force in retail design, in 1987 he created the interiors for Next, which came...

Letter: Promote design talent before your own directors.(Letter to the Editor)
July 7, 2005... Reading of the 'considerable consensus within design' that a non- designer is able to win Designer of the Year (Comment, DW 23 June), everyone has missed one fundamental question: why would a Design Council director, a self-proclaimed...

Profile - Ignacio Germade.(Motorola Inc.)
July 7, 2005... Ignacio Germade is spearheading Motorola's drive to win over consumers with sleek handsets and innovative features such as Apple's iTunes. John Stones thinks it could be an engaging combination It's a common enough scene, people...

MUSEUM DESIGN: Show-stoppers.
July 7, 2005... If you want to see the best in new museum design, who better to ask than the experts? Pamela Buxton picked the brains of some of the leading lights in the museum world to find out what new or refurbished museums are worth a visit, whether home...

OFFICE FURNITURE: In the details.
July 7, 2005... This year's Neocon office furniture fair focused on the innovative elements and features that you can add to your existing space, rather than elaborate new master plans, says Barry Jenkins First impressions of last month's Neocon office...

DESIGN BUSINESS: Take the law in your own hands.
July 7, 2005... The UK was the first country to bring in copyright laws, but they are now archaic by global standards, says Jonty Balcombe The UK does not have an official system for registering copyright for work. Any artistic work created is...

Shadows of their former selves.(at Kemistry Gallery, 43 Charlotte Road)(Brief Article)
July 7, 2005... By Yolanda Zappaterra Fans of sexy, sassy 1980s comics such as Love and Rockets by the Hernandez brothers and Tank Girl by Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin might feel a sense of nostalgia seeing the work of Gregory Gilbert-Lodge. The...

Virgin tests ship interiors for a new potential venture.(Virgin Group)
July 14, 2005... Virgin Group has held presentations with a number of design groups as it considers the launch of a ferry or cruise travel service, Design Week can exclusively reveal. Four groups are understood to have made presentations to the company...

London 2012 to make way for LOCOG.(London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2005... London 2012 marketing director David Magliano will wind down his role over the next month as the company is dissolved ahead of the formation of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, which will be ultimately responsible for...

Acquisition of Pure Realisation.(Starchamber)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2005... Design and advertising network Starchamber has acquired the business of Sheffield-based design group Pure Realisation for an undisclosed sum. The deal is the first of three lined up by Starchamber chief executive John Wringe, with the...

STOP PRESS: English leaves BDA to return to US.(Bruce Dunlop Associates)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2005... Screen design supremo Bob English has quit Bruce Dunlop Associates eight months after joining as design creative director. Martin Poole, director of sales and marketing at BDA, says English is leaving for family reasons. He is expected to...

STOP PRESS: Greeves to join Smith at FutureBrand.(Shane Greeves)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2005... Enterprise IG managing creative partner Shane Greeves has been poached to fill the top creative job at FutureBrand. He will be replaced by Nick Payne, who becomes managing creative director for corporate branding. Greeves will become...

STOP PRESS: Philip Watts Design wins Yo! Sushi work.
July 14, 2005... Restaurant group Yo! Sushi has drafted in Philip Watts Design and Priestman Goode to create interiors for a raft of up to 11 new UK-based restaurants. Meanwhile, Yotel is poised to announce details of its first sites by Priestman Goode at...

The Living Museum brings WWII stories to life.(World War II)
July 14, 2005... St James's Park in London played host to a special commemorative exhibition to remember life in Britain during World War II last week. The Living Museum, a temporary exhibition space running the length of The Mall between Buckingham...

Britaxan launch.(Britannia Health Products)(IncrediBull Design)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2005... Health specialist Britannia Health Products is launching an antioxidant food supplement range, Britaxan, with packaging by IncrediBull Design. One of the ingredients in the supplements is a form of marine algae which help protect the body...

Mary Cook scoops New Designers win.(Goldsmiths College )(Brief Article)
July 14, 2005... Goldsmiths College product design student Mary Rose Cook has been named as a Business Design Centre New Designer of the Year at this year's New Designers student showcase in London. She takes home #2000, along with public relations,...

Truth Studio designs annual review for First Light.(services of Sheffield group Truth Studio )(Brief Article)
July 14, 2005... Sheffield group Truth Studio has designed the 2005 annual review for First Light, a Lottery-funded and Film Council-backed organisation that encourages five-to-18-year-olds to create short digital films. The publication is available on-line...

Landor reshuffle ushers in the next generation of heads.(Landor Associates)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2005... Landor Associates has poached Cheryl Giovannoni, current chief executive at Coley Porter Bell, to replace Charlie Wrench as managing director, following a managerial shake-up at the WPP company. Wrench, who joined the company five years...

NB Studio packs 'synergy' across New Look gift range.
July 14, 2005... New Look, the UK's third largest women's retailer, is relaunching its entire gift range across three core markets with a revised identity and packaging created by NB Studio. It is the first time New Look has had one bespoke gift design...

Patisserie chain has HMKM style on menu.(Konditor and Cook)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2005... Konditor & Cook, the London-based cake and patisserie chain, is opening its first 'cocktails and cakes' cafe bar in Soho this week. HMKM has developed the cafe's identity, graphics and merchandising material. Designer Suzy Hoodless has...

Barbecue Chef.(Hothouse Design and Advertising)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2005... London product design group Hothouse has created a Kenyan-style barbecue-cum-pizza smoker called the Barbecue Chef, which retails from #299. The design team was led by Hothouse partner Richard Thom. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd....

IN BRIEF: Fitch acquires Spring Brands.(Brief Article)
July 14, 2005... Fitch has acquired Singapore-based strategic branding and retail design consultancy Spring Brands. The group employs 15 people and reported unaudited revenues last year of $1.4m (#0.79m). Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and...

IN BRIEF: Russelsheim base for General Motors.(Brief Article)
July 14, 2005... General Motors has announced that it will centre its restructured European operations from a new European Design Centre at its Russelsheim base in Germany. The centre is due to open next January. The move follows the appointment of former Opel...

IN BRIEF: Redrawn identity by K4 Creative.(Kensington Symphony Orchestra)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2005... Kensington Symphony Orchestra has unveiled its redrawn identity by K4 Creative to celebrate its 50th Anniversary. It will appear on stationery, promotional materials and its website. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

IN BRIEF: Gini Coates wins.(New Designers' One Year On)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2005... Gini Coates has won Part Two of New Designers' One Year On, for her surface pattern designs. She receives #1000-worth of legal advice from Briffa. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

IN BRIEF: Vivid leaving to start Reform Creative.(Brief Article)
July 14, 2005... Paul Heaton and Mat Thornton, creative director and senior designer respectively at Manchester consultancy Vivid, have left to start Reform Creative, also based in Manchester. Prior to Vivid, Heaton was creative director at Tucker...

IN BRIEF: Hoop Associates appointed.(by Live Arts Development Agency)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2005... Hoop Associates has been appointed by the Live Arts Development Agency to design the catalogue of contemporary Chinese performance for its UK tour of live arts in October. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

COMMENT: The Olympics must put design at centre stage.
July 14, 2005... BY LYNDA RELPH-KNIGHT, EDITOR Our thoughts are with those affected by last week's bombings in central London. The deep sadness we all feel about the suffering endured by victims, their friends and families makes the subsequent transport...

Shetland Museum & Archives to set sail with Sumo identity.(Shetland Amenity Trust)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2005... The Shetland Amenity Trust and the Shetland Islands Council have appointed Newcastle-based Sumo to create a brand identity for a new #10m museum, Shetland Museum & Archives. Sumo won the five-figure contract following a three-way pitch...

Infinite aims to bring Threads of Time together at Hardwick Hall.(National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty)(Infinite Design)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2005... The National Trust has commissioned Newcastle-based Infinite Design to create a permanent exhibition at Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire, worth a six-figure fee to the consultancy. Entitled Threads of Time, the exhibition will showcase the...

Embossed cloth cover.(Arthur and George)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2005... Suzanne Dean, creative director at Random House, has designed an embossed cloth cover for Julian Barnes' novel Arthur & George, inspired by an Edwardian design for The Deemster. With illustrations by Bill Sanderson and Richard Allen, the book...

Launch of East End gallery.(Architecture Foundation's The Yard)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2005... The Architecture Foundation launches its East End gallery, The Yard, tomorrow. For the opening, 6a Architects and fashion designers Eley Kishimoto have created Hairywood tower, an 'urban summerhouse'. Copyright: Centaur Communications...

Redesigned ground floor of Cobden Club.(Colour Design )(Brief Article)
July 14, 2005... Christian Zollenkopf and Julian Colnbrese of Colour Design have redesigned the ground floor of London's Cobden Club, which has been renamed The Kensal Lounge. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

Non-spill tin-opening device.(Ame Design)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2005... Ame Design has created a non-spill tin-opening device called the Pelican. Its easy opening ratchet system also lets the user lift and pour the attached tin. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

Redesigned covers of Gormenghast Trilogy.(Eleanor Crow)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2005... Eleanor Crow has redesigned the covers of Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast Trilogy, which will be published by Vintage later this year. Peake designed the original 1946 cover himself. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

News Analysis: Limbering up for the Olympics.
July 14, 2005... Preparations for London 2012 can now begin in earnest after the IOC's announcement last week. Scott Billings observes the plans take shape Last Wednesday was like a penalty shoot-out: England versus France, staged as London versus Paris....

PRIVATE VIEW: Good strategic thinking.
July 14, 2005... David Bernstein thinks the distinction between designer and strategist blurs when creatives are asked to think laterally to solve a brief Hilary Cottam's elevation to Designer of the Year has ignited what Angus Hyland calls a...

Inspired: Graham Shearsby, Design Bridge.(Brief Article)
July 14, 2005... Working with brands rooted in a sense of place is pure joy to me, offering the chance to explore and discover inspirational gems. Adnams and Tennent's are at opposite ends of the country with equally opposite consumers. But the inspiration and...

Voxpop.(World Creative Forum )
July 14, 2005... The World Creative Forum will not be staged at the London Design Festival this year, but could become an 'international programme' in conjunction with overseas cities. How could, or should the forum be used to best serve domestic and...

Letter - IN REPLY: Help 1% For The Planet settle our ecological debt.(Letter to the Editor)
July 14, 2005... It's been heartening to see a flurry of letters in Design Week regarding environmental issues and the role of designers in advancing the sustainable cause. As communicators by trade, there's no doubt that we have an exceptional opportunity to...

Letter: Design must widen role to serve a social cause.(Letter to the Editor)
July 14, 2005... We're all designers! We all shape our environments, fashion our personas and design our interactions - yes, Hilary Cottam included. The fantastic thing is that as a professional designer, I get paid to contribute to my own progress and that...

Letter: Specialists can no longer satisfy varied client requirements.(Letter to the Editor)
July 14, 2005... 'Nothing is permanent but change,' wrote Heraclitus - perhaps he was foreseeing the future and thinking of the communications industry. Why do we separate marketing into different elements when the lines between them are so blurred and...

Letter: Pantone mugs project has been brewing for years.(Letter to the Editor)
July 14, 2005... I'd like to comment on the Pantone mugs project in the Apfel profile (DW 30 June). I'm not disputing that it was ground-breaking, just that I had already softened the ground up. See below my tea colour specifier (the February 2000...

Profile: Xavier Lust.(Biography)
July 14, 2005... Xavier Lust contorts metal and plastic into curvaceous shapes to produce his creations, then has the humility to describe his work as 'metal origami'. Max Fraser meets the colossus of Belgian furniture In relation to the rest of Europe,...

MUSIC POSTERS: A tale of two cities.
July 14, 2005... Michael Johnson takes a look at Suffragette Cities, which documents the golden age of rock music poster design, when provocative graphics were more important than slick videos You may have noticed certain 'party lines' developing on the...

TOXIC CHEMICALS: Secret ingredient.
July 14, 2005... There is growing opposition to the use of certain chemicals - many of which are toxic, or even carcinogenic - in packaging, clothing and furnishings. Trish Lorenz calls for designers and clients to outlaw such substances and actively seek out...

PUBLIC ART: Fender bender.(Sony PlayStation)
July 14, 2005... An array of guitar cut-outs styled by some of the UK's hottest creatives may be an odd way to promote PlayStation's new gaming console, but with Peter Saville at the helm the campaign is sure to have the desired effect, says Liz Farrelly ...

Design Business: Speak the suit's language.(procurement professional)
July 14, 2005... As procurement people become part of the pitch process, Paul Duncanson reveals how to target and reassure these individuals You never forget the first time you come across a corporate procurement officer. You're ready to wow your client...

REVIEW: Grow with the flow.(Garden Photographers' Association)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2005... You can have green fingers without having to put up with the vagaries of the British climate: the rich gamut of garden design can now be fully appreciated in a new photography exhibition. Private Spaces is the result of an annual competition...

Straw rejects Bruges Group's plagiarism claims.(Jack Straw)
July 21, 2005... Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has 'strongly rejected' claims that the UK's European Union Presidency emblem is a plagiarised version of the logo used by Eurosceptic think-tank The Bruges Group (DW 7 July). In a written response seen by...

Portland Design overhauls signs at NEC.(National Exhibition Centre)(Brief Article)
July 21, 2005... London consultancy Portland Design has begun work on an identity and signage system for the National Exhibition Centre, as part of a #40m overhaul of the Birmingham venue. In a three-year project, the consultancy will develop a wayfinding...

IPA reports growth in Web marketing.(Institute of Practitioners in Advertising)(Brief Article)
July 21, 2005... UK spending on Internet-related marketing activity increased last quarter, while marketing budgets for advertising and sales promotion were revised downwards for the first time since 2004, reports the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising....