Design Week articles from June 2005

Design Week archives from June 2005

Designers step up to the Dome revamp challenge.
June 2, 2005... More than five years after its completion, the Millennium Dome is once again set to test the mettle of designers through its reincarnation as 'The O2'. The move to turn the much-reviled venue into a physical manifestation of the O2...

RTE pitches wide for youth rebrand brief.(Radio Telefis Eireann for design consultant)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Radio Telefis Eireann, the Irish public service broadcaster, is undertaking one of the industry's largest ever design broadcast pitches to select a consultancy to rebrand its young people's programming output, The Den. The broadcaster is...

Croneen bows out of Jack Morton.(Laurence Croneen left Jack Morton Worldwide)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Jack Morton Worldwide UK chairman and managing director Laurence Croneen has left the company after 20 years, sparking a management reshuffle. Croneen, who had headed up the London office since 2000 (DW 24 November 2000), and was also...

STOP PRESS: RIBA unveils joint venture on interiors.(Royal Institute of British Architects)(British Interior Design Association)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... The British Interior Design Association and the Royal Institute of British Architects is this week launching a joint initiative to work closer on the provision of interior design services. A 'ground-breaking agreement' has been published by...

STOP PRESS: 4Creative takes gold at D&AD event.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Channel 4's in-house design team, 4Creative, picked up a D&AD Gold award last week for its redesign of the broadcaster's channel branding. The President's award went to Apple Computer design head Jonathan Ive. See www.dandad.org for full...

STOP PRESS: New image for Barnsley College.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... South Yorkshire further education college Barnsley College is looking to appoint a design group to redesign its identity, following a significant organisational restructure. Barnsley College will allocate a five-figure fee to the creation...

Objectives sets the trend at The Fashion Gallery.
June 2, 2005... The Fashion Gallery, one of the biggest exhibitions dedicated to fashion and retail to launch outside of London, opens this week at Snibston Discovery Park in Leicestershire. Objectives, a specialist in interpretative design for museums,...

Branding for Edinburgh.
June 2, 2005... Following its appointment in June last year, Interbrand has unveiled its branding for the city of Edinburgh with the strapline 'Inspiring Capital'. The logo features three lines to create a sense of energy, and the colour palette is inspired...

New Look campaign by Naked and Odd.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... New Look, the UK's third largest women's retailer, is boosting design across the business, with plans to develop more sub-brands and roll out its first national brand campaign, created by Naked and design consultancy Odd. New Look is...

Deliverance revised identity.
June 2, 2005... Deliverance, the upmarket restaurant-quality delivered meal service for London, has unveiled its revised identity, designed by 20/20. Georgie Fountain, Deliverance design leader at 20/20, describes it as 'a fast- moving and intensely graphic...

HMKM refashions technology floor of Brazil's Daslu store.
June 2, 2005... Cattle-bone mosaic tiles, etched glass pavilions and floors in white lacquer parquet and green leather are some of the signature elements gathered together by HMKM for the men's technology department of Brazil's most exclusive department...

McElhinney starts work on Jacks design.(Ryan McElhinney )(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Designer Ryan McElhinney is designing the brand identity, interiors and lighting scheme for Jacks, the fourth bar he is planning to open in London's Waterloo. The 260m2 venue, located in a former railway arch, will feature a lounge, VIP...

New-look NTL Broadcast.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... NTL Broadcast, the former business-to-business division of NTL group, is rebranding as Arqiva following a six-month review by The Design Group, Pauffley and 2Heads. Pauffley led the development of the new name, brand positioning and...

Voyage chandelier unveiled.
June 2, 2005... Voyage, a 4.5m double loop crystal Swarovski chandelier, is being unveiled in New York's JFK Terminal 4 on 16 June, as part of the Bombay Sapphire Inspired series. A motion sensor triggers 2000 blue LEDs that react to the ongoing rhythm of...

IN BRIEF: Second photography exhibition.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Snap!, the second photography exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, featuring the world seen through the lens of people with learning disabilities, opens on 18 June. It is organised by charity Mencap and is the brainchild of its trustee...

IN BRIEF: Summer campaign.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... BAA Retail is unveiling its summer campaign designed by St Lukes/The Nest. It will launch across all airport communications, including sales promotion and point-of-sale. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

IN BRIEF: Radical rebranding.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Thames Valley University has unveiled its 'radical' rebranding by Lloyd Northover. It uses three photographs depicting water, foliage and a sunrise. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

IN BRIEF: Third Eye Design appointment.(Appointed Toby Southgate as client services director)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Third Eye Design has appointed Navy Blue director Toby Southgate as client services director. Southgate joins next month and will head a new office that the group is opening in New York at the start of 2006. Copyright: Centaur...

IN BRIEF: Museum of the Year.(South Wales pit )(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... A former South Wales pit has won the #100,000 Gulbenkian Prize for Museum of the Year. The Big Pit in Blaenafon reopened in February 2004 after a #7m redevelopment and more than 140,000 people have since visited the site. Copyright:...

Comment: The future of British design is in the industry's hands.
June 2, 2005... by Lynda Relph-Knight, Editor So, Europe is in disarray. With the French having delivered a resounding 'non' to the proposed European constitution and the Netherlands expected to follow suit as Design Week went to press, Continental...

Checkland Kindleysides vamps up the Cabaret Room.(Bistrotheque)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Restaurant Bistrotheque in London's East End has completed the revamp of its adjacent Cabaret Room, sponsored by PlayStation 2 and designed by Checkland Kindleysides. The venue, which specialises in transvestite revues, was designed...

Bio-Synergy capitalises on GI diet trend with new product line.(Glycaemic Index)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Bio-Synergy, one of the leading UK manufacturers specialising in producing sport and nutrition-led products, is poised to launch a raft of snack and drink products to tap into the current Glycaemic Index- diet craze. The GI measures the...

O2 to redevelop Millennium Dome as music venue.
June 2, 2005... The design world may have chosen to quietly forget about the Millennium Dome, but it has been given another chance to prove its worth. The ill- fated dome is about to be resurrected with a new future and a new name, in a two-year project that...

Packaging for cornets and wafers.(Askeys)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Askeys, part of Silver Spoon, has redesigned packaging for its family range of cornets and wafers to appeal more directly to children and parents. Reach has carried out the work, using extrovert colours to increase shelf stand-out. ...

20th anniversary livery.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Dragonair has unveiled a 20th anniversary livery featuring two dragons set in a landscape that represents Hong Kong on one side and the Chinese Mainland on the other. It was conceived by Hong Kong-based design consultancy Orijen, with...

Touching the Invisible exhibition.(The BrainBar)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... The BrainBar, a mechanical bar that mixes drinks according to your brainwaves, is one of six interactive installations at Touching the Invisible, an exhibition hosted by the Smart Studio, a research group within the Interactive Institute,...

Limited edition toy.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Dry, the design team behind the Firetrap clothing brand, has designed a limited edition toy of the Firetrap mascot armed with a scythe and a rake. It is being manufactured by toymaker Kidrobot. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and...

Advanced version of black cube icon.(VH2)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... VH2 has created a more advanced version of its iconic black cube icon that can be operated, and therefore shot on location, anywhere in the world. It has been designed by Steve Wilsher Creative Effects and uses LED technology. ...

New navigational guides.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... BBC Broadcast has created new navigational guides for BBC 2's channel's junctions, which air this week. A 3D galaxy sequence aims to find a way of suggesting programmes to viewers. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

Planning to launch a solar backpack.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... O'Neill is planning to launch a solar backpack created by its in-house team in The Netherlands. The design features flexible solar panels and a Bluetooth module to power up your MP3 player or mobile phone via a USB connection. A microphone...

Rebranding for luxury Edinburgh Hotel.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... London design group No One has completed the rebranding for luxury Edinburgh Hotel, The Scotsman, which occupies the original Scotsman Newspaper building in Edinburgh on the North Bridge. The hotel boasts a trendsetting bar and eatery. ...

Redesign of Lotte department store.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Universal Design Studio has completed the redesign of the ten-storey Lotte department store in Seoul, South Korea. The lighting scheme was created by Campbell Design. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

News Analysis: A new dimension in branding.
June 2, 2005... Nintendo is the latest household name to realise that a luxurious, hi- tech store is a foolproof way to lure in new customers, says Adam Woods The problem with creating brands is that, however carefully you might construct them, however...

PRIVATE VIEW: All the right moves.(analysis of Onedotzero, the annual festival of digital film-making)
June 2, 2005... For almost a decade Onedotzero has showcased digital pioneers, but Adrian Shaughnessy thinks it also reveals a dynamic future for graphic design There are enough design events throughout the year to satisfy all but the most voracious...

Inspired: Peter Higgins, Land Design Studio.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... I have for many years sat on the edge of my theatre seat watching the work of multi-talented director Robert Lepage. He has continued to confound audiences with a mixture of performance, staging and visual FX that has reinvented...

Voxpop: What can veggie brands do to reach shoppers and diners?
June 2, 2005... Quorn relaunched its packaging for Vegetarian Week a few days ago in a bid to escape from the so say 'sandal-wearing' stereotype. What can veggie brands do to reach mainstream shoppers and diners? Positioning themselves as the 'healthy...

Letter: It's time for the roster trend to come back into style.(Letter to the Editor)
June 2, 2005... If you hang around long enough you find that nothing changes in design. It just goes round in circles and what is discredited one minute is revered the next. Take rosters, for example. Ten years ago they were de rigueur for clients who...

Letter: Late entry makes effort to bask in Top 100 glory.(Letter to the Editor)
June 2, 2005... Our absence from the 2005 Design Week Top 100 came as a bit of a surprise to me. It was then that I realised it was a case of mea culpa. It's a shame really, because Nucleus made terrific progress during 2004 and should have been listed at...

Letter: We dig Top 100 earnings growth.(Letter to the Editor)
June 2, 2005... Having just read the news that the total earnings from UK design groups last year was just under 300million, we are crowbarring into the empty office beneath our studio. Martin Lawless, Creative director, 300million, London EC1R ...

Letter - IN REPLY: Businesses must be won over to sustainable cause.(Letter to the Editor)
June 2, 2005... Richie Manu (Letters, DW 19 May) is being a little naive to think sustainability, fuel efficiency, waste reduction and social responsibility will easily become a natural part of the design process. He seems to conveniently forget that there are...

Profile: Dick Bruna.
June 2, 2005... Miffy, a simple line-drawn rabbit that has made her creator Dick Bruna a household name, celebrates her 50th birthday this year. Yolanda Zappaterra finds out why the character has achieved global celebrity status Not many cartoon...

Hotel bars: Staying power.
June 2, 2005... Boutique hotels have forced a rethink in the design of prestige hotel bars, says Bethan Ryder. Now they don't just want patrons to pay a visit, they want them to hang around to soak up the atmosphere and decadent surroundings Ten years...

Graphics: A new leaf.(Alan Fletcher's graphic design works analysis)
June 2, 2005... Old master of graphic design Alan Fletcher has come up with a compelling take on the humble paper manufacturers' sample book, says Mike Dempsey Since his departure from Pentagram more than a decade ago, Alan Fletcher has increasingly...

Design Business: Think outside the Xbox.
June 2, 2005... Ajaz Ahmed talks about working with Microsoft to develop a gaming console that would set new standards for interaction and intuitive functions In 2001, Microsoft launched the Xbox gaming console, the world's most powerful games machine at...

REVIEW: One nation under a groove.(Movie Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... By Richard Clayton Quentin Tarantino would no doubt have a field day, but Back to Black reveals much more than the fact that Pam Grier is a badass. A thoughtful and thematic survey of how black artists, graphic designers and film-makers...

Investment in design at British Waterways.
June 9, 2005... British Waterways is embarking on a raft of design-led initiatives supporting a #5m investment in the waterway network this year. It is also planning to slash its design roster in a bid to make the process of procuring design 'more targeted...

NEF condemns rise of UK clone towns.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... A damning report into the state of Britain's high streets identifies 42 per cent of UK towns as 'clone towns', adding fuel to the fire over so- called 'identikit' retail branding. A further 26 per cent of city centres were identified as...

Reichman joins Aston Martin.(appointed Marek Reichman as design director)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Aston Martin has appointed Marek Reichman as its design director following the resignation of Henrik Fisker. British-born Reichman studied at the Royal College of Art and worked at Rover before stints with BMW and Ford in the US and UK,...

STOP PRESS: Rentokil Initial denies name change.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Rentokil Initial has denied reports that its incoming chief executive Doug Flynn is looking to change the company's name. A spokesman for the pest control-to-parcels group says a branding review is not being considered for the future. ...

STOP PRESS: WPP sets new record for performance.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... WPP chief executive Martin Sorrell has reported a peak performance in the communications company's 2004 annual report. But he indicates that prospects for the industry this year are less favourable than for 2004. Figures from Enterprise...

STOP PRESS: Broadcast design tackles free pitching.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Industry heads within the broadcast sector are holding discussions to tackle the problem of large-scale free pitching. The move follows the 21-way pitch undertaken by Radio Telefis Eireann, the Irish public broadcaster, to rebrand its youth...

Virgin Mobile brings out Dali-inspired, own-brand Lobster.
June 9, 2005... Virgin Mobile is launching Lobster this week, its first own-brand series of phones, with an identity and packaging created by its in- house team. While many network operators co-brand handsets with the major manufacturers, few have...

Iced tea brand launch.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Beverage Partners Worldwide, a joint venture between Coca-Cola and Nestle, is launching its iced tea brand Nestea in the UK, with branding, bottle structure and graphics by Enterprise IG. The product is already sold in Europe, the US, Asia and...

Ashley Carter Whitehead regroups.
June 9, 2005... Ashley Carter Whitehead principals Edward Ashley-Carter and Neil Whitehead are going their separate ways, creating two independent consultancies. The nascent Stuff International Design will be the vehicle for managing director Neil...

Elmwood work.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Elmwood has conceived an own-brand range of products for major Australian supermarket chain Coles, rolling out this month. The group was awarded the work in May 2004. Elmwood has opened offices in Melbourne and Sydney to service ongoing...

Euro-tender results in lucky 14 listed on UKTI roster.(United Kingdom Trade and Investment)
June 9, 2005... Government body UK Trade & Investment has appointed 14 consultancies to its first design roster, after a Europe-wide competitive tender process which began in autumn 2004. The Design and Related Print Services Roster will feed the...

Rufus Leonard identifies IOC.(Institute of Conservation)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Rufus Leonard has been appointed to develop the brand positioning and visual identity of the Institute of Conservation. The consultancy was chosen following a three-way competitive pitch last month. Scheduled for completion this...

Baby Dior keeps it in the family at London store.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Christian Dior is opening its first international Baby Dior boutique, with a brand identity and interiors designed by Dior's in-house team. The flagship shop launches this week in London's Knightsbridge. There are no immediate plans to...

IN BRIEF: Fast-food start-up.(Pure California)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Healthy fast-food start-up Pure California has opened in London's Beak Street with an identity by Buro Creative and interiors by Portland Design. It is the first in a chain of outlets for the brand. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd....

IN BRIEF: Inaugural exhibition.
June 9, 2005... New London Architecture's inaugural exhibition, The Changing Face of London, opens on 7 July at The Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London WC1. Exhibition space is designed by architect AEM, with graphics by Wordsearch. Manha created the...

IN BRIEF: Digest.(appointed Simon Farrell as managing director)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Tayburn has appointed former brand strategy director of The Chase Simon Farrell as managing director. His remit will include new business growth and client strategy development. Erick Davidson will remain as chairman and chief executive of...

COMMENT: Bright future for interaction design at RCA under Dunne.(Royal College of Art)
June 9, 2005... BY LYNDA RELPH-KNIGHT, EDITOR It was something of relief to those involved when Tony Dunne was named as head of interaction design at the Royal College of Art (see Profile, page 14). He is deemed a good choice for a course that could...

Thompson strikes the right note for music college.(Leeds College of Music)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Leeds College of Music is launching an overhauled brand identity and positioning, developed by local consultancy Thompson. The group won the rebranding project following a three-way pitch at the end of 2004 and was briefed to create an...

Unreal brands London arts event.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Unreal has created the brand identity for a new festival scheduled to take place in Trafalgar Square this August, as part of The Summer in the Square initiative. Unreal was appointed to the project last month and is on the design roster...

Stand scoops five gongs at Scottish Design Awards.
June 9, 2005... The cream of Scottish design and architecture was commended at the Scottish Design Awards 2005, held in Glasgow last week. Local design consultancy Stand shone brightly in this year's accolades, picking up five awards and three...

Adidas flagship store in Italy.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Adidas is planning to open its first flagship store in Italy, designed by AMA Architects. The Rome store, on the via del Corso, will occupy more than 1500m2 across three levels, connected by two staircases. Copyright: Centaur...

Identity for StreetShine.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Coley Porter Bell has designed a 'maximalist filigree' identity for StreetShine, a social enterprise aimed at helping the homeless. The service enables them to earn a regular income by operating a contractual shoe care and dry cleaning...

Campaign for Ski yoghurt.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Animation director Candy Guard has designed and directed an advertising campaign for Northern Foods' Ski yoghurt brand, running across print and television this month. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

Identity for North West on the Move.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Manchester group True North has created the identity for North West on the Move, an umbrella brand for the network of partners delivering the North West Plan for Sport & Physical Activity. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and...

Heathrow gastro pub to open.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Heathrow gastro pub The Tin Goose opens this month, designed by Joanna Clevely, creative director of Geronimo Inns, and Ann Boyd, ex-creative director of Ralph Lauren. It features a hanging wire-mesh goose sculpture with a 4m wingspan. ...

Long-awaited retro handset launch.(Pokia)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Poke director Nik Roope's long-awaited retro handsets launched last week, with art direction, packaging design and an identity by Alexander Boxill, photography by Andrew Penketh and writing by David Newby. Renamed Hulger (Pokia didn't go...

NEWS ANALYSIS: Seeing off the bigger pitch.
June 9, 2005... RTE's 21-way unpaid pitch to rebrand its youth content has rekindled discontent in broadcast design over the issue, says Sarah Balmond It's crunch time for the broadcast design industry, with the revelation that Radio Telefis Eireann,...

PRIVATE VIEW: Caught in a map trap.
June 9, 2005... The Southern bias of the BBC's new weather map reminds Hugh Pearman of the inherent problem of cartography: what you see isn't always what you get Who was it who said that Edinburgh was not so much the Athens of the North, as the...

Inspired: Brian Webb, Webb & Webb Design.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2005... Weekends and the beach inspire me. I've been walking up and down the same bit of beach for 20 years and it's never the same walk; projecting ideas into space, collecting bits, looking at details. It's the perfect way to unravel the week, put...

Letter: 'Plastic cake' criticism is a setback for pack design.(Letter to the Editor)
June 9, 2005... I read with amazement and a touch of despair the letter from Nikki Gouldstone, which took a swing at the new Mr Kipling packaging. I would expect a more educated argument from a brand consultant. I found Gouldstone's misinformed...

Voxpop.(London Underground)
June 9, 2005... London Underground is finally preparing the way to launch mobile phone services at its 275 Tube stations. What one piece of creative guidance would you offer Transport for London ahead of this brave plan? The mobile phone companies should...

Letter: Cost-cutting will damage the industry in long-term.(Letter to the Editor)
June 9, 2005... I share the despair of Jean-Louis Dumeu (Design Week, The Top 100, June 2005) at the self-destruct cost-cutting of some major design consultancies. We have 24 clients in Russia, and in recent months quite a few of them have told us about large...

Letter: Can a Design 8 rescue cure Blighty's identity crisis?(Letter to the Editor)
June 9, 2005... I was interested in your comment on the identity crisis you perceive in Britain (DW 2 June) given the rise of China and other countries as strong forces in the manufacturing industry. Surely it's time to bring the experts in to help old...

Profile: Tony Dunne.(Royal College of Art)
June 9, 2005... Now head of the RCA's Interaction Design department, Tony Dunne plans to widen the scope of the course to keep up with today's rapid technological developments. Liz Farrelly meets the designer For a designer just into his 40s, Tony...

TACTILE DESIGN: Feel free.
June 9, 2005... Miriam Cadji gets to grips with museum pieces that visitors are encouraged to touch, and - in an age when our eyes can deceive us - asks how the exhibits challenge visitors' perceptions 'Look... but don't touch' is the message drummed in...

PHOTOGRAPHY: Future focus.(Musee de l'Elysee )
June 9, 2005... Rather than resting on its laurels the Musee de l'Elysee took a risk and assembled what it considered to be the photographic stars of tomorrow for its 20th anniversary, says Yolanda Zappaterra Most museums celebrating their 20th...

DESIGN BUSINESS: Good practice makes perfect.(British Interior Design Association)(Royal Institute of British Arc)
June 9, 2005... George Ferguson welcomes a joint venture between RIBA and BIDA, which could pave the way for further tie-ups between design bodies The launch of the 'form of appointment' for interior design services last week (DW 2 June) may not have...

REVIEW: Showing some respect for animals.
June 9, 2005... By John Stones The #40bn-a-year fur industry has been fighting a rearguard action to give the impression that fur is once again socially acceptable. Images of supermodels draped in pelts in women's glossies attest to a victory - in the...

Gap plots strategic brand programme with major UK pitch.
June 16, 2005... Gap UK is planning a major brand positioning project in the UK and is understood to have appointed brand strategy consultancy Eat Big Fish. The US retail giant held pitch meetings for the work last month, seeing a selection of leading...