Design Week articles from March 2002

Design Week archives from March 2002

Roundel branding for Poole complex. (News).
March 7, 2002... ROUNDEL has been appointed to brand a retail and residential development in Dorset as the site's previous occupier, Poole Pottery, confirms it is looking at its corporate identity. Roundel is creating a master brand and sub-brands for The...

Nissan revs up for a London studio. (News).
March 7, 2002... WORK starts this month on car manufacturer Nissan's first London design studio, designed by architect Tate & Hindle in collaboration with Nissan's in-house team. Nissan Design Europe vice-president Shuji Takano will head the London studio,...

Harvey Nash recruits for identity job. (News).
March 7, 2002... RECRUITMENT specialist Harvey Nash has appointed Corporate Edge to review its corporate and sub-brands following a two-stage pitch. Harvey Nash saw seven consultancies. Of these, Corporate Edge, Basten Greenhill Andrews and Interbrand gave...

Arts Council set to unite branding. (News).
March 7, 2002... THE ARTS COUNCIL OF ENGLAND is consolidating its 11 national and regional visual identities into a single name and brand, following recommendations by Wolff Olins. The organisation, in conjunction with Wolff Olins, is now deciding whether...

Landor confirms Sensations job. (News).
March 7, 2002... LANDOR ASSOCIATES has confirmed that it created the branding and packaging for Walkers snack Sensations, as revealed last week by Design Week. (DW 28 February).

Argos homes in on FutureBrand. (News).
March 7, 2002... ARGOS is changing the way it sells and markets its home furnishings products, following research by FutureBrand, the fruits of which will be unveiled in spring 2003. It has not undertaken any brand identity work, a FutureBrand spokeswoman...

Safeway snacks by Wren & Rowe. (News).
March 7, 2002... WREN & ROWE is designing Safeway brand Eat Street's identity and packaging, details of which will be unveiled tomorrow (Thursday). The range, which falls under the supermarket's World Favourites banner, will include foods such as rolls,...

Virgin Atlantic in design reshuffle. (News).
March 7, 2002... VIRGIN ATLANTIC is not replacing directly Dee Cooper, who has been promoted from head of design to head of product and service. Industrial design manager Joe Ferry and interior design manager Hilary Clark have split day-to-day...

There is more to branded offers than a boost to fees. (Comment).
March 7, 2002... It may come as a surprise that clients respond favourably to the 'branded offers' a handful of the more thoughtful consultancies have created (see Design Business, page 12). They can so easily be dismissed by sceptics as just a way of boosting...

Print designers book into British Council exhibition. (News).
March 7, 2002... PRINT work by some of Britain's leading graphic designers will be showcased in Milan next month in an exhibition organised by the British Council. The exhibition, called The Book Corner, has been designed around a 'library' theme, says...

Design Works stabilises invention. (News).
March 7, 2002... DESIGN WORKS has created a bike stabiliser designed to help children learning to cycle adapt more quickly to riding on two wheels. The product, called the Active Bike Balancing System, should be available in shops, such as Hal-fords and...

Channel 4 sports XTV sequences. (News).
March 7, 2002... XTV started work last weekend on title sequences for two Channel 4 sports programmes, which are scheduled to go live in early May. The project, worth a combined [pounds sterling]100 000 fee, is to design titles for the channel's cricket and...

Camelot reaches for its Smith & Milton identity. (News).
March 7, 2002... CAMELOT has launched an updated corporate identity designed by Smith & Milton, which is being used to overhaul the company's image after its new seven-year National Lottery licence came into effect in January. Smith & Milton's work...

AshleyCarter and Square Dot work on the Eoffice. (News).
March 7, 2002... NEXT month sees the launch of what is claimed to be a revolutionary concept in serviced offices, Eoffice, with interiors by Square Dot and branding by AshleyCarter. Eoffice opens in London's Soho on 2 April. It is designed to offer...

Shell website by DNA Consulting. (News).
March 7, 2002... DNA CONSULTING has created an intranet for Shell Consumer, a division of the multinational that develops new consumer products and services in the home energy, technology and automobile markets. DNA Consulting creative director Steve...

Iranian-born Shirana Shahbazi, whose work features images of everyday life in Tehran. (News).
March 7, 2002... Iranian-born Shirana Shahbazi, whose work features images of everyday life in Tehran, has won this year's [pounds sterling]15 000 Citigroup Private Bank Photography Prize. Previous winners include Boris Mikhailov, Andreas Gursky and Richard...

Ethos Brand Design. (News).
March 7, 2002... Ethos Brand Design has created the brand identity and packaging for natural healthcare product range, 02Z, which is aimed at people with dry and sensitive skin. The brand identity has just been cleared and packaging is being signed off in the...

M Moser Associates. (News).
March 7, 2002... M Moser Associates has been appointed to design interiors, including reception area, meeting facilities and office fitouts, for charity Shelter. The office, situated in east London, is scheduled to open in three months.

Conran Design Group. (News).
March 7, 2002... Conran Design Group is not replacing 2D design director Sasha Vidakovic, who left over a week ago, it has emerged. Vidakovic has not made any decision yet about his future, says CDG creative director David Chaloner.

E3 has been appointed to develop all new media for French Connection. (News).
March 7, 2002... E3 has been appointed to develop all new media for French Connection. Its work kicks off with a 'radical redesign' of the website, www.frenchconnection.com, which is scheduled to go live in six to eight weeks.

The identity for the lighting company Lumino. (News).
March 7, 2002... The identity for the lighting company Lumino, originally created 15 years ago by Newell & Sorrell, has been revamped by Lumino's in-house designer Jonathan Bardsley. The identity will be unveiled on 7 March.

Milk Design. (News).
March 7, 2002... Milk Design has created two online projects for Government learning incentive Learn Direct, which are scheduled to launch in the summer. The work is being tested now.

Tableau has been appointed to work on the website for Cotton Bottoms. (News).
March 7, 2002... Tableau has been appointed to work on the website for Cotton Bottoms, an environmentally friendly nappy and baby accessory manufacturer. The initial brief is to focus on developing an e-commerce capacity, but the design look and feel will be...

Randak has revamped 500-year-old Polish vodka brand. (News).
March 7, 2002... Randak has revamped 500-year-old Polish vodka brand, Luksusowa, which is scheduled to launch in the UK in the next month. It has redesigned the bottle, the label and presentation box.

[M.sup.3] Architects launched an interior design. (News).
March 7, 2002... [M.sup.3] Architects launched an interior design division on Monday, called [M.sup.3] Interiors. It will concentrate on corporate and commercial interior design and will work initially with existing clients. The division will be led by Shiro...

Tin Horse was responsible for the structural packaging design. (News).
March 7, 2002... Tin Horse was responsible for the structural packaging design work and name generation for Kraft Foods (UK)'s dressing brand, Get Dressed, which is set to launch at the end of March (DW 28 February).

Selfridges uses Good Technology. (News).
March 7, 2002... GOOD TECHNOLOGY has been appointed to undertake a radical redesign of upmarket department store Selfridges' website and Intranet, as it seeks to better reflect its regional growth. The overhauled website, www.selfridges.com, is scheduled to...

RFA designs African tourist village. (News).
March 7, 2002... PLANS for RFA Designers' attempts to regenerate a South African township with a tourism facility selling locally manufactured products will be unveiled later this month. The group won the work in a creative pitch at the end of last year....

Museum refurbishment uncovers poster treasures. (News).
March 7, 2002... THE refurbishment of a provincial museum, by John Hart Design, has led to the discovery of several 1950s London billboard advertisements, which are to be auctioned on Friday. Haslemere museum, which received Heritage Lottery Funding in 1999...

Lumsden Design Partnership lays down interiors for Stonell showroom. (News).
March 7, 2002... NATURAL stone and tile specialist Stonell will open its new showroom in Battersea, south London this week, with interiors created by Lumsden Design Partnership. The showroom plays home to a diverse range of natural stone and tiles imported...

English Heritage is publishing its 2002 visitor handbook this week, designed and produced by Citrus.
March 7, 2002... Caption: English Heritage is publishing its 2002 visitor handbook this week, designed and produced by Citrus. The handbook is designed to enhance the profile of the conservation organisation and 'reveal the beauty, diversity and historical...

BBC MediaArc, the corporation's in-house creative team.
March 7, 2002... Caption: BBC MediaArc, the corporation's in-house creative team, has designed the low-budget title sequences for Wright Here, Wright Now, the new entertainment show hosted by lan Wright, which goes on air on Saturdays on BBC1. Created and...

BCSC 'design checklists' for future urban projects. (News).
March 7, 2002... THE British Council of Shopping Centres has issued design checklists' for designers working on urban redevelopment projects, as part of its reponse to the Government's Urban Renaissance White Paper, launched yesterday (Tuesday) in Westminster....

Fuse puts together small business initiative logo. (News).
March 7, 2002... FUSE has designed the identity and marketing communications for the Business Champions Network, which is unveiled today (Wednesday). The initiative, based in Essex, aims to help managers of small businesses and anyone thinking about...

Thomas Manss builds on architect's identity. (News).
March 7, 2002... THOMAS MANSS AND COMPANY has created a promotional book, stationery, invitations and a revamped identity for architect Squire and Partners. The architect was formerly known as Michael Squire and Partners. Squire and Partners moved to...

The work of French furniture designer Jean Prouve will be on show at German furniture.
March 7, 2002... Caption: The work of French furniture designer Jean Prouve will be on show at German furniture manufacturer Vitra's London showroom from 6 to 8 March, alongside seating and tables by Charles and Ray Eames. The showcase is designed to introduce...

International refreshment: as Gordon's gin and Schweppes tonic relaunch, Hannah Booth and Brandon Cheevers report on how international brands are straddling different markets. (News Analysis).
March 7, 2002... THE world is shrinking for brands. Consumers want to be able to fetch themselves a G&T safe in the knowledge that a Schweppes tonic and a Gordon's gin are the same whether they are drunk in the French Alps or on a Spanish beach. ...

Gunners fans fire off on the new corporate crest. (Diary).
March 7, 2002... Arsenal fans are still in a bad mood over the state of the club crest, redesigned by 20/20 and launched last month. The fans met the club last week to air their grievances, which include likening the crest to that of a Sunday league side's...

Art director who takes Time Out to play with puppies. (Diary).
March 7, 2002... You wouldn't normally associate London listings magazine Time Out with dogs, unless, of course, it's Crufts week, or a particularly bad restaurant review. But Time Out art director Michael Booth, who assisted in the revamp of the magazine...

The Two Dicks that can rise to every occasion. (Diary).
March 7, 2002... Talk about omnipresent. Like those irritating candles that keep re-igniting when blown out by unsuspecting children at toddlers birthday parties, Richard Seymour and Dick Powell just keep on popping up... and popping up. Oh look, there they are...

In homage to Barrys everywhere, and particularly those at EHS Realtime.
March 7, 2002... Caption: In homage to Barrys everywhere, and particularly those at EHS Realtime, which has named its recently opened bar Barry and got lookalikes to appear (DW 21 February), here are the two Barrys (Manilow and White if you couldn't guess) in...

Smile please, big cheese: Mike Exon says it's time to stop the tacky images of chief executives that grace the broadsheets and think about how these pictures can better reflect a company. (Private View).
March 7, 2002... THERE's a certain type of chief executive who really seems to go in for the weird photo opportunity. They're all around, just look in the papers. It's a trend not just confined to the odd eccentric either. Some of the sanest and most powerful...

Letters.
March 7, 2002... Building the product delivery to help homebuilders Having worked within the new homes industry for the past seven years I was interested to read News Analysis (DW 21 February). The article seems to infer that with a bit of clever...

Vox pop.
March 7, 2002... Following last week's news that Gordon's gin has been redesigned for the first time in 60 years, which product in your opinion is crying out for a repack and why? 'The ubiquitous Coca-Cola can, once the paragon of "iconistic" [trademark]...

Tools of the trade or pretty packaging? What clients want is quality thinking and rigorous processes. Do they really care how design consultancies brand their offers? Richard Clayton reports. (Design Business).
March 7, 2002... EVERY design consultancy has its own way of doing things. Some adhere more rigorously to their approaches than others. But, for the most part, these tried and trusted models -- sometimes seen as brands in their own right -- become integral to...

The year of the cat: As Jaguar launches its new X-Type 2-litre V6 model this week, Sara Manuelli rides up to the Coventry headquarters to meet the brains behind the hard work. (Client Profile).
March 7, 2002... JAGUAR's director of design Ian Callum is living his childhood dream. Since he was five years' old, he used to play with models of Jaguar cars or draw sketches to reinvent the British classic sports car. You could argue that because he has...

Trite-minded: Pamela Buxton wonders why designers feel the need to resort to old visual cliches. (Cliche).
March 7, 2002... YOU know where you are with a good old design cliche. There's no fear of mistaking what type of product or company it belongs to or what image it's trying to present, because there are a host of competitors doing exactly the same thing with...

E-tail therapy: Pamela Buxton looks at how the Internet and interactive technology is evolving in the retail environment as it adapts to the new ways in which customers shop. (Retail Technology).
March 7, 2002... HOW times have changed from the early days of the Internet. Then it was enough for a retailer to put a few zany coloured iMacs in its store tuned into the company website to show customers what a happening, techno-savvy operation it really was....

Exhibitions.
March 7, 2002... Iconic designs of the past century by Jean Prouve and Charles & Ray Eames until 8 March. Venue: Vitra, 30 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1. Photographic techniques are stretched and explored by Rob Davies in Material Light until 14 April....

Talk.
March 7, 2002... Chairman and chief executive of packaging company Jefferson Smurfit Group Michael Smurfit presents Building a Global Packaging Group at the annual Livery Lecture on 11 March from 6pm. Contact: The Stationers' Hall on 020 7248 2934 or e-mail...

Looking to the future: Yolanda Zappaterra is so jaded by contemporary art prizes that she welcomes Beck's Futures exhibition and endorsement of young artists. (The Week Ahead).
March 7, 2002... Art prizes. What a pile of pants they are, right? Let's face it, the Turner Prize is little more than an exercise is self-promotion for the Tate, Nick Serota, channel 4 and, lagging a poor fourth, a bunch of artists whose work, presented in a...

Watch out for.
March 7, 2002... Britart on new digital channel BBC Four. See the first of a three-part series charting the past 15 years of Britain's rise to leading light of cutting edge modern art, this Friday, 8 March at 9pm.

Events.
March 7, 2002... Last minute registrations for Interactions 2002, the Design Management Institute's sixth International Design Conference, are still being: taken. It runs from 11-13 March. Contact: www.dmi.org/european. Venue: Graduate School of...

Future date.
March 7, 2002... Discussions, workshops and lectures on the future of the industry will take place in Miami at Design & Culture 02 from 15-17 April. Ideo founder Bill Moggridge and Design Week editor Lynda Relph-Knight are among the speakers. Contact:...

The Victoria & Albert Museum and the Royal Institute of British Architects.
March 7, 2002... Caption: The Victoria & Albert Museum and the Royal Institute of British Architects last week unvelled design concepts for a permanent architecture gallery at the museum. Designed by Gareth Hoskins Architects, it is scheduled to open in...

National Museum of Photography, Film and Television.
March 7, 2002... Caption: Bond, James Bond, is 'this year's blockbuster' exhibition at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television and the Science Museum. Studio K created the logo, graphics and exhibition design. Freelance paul Lee also worked on...

Casson Mann scoops top prize at DW Awards. (News).(best of show, 2002 Design Week Awards)
March 14, 2002... CASSON MANN has won Best of Show in the 2002 Design Week Awards for the Design Council's travelling show Great Expectations, which also won the award for Temporary Exhibition Design. The Magna Project in Sheffield won a Leisure Environments...

BAA's Turner takes on consultant role. (News).(BAA PLC; Raymond Turner, independent consultant, Raymond Turner Associates)
March 14, 2002... BAA group design director Raymond Turner is leaving the airport company to pursue a broader-based career as an independent consultant, from April. Under the company name of Raymond Turner Associates, he will divide his time between...

Brown KSDP to change its name. (News).(to be renamed Enterprise IG)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... BROWN KSDP's offices around the world will be rebadged as Enterprise IG shortly, sources say. However, Enterprise IG chief executive Patrick Smith says, 'There are no announcements to do with the UK operation.' The move follows the...

Davenport-Firth is to leave CPB. (News).(David Davenport-Firth, chairman, Coley Porter Bell)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2002... COLEY PORTER BELL chairman David Davenport-Firth is to leave the group at the end of the month to become executive creative director at Shire Health Group. His departure will come just over four months after former chief executive officer...

Free-pitching debate has highlighted new issues. (Comment).
March 14, 2002... The thorny issue of free-pitching came up again last week at a debate organised by the Design Business Association at the Design Council's offices to thrash out the issues. Initiated by Priestman Goode director Paul Priestman, also chairman...

Nesta and D&AD team up to award product design. (News).
March 14, 2002... BRITISH DESIGN & ART DIRECTION and the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts have teamed up to create an award scheme for student product designers, which was unveiled today (Wednesday). The scheme seeks to recognise and...

Radius prepares Safeway Italian job. (News).
March 14, 2002... RADIUS DESIGN has created the branding and packaging for Italian, a range of fresh Italian foods from Safeway, which launches in-store at the end of April. The range will comprise existing as well as new products, covering around 120 lines...

The Secret.
March 14, 2002... Caption: Polish artist Andrzej Klimowski's book, The Secret, is a narrative of images telling the story of a young mother and her children who vanish from their city flat one night leaving the husband to trail them and their abductors. Told...

The Field delivers image for Hampshire Cricket. (News).
March 14, 2002... THIS month, Hampshire County Cricket Club will be rebranded as Hampshire Cricket and will unveil its revamped identity. Created by The Field, the new identity is designed to reflect fundamental changes in the club's structure, as well as...

SCG furnishes Courts with interiors. (News).
March 14, 2002... SCG LONDON is overhauling the interiors for furniture retailer Courts, following its redesign of Courts' corporate identity, which was unveiled last week. The combined branding and interiors project is worth more than [pounds sterling]100...

Bentheim's final concepts for exhibition on QEI. (News).
March 14, 2002... BENTHEIM will present final concepts next week for the design of the Queen Elizabeth I exhibition which opens at the National Maritime Museum in spring next year. The exhibition, which carries a design budget of '[pounds sterling]500...

Brighten The Corners.
March 14, 2002... Caption: Lederhosen, beach towels, sausages and one renowned football result are just some familiar German archetypes featured in a campaign by Brighten The Corners designed to encourage British youngsters to learn German. Large type is used to...

Silvester Tafueo Design International.
March 14, 2002... Caption: Silvester Tafueo Design International has designed interiors for an entertainment lounge at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 4, which opens this week. The work has been carried out for KLM Ground Services London, but any passenger can gain...

Arts and Humanities research Board. (News).
March 14, 2002... Designers could benefit from a fund launched this week for museums, galleries and collections linked to colleges and universities. Under the Arts and Humanities Research Board scheme, galleries could receive up to [pounds sterling]30 000 to...

Empire Design. (News).
March 14, 2002... Empire Design has created the website for Brit flick Bend it like Beckham, to be released on 12 April. The site, www.mykindaplace.com/beckham, will go live on 18 March.

The Design Trust. (News).
March 14, 2002... The Design Trust has announced that selection for inclusion on its design resource website, www.designnation.co.uk, will take place in June. To join the likes of Ron Arad, Fred Baier and Helen Yardley on the site, which promotes some of the...

International building materials group hanson. (News).
March 14, 2002... Browns has designed international building materials group Hanson's annual report. Posted out this week, it features photography by Simon Phipps.

Synergy. (News).
March 14, 2002... Synergy has designed a biannual magazine, Just the ticket, for the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association, the union for people in transport and travel, which launches to 30 000 members this week. The magazine may switch to a quarterly...

Patrick Munroe. (News).
March 14, 2002... Patrick Munroe, the independent British couture house, has appointed Nucleus to revamp its identity. Work will include logo, literature, website and packaging design. The logo and website will launch at the end of March.

Aldeburgh Festival. (News).
March 14, 2002... Silk Pearce has designed a promotional brochure for the Aldeburgh Festival, the world-renowned classical music festival that takes place in Suffolk in June. The brochure, the design of which emphasises the festival's Suffolk heritage, is...

Simons Design. (News).
March 14, 2002... Simons Design has designed the interiors of a flagship store for fashion retailer Gant on London's Brompton Road, which opens on 19 March.

Indigo. (News).
March 14, 2002... Indigo has designed a website for Stean Shaw & Co, a specialist loss adjuster covering the marine, transit and aviation insurance market. The website, which is scheduled to launch on 11 March, follows identity and print design projects carried...

Waitrose. (News).
March 14, 2002... Waitrose has 'not ruled out' working with consultancies on forthcoming stores in Cheltenham, Canary Wharf, Chandlers Ford, Tonbridge and Belgravia. Work on interiors will begin around May at the earliest, a spokeswoman says.

Stowells of Chelsea brand. (News).
March 14, 2002... Robson Dowry has created the packaging for six wines for the Stowells of Chelsea brand. The Reserve Selection will be available from August.

LGS. (News).
March 14, 2002... LGS has designed construction group Morgan Sindall's report and accounts 2001, which was published last week.

Swedish crystal company Orrefors.
March 14, 2002... Caption: A selection of limited-edition pieces by Swedish designer Lena Bergstrom are to be unveiled at London gallery and retailer Vessel on 1 June. The abstract Planet series features dishes in strong red, blue and green primary colours in...

Total Banana Bread Beer package by Santamaria. (News).
March 14, 2002... SANTAMARIA has designed the logo, bottle, box and pump clip for cask ale Banana Bread Beer, which will be launched by Charles Wells Brewery on 20 March. The ale will be unveiled simultaneously at the London Drinker Beer Festival, which...

Foyer set to overhaul its website. (News).
March 14, 2002... FOYER, the charity for homeless people, is on the hunt for a consultancy to overhaul its website and is already in talks with several design groups. The charity has finalised the creative brief for the website, which is scheduled to go...