Design Week articles from May 2004

Design Week archives from May 2004

Land Design plans Expo 2005 pavilion.(News)(Land Design Studio)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... EXHIBITION consultancy Land Design Studio is to create design concepts for the UK Pavilion at Expo 2005 in Japan. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office awarded the 3m [pounds sterling] contract to the consultancy, which is part of a Ten Alps...

Chaloner builds his own client list.(News)(David Chaloner)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... DAVID CHALONER, who until last December was creative director at Conran Design Group, has confirmed that he is planning to build a portfolio of his own clients. He is unable to give clues as to who those clients will be, but some are...

Siegel & Gale brings in Belk.(News)(Howard Belk APPOINTED)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... US CREATIVE group Siegel & Gale has appointed former Interbrand director Howard Belk as chief creative officer of its flagship New York office. Belk founded Belk Mignogna Associates in 1988 and was later president of Red Sky Interactive....

Growth for Havas and WPP Group.(News)(WPP Group PLC)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... DESIGN and branding group owners WPP Group and Havas both reported improved first quarter trading results last week. UK-owned WPP reported like-for-like revenues up 2 per cent, excluding acquisitions--such as that of Cordiant Communications...

Fitch style for BBC website.(News)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... FITCH LONDON has rebranded the BBC website, with the new name and logo, revealed this week as the first part of a staged roll-out. Formerly, BBCi, Fitch renamed the site www.bbc.co.uk, partly to ensure that the 'branding for the BBC website...

D&AD boosts design in education and business.(Comment)(Design & Art Direction)
May 6, 2004... The season of festivals is upon us. The countdown has started to the first D&AD Congress, which Opens its doors next week at the old Billingsgate Fish Market in London. Next month, we have the inaugural Clerkenwell Biennale, created by...

Bennett Interior Design has completed the interior design of London's recently opened Swiss Re building, popularly known as the Gherkin.(News)
May 6, 2004... [Illustration Ommitted] Caption: Bennett Interior Design has completed the interior design of London's recently opened Swiss Re building, popularly known as the Gherkin. The interior boasts 20 000[m.sup.2] of dealing floors, conference...

Making It report reveals girl power in crafts sector.(News)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... THE CRAFTS sector is a burgeoning industry, worth some 826m [pounds sterling] and largely driven by female, self-employed entrepreneurs, says a Crafts Council report due to be published later this month. The survey, the first of its kind in...

New angle for Fishburn Hedges.(News)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... FISHBURN HEDGES has designed the launch materials to accompany two new London Metropolitan University buildings, the Daniel Libeskind-designed Graduate Centre and the University's Goulston Street Building. The creative group began the work...

Mayor keeps it Unreal for campaign.(News)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... LONDON Mayor Ken Livingstone kicks off his campaign for re-election tomorrow, with branding by Unreal. The London consultancy won the work last month on the basis of its relationship with the Greater London Authority, the Government body...

Pimms puts Pulse's bottles into the mixer.(News)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... DIAGEO Great Britain has redesigned the Pimm's ready-to-drink brand packaging for a May relaunch with The Pulse Group. The summer revamp is the first major modification of the traditional brand look and feel, according to the group, and the...

CDT Design has created a booklet for The Royal Parks, the organisation which helps to fund the maintenance and restoration of more than 2000ha of parkland across London.(News)(The Royal Parks)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... CDT Design has crested a booklet for The Royal Parks, the organisation which helps to fund the maintenance and restoration of more than 2000ha of parkland across London. Featuring detailed close-up photographs of British plants, the design...

Rangers want victory using 442.(News)(Rangers Football Club Ltd.)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... EDINBURGH consultancy 442 Design is creating interiors for Rangers Football Club's first airport retail space, which launches at Glasgow Airport's new extension in July. Rangers retail operations director Gerry Carey says the store is part...

Kemistry has created the visual rebranding for Hungarian TV company Duna Televizio, launching this week to coincide with Hungary's entry into the EU.(News)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... Kemistry has created the visual rebranding for Hungarian TV company Duna Televizio, launching this week to coincide with Hungary's entry into the EU. Partially stats-funded and viewed globally by Hungarians, Duna's programming is akin to BBC 3...

Newcastle group Sumo and Dutch illustrator and designer Max Kisman have collaborated on marketing materials for the 2004 Durham Brass Festival.(News)
May 6, 2004... Newcastle group Sumo and Dutch illustrator and designer Max Kisman have collaborated on marketing materials for the 2004 Durham Brass Festival. The work rolls out on posters, banners, leaflets, a programme and a website from June.

Governors from the Kent Institute of Art and Design and the Surrey Institute of Art and Design University College have formally given approval.(Newsfbrf f)(Kent Institute of Art and Design, Surrey Institute of Art and Design University College)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... Governors from the Kent Institute of Art and Design and the Surrey Institute of Art and Design University College have formally given approval, in principle, for the two establishments to merge.

Purple Circle has designed a pocket-sized booklet to support Sheffield Teaching Hospitals' Earthcare and Energy campaign.(News)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... Purple Circle has designed a pocket-sized booklet to support Sheffield Teaching Hospitals' Earthcare and Energy campaign. The booklet, which includes tips on reducing energy usage, will be distributed to 16 000 staff.

Laura Ashley's Commercial Interior Design team has completed the interiors for the Jurys Inn, Chelsea.(News)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... Laura Ashley's Commercial Interior Design team has completed the interiors for the Jurys Inn, Chelsea. Jurys Inn heads a series of Laura Ashley hotel interior designs scheduled for release during the summer.

Rare Corporate Design has created the branding and identity for the Ministry of Defence's Armed Forces Memorial Appeal.(News)(Rare Corporate Design & Publishing)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... Rare Corporate Design has created the branding and identity for the Ministry of Defence's Armed Forces Memorial Appeal. The newly launched charity aims to build a national memorial in honour of members of the services who have lest their lives...

Celsius has designed the cross-Government initiative Neighbourhood Statistics report.(News)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... Celsius has designed the cross-Government initiative Neighbourhood Statistics report. Aimed at making statistics accessible and authoritative, the project encourages audiences to absorb highly 'technical' information.

Cuba has designed the identity for on-line children's clothing retailer Funky Egg.(News)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... Cuba has designed the identity for on-line children's clothing retailer Funky Egg. Described as 'twee-free' children's clothing, Funky Egg sells designer garments for kids. The Web design was by Wai Seong Law of the creative group's brand...

Scottish Water has appointed Inverness design group Designmill Partnership.(News)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... Scottish Water has appointed Inverness design group Designmill Partnership to design its 2003-2004 annual report and accounts.

Magnetic North has designed a website, www.specialk.co.uk, promoting the Kellogg's cereal brand.(News)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... Magnetic North has designed a website, www.specialk.co.uk, promoting the Kellogg's cereal brand. Named Kutopia, the site has been designed to provide Special K's audience with an on-line retreat listing stories and contributions posted by...

Link Brand Solutions has designed a retro range of toiletries for Lambretta's venture into the toiletries market.(News)(Link Brand Solutions)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... Link Brand Solutions has designed a retro range of toiletries for Lambretta's venture into the toiletries market. Stocked exclusively by Boots the Chemists, the gift packs have been designed by Link creative director Matt Childs.

Metronet Rail, responsible for maintaining two-thirds of London Underground, is relaunching its website today, at www.metronetrail.com.(News)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... Metronet Rail, responsible for maintaining two-thirds of London Underground, is relaunching its website today, at www.metronetrail.com. Precedent was responsible for information architecture, interface design and build.

Navig8 has designed marketing materials for Shelter, including a wallet, flyers, a brochure and a client leaflet.(News)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... Navig8 has designed marketing materials for Shelter, including a wallet, flyers, a brochure and a client leaflet, after the creation of Shelter's revamped identity by Johnson Banks (DW 22 April).

Chaos Design ties Asthma UK knot.(News)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... REGISTERED charity National Asthma Campaign this week relaunches as Asthma UK, in a bid to raise its profile and position itself as the UK's leading authority on the condition. Surrey branding group Chaos Design is responsible for the...

Cog Design tunes up Barbican Music Guide.(News)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... COG DESIGN has redesigned the Barbican's Music Guide, a thrice-yearly guide available this week, covering the venue's non-classical music events. Scheduled to coincide with the seasons of spring, summer and autumn, Cog will design the...

Tomorrow London has designed a series of posters to commemorate the British Council's 70th anniversary.(News)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... Tomorrow London has designed a series of posters to commemorate the British Council's 70th anniversary. The posters, which will be displayed across the organisation's 120 offices, are loosely based on gifts given at celebratory events and aim...

Olde Wolbers wins Beck's Futures.(News)(Saskia Olde Wolbers, Beck's Futures Prize 2004)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... SASKIA OLDE WOLBERS has won the Beck's Futures Prize 2004, which was awarded last Tuesday evening at the Institute for Contemporary Arts. The Dutch-born video artist, who is now based in London, won the top prize, worth 24 000 [pounds...

Addison reports to Anglo American.(News)(Addison Design Company Ltd., Anglo American Industrial Corporation Ltd.)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... ADDISON CORPORATE MARKETING has been appointed to design the 2004 interim report and the 2004/5 annual report for mining and natural resources company Anglo American. According to Addison chief executive Quentin Anderson, Addison won the...

Hub to develop South East design community.(News)(The Design Hub at Buckinghamshire)
May 6, 2004... A SCHEME to support and facilitate fledgling and established design groups is being set up in Buckinghamshire, under the name The Design Hub. The initiative is being launched by former Design Council director Philip Johnson, who is leaving...

To the Point has created a cartoon to front the junior version of The London Borough of Tower Hamlets' travel awaraness campaign, Good Going.(News)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... To the Point has created a cartoon to front the junior version of The London Borough of Tower Hamlets' travel awaraness campaign, Good Going. The Go Go Crew launched this week in a free fanzine and a website, www.gogocrew.co.uk. Tower Hamlets...

Room service with a smile: hotels may offer hip surroundings, but is this enough to keep guests coming back? Anne Konopelski finds out how hotels can build brand loyalty.(News Analysis)
May 6, 2004... THERE may have been a time when it was enough for hotels to offer guests a clean, well-lighted place, but it certainly isn't now. Hotels, like most commercial enterprises, are trading in a crowded market and face a still-uncertain economic...

Alien abduction is only antidote for Grolsch drinkers.(Diary)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... The art of encouraging alien abduction is not taken lightly by the design industry, so in good faith (and for client Grolsch) those good people at Fibre and Fish Can Sing have come up with a 'user guide' for organising the abduction of your...

Kestrel hopes to 'change the face of urban transport'.(Diary)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... Alien abductees might benefit from a design by a Staffordshire Aerospace company, backed by regional funding body Different by Design. Kestrel Aerospace has been given funding to produce a scale model of its creation: a rather spacey,...

Small world for small minds at Namesake.(Diary)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... Two strangers apparently in the same photo, taken in Rangoon, Burma, c. 1908, claim they have been re-united 96 years later. In a freak turn of events, the men--one an artist and writer living in London, and the other a full time missionary...

We've had bottled mineral water, we've had bottled tap water, but now it's time for diet water, if a recently launched product is anything to go by.(Diary)(Bio-hydration)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... We've had bottled mineral water, we've had bottled tap water, but now it's time for diet water, if a recently launched product is anything to go by. Available in a health food store near you, Penta is no ordinary water. It's key feature?...

Blow your own trumpet: conventional strategies for bringing in new business aggravate rather than attract clients. Better to work on your social skills.(Private View)
May 6, 2004... NEW business: these are arguably the two most important words in a design consultancy's vocabulary. You can use other terminology. You can call it 'business development', 'marketing' or 'sales', but 'new-business' has that Ronseal directness...

Design London not so slick, but it's also not-for-profit.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
May 6, 2004... Regarding your Comment (DW 22 April) on the Design London stand at this year's Milan Furniture Fair, Hidden Art [which staged Design London] is run by not-for-profit organisation Mazorca Projects, which aims to promote designers to set up a...

Teach clients that design is not just a commodity.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
May 6, 2004... As long as I've been reading Design Week, since the 1980s, the subject of free-pitching has raised its ugly head regularly. The stories and the arguments against are always the same, but, let's face it, we are not going to stop this atrocious...

D&AD chief: pitch will help to dispel 'old boys' tag.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
May 6, 2004... British Design & Art Direction wanted to open up the way that we work with advertising and design companies (Comment, DW 29 April). We were once considered an old boys' network. The [Call for Entries free-pitch] competition is a chance for...

Quiet mechanisms, but the engine is finely tuned.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
May 6, 2004... Charles Riley thinks it's been quiet since I joined the Design Council last year (Letters, DW 15 April). I may not have been shouting from our office rooftop, but it certainly hasn't been a silent time. Since joining over a year ago I've...

Vox pop.(London Design Festival)(British Design and Art Direction Congress)
May 6, 2004... British Design & Art Direction Congress is scheduled to kickoff at London's Billingsgate on 13 May. Meanwhile, organisers of the London Design Festival have started to reveal plans for the September event, What do you expect to got out of such...

Change pitch to tip the balance in your favour: what do you have to do to impress prospective clients? Adam Whittaker reveals what to do and what not to do when attempting to pull off a pitch.(Design Business)
May 6, 2004... IN a recent survey of 250 senior marketing decision-makers, 46 were asked specifically about the manner in which they bought the services of design consultancies. The first thing confirmed to us was that when a client has a project it is...

Come up smiling: Hannah Booth meets design entrepreneur Thorsten van Elten, who aims to inject a bit more offbeat fun into the British furniture market.(Profile)
May 6, 2004... THORSTEN VAN ELTEN has returned from his second Milan furniture fair a touch worse for wear. Nursing one of those oxymorons--a summer cold--he is tired and run-down, but the first to admit that these hectic first years are a rite-of-passage for...

Striking distance: as the seminal book History of the Poster is reprinted more than 30 years later, Kerstin Kuhn discovers that the art of poster design is still alive and kicking.(Posters)(Book Review)
May 6, 2004... The 'revolutionary fervour' of Alexander Rodchenko. A street poster advertising the Hacienda nightclub's ninth birthday. A political poster commenting on the on-going violence in Israel. These, and other contrasting works have been chosen for...

The new custom: car design is marrying creatives from a wide range of disciplines to create vehicles that are both individualistic and adaptable. Hannah Booth inspects solutions from the Royal College of Art, while Dominic Lutyens discovers how Mitsubishi has already put these techniques into practice with its new supermini.(Car Designs Trends)
May 6, 2004... CAR design is changing. No longer just the preserve of industrial designers, it is increasingly looking to collaborations between textile, product and interior designers. This approach is exactly the one students at the Royal College of...

The tough get glowing: despite Germany's protracted recession, exhibitor turnout at Frankfurt's Light & Building exhibition was strong. Carl Gardner looks at the shining examples of lighting innovation on display.(Lighting)
May 6, 2004... INSPIRED, perhaps, by the current vogue for extravagant, detailed glass chandeliers, unusual uses of glass and delicate LEDs stole the show at last month's Light & Building show. At the other end of the scale were organic, tactile and rounded...

Directory: in assocition with the Design Council.(Directory)
May 6, 2004... For inclusion call the classified team on 020 7970 6666 3D--ANIMATION AND IMAGING Arcana Digital Ltd. Animation, imagine and post production for broadcast, interactive & print. Folio available online or call for CD sampler. Studio...

Exhibitions.(The Week Ahead)(Calendar)
May 6, 2004... Mike Nelson is known for his large-scale installations made of sequences of interconnecting rooms that suggest real or imagined spaces. His first solo show since 2001 takes place from 8 May until 4 July. Venue: Museum of Modern Art, 30...

Gothic user interface: Gateshead's Baltic gallery is host to the disquieting work of artist Susan Hiller. Oliver Bennett experiences the mixed-media retrospective.(The Week Ahead)
May 6, 2004... Despite Newcastle-Gateshead's unsuccessful bid to be City of Culture 2008; the Gateshead-sur-Tyne area is poised to be one of the nation's hottest culture-leisure zones. The glittering millennial duo of Wilkinson Eyre's parabolic bridge and the...

Talks.(The Week Ahead)(Calendar)
May 6, 2004... On Wednesday 12 May from 7-8pm Tom Karen, designer of the Raleigh Chopper and the Leyland truck cabs, will be talking about Designing The Future and his career. Entry to the talk is free, but ticketed. Contact: Call 020 7269 1606. Venue:...

Forthcoming event.(The Week Ahead)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... On 3 and 4 June a free conference entitled Sustainable Product-Service-Systems: The Value in Practice will explore recent developments that have seen physical products take on intangible services to result in solutions including varying...

Graphics--a Century of Poster and Advertising Design.(Book)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 6, 2004... Graphics -- A Century of Poster and Advertising Design by Alain Weill traces the history of commercial image-making and typography in Europe and the US in the 20th century. Published by Thames & Hudson this month, the book is priced 6.95...

Unified brand for Air France-KLM.(News)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... THE HOLDING company branding for Air France and KLM national airlines will be unified following the recent merger of the two businesses to create the world's largest airline by turnover. An Air France spokeswoman says the newly formed...

Practical plan for Design Council.(News)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... THE DESIGN community is one of three sectors to be addressed by the Design Council, which has revealed its long-awaited plan to Design Week. The council's priorities are to strengthen design's infrastructure through training, to build...

NB Studio drafts Tate event guide.(News)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... THE TATE is set to launch the first comprehensive events and exhibitions guide for its four UK galleries this week, designed by NB Studio. The London group beat Made Thought and Kathryn Samson Associates to the five-figure project,...

Lifestyle push for Sainsbury's.(News)(J Sainsbury PLC)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... SAINSBURY'S is set to make a significant investment in its design capability for homewares and kitchen products, following its tie-up with Terence Conran last week. The supermarket chain is planning to ramp up its sourcing and...

Foster crowns Asprey portfolio.(News)(Asprey PLC)(Norman Foster)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... UPSCALE jeweller Asprey has opened what it claims is the largest luxury goods store in Europe on London's New Bond Street. Spanning more than 1900[m.sup.2]--and seven listed Georgian townhouses--it sells Asprey's jewellery, leather,...

Landform takes Gulbenkian win.(News)(Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art )(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART has been named Museum of the Year by scooping this year's 100 000 [pounds sterling] Gulbenkian Prize last night. The award was made for the gallery's 380 000 [pounds sterling] Landform...

Design Council plan needs industry input to succeed.(Comment)
May 13, 2004... So at last we have the Design Council's plan for its future (see News, page 3 and feature, page 14). The fact it has taken so long to conceive in a way acts in favour of its main protagonist, Design Council chief executive David Kester, in...

Top talent strikes a blow for Salviati meets London.(News)
May 13, 2004... LONDON gallery and shop Vessel this week announces an ambitious scheme that will bring together some of Britain's top creative talent and Italian Murano glass producer Salviati. The Salviati Meets London exhibition will give Ross Lovegrove,...

CPB pulls ring on Foster's rebrand.(News)(Coley Porter Bell)(Foster's Group Ltd)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... WPP-OWNED branding and packaging group Coley Porter Bell has completed a global redesign for Foster's lager multipack packaging. Using four themed executions, CPB's designs integrate the Foster's 'F' roundel into straplines on the packs for...

Motion branding and title specialist Momoco has designed the titles for Laws of Attraction, released last week in the UK.(News)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Motion branding and title specialist Momoco has designed the titles for Laws of Attraction, released last week in the UK. The credits seamlessly connect one name to another, creating the illusion that...

Pearlfisher flavour for Balducci's.(News)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... PEARLFISHER has created the identity for upscale New York food store Balducci's, as it moves to reposition itself as the ultimate 'food lover's market'. The work comes as Balducci's owner Sutton Place Group prepares to unite its 11-strong...

Leahy Brand design recharges Energizer.(News)(Leahy Brand Design)(Energizer Battery Co.)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... ENERGIZER is set to introduce a new look created by Leahy Brand Design, which is undertaking a raft of projects for the battery brand. A super-premium battery called Energizer Ultimate is being added to the product range. It has been...

Digit and Motorola have collaborated on an interactive installation that uses light to create mobile phone ringtones.(News)(Digit Wireless)(Motorola Inc)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Digit and Motorola have collaborated on an interactive installation that uses light to create mobile phone ringtones. Visitors to the MotoGlyph use a customised, wireless spraycan to write in 'light' on...

Transport Museum back in gear.(News)(Coventry Transport Museum)(Hayley Sharpe Design )(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... HAYLEY SHARPE DESIGN has completed its revamp of the Coventry Transport Museum, after a 7.5m [pounds sterling] redesign at the attraction. The museum claims to house the largest collection of British road transport in the world, with more...

Blast recruits packaging experts.(News)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... BLAST this week announces the appointments of two senior creatives, as the London group moves to expand its packaging offer. Associate director Christian Eves joins from Dew Gibbons, where he was a senior designer. Paul Tunnicliffe, also an...

Wolff Olins.(News)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... Wolff Olins has appointed former Grey Worldwide managing director Steve Richards as chief operating officer.

Glasgow design group 999 has redesigned the identity for the Edinburgh International Film Festival.(News)(Glasgow Agency)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... Glasgow design group 999 has redesigned the identity for the Edinburgh International Film Festival. The group has introduced a black, red and white colour palette to represent film stills and it has redrawn the festival's 'star' logo with seven...

Consumer watchdog magazine Which? has caused a stir in the world of product design by rating Dyson vacuum cleaners as below average for reliability.(News)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... Consumer watchdog magazine Which? has caused a stir in the world of product design by rating Dyson vacuum cleaners as below average for reliability. Dyson has recently been criticised for moving its manufacturing offshore.

MetaDesign Berlin.(News)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... MetaDesign Berlin has won a seven-way pitch for the implementation of corporate design work for the German government.

England Marketing has completed a brand review to 'inspire the British to enjoy England'.(News)(Openmind strategic brand consultants)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... England Marketing has completed a brand review to 'inspire the British to enjoy England'. Created with Openmind strategic brand consultants, the project culminated in a brand book called Enjoy: The Enjoy England Brand Essence.

Beringer Blass Wine Estates is launching an Australian premium and luxury wines umbrella brand designed by Landor Associates.(News)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... Beringer Blass Wine Estates is launching an Australian premium and luxury wines umbrella brand designed by Landor Associates. Called Local Stories, the brand launches at the end of May.

K4 Creative.(News)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... Wag founder Tony Williams is joining forces with Hannah Kallaway (pictured), formerly of Kallaway Jebens Design, with the creation of K4 Creative, based in London's Holland Park. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Drive Associates has refreshed the brand and identity for insurance underwriter Beazley Group.(News)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... Drive Associates has refreshed the brand and identity for insurance underwriter Beazley Group. Consultancy creative director Martin Skeet says the visual approach and tone of voice aim to 'reassert Beazley's position as an international market...

Small Japanese Soldier has created the identity, promotional materials and advertising campaign for the Garnier Fructis Style Trials.(News)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... Small Japanese Soldier has created the identity, promotional materials and advertising campaign for the Garnier Fructis Style Trials. The competition takes place at Newquay's Rip Curl Boardmasters event in August and aims to find fresh surfing,...

Tathum Pearce is designing the annual report for UK P&I Club.(News)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... Tathum Pearce is designing the annual report for UK P&I Club marine insurance company for the 25th consecutive year.

Multidisciplinary group Thomas Manss has revamped the identity for Canadian audio manufacturer Classe.(News)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... Multidisciplinary group Thomas Manss has revamped the identity for Canadian audio manufacturer Classe. The work roll outs out across the brand's Delta series of electronics over the next three months.

M Marketing has designed a press pack CD to promote and reposition budget menswear retailer Cecil Gee.(News)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... M Marketing has designed a press pack CD to promote and reposition budget menswear retailer Cecil Gee. It will be sent to national and regional press publications.

35 gives LSC a lesson in branding.(News)(Learning & Skills Council)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... START-UP consultancy 35 has been appointed to review the branding and communications for the Government's Learning & Skills Council, following a paid, five-way pitch. Under new chief executive Mark Haysom, the LSC is looking to 35 to...

Wren & Rowe refreshes Welch's.(News)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2004... AMERICAN juice brand Welch's this week relaunches its ambient drinks in the UK and Ireland, with packaging by Wren & Rowe. The London consultancy beat two other rivals, including Welch's incumbent European design group, FutureBrand, to the...