Design Week articles from May 2006

Design Week archives from May 2006

Gadget Shop plans to relaunch on the high street.
May 4, 2006... Collapsed gizmo retailer Gadget Shop is plotting a return to the high street under a revitalised brand, a year after it was forced to close all its stores. After holding pitch presentations with design consultancies last month, the...

Abbey project tests Wolff Olins relationship.(Abbey Group look beyond its relationship with Wolff Olins U.S.A. for the forthcoming redesign of its credit cards)(Brief article)
May 4, 2006... Abbey gave signs this week that it could look beyond its relationship with Wolff Olins for the forthcoming redesign of its credit cards. Abbey is yet to appoint designers for the project and will not automatically hand the work to the...

LIFT launches performance space contest.(London International Festival of Theatre )
May 4, 2006... The Architecture Foundation and the London International Festival of Theatre are launching a competition - open to designers - to create a #400 000 travelling meeting and performance space. Called the Lift New Parliament, the construction...

STOP PRESS: Redesigned Standard hits the stands.(Evening Standard launched its latest redesign into the papers)(Brief article)
May 4, 2006... The Evening Standard launched its latest redesign on Monday, created by Michael Crozier and his London design consultancy Design Unlimited. The brief, Crozier says, was to inject colour into the pages, while keeping the feel the same. A...

STOP PRESS: Samsonite opens third Black Label.(Samsonite UK opens outlet)(Brief article)
May 4, 2006... This week, Samsonite is opening its third Black Label outlet on London's Sloane Street, with an interior scheme developed by architect Guillot. The chain sells Samsonite's premium-luxury travel product range and is the brainchild of its chief...

STOP PRESS: Last chance to enter DW's Benchmarks.
May 4, 2006... Benchmarks, Design Week's best in brand communications awards, is making a final call for entries to its second edition this week. For further information and to enter, visit www.benchmarkawards.co.uk, or call Cassie Brasier on 020 7970 4772....

Cube3 sets the stage for Hayward's Surrealism show.(Hayward Gallery in London)
May 4, 2006... A major presentation of Surrealism inspired by Georges Bataille's short- lived radical magazine Documents opens at the Hayward Gallery in London next week, with exhibition design by Cube3. Undercover Surrealism is an attempt to represent...

Rennie relaunch.(advertising campaign )(Brief article)
May 4, 2006... Indigestion remedy Rennie is relaunching this month with packaging designed by Pi Global and a #6m advertising campaign by JWT. The 70- year-old brand, owned by Bayer Healthcare, has been given a consistent brand icon and the primary logo has...

Burghley House goes interactive.(building design of Burghley House)
May 4, 2006... Lincolnshire-based Burghley House, one of the largest Elizabethan homes in the UK, is hoping to provide a rare glimpse into estate life with the launch of its Real Studios-designed education and visitor centre The Brewhouse. The...

V and A news.(Softroom to design for new museum launches by Victoria & Albert Museum )(Brief article)
May 4, 2006... In July, the Victoria & Albert Museum launches its Jameel Gallery of Islamic Art, with interior design by Softroom. The space will house more than 10 000 Islamic objects from the Middle East, ranging from ceramics to textiles. The opening is...

Creative Dragon's Den fails to see potential in design.
May 4, 2006... A initiative to provide up to #750 000 of equity finance for creative businesses has failed to shortlist any design consultancies, largely because designers struggle to speak the language of investors and rarely demonstrate rapid growth...

Wood & Wood wins signage task.(Science Museum contracts)(Brief article)
May 4, 2006... The Science Museum has appointed Wood & Wood to review its wayfinding and information communication systems in the museum, and to report back with an audit of visitor usability. Wood & Wood is due to present its preliminary findings later...

Visit Britain picks Bell to create holiday campaign.(marketing agreement between VisitBritain and Bell Design and Communications)(Brief article)
May 4, 2006... Visit Britain has appointed Bell Design and Communications following a nine-way pitch to develop a summer campaign to promote holiday destinations in England. Called Family Fun, at the heart of the campaign will be a map featuring icons...

Turquoise design.(Turquoise has designed the brand identity for Du)(Brief article)
May 4, 2006... Turquoise has designed the brand identity for a mobile, pay TV, telephone and broadband Internet service called Du, which will launch in the United Arab Emirates in June. The design features a three-way colour palette and will compete head on...

IN BRIEF: Home appointment.(Emma Collins will be replaced by Martin Knight as she is leaving her post as managing director of Bristol brand consultancy Home)(Brief article)
May 4, 2006... Emma Collins is leaving her post as managing director of Bristol brand consultancy Home to 'pursue her own projects'. She will be replaced by May Martin Knight, who is promoted from design director. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd....

IN BRIEF: BBC rebrands media player software.(British Broadcasting Corp)(Brief article)
May 4, 2006... The BBC has rebranded its media player software My BBCPlayer, BBC iPlayer, with a brand identity developed by The Partners. It is also redesigning its website to include more user-generated content. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd....

Second Fuel Juice bar opens.(Smoothie King Franchises Inc)(Brief article)
May 4, 2006... The second Fuel Juice bar, part of a smoothie fast food chain, opens in Birmingham this month, with brand, identity and packaging design by Pocknell Studio. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

IN BRIEF: Jimmy Yang creations.(Jimmy Yang Associates )(Josephine Home)(Brief article)
May 4, 2006... Jimmy Yang Associates has created the naming and brand identity for start-up luxury brand Josephine Home, which specialises in high-end bed linen and cashmere products. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

COMMENT: Sustainability is integral to top-level leadership.(corporate sustainability is a mix of leadership styles and management techniques)
May 4, 2006... You could say 'leadership' has taken over from 'strategy' as a buzz word in design, fuelling opportunities for the industry's growing bevy of non-executive directors. Of course, design has always had leaders. Back when aspiring designers...

United Designers brings 1930s touch to London Hilton.(remodeling of hotels)(Brief article)
May 4, 2006... The London Hilton Park Lane Hotel is poised to relaunch its main restaurant as Galvin at Windows, with an interior scheme drawn up by United Designers. The revamp forms part of an ongoing multi-million pound renovation programme at the hotel....

M&A activity to offer branding work in media.(mergers and acquisitions)(Brief article)
May 4, 2006... A survey of forecasts by media business owners for merger and acquisition activity has highlighted that significant activity is anticipated within the marketing services and advertising sector. According to the study, carried out for Grant...

Designers brush up oral hygiene product launches.(Colgate-Palmolive Co)(GlaxoSmithKline PLC)
May 4, 2006... By Sarah Balmond Designers are likely to benefit from a burst of new product developments set to launch in the oral hygiene market, as sales of floss, dental gum and whitening products soar. By 2010, the oral hygiene and toothbrush...

News in Pictures: Website for Betty Curse.(Holler has designed the website for band Betty Curse )(Brief article)
May 4, 2006... Holler has designed the website for Island Records goth band Betty Curse (www.bettycurse.co.uk), which releases its first single, God This Hurts, in August. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

News in Pictures: Blade radiator.(solve the problem of fitting radiators)(Brief article)
May 4, 2006... The Blade radiator is designed by Peter Rankin to solve the practical problem of fitting radiators into tall and narrow spaces. Rankin says he drew inspiration from 'nature, science fiction and Italian artist Lucio Fontana' for the...

News in Pictures: Brand and packaging identity for Little Dish.(Pearlfisher has created the brand and packaging identity for Little Dish)(Brief article)
May 4, 2006... Pearlfisher has created the brand and packaging identity for Little Dish, a range of five ready-made meals for children aged up to five years. The collection launches in Waitrose this week. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and...

News in Pictures: Third Eye Design designs.(Arts and Business exhibition)(Brief article)
May 4, 2006... Third Eye Design has designed a poster and brochure to promote the Arts & Business exhibition, Art in the Workplace, running from 25 May to 9 June at Clydesdale Bank Exchange, Glasgow. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

News in Pictures: Permanent skyspace.(James Turrell to create permanent skyspace)(Brief article)
May 4, 2006... Artist James Turrell has created a permanent 'skyspace' inside a 19th- century Grade II-listed building in Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The #800 000 James Turrell Deer Shelter opened last weekend and was funded by art charity The Art Fund. ...

News in Pictures: Glim Cube launch.(Brief article)
May 4, 2006... The Glim Cube is one of a number of external lighting products just launched by iGuzzini. Designed by Piero Castiglioni, the LED light can be wall-mounted or set on a floor base or buried spike. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and...

NEWS ANALYSIS: Smart cards.(Abbey and Ellis prepares to relaunch its credit cards with new design)
May 4, 2006... As Abbey prepares to relaunch its credit cards, David Benady looks at how banks are using eye-catching card designs to attract consumers As UK consumers rack up mounting debts on their credit and debit cards, the design industry is...

PRIVATE VIEW: You're nicked!(Serious Organised Crime Agency, services)(Column)
May 4, 2006... A serious organisation needs a serious logo, but Soca, the Government's team of crime busters, breaks the rules. Adrian Shaughnessy alerts the design police A few weeks ago, if you'd asked me what the word 'soca' meant, I'd have said it...

Inspired: Derek Johnston Landor Associates.(Interview)(Brief article)
May 4, 2006... Many things and many people inspire me, but at the top of my list are a gorgeous sketchbook and a good pencil. The gorgeous sketchbook ought to be of a certain quality, with paper that is thick enough and just coated enough not to press...

Voxpop: Airbus.(services of aircraft industry)
May 4, 2006... Airbus is considering the introduction of standing room only at the back of its aircraft, according to press reports. Is putting passengers in harnesses a step forward in air travel, and what other blue-sky innovations could 'improve' the...

LETTER: Amazon should stick to what it knows best.(Letter to the editor)
May 4, 2006... Even if it is good and cheap, will we buy food from Amazon (Vox Pop, DW 27 April)? It's about as likely as buying wet fish from a bicycle shop, perhaps, or paint from the bank. Talking of which, the idea sounds a bit 'Barclays' to me. ...

LETTER: Tender process should be limited to save time.(Letter to the editor)
May 4, 2006... I would like to offer my own exasperations to recent sentiments that have been expressed on tendering, at the lack of thought, the number of questions asked and the amount of samples expected (Letters, DW 20 April). I was asked,...

LETTER: New 101 number for non-emergencies misses the mark.(Letter to the editor)
May 4, 2006... Yet another non-lateral thinking Government project (DW 13 April) - the introduction of the number 101 as a non-emergency number seems like a missed opportunity that will fail to provide the required solution. According to Design Week, 70...

LETTER: Confusion over different Brand Environments.(Letter to the editor)
May 4, 2006... Your recent article on the airline Sama was misleading (DW 13 April). Brand Environment, the company I co-founded in 1998, was voluntarily liquidated in 2003. The company responsible for designing brand identities for airlines Duo and...

Profile: Isay Weinfeld.(Occupation overview)(Interview)
May 4, 2006... Celebrity villas, office buildings, clubs, hotels and shops - Isay Weinfeld has tried his hand at them all. Bethan Ryder talks to the Brazilian architect, who hates to repeat himself, as his first London project is about to open If Brazil...

ART PAPER: Skin deep.
May 4, 2006... A poor execution or inappropriate paper stock can let down the best of ideas. Yolanda Zappaterra looks at three publications that use paper to striking effect Last month, millions of households in the UK got their own little bit of...

SET DESIGN: Stage of the art.
May 4, 2006... These days, stage-setting in London's West End is far from a matter of relying on creaky props and painted backdrops. More and more set designers are turning to cutting-edge technology as the very basis of their designs, says Nick...

DESIGN BUSINESS: Effective design is measurable.
May 4, 2006... How can you prove that design works? Simon Bailey considers the thorny issue of how to convince clients that good design is good for business Effective creativity is crucial if businesses are to connect with their customers and stand out...

Pulsating plastics.(Paul Cocksedge exhibits lights made of PVC plastics)(Brief article)
May 4, 2006... By John Stones Lighting has become the new rock 'n' roll, occupying a space in the misty regions between art design and art. A prime example of this is Paul Cocksedge, who will be showing some 77 limited edition 'light sculptures' under...

The Lighthouse seeks new director as MacDonald quits.(Stuart MacDonald)
May 11, 2006... The hunt is on to find a new director for Scotland's national design centre, The Lighthouse, following the announcement that founding director Stuart MacDonald will be leaving next month. Final details of a revised job specification for...

100% East focuses on emerging designers.(interior designs exhibitions)(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... 100% East is adopting a new format this year after its organisers admit that last year's inaugural show was 'extremely confusing' and 'misguided'. Rather than repeat last year's attempt to attract similar exhibitors to the main 100%...

Yau picks Kengo Kuma for restaurant.(Alan Yau)(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... Restaurateur Alan Yau has selected Japanese architect Kengo Kuma to design his forthcoming Japanese restaurant concept, Cha Cha no Hana, opening in central London in February next year. In a move away from Yau's previous collaborations on...

STOP PRESS: Woodward wins creative industries post.(Shaun Woodward is new Minister for Creative Industries)(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... James Purnell has been replaced as the Minister for Creative Industries and Tourism by Shaun Woodward, the MP for St Helens South. Woodward, who reports to Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, has a remit to cover 'broadcasting, the creative...

STOP PRESS: King's Cross Tube residency for Simmons.(John Simmons appointed as writer in residence at King's Cross Underground station)(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... John Simmons has been appointed as writer in residence at King's Cross Underground station in London. The initiative is a pilot scheme by Transport for London, which may be extended to other stations with other writers. It is part of the...

STOP PRESS: Wickes joins Aquascutum as consultant.(Valerie Wickes)(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... The Pringle of Scotland dream-team are being reunited at Aquascutum, as Kim Winser, the company's new president and former chief executive of Pringle, appoints Valerie Wickes as its brand consultant. Wickes, who is also a founder of View...

STOP PRESS: Vidakovic to take up post at Brandsmiths.(Sasha Vidakovic appointed as associate design director)(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... Brandsmiths has appointed Sasha Vidakovic as associate design director. He will continue to run his own small branding consultancy. Vidakovic resigned from Landor Associates's Milan office last April (DW 14 April 2005). Copyright:...

Timorous Beasties design to be pulled by Rich Mix.
May 11, 2006... A Timorous Beasties-designed wallpaper is to be pulled from use in East London's #26m flagship cultural venue Rich Mix, following an alleged controversy over its imagery. An article in London's Evening Standard newspaper last week...

Suzuki Swift car.(marketing of Suzuki Motor Company Lyd.)(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... Japanese horror films, manga and an 'avenging samurai woman' are the inspiration for a 'pimped up' Suzuki Swift car, which has been given a livery overhaul by Northampton graphic design and marketing communications consultancy Engine. The...

Gosling called in to update The Goring.(Tim Gosling will design prototype rooms for Luxury hotel, The Goring)(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... Luxury hotel The Goring, located on Buckingham Palace Road in London, is set to get a facelift from designer Tim Gosling, who will reinvent each of its 71 bedrooms with bespoke designs. Gosling will create four prototype room designs,...

Kurt Geiger store concept.(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... Fashion brand Kurt Geiger has unveiled the design of its latest store concept in Liverpool and is planning a flagship opening in London's Regent Street in July and an outlet at Luton Airport, opening in June. The stores are all designed by...

Sector skills initiative to consult with design industry.(competition of design industry)
May 11, 2006... An initiative to forge a stronger UK design industry in the face of mounting overseas competition is launched by Creative & Cultural Skills and the Design Council this week, giving the sector a brief to 'redesign design'. UK design is...

Moroso to show its wares with Modular.(Moroso is setting up its first United Kingdom base)(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... Italian furniture-maker Moroso is setting up its first UK base, initially with a contract showroom shared with Modular Lighting at London's Centrepoint building. Signature pieces from the company's collection are expected to be...

Limited edition autobiography.(Gloria books Limited is publishing Pele)(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... Gloria is publishing Pele, a limited edition version of the footballer's autobiography, due out next month. The book comprises a collection of newspaper, magazine articles, transcripts, book excerpts and personal memorabilia. Only 2500 signed...

Twig website set up to list sustainable print products.(www.twig.uk.com)(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... A website to help designers source sustainable paper and print products has been launched in the UK. Called Twig, www.twig.uk.com, it has been created by freelance graphic designer Caroline Clark and David Shorto, print- and paper-buyer...

IN BRIEF: Institute of Educational Assessors formally inaugurated.(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... The Team has created the brand positioning, visual identity and launch materials for the Institute of Educational Assessors, which was formally inaugurated yesterday. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

IN BRIEF: New Council members.(The Design Council)(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... The Design Council is set to name its new Council members this week. Among the organisation's influx of new advisors are Barclays marketing director Jim Hytner, former Selfridges chief executive Peter Williams, former head of policy at 10...

IN BRIEF: Small Medium Large business mentoring initiative.(National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts)(design consultancies selected for creative pioneer programme)(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... The Design Business Association and Nesta have selected eight design consultancies for this year's Small Medium Large business mentoring initiative. Groups taking part are Caulder Moore, Clock Creative, Hoop Associates, JAB Design...

IN BRIEF: Apple Corps court case.(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... The Beatles' Apple Corps label lost its court case with Apple Computer this week, after claiming that iTunes conflicted with a trademark agreement inhibiting the computer brand from entering the music business, which was agreed in 1991. A...

IN BRIEF: Redesigned visual identity.(Sage Associates redesigned the visual identity for the Women's National Commission)(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... Sage Associates has redesigned the visual identity for the Women's National Commission, an independent advisory body giving the views of women to the Government. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

COMMENT: New Lighthouse head has high standards to live up to.(management of Lighthouse Trust )
May 11, 2006... Janice Kirkpatrick and her colleagues at The Lighthouse Trust have their work cut out. Replacing Lighthouse founder director Stuart MacDonald will be no mean feat (see News, page 3), given the strength of his leadership from the early days of...

HM Revenue in line for another identity redesign.(Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs )(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... HM Revenue and Customs is poised to embark on a brand development strategy that could see its recently- designed identity revamped for a second time. The move comes as the Government department undergoes an internal reorganisation and...

Soar joins expanding Fishburn Hedges.(Robert Soar)(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... Fishburn Hedges Design has appointed its first creative director as it embarks on a repositioning and expansion of its business. Robert Soar, who worked as creative director at FutureBrand and Enterprise IG before setting up his own...

Cost management begins to reshape design industry.
May 11, 2006... Research published last week by Willott Kingston Smith appears to point to an increasing financial maturity among design groups, with staff costs taking a necessary dip as the industry plots its course back from the slow down of 2003/4 (DW 4...

News in Pictures: Creative Prison concept.(architectural designs of Will Alsop)(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... The Will Alsop-designed Creative Prison concept will be unveiled at an exhibition in All Saints Hospital in Birmingham on 8 June. The project is intended to encourage debate on the future design of prisons and the process of rehabilitation....

News in Pictures: Diesel flagship store.(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... Diesel has opened its latest flagship store in New Bond Street in London. The 550m2, two-floor shop is designed by the Diesel interior design team and uses stone floors, vintage furniture and curved glass. Copyright: Centaur Communications...

News in Pictures: Campaign to promote Global Angels project.(Arthur Steen Horne Adamson's forthcoming campaign)(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... Arthur Steen Horne Adamson has shot the forthcoming campaign called Step Up to promote the Global Angels 'Feed a child for a year' project. ASHA has created the brand campaign featuring a 3.6m graffiti stencil depicting an impression of an...

News in Pictures: One-piece sofa structure.(AntiDiva)(exhibitions of design services)(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... Italian design studio AntiDiva has created a one-piece sofa structure, which is exclusive to Arenson. It will showcase at Design Prima taking place from 16 to 18 May at the Old Billingsgate building in East London. Copyright: Centaur...

News in Pictures: Staverton's refined office furniture range.(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... Also showing at Design Prima will be Staverton's refined office furniture range. Tony Cole and his team of designers have developed the collection. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

News in Pictures: Redesigned packaging for Superdrug Travel range.(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... Davies Leslie-Smith has redesigned the packaging for the Superdrug Travel Accessories range. Each pack in the 16-strong range features aeroplane windows showing different views for different products. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd....

NEWS ANALYSIS: Swings and roundabouts.(marketing industry in United Kingdom)
May 11, 2006... Sir Martin Sorrell recently characterised the UK ad market as one of the weakest in the world. Clare Goff looks at the impact on design When marketing services sneezes, is design one of the first to catch a cold? A raft of bad forecasts...

PRIVATE VIEW: Everyday blues.
May 11, 2006... In America, a road is a national icon and even dustcarts add shine to the everyday. Why are the British so poor at appreciating the ordinary? asks Hugh Pearman I'm staring through the perimeter fence at New York's Ground Zero, along...

Inspired: Olaf Wendt Four Two.(experiences of set designer)(Brief article)
May 11, 2006... Crouching on a flatbed carriage on the Chicago CTA in the freezing November air, I watched the rails of the nearby track pass by. The motion blends the sleepers into a continuous blur, while only the rails remain. Their silver heads ripple...

Voxpop: Design groups too personality-led?
May 11, 2006... Last week, investors in a Creative Dragon's Den competition voiced concern that design businesses are hard to scale up because they are so reliant on key people. Do you think design groups can be too personality-led? I don't think there...

Letter: Whingeing students.(Letter to the editor)
May 11, 2006... I am sick and tired of whingeing students (DW 27 April). There are no jobs! They don't tell you that when you apply for a course, do they? There are, say, 6000 design graduates every July. So, miraculously, 6000 design jobs appear every...

LETTER: Newspaper design must evolve in order to survive.(Letter to the editor)
May 11, 2006... We cancelled our subscription to Design Week a couple of years ago because there was never anything in it of relevance to us magazine and newspaper designers and, quite frankly, it used to look crap. So thank you for your issue of Design Week...

LETTER: Standing-room-only air travel is like aerial apartheid.(Letter to the editor)
May 11, 2006... On the subject of standing-room only in air travel, most flights are at least an hour long (Vox Pop, DW 4 May). I get bored and disconsolate if I have to stand on the Tube for more than an hour. On your slowly-failing pegs, Kings Cross to...

LETTER: The new Audi TT Coupe has been stripped of its charm.(Letter to the editor)
May 11, 2006... In a world where it has become so easy to be opinionated - more often than not to the negative - Audi has opened itself up for the killing with the new TT Coupe. It now looks like the Hyundai Coupe from the side profile and like a 'bad...

Profile: Red Design.(services of Ed Templeton )
May 11, 2006... Red Design has built its career on designing record sleeves for the likes of Fatboy Slim and David Gray. Richard Clayton speaks to founder Ed Templeton about how it's coping with a changing music industry Hanging out in nightclubs would get...

BRANDING: Tarnished icon.
May 11, 2006... Few images have been as appropriated by marketers and designers as Alberto Korda's classic photograph of Che Guevara, but it hasn't lost any of its power, says David Benady Che Guevara must be turning in his grave. Capitalist entrepreneurs...

PRINT DESIGN: Making a mark.(Prints Now: Directions and Definitions)(Book review)
May 11, 2006... There is more to print than ink on paper - it can be a remarkably versatile medium, ranging from old-school techniques to the latest in 3D stereolithography, on materials from fabric to glass. Jim Davies reviews a book on contemporary...

ARCHITECTURE AND GRAPHICS: Fine line.(UN Studio/ Design Models)(Book review)
May 11, 2006... UN Studio's pioneering architecture takes inspiration from graphic design, while embracing the inventiveness of engineering. Quentin Newark looks at the interaction of disciplines ahead of the opening of the Mercedes Benz Museum I'M...

OFFICE ERGONOMICS: Perilous ease.
May 11, 2006... Office culture is far more relaxed than it used to be, but leaning back at your desk or using laptops on sofas bring new health hazards. Jeremy Myerson looks at the work of furniture designers who are confronting this issue For many...