Design Week articles from October 2005

Design Week archives from October 2005

Boots roster to gain from Alliance Unichem merger.
October 6, 2005... The proposed #7bn merger of Boots and Alliance Unichem will provide opportunities for Boots' 'creative hub' of design groups, according to Boots creative director Jon Turner. Turner has told rostered groups there will be discussions...

BBC weighs up design of interactive interface.(British Broadcasting Corp.)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... The BBC is considering commissioning a consultancy to design a user interface for My BBC Player service, which allows users to legally download programmes screened over the past seven days via the Internet. The service is expected to launch...

ENO tunes up in-house design team.(English National Opera and CDT Design)
October 6, 2005... English National Opera is implementing a series of design projects, including a possible revision of its identity, originally designed by CDT, following the formation of its first in-house design team in the summer. A new-look website -...

STOP PRESS: Redesign for Starck's Asia de Cuba.(Philippe Starck)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... The Philippe Starck-designed Asia de Cuba fusion restaurant in London's St Martins Lane hotel is to be redesigned. It is not yet clear if it will be Starck who will carry out the work. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

STOP PRESS: WMH gives new lease of life to Complan.(Williams Murray Hamm )(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... Williams Murray Hamm has rebranded Complan, the meal replacement product, with a radical new look that aims to counter 'clinical' and 'elderly' perceptions. A hypertonic energy drink and bar will also be launched imminently under the Complan...

STOP PRESS: IPG revenues fall during first half of 2005.(Interpublic Group of Companies Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... Interpublic Group has reported a year-on-year fall in global revenues of 2.6 per cent at its Constituent Management Group, for the first six months of 2005. The $11.6m decline of CMG - comprising FutureBrand, Jack Morton, Weber...

Lewis Moberly snaps up St Pancras identity contract.(London and Continental Railways Ltd.)
October 6, 2005... London's St Pancras station is to be given a new identity, drawn up by Lewis Moberly as part of its #400m revamp. London and Continental Railways, the organisation that controls and manages the building, has appointed Lewis Moberly to the...

Samsonite plans London design centre.(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... Samsonite is establishing its first global design headquarters in London and plans to diversify its product mix and roll out more lifestyle accessory items over the next three years. Quentin Mackay, Samsonite's global creative director,...

Anti-addiction campaign.(Arthur Steen Horne Adamson)
October 6, 2005... Arthur Steen Horne Adamson's advertising campaign to find celebrities to front its Big Cold Turkey foundation has generated interest from the Home Office, the House of Lords' magazine and Channel 4, says consultancy founder Marksteen...

Identity for fashion brand.(Vedette)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... Fortune Street has designed the identity for Vedette, an exclusive women's football fashion brand that launched last week with a series of events that included an expletive-filled outburst by former sports minister Tony Banks (Lord Stratford...

Record attendance has not yet secured future funds for LDF.(London Design Festival )
October 6, 2005... The London Design Festival has yet to secure funding for next year, despite record attendances at this year's events. The festival's main financial backer, the London Development Agency, part of the Greater London Authority run by London...

Identity and portfolio update for Chambers by R&D&Co.(Chambers and Partners)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... Chambers, the dictionary and reference publisher, is set to overhaul its visual identity and entire portfolio of titles, with R&D&Co appointed to create the designs. The consultancy was selected following a three-way pitch against...

Global expansion for Von Dutch.(Von Dutch Originals)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... LA-based clothing brand Von Dutch is opening a flagship store in London's Covent Garden this week, as part of a long-term global strategy to enter new retail markets. The retailer is also planning to launch its first store in Moscow before...

Charity ad campaign.(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... London homelessness charity Thames Reach Bondway has launched an ad campaign created by Imagination targeting breweries that produce super strength lagers. The aim of the ad is to increase awareness among brewers and protect the homeless, who...

IN BRIEF: University survey.(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... The University of the Arts has been named as the UK's university with the lowest overall satisfaction rating among its students, according to a Sunday Times survey. The UK's top placed university undergraduate degree courses in art and...

IN BRIEF: AnOther Man launch.(Dazed and Confused)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... AnOther Man, the men's lifestyle bi-annual from Dazed & Confused, launches this week, art directed by David James with typography by Gareth Hague, both of David James Associates. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

IN BRIEF: Consider wins pitch.(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... Putney design group Consider has won a three-way pitch to create the annual report for the London Business School. The group already works on print literature for LBS. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

IN BRIEF: Phonica Exhibition.(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... Phonica Records in London's Soho has asked 33 designers to select their favourite 12 inch vinyl record and decorate it using pen, paint, stickers or stencils. The theme was 'open' and the records are available to purchase. Artists involved in...

IN BRIEF: Clyde Property rebrand.(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... The Hub Agency has rebranded one of Scotland's largest independent estate agents, Clyde Property. Simplified to Clyde, the five-figure rebrand spans new shop facades, vehicle livery, signage, property schedules and staff uniforms. ...

COMMENT: Work still to be done on consultancy productivity.
October 6, 2005... BY LYNDA RELPH-KNIGHT, EDITOR There's an element of 'must try harder' in the latest end-of-term report from accountant Willott Kingston Smith (see News, page 7). While independent design groups fared well over the past four quarters, only...

Portsmouth Dockyard to hoist Brand New Day makeover.(Portsmouth Historic Dockyard )(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... Portsmouth Historic Dockyard has appointed local consultancy Brand New Day to create an identity and a comprehensive signage and navigation programme for the attraction. The group won the project last week, following a four-way pitch. ...

TV3 to switch over to a Turquoise identity.(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... Irish commercial broadcaster TV3 has appointed Turquoise to overhaul its brand identity, following a competitive three-way pitch held in July. Turquoise beat incumbent design group Bruce Dunlop Associates and an unnamed local...

Independents lead the way as market picks up.(design consultancies)
October 6, 2005... By Trish Lorenz Independent design consultancies are financially outperforming those groups owned by global networks, says a key report out this week. According to accountant Willott Kingston Smith's annual Branding and Design Survey...

Saitek speakers.(launch of A200 and A250 portable speakers )(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... Saitek launches two sets of portable speakers this month, the A200 and A250, designed in-house with guidance from Seymour Powell and acoustic design input by Mission. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

Promo for Teen Choice Awards.(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... Red Design has designed the promo for the Teen Choice Awards, which will air on the Living and Trouble channels. Animation is by Carl Fairweather of Mainframe. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

National Literacy Trust auction.(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... Milton Glaser, Raymond Briggs and Tony Hart are among the personalities putting pen to envelope in aid of the National Literacy Trust auction in conjunction with Pitney Bowes. Their designed envelopes will be auctioned on eBay from 3...

NEWS ANALYSIS: Lifestyle luggage is back.
October 6, 2005... Once a status symbol, baggage is becoming glamorous yet again as designers experiment with new ranges, says Sarah Balmond Jerry and Joe, down and out musicians dressed in drag, ogle the ukulele- playing siren Marilyn Monroe - aka Sugar Kane...

PRIVATE VIEW: Print is reduced to a pulp.
October 6, 2005... After many years of decline, is print finally dead? Adrian Shaughnessy thinks the falling demand for glossy brochures could be the final nail in the coffin It will hardly come as news to designers, but maybe, just maybe, print is...

Inspired: Anne Brassier, Airside.(inspiration for designing)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... Above my desk, I have a packet of Leo Dried Peas. The packet is illustrated with a poor quality, and deeply unappetising, picture of shiny, luminous green peas, at the centre of which is an ill-fitting, inset photograph, in sepia, of a lion....

Voxpop: Mobile phone brand.
October 6, 2005... With mobile phone brand O2 poised to launch i-mode technology in the UK, what opportunities will such technology afford brand owners and designers? Japan's 40 million i-mode subscribers can use their mobile handsets for any number of...

Letter - IN REPLY: Measure the worth of your internal communications.(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... It's encouraging to read about how Internal Communications can make an impact on clients' businesses and staff (Design Business, DW 22 September). But how can we measure success? Measures such as employee satisfaction tell us nothing...

Letter: A1 Grand Prix graphics take the chequered flag.(Letter to the Editor)
October 6, 2005... Clare Dowdy's piece on livery design in the new A1 Grand Prix series (DW 22 September) raised some interesting viewpoints. Sheikh Maktoum H Al Maktoum should be congratulated for the thoroughness with which he has set out the whole design...

Letter: Designers of all backgrounds need a common cause.(Letter to the Editor)
October 6, 2005... I was interested to read Michael Peter's comments (Letters, DW 15 September) about design becoming a commodity and the need for 'one' voice to underpin design's value to business. The design profession is going through a paradigm shift...

Profile: AUTOBAN.
October 6, 2005... Autoban, founded by an interior designer and an architect in Istanbul, produces everything from fashion interiors to quirky furniture that provokes an emotional response, says Trish Lorenz Seyhan Ozdemir and Sefer Caglar, founders of...

BOOK COVER DESIGN: By the book.
October 6, 2005... Next week, the winner of the Man Booker Prize for fiction will be announced - but will the book's jacket designs be worthy of their contents? Angus Hyland talks to John Stones about judging books by their covers Overall, the six nominated...

GRAPHICS: Premature imagination.(about graphic designer Robert Brownjohn)
October 6, 2005... Robert Brownjohn's decadent, 'live-fast, die-young' approach should have made him notorious, yet he is still relatively unknown. But, says Michael Johnson, while Brownjohn's career may have been short and sweet, his classic work had a...

DESIGN BUSINESS: Designing the Chinese way.
October 6, 2005... Long-term commitment is essential for success in Asian design markets - and remember the local cultural differences, says Sara Fielding Asia Pacific is increasingly newsworthy these days. Beijing has won the 2008 Olympics and the region...

REVIEW: Ceramic exuberance.(Bellissimo Bitossi )(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... By Max Fraser With roots in Renaissance tile making, renowned ceramics manufacturer Bitossi established a new path in the 1950s under the creative direction of Aldo Londi, a craftsman who climbed the ranks to eventually breathe new life...

Selfridges eyes up range of designers for flagship revamp.(designing contract given to Hosker Moore Kent Melia )
October 13, 2005... Selfridges is turning up the heat at its flagship Oxford Street store in London this week and will draft in a range of designers to revitalise its retail environments. Under plans to invigorate customers' shopping experience - and keep a...

Revamp for St Martins Lane bars as hotel announces expansion.(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... Following reports last week (DW 6 October) that the Philippe Starck- designed Asia de Cuba restaurant in London's St Martins Lane hotel is being revamped, Design Week can exclusively reveal that the hotel is expanding and has snapped up a...

Brand for BBC player by The Partners.(BBC New Media and Technology enters into a marketing agreement with The Partners)(My BBC Player)(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... BBC New Media and Technology has appointed The Partners to develop the name and visual identity for its proposed media player software (DW 6 October). The consultancy, which is on the BBC's design roster, was selected for the task...

STOP PRESS: Yamaha fine tunes plans for London office.(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... Yamaha's Product Design Laboratory is firming up plans to open a satellite office in London, possibly as early as next month. Yasuhiro Kira, executive officer at Yamaha and general manager of the Tokyo-based PDL, confirms the company is...

STOP PRESS: Ritz Fine Jewellery opens flagship.(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... Ritz Fine Jewellery, the jewellery shop located at the Ritz hotel, is opening its first international flagship store next month at 11 Old Bond Street. It is designed by an in-house team. A spokeswoman for the company would not comment on...

STOP PRESS: Cottam on Designer of the Year jury.(Hilary Cottam in Designer of the Year award jury)(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... The appointment of the controversial winner of the Designer of the Year award, Hilary Cottam to the jury of next year's prize, is likely to reignite the debate about what a designer constitutes. Cottam will join TV presenter Kevin...

STOP PRESS: Benchmarks set standard in branding.
October 13, 2005... Design Week's inaugural cross-media branding awards have seen Benchmarks attained in nine out of the 13 categories. Full results can be found at www.dw-benchmarks.co.uk See News Analysis, page 8 Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and...

B&O rings the changes with Samsung mobile technology.(Bang & Olufsen)
October 13, 2005... Bang & Olufsen is making its first move into the mobile phone sector this week, under a unique collaboration with Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics. The first model to market, Serene, is dual-branded and derives from concepts...

Brand packaging for Partners Blend.(Nescafe enters into a contract with Coley Porter Bell )(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... Coley Porter Bell has created brand packaging for Nescafe's fair trade coffee brand Partners Blend. The design treatment emphasises black and white imagery of coffee producers alongside non-branded typography. However, the launch has divided...

Haworth Tompkins incubates Egg theatre.(Buffalo Design drew the design of the auditorium)(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... The Theatre Royal Bath is poised to unveil an unusual looking #3m children's theatre, The Egg, designed by Haworth Tompkins, with a brand identity drawn up by Buffalo Design. The 124-seat auditorium is designed in the shape of an egg, and...

PSP Presents My Beauty Picture Show.
October 13, 2005... Institute of Contemporary Arts artistic director Ekow Eshun has curated PSP Presents My Beauty Picture Show, with photos from creatives such as author Alain de Botton. It runs from 20-30 October at 21 Tudor Grove, London E9. Copyright:...

Fresh branding recipe for Harrods 102 food offer.(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... In a bold departure from tradition, Harrods is to ditch its emblematic gold and green branding for the development of its latest concept, a convenience food offer called Harrods 102. Led by Harrods director of creative direction Susanne...

Lloyd Northover and Owen and Avery join SOAS roster.(School of Oriental and African Studies)(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... The University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies has appointed Lloyd Northover and Owen and Avery, following a review of its design roster, which is planned to last for three years. Undertaken through the Official Journal...

Breast Cancer Campaign annual report.(designed by Spencer du Bois )(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... Spencer du Bois has designed the Breast Cancer Campaign's 2005 annual report. It will be used as a key piece of marketing collateral for the charity, helping to build its brand and reputation. The 30-page, A5 document will be distributed to...

The Sundays continue the shrinking trend.(for launching magazines)(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... This week will see broadsheet revamps at three more major newspapers, following the general rush to redesign. The Independent on Sunday will launch its compact edition this weekend, created under the art direction of Victor Gil, formerly...

IN BRIEF: 35 Communications designs annual report.(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... 35 Communications has designed the annual report and accounts, and corporate citizenship report for drinks giant Diageo. The communications theme is 'the essence of great occasions'. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

IN BRIEF: NB Studio commissions artist Ivan Chermayeff.(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... NB Studio has commissioned artist Ivan Chermayeff to design a series of posters in a 'cut-out paper collage style' to promote the different services that Mothercare offers. They launch this month across UK stores. Copyright: Centaur...

IN BRIEF: Bostock and Pollitt appoint Mark Pailing.(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... Bostock and Pollitt has appointed Mark Pailing as design director, as part of a restructure to boost the group's senior design team. Pailing moves from the recently renamed CGI London, where he held the same position. Copyright: Centaur...

COMMENT: Holistic approach to design brings better value all round.(value in context of the design)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
October 13, 2005... BY LYNDA RELPH-KNIGHT, EDITOR You may have noticed a new word entering design parlance. People on conference platforms are talking about 'value' in the context of design, which is a far cry from the 'wealth creation' and more tangible...

Pied a Terre shoots for another star with makeover.
October 13, 2005... Pied a Terre, the two Michelin- starred London restaurant, re-opened last week with a more sophisticated and luxurious design, as it seeks to up the ante and win another much-coveted Michelin star. The 40-cover restaurant, which was...

BDP wins British Council for Offices Award for BBC Mailbox.(Letter to the Editor)
October 13, 2005... The BBC Mailbox in Birmingham, designed by Building Design Partnership, has won the Best of the Best Award at this year's British Council for Offices Awards. With interior design by Idea, The Mailbox is a 9000m2 mixed use development in...

Design to turn 2015 Creative World sci-fi into a reality.(Creative World by Richard Benson, David Rainbird and Ekow Eshun)(Book Review)
October 13, 2005... By Sarah Balmond Give it just ten years and things could be looking very different in the UK. What was once the stuff of sci-fi is slowly creeping into our home, workplace and high street, such as branded schools, homes pasted with LED...

NEWS ANALYSIS: The best in strategic branding.(business planning)
October 13, 2005... Design Week's Benchmarks has been created to highlight successful cross- media branding. Mike Exon reports on the inaugural winners Corporate and consumer branding programmes received recognition for their strategic breadth last week at...

Design for sea-front cafe.(Thomas Heatherwick Studio )(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... Thomas Heatherwick Studio has conceived a design inspired by the contours in driftwood, for a sea-front cafe proposed for Littlehampton's East Beach. Planning permission has been submitted for the 60-seat cafe, which would replace an...

Yasmine Mahmoudieh design.(super-sensory hotel-room)(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... Yasmine Mahmoudieh has designed a super-sensory hotel-room-of-the- future installation for Sleep 05, which runs from 14-18 November at London's Old Billingsgate Market. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

Wristband craze continues.(Small Japanese Soldier promotes orange wristband)(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... The wristband craze continues with Small Japanese Soldier designing an orange band to promote the charity Attitude is Everything. The organisation campaigns to improve disabled access to live music. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd....

Artaid 05 exhibition.(works by Catherine Jauslin)(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... Loneliest, by Catherine Jauslin, is part of Artaid 05 at Royal College of Art from 14 to 18 October. The exhibition features works in a range of media on HIV and Aids. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

Johnson Banks graphic.(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... Johnson Banks came up with this graphic for the Culture Catalysts exhibition at Lisbon's biennial Experimenta Design 2005 show. The brief was 'designs that express opinions you may have about the current state of affairs in the world'. ...

Branding campaign for CBBC.(produced by BBC Broadcast )(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... BBC Broadcast has produced a multi-platform branding campaign for CBBC, spanning an on-screen identity, online microsite, PC wallpapers and mobile phone ring tones. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

PRIVATE VIEW: Deck the halls.
October 13, 2005... The hangover of Minimalism finally seems to be reaching an end. Hugh Pearman welcomes back decoration and ornamentation with open arms It has been a long time absent, but now it's on its way back - and how. Decoration is everywhere - on...

Inspired: Ryan Wills, Taxi Studio.(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... What inspired me to become a designer? My father is the sole reason for me becoming a designer. He's been one himself for the best part of 35 years. Growing up surrounded by drawing boards, marker pens and brightly coloured paper had a...

Voxpop.(Boots The Chemists Ltd. acquires Alliance UniChem PLC)(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... With Boots the Chemists potentially set to become the retail face of a #13bn pharmacy business, following its merger with Alliance Unichem, what challenges and opportunities could this spell for the Boots brand? While design groups form...

Letter - IN REPLY: PQQs are an opportunity to put your house in order.(Letter to the Editor)
October 13, 2005... While your letters page has been filled with some interesting points about public sector procurement, I am tired of the collective moaning about pre-qualification questionnaires. PQQs may be clumsy, but they are not a conspiracy to waste...

Letter: It's time to attach value to the word 'designer'.(Letter to the Editor)
October 13, 2005... I was interested in the discussion raised (Comment, DW 22 September) about quite where a designer fits in this world. Are we going through a golden age of design, as Julia Peyton-Jones suggests, or, to quote Daniel Weil, are we part of an...

Letter: Acknowledge the unsung hero behind the entrepreneur.(Letter to the Editor)
October 13, 2005... Every year, business awards are won by entrepreneurs and enterprising companies across the UK. But shouldn't we be doing more to recognise the contribution of the UK's 'unsung heroes'? Behind many a successful entrepreneur there...

Letter: B&Q makeover is merely a response to consumer trends.(Letter to the Editor)
October 13, 2005... With regard to your recent Vox Pop (DW 29 September) - which asked about the effects on a retail brand that diversifies from its core market - B&Q is now bringing the business into line with what today's customers are asking from a retailer...

Profile: Rock Galpin.
October 13, 2005... Rock Galpin, fresh from winning the Laurent-Perrier Design Award, believes in injecting a little sexuality into his work, whether it's a sofa, bar interior or set of glasses. Caroline Roux meets the designer There are a lot of design...

GRAPHICS: Over exposed.(Playboy magazines cover page)
October 13, 2005... Nudity aside, Playboy was once a high-brow lifestyle magazine that broke new ground with its inventive and witty covers. Yolanda Zappaterra previews an exhibition that reveals why the bunny lost its hop When Art Paul turned Hugh Hefner's...

PSYCHOLOGY IN DESIGN: Office space.(workplace colour affects the work environment)
October 13, 2005... Psychology has always played a role in design, for example, the way colours can affect mood. But now it is being taken more seriously in interior design, particularly when applied to the workplace. John Stones talks to the consultancies who are...

PRODUCT DESIGN: Cape Town challenge.(Panos Vasiliou, Helen Wintermeyer and Ben Feldman get the Audi Design Foundation award)
October 13, 2005... This year's winners of the Audi Design Foundation's Designers of Substance competition went to South Africa, to witness first-hand the everyday problems experienced in the poverty-stricken townships and to show their design solutions to...

DESIGN BUSINESS: All the i-Mode cons and pros.(mobile Internet, O2 Ltd. launches service of mobile internet in United Kingdom)
October 13, 2005... reveals all about i-Mode mobile Internet and speculates whether it will be as popular in the West as it is in Japan A few years ago, some clever so-and-so probably wrote about how the mobile Internet was going to transform our world,...

Images speak louder than words.(photographic works of Isa Genzken)(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... By Joe Adams The current avalanche of editorial redesigns is testament to the potential power of news photography. These images have the ability to lurk in our subconscious for many years, shaping the way we perceive and remember things,...

The Partners to build Chesterton brand back up.
October 20, 2005... Upmarket global estate agent Chesterton is expected to appoint The Partners to undertake a comprehensive re-branding programme in the next two weeks, as the company rebounds from a brush with receivership earlier this year. According to...

Design Council's biennial events reach out to the regions.(scheme to bring biennial design events)(Brief Article)
October 20, 2005... The Design Council is poised to unveil details of a wide-reaching, ten- year scheme to bring biennial design events to regions throughout the UK. Organised in collaboration with the Government's Regional Development Agencies, the project...

Opie opens London brand museum.(Robert Opie)(Brief Article)
October 20, 2005... The Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising is scheduled to open in London's Notting Hill in December, Design Week can exclusively reveal. The museum is the brainchild of brand historian Robert Opie, and is the successor to Opie's...

STOP PRESS: DW Awards deadline.
October 20, 2005... Entries to the 2006 Design Week Awards are due in by 27 October. The judging panel will be led by Tomato's Tom Roope, Richard Seymour of Seymour Powell, Garrick Hamm of Williams Murray Hamm, Conran & Partners' David Chaloner and Harriet...