Design Week articles from September 2007

Design Week archives from September 2007

Elmwood rebrands Black Magic for Nestle.(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... Nestle is set to relaunch its iconic Black Magic chocolate brand, with an ultra-contemporary rebrand by Elmwood. The overhaul, which will see the introduction of three 100g chocolate bars and three new gift boxes, is designed to...

D&AD launching its annual.
September 6, 2007... D&AD is launching its annual this week, featuring the winning entries in its Global Awards 2007. This year's book was designed by the Benetton creative hothouse Fabrica, based in Italy, and is the first annual not to have been created by a...

E3 overhauls AN Digital websites.(Associated Northcliffe Digital)(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... Bristol digital design consultancy E3 is redesigning the 'This Is' portfolio of regional information websites. The sites are owned by the Daily Mail via its subsidiary, Associated Northcliffe Digital. AN Digital appointed E3 to overhaul...

BAA eyes more consultancies for Heathrow East terminal.
September 6, 2007... BAA is seeking design consultancies to work on Heathrow East, the facility that will eventually replace Terminal 2. T2 will be demolished in spring 2008 to make way for the new #1.5bn terminal. The project is being co-ordinated by BAA's...

Inside echoes outside at the Reiss flagship retail space.(contracts of Universal Design Studio and Reiss)
September 6, 2007... Clothing retailer Reiss has exclusively revealed details of the interior of its forthcoming world flagship, due to launch at the end of October. The #30m retail, head office and residential development at Barrett Street, London W1, will...

Nomad overhauls Hub at Glasgow Uni.(university)(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... The University of Glasgow is embarking on a major #10m redevelopment of its focal point The Hub, which aims to inject life back into this currently disused 1960s building. To work alongside the architect Page Park, Glasgow-based Nomad has...

London's Air Ambulance rebranding.(contracts with Bite CP)(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... London's Air Ambulance will launch revamped branding by Surrey consultancy Bite CP. Bite's managing director Mark Lappin says the new logo combines the universally recognised medical cross and helicopter blades. It will be applied to...

On The Road redesign.
September 6, 2007... Pentagram's Angus Hyland has designed the 50th anniversary edition of Jack Kerouac's On The Road. The jacket design of the uncensored Original Scroll edition references the manuscript stuck together by Kerouac in 1951, designed to avoid the...

Paul Hickman designs Playboy London flagship.
September 6, 2007... Playboy Enterprises will open its European flagship store in London next week. Australian retail design consultancy Paul Hickman Designs is creating the interior of the 370m2 shop, which is arranged over three levels of an Oxford Street...

IN BRIEF: O2 appoint Engage Group.(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... O2 has appointed Engage Group following a three-way pitch to refresh its internal communications. Concepts being considered are social networking and an overhaul of the company's intranet and employee magazine. Copyright: Centaur...

IN BRIEF: JP Creative tender document.(contracts with Searcy Tansley & Company Ltd.)(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... JP Creative has designed the tender document for catering giant Searcy's successful bid to win a seven-year contract with The Barbican, London EC1. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

IN BRIEF: Margaret Parkes has died.(Obituary)(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... The educationist Margaret Parkes, who brought design to the National Curriculum, has died aged 81. In the late 1980s. Parkes pioneered the craft, design and technology subject for school-age children. Copyright: Centaur Communications...

IN BRIEF: Red Bee Media creates microsite.(contracts with Victoria & Albert Museum )(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... Red Bee Media has created a microsite for the Victoria & Albert Museum's forthcoming exhibition, The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947-1957, which opens on 22 September. The site includes an interactive timeline to link designers...

IN BRIEF: Children can create their own Nodody books.(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... Harper Collins Children's Books is launching a Web-to-print on-line application that allows children to create their own Noddy Books, which are then delivered to them. See http://www.mynoddybook.co.uk. Copyright: Centaur Communications...

Kinnersley Kent gives House of Fraser image revamp.(Kinnersley Kent Design)(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... House of Fraser is planning to roll out a revamp of all its stores by design consultancy Kinnersley Kent over a five-year period in a bid to evolve the 70-year-old brand's retail image. First to be unveiled will be the department chain's...

Nesta calls for business - design links.(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... Nesta chief executive Jonathan Kestenbaum (pictured) is calling for a concerted effort to better align academia with industry. Writing in this week's Business Insight column of Design Week, Kestenbaum seeks to dispel the myth that...

Barber Osgerby to launch latest creation.(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... Barber Osgerby will launch its latest creation, The Fluke, at the London Design Festival. Inspired by the visual language of marine life and nautical engineering, the 1.3-tonne steel plate sculpture will be on show at the Old Royal Naval...

COMMENT: All in design should adopt an entrepreneurial approach.
September 6, 2007... Jonathan Kestenbaum is right to goad design students to take a more entrepreneurial stance (Business Insight, page 22). By being proactive early in your career you are more likely to succeed and control your own progress. Role models for...

Design Hub lends a hand to new businesses in the Midlands.(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... Coventry University's Design Hub, which launched last week, has already signed up 34 corporate companies looking for help with their product design. The dedicated space will be used for meetings, hot-desking and presentations by design...

Tate Liverpool relaunches in time for Capital of Culture.(contracts with Glorious Creative, Fallon London and Clear)
September 6, 2007... Tate Liverpool is preparing to relaunch its permanent collection under a new name and brand, with the help of graphics consultancy Glorious Creative and London marketing agencies Fallon and Clear. The gallery is in the middle of...

Creatives outsway managing directors in industry survey.(Survey)
September 6, 2007... Managing directors with illusions of grandeur might like to take a deep breath before reading further. A new survey on the creative community by marketing recruitment company Blue Skies finds that although managing directors may drive a...

NEWS IN PICTURES: First class stamps design.(Kate Stephens designs set of ten first class stamps for the Royal Mail)(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... Kate Stephens has designed Royal Mail's set of ten first class stamps featuring endangered birds whose populations are recovering in the UK. Created in conjunction with the RSPB, the first day covers and cards have been by designed by Hat...

NEWS IN PICTURES: Dion champagne bar.(contracts with SHH)(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... Architect and interior designer SHH has created a concept and interiors for champagne bar Dion, which opens its third site at West India Quay, Canary Wharf, in London this week. The bar will feature a concept distinct from the other two...

NEWS IN PICTURES: Jamie Oliver cookbook.(contracts of The Plant and Penguin Books Ltd.)(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... Consultancy The Plant has designed Jamie Oliver's latest cookbook, Jamie at Home. According to The Plant's creative director Matt Utber, the cover has a handmade feel, with linocuts and woodblock prints and engravings. Penguin publishes the...

NEWS IN PICTURES: Film remix.(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... Addictive TV has created a film remix viral for director Michael Davis's film Shoot 'Em Up, released by Hollywood studio New Line Cinema on 7 September. The viral can be seen at www.myspace.com/addictivetv. Copyright: Centaur...

NEWS IN PICTURES: Mathmos to launch latest shop.(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... Mathmos is set to launch its latest shop on Kingsland Road, Hoxton, London E1, on 19 September. Designer Simon Maidment has created a 'boxscape' installation for the site, made up of 'valchromat' box units assembled for storage and display....

NEWS IN PICTURES: Aurea to be launched.
September 6, 2007... Philips this week launches Aurea, created by its in-house team. The concept for the TV came from consumer demand for technology to be less obtrusive, according to chief creative director Stefano Marzano, and demonstrates Philips's vision for...

NEWS IN PICTURES: Ryan Frank launches Strata.
September 6, 2007... Furniture designer Ryan Frank launches Strata, a collection made entirely from waste wood furniture, at Tent London, during the London Design Festival in ten days' time. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

ANALYSIS: Design strike for beautiful game.
September 6, 2007... Football stadia are no longer just places for a kickaround, but also money-spinning real estate and bold architectural statements, says Clive Walker Stadia design is becoming as important to a football club's profile as its performance...

PRIVATE VIEW: It's the way we tell 'em.(sense of humor in graphic designers)(Viewpoint essay)
September 6, 2007... The best comedy derives from sharp observational skills. Isn't that what designers, often derided as po-faced, are good at too? asks Adrian Shaughnessy Do designers have a sense of humour? Or are we a bunch of humourless aesthetes and...

INSPIRED: Paul Davis, illustrator.(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... If the weather, first thing, is glorious sunshine, then that always inspires, and I think anything at all on this ludicrous planet could be attempted. Then, in no particular order: laughter in the dark, gleefully producing a good idea,...

LETTER: CABE works to encourage better design of schools.(Letter to the editor)
September 6, 2007... In response to David Jones (Voxpop, DW 23 August), the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment undertakes a range of activities to ensure high-quality school design - including collaboration with head teachers. Our expert teams...

VOXPOP: Upmarket food retailers.(Viewpoint essay)
September 6, 2007... As Fortnum & Mason looks forward to its revamp in October, and food grows ever more fashionable, what can upmarket food retailers learn about product presentation from purveyors of haute couture? Block it, spotlight it, make it look...

LETTER: Home-grown style lost as Aussies bring in Poms.(Letter to the editor)
September 6, 2007... I read with interest what the article 'Stepping on to the global stage' (DW 9 August) had to say about Sydney Design 07 and Australian design in general. In the past seven years I have either been working there, or consulting with associates...

LETTER: Regional creative networks need more recognition.(Letter to the editor)
September 6, 2007... I was delighted to see the significance of regional creative networks highlighted in a recent issue (News Analysis, DW 23 August). D&AD North - our first network outside London - was launched in early 2006 and is thriving. Together with a...

LETTER: E-tendering is so tedious it excludes smaller groups.(Letter to the editor)
September 6, 2007... Is anyone else gobsmacked by the ridiculous systems and the illiterate, over-complicated, irrelevant, bureaucratic e-tendering systems produced by Government and councils? Do public institutions really think they are going to get the best...

PROFILE: Adam Smith.(Biography)
September 6, 2007... Film-maker Adam Smith is renowned for punchy pop promos, live concert visuals and fly-on-the-wall documentaries. Yolanda Zappaterra talks to him as he embarks on a feature film project which exploits all of his diverse talents Anyone...

POSTERS: Brief encounter.(the art of designing commercial posters)
September 6, 2007... Commercial posters risk stating the obvious, so writers' association 26 turned this rationale on its head, charging teams to tell local tales in the shortest of slogans. It was a rare challenge, says Jim Davies - although Quentin Newark...

SIGNS: On the fly.(signage designing for Heathrow Airport in London)
September 6, 2007... Heathrow Airport already deals with more passengers than it was ever designed for - so how will the signage system cope when capacity is increased further? Scott Billings finds out how BAA plans to accommodate extra passengers and...

SCANDINAVIAN DESIGN: Stuck in the past.
September 6, 2007... Strong national identities and an overbearing respect for their heritage is stifling the creativity of emerging northern European designers. Trish Lorenz talks to leading figures concerned about the future of Scandinavian design ...

BUSINESS INSIGHT: Creative types can do business.(Financial report)
September 6, 2007... Design students should adopt an entrepreneurial spirit from the start and make the most of opportunities at university, says Jonathan Kestenbaum The UK produces some of the best creative businesses in the world. The creative sector makes...

Fonts on film.(Viewpoint essay)(Brief article)
September 6, 2007... By Quentin Newark I was nervous sitting down to watch this, the first ever graphic design movie. Will we designers come across as well as doctors, caring and considerate, or as crazy and inarticulate as American Survivalists? The film...

New brand lands CGA in name dispute.(Clerkenwell Green Association)(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... The Clerkenwell Green Association has become embroiled in a dispute over the use of the name Craft Central, under which it recently relaunched (www.designweek.co.uk, 4 September). Dan King, founder of a national retail chain of arts and...

Sofitel launch new identity.(Lewis Moberly in contract with Sofitel North America)(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... Sofitel, the international hotel chain, is launching its new identity designed by Lewis Moberly. The design group won the commission last autumn following a three-way paid pitch against Dragon Rouge and Neville Brody's Research Studios in...

Hamm to take D&AD presidency.(Garrick Hamm to be appointed as deputy president )(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... Garrick Hamm will take the presidency of D&AD in September 2008. The Williams Murray Hamm partner, who is D&AD's education chairman, will be named this evening as D&AD deputy president for one year. He will succeed Simon Waterfall as...

Loewy acquires product design group Seymour Powell.
September 13, 2007... Independent marketing services conglomerate Loewy has acquired product design group Seymour Powell for an undisclosed sum, Design Week can reveal exclusively. The move is Loewy's latest high profile creative addition to its network and...

P&G outsources innovation to find new product ideas.
September 13, 2007... Procter & Gamble is throwing open its doors to UK design consultancies in its biggest ever search for new product ideas. In a major step forward for the design industry, innovation entrepreneurs have been promised they won't risk losing...

Thomas Heatherwick transforms entrance.(Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital )(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... Thomas Heatherwick has transformed the entrance to Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital in London, as part of a #2m project to improve the area. Heatherwick's first commission for the NHS, the works include better pedestrian access and improved...

Fortnum's unveils #24m refurbishment.(Fortnum and Mason PLC)(Kinnersley Kent Design)(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... Fortnum & Mason will unveil the ground and third floors of its London store over the next few weeks, plus three David Collins-designed restaurants. Half the ground floor food hall will open in mid- September, designed by Kinnersley Kent. ...

Premier Foods' marmalade redesigned.(Brandopus to help design packaging for Premier Foods)(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... Premier Foods' marmalade brands Golden Shred and Silver Shred have been redesigned by Brandopus. The new look aims to 'restore the brand's iconic status' and draws upon earlier brand manifestations. 'The design expresses the brand's real...

Red Bee Media creates Orange IPTV indents.(IP television)(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... Orange is poised to make its first foray into the Internet Protocol Television market, with Red Bee Media. The IPTV service, which will go under the name of 'digital TV from Orange', is due to launch at the end of the year with an...

Epoch drafts style bible for Unilever brands.(Unilever U.K. Central Resources Ltd.'s contract with Epoch Design)(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... Unilever UK has appointed a single design consultancy to look after its brand guidelines in an attempt to foster a more consistent look across each of its brands. The company is also attempting to streamline its use of consultancies by...

Brandhouse client services head poached by Albion.(Liz Wilson, resigns from Brandhouse)(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... Brandhouse client services director Liz Wilson is to leave the consultancy to join advertising agency Albion in the same role. The consultancy has no plans to recruit a replacement. After three years at Brandhouse, Wilson is taking her...

Sheridan creates megastore.(Sheridan and Company's contract with Portsmouth Football Club)(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... Design consultancy Sheridan & Company has created a megastore for Portsmouth FC at its Fratton Park home. Some 700m2 of space has been transformed into five retail zones to include replica kit, training kit, leisurewear, accessories, and...

IN BRIEF: Chertsey Bookshop identity and branding.(Paul Cartwright Branding)(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... Paul Cartwright Branding has created the identity and branding for south coast independent book retailer The Chertsey Bookshop, working alongside former Molton Brown head of design Yasuda Avery. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and...

IN BRIEF: Cred Jewellery branding.(Cred Jewellery's contract with Radley Yeldar )(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... Radley Yeldar has devised the branding for ethical jewellery business Cred Jewellery. The idea for the brand is meant to sum up the two sides of the company - the ethical nature of the materials and the creation of designer jewellery. The...

IN BRIEF: Times Cheltenham Literature Festival speakers.
September 13, 2007... Design commentators Charles Jencks and Stephen Bayley will be speaking at the Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, which opens on 5 October. For details see www.cheltenhamfestivals.com. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and...

IN BRIEF: Morgan Lockyer website.(contract with Studio Output )(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... Studio Output has redesigned the website of photographic agent Morgan Lockyer. Launching this week, the new site coincides with the company's fifth birthday (www.morganlockyer.com). Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

COMMENT: Design industry poised at 'a threshold moment'.
September 13, 2007... The tide is turning for design as it starts to gain more credence with clients vis-a-vis advertising as a way of not just promoting, but of creating businesses and products. We hear of clients, particularly in fmcg, making design groups...

Photon pays #6.4m for Corporate Edge.(Photon Group UK)(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... Corporate Edge's acquisition by Photon Group UK, part of Australian specialist marketing services group Photon Group, marks the first purchase of a branding consultancy by the UK arm of the Australian network. The consultancy will...

Land Design captures couture allure for V&A show.
September 13, 2007... The Victoria & Albert Museum's autumn exhibition, The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947-1957 opens this week, created by Land Design Studio. The exhibition examines one of the most influential decades in haute couture, from...

Industry report predicts boom for contract furnishers.
September 13, 2007... By Emily Pacey School desk and hospital bed designers are poised to benefit from dramatic growth in public spending over the next decade, according to a new study by the British Contract Furnishing and Design Association. The Contract...

NEWS IN PICTURES: Justin Coombes collection of photographs.
September 13, 2007... Justin Coombes, winner of the BOC Emerging Artist's Award in 2005, is showing a collection of photographs titled Urban Pastoral at the Paradise Row gallery, London E2. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

NEWS IN PICTURES: Samsonite join forces with Tank.(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... Luggage brand Samsonite has joined forces with design consultancy Tank to help launch its latest collection. Taking its cue from modern industrial design, the Graviton collection aims to combine strength with lightweightness. Tank has worked...

NEWS IN PICTURES: iPod naon unveiled.(Apple Inc.)(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... Apple has unveiled its new iPod nano with video functionality. The nano launch was swiftly followed by what Apple founder Steve Jobs called 'the seventh wonder of the world', the iPod Touch with wireless Internet access and a 3.5-inch...

NEWS IN PICTURES: Protect and Shine range launched.(Remington Consumer Products Ltd.)(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... Remington this week launches its latest Protect and Shine range of curling tongs and straighteners, created by Factory Design. The range is based on the idea of protecting while styling and uses a steam generator to protect and condition hair....

NEWS IN PICTURES: London Street Art 2 published.(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... Photographer Alex McNaughton's second book on street art, London Street Art 2, is published by Prestel this week. The book includes a map and route of alfresco galleries so readers can see artworks for themselves. Mechthild Otto Gestaltung...

NEWS IN PICTURES: Bugaboo launches.(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... Dutch product design group Bugaboo this week launches its latest pushchair Bugaboo Bee. Created by industrial designer and Bugaboo founder Max Barenbrug, the Bee has been designed so that it can be folded down with one hand. Copyright:...

NEWS IN PICTURES: Vanilla naming and identity.
September 13, 2007... The naming and identity for Vanilla, the London members club and eatery on Great Titchfield Street, London W1, has been designed by Marksmith. A second venue is due to open in the City later this year. Copyright: Centaur Communications...

ANALYSIS: Design sector eyes Asian boom.
September 13, 2007... There are rich pickings for the creative industries in China and India - provided you understand their way of business, says Gaynor Aaltonen Creative industries are growing at twice the rate of the UK economy as a whole - figures for...

PRIVATE VIEW: Emphemera for ever.(works of artist Andy Goldsworthy)(Viewpoint essay)
September 13, 2007... Designers should rush to Yorkshire Sculpture Park, urges Hugh Pearman. The show by wilderness artist Andy Goldsworthy is an enduring lesson in transience It's one of my rules of life that I don't drive any distance if I can possibly...

INSPIRED: Trevor Chambers, Start Creative.(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... Ever since I was a child the future has fascinated me: what will life be like in 100 years' time? How will people interact with the things around them? From the moment I saw Ridley Scott's electrifying cityscape, with its gigantic...

LETTER: Students don't tend to care enough about business.(Letter to the editor)
September 13, 2007... With regards to business teaching on design courses (see Voxpop, below), sadly students are often not interested and there are too many different models to address all business issues while in a creative environment. However, something is...

VOXPOP: Are academics out of touch?
September 13, 2007... Nesta chief executive Jonathan Kestenbaum is calling for a more rigorous integration of business teaching into design courses. Are academics out of touch with the creative industries, and should business teaching be integral to courses? ...

LETTER: I wasn't aspiring to be Hemingway in six words.(Letter to the editor)
September 13, 2007... Much as I enjoyed Quentin Newark's critique of the 26 posters project (DW 6 September), he is missing the point. We weren't 'encouraged to take a site as [our] starting point', the brief was categorical - to create a poster that made a...

LETTER: There's no excuse for being rude to your candidates.(Letter to the editor)
September 13, 2007... I'd like to sound a note of caution to all graduates - after the interview, get used to being left in the dark, for there seems to be a lack of etiquette in informing candidates in our industry. A sudden influx of work or a pitch...

LETTER: Circular logos are just the thing in The Netherlands too.(Letter to the editor)
September 13, 2007... I recently noticed an article on page 3 of Design Week (DW 16 August) about De-construct rebuilding the Crafts Council website. I couldn't help but notice that the new Crafts Council logo resembles the logo of our platform Creating Brands...

PROFILE: Simon Waterfall.(Biography)
September 13, 2007... Digital designer Simon Waterfall is famed for his extravagant suits, haircuts and his work for Deepend and Poke. As he takes over as D&AD president, Lynda Relph-Knight sounds him out on his plans Simon Waterfall is a natural for D&AD,...

LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL: Festival perspective.
September 13, 2007... The scale and scope of the London Design Festival means you need to steer a well-planned route through the mammoth event that covers every discipline as well as multiple sites across the capital. Max Fraser provides a guide The job of...

CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTS: Kid appeal.
September 13, 2007... Obvious colours and predictable shapes have long dominated design for children, says Pamela Buxton, but recent research, the subject of a London Design Festival conference, finds that there's no sound reason for this Why are bright,...

BUSINESS INSIGHT: Aiming for an emerald planet.(environmental auditing of graphic design services)
September 13, 2007... Martin Nixon always assumed that his design business was environmentally right on, but an audit revealed that his carbon footprint was much bigger than he thought Most of us would agree it is our duty to minimise our business's 'carbon...

Print into art.(Brief article)
September 13, 2007... By Fiona Sibley If printmaking seems to be always about work, work, work, then why not call a halt for a moment and consider its myriad possibilities as a thread of artistic practice? Four designers who use printing techniques heavily in...

Yau renames eatery with help from North.(Alan Yau )(Brief article)
September 20, 2007... Wagamama founder Alan Yau has renamed his latest restaurant, ahead of its launch in October. Formerly known as Cha Cha No Hana, the fine- dining Japanese restaurant is now called Sake No Hana. North Design is understood to be creating the...

Link designed by Pearson Lloyd.(furniture)(Brief article)
September 20, 2007... Link is a new product designed by Pearson Lloyd, which combines to build elegant lightweight temporary structures for both domestic and contract use. It has been developed in response to a commission by Arpro to investigate potential new uses...