Design Week back issues from August 2001:
GNER update will signal design jobs. (News).
Aug 09, 2001; ... TRAIN operator GNER is looking to redesign and refurbish most of its 270-strong fleet and some of its stations. It is also keen to order new trains, which will need the services of branding, interiors, graphics and product groups. The train operator is understood to have ...
Compass shops around for cafes. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... COMPASS GROUP UK, the world's second largest food service company, is to create a UK chain of 'mall cafes' and will appoint at least one group to the job by the end of August, industry sources say. Five consultancies have been shortlisted and it is thought that up to three may ...
Transport for London in roster bid. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... TRANSPORT FOR LONDON has invited consultancies to pitch for inclusion on its design roster and expects to have all groups in place by the end of the year. 'As a relatively young organisation we are reviewing all of our procurement procedures at the moment. The roster will ...
Adera cuts hit London arm. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... ADERA NUCLEUS announced this week that it has made redundant 11 of its UK staff as part of a restructuring programme that will lead to a reduction in staff numbers ...
Mercedes gets a brand system. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... HENRION LUDLOW & SCHMIDT has developed a brand design system for Mercedes-Benz that will be applied throughout all communications. The first manifestation of the system will be the redesign of a website by ...
Smith becomes chief executive. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... ENTERPRISE IG London managing director Patrick Smith is stepping up to become chief executive of WPP Group-owned Enterprise IG UK. The previous ...
Barbican plans redevelopment. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... MINDS EYE 3D LIGHTING and Alford Hall Monaghan Morris are working on plans to redevelop the public areas of the Barbican art centre as part of a feasibility study. Commercial director Mark Taylor says that Barbican is exploring opportunities for ...
Staff concerns should be high on a group's agenda. (Comment).
Aug 09, 2001; ... It is rather apt that two of our contributors this week have focused on management issues within design, both placing staff high on the agenda as one of the greatest assets a group can have. Times are a bit tough for creative businesses, and when competition for work gets fierce, it's the ...
London Tram on rails with Spencer Landor identity. (News).
Aug 09, 2001; ... THE LONDON TRAM, one of the biggest undertakings in surface transport for decades, will unveil its identity, created by Spencer Landor, within two weeks. The logo will be used to give a face to the [pounds sterling]300m scheme, which will see the creation of a tram link from ...
FA selects team for identity work. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... ELMWOOD, Springetts and Browns have been appointed by The Football Association to handle a raft of identity application jobs. Elmwood was hotly tipped to pick up all the projects (DW 2 August). However, it has emerged that the trio will split the work. The FA is ...
Rolls Royce knows its Origin. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... ORIGIN has finished the first stage of its [pounds sterling]100 000 contract to promote the last generation of Rolls Royce cars before ownership reverts to BMW from Volkswagen in 2002. A brochure promoting the first of the last three models to be manufactured at Rolls Royce's ...
Members club invites Fox Linton to the ball. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... FOX LINTON ASSOCIATES has been appointed this week to design the interior of London-based Hurlingham Club's planned [pounds sterling]16m extension. The design consultancy won a three-way tender process, which also included Annie Waite and Joanna Trading. It was ...
Deepend to cut costs as the market dives. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... DEEPEND has confirmed it is cutting costs in the face of worsening conditions in the IT sector, but it has moved to quash rumours of widespread redundancies. 'It's been the toughest six months in our history,' says Deep Group chief executive Gary Lockton. Lockton confirms Deep ...
PSD Associates identity for on-line furniture brand. (News).
Aug 09, 2001; ... PSD ASSOCIATES has just unveiled the identity for nascent furniture brand Clearspace3, which is set to start trading on the Internet next week. PSD won the project, which is understood to be worth a six-figure sum, on referral nearly a year ago, on the strength of its work for ...
A group of amoral and lawless vegetables living in a mouse hole in a kitchen have been created and animated by Kerb for www.bravo.co.uk. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... Caption: A group of amoral and lawless vegetables living in a mouse hole in a kitchen have been created and animated by Kerb for www.bravo.co.uk. The consultancy has produced ten four-and-a-half-minute episodes for the adult animated series, called Hellz Kitchen, for a fee of [pounds ...
Addison Corporate Marketing made eight people redundant last week. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... Addison Corporate Marketing made eight people redundant last week. Chief executive officer Quentin Anderson says that the job ...
Interbrand has designed the official poster for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... Interbrand has designed the official poster for the 2002 ...
Rodney Fitch & Co is redesigning the student union bar and retail outlet. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... Rodney Fitch & Co is redesigning the student union bar and retail outlet at ...
The proposed merger between Web consultancies Scient and IXL will not result in any redundancies in London. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... The proposed merger between Web consultancies Scient and IXL will not result in any redundancies in London, according to ...
Dalziel & Pow has create the interiors for River Island's flagship store. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... Dalziel & Pow has create the interiors for River Island's ...
Bamber Forsyth. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... Bamber Forsyth has created the brand identity for analytical customer ...
Experience Design. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... Experience Design has completed ...
Italian boutique Malo. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... Italian boutique Malo is opening its first UK store in London's Sloane Street at the ...
ITV1. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... ITV1 unveiled branding for its forthcoming football ...
Teviot has won a two-year contract from the Scottish Convention Bureau. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... Teviot has won a two-year contract from the Scottish ...
Spring Associates. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... Spring Associates has created support literature for worldwide packaging ...
The digital renderings of Twickenham Stadium that featured on the cover of last week's issue of Design Week (DW 2 August), credited to Springetts. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... The digital renderings of Twickenham Stadium that featured on the cover of last week's issue of Design Week ...
Stokes Forgings unveiled its updated corporate identity this week (pictured right), created by Haigh Thornley. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... Caption: Stokes Forgings unveiled its updated corporate identity this week (pictured right), created by Haigh Thornley. Its identity was last revamped in the 1950s, says Haigh Thornley managing director Andrew Thornley. 'A revamp was seriously overdue, but the client wanted to retain some ...
Red Pepper goes into liquidation. (News).
Aug 09, 2001; ... BROADCAST consultancy Red Pepper ID has gone into liquidation due to bad debt, low turnover and business being put on hold or reduced, sending warning signals to small independent TV specialists. 'The lessons learned from our experiences are that the days of boutique broadcast ...
Survey finds mergers market still buoyant. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... THE GLOBAL mergers and acquisitions market is still vibrant, contrary to widespread pessimism about the economy, according to a survey by Enterprise IG. Corporation name changes have increased globally by 7 per cent in the first six months of 2001, with a total of 1993 new names ...
Pearlfisher reels in film company. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... PEARLFISHER has created the first website for film production company Arden Sutherland-Dodd, which went live last week. The business-to-business website, www.asdlondon.com, is aimed at advertising agencies and other buyers of film production services. It features profiles of all ...
Cscape goes to work on Ealing Council website. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... CSCAPE has completed the consultation process for its redesign of Ealing Council's website, which will relaunch later this year. The redesign is part of the Government's [pounds sterling]25m commitment to improving local government on-line services by 2005, which could see a ...
Chinese restaurant Mao Tai is opening its second site in London's Chelsea. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... Caption: Chinese restaurant Mao Tai is opening its second site in London's Chelsea, with interiors by Robert and Josyane Young, who designed Mao Tai's first London site in Parsons Green. The interiors feature 'sleek' furniture designs set against ...
Government committee will give copyright advice. (News).
Aug 09, 2001; ... DESIGNERS could benefit from in-depth advice on copyright, trademark, patent and intellectual property issues from a specially appointed Government committee that has just been set up. It is the first time a dedicated committee has been set up to advise the Government on IP and ...
Heritage mix for pasty restaurant. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... CARRUTHERS AND HOBBS has created the identity for The Original Pasty House, a Cornish pasty restaurant and take-away opening in September in North London. The consultancy was briefed to reflect the wholesome and authentic nature of the pasties, which will be baked daily on the ...
Graphic design services. (Wandsworth Borough Council).
Aug 09, 2001 ... Wandsworth Council produces a large amount of publicity and promotional material to keep its residents fully informed about the services and facilities it provides. The Council has a reputation for producing this material to a very high standard and is committed to maintain these standards ...
The FA cultivates its grass roots: can The Football Association win back football fans with design solutions? (News Analysis).
Aug 09, 2001; ... THE football season kicks off this week, with the design industry ensuring its part in the unfolding drama. Football channel and programme branding by Kemistry and FutureBrand English & Pockett, plus The Barclaycard Premiership sponsorship branding by Springetts, will be seen by millions. ...
The staff for the job: Simon Rhind-Tutt explains why it is important for design consultancies to have a strategy for not only finding quality staff, but retaining their existing staff too. (Design Business).
Aug 09, 2001; ... IT'S funny how fast things change. Or maybe they don't? When Design Week first asked me to write this article the recruitment market was very buoyant. Consultancies could not seem to get enough new people to fill the dot.com-fuelled growth. Since then, we have seen that train of ...
Pinochet jnr makes a toast to his father's legacy. (Diary).
Aug 09, 2001 ... So Augusto Pinochet is to get his own brand of wine. It's all thanks to his enterprising eldest son, Augusto jnr, who has trademarked his father's name and is even hoping to extend it to credit cards and make-up products. Clearly, what the former Chilean dictator doesn't ...
Monkey see, monkey do: all too often consultancies relegate younger designers to the role of assembly line operative, says Tim Rich, which risks hampering their creative development. (Private View).
Aug 09, 2001; ... THE appropriation of ideas and information is one of the least discussed, but most important design skills. Imaginative designers delve into the methods and materiel of other professions and human activities like children exploring a dressing-up box. One moment they may try on the trousers ...
Letters.
Aug 09, 2001 ... Priestman might need to get a different DBA idea. May I suggest that Paul Priestman, chairman elect of the Design Business Association, thinks about the name for the association's Idea award or not refer to it as Idea. Perhaps calling it the Design Effectiveness ...
Pagan shakes stick at punk during Village Fete bash. (Diary).
Aug 09, 2001 ... An angry dispute between a Morris dancer and DJ supremo Michael Marriott, also known as Barry (don't ask) developed at the recent V&A Village Fete. The red-faced pagan pulled the plug on Marriott's Sex ...
It is one of life's great truisms that things are not always as they seem.
Aug 09, 2001 ... Caption: It is one of life's great truisms that things are not always as they seem -- take Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's idyllic marriage or Jeffrey Archer's honest as the day is long facade. Anyhow, we came across some stunning pictures in the Design Week product archive and we thought ...
Don't sit on your stool--you need the right tool. (Diary).
Aug 09, 2001 ... We have been sent some useful tips by furniture manufacturer Sedus on how to sit properly in a chair. Some people, the company informs us, are happy sitting on an orange crate or a simple stool. Are they really? But, it warns us, 'For your professional work you need effective ...
Vox pop.
Aug 09, 2001 ... In light of the High Court decision last week to allow the semi-privatisation of London Underground, what could the design industry do to improve it? (VOX Pop) 'Despite its negative publicity, London Underground has always set high standards for design. However, it does need to ...
Everyday master: Virginio Briatore is illuminated by Italian designer Achille Castiglioni whose life and works have been chronicled in a new and comprehensive book. (Heroes).
Aug 09, 2001; ... 'IF you're not curious, forget about it. If you're not interested in others, in what they do and how they act, then design isn't the job for you. Don't imagine you're going to be reinventing the world. That's not how it is, or how it should be. Start by working on self-criticism and ...
No flash in the pan: animation used to be expensive and time consuming, but digital software Macromedia Flash is rewriting the rules. Neil Churcher looks at the implications for animators and designers. (Animation).
Aug 09, 2001; ... IN SOME design circles, digital software Flash, by Macromedia, is simply a tool used to generate a proliferation of animated websites. Many are aware of its limitations, due to a multitude of sites with rotating toolbars, pop-up logos and cardboard animation -- the signature of bad Flash ....
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Exhibitions. (The Week Ahead).
Aug 09, 2001 ... Twenty years of Aspex Gallery continues with an exhibition celebrating over 1000 artists contributions, until 25 August. The gallery was set up in 1981 to show the work of new and emerging artists often at a crucial stage of their careers, which remains its policy today. A souvenir ...
Stylish soul: Sara Manuelli reviews the book Seen: Black Style UK, which charts the influence of young black Britons born and raised in the 1960s and 1970s. (The Week Ahead).
Aug 09, 2001; ... There has always been an intersection between black youth culture and underground culture. As self-inspired movements, they both bubble from the bottom-up to become mainstream, pushing the values of street and club life into everyday jargon. Yet there is also a feeling that a book, which ...
Documentary work by Ed van der Elsken, colour photography and paintings by Shirana Shahbazi and images of youth culture at Teenage Kicks. (Photography).
Aug 09, 2001 ... Documentary work by Ed van der Elsken, colour photography and paintings by Shirana Shahbazi and images of youth culture at Teenage Kicks: the Mods 'n' Rockers Generation ...
Maison & Objet. (Future Dates).
Aug 09, 2001 ... Interior design meets fashion and homeware next month as the biannual show Maison & Objet gets underway in Paris from 7-11 September. Exhibitors will display the latest in textiles, glasswork, ceramics and lighting. Documentaries and discussions ...
Mathmos has designed Tumbler, a portable and rechargeable brick-shaped light that changes colour when tilted or flipped. (News).
Aug 09, 2001 ... Caption: Mathmos has designed Tumbler, a portable and rechargeable brick-shaped light that changes colour when tilted or flipped. Tumbler, which will be launched at September's 100% Design Show, comes in three versions. It is easily charged up, has a splash-proof seal and can ...
Daydream Receivers. (Photography).
Aug 09, 2001 ... Chris Keel exhibits his obsession with the telephone at Daydream Receivers from 14 August until 21 September. Made from a myriad of materials, Keel's inspiration ranges from ...
Sappi World Design Convergence. (Future Dates).
Aug 09, 2001 ... The Sappi World Design Convergence takes place in Sandton, Johannesburg from 11-14 September. Hosted by Design South Africa, the convergence incorporates Icograda - the ...
[pounds sterling]700 000 on-board exhibition for QM2. (News).
Aug 16, 2001; ... THE OPEN AGENCY has received approval from Cunard for a [pounds sterling]700 000 exhibition on the nascent Queen Mary 2, which will be the world's largest passenger ship when it sets sail at the end of 2003. The Open Agency approached Cunard three months ago 'on spec' with ...
Cordiant takes Fitch brand global. (News).
Aug 16, 2001 ... CORDIANT COMMUNICATIONS GROUP is attempting to create a global branding and design network under the Fitch brand, which will be the second biggest network in the world. The network is in the early stages of being built and is scheduled to launch in December. Paul Stead will be ...
COI defends designers' contracts. (News).
Aug 16, 2001 ... THE CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS has defended its creative services roster contracts, following criticism from design industry sources. Consultancies' main gripe appears to be with the clause that says the COI has the right to terminate the contract or the ...
Zuji identity by Landor and LKS. (News).
Aug 16, 2001 ... LANDOR ASSOCIATES and its Australian affiliate LKS Design, has created the identity for Zuji, an online travel agency for the Asia Pacific region. The consultancies won the project following a three-way pitch with Enterprise IG and Interbrand. Formerly Travel ...
Annual reports under spotlight. (News).
Aug 16, 2001 ... INVESTOR communications consultancy Merchant has launched its yearly annual reporting review. The Merchant Handbook, distributed to directors of the UK's top 300 companies, has been designed by NB:Studio with ...
Tiny to relaunch retail flagship. (News).
Aug 16, 2001 ... TINY COMPUTERS will relaunch its 46[m.sup.2] flagship store in London's Oxford Street on 18 August, designed by Dalziel & Pow. ...
Don't miss your chances when times get tougher. (Comment).
Aug 16, 2001; ... Despite reports of a manufacturing downturn and the effects of foot and mouth disease still taking their toll on the national economy, it is not all gloom out there for design. Even some interiors groups -- one of the sectors hardest hit by a slowdown in retail and leisure -- are reporting ...
Wallpaper founder Tyler Brule. (Spruce).
Aug 16, 2001 ... Caption: Wallpaper founder Tyler Brule is launching Spruce, a global unisex bi-annual fashion magazine, aimed at the 30-plus age group, at the end of August. The first issue cover, shot by Joachim ...
X.HLP gets a Corporate edge. (News).
Aug 16, 2001 ... CORPORATE EDGE is creating the brand strategy and identity for computer-based software training company X.HLP. The company, which started operating last year and has offices in the UK, Germany and the US, will unveil ...
C Eye focuses on branding of Warwick Conferences. (News).
Aug 16, 2001; ... C EYE is working on a [pounds sterling]200 000 branding project for Warwick Conferences, due for completion by February next year. Warwick Conferences is one of the University of Warwick's commercial arms. The consultancy's work includes brand strategy, the creation of a fresh ...