Design Week back issues from January 2004:
Upfront identity at Hackney Empire.(News: music hall re-designed by Tim Ronalds Architects)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004; ... HACKNEY EMPIRE, the Grade II-listed music hall that once provided a stage for Charlie Chaplin and WC Fields, is planning a huge, eye-catching, exterior identity for its East London home following the venue's long-awaited relaunch later this month. The theatre reopens on 28 ...
MoreySmith opens up C4 offices.(News: Channel 4)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... MOREYSMITH completes the first of nine phases in the refurbishment of Channel 4's 13 500[m.sup.2] London headquarters this week, as the broadcaster moves to consolidate its real estate and introduce a more creative work environment. The group--which started work on the project ...
Acid Lobby will protect IP rights.(News: Anti Copying in Design fights to protect intellectual property)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... ANTI COPYING IN DESIGN launches a lobby group this week, Acid Lobby, tasked with targeting Government and industry about the issues around designers' intellectual property rights. Its focus will be to push for the creation of a law of Unlawful Imitation, to help protect ...
Designer of the Year shortlist.(News: The Design Museum)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... THE DESIGN MUSEUM has named four candidates for its 25 000 [pounds sterling] Designer of the Year award. Multimedia designer Daniel Brown is nominated for his Play-create and Show Studio websites; product designer Sam Buxton for his miniature Mikro characters; lighting designer Paul ...
MBE honours for Matthews.(News: Member of the Order of the British Empire )(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... THIS year's New Year Honours list included an MBE for postage stamp designer Jeffrey Matthews (pictured below). Matthews, who together with his wife operates as Charity Box-hall, designed the UK industry standard Jeffrey ...
20/20 sets up in the Netherlands.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... RETAIL design specialist 20/20 is opening an office in the Netherlands this week. Based in Amsterdam, the office is being set up through a joint venture with Dutch media and design consultancy Mixed Flavours, but all design work will be ...
Designer of the Year will certainly break the mould.(Comment: The Design Museum competition)
Jan 08, 2004; ... The Design Museum couldn't have chosen a better time to announce the shortlist for its second Designer of the Year award (see News, page 3). Coming in the wake of a lacklustre New Year Honours list for design, it gives a welcome boost to the creative end of the industry. Though ...
Abdullah styles Evisu's stride into retail market.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004; ... CULT Japanese jeans label Evisu is building up its British retail presence with the opening of its first UK store, and a concession in London, next year. The concession--opening in Selfridges' flagship Oxford Street store in March--and the store-opening on Savile Row at the end ...
Conchango globetrots with Virgin.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... VIRGIN is flying high with interactive consultancy Conchango this month, as it unveils the last in its trio of phased websites following American investment tycoon Steve Fossett's bid to fly around the world non-stop. The website, www.virginatlanticglobalflyer.com, will ...
Structures based on natural forms, photographed by Steve Geliot, adorn the cover of Public Art in the South East, a guide to commissioning public art, produced by Arts Council England and the South East England Development Agency and designed by TWA Design.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... Structures based on natural forms, photographed by Steve Geliot, adorn the cover of Public Art in the South East, a guide to commissioning public art, produced by Arts Council England and the South East England Development Agency and designed by TWA Design. Its ...
Sustainable design in the built environment is the focus of this spring's schedule for The Lighthouse, Scotland's Centre for Architecture, Design and the City.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... Sustainable design in the built environment is the focus of this spring's schedule for The Lighthouse, Scotland's Centre for Architecture, Design and the City. Re: Motion, which is billed as the programme's centrepiece, was designed by Graven Images and first shown at the Rotterdam ...
Mook widens T4's net with revamp of site.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... MOOK has updated the website for Channel 4 teen sub-brand T4, as the channel moves to align its online presence more closely with its on-air branding. T4 targets a core audience of 13-to 19-year-olds and its on-air identity was revamped by Spin late last year to reflect the fact ...
New stage direction for London's Unicorn Theatre.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004; ... LONDON'S Unicorn Theatre has confirmed that it will approach designers in the New Year for a 'massive overhaul' of its website, www.unicorntheatre.com. The move follows the appointment of Pentagram last month to work on the theatre's brand identity, as it moves to raise its ...
Japanese restaurant chain Moshi Moshi opens its revamped London flagship in London's Liverpool Street next week, with interiors created by Japanese designer Yusaku Kaneshiro.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... Japanese restaurant chain Moshi Moshi opens its revamped London flagship in London's Liverpool Street next week, with interiors created by Japanese designer Yusaku Kaneshiro. The 500 000 [pounds sterling] project is Kaneshiro's first in the UK. According to Moshi Moshi operations ...
DTI gives boost to Government design buying.(News: Department of Trade and Industry)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY has pledged to make the Government a 'more intelligent customer' when buying products and services, signalling a boost for design-friendly purchasing. New guidelines are expected to introduce 'life-cycle' assessments of cost, which should ...
Safeway is launching a children's food range across ten existing categories and 70 product lines, with packaging designed by Butcher and Gundersen.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... Safeway is launching a children's food range across ten existing categories and 70 product lines, with ...
Into Lighting Design.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... Into Lighting Design has promoted Darren Orrow to director following four years' service at the consultancy. Orrow (pictured) is now charged ...
The Landscape Institute, the chartered institute for landscape architects, is launching a monthly journal called Landscape.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... The Landscape Institute, the chartered institute for landscape architects, is launching a ...
The New Golf Club, St Andrews has published a limited edition centenary book entitled One Hundred Years New.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... The New Golf Club, St Andrews has published a limited edition centenary ...
Manchester design group Race has created a promotional campaign for Sheffield International Venues leisure complexes.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... Manchester design group Race has created a promotional campaign for Sheffield International Venues leisure complexes. The New Year campaign aims to ...
Design Week hosts its next Meeting Point social get together for young designers, at a central London venue, on Wednesday 21 January from 6pm.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... Design Week hosts its next Meeting Point social get together for young designers, at a central London venue, on Wednesday 21 January ...
Hemingway Design and the Metropolitan Housing Trust have unveiled pioneering plans for the regeneration of housing in West Hendon, London.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... Hemingway Design and the Metropolitan Housing Trust have unveiled pioneering plans for the regeneration of housing in ...
Ozwald Boateng's Parfum Bespoke has been designed by Jimmy Yang Associates.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... Ozwald Boateng's Parfum Bespoke has been designed by Jimmy Yang Associates. The design comprises two vials of ...
Gensler.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... Chris Johnson, managing principal of Gensler, has been made a board member of the ...
London design group Pod Three has created a typographically led promotional brochure.(News: Smith & Pye)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... London design group Pod Three has created a typographically led ...
Guildford group Chaos has designed an identity for legal services group STL.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... Guildford group Chaos has designed an identity for legal services group STL. The work, which includes ...
Creator Communications has designed Tubetastic, Transport for London's magazine for seven-to-ten-year-olds.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... Creator Communications has designed Tubetastic, Transport for London's magazine for ...
Digit waves on-line flag for Bullrun.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004; ... DIGIT is putting its foot to the floor with an interactive website for Bullrun, a trans-American car rally for high rollers and 'petrosexuals' that roars from Los Angeles to Miami this June. The idea, dreamt up by British impresario David Green, is to stage an alternative to ...
Mystery solves trust identity brief.(News: Mystery Design, Edward James Foundation)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... THE EDWARD JAMES FOUNDATION is planning to update its identity with the help of Mystery Design, as the West Sussex charitable trust moves to unify and strengthen the profile of its five business interests. The foundation comprises West Dean College--which offers training in ...
The 25m trimaran built for British yachtswoman Ellen Macarthur will be unveiled at this week's London Boat Show.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... The 25m trimaran built for British yachtswoman Ellen Macarthur will be unveiled at this week's London Boat Show ....
Capital Project to launch 48 Fitzroy branding.(News: Capital Project Consultancy)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... PROJECT management company Capital Project Consultancy is poised to launch branding and a website by East Sussex design group 48 Fitzroy. The website, www.cpcltd.com, will be unveiled this month and features a corporate identify also designed by the group. This encompasses a ...
Center Parcs clicks with Nucleus.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... CENTER PARCS is launching a revamped website, www.centerparcs.co.uk, designed by Nucleus, that follows the group's 285m [pounds sterling] takeover by Collins Stewart. Center Parcs brought in Nucleus in November 2002, with a brief to drastically improve the on-line experience, so ...
At the Four Designers conference last year Johnson Banks principal Michael Johnson challenged students to customise his fruit and veg-themed stamp designs for Royal Mail (DW 20 March 2003).(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... At the Four Designers conference last year Johnson Banks principal Michael Johnson challenged students to customise his fruit and veg-themed stamp designs for Royal Mail (DW 20 March 2003). Chris Wilson receives 100 [pounds sterling] for his winning design in the impromptu ...
Cinemas project plans to improve brand loyalty.(News)
Jan 08, 2004; ... THIS year looks set to be a bit of a dazzler for cinema design, as multiplexes invest in branding and moves are made toward consolidation among operators. Vue, formerly Warner Village, unveiled its FutureBrand-designed identity to audiences before Christmas (DW 18 December ...
Steering a cultural course: with the closure of Ingeni and the ascent of Nissan's Rotunda, Christopher Kanal asks whether automotive design studios in central London have a future.(News Analysis)
Jan 08, 2004; ... BRITISH car design has fallen into flux. The sudden closure of Ford's innovative design studio, Ingeni, last month is bringing about a shift in the landscape of the sector. Ingeni shut its doors in December 2003, bringing to an end a project that promised something radically ...
OK, we're letting off Howard Smith Paper just this once, because it is for charity and the testicular Orchid Cancer Appeal at that, but let's make a collective new year's resolution not to publish, participate in or design a nudie calendar ever again.(Diary)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... OK, we're letting off Howard Smith Paper just this once, because it is for charity and the testicular Orchid Cancer Appeal at that, but let's make a collective new year's resolution not to publish, participate in or design a nudie calendar ever again. Beauty certainly isn't ...
Benson & Hedges lights up campaign for the lads.(Diary)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... Are you a Ben Sherman shirt wearer? Have you ever been a Brit-popped, dance-crazed tequila drinker? Perhaps a Nike-kicking, Fast Show-watching, Loaded-reading, babe-pulling young gentleman? If so, the boys in advertising have you in the cross hairs of the coolest, most exciting ...
Nash Design goes the distance for London 2012.(Diary)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... Another trend set to jog into 2004 as unflaggingly as a 118 118 runner is London 2012 logo-gazing. John Nash & Friends' on-line gallery of the unsuccessful Olympians has become a veritable Salon des ...
Location: Journey Shoe Gallery, off London's Carnaby Street.(Diary)
Jan 08, 2004 ... Location: Journey Shoe Gallery, off London's Carnaby Street. Time: sometime after midnight during the festive season. 'Oi,' gurgles Easytiger creative director Richard Collier [back of head, pictured], 'That ...
Rendered characterless: the latest CGI technology can bring animation closer to real life, says Jim Davies. But he draws the conclusion that it's often a trade-off for the standard of writing.(Private View)
Jan 08, 2004; ... AT the best of times, I'm forced to sit through hours of dodgy animation. My young sons are connoisseurs of Japanese cartoons; anything as long as it involves crazed battling monsters, badly dubbed voiceovers and cutesy bug-eyed protagonists. The Christmas break, however, took ...
New Fitch Chairman proves to be a popular choice.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Jan 08, 2004; ... I have finally taken up the role of Chairman at Fitch (DW 6 November) and would like to say a Word of thanks. My thanks go, first, to Martin Sorrell, whose idea that I should rejoin Fitch it was, and to Design Week, which was tactful yet generous in reporting the idea. ...
London 2012 losers aren't winning any new fans.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Jan 08, 2004; ... Am I the only Design Week reader bored rigid of consultancies harping on about NOT winning the London 2012 competition? Their attempts to bag two column inches of publicity reek of desperation; they sound like bad losers. Yes, I did enter (I am a freelance based in ...
Tricket & Webb made a classic contribution.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Jan 08, 2004; ... I was saddened to be reminded that Trickett & Webb ceased trading last year (DW 18 December). I have great memories of working with the many designers that learned their craft working under Brian Webb and Lynn Trickett. After a conversation with Webb in the late 1980s, I created ...
Persistence and passion lead to a job in design.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Jan 08, 2004; ... I graduated two and a half years ago. After little success finding a design job I became disheartened, but kept applying. Three months later I was offered my first job as a Mac artworker/typesetter. After 18 months I was offered my first design job at University of Cambridge ...
Graphic and digital design are different disciplines.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Jan 08, 2004; ... While totally agreeing with Alistair Williamson's comments (DW 27 November 2003), it is little wonder that job opportunities for graphic design graduates are so few. My visits to three degree shows suggest that students are too pre-occupied with digital media software, resulting in 'novel ...
What will your New Year's resolution be?(VOX Pop)
Jan 08, 2004 ... 'I'm sure my New Year's resolution last year was to not make any more New Year's resolutions--however ... don't fall for the sweet smile of my daughter every time she wants something new, guaranteed failure! Don't go to so many Christmas parties next year. I'll have forgotten the pain by ...
Turn over a new leaf: Richard Clayton asks Waterstone's marketing director Lesley Miles how the company stays true to its ideals while competing in a rapidly changing market.(Client Profile)
Jan 08, 2004; ... FOR the book trade, perhaps more than most, Christmas really does come but once a year. Any day now, Waterstone's marketing director Lesley Miles will probably be unwrapping her seasonal sales figures and hoping for financial good cheer. Last year, Waterstone's like-for-like ...
Sweepstake: Hannah Booth brushes up on a duo who create all sorts of quirky products, while simultaneously reversing the fortunes of Berlin's Institute for the Blind.(Profile)
Jan 08, 2004; ... BERLIN'S 'Blindenanstalt' (Institute for the Blind) isn't in the tourist guidebooks. It's a large, scruffy building with a whiff of dilapidated grammar school, located in one of the city's edgier districts, far from the glitz of Potsdamer Platz. You certainly wouldn't mistake it for a hive ...
Out of the ordinary: the finalists for this year's Citigroup Photography Prize are a group of unsung heroes who have made an enduring impression on documentary photography. Oliver Bennett casts his critical eye over their work.(Photography)(Cover Story)
Jan 08, 2004; ... THE public will continue to call it the Citibank prize, but the country's foremost photography prize has morphed into the Citigroup Photography Prize--the kind of corporate tweak that matters only to corporations. Whatever it prefers to be called, the Citi-thing prize--now in ...
Raw hideaway: luxurious Texan ranch-style accommodation in Norfolk may sound a little wacky, but the interior designer is hardly conventional. Pamela Buxton tips her ten-gallon hat to Shaun Clarkson.(Interior Design)
Jan 08, 2004; ... WHEN Shaun Clarkson, designer of some of London's most popular bars, decided to start an upmarket, self-catering holiday home it was a safe bet the result wouldn't be anything less than extraordinary. And when Cliff Barns, the gloriously named fruit of his labours opens in ...
Directory.(Directory)
Jan 08, 2004 ... 3D--ANIMATION AND IMAGING Arcana Digital Ltd. Animation, Imaging and post production for broadcast, interactive & print. Folio available on line or call for CD sampler. Studio 15 minutes from Victoria. Clients Include:--Bray Leino, Citigate, DDB, Grey, ...
Fairs.(The Year Ahead)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... Internationale Mobel Messe furniture fair, 19-25 January. Venue: KolnMesse, Messeplatz 1, Cologne, Germany. Info: www.koelnmesse.de/imm Maison & Objet interiors and furniture, 23-27 January. Venue: Paris-Nord Villepinte, Paris, France. ...
Shows.(The Year Ahead)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... East London Design Show, 3-6 June. Venue: Atlantis Gallery, 146 Brick Lane, London E1. Design Front design show for the East of England, 17-20 June. Venue: Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex SS0 7RA. Into: 020 7629 9645 New Designers UK ...
House style: Dominic Lutyens samples Art House, Tara Bernerd's exhibition that rejects the minimalism of a gallery in favour of chic domestic surroundings.(The Year Ahead)
Jan 08, 2004; ... It's ironic that Tara Bernerd - universally known as the It Girl of London's interior design scene - should have created Art House at this year's London Art Fair (which showcases art from approximately 100 UK galleries). She was formerly romantically attached to John Hitch-cox, founder of ...
Awards.(The Year Ahead)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2004 ... Scottish Design Awards 21 May; entry deadline 6 February. Info: 0141 352 4661 British Design & Art Direction Awards 26 May; entry deadline 17 February. Info: 020 7840 1140 or www.dandad.co.uk Roses Awards 7 October; entry deadline 25 June. ...
Events.(The Year Ahead)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
Jan 08, 2004 ... Design Indaba design forum, 25-27 February. Venue: International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa. Info: www.designindaba.com Brands Summit Europe 2004 branding forum, running from 25-27 February. Venue: Hotel Inter-Continental, London ...
Royal appointments planned at Tower.(News: Royal Palaces, Tower of London)(Brief Article)
Jan 15, 2004; ... HISTORIC Royal Palaces is planning to appoint a design group to create a series of permanent displays at the Tower of London. The charitable trust, which manages five unoccupied royal palaces in London and Surrey, is in the midst of a three-way pitch for the work, following the ...
Enterprise IG reshuffles US arm.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 15, 2004 ... FOLLOWING a restructure of its North American operation, Enterprise IG is setting up a core global team of worldwide directors, in a move that sees San Francisco chief executive Carol Bellandi's role axed with immediate effect. Bellandi, who headed up the San Francisco office, ...
Fitch to restyle Aquascutum flagship.(News: Fitch London )(Brief Article)
Jan 15, 2004 ... TRADITIONAL British fashion house Aquascutum has appointed Fitch London to revitalise the interiors of its longstanding flagship store at 100 Regent Street. A spokeswoman for the retailer this week confirms the appointment. 'We've been in discussions with Fitch for a long time, ...
Jones to take real time out.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 15, 2004 ... REAL TIME founder and vice chairman of EHS Brann Phil Jones has announced he will be leaving the Havas Group at the end of January. Jones (pictured) says he plans to 'take a sabbatical' and spend more time with his family and ...
Leonhardt sings to Anthem's tune.(News: Anthem Group)(Brief Article)
Jan 15, 2004 ... TED LEONHARDT joins San Francisco-based Anthem Group as global president this week. The group is a branding and packaging specialist and Leonhardt says he has been appointed to 'sharpen the agency's positioning'. Leonhardt (pictured) ...
Sarson directing Landor Europe.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 15, 2004 ... LANDOR ASSOCIATES' London office has further bolstered its European standing with the promotion of Tim Sarson to financial director of Landor Europe. Sarson replaces Gilles Portail, from Landor's Paris office. Landor declined to comment on the reasons surrounding Portail's ...
Let's entrench sustainability ethos in the design industry.(Comment)
Jan 15, 2004; ... Every so often design adopts a new buzzword or phrase, often borrowed from the client side. Not long ago any consultancy worth its salt introduced the words 'strategic consultant' to its company descriptor in a bid, we can only surmise, to score higher fees by playing management ...
Land Rover unveiled its first ever concept vehicle last week, designed under Land Rover design director Geoff Upex at its Gaydon design studio in Warwickshire.(News)(Brief Article)
Jan 15, 2004 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Land Rover unveiled its first ever concept vehicle last week, designed under Land Rover design director Geoff Upex at its Gaydon design studio in Warwickshire. The three-door Range ...
Spencer du Bois comes to aid of NHS Confederation.(News: studio head of Claire Biscard)(Brief Article)
Jan 15, 2004; ... NHS CONFEDERATION is rolling out a healthier set of brand guidelines, following a review in conjunction with Spencer du Bois. The rebrand aims to help clarify the organisation's role and sharpen its voice in debates over health service policy. NHS Confederation ...