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If drug laws are relaxed, cannabis cafés could start appearing across the UK. Hannah Booth takes a deep breath and looks at the retail design implications
If drug laws are relaxed, cannabis cafés could start appearing across the UK. Hannah Booth takes a deep breath and looks at the retail design implications
Thought Communicating will launch a Brand Survival Kit for Powergen on 15 April, designed to help people create consistent communications for the company. The pack follows Thought Communicating’s creation of
The three-year-old Design Yorkshire initiative is entering a new, possibly productive phase. What do you think is the most successful way for initiatives such as this to put cities, regions
A book featuring 30 bridges has been designed by Brighten the Corners. The book, by Matthew Wells, examines recent architectural and engineering trends in bridge construction and includes an introduction
John Sorrell, co-founder of The Sorrell Foundation, has called for a London design festival to celebrate the capital’s prowess as a creative city. ‘A major international design festival would be
Usability researcher Jared Spool gives a talk hosted by the British Human Computer Interaction Group and the UK Usability Professionals Association on 8 April at 7pm. Contact: www.bcs-hci.org.uk/ talks/spool to
Madame Tussauds has this week appointed Landor Associates to redesign its exterior signage and windows. The consultancy will revamp the attraction’s signage and wayfinding system to make it more functional
It has been brought to our attention that some confusion may have arisen surrounding the Student Design Awards ‘call for entries’ in the Week Ahead section of Design Week (DW
McNeece will this week launch a new identify for design recruitment agency Starfish. The new identity will be applied to advertising, stationery, digital media and on-line.
Dixonbaxi has been appointed to rebrand independent financial advisor Bates Investment Services. The consultancy, formed by former Attik creative directors Simon Dixon and Aporva Baxi in November last year (DW
Boots the Chemists will launch a haircare range, Stuff, and a vitamin shampoo, ProVitamin, on 15 April in an attempt to take on market leaders in both sectors. The combined
The worst company name is Aviva, the new name for CNGU. It sounds like it should be selling women’s sanitary products. Increasingly, companies are discarding their old names and think