JWA Architects redesigns Cendant’s hotel interiors
JWA Architects has revamped the interiors of the mid-market Howard Johnson and budget Days Inn hotel brands, which will be unveiled next month to existing and potential UK franchise owners
Tim Rich: Given the right treatment
Designers should benefit from the five-year cash injection to the NHS. But Tim Rich says design’s reputation will be affected if the correct diagnosis isn’t made
Small talk better than big, clichéd formulas
Which size of consultancy delivers the optimum service: large or small? Jonathan Levien, who is a proponent of the latter, continues the debate
Unilever gets Tilney Shane interior
Tilney Shane begins implementation work this week on redesigning the interiors of Unilever Bestfoods UK head office in Crawley, in a project understood to be worth more than £250 000
Breaking out of the mould
Own-label packaging is big business, but creative judges say that it has lost its spark. Richard Clayton finds out whether the inspiration is still there
EHS Brann in league with the FA
EHS Brann has beaten off strong competition in a multi-consultancy strategic pitch to be appointed to design the website and on-line identity for the FA Premier League. The site, due
National Insurance will tax groups
Tight business margins at design consultancies will be squeezed further by the surprise 1 per cent increase in National Insurance Contributions by employers announced in the Budget, say industry analysts.
Primary colors
Fernando Gutiérrez reflects on Tibor Kalman’s editorship of the first issues of Colors magazine
Creating a healthy service
Brandon Cheevers believes that the public health sector has been slow to recognise design’s potential, but new research proves it can make a difference
Vox pop
The Mirror has reinvented itself, reintroducing ‘Daily’ to its masthead and redesigning the whole front page, getting rid of its red tabloid banner. What do you think of its attempt
Imperial War Museum of the North, Trafford, Manchester
Sign and identity design: Agenda Design Associates
French designers win exhibition job
Event Communications and Team Saatchi Events have lost out to French designers Veronique Massenet and Remy Dumas-Prymbault in a pitch to design Fatal Attraction, a travelling natural history exhibition. Three
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Design Week closes, having championed design excellence for the past 38 years.
What will retail and experience design look like in 2024?
As part of our series on design in 2024, WeWantMore creative director Ruud Belmans offers his view on what retail and experience design might look like next year.
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As part of our series on design in 2024, Studio Arc director Lyndsey Bowditch offers her view on what exhibition design might look like next year.
Why 2024 will be the “year of creative emergence” when it comes to AI
As part of our series on design in 2024, Mia Blume – founder of Design Dept. and Designing with AI – tells us that next year will be a “paradigm
Using VR to break outdated taboos around women’s health
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