Start-up strategy for digital media groups
Venture capitalists may have lost interest in digital media, but there is another option for entrepreneurial Web designers, as Nicolas Roope explains
Urban Salon and Bump to take on Space Invaders
Urban Salon has designed the British Council’s international touring exhibition Space Invaders, which showcases 15 of the UK’s most creative architectural groups and kicks off at the Experimentadesign 2001 biennale
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Briggs Hillier Design is redesigning the entire own-brand range of stationery for Partners the Stationer. The first products will launch in August. The packaging is a move away from Partners’
Getfrank sent on branding mission
Getfrank has created the visual identity, including title sequences, logo and branding, for a TV war game show called Mercenaries that launches next week. The consultancy did not pitch for
Ideo is passed design of the Commonwealth baton
Ideo Product Development has been appointed to design and manufacture the baton for the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games Queen’s Jubilee Baton Relay, which will be unveiled by The Queen on
Market forces versus innovation
Extreme pressures in the modern business market can effect a compromise in creativity for some consultancies.
Outside The Box adds a sweet topping to JoJos
Outside The Box has created the branding and packaging for a new type of confectionery, backed by a £1m development budget, which goes on shelf this week. JoJos, manufactured by
All the right moves
Finding suitable studio space for a design group can be difficult, but Lucy Barnard locates the vital information to help accommodate your needs
Interbrand cuts costs and staff
Interbrand has embarked on a series of cost-cutting measures in the UK that has so far resulted in nearly 10 per cent of its staff taking voluntary redundancy or jobs
Behind the driving force
Car manufacturers are waking up to the opportunities offered by effective branding, which in turn is providing groups and in-house teams with rich pickings.
Casson Mann’s view of Genocide
Casson Mann has beaten off competition from Met Studios, Furneaux Stewart and Association of Ideas to design the Imperial War Museum’s forthcoming permanent exhibition, Genocide. The four consultancies took part
Quality Hotel York
Location: 53 Piccadilly, York Y01 9PL; Rooms: 100; Hotel Group: Choice Hotels; Franchise operator: Philip Down and Mike Hammill; Architect and design group: P&HS Architects P&HS Architects was briefed to
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From the archives: Picture Post
As we head back into our archives, here’s a gem from March 1990. Jane Lewis looks at the creative ways design firms promoted their services through mail-outs.
From the archives: Driving back to the future
During our pause, we’re re-publishing the occasional article from deep in our archives. This March 1990 column by our founder, Jeremy Myerson, looks at car design trends.
Design Week is resting, and we’ll be back soon
In December 2023, it was announced that Design Week was closing its doors. However – good news! We’re reopening by the end of summer 2024!
Design across five decades: from the editors who brought you Design Week
As the design industry propelled itself forward, we were always there to champion, inform, analyse and guide the way.
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Design Week: 1986-2023
Design Week closes, having championed design excellence for the past 38 years.
What will retail and experience design look like in 2024?
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What will exhibition design look like in 2024?
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
Taking the form of a ‘vagina-like’ tent, INTER/her by Camille Baker uses cutting edge tech to open up conversations around issues like ovarian and cervical cancer, endometriosis, and menopause.
