Space centre gets millennium backing
York exhibition design group Ideas is to help prepare the National Space Science Centre in Leicester for take-off, following a 23m grant from the Millennium Commission. The consultancy, part of
Briefs
The Millennium Exhibition in Greenwich is to go ahead after Prime Minister Tony Blair’s intervention. The contents of the dome, and who will design them, are yet to be decided.
Neal Potter ditches Singapore project
Neal Potter Design Associates has pulled out of a 7m (Singapore$16m) project in South East Asia, weeks after beating Met Studio and 3D Concepts in a credentials pitch to win
General conference needed if design is to be taken seriously
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CSD should realise its latent potential
The CSD represents a broad spectrum of practitioners engaged in diverse and rich activities. Its resources reflect a membership modest in comparison to more formidable institutions whose influence we admire.
Students need to find jobs outside design
So far this year 38 000 students have applied for art and design degree and national diploma courses, an increase of 13 000 on 1996 (DW 6 June). According to
So, do employers want computer skills or not?
I was interested to note in your Education Supplement (DW 30 May), nearly all your contributors mentioned the importance of ideas, strategic thinking, communication skills and the ability to be
Support for GNVQs after negative report
Supporters of General National Vocational Qualifications, which attract more than 17 000 design and art students each year, have spoken out after a report claimed the qualifications are failing to
Vorderman’s a tease
Fans of Countdown, the long-running gameshow, will soon have an irresistible opportunity: the chance to play Rub ‘n’ Reveal with hostess Carol Vorderman. The star has launched her own range
Notional lottery
Print and corporate literature is one of the hardest sectors to crack. Competition is rife and clients and designers don’t always connect, discovers Jane Lewis
Exhibitions
Pop down to the Canary Wharf to see Space Oddities. On display is work by Tomato, Hussein Chalayan, Jemima Stehli, Michael Bracewell, Philip Treacy and Elizabeth Wright. Until 4 July.
Conference set to decide future of trade bodies
A date has been fixed for a conference to determine the future of design’s trade bodies as part of a review of representation within the industry (DW 2 May). The
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