Government agency wins DFEE free-pitch
The Central Office of Information has won the job to design the identity for the Department for Education and Employment, in a free creative pitch said to be in line
DFEE yet to appoint
A Department for Education and Employment spokesman says the DFEE has yet to appoint a consultancy after last week’s free-pitch for its new identity (DW 8 September). The spokes- man
Look booked for Longman
Educational publisher Longman has appointed Bamber Forsyth to develop a brand identity. – The group is currently working with the Pearson-owned company, which merged with sister US education publisher Addison-Wesley
Tupperware seals its position
Plastic container manufacturer Tupperware is to launch new literature this month incorporating its new positioning statement, “Show thought”. Design work is by London consultancy Dialog. Dialog has been working with
DFEE ready to appoint after free-pitch row
The Department for Education and Employment is due to appoint a consultancy tomorrow (Friday) to design its new corporate identity after a free-pitch condemned by the design industry. The free
Plans for Docklands museum
Neal Potter Design Associates has created a masterplan for a proposed Museum of Docklands at London’s West India Dock. – The consultancy is also hoping to design the museum, which
James Pilditch
NEWS – The design world has lost one of its foremost visionaries and evangelists with the untimely death of James Pilditch, aged 66, following a short illness.
Summer speculation
Architects have been getting hot and bothered this summer, most recently about – you guessed it – free-pitching. Prior to this, however, was a legal wrangle over spec housing, which,
Patient, heal thyself at home
The development of intelligent monitoring products and diagnostic software is making home diagnosis easier and more accurate, but Michael Evamy thinks we could be treading on dangerous ground if we
Met Studio on show in Taiwan
Met Studio has won more work in the Far East with a project to design graphics for 18 galleries in a Taiwan museum. – The National Museum of Science &
Out on the pitch, what is free?
Andy Gilgrist and Bhavna Mistry give a synopsis of who’s saying what about the latest furore over free-pitching
Design Council role in deterring free-pitching
The one thing guaranteed to set the hackles rising in design is a mention of free-pitching. No other subject provokes as much correspondence, or sparks off such an impassioned bar-room
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