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Lethal flies the flag for British Music's digital mission to US

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Lethal has art directed the campaign for British Music's Digital Music Mission to the US.

Williams Murray Hamm looks to change perceptions with creative restructuring and new website

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Williams Murray Hamm is restructuring its creative department and relaunching its website to highlight the integrated work it carries out alongside the branded packaging it has historically been known for.

Heavenly's Martin Lambie-Nairn to stand down and revive ML-N group

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Martin Lambie-Nairn is stepping down as creative director of Heavenly at the end of the month to pursue a more flexible career after two years with the branding consultancy.

Someone and Lambie-Nairn get connected in telecoms rebranding

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Someone and Lambie-Nairn have collaborated on an internal rebrand project for Spanish communications group Telefónica, which operates global brands including O2.

Intimate classics

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Ahead of a major Design Museum retrospective, John Stones looks back over the career of the industrial designer behind so many of our familiar products - creations 'for ordinary people' that have helped shape the very texture of British life

Do laws pack clout?

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

With sustainable packaging regulations set for an update, Angus Montgomery discovers that many packaging designers feel that current legislation is 'passive' and doesn't take their needs into account

Mark Studio powers up to create global energy group identity

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Manchester-based consultancy Mark Studio has been appointed to rebrand global energy supplier Gazprom Marketing & Trading Retail.

Designers make sense of London's changing transport

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The London Transport Museum has enlisted a host of designers to work alongside its in-house team for the Sense and the City exhibition, which opens next month.

Parliament of Owls online masterclass forum to go live

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Parliament of Owls, the live online design masterclass programme, has completed its London trials and is now ready for full launch in the autumn.

M Worldwide to redefine art supplies retailer

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

M Worldwide is working on a rebranding of art supplies and graphics materials retailer London Graphic Centre.

Found Associates steps up to the plate to improve the vibe in fitness studio refurbishment

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Found Associates is refurbishing and expanding the boutique Power Plate studio Good Vibes in London's Covent Garden. The consultancy was approached by the client, the first independent Power Plate studio in London, through a recommendation. Found was briefed to carry out the work in February.

Fitting tribute

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Shelving can be so much more than the backbone of a product display - why not make it dazzling through its playfulness, sculptural quality or sheer surreal impact? Laura Snoad considers a range of artistic answers to the question of how to display your goods

Design Museum picks Alphabetical Studio to create identity for Designers in Residence

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Alphabetical Studio has been appointed by the Design Museum to create the identity for its 2011 Designers in Residence programme.

It's a done deal as If Agency creates used-car sales pitch

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The If Agency has created new branding and a launch campaign for online used-car seller Netcars.com, creating new characters, watercolour illustrations and a new typeface.

Central St Martins project series seeks to tackle cash machine crime

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Students and staff at the Design Against Crime Research Centre at Central St Martins College of Art and Design have developed a series of projects that aim to reduce incidences of crime at cash machines.

Student spectacles

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

If Design Week covered all the summer design degree shows, there would be no room in the magazine for anything else from May to July.

Praline applies the Sorrell Foundation's colour scheme to Saturday Club Summer Show

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Praline Design has worked with the Sorrell Foundation to create the visual identity and exhibition design for the forthcoming National Art & Design Saturday Club Summer show, which opens at London's Somerset House this weekend.

Travel guides

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

From London to Dubai to Bangalore, effective signage and identity designs are playing an important role in the success or failure of urban transport systems. Tom Banks casts an eye over some of the latest developments

Growing brand shows that there's an art to good retail

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

How refreshing to see the growth of a brand such as Cass Arts prove to the retail gloom merchants that everything is not 'going digital' (www.designweek.co.uk, 25 May).

Pearson Lloyd looks for design solutions to violence towards staff in A&E departments

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Pearson Lloyd is working on a wide-ranging project - covering service, information and interior design - which aims to reduce violence and aggression towards NHS staff in hospital accident and emergency departments.

Spin turns on the light for Design Museum scheme

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Spin has created the branding for the Design Museum's new membership scheme, which has been restructured and relaunches on 20 June.

Raw deal for Wolverhampton Wanderers

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Salford-based consultancy Raw is carrying out a full brand review of Premiership football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. The project will look at all aspects of the Wolves brand, including all sub-brands and stadium signage.

The EU's Innovation Union set to launch design initiative

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The European Design Innovation Initiative is setto launch this summer. It will investigate the links between design, innovation and competitiveness as part of the European Union's growth strategy.

Intricate twist

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Imagine a time when we're all printing in 3D at home, seeing our complex creations emerge seamlessly at the touch of a button. Emily Pacey speaks to enthusiasts of a rapidly evolving technology that looks set to give us more creative freedom

Typo London takes its place on the conference calendar

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Print and moving image specialists will explorethe relationship between people and their surroundings in the first Typo London graphic design conference, to be held in October, which will build on the premise that design and the creative process can help to link people and places.