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

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

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

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

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



Intimate classics

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.



Fitting tribute

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

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

Central St Martins project series seeks to tackle cash machine crime

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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