Author: marco
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Design Council champions the value of design. Interested in becoming a research partner?
Every three years, the Design Council publishes Design Economy, the only publication that provides data on the state of design and design skills in the UK, and their value to the whole UK economy. The term ‘design economy’ identifies four categories of workers that together contribute to design’s impact: designers in design industries; other roles…
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Astra Group unveils new company structure
SDS member Astra Group is a leading full-service provider of traditional and digital signage solutions. The business has recently unveiled a new group structure as it eyes continued growth. The news follows the 2022 unveiling of the Manchester-headquartered business’s new group identity which brought its digital solutions arm ADXBA, and bespoke architectural signage arm Astra…
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Red Radisson Hotel, Liverpool
APPLELEC Project Name: Red Radisson Liverpool Client: Signs Express Central Lancashire Sector: Retail and leisure Location: Liverpool, United Kingdom The role: Trade manufacturer of a variety of external identification signage including an illuminated sign tray, two sets of built-up illuminated letters and an etched wayfinding plaque. The brief: The Red Radisson hotel in Liverpool is a…
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The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design wins funding to explore how neurodivergent people experience streets
The Rees Jeffreys Road Fund has awarded The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design Royal College of Art a grant to explore how neuro-divergent people experience streets. Streets are public places that belong to everyone. They not only help us to get around, but also define and shape our neighbourhoods and form an important foundation for our…
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National Army Museum Wayfinding and Signage
ABG DESIGN Project Name: National Army Museum signage and wayfinding Client: National Army Museum, London Sector: Museums and heritage Location: Chelsea, London (UK) Role: ABG Design won a competitive tender for the signage and wayfinding for the newly architected National Army Museum. The new museum and extension was carried out by BDP. The new museum was much larger…
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Redcar Regent Cinema
ASTLEY Project name: Redcar Regent Cinema. Clients: Bam Construction Ltd. Sector: Retail & leisure Location: Redcar, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom Role: The project encompassed the manufacture and install of external and internal brand graphics, including building signage and ambient wayfinding. Brief: Leading the rebuild of the Redcar Regent Cinema, BAM Construction required a supplier to provide…
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University of East Anglia
ABG DESIGN Project Name: University of East Anglia – Wayfinding, signage, map and signage design guide Client: University of East Anglia Sector: Schools, colleges and universities Location: Norwich, Norfolk (UK) Role: ABG Design was commissioned to undertake a complete wayfinding audit of the UEA campus, and to design and specify a campus wide signage family. To complement the…
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Fashion Museum Antwerp Wayfinding Design
/STUDIOMDA Client: Fashion Museum Antwerp Sector: Museums and galleries Location: Antwerp (Belgium) Role: Wayfinding design The Brief: After presenting their proposal and undergoing a rigorous selection process, /STUDIOMDA was chosen to create the new wayfinding system for the Fashion Museum Antwerp in Belgium. The studio worked alongside the preparations for the museum’s reopening while implementing the new signage…
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Curry’s Rebrand
NOVA ALUMINIUM SYSTEMS LTD Clients: Curry’s was the end client. As a trade only supplier Nova Aluminium Systems fabricated and supplied to a sign company. Sector: Retail & leisure Location: UK-wide Role: To fabricate and supply rebranding signage for Curry’s Challenges: This was a huge project with many complexities, not least that it took place when…
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Tower of London: Superbloom, Historic Royal Palaces
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