As part of ‘The Good Design Plan’, a new three-year national strategy for design by the UK Design Council, leading figures in the design industry offer their definition of good design in a new video.
One of the contributors is Nick Leon, Director of Design London and a client of TheFrameworks. The video (included above) highlights the five objectives for the council:
- Business and public service innovation
- Public and community engagement
- Design skills development
- Design policy and promotion
- Organisational and operational efficiency.
Just strolling down the Southbank at lunchtime, you see some interesting sights! On the exterior walls of the Tate Modern at the moment is a new exhibition displaying street art from six internationally acclaimed artists.
The art will be up until 25 August and is obviously free to view, if you dare!
On Saturday I visited the latest exhibition at the Hayward Gallery on London’s Southbank. PSYCHO BUILDINGS brings together the work of artists who create habitat-like sculptures and architectural installations.
It included structures that you could enter and explore and also environments that you could engage with physically. The aim is to involve the viewer in a reconsideration of space and place, and for people to re-examine their ideas regarding the relationship between the body and its surroundings.
A popular installation was a boating lake, created by filling one of the Hayward’s outdoor sculpture terraces with water, allowing people to cruise around on small rowing boats ‚Äì very interesting! (see picture below). ‘Psycho Buildings: Artists Take on Architecture’ runs until 25 August 2008.
More and more of our clients are now looking to have their printed collateral produced on FSC paper using an FSC accredited printer.
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is founded on inclusive and shared responsibility for setting high social, environmental and economic standards for forest management. The FSC Chain of Custody scheme is a unique monitoring and tracking system which follows wood-based products, including paper, from responsibly managed woodlands and controlled wood sources around the world through the supply chain to the end-user.
Environmental and Corporate & Social Responsibility policies are now a fundamental part of a company’s business strategy. By using an FSC paper stock and accredited printer you are able to display an FSC mark (see above) demonstrating a company’s commitment to the sustainability of natural resources to its employees, stakeholders, customers and the general public.
For more information about FSC, visit www.fsc-uk.org or contact one of us here at TheFrameworks.
Last night members of the TheFrameworks team attended one of the successful ‘STIR’ lectures run by Design London.
The lecture was about extreme design: From the MINI car to mega yachts, and was moderated by the BBC News Technology Correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones. We heard from two fascinating designers: Gert Hildebrand, Chief Designer and Leader of the BMW MINI Design Studio in Munich and Martin Francis, the much sought after designer of mega-yachts for the super rich.
It was a great opportunity to hear from two designers at the pinnacle of their career and learn about the design processes related to both of their respective industries.
If you would like to find out more about the ‘STIR’ lecture series, visit www.designlondon.net
