INTERNATIONAL: Duffy to launch in London

<p>Fallon is to launch Duffy Design, its highly regarded US design </p><p>partner, in London. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>The agency, which will be called Duffy Design London, will handle </p><p>development work for Skoda, one of Fallon's clients. It will seek its </p><p>own clients, as well as working with others in conjunction with </p><p>Fallon. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>The agency will be headed by Mr Errol Flanagan and Adam Whitaker. Mr </p><p>Whitaker has won D&AD design awards for his work on Diesel, Olympus and </p><p>Volkswagen. He has worked with Mr Richard Flintham, the joint CD of </p><p>Fallon, over the past few years. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Mr Flanagan joins from his position as the head of planning at </p><p>Attik. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Mr Flintham said: "I know I am not allowed to say the word 'integrated' </p><p>without getting heckled, but it seems to me that if Duffy is sitting in </p><p>the same office, it will become involved in the process earlier and, </p><p>therefore, we will produce better work." </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>MrJoe Duffy, the firm's founder, added: "There is a tremendous </p><p>opportunity to apply the Duffy brand of strategic design in London. In </p><p>the UK, advertising and design tend to operate in parallel universes. We </p><p>intend to re-engineer this relationship for our clients." </p><p><BR><BR> </p>