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20 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 4 NOVEMBER 2018 COMMERCIAL It's not just about making things attractive DESIGN is not just a fancy-sounding word. It is not simply a process to make attractive-looking things. Far from it. First and foremost, it is about making our interaction with the environment more natural and complete. Design permeates many aspects of our lives and is applied to a wide variety of products of indus- try and handicraft items: from computer soft- ware to furnishing and household goods, from lighting equipment to jewellery, from electronic devices to video games. Some people even debate whether design is art or science. In fact, design is not exactly an art, nor a science. It takes elements from both. Design takes the creating aspect of art (as it is about crafting a product, whatever it is) and it also takes the problem-solving aspect of science. It exists primarily to address a particular need. To quote Steve Jobs: 'Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.' Design is at the service of the user and focuses on the user, so it combines aesthetic, economic and practical values. A novel design, whether your product is a table or a telephone, is one of the key factors that lead your consumers to prefer using your product over another. The design of a product can become synony- mous with your business or company. Like all intellectual property, such as trade marks and patents, a design can have monetary value; it is a business asset that can be traded or used as col- lateral. Indeed, your innovative design can act as your business signature. Registration may pre- vent others from infringing the design. That is, through registration, the owner of a registered design has the right to prevent third parties from making, selling, importing, exporting or using articles in which the design is incorporated or to which it is applied. Obtaining protection of your design is a prac- tical way of defining and protecting your inno- vation. You can submit a design application for protection of your design in Malta on www.ips. gov.mt. Further information on protection of a design in all the EU member states can be found on www.euipo.europa.eu. For more information on designs please visit www.commerce.gov.mt or call Business 1st on 144. GRANT Thornton Malta is pleased to announce the ap- pointment of Daniel Gravino as Director for Economic Ad- visory Services. Daniel has joined the organisation in a newly created position with- in the Transaction Advisory Services division, as part of the firm's efforts to expand its service offering for its lo- cal and foreign client base. With extensive experience in economics and data analy- sis Daniel has the skills nec- essary to address pertinent issues facing business, gov- ernment and financial insti- tutions. His work spans several sec- tors including the public sec- tor, financial services, real estate, health, transport and telecoms. He holds a Master of Science in Economics and Industrial Organisation from the Uni- versity of Warwick and an MA in Economics from the University of Malta. Daniel is also currently reading for a PhD in Econom- ics from Loughborough Uni- versity. Prior to joining Grant Thornton, Daniel was a Di- rector at the Office for Com- petition, Head (Economic Re- search) at Malta Enterprise, and Senior Economist at the Economic Policy Depart- ment, Ministry for Finance. Daniel also occupied a num- ber of advisory and consul- tancy roles. He was a member of the European Commis- sion's Working Group on the 'Methodology to assess Lisbon-related structural re- forms'; acted as advisor to the Office for Competition on mergers and competition practices; and served as con- sultant to the European Par- liament on matters related to corporate tax avoidance. He is also a visiting assistant lecturer at the Economics de- partment of the University of Malta. Thanks to Grant Thornton's combination of experienced people, sophisticated eco- nomic models, and access to the right data, the firm of- fers its clients an unbeatable problem-solving formula. On an international level Grant Thornton Internation- al is already broadly recog- nised as an undisputed leader in economic and data analy- sis. By combining its local team's experience in economic advi- sory and access to a 135-glob- al office network, the Malta firm aims to provide the most comprehensive economic and financial analysis of coun- tries, regions, industries and markets. New economic advisory services director for Grant Thornton Malta DOMINO'S, the pizza de- livery experts celebrated the opening of their much antici- pated new store in Qawra this Friday. The opening was a re- sounding success with many delicious hand-tossed pizzas served to highly-satisfied cus- tomers. Through the new Qawra store Domino's can better serve customers through in- creasing delivery locations which now include Bugibba, Qawra, St. Paul's Bay and Xemxija. Apart from deliv- ery service to the custom- ers' doors, Domino's also of- fers the possibility for both pick-up and dine-in to ensure that customers who do not live within one of the deliv- ery zones can still enjoy their delicious pizza. Domino's also encourage customers to order online through their app, where they can easily fi- nalise their order in seconds. Domino's management made sure that customers do benefit from online offers or dine-in and take-out deals. Domino's Qawra boasts of a large and comfortable open space for diners to enjoy their delicious pizza in-store. The Qawra store also features a beautiful mural featuring wit- ty quotes about pizza which spans through half the length of the store. The store features the same delicious menu as that of Birkirara, with favour- ites such as the Burger Pizza, Meat BBQ Passion, BBQ Chicken and the classic Pep- peroni. The menu also fea- tures vegetarian options such as the Veggie, Funghi and Par- mesana. To celebrate its most antici- pated opening, Domino's an- nounced that they will be giv- ing a voucher with every €20 spent, redeemable in any of their stores. Famalco Group's Director and Co-Founder Hermann Mallia proudly said, "Domino's wants to celebrate with their customers as it is none other than their loyalty which made the opening of the second store possible". Domino's would like to thank its customers for yet an- other successful opening. The delivery experts also hinted that pizza lovers should keep an eye out for more Domino's stores around Malta in the near future. For more information, or to order yourself a delicious piz- za, call us on (+356) 2144 2144 or visit us on www.dominos. com.mt. Domino's Malta is a Retail and Hospitality Busi- ness Unit within Famalco | Building Businesses. Domino's officially opens in Qawra