Looking a lot like Christmas
Christmas ads have been hitting TV screens thick and fast over the past few weeks, with a slew of retailers staking their patch in the battle for festive consumers.
Noma Bar & Haruki Murakami prints prize winners
After an unprecedented level of entries (over 900) and some tough deliberation, we can reveal our winner of the series of Noma Bar/Haruki Marukami cover prints. As an extra surprise, we’re also offering up two sets of the new Vintage editions to both a second and third place runner-up
Bridgeman’s Booker winner
Daniella Kemp has won a competition to redesign the cover of one of five Man Booker Prize-winning novels using images from the Bridgeman Art Library
UK Music Video Awards 2012 winners announced
M.I.A is the big winner at this year’s Music Video Awards, scooping three separate awards for her Bad Girls video. We’ve put together a selection of our favourite music video winners, and a full list of everyone who took home an award this year…
Grey’s new Brother ad raises familiar debate
Last week Grey launched its latest work for Brother, an online film in which scanners, printers, hard drives and other bits of office machinery act as an orchestra playing Bob Dylan’s The Times They Are A Changin’ – in similar fashion to the scanners, printers and hard drives which played Radiohead track Nude in James Houston’s brilliant degree show film back in 2008…
Music videos of the week
There have been so many great music videos this week, we thought we’d dedicate an entire blog post to them. There’s something for everyone here, with psychedelic stop-motion animation from Tame Impala, hand choreography from Falty DL, cardboard typography courtesy of Lushlife, and the story of a lonely golf ranger, as told by Dog Is Dead…
John Lewis’s latest xmas heartwarmer
The John Lewis Christmas ad is fast becoming a British advertising institution. This year’s effort features a snowman on an epic quest to buy the perfect present. Guess where he finds it?
Warp Films 10th Anniversary
This month, Warp Films celebrates its 10th birthday. In honour of the occasion they asked artist Pete McKee to reinterpret some of their most iconic film posters, including Four Lions, Submarine, and This Is England…
Autumn window dressing
Brighton’s Red Design has collaborated with artist and designer Kyle Bean to create an impressive seasonal window display for the city’s Union Jewellery shop
Would you like a phone with that?
In a stunt to promote the Sony Xperia, film-goers attending the opening of new Bond film Skyfall in Stockholm were given a free soft drink on entering the cinema. Then some of those drinks started to ring…
Artomatic’s MarketReach business cards
Artomatic and Clinic were briefed to create business cards for MarketReach, the Royal Mail’s new specialist direct mail agency service.Their solution: to create a bespoke card for each member of the team based on their personality…
Did Will win it?
Turnout for the US Presidential Election was reportedly very high with lengthy queues at many polling stations. Perhaps Mr Will Ferrell had something to do with that
Creative Review’s Annual Awards 2025 are officially open for entries
One of the most respected and trusted awards for the advertising and design industries are back for 2025. Run, don’t walk to get your entries in before the Early Bird Deadline on 25 October
How to scale your design business
Growth is a dream for many businesses, but it comes with challenges. Daisy Crowder, brand and marketing director at design recruitment agency Craft, offers advice on how to navigate the change and keep staff on side
Cultivating community with Ganni
The Danish luxury fashion label has spearheaded the characterful evolution of Scandi style. Here, chief brand officer Priya Matadeen discusses its approach to collabs, the pressures of being a responsible brand, and how Ganni Girls grew from a hashtag to a badge of belonging
Why are brands apologising so much right now?
Brands are saying sorry at a more rapid rate than ever. CR’s advertising columnist Ben Kay delves into why sorry is no longer the hardest word and whether this is an effective strategy for winning audiences
How Guinness embraced social
By loosening its approach to advertising, and engaging with its audience directly, the drinks brand has transformed with the times and won a whole new set of fans
Tracing Banksy’s art history remixes
Kelly Grovier’s new book charts the artist’s persistent dialogue with classic and contemporary art
How Lego creates meaningful brand experiences
We speak to Lego’s VP of global brand development Alero Akuya about the brand’s rare ability to straddle the physical and virtual worlds with ease – whether through its immersive new art exhibition in Paris or collaborations with Epic Games and Nike
Matt Willey brings a human touch to Kaos titles
The Pentagram partner has created the titles for the acclaimed new Netflix show, which reimagines the Greek myths in a contemporary setting
A visual history of movie posters
A new book from Reel Art Press collates the first comprehensive history of film posters. We explore why they remain an underappreciated area of cultural design
The Monthly Interview: Rob Lowe, aka Supermundane
Mark Sinclair talks to the artist and designer about his new book, Lost Ordinary Magic, and the importance of recognising the power of simplicity and the everyday wonders that surround us
Unravelling adland’s obsession with 90s nostalgia
We explore how the 90s, an era the UK looks favourably upon for its thriving culture, are continually inspiring a stagnated creative industry
Building the visual world of Fontaines DC
The band’s surreal new album visuals explore a darker, more grotesque side of romance. We speak to the creative team behind the campaign about challenging the visual tropes of rock music