The ‘real’ juice box

Brazilian agency AGE Isobar has grown real fruit into the shape of juice boxes in order to promote the supposedly ‘all natural’ Camp fruit juice brand

Whether the weather

At the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland (US) there is a large south facing wall that looks like it might be a piece of abstract public art. Made from 2,352 different samples of stone it is in fact a testing wall where the effects of the weather on building materials are measured

Seventy ways to start a novel

In GraphicDesign&’s first book, Page 1: Great Expectations, 70 designers reinterpret the opening page of the Charles Dickens classic. The results reveal much about the decisions designer’s face in setting any text

Nice work for EDF, Playboy, AXA and more

We have a bumper crop of nice ad work to share with you this week. First up is a new spot for EDF energy from AIS London, which features a giant handmade zoetrope…

ITV1 in charming Royal Jubilee design shock

Studio AKA director Steve Small has designed and directed a refreshingly charming hand-drawn ident to precede ITV1’s upcoming Royal Season of TV programmes which trail the Diamond Jubilee

Freehand: the software that wouldn’t die

In the March 2009 issue of CR, Michael Johnson wrote of a strange phenomenon: the diehard fans of an obsolete piece of software who refuse to bow to the inevitable and switch to more modern alternatives. His story, which has just topped 200 comments, has become a kind of self-help group for FreeHand adherents. A place to reminisce, to mourn the seemingly imminent loss of an old friend. But, thanks to legal action in the US, FreeHand may have a future

Bold, brash covers for de Beauvoir’s works

Peter Mendelsund isn’t generally known as a designer who makes garish book covers. But in his recent designs for three late works by Simone de Beauvoir, he’s done exactly that. And for good reason

Mind The Map

Fans of classic London Underground maps and posters are in for a treat this summer, as the London Transport Museum hosts an exhibition exploring over 100 years of historical materials and artworks created for the Underground…

The Magic Tate Ball

Inspired by the ever-popular Magic 8 Ball, the Magic Tate Ball app presents users with a different artwork from the Tate Collection each time their phone is shaken. Using GPS and weather data, ambient noise levels and time of day, the app will, in theory, chose the best match to your circumstances

Lance Wyman in Norwich

Remember when the Olympics produced great graphic design? Norwich University College of the Arts is hosting an exhibition of the work of Lance Wyman which includes his Mexico 1968 logotype and other examples of the Olympic graphics programme Wyman worked on

An album for the iPad

Created by one of the founders of Soundcloud, Ecclesia is an interactive album for the iPad that allows listeners to take control of the artwork and sound for each track, making every experience of the album a unique one. Drawing its inspiration from church recordings, the app makes for an interesting contrast between the traditional and the contemporary…

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