April
April’s best work includes a living installation, a billboard powered by oranges, Land Rover passport stamps and a Royal Wedding spoof
June
June’s best work includes a build-your-own album, a ticket machine that prints out comments, and Giles Revell’s beautiful promo film for the BBC
July
July’s best work includes Falcon’s screenprinted packaging, and app that lets children be the backseat driver, and giant 3D paper sculptures
August
August’s best work includes David Bellos’s animation for Penguin, the world’s largest stop motion film, LeftLoft’s posters for Inter Milan, and Jamie’s iPad app
September
September’s best work includes Google’s quarterly publication, the Brixton pound and Androp’s interactive music video game
October
October’s best work includes the Guardian iPad Edition, Boat Studio’s travelling magazine, the bearskin rug that became a director, and T-shirts for charity
November
November’s best work includes world leaders sharing kisses, an interactive window display from Ebay and flying household objects
December
December’s best work includes Sony’s one-take projection mapping short films, a collaboration between an illustration collective and a shoe designer, and Music’s Christmas video commentary
Barcelona: A Guide by TwoPoints.Net
This issue of Monograph is, we hope, the first of many which take a fresh approach to the publication. In order to refresh the concept, we are going to ask designers and creatives in cities around the world to curate a kind of ‘creative guide’ to their city, picking out what they feel are the practitioners and work that are the most significant at the present time. For our first such guide we invited the Barcelona studio TwoPoints.Net to put together a snapshot of the most exciting work from their city. Our thanks to them.
I’ve taken too many photos
At this year’s Hyères festival, the presentation of the work was sometimes as inventive as the photography itself
Leftloft scoring for Inter
One of my favourite pieces of work in this year’s CR Annual was a poster campaign for Inter Milan football club. The studio behind the work, Leftloft, has been working with Inter for a couple of years, so I thought readers might like to see more of what they have been doing for the club
A record sleeve that isn’t a record sleeve
The latest release from musician Stay+ comes in a record sleeve-size package that contains no music format whatsoever. Instead, the highly limited transparent acrylic sleeves contain a foldout, 50inch QR code screen print that leads the buyer to a download page online…
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 Leaders Issue is out now!
The Autumn 2024 issue of Creative Review looks at the brands and individuals who are pushing creativity forward on their way to the top
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
Jessica Walsh ventures into the world of type
As the &Walsh founder launches her agency’s new offshoot Type of Feeling, she discusses why typography’s ability to evoke emotions makes it one of the most powerful tools at a brand’s disposal
Can neuroscience make you a better creative?
Kinda Studios is tapping into the emerging field of neuroaesthetics to help creatives and brands make more impactful work that benefits people’s wellbeing