A to Z by YeahNoYeah
A series of single letter prints in black and white make for an eye-catching debut screen-print project from YeahNoYeah. (24 other letters are of course available)
Chermayeff’s Rupert Ray identity
Ivan Chermayeff of Chermayeff & Geismar has created the graphic identity of Rupert Ray, the new creative agency founded by Alex Maclean and Caroline Matthews, who were the former creative director and managing director respectively of Airside which closed earlier this year…
Nice work for Nike, Hornbach, ESPN and more
Here’s a bumper crop of great new advertising and design work to help you on your way to the end of the working week. First up is a new web app from Wieden + Kennedy Tokyo which encourages users to bend and flex a pair of Nike Free shoes by pulling silly faces in front of your webcam…
Sony World Photography Award winners 2012
American photographer Mitch Dobrowner has scooped the top prize at this year’s Sony World Photography Awards, picking up the L’Iris d’Or for his series of impressively stormy landscape images…
The (unabridged) Ecstasy poster story
Mark Blamire, one of the designers that designed the Trainspotting poster campaign 16 years ago, has designed the campaign for Irvine Welsh’s latest film adaptation, Ecstasy…
Stanley Donwood’s Lost Angeles
Opening tomorrow at Subliminal Projects in Los Angeles is a new show by Stanley Donwood, which features an 18-foot apocalyptic panorama of the City of Angels being destroyed by fire, flood and meteor storm…
Nicolas Jaar’s new music format
Musician and owner of record label Clown & Sunset, Nicolas Jaar, has just released a new collection of tracks entitled Don’t Break My Love, not on CD or vinyl, but on a small aluminium cube called The Prism…
CR May 2012 Issue: The Annual
It’s the biggest issue in our history – our 216-page double May issue with all the winning work in this year’s Creative Review Annual plus great features on George Lois, Ways of Seeing, Flatstock, British Design at the V&A and much much more
Can you make it look… even worse?
It’s an unusual design brief – to make the product as unappealing as possible. But that’s exactly what proposed designs for cigarette packaging in Australia hope to achieve, using a grim combination of photography, graphic design and type
A journey around Andrew Rae’s pencil case
Peepshow image makers Andrew Rae and Chrissie Macdonald have collaborated to create a mixed media installation designed to engage children as they travel from ward to operating theatre at a London hospital…
A welcome new design event
An array of top speakers, a great venue, cheap tickets and proceeds going to a good cause – the Cheltenham Design Festival is a very welcome addition to the design conference scene
Measuring The Universe
Illustrator Richard Hogg worked with graphic designer Anna Fidalgo on the exhibition design for the current Measuring The Universe exhibition running at Royal Observatory Greenwich until September 2…
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