La France Retro

A series of posters inspired by those for the films of Jacques Tati are urging us to visit Western France for our holidays this year

Ad gems from last week

Due to the recent technical difficulties at CR, we were prevented from bringing you some great pieces of advertising that broke last week. So here’s a quick catch up on three stories we missed. First up is the marvellous sequel to Tipp-Ex’s 2010 Hunter Shoots A Bear interactive film…

The Creative Review iPad App

The Creative Review iPad app is (finally) here, with exclusive content and updates throughout each month for your viewing and reading pleasure. A free sample is available now

We’re back

So sorry for the interruption in service this week. We are now back (thanks Igor)

Are you a typoholic?

Just published by Vicitonary, Typoholic is the latest tome to celebrate modern typography at its most playful…

DKW&R bring Spectator to Life

Members of the team behind men’s magazine Port have created a new lifestyle supplement to The Spectator with an eye on a very advertiser-friendly demographic

The missing Modern Masters

For his forthcoming show at the Haunch of Venison gallery in London, artist Jamie Shovlin has reimagined 17 covers for titles from the Fontana Modern Masters series (1970-84) which were scheduled to appear but never did

Butcher’s Hook make their mark

Three graduates sought to introduce their new studio to locals via a neat bit of window dressing, providing passers-by with unique prints – and a business card

960 pieces of vinyl

For Benga’s new video for I Will Never Change, 960 separate pieces of vinyl were carefully measured, cut, and then finally animated. The result is a real-life waveform…

Lydia Leith’s Jubilee Jelly Mould

Regular CR blog readers may recall our post last year about Lydia Leith’s Royal Wedding Sick Bags. Now the Carlisle-based artist has created a batch of new products to coincide with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations in June…

London’s largest mural

Commissioned by the company that owns Karpo restaurant and the Megaro Hotel, four street artists have completed a huge 450 square metre mural immediately opposite St Pancras International station in London…

Live from the studio of Damien Hirst

On the eve of Damien Hirst’s first major retrospective in the UK, his extensive body of work has been re-catalogued online courtesy of a new website from Bureau for Visual Affairs. It also features a live studio feed, part of an attempt to “communicate the artist a little better” say the studio