Last year we wrote about the marvellous Radio Soulwax app from Soulwax, which features a series of hour-long mixes by the band set to visuals. Next Monday, a new hour will be added to the app, but we have a sneak preview of it here to help glide you into the weekend…
Design studio Build has designed a series of prints and postcards to celebrate and promote the fact that Nokia’s Pure typeface, designed by Dalton Maag, is available in no fewer than thirteen different language versions…
Monsterism illustrator Pete Fowler has directed the new animated video for The Horrors track Changing The Rain in collaboration with Made Visual Studio…
Some nice books in CR towers at the moment. Here’s three I really like for completely different reasons:TDC’s latest annual, Andy Rementer’s latest zine, and a rather nice mailer for a London print company…
The humble business card is a long-term staple of graphic design books and awards: a chance to show some ingenuity in making that all-important first impression. This is Real Art has come up with a nice idea in this tradition for human rights watchdog Privacy International
ASHA has created a brand positioning, mark and identity for Lark, a 60 year-old insurance company, that focuses on the company’s heritage and its tailor-made products
Working across various disciplines including art direction, graphic design, photography, typography and motion design, Parisian multidisciplinary platform, Ill-Studio is currently exhibiting at London’s KK Outlet…
The Typo London conference, which launched last year, is to return to London in October, taking ‘authenticity’ as its theme. What would you like to see from this year’s event?
Digital advertising is apparently 18 years old this year, yet in many ways is still in its infancy in terms of how brands use the online space. To celebrate the possibilities it offers, Project Re:Brief (by Google and ad agencies Johannes Leonardo and Grow Interactive) revisits four classic US ads and reimagines them for the digital age. But in doing so, does it also inadvertently highlight some of the pitfalls of advertising on the internet?
Whilst attending the brilliant OFFSET 2012 design conference in Dublin, I spotted this great series of posters created by London-based design studio Pony for Dublin’s premiere gay bar, Pantibar
India now has a second major design conference, the India Design Forum, where the changing role of the designer and their part in tackling the major issues facing the world led discussions in New Delhi
Jake Gyllenhaal plays a violent psychopath on a killing spree in this bloody yet stylish new video for The Shoes track Time To Dance, directed by Daniel Wolfe.
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
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
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
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
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
Kelly Grovier’s new book charts the artist’s persistent dialogue with classic and contemporary art
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
The Pentagram partner has created the titles for the acclaimed new Netflix show, which reimagines the Greek myths in a contemporary setting
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
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
We explore how the 90s, an era the UK looks favourably upon for its thriving culture, are continually inspiring a stagnated creative industry
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