Which one’s our tent?
Festival goers often have trouble locating their tents within a sea of muddy green and blue tarpaulin. FieldCandy, a new design-led tent manufacturer no less, may well have the answer
Moving Brands leans HP 13 degrees forward
Moving Brands has proposed a sharp new mark for Hewlett Packard that aims to re-establish HP as a brand at the forefront of technological innovation
D&AD 50: To Kill a Mockingbird, 1964
To mark its 50th birthday, D&AD is delving into its archive to highlight significant pieces of work that have featured in the awards. We will be publishing one a week with accompanying analysis by ex-Design Week editor Lynda Relph-Knight. This week, Derek Birdsall talks to Relph-Knight about his highly innovative cover for To Kill a Mockingbird
Tea for Two blog and mailer
Photographic duo Shaw & Shaw have a spanky new website and blog designed by Manchester studio Music. How do we know? They sent us this chintzy tea cup and saucer, each wrapped in some rather nice S&S shot tea cup wrapping paper…
CR Jan 2012: the music issue
The January issue of Creative Review is a music special with features on festivals, the future of the music video and much much more. Plus it comes with its very own soundtrack for you to listen to while reading the magazine.
Vimeo Awards 2012 Open For Entries
Vimeo is on the hunt for top film-making talent for its second Vimeo Festival and Awards. There are 13 categories to enter this year and the top film-maker(s) will receive a grant of $25K, along with the admiration of the creative industries…
The Sea of Pianos
A new short film by directors Tom Wrigglesworth and Mathieu Cuvelier follows Marc Manceaux, the philosophical owner of the oldest piano shop in Paris
Studio Roso’s V&A Christmas tree
Designed by London-based Studio Roso, the Victoria & Albert Museum’s Christmas tree is made from 3.3 miles of elastic cord and stands over four metres high
Cards for all occasions
Avoid last minute birthday/Mothers’ Day/Christmas card panics with the rather lovely All-Set Card Set from Minneapolis ad agency Colle + McVoy
Painting by Numbers
Data Visualisation may be a hot topic right now but a new poster show at London’s Transport Museum reminds us that getting complex information over in attractive ways is not a new challenge for the art director or designer
Matter magazine
Kilimanjaro magazine creator Olu Odukoya has just launched a new bi-annual men’s magazine called Matter that takes technology, style and conceptual art as its raison d’etre…
More Advice to Sink in Slowly from Gray318 and CR
Advice to Sink in Slowly has been dispensing advice to students for several years through the medium of the poster. CR has sponsored one of its new fundraising editions, which will help the initiative to continue sending out posters to first year students in the UK for free.
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