Toyota’s Fastest Painted Website

To celebrate the launch of Toyota’s FT-86 II Concept sports car at the Tokyo Motor Show in December, creative agency Party has painted a mural on a wall in front of the busy Shinjuku Station in the city, which viewers can interact with online…

CR December issue: free toy!

In our December issue, CR takes a tour around Liverpool’s independent creative scene, meets the remarkable Dutch book designer Irma Boom and has a free gift for all our readers – a paper toy to cut out, keep and customise

The Honda Experiment

Wieden + Kennedy London’s latest campaign for Honda, titled The Experiment, is an online game that asks players to create a chain reaction on screen by placing a set of pop-up windows in the correct sequence…

50 posters in the life of Modern Art Oxford

The Museum of Modern Art Oxford is beginning its 50th birthday celebrations early (it is 50 in 2015), with a website containing a collection of 50 posters from its exhibition archive, chosen by artists Simon & Tom Bloor. The posters are displayed online at mao5050.com.

Paper toys: Shin Tanaka

Japanese graffiti artist Shin Tanaka sees his paper toy creations as canvases for his art. He’s one of several artists whose work features in a piece on paper toys in the new December issue of CR…

Paper Toys: Tougui

French illustrator and paper toy designer Tougui, aka Guillaume Pain, is one of several proponents of a growing paper toy scene whose work is featured in the December issue of CR, out this week…

New Ikea ads from Forsman & Bodenfors

A new set of ads for Ikea from Forsman & Bodenfors aims to emphasise the versality of the furniture store’s sofas, whether your home be a castle, an orangery or an artist’s studio…

Sundblom and his two Santas

For over 30 years Haddon Sundblom painted Santa Claus for The Coca-Cola Company and helped establish an image of Christmas still in use today. After his services were no longer required, however, Sundblom took his association with the Santa character to a very different client

SHOP Magazine cover illustrations

Next week London’s Kemistry Gallery will showcase a selection of the SHOP Magazine’s 2011 cover artwork commissioned from a host of illustrators all commissioned by art directors Studio8…

Polish Cold War Neon

Photographer Ilona Karwinska’s new book Polish Cold War Neon documents what remains of a once extravagant plan to ‘neonize’ the entire country during the 1960s, 70s and 80s…

D&AD’s 50th awards

D&AD’s famous award scheme hits 50 next year. Neville Brody has designed a special identity, and there’s a celebratory film to encourage entries…