Shortcut scrubbing reveals Lynx Effect

A female TV reporter falls under the spell of the ‘Lynx Effect’ thanks to the use of ‘shortcut scrubbing’ to play around with the action in a laddish YouTube video

Nice Work: scary bikers and infantile men

This week’s round-up of the pick of the world’s latest advertising work to cross the CR threshold includes a charming animation for Radio France, some scary bikers in a cinema and Ikea’s creche for men

Why Not Associates animate type for Audi

In a rather different project to the recently completed Comedy Carpet in Blackpool (which features in our current October issue) Why Not Associates has completed a series of animated CGI idents for Audi…

The 360 Project

Canadian filmmaker and photographer Ryan Enn Hughes’s 360 Project uses 48 cameras arranged in a circle and triggered simultaneously to explore the crossover between still and moving image

St Bride Library: Critical Tensions

The tenth annual St Bride Library conference will take place this November; its theme the notion of ‘tension’ in creative practice

New app for New York’s neon

Kirsten Hively’s photography of New York neon signs is now browsable in iPhone app format courtesy of funding through Kickstarter, and the app-building skills of Blue Crow Media…

What’s the best ever slogan?

Back in April we dedicated an issue to the best logos ever. Now we are turning our attention to their written equivalent and, again, we need your help. So what do you think are the best slogans ever?

Tim Simmons’ Urban Land Project

In a run-down area of Philadelphia, a beautiful image of a snowy landscape adorns a shabby brick wall. Why is it there? It’s all part of an intriguing new project by photographer Tim Simmons

What Design Can Do unveiled in Beijing

For Beijing Design Week, London studio johnson banks created a series of banners championing the collaborative efforts of British and Chinese design practices

Make me a movie star

In Poke’s latest idea for Orange’s series of film sponsorship activities, Facebook users and their friends can feature in their very own illustrated film posters. Sort of

The world of chocolate

DDB Chicago has produced a nice campaign of illustrated posters to advertise an exhibition on Chocolate Around the World at the Chicago Field Museum