Why Google has oodles of doodles

From clever to cute, Google’s doodles are more than just a gimmick, they reflect the company’s ability to be both a global and local brand…

Go on, embrace the chaos

MoMA’s new show Talk to Me asks questions about how humans communicate with objects: don’t expect to find any answers…

Johnny Kelly film for Chipotle Mexican Grill

Johnny Kelly has created this delightful animation for Chipotle Mexican Grill, which features a specially commissioned cover of Coldplay track The Scientist, by Willie Nelson…

New MTV idents from Zeitguised

Husband-and-wife directing team Zeitguised have created a lovely new series of idents for MTV, for the MTV Charts…

CR Placement Survey

We’re conducting a major survey on the placement system within design studios and advertising agencies and we need your help. Please let us know how you organise internships at your company

Last chance to Learn Something Every Day

As a final swansong for its two year old daily illustrated fact blog – Learn Something Every Day – creative agency Young has commissioned an illustrator a day this month to illustrate a bizarre, little known fact. Contributors include Andy Rementer, Marion Deuchars, Jon Boam, and Siggi Eggertsson

Avon Calling

Beauty brand Avon is 125 years old this September. To celebrate, it has sent us this collection of its classic ads from the 1950s, 60s and 70s…

Turner Duckworth gives Diet Coke new look

Following its multi-award-winning repackaging of Coca-Cola, Turner Duckworth has created a new look for Diet Coke based on a cropped version of the brand’s logo

Seb Lester’s new Peace print

Type designer Seb Lester’s latest screenprint, Peace (sketches for it, shown above) was inspired by Anglo Saxon art, 18th and 19th century penmanship, and medieval illumination. Here’s a look at the two different available colourways of Peace which both make stunning use of metallic paper stocks…

Just My Type: the movie

Simon Garfield’s hugely popular book on type and typography Just My Type is soon to be published in the US, an event that is being promoted via a rather nice trailer from Pentagram

Advance Promo Sleeves of the Month

We feel very lucky here at CR towers that various record labels and their hard working PR peeps regularly send us news of imminent releases. Not all of them float our boat, but here are a few recent arrivals (for Damian Lazarus, Crazy P, and St. Vincent) with rather nice artwork…