Blok Design’s ‘Caca Grande’
Toronto-based Blok Design is collaborating with a number of leading artists and designers to create a new series of children’s books. First up is ‘Caca Grande’ (yup, that’s ‘big poo’) by Carlos Amorales…
Stanley Donwood’s Glastonbury Print
Stanley Donwood has created a new print to celebrate this year’s Glastonbury Festival, which takes place next week…
Photography Annual 2011: new deadline
This year’s Photography Annual will now be published alongside the November issue of Creative Review rather than the October one. Taking this into consideration, we’re extending the deadline…
D&AD Awards Winners 2011
Wieden + Kennedy’s Old Spice campaign was the big winner at this year’s D&AD Awards, picking up two Black Pencils out of the six awarded. There were Black Pencils too for the Plumen lightbulb, JWT New York, Arcade Fire’s Wilderness Downtown and the iPad. And Neville Brody was given the President’s Award
CR and Tate Britain collaborate to mark Vorticism exhibition
Creative Review and Tate are teaming up to bring you a Tumblr inspired by Blast, the short-lived but influential journal of the Vorticists art movement. What’s more, we’re planning our next tweetup…
David Meldrum’s daily food illustrations
illustrator David Meldrum has been documenting every item of food consumed each day for the last year, not online, but on paper in the form of daily illustrations. An exhibition of the 365 illustrations opens in London tomorrow…
How To Make A Book With Steidl
Screening at the Open City festival in London this Friday is last year’s film about the German printer and publisher Gerhard Steidl and his intimate work with some of the best photographers in the world
Watch Me Move at Barbican Art Gallery
The Barbican Art Gallery in London has devoted its summer show to a celebration of animation, from The Lumière Brothers to The Simpsons. Here are some highlights…
Sony recreates Balls for Wimbledon
Sony has drawn inspiration from its own advertising archive for its latest spot, which sees the 2006 ad Balls recreated in leafy Wimbledon…
Klaus Thymann’s Laser Experiments
Photographer Klaus Thymann is currently exhibiting a series of enigmatic new images featuring diffraction-limited lasers as part of a group show at Rome’s Museo Orto Botanico…
The Jedi Path book presentation box
Its silver vault doors sport an embossed image of two moons setting over the rounded edge of a nearby planet and two hands clutching a lightsabre. Yup, it’s the suitably geeky packaging for Lucasfilm book, The Jedi Path…
Creek: the best Levi’s ad?
The current issue of CR includes a lengthy interview with Sir John Hegarty and a look back at his agency’s work including, of course, its noted campaign for Levi’s. In the piece Hegarty chooses Creek as his favourite Levi’s spot: what’s yours?
Creative Review’s Annual Awards 2025 are officially open for entries
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
How to scale your design business
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
Cultivating community with Ganni
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
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 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