If you’ve got it, Flaunt it
When your work looks great, you want people to see it. But how you show it off could make all the difference. A new book looks at the art of designing a brilliant portfolio
Your new look ad book
In an extract from his new book, copywriter Simon Veksner offers advice on how best to put your ad portfolio together, now that creative directors have gone digital-crazy
We Can Work It Out
Students at the London College of Communication can work for a year as part of a course that gets them out into the real world. It’s great for them – and the industry
A design year abroad
Traveling experiences from students from the London College of Communication
Ad School 2.0 is open
As London’s School of Communication Arts relaunches this September, it hopes to offer its students a taste of the new advertising landscape. There’s still time to apply…
Flaunt It Student Profile
When your work looks great, you want people to see it. But how you show it off could make all the difference. A new book looks at the art of designing a brilliant portfolio
My job? It’s like Mad Men, but with more sex
Two recent attempts to repackage the ad industry for the small screen have resulted in high drama and woeful comedy
Welcome to Dalston-on-Strand
Pick Me Up, London’s new graphic art fair, was a hands-on, inky-fingered success, reckons James Pallister, but will it have a lasting impact?
A Cautious Welcome
In our CGI special last year, photographer Carl Lyttle claimed that CGI would kill off studio photography. One year on, Diane Smyth finds that not only does photography still have a role, but that some photographers at least are beginning to see CGI as more opportunity than threat.
Creatives and email: time for analysis
While email changed the way we work, we’d all get much more done if we learned to use it better. And Freud wouldn’t get a look in
iCame, iSaw, iConquered?
A handful of magazines have risen to the iPad challenge. On the eve of the device’s UK release, Jeremy Leslie puts them through their paces
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