Richard Hogg: Of The Wall solo show
Illustrator Richard Hogg’s first solo show opens today at East London’s Concrete Hermit Gallery..
Magical products packaged for Harry Potter
Magical Moustache Miracle Stubble Grow – just one of several packaging designs for a host of magical products created specially for the set of the latest Harry Potter film…
Don’t Panic
Pan Macmillan is re-issuing Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy series in September with a new set of covers, in celebration of 30 years since the original publication.
Barbie Foot
Currently installed in the window of Parisian concept store Colette is this delightful game of Barbie table football…
Tits, Arse and Hellfire
Type designer Seb Lester’s first solo exhibition opens at Newcastle’s Electrik Sheep Gallery this week…
Question of the Week 04.08.09
For this week’s question, we’d like you to delve into your past and tell us about the first person you ever hired…
Lot Lot posters
Norwegian Illustrators Kristian Hammerstad and Levi Bergqvist sent us these posters they designed for Lot Lot, a club in Oslo. Too late for Eliza’s Nice Work post, we thought we’d post up the full monster-themed set for your delectation…
Taxi Series
A collection of photographs that attempt to capture the beguiling beauty of life’s everyday confinements, re-proposing the ordinary, the displaced and the overlooked.
Arden’s library
Where do you draw inspiration from? For the late great art director and filmmaker Paul Arden, it was from his library. We pull out his particular favourites
James Joyce’s BBC posters and more nice work
Here’s a round-up of lovely projects that have caught our eye of late. First up is illustrator James Joyce’s series of ads for a new BBC science programme, Bang Goes The Theory, commissioned by Red Bee Media.
Bugs + street light + long exposure
Michigan-based filmmaker Charlie McCarthy shot 156 photographs of insects flying around a street light, each at a four second exposure. He then put them together at 12 frames per second to make this delightful little film…
Maybe It’s A Big Horse…
The Getty Images Gallery in London opens its new show, Londoners Through A Lens, on 14 August. It features some great archive images of the capital’s people from 1900 onwards…
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 Leaders Issue is out now!
The Autumn 2024 issue of Creative Review looks at the brands and individuals who are pushing creativity forward on their way to the top
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
Jessica Walsh ventures into the world of type
As the &Walsh founder launches her agency’s new offshoot Type of Feeling, she discusses why typography’s ability to evoke emotions makes it one of the most powerful tools at a brand’s disposal
Can neuroscience make you a better creative?
Kinda Studios is tapping into the emerging field of neuroaesthetics to help creatives and brands make more impactful work that benefits people’s wellbeing