Poke v MCFC

Poke has designed a new website for Manchester City, as the football club seeks to reinvent itself as a “media and entertainment brand”

Penguin’s Magnum Collection

Steve Hare alerts us to the recently published Penguin editions of six classic non-fiction texts, each using a rare image from the Magnum archives as a wraparound cover

London’s 7/7 memorial

Today sees the unveiling of a permanent memorial to the victims of the London terrorist bombings of July 7 2005. Typographer Phil Baines talks to CR about his involvement

Follow The Monsters

Follow Stefan G Bucher’s Monsters around the CR website to win an Olympus µTough-6020 camera worth £250.

LCC 5:1 Show

The School of Graphic Design at the London College of Communication held its BA (Hons) degree show last week – here are some pieces of work that particularly caught our attention…

Brody’s cryptic Wallpaper* cover

Neville Brody has designed the subscriber cover for the August issue of Wallpaper* – a coded reference to his feelings about his work

Driftwood: The AA’s summer pavilion

The Architectural Association has unveiled its latest Summer Pavilion: designed by third year Danecia Sibingo, its undulating form now sits outside the AA in London’s Bedford Square

Javier Mariscal’s Villa Julia

At the Milan Furniture Fair in April, Magis launched a cardboard playhouse designed by the Spanish designer, Javier Mariscal. Now available in the UK as part of the Mariscal: Drawing Life exhibition at London’s Design Museum

D&AD Student Award winners

Last night at the D&AD Student Awards, two graduate teams collected the Student of the Year prize – one from Berghs School, Sweden and another from Central St Martins in the UK. 18 Firsts were also awarded. Here’s a selection of the winning work…

Brighton Graphics and Illustration degree show

CR was amid the gently steaming crowd at the opening of the University of Brighton Graphic Design and Illustration show last night, just off London’s Brick Lane. Here’s a few highlights

Twittering on

According to mediauk.com, CR is now the fourth most popular UK magazine on Twitter, with 11,500+ followers. Our Neil does a fine job linking to some very interesting things and the best bits from the CR blog.