John, Paul, George and Jingo

When you think of Britain does a wave of images, sentimental, yet faintly militaristic, rush through your brain? Do soldiers, barrel-rolling Spitfires, smiling farmers and Eric Morecambe pass in tight formation before your mind’s eye? And tell me, these pictures, where did they come from?

The art of necessity

Starved of funds and resources in the 1930s, Spain’s printers found their own, ingenious way to respond to the avant-garde, write Mery Cuesta and Jordi Duró

They sell! We buy!

The Designers Republic, one of the most influential graphic design studios of the past 20 years, has closed its doors. Rick Poynor looks back at the studio’s work and assesses its lasting influence

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Formula One (& Fleetwood Mac) Is Back On BBC

Still of Liquid TV’s new BBC Formula One title sequence / onscreen branding
Die-hard Formula One fans will have been up early yesterday to watch the first event of the new season, the Australian Grand Prix which was broadcast on BBC – after several years of exclusive ITV coverage in the UK. Instead of the usual flurry of checquered flags, stock footage of races gone by, and dodgy photography of pit girls and racing drivers, the BBC’s new title sequence (created by Liquid TV) is a mainly CG affair that looks to have been inspired by high octane video games and movie car chases. And, perhaps most reassuringly of all, the new title sequence and on screen branding is accompanied by the tune the BBC has used for previous Formula One coverage: Fleetwood Mac’s ridiculously catchy tune, The Chain – the bassline of which, no doubt, F1 fans all over Britain are now humming incessantly. Click through to see the new title sequence…

Wallace & Gromit’s Npower ad plus more nice work

Npower commercial, agency: Beattie McGuinness Bungay; Creative director: Bil Bungay; Copywriter: James Loxley; Production company: Aardman; director: Merlin Crossingham
It’s Friday, so it must be time for a round-up of great new advertising work, along with some other treats. First up is a new Npower ad from Beattie, McGuinness, Bungay. The ad stars Wallace & Gromit, fresh from their stint as fashionistas in a campaign for Harvey Nicks. Here the charming duo demonstrate the advantages of an energy efficient boiler.

Confused?

Designers from Freeman Christie spotted this bewildering list of charges in an Oxford car park. But, instead of just moaning about the sign, they designed a better one

Where The Real Wild Things Are

All photographs by Peter Beste
As you might expect, we at CR are huge fans of Norwegian Black Metal. So we were excited to see that an exhibition of photographs of fans of the notorious rock movement is on show at the Pool Gallery in Berlin.

Pet Shop Boys say Yes to Farrow

Farrow resumes its longstanding relationship with the Pet Shop Boys with the sleeve for the duo’s latest album, Yes.

Tom Gauld’s sketchbooks

Detail of sketchbook page. © Tom Gauld
For a brief glimpse into the working methods of one of the UK’s best illustrators, head on over to Tom Gauld’s new Flickr page, where he has uploaded several of his sketchbook pages. For example, you can see how a cartoon he did for the Guardian entitled, The Street Tom Waits Grew Up On, evolved from a list of ideas and drawings to final artwork…

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