I’m Flying headset design by Rodshakur, inspired by R Kelly’s track I Believe I Can Fly
Last year Wieden + Kennedy London launched the Nokia Music Almighty Headset Competition, which invited entrants to design a Nokia Bluetooth headset, inspired by their favourite piece of music. The winning designs have now all been made into fully functioning headsets, some of which are more wearable than others…
Manohar and Samir Manohar Mistry are among the leading exponents of Mumbai taxi art, adorning the city’s cabs with wondrous typography. In this exclusive CR film (made for us by Grandmother India), they discuss the development of this urban art form and the design they created for CR’s April issue
Our very own Mumbai taxi. Watch an interview with the designers here
For any design-aware visitor, Mumbai’s yellow and black taxis, which constitute a major part of the city’s horrendous traffic, are a wondrous sight. The majority are richly decorated with a litany of the driver’s favourite things: like a MySpace page on wheels. The sacred and profane rub along on rear windscreens, wings and bumpers as visual references to gods mingle with film titles, western brand logos and complex geometric patterns. At night, these vivid forms dazzle under street lights and car headlamps. For our April issue, we commissioned our own Mumbai taxi
Still from UNKLE’s Heaven video, directed by Spike Jonze an Ty Evans
UNKLE’s track Heaven appeared on the soundtrack to acclaimed skate film Fully Flared (2007) directed by Spike Jones and Ty Evans. Now the two directors have created the official video for UNKLE’s track using footage taken of the Lakai skateboarding crew originally captured for their film: the video is essentially a re-edited sequence of shots showing the Lakai crew show off their impressive skateboarding skills as they negotiate various exploding obstacles – all in glorious slo-mo. Click Read More to view the video…
Drop the Tough video for Groove Armada, directed by A+W
Here is Groove Armada’s video for single Drop the Tough, which features on a new 4-track EP. It is an EP with a difference, however, as it has been entirely funded by a brand…
Design: Emily Forgot
Apparently inspired by the cut-and-paste aesthetic of the sadly defunct Amelia’s magazine and the illustrations of Alan Aldridge, Selfridges’ in-house design team unveiled the store’s colourful new windows earlier this month. The windows also received a makeover from illustrator Emily Forgot and RCA student Matthew Plummer Fernandez, whose previous Selfridges installation we featured, here. (All photography: Andrew Meredith)…
No cameras, please. T-rex flashes his not inconsiderable teeth at the British press
For a brief second, as it lowered its head towards me and growled, I thought my number was up. Coming face to face with a 23ft tall Tyrranosaurs rex just isn’t something CR gets to do all that often. But this week we were invited to the O2 to check out two of the animatronic dinosaurs that will form part of Walking With Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular when it tours the country in July. Click through for some scary footage from the day…
The latest D&AD President’s Lecture was given by Dutch designer Jan van Toorn (subject of this recent book by Rick Poynor). Click through for film of him answering some of the audience’s questions afterwards
Tapumes, 2006, Funarte, Rio de Janeiro
Brazilian artist Henrique Oliveira’s first solo show in the US opens at Houston’s Rice Gallery on 26 March. Oliveira uses wood collected from the streets of São Paulo to create huge installations that he calls “tridimensionals”. The thin sections of wood, obtained from old fencing and boarding known as “tapumes”, are bent and curved into these enormous structures that seem to spill off the gallery walls. Click through for some more pictures of Oliveira’s work and go here for some images of how he puts the structures together. Originally spotted on designboom.com.
The winners of the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year, presented last night, each received one of these rather handsome trophies designed by Anthony Burrill and Michael Marriott
Though dogged by continuing copyright controversy, Shepard Fairey’s Obama poster was named as the Brit Insurance Design of the Year last night.
Click Read More to see our demo of new iPhone app, MouthOff…
MouthOff is available from the App Store in iTunes
First generation iPod Touch users please note MouthOff won’t work on your device!
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
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
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
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
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
Kelly Grovier’s new book charts the artist’s persistent dialogue with classic and contemporary art
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
The Pentagram partner has created the titles for the acclaimed new Netflix show, which reimagines the Greek myths in a contemporary setting
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
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
We explore how the 90s, an era the UK looks favourably upon for its thriving culture, are continually inspiring a stagnated creative industry
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