You may not know his name but you will certainly know his work: Morris Cassanova (aka Mr Chicken) designs and makes signs for most of the fried chicken shops in the UK. In an extract from her book Chicken: Low Art, High Calorie, Siâron Hughes meets him
Patrick Daughters has directed this frightening new video for new Depeche Mode track Wrong. Brrrr…
DDB’s Harvey Nichols ads, shot by Giles Revell and starring Wallace & Gromit (which we blogged about in August last year), received the Creative Circle’s Platinum award last night as well as gold awards for Best Poster, Best Portrait Poster, Best Landscape Poster and Best Poster Campaign
CR was at the Creative Circle awards last night to eat fish and chips, quaff champagne, see DDB’s Wallace and Gromit starring campaign for Harvey Nichols win big, and see Dave Trott enter the Creative Circle Hall of Heroes…
Connections, a 2008 straight 8 film by Steve Oram & Nick Lear
Entries are now open for this year’s straight 8 competition. For those of you not in the know, straight 8 invites filmmakers to make a film on a single cartridge of super 8 film and enter it undeveloped and unedited to the competition (with an original soundtrack). Then you just sit back and wait to discover if anything will have come out…
Last year Patrick reported on the progress of 10×10, the social housing project launched by Cape Town’s Design Indaba with the aim of approaching ten of the world’s best architects to help build 100 new homes in the Freedom Park district of Mitchell’s Plain, one of the many townships that make up the vast area known as Cape Flats. On Saturday, Luyanda Mpahlwa, the architect behind the first series of houses to be built for the project showed the 2009 Indaba guests some finished examples: one of which, shown above, is now a new home to Mrs Jonkers and her family; the first inhabitants of Mitchell’s Plain to see the benefits – and illustrate the potential – of the 10×10 project…
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Uniqlo’s latest online campaign features a line of plaid-clad models on a never-ending march
The London College of Communication (formerly London College of Printing) has a history rooted deeply in print, design and industry
By way of a summation of the array of ideas at his disposal, Adam and Joe’s BBC3 profile of artist Nobumichi Tosa and his Meiwa Denki organisation is well worth a look here. Tosa just performed at the Design Indaba and, via a series of videos, went through many of his Nonsense Machines that have delighted audiences all over the world. While his singing robots (who have working vocal cords made of rubber) were actually quite moving, one of my favourite pieces would have to be his “machine for moving a dead fish”. Yep, that’s really all it does. But then, it does do it very well indeed.
When I Grow Up by Fever Ray, directed by Martin de Thurah
Here’s a round-up of great new videos to help ease you to the end of the working week. We kick of with a moody number for Fever Ray track When I Grow Up, directed by Martin de Thurah.
Regular readers of CR may recall we showcased a selection of art pieces created for the 100 Pieces of Havana project curated by design studio Intercity (co-founded by ex-CR art director, Nathan Gale) in our August issue last year. Now Intercity has worked again with rum brand Havana Club on the next iteration of the project: 100 Minutes of Havana – a live, one-off art battle set to take place next Wednesday 4 March at East London’s railway arch venue, Village Underground. A selection of the artists due to take part in the art-off next week met up at the venue earlier this week to have a practice session, customising one of the four underground train carriages that sit atop the venue…
Day two of Cape Town’s Design Indaba began very promisingly, with a demonstration of the best that South African animation has to offer. Jannes Hendrikz and Markus Smit from The Black Heart Gang showed their beautiful 2006 short film, The Tale of How. The Black Heart Gang are interesting in that they’re just a trio comprised of a video-maker, an illustrator, and a writer/musician and that, between them, have produced such well-crafted and involving work…
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
The Autumn 2024 issue of Creative Review looks at the brands and individuals who are pushing creativity forward on their way to the top
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
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
Kinda Studios is tapping into the emerging field of neuroaesthetics to help creatives and brands make more impactful work that benefits people’s wellbeing