Robert Capa and The Falling Soldier

Robert Capa, Death of a Loyalist militiaman, Cerro Muriano, Spain, Sept. 5, 1936
In early September 1936, with the Spanish Civil War less than two months old, a 22 year-old Robert Capa took a photograph that was to become a symbol of the Republican struggle against General Franco’s fascist insurgents. The story of the iconic image that both made and, years later, challenged Capa’s reputation as a war photographer, is just one strand of his life explored in a timely new show at the Barbican in London.

Any Better?

Johnson Banks’ LoGoReDo project takes an existing logo and cheekily attempts to improve it. This week, they’ve had a go at BT

Hmmmmm….Sausages

Daft ads for dull products that do nothing more than raise a smile

Return (2) of the Mac

Mac has just fired off Bake Sale, a second shot in the direction of Microsoft’s I’m A PC commercial…

The Adventures of Nick Turpin

To promote its Pixon Camera Phone, Samsung has commissioned photographer Nick Turpin (we’re assured that’s his real name) to take street shots around Europe, every day for the next 28 days. The subject of each photograph will be determined by the votes of visitors to this website

Mac Hits Back

Apple has responded to Microsoft’s I’m A PC commercial with a dig about the amount of money its rival spends on advertising…

The Atheist Bus

“There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” It’s a refreshing, if unusual, statement for the side of a London bus and if the organisers of the Atheist Bus Campaign raise enough money (you can donate here), they hope to run their message on 30 buses in the capital for four weeks early next year. Launching today, the campaign (which has, unsurprisingly, received support from professor Richard Dawkins and The British Humanist Association) aims to “counter the religious adverts which are currently running on London buses and help people think for themselves”. Fair enough. But as to how enjoying life bears any relation to a bendy bus is a question that might even stump prof. Dawkins.

Do You Speak Pompey?

Jodie Silsby, a recent graphic design graduate of the University of Portsmouth and D&AD New Blood winner, has mapped her beloved city by its slang, renaming each street in the Pompey dialect…

And the (UK MVA Awards) winners are…

The winners of the 2008 UK Music Video Awards, were announced at a ceremony hosted by comedian Adam Buxton at the Odeon West End cinema in London’s Leicester Square on Tuesday night. But before the show, Buxton kickstarted the event with a video of his own making (shown above), in which President George W. Bush (and his Treasurer, “Curtis 50 Cent”) discuss the financial crisis in music video. David Knight, who recently wrote a piece for CR on the state of the promo industry, was at the event and reports in detail on his site promonews.tv. Click through for the list of winning work…

Pepsi To Leave ‘Em Laughing

Pepsi is redesigning its globe logo. According to Ad Age “A ‘smile’ will characterise brand Pepsi, while a ‘grin’ is used for Diet Pepsi and a ‘laugh’ is used for Pepsi Max.” Yikes.

The Banks Have Some Explaining To Do

After monumental errors, nosediving share prices and the humiliation of nationalisation, the banking world has changed forever. So will their corporate identities and advertising adapt to fit the new realities?