Case da Abitare – A New House Style

Cover from April 2008 issue of Case da Abitare, the first to feature Winkreative’s redesign. Illustration: Anthony Burrill
Redesigning a magazine can be challenging but the new-look Case da Abitare has proved a hit with readers since launching in April this year. The Winkreative team responsible for the changes to the Italian interiors title – creative director Tyler Brûlé, art director Kuchar Swara and photo director Stephen Ledger-Lomas – talked us through the process behind its relaunch.

The Mighty Book of Boosh: a sneak preview

While it’s common knowledge amongst Mighty Boosh fans that the surreal TV show’s spaced out Shaman, Naboo, is played by Noel Fielding’s brother, Michael, it’s less well known that the man inside Boosh character Bollo’s gorilla suit is actually a graphic designer and photographer. Bollo’s design skills (his real name is Dave Brown) are showcased in the the forthcoming Mighty Book Of Boosh, published by Canongate on 18 September. Brown, has art directed and designed the book and contributed the bulk of the photography therein. Here we reveal a selection of spreads and images from the book…

Freitag’s 18-Wheeler

Design by Chris Gray. Photo: Noë Flum
The Swiss brand Freitag is well-known for manufacturing bags out of old tarpaulin. Their latest design, however, is staying firmly on the side of their own 18-wheeler truck. For the time being at least. The new design is actually the winning piece of work from their first Design-A-Truck competition by Chris Gray of Manchester-based studio We Shall See. Gray’s design has just been rolled out on the side of this enormous truck which will be seen all over Europe. But come 2013, it too will become a series of limited edition bags…

COI ads showcase new directing talent

London production company, th1ng, has created a series of five 30 second commercials commissioned by the COI through agency Farm. Three of the five films are directed by new directors recently signed to the production company…

Great New Videos

Knickerbocker, Fujiya & Miyagi, director: Wade Shotter, production company: Wade Shotter
Here is a selection of the best new videos that have landed in CR’s inbox lately, starting with Wade Shotter’s vid for Fujiya & Miyagi’s jaunty little number, Knickerbocker. Quicktime is here.

YCN’s Talent Auction

As part of YCN LIVE, the Young Creatives Network is launching a series of initiatives with a range of agencies, studios and retailers to promote the work of emerging creatives. One such project is the YCN Talent Auction where you can bid for the design skills of six recent design graduates. And as each of their profiles show, there’s a fair amount of talent up for grabs here…

99 Fears by Nedko Solakov

Fear #09: “A fearless adventurer is on his way to climb up his last mountain. After that he will only stay home, reading newspapers, drinking tea and picking his nose. This is the daydreaming in his head right now. He is used to it. Actually this really will be his last mountain. An avalanche is coming.”
Bulgarian artist Nedko Solakov’s latest work is a collection of 99 drawings. Using pen and ink, Solakov describes a range of personal worries and a few of the more general anxieties that characterise modern existence. So it’s cheery stuff then? Well, actually, it’s all very funny – in the wry, existential way of David Shrigley – pairing bleak imagery with a few scrawled sentences in order to bring each piece together…

David Shrigley Draws for Tate

David Shrigley has been hard at work for Tate again, this time coming up with this appealing selection of goodies that comes with the purchase of a gift membership. Shrigley, who previously designed a limited edition travel wallet for the Tate, has put together a bag, a selection of stationary and a membership card all drawn in his signature style. And with the London Tates showing blockbuster shows of both Mark Rothko and Francis Bacon this autumn, it might be just the time to join.

Brody Designs D&AD Annual 2008

The 2008 D&AD Annual, designed by Neville Brody, launches in mid-September, but we’ve been given a sneak preview of its cover, shown above. This year the Annual is finally recognising the digital age with the theme ‘Digital vs Anti Digital’, which according to D&AD President Simon Waterfall represents “the evolution of the digital industry”.

Sweden Graphics: Kalmar Konstmuseum

The Kalmar Konstmuseum is a new space for contemporary art in southern Sweden and Stockholm-based studio Sweden Graphics were invited to design the identity and signage for the building. We asked Sweden’s Nille Svensson to talk us through the project, which involved stencilling directly onto the building’s walls…

Gehry’s Pavilion

Frank Gehry’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion during construction, ©2008 Gehry Partners LLP
This year’s Serpentine Pavilion has been designed by architecture master Frank Gehry, and marks the first built structure by him in England.

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