Degree Shows 08: Royal College of Art (Show 2)

Karen Lacroix’s Now Now Now Now poster looks from a distance like it’s been painted. Closer inspection reveals the letterforms are made entirely from imagery from Google Earth. Snowy landscapes become less snowy. A comment on the effects on global warming
The Royal College of Art show is always one we look forward to here at Creative Review. Such a wealth of interesting projects – from posters and books to typographic exploration, projects that explore interactivity, great animation work and new product design. We had a look yesterday at the Communication Art & Design work and couldn’t help but notice that collaboration between the students seems to be a recurring theme this year. We took a few photos on our journey round the show…

Degree Shows 08: D&AD New Blood 1

The Plymouth University stand at New Blood
D&AD’s New Blood show, featuring work from graduates from all over the UK, opened this evening. Here are some of our favourite projects…

Degree Shows 08: LCC Graphic Design & Illustration

We got to London College of Communication in Elephant and Castle last Friday afternoon to have a look at the Graphic and Media Design work which runs until Friday (27 June). Here is a selection of some of the work we particularly enjoyed…

Click New York

Click, Creative Reviewʼs one-day conference on digital advertising, is coming to New York…

Cannes Lions 2008 – The Winners

Gorilla for Cadbury’s Dairy Milk by Fallon London
Well, it’s all over for another year, after this evening’s award ceremony in Cannes revealed the winners of the Film, Titanium and Integrated Lions, ending the speculation on the Carlton Terrace. Taking a Grand Prix in Film was Fallon London, whose Gorilla commercial for Cadbury’s has drummed its way to the top of yet another awards ceremony. So far, so predictable you might think. But wait… this year Gorilla wasn’t the only one to enjoy Cannes Film glory, when the jury took the unprecedented move of awarding not one, but two Film Grand Prix honours.

Degree Shows 08: Central St Martins Graphic Design

Tis the degree show season and, now that we have sent our July issue happily off to print, CR’s editorial team is attempting to get out and about to as many of them as possible. First up, Central St Martins BA (hons) Graphic Design

Armchair Theatre

Walking along London’s South Bank yesterday, on my way back from the Central St Martins degree show (of which more later) I spotted this outsize lounge suite in front of the National Theatr

Hairywood Periscope

Nope, it’s not some long-forgotten 60s band, but the name of a tower designed by 6a Architects in collaboration with fashion designer Eley Kishimoto that will be open to visitors in London’s Covent Garden Piazza from Friday. Originally designed to promote the gallery space at the Architecture Foundation, it’s making a reappearance as part of Somerset House’s Skin + Bones exhibition. The pattern that adorns the outside of the tower was apparently inspired by Rapunzel’s hair; climb up and you’ll be rewarded with a rather sweet viewing gallery, six metres up in the air (but, alas, no hirsute ladies). Open until 20 July.

Wirepaper

On the left, the January 2007 issue of The Wire: on the right, the July 2008 issue of Wallpaper*.
Great minds think alike?

Planet Tozer: How He Did It

An old coat hanger bent into a wire loop and a good recipe for bubble mixture – some of the hi-tec essentials for producing great images
Our recent post on photographer Jason Tozer’s images of bubbles prompted a fair few calls of “how did he do that?” Well, we were in his studio on the day of the shoot and can reveal all here…

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