Barry McGee at Baltic

Images courtesy Colin Davidson and © Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art 2008
US graffiti-turned-fine artist Barry McGee is currently showing an exhibition of new work at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead. As the images from the show here reveal, McGee has created a number of site-specific installations at the gallery, all of which feature his trademark combination of urban detritus with intricate hand-painted murals.
McGee’s exhibition will be on show at Baltic until April 27. More info here.

What, No Jewel Case?

Detail from one of the three inner sleeves from BUGGEDOut! Classics CD pack showing an ascii type illustration
Already this year several musical packages have landed on our desks and made us very happy – not least because they conspire to give a clear indication that budgets for music packaging are on the up…

Coversourcing: for your votes

Although submissions are now closed, you can still vote on the ideas submitted for our Coversourcing competition to design the UK jacket for Jeff Howe’s Crowdsourcing book

Nice work

Stork, Monster.com, Agency: BBDO, New York. Production company: Rattling Stick. Director: Daniel Kleinman
Following on from Patrick’s early morning blog post on some of the great work we’ve received at CR lately, here’s a second helping of good stuff for your perusal, to help you through the last hours of the working week. First up is this slightly strange ad for the job-search website, Monster.com, from BBDO New York.

KesselsKramer in London

KK Outlet, 42 Hoxton Square, London
Earlier this month, Dutch communications agency KesselsKramer opened its latest hub, right here in London. KK Outlet, based at 42 Hoxton Square is essentially a new “multifunctional” office for the agency that will also act as a shop and gallery. True to form, this is no ordinary space either. For starters, the building (designed by the architectural firm FAT) has been sliced diagonally down the middle…

Friday Round-Up

Weak Buttocks, a mouse, what’s really in hot dogs and a clever calendar: A little shot of inspiration for your Friday morning drawn from recent projects sent in to the CR offices.

On The Conference Circuit

D&AD members can now watch excerpts from past President’s Lectures on the D&AD website, including this from illustrator Paul Davis. Details of this year’s lectures are here
Last year, Creative Review staff were lucky enough to attend conferences in Cannes, Havanah, Monterrey and Goa. Next week, I’m off to the Indaba in Cape Town. Just before xmas I met someone who organises a conference in Mar Del Plata, Argentina that is attended by 2000 designers. Every year, more and more talks and conferences are added to the creative calendar, but what are they for?

BIG book

Alessandro Esteri of Italy-based company Hand Made Group has made a collection of what most of us would undoubtedly deem to be rubbish into a small book. Just for fun…

Designs of the Year Opens

The Design Museum’s Designs of the Year show (or, rather the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year as we are obliged to call it) opened last night. CR was there with somewhat rubbish digital camera in hand…

Diesel Wall 2008

Massimo Falsaci’s wall piece, Tramonto (sunset), on display in Milan. Falsaci was one of last
year’s Diesel Wall winners
If you’ve ever dreamt of seeing your artwork displayed in the street on a giant-sized canvas, then Diesel’s Wall project could be the answer to your lofty ambitions. The project, now in it’s fifth year, aims to offer up some seriously huge display spaces in Manchester (Urbis Centre, shown below), New York, Barcelona and Zurich, in an international art contest.

Mind The Graphics

First Mike Figgis was enlisted to improve behaviour on the buses, now Transport For London has turned to graphic design in an attempt to make it easier to get on and off crowded tubes.

World Press Photo winners

World Press Photo of the Year 2007, Tim Hetherington
The winners of the 2007 World Press Photo Awards have been announced, with UK photographer Tim Hetherington taking the top award for his affecting photograph of a US soldier resting at “Restrepo” bunker (named after a soldier from his platoon who was recently killed by insurgents) in Afghanistan on September 16. The photograph was shot as part of an assignment by Hetherington for Vanity Fair.

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