Just as Facebook is facing closure due to legal wranglings, a new site starts up that potentially offers a similar networking opportunity – and a whole lot more. Although the one of which we speak, Webbliworld.com, couldn’t be more different to Facebook in that it’s aimed at engaging 6-11 year olds and is the colourful fruit of a collaboration between Aardman Animations and Enable Interactive…
Overcrowding never looked so attractive. As part of the Tate Modern’s current exhibition, Global Cities, on display in the gallery’s vast Turbine Hall, is a series of intriguing “density models”. The plywood structures were created by a team of designers and architects at the London School Of Economics, led by Professor Richard Burdett. The models are shaped around the outlines of each city, with each layer of plywood representing an extra 200 people per square kilometre. We spoke to the team behind their creation…
Our regular music video post has fallen off a bit of late, in part because there doesn’t seem to have been as many amazing videos about as usual. To make up for this though, here are five recent beauties for your delectation. First up is proof that talent runs throughout the Gondry genes as Michel’s teenage son Paul joins the family firm with his animated video for The Willowz’s Take A Look Around. The video also sees Paul join his dad and uncle Olivier at Partizan.
Imagine having the same intimacy problem that befell Midas – but with fruit-flavoured sweets instead. The latest Skittles ad keeps it nicely surreal (from TBWANew York).
James Jarvis’ celebration of the 1974 release of Kraftwork’s Autobahn album.
The exhibition, 50:Helvetica The Lifetime Of A Typeface – which we covered in the July issue of CR – opened on Wednesday evening at the Design Museum on London’s South Bank…
Brian Griffiths’ installation Life Is A Laugh, at Gloucester Road tube station
Gloucester Road Underground station in London has been colonised once again – this time by artist Brian Griffiths who has filled the disused platform with Life Is A Laugh, an epic installation which is part assault course, part giant panda head.
The short film evening Short & Sweet, which has been held weekly in Brick Lane for over a year, has arrived in the West End of London.
The event, which showcases the best in shorts, music video and animation, will continue its weekly Monday evening screening at Cafe 1001 on Brick Lane, but is now also held at the AKA Bar near Holborn every Tuesday evening.
Late last year, UK artist James Ford finally completed a project that he’d been working on for two years. Back in 2004 he bought a rather fine tan coloured Capri, for £99, with the sole intention of completely covering it in red and orange toy cars. The result is his homage to the famous “General Lee” car from the Dukes of Hazzard: The General Carbuncle.
Mother ad agency continues its advance into Redchurch Street in Shoreditch, with this sponsorship of Lucky’s Newsagents, situated opposite its offices. The shop has a beautiful retro style, yet glancing through the door, it looks like the effect may end there rather than continue inside, sadly. All front, nothing behind – is that a metaphor for the ad industry at large? Discuss
This evening, photographer Helga Steppan will be giving a talk about the work that forms her “Be long a part” exhibition, currently on show at Man&Eve gallery in London (7.30pm). As well as installation and moving image work, Steppan is also exhibiting these fanstastic images of her personal belongings that she grouped by colour.
We give it 6 months before someone rips this off for another brand (thanks to MCP for the link)
How Not to Entice Prospective Students lesson #1
By a lovely quirk of type-size and perspective, this recruitment poster for Grimsby College remarkably achieves the complete opposite of what it originally set out to do. Perhaps the previous year group were just really really obnoxious? Nevertheless, it’s always a risky word to use when there’s a possibility that there might be something in the way of your poster.
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