I Did The music for Sony Paint
In Fallon’s eagerly awaited new Sony Bravia spot, Paint, 70,000 litres of the stuf explodes over a Glasgow estate. Peter Raeburn at Soundtree tells us about his crucial role on the commercial
In Fallon’s eagerly awaited new Sony Bravia spot, Paint, 70,000 litres of the stuf explodes over a Glasgow estate. Peter Raeburn at Soundtree tells us about his crucial role on the commercial
While CR readers may not be familiar with designer David Johnston’s name, his work for Red Design in Brighton has consistently featured in these pages over the last year or so. Before his two year stint at Red, art directing projects for clients such as EMI and MTV, Johnston worked in-house for Nike at their European HQ in Hilversum, Holland.
At London Metropolitan University’s Met Works centre, designers can grow their own 3D images, print in metal and create works that are as much about touching as looking. Sean Ashcroft reports from a unique creative playground
Penguin is celebrating 60 years of its Classics range – a series that has consistently set the standard for book jacket design. Steve Hare traces the Classics’ rich design heritage and reveals the future plans for one of publishing’s great imprints
Sheridan Bird uncovers some unusual typographic choices adorning the backs of the world’s top footballers and their fans
Later this month, an exhibition at London’s SEA Gallery will reveal the results of a simple brief given to 28 of the best designers working today to create an A1 black and white poster.
The Sunday Times Magazine was once a driving force in British editorial design. Simon Esterson attends an exhibition of some classic covers to see if its legacy still holds
One of the late great Alan Fletcher’s last commissions was this cover for Wallpaper* magazine. For the past year, Wallpaper* has been running a series of special, subscriber-only covers to coincide with its tenth birthday. Fletcher’s collage will be the last, appearing on the December issue.
Notice the lack of a logo, something of a sacrilege in publishing these days: “That was his initial suggestion when he sent over the artwork, as the collage kind of said it all,” explains Wallpaper* creative director, Tony Chambers. “‘If you’re gonna do it, you may as well bloody do it,’ he said.”
A bumper crop of great videos for you this week, kicked off by Tim Burton’s skeletal promo for The Killers’ Bones.
For the cover of our latest issue, art director Nathan Gale worked with MetWorks technology studios to create a stunning portrait of illustrator Marion Deuchars. Here, he explains how he came to work with three-dimensional printing and, for the first in CR’s history, create a cover using “rapid prototyping”.
Why We Must Provide HIV Treatment Information, the new publication from i-Base (the “treatment literacy” project that focuses on HIV information provision) includes photography by German artist Wolfgang Tillmans. Written by a range of international HIV and AIDS awareness activists and featuring 50 colour photographs by Tillmans, this limited edition book highlights why treatment literacy is essential for empowering HIV-positive people to understand their own treatment.