Football programmes: lost gems of design?
Instagram account turned digital archive 1 Shilling celebrates an unsung graphic design object – the vintage football programme.
Childish Gambino’s This Is America: an analysis
Racking up almost 50 million views in under five days, Childish Gambino’s This Is America has struck a chord with audiences all over the world. Here, Rob Turner examines the many political and cultural layers that lie within the hit video.
Paul Hartnoll’s new track uses cyclists’ heartbeats to inspire their commute
Orbital’s Paul Hartnoll has created the unusual single in collaboration with the British Heart Foundation and Evans Cycles, with the track featuring artwork by Alex Rutterford that combines elements of the human heart with different bike parts.
Timo Kuilder blurs boundaries of gaming and art with maze app
Kontrast brings together Kuilder’s abstract, monochrome illustrations with his brother Jurre’s coding skills, and is accompanied by an ambient soundtrack created by sound designer Ambrose Yu.
A better way forward for design and creative conferences
After the announcement that D&AD and The Guardian were to join forces to create a new ‘festival of creativity’ for London, it seemed like a good opportunity to revisit the thorny topic of creative conferences. What do people want from them? What works? What doesn’t?
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Building a brand on Facebook and Instagram: Insights from Simba
How mattress brand Simba is using creative best practices and clever targeting to promote its products and engage with consumers
How I Work: Ross Middleham, Met Office
Ross Middleham is a content lead at the Met Office, the UK’s national weather service. We talk to him about making weather exciting on Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram, and how nowadays the Met Office rarely gets it wrong.
WeTransfer puts itself at the heart of creative process in new ads
WeTransfer has taken an unusual approach in its first out-of-home advertising campaign, comprising of a series of murals at various locations in Brooklyn, NYC that aimed to show WeTransfer as an essential tool in the creative process.
How I Got Here: Aaron Draplin
The Field Notes founder on his mission to stay small, how his hometown shaped his career, and why he developed his DIY ethos.
On Myspace and the impermanence of lives lived online
A nostalgia-fuelled quest to rediscover his old Myspace page leads our correspondent to ponder the impermanence of lives lived online
Corita Kent: Get With The Action
A new exhibition at Ditchling Museum in Sussex celebrates 20 years of the art and design of Corita Kent, an artist, educator, activist and nun in LA in the 1960s. We talk to curator Donna Steele and artist Morag Myerscough about Kent’s life and why her art still inspires today.
Yehrin Tong’s beautiful book covers for Virago
Book publisher Virago has released new editions of books by 13 influential women writers to mark its 40th anniversary. Yehrin Tong was commissioned to illustrate the books’ covers and has created a beautiful set of patterns inspired by the eras in which they are set…
Creative Review’s Annual Awards 2025 are officially open for entries
One of the most respected and trusted awards for the advertising and design industries are back for 2025. Run, don’t walk to get your entries in before the Early Bird Deadline on 25 October
How to scale your design business
Growth is a dream for many businesses, but it comes with challenges. Daisy Crowder, brand and marketing director at design recruitment agency Craft, offers advice on how to navigate the change and keep staff on side
Cultivating community with Ganni
The Danish luxury fashion label has spearheaded the characterful evolution of Scandi style. Here, chief brand officer Priya Matadeen discusses its approach to collabs, the pressures of being a responsible brand, and how Ganni Girls grew from a hashtag to a badge of belonging
Why are brands apologising so much right now?
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
How Guinness embraced social
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
Tracing Banksy’s art history remixes
Kelly Grovier’s new book charts the artist’s persistent dialogue with classic and contemporary art
How Lego creates meaningful brand experiences
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
Matt Willey brings a human touch to Kaos titles
The Pentagram partner has created the titles for the acclaimed new Netflix show, which reimagines the Greek myths in a contemporary setting
A visual history of movie posters
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 Monthly Interview: Rob Lowe, aka Supermundane
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
Unravelling adland’s obsession with 90s nostalgia
We explore how the 90s, an era the UK looks favourably upon for its thriving culture, are continually inspiring a stagnated creative industry
Building the visual world of Fontaines DC
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