On hearts, likes and sharing your work on social media
Sharing work online can bring more than just ‘hearts’ and ‘likes’, but designers may need to start channelling their inner window-dresser in order to keep up
Sharing work online can bring more than just ‘hearts’ and ‘likes’, but designers may need to start channelling their inner window-dresser in order to keep up
The new branding positions the Franco-German TV channel as “Europe’s cultural magnet”
As Nous Vous exhibit the results of their residency at House of Illustration, we talk to them – and previous participant David Lemm – about just what the job entails and how the experience is as much about looking in as looking out
The rise of digital and social media has transformed the ad industry. Speaking at AdWeek Europe in London last week, RGA’s Rebecca Rumble, Tribal WW London’s Victoria Buchanan and ShareStyle CMO Jo Lavender discussed how agencies can be more creative – and more flexible – and how their teams are adopting new ways of working
Last year, John Allison, an ECD at 4Creative, Channel 4’s in-house creative agency, was diagnosed with suffering from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, a condition he has lived with all his life and which has had a significant impact on his personal life and work. Here he talks to CR about ‘coming out’ to colleagues and friends as suffering from a mental health condition, and the importance of asking for help if you are struggling
As data and its use becomes ever more central to creative practice, designers must decide who is making the decisions – them or the computer? Francisco Laranjo argues that a thorough understanding of the technical, social and political workings of algorithms and AI are key to the profession’s future
Ten years ago, you might have decided your business needed a smartphone app to compete. Today, you may be considering putting a chatbot on your website for the same reason. But consumers have never been more empowered – and they don’t want chatbots. In fact, they don’t even want to navigate around your website.
A new book features a collection of Soviet anti-alcohol posters produced during Mikhail Gorbachev’s unsuccessful campaign of 1985-88 that sought to eradicate alcohol abuse in the country
We talk to Lisa King, director of communications at Refuge, about how the charity uses a mix of both shocking and uplifting advertising approaches to get attention, plus the impact on its work of The Archers’ domestic abuse storyline.
In this video and essay Google Design Advocate Mustafa Kurtuldo discusses the challenges of balancing creativity and user testing. Has the UX movement has over regulated the creative process?
As brands look to automate customer interactions and even creative processes, writer Nick Asbury and writer/strategist Russell Davies (both humans) discuss some of the implications – in a conversation covering writing, speech, taglines, boat trips and unexpected items in the bagging area.
This year’s event will explore contemporary print practice with help from DR ME, Pat Bradbury and People of Print