Restricted Areas – Danila Tkachenko’s photographs of Soviet ruins
Danila Tkachenko’s haunting documentary series is featured in Dead Space and Ruins, the second instalment of the Calvert 22 Foundation’s Power and Architecture exhibitions series
Enough of the ‘blah blah blah’ says Adidas in new ad campaign
Enough of the ‘blah blah blah’ says Adidas in new ad campaign
Dove calls out the media over sexism towards female athletes in latest campaign
A new US campaign for Dove aims to tackle the way that the media focuses on female athletes’ looks over their sporting prowess. But can an advertising campaign for a brand ever really implement cultural change?
Disegno founder Johanna Agerman Ross on launching a magazine
Design writer and tutor Angharad Lewis’ new book So you want to publish a magazine? offers an in-depth guide to launching a new publication. In the first of a series of extracts from the book, Lewis talks to Johanna Agerman Ross, founder of design journal Disegno
Why NSPCC is using a dancing dinosaur to teach children about sexual abuse
NSPCC’s new film uses cheerful animation and a catchy song to deliver a serious message about abuse
Words by Christoph Niemann
Illustrator Christoph Niemann’s charming new book for children offers a way to discover the beauty of language and, in particular, the subtle differences between words
I Belong to Jesus: a loving homage to the undershirt goal celebration
A new book from designers Craig Oldham and Rick Banks pays tribute to a disappearing football tradition – the undershirt goal celebration
Ed Morris’ chilling new video for Massive Attack
The video for Come Near Me, featuring Ghostpoet, is a slow-paced but captivating reworking of that staple cinematic premise – the pursuit.
Curiocity: an illustrated A-Z of London trivia
Henry Eliot and Matt Lloyd-Rose’s compendium of London trivia features fascinating facts about the capital and some lovely illustrated maps
Kai and Sunny bear fruit for Cidre – Stella Artois
Design duo Kai and Sunny have helped to refresh the look of Stella Artois’ Cidre range, creating a striking series of fruit illustrations for its five different flavours.
Julia Fullerton-Batten photographs female sex workers for new series The Act
The Act presents women in a range of professions from dominatrices to aerial artistes, a porn actress and an escort. Each image acts like a diorama offering viewers a glimpse of someone in the midst of an erotic performance. With dramatic lighting and deep, saturated colours, it has a surreal and theatrical quality – a familiar […]
“You’re no longer the genius — you’re the idiot”, Iain Tait
Wieden + Kennedy London ECD Iain Tait on how the agency is changing its creative process, the difference between real and fake collaboration and why creative leaders come in all shapes and sizes
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