Da Da Ding! Nike India celebrates fierce, female athleticism
Nike is causing waves in India with its latest ad, by presenting women in a way that commercials never have before
D&AD New Blood: Digital Design
A look at the Yellow Pencil-winning digital projects from this year’s D&AD New Blood Awards, including a digital banking app for Nationwide, a Whatsapp service for Crimewatch and a news platform for The Telegraph that allows readers to interact with experts
D&AD New Blood: Product & Service Design
From a beauty brand challenging gender stereotypes to an online store helping interns take a stand against exploitation, we round up some of the Yellow Pencil-winning product and service design projects from this year’s D&AD New Blood Awards
Gradwatch 2016: Tom Abbiss Smith
Illustration graduate Tom Abbiss Smiths speaks to CR about mark making, texture and colour, and what inspires his work
Pictoplasma: A festival of character
Dedicated to character-based art and illustration, Berlin’s Pictoplasma festival has a community feel like no other, says Lisa Hassell
CR and JCDecaux bring graduate artwork to screens across the country
We’re Talentspotting again. CR has chosen the work of graduate imagemakers to appear on over 1,000 of JCDecaux’s digital screens at stations, roadsides and shopping centres all over the UK
The Greatest Show on Earth: BBC unveils its Rio Olympics trailer
Featuring a gymnastic sloth and a hammer-throwing anteater, RKCR/Y&R’s trailer is an impressive piece of animation with some lovely touches
Today: a new co-working space from design studio Accept & Proceed
Design studio Accept & Proceed has opened a new co-working space for creatives in Hackney. We talk to co-founder David Johnston about designing the building and the growing demand for shared workspaces in the capital
Gradwatch 2016: Freya Morgan
Meet Freya, illustration graduate from Central Saint Martins, who introduces us to her wonderfully weird world where plants swap places with humans
Spray paint and sea spray – Rockaway! installation unveiled in New York
Artist Katharina Grosse has transformed the site of an old aquatics building at Fort Tilden in New York into a vibrant, spray-painted installation
Tiger Beer showcases the best of Asian design in a temporary store in Chinatown, New York
Open for three nights last month, the store aimed to challenge perceptions that ‘Made in Asia’ equals cheap, counterfeit goods.
Photographs that urge the young ‘uns to party on
Photography exhibition Origins East curated jointly by The Youth Club and Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen romanticises late 80s raves and 90s night clubs, and hopes to serve as a ‘call to action’ for today’s youth
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