D&AD New Blood: Purpose Beyond Profit
We’re picking our favourites from entries to this year’s D&AD New Blood Awards. We will be choosing four projects from each of the themes identified by D&AD in this year’s entries. First: Purpose Beyond Profit
Obonjan artist-in-residence: last chance to enter
Fancy a two-week residency in Croatia this summer? We’ve teamed up with Obonjan – the island hosting a six-week programme of music, arts and cultural events – to offer an artist-in-residence opportunity to one lucky creative. But hurry, there’s just one day left to enter…
Art Night: an all-night art festival curated by ICA
London’s ICA has curated a one-night art festival which takes place in the city this Saturday until the early hours of Sunday morning. Projects include a sensory installation in a disused platform at Charing Cross Tube station, a series of performance sculptures in a luxury apartment block and a video installation in Covent Garden Piazza…
The best of the Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors’ Showcase 2016
Each year, Saatchi & Saatchi presents a showcase of work at Cannes Lions from some of the best new talents in filmmaking. We pick our favourite films from the class of 2016.
OK-RM combines concrete poetry and bold colours for Under the Same Sun
Design studio OK-RM has devised a striking graphic identity for Under the Same Sun, an exhibition of contemporary art from Latin America at the South London Gallery.
Offset heads north for Sheffield Design Week
Creative festival Offset is heading to Sheffield in October, with two days of talks from Wolfgang Weingart, Aaron Duffy, Lego Star Wars chief designer Jens Kronvold Frederiksen and more…
“Branding without walls”: Mozilla’s open-source rebrand
Internet advocacy and software group Mozilla is rebranding with help from johnson banks. In an unusual move, the company has decided to document the process online – from strategy and concept development to refinement – inviting its community to help shape its new positioning
Getting Started: Need advice? Ask Pip
In the next issue of CR, we’ll be looking at how to get started in the creative industries. We’ve enlisted the help of Pip Jamieson, founder of The Dots, who is going to answer questions submitted by our readers on anything from getting that first placement to funding your own business. Got a question for Pip? Ask it here
Cannes 2016: The winners in full
A whopping 26 Grand Prix awards were handed out in Cannes over the past week, across Cannes Lions, Lions Health, Lions Innovation, and Lions Entertainment. Here’s the list in full, plus a few reflections on the festival.
Type Hybrid – multilingual design in practice
A new book aims to offer an overview of design work that speaks to a multicultural audience – employing typography from two different languages within the same project. Does the trend reflect our hyper-connected world, or is it just another way to use text as decoration?
New type: Google Fonts, Hobo Rococeaux, Johnston100 and more…
Our latest pick of new type designs and projects includes a redesign of Google Fonts, a remastered version of TfL’s Johnston typeface, an intricate illustrated A-Z by Rebecca Strickson and an ornate display face combining Hobo and Rococo lettering
Skittles gives up its rainbow for Pride
In a sweet (ahem) campaign to celebrate this year’s Pride, adam&eveDDB has stripped Skittles of its famous rainbow. Black-and-white packets will be given out to Pride supporters in London this weekend, with a monochrome float forming part of the Pride parade…
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