Why VW’s new ad campaign shows contempt for consumers
VW’s new ad campaign includes a strapline that states ‘It’s more than just a car. It’s keeping your promises.’ But, argues Mark Ritson, if VW can peddle a message of trust, anything can happen.
VW’s new ad campaign includes a strapline that states ‘It’s more than just a car. It’s keeping your promises.’ But, argues Mark Ritson, if VW can peddle a message of trust, anything can happen.
Speaking at creative conference Design Indaba today, Paloma Strelitz and James Binning of Turner Prize-winning collective Assemble discussed designing innovative public spaces, working with local communities, the benefits of being a multi-disciplinary studio and their inventive use of found materials…
London-based duo Kai & Sunny will open new show, Whirlwind of Time, at the Stolen Space Gallery in the capital on March 4. Their fourth solo exhibition at the gallery, it will feature a number of new pieces created solely with coloured ballpoint pens.
Today sees the launch of a new look for digital healthcare marketplace Zocdoc, courtesy of Wolff Olins. In an attempt to move the brand away from the stark, corporate identities of many healthcare companies, the agency has created a logo based around a patient’s face.
Whether it’s deciding what to eat tonight, managing allergies or intolerances or tackling the problem of food waste, there are food apps to meet all our eating needs. Writer and designer Craig Grannell picks his favourites from the app store for CR and looks at the issues facing developers in the sector.
A new web publication on the Readymag platform is set to look at one piece of work from the Herb Lubalin Study Centre archive each week. If the first instalment on the 1964 design of Fact magazine is anything to go by, we suggest subscribing.
Amanda Davis has been creating designs for the Bafta Awards dinner and after party for the past 16 years. We spoke to her about this year’s looks, which were all themed around the movies nominated for Best Film…
Created with the mapping of future missions to the red planet in mind, the UK’s Ordnance Survey has a released a one-off map which covers some of the surface of Mars. It comes complete with contours, grid lines and the locations of previous landings.
Programmatic advertising offers the chance to connect with the right consumer at the right place and time. But it’s also been blamed for the rise of adblocking and increasing levels of resistance to online ads. Could a more creative approach benefit both brands and consumers?
The past few months have seen a number of major broadcasters rebrand, from Netflix to Channel 4, MTV and, most recently, Channel 5. In this feature from our forthcoming March issue, Aporva Baxi looks at how the TV landscape is changing – and the challenges and opportunities this presents for creatives and broadcasters
The DBA Design Effectiveness Awards celebrate projects that have had a tangible impact on their client’s business. This year’s Grand Prix went to Radley Yeldar for its Great Britain campaign, designed for the British government
Last year Airbnb offered up a floating house on the Thames for rent, and now the Art Institute of Chicago is giving art fans the chance to stay overnight in Van Gogh’s bedroom via the listings site…