Watch Universal’s animated teasers for new Coen brothers’ film Hail, Caesar!
To promote the release of the Coen brothers’ new film, Hail, Caesar!, Universal Pictures has commissioned five animators to create a series of teasers for social media. Made using papercraft, 2D and stop motion animation, the films offer an entertaining but enigmatic look at key scenes and events…
FWA’s pick of the best websites of 2015 reveals there is beauty in simplicity online
Two websites have been chosen as the best of 2015 by the Favourite Website Awards, and while they may be very different in style and content, both demonstrate that when it comes to interactivity online, it’s best to keep it simple.
New York Public Library shares 180,000 copyright free archive images and calls for ‘Remix Residency’ artists
With open access to more items than ever before, NYPL’s digital collections now include a treasure trove of restriction-free high res photographs, illustrations, maps, etchings, historical documents and other archive ephemera
Rick Guest reveals the beauty and brutality of life as a ballet dancer in a new photo series
‘What Lies Beneath’, a new series of portraits of ballet dancers by Rick Guest, opens at the Hospital Club Gallery in London next week.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver on the tech transformation of basketball
From tracking a player’s every movement, to providing fans watching at home or in the arena with the best possible experience, the NBA has been at the forefront of technical innovation in sport
Lumiere 2016: FIELD studio discuss their audio-visual sculpture Spectra-3, as the light festival arrives in London
A dazzling selection of light sculptures and audio-visual installations will be turned on tonight in 30 locations across London. FIELD studio co-founder Vera-Maria Glahn talks to us about creating their radio telescope-inspired artwork, plus we round up some of the other artworks on show
Big Kids – a small comic about growing up
Toronto-based Michael DeForge’s new graphic novel via Drawn & Quarterly is a raw and wildly honest account of adolescence, featuring love, sex and spectacular transformations
A Story as Sharp as a Knife – inside the vibrant art of the Haida
A new book from The Folio Society republishes an important text on the mythtellers of the indigenous North American Haida people and how this distinctive oral tradition has been preserved. The edition features a striking series of artworks from Haida artist, Don Yeomans
How This Girl Can has inspired women to be more active
Sport England’s This Girl Can campaign has inspired 2.8 million women to be more active in the year since its launch, according to figures released this week. We spoke to director Tanya Joseph about maintaining the campaign’s momentum, and the role that photography, copywriting, social media and brand partnerships have played in its success
Axe ditches ‘The Axe Effect’ and grows up
Twenty years on from the first use of ‘The Axe (or Lynx) Effect’, the men’s brand has moved on, with a new tagline, packaging, and positioning all aimed at a more mature consumer.
Graphic Designers Surveyed – the findings
Last year, publishing house GraphicDesign& conducted an extensive survey about what it’s like to work in graphic design today. Here, Lucienne Roberts and Jessie Price of GD& talk through some of their findings, covering everything from pay and hard work, to clients, creativity and colour.