CR Photography Annual: judges announced, deadline extended
If you didn’t manage to get your entry to our Photography Annual in before the initial deadline, fear not. You now have until October 2 to get your work in front of our expert panel
Fiona Banner mashes up typefaces including Avant Garde and Courier to create a new font
Artist Fiona Banner has created a new font, titled Font, which is free to download from her website. The typeface is a combination of other fonts that Banner has previously used in her work, including Avant Garde, Courier, Bookman, and Helvetica.
“A professional design studio within a council is quite a rarity”: a look at Manchester Council’s creative team, M-Four
From witty anti-littering ads to campaigns teaching teens about safe sex, Manchester City Council’s in-house creative team, M-Four, has been producing some great work of late. We spoke to designer Chris Jennings about some of the studio’s recent projects and the challenges of designing for local authorities
Dougal Wilson reports on Secret Cinema’s ‘Secret Protest’ at the Calais Jungle camp
Last Saturday, as part of a series of protests held across the world in support of refugees, Secret Cinema held a ‘Secret Protest’ screening and music event inside the Calais ‘Jungle’ camp. Director Dougal Wilson joined the team to help document the event and reports on it here for CR…
Sharing in a series of small acts – Ai Weiwei at the Royal Academy
Ai Weiwei’s exhibition at the Royal Academy in London opens to the public today and is his largest show in the UK to date. Spanning eleven galleries, it features pieces you can walk around, structures you can peer into, and works in porcelain, marble and jade. It’s a physical show for the digital age
As the Guardian Berliner format turns ten, we look back at a decade of design change
Ten years ago this month the Guardian launched its Berliner format. We talk to its creative team about a decade of rapid change at the paper, and examine how design is now more important than ever in helping us navigate an increasingly complicated media landscape…
Exposure: Photographer Paul Jung
Art Director Gemma Fletcher examines the work of photographer Paul Jung, in the latest instalment of a series on new talent in photography, from recent grads to photographers breaking into the industry…
Fat cats, physics and family life: winning images from the CR Photography Annual
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been taking a look at some of the winning images from our 2014 Photography Annual. Here, we have some feline celebrity lookalikes from Tim Flach, an intimate portrayal of family life by Sophie Ebrard and an experimental short exploring the concept of time dilation…
Rugby stars including Ben Kay and Jonny Wilkinson invite fans to bleed for England
You may already be a little weary of rugby-themed ads but here is something different: a campaign for the NHSBT which features a number of the sport’s biggest stars asking fans to ‘bleed for England’…
Inducing vertigo? Twitter reacts to Pushkin’s new crime series covers
Today, Pushkin Press launched its new Vertigo imprint, dedicated to republishing crime classics from 1920 to 1970. The striking typographic covers for the series, designed by Jamie Keenan, have already proved particularly divisive on Twitter, raising the old legibility/communication debate once again
Torture on your doorstep: Amnesty campaign calls for end to London’s annual arms fair
VCCP and Anthony Burrill have created a bold campaign for Amnesty International calling for an end to the annual Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) event at London’s ExCel centre.
Saving soles: Daniel Sannwald’s A/W 15 Camper campaign
Photographer Daniel Sannwald and makeup artist Isamaya Ffrench have created a beautiful new campaign for Camper that draws on religious imagery among other themes
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