Edible audio

Antonia Wilson takes a frequency flavour test at an experimental dining experience as part of the launch of Sony’s multi-room products

Tamara Rojo on her work at English National Ballet

Tamara Rojo makes change look easy. Artistic director and principal dancer at the English National Ballet since 2012, she has overseen enormous and swift development at the company, shifting its image from stuffy and traditional to increasingly experimental and dynamic in an amazingly short time.

The rights and wrongs

In the second world war the Netherlands saw design used in the service of hope as well as hate

Dreamland rises again

Once a symbol of the best of the British seaside, attracting millions of visitors at its peak in the 1960s, Margate’s Dreamland amusement park has sat unloved for decades.
On June 19 though, it will reopen, redesigned and restored under the creative direction of Hemingway Design. The new Dreamland will be a mix of a heritage theme park and a hip new events venue: Eliza Williams takes look at the site in its final stages of development…

Headlong

With its remit to produce “risk-taking and provocative new work”, the theatre company Headlong has become known for its bold use of visuals and a desire to tackle some difficult themes. Rachael Steven speaks to artistic director Jeremy Herrin and executive director Henny Finch about the company’s work, from 1984 to Chimerica and The Nether

Welcome to the club

Artist John Walter creates exuberant, ‘maximalist’ art installations packed full of imagery, ideas and live performances, usually centred around a bar. His latest show, Alien Sex Club, tackles a serious subject – HIV and sexual health testing — but with a smile. By Eliza Williams

From wonder to #whatever

(Above: Daniel Libeskind’s Vanke Pavilion at the Milan Expo 2015) Slumped in a scaly heap in the middle of Milan’s sprawling Expo site, like the cast-off skin of some overweight reptile, Daniel Libeskind’s pavilion is certainly hard to miss. Clad with 4,000 shimmering red tiles, it twists its way into a great faecal mound that […]

From field to fantasy

How do you make a temporary, city-sized festival on a farm in the Somerset countryside, offering a hedonistic and spiritual experience that is so sought-after it sells out in 26 minutes? Antonia Wilson visits the Glastonbury Festival site as the build for this year’s event begins, and talks to co-organiser Emily Eavis about creating utopia in a field

Watch this space

(Above: From 360 degree live action short New Wave by Samir Mallal and Framestore’s Aron Hjartarson. See samirmallal.com) I’m sitting on a beach, eavesdropping on a young couple. If I turn my head I can hear their voices more clearly over the sound of the surf. Are they going to move in together? Or break up? […]

Floating an idea

TBWA’s floating house for Airbnb, unveiled in London last month, was a brilliant piece of experiential advertising. Creative directors Nick and Steve Tidball explain how it was made, and the challenges of building a fully-equipped residence capable of cruising down the River Thames

1 … 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 … 1,408

More from CR

Image: Shutterstock

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

Runway finale of the Ganni SS24 fashion week show

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

Guinness brand profile

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

Lego Fortnite

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