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We recently reported on Arjowiggins’ enormous new sample book. Rival paper company G.F Smith has now launched The Collection, a 403-page brick-sized compendium of its own paper ranges

The CR Annual 2015 – Best in Book

Here are this year’s Best in Book – those projects deemed by our judges to be of special merit selected from our showcase of outstanding work in visual communications over the past year

Luxury: Redefined

A major new exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London will question what luxury means, now and in the future

The ream of the senses

We talk to Arjowiggins’ Christophe Balaresque about print and paper in luxury brand communications, illustrated by a beautiful exclusive photostory

A process

The full behind-the scenes story of the making of our Annual cover and film, from floristry to image capture to CGI rendering

On the hour

A new high-end watch magazine takes a fresh approach to a classic luxury product. Mark Sinclair talks to the mag’s editor Josh Sims and designers studio Bibliotheque

Is art the ultimate luxury good?

It has limited distribution, confers status on its purchaser, and has never been a better investment: when it comes to luxury shopping, art trumps its branded rivals

Technical Ecstasy

Famed for its surrealist sleeve design, Hipgnosis also took rock portraiture into altered states, as a new book reveals

Logo Deluxe

With their obscure references and bizarre back stories, few luxury logos follow the rules of branding. But it all adds to the mystique

What does luxury mean in advertising?

How is luxury expressed in advertising now and how has this changed in the last decade? As is true of advertising in general, luxury brand communications has undergone a sea change in the past decade. This is because advertising is so closely tied to contemporary culture, and because it mirrors the times. The value of […]

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