Graphic arts festival Pick Me Up opened at London’s Somerset House last night, with talks, workshops, screenings and exhibitions taking place until May 4. Here’s a look at some of our favourite work on show and what’s on over the next few days…
Director Chris Milk has become renowned for work that mixes cutting edge technology with old-fashioned, emotional storytelling. In this recent TED talk, he explains how virtual reality offers the opportunity for viewers to engage more deeply with other people’s stories than ever before…
It’s our biggest issue of the year, featuring The Annual, our 100-page showcase of the year’s best work, back-to-back with this month’s edition of CR which takes Luxury as its theme
Channel 4 has launched a brilliant new website presenting daily headlines from around the world as GIFs, which aims to repackage online news in a format appealing to teens and young adults…
Easter’s daring Hatton Garden raid in London seemed like something straight out of a heist movie. Now the Metropolitan Police have brought the details of the robbery dramatically to life in an interactive piece of content created using the thinglink platform
RightsInfo is a new website which aims to provide a concise and engaging online guide to human rights. Inspired by news sites such as Buzzfeed and the BBC, it uses infographics and custom illustrations to summarise key human rights developments and cases in a bitesize, shareable format…
There had been a robbery at Sagmeister & Walsh and it was all captured on camera. CR had the story. Except we didn’t and there was no robbery. It was all an elaborate hoax
The cover of this year’s CR Annual was created by directors Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones in collaboration with VFX studio Analog. It also involved a flower artist, a colossal 3D scanning rig and a very famous fashion model…
As part of our subscribers only membership scheme, CR Club, we’ve partnered with the British Film Institute to offer free tickets to a private showing of Federico Fellini’s 1963 classic, 8½, ahead of a re-release of the film this summer.
With comics, trivia and original illustrations, new magazine Amuseum provides a light-hearted look at physical objects – from bizarre historical artefacts to everyday items.
London-based illustrator Sroop Sunar has created a vibrant set of ten new covers for author Salman Rushdie’s backlist and also his forthcoming title, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights, citing mid-century Indian matchbox label designs as her inspiration
The Unforgotten Soldiers is a tableau vivant installation, performed in black and white, which is touring New Zealand as a tribute to the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzac) soldiers who fought in the Gallipoli campaign during the first world war 100 years ago
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
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
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
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
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
Kelly Grovier’s new book charts the artist’s persistent dialogue with classic and contemporary art
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
The Pentagram partner has created the titles for the acclaimed new Netflix show, which reimagines the Greek myths in a contemporary setting
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
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
We explore how the 90s, an era the UK looks favourably upon for its thriving culture, are continually inspiring a stagnated creative industry
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