Thought for food

Thanks to its heritage in art publishing, when Phaidon moved into food and cookery books the results were always going to be appetising

CR February iPad edition: The Food issue

Don’t forget you can also get the February’s CR, the food issue, for iPad, where you’ll find all the print mag articles and exclusive additional content in Hi Res, our showcase gallery section, and CRTV, with video profiles of creative people, animations and other moving image work from around the world…

New type: Formist, Hoefler & Co, Studio Feed & more

Our latest pick of new type designs, projects and events includes a guide to combining typefaces from Thames & Hudson, punk inspired lettering from Montreal studio Feed and new releases from Fontsmith and Hoefler & Co. First up, though, is a new style blog with some striking headlines…

Casey Neistat: maverick filmmaker

Casey Neistat dropped out of high school at 15, became a ‘professional dishwasher’, and now makes some of the most-watched films on YouTube. This film from Design Indaba tells his story

Ads of the Week

Need a laugh? Well you’re in luck as this week’s advertising round up is filled with comedy spots, including work for Friskies cat food, Loto, Mercedes-Benz, and the Sims 4. Kicking off proceedings is a booty-tastic number from Moneysupermarket, which comes with an ‘epic strut’…

The Collective Quarterly

New magazine The Collective Quarterly combines travel journalism with an artist residency programme and online shop. We spoke to founders Jesse Lenz and Seth Putnam about the concept and the latest issue, which offers a fascinating look at the sights, scenery and residents of the Absaroka mountain range in rural Montana…

PJ Harvey at Somerset House

PJ Harvey is currently recording her ninth album in a specially constructed studio in the New Wing at Somerset House in London. And, as part of a project created with Artangel, members of the public can go in and watch her…

CR February: Yum! It’s the Food issue

Our February issue looks at how creativity is changing what and how we eat, with features on the story behind the Leon fast-food chain, apps for farmers in the developing world, the Disappearing Dining Club, trends in food photography and initiatives to tackle food wastage

Predominant.ly lets you browse iTunes’ library by colour

OpenWork – a design collective made up of Susana Carvalho, Kai Bernau, Elisabeth Malcolm and Daniel Powers – has created a new site allowing users to browse over 148,000 albums from iTunes’ music library by the colour of their artwork.