A new look for London Luton Airport

Ico Design has launched a new brand identity for Luton Airport which aims to reposition it as one of Londons leading airports and improve its public image ahead of a £100 million redevelopment programme.

Music Videos of the Month

We have treats from Panda Bear, Clark, Diagram, Tourist, and Bastille Vs. Grades to share with you this month, but to kick things off, here’s Guy Pearce as you’ve never quite seen him before…

Beyond the record sleeve

Despite the doom and gloom about the death of the record sleeve, Simon Moore says there’s never been a more creatively exciting time for a designer to work in music

Win £1000 with our Christmas Challenge

Behold the CR Christmas Challenge – your chance to save your family, friends and colleagues money off a subscription to Creative Review and win yourself £1000

Apple’s Song finds right pitch

Apple and TBWA’s Christmas ad is a touching tale of a teenager making a special gift for grandma – using a bunch of Apple products of course

CR Annual: extended deadline

There’s still time to enter the Creative Review Annual, our showcase of the best work of the year in visual communications. Extended deadline: Jan 23

What does ‘being African’ look like?

For 20 year’s Garth Walker’s i-Jusi magazine has explored the visual culture of modern South Africa, inviting designers and artists to respond to key questions about the society they live in. In this Design Indaba film, Walker talks about the magazine and its aims

Football marks 1914 Christmas ceasefire

The football world has marked the 100th anniversary of the famous 1914 Christmas truce on the Western Front with two different sculptures, one in the UK and one in Flanders

Viktoria Modesta fronts new Born Risky campaign for C4

As part of Channel 4’s ongoing Born Risky campaign, a new promo for singer Viktoria Modesta will be aired during the final of ITV’s The X Factor this Sunday. Aimed as a stylish antidote to the ideals of the modern pop world, Modesta’s prosthetic leg is a difference that C4 hopes will challenge viewer’s perceptions

N for Napoleon

Napoleon is a name so loaded with associated imagery that for the design of a new biography, Penguin art editor Isabelle de Cat looked to avoid images of bicorne hats and battles – and instead referenced some intriguing symbols of the French emperor’s own invention

Ads of the Week

We’ve got a bumper round up of great ads to share with you this week, including a smattering of Christmas work, a few charity pieces, and a really quite silly film for Skittles. First up though, Kevin Bacon stars in an ad for CR…!