Ten Years of Modern Toss

A decade on from Modern Toss’s first cartoon, creators Jon Link and Mick Bunnage have an exhibition of work in London and a new hardback book out as well. “Turned out alright then yeah?” as their Drive-by Abuser character might say. Well, it has – the book’s massive, very funny, and finally gives them a chance to tell their story

An interview with Christopher Doyle

Australian designer Christopher Doyle first caught our eye with his personal projects poking fun at designer clichés, and has since set up his own studio in Sydney. Here, he discusses his album art for Chet Faker and The Jezabels, why he left agency work to run his own business, and why designers need to take themselves less seriously…

Cream 2015: CR’s Pick of the Winners

Cream is an annual competition open to advertising graduates, designed to highlight exciting new talent entering the industry. Here are our favourite projects from this year’s winners…

Record sleeves of the month

Our latest round-up of beautiful, unusual and intriguing album art includes some apocalyptic designs for The Bug, surreal artwork for Sbtrkt and some lovely imagery for Perfume Genius and Jamie T.

Enigmatic paintings by Mark Edwards on show at Catto

A new show of paintings by artist and illustrator Mark Edwards opens at Catto Gallery in London today. Titled The White Wood, the works are set in a snowy landscape, with a number of enigmatic figures wandering in the woods…

How can creativity improve life for the old?

Here’s the bad news. The UK’s population is getting older and we have no coherent strategy to cope with what this means. But what we do know is that we will all be working longer. This will be the age of no retirement

Loose Monk gets stretched type

Designed by Fraser Muggeridge studio, the cover of a new book of poems by the artist Fabian Peake makes an abstract collage out of the book’s jazzy two-word title, Loose Monk

Fontsmith launches new website and licensing models

Fontsmith has become the latest type foundry to reinvent its online business model, with a new website and licensing models for users. We spoke to director Jason Smith about the changes, and what they mean for Fontsmith and its clients.

Microbes made visible for Micropia Museum

For some people, the idea that our bodies are covered in trillions of tiny microbes isn’t necessarily a pleasant one. Hoping to make the invisible visible and shed light on the useful nature of these micro-organisms, a film for the new Micropia museum in Amsterdam gives the little fellas a new, cuddly image

Lagom magazine

Designer Elliot Jay Stocks and editor Samantha Stocks have launched a new quarterly magazine showcasing creative people, places and past times.

Our kind of Folk

With its ‘understated-with-a-twist’ approach to clothing for both men and women and its obsession with the kind of quirky detail that takes a keen eye to spot, Folk has found a place in many Creative Review readers’ wardrobes. Patrick Burgoyne talks to the brand’s founder and creative director Cathal McAteer and to its regular collaborators, design consultancy IYA Studio, about the secret of Folk’s appeal, its future direction and why it was finally time to drop Arial from its identity

So good they named it Thrice

Reviving British clothing manufacture using vintage machines, Triplstitched is a new shirt brand based in London whose launch collection features the work of two up and coming illustrators