D&AD releases 2014 Annual cover

D&AD has released the cover for its 2014 annual, designed by members of Australian performance and visual art collective, The Kingpins.

Is that your reversed-stress face?

Since 1998, Pentagram’s Michael Bierut has been designing posters for the Yale School of Architecture’s series of lectures and exhibitions. The school’s autumn 2014 schedule has just been announced via this fine example, designed using the typeface Maelstrom

Canadian Cancer Society launches the Fearless Challenge

In an effort to reframe some of the conversation around cancer, and also raise a load of money in the process, the Canadian Cancer Society has launched the Fearless Challenge, a fundraising site where members of the public can pledge to face their phobias…

Front to back: Hack Attack

Hack Attack is Guardian special correspondent Nick Davies’ account of how he helped to expose one of the biggest media scandals of recent times, centred on the newsroom at The News of the World. In our latest Front to Back, Vintage senior designer James Jones takes us through his cover design for this explosive title

The House of Vans opens in London’s Old Vic Tunnels

US clothing and footwear brand Vans has transformed the Old Vic Tunnels at London Waterloo into an indoor skate park and arts venue with gallery, cinema, café and artist studios. We paid a visit ahead of the opening to take a look…

Humans of New York’s UN World Tour

In a new project in partnership with the UN, Brandon Stanton, the photographer behind the phenomenally successful blog Humans of New York, is going on a tour of ten countries around the world, to photograph those living there and record their stories. His first port of call was Iraq…

CR Photography Annual 2014 – deadline approaching

There is now just a few days left to complete your entry for the Creative Review Photography Annual 2014, with the chance to showcase your best photographic work from the last year and benefit from more exposure than ever before.

Best of Feed #5

Here is our latest round up of great work that has been submitted to Feed, the section of the CR site where you can upload your own projects. We have some posters, an ad, a comic book, and some nifty lettering to share with you today, but first up are two rather fine identity projects…

How Save The Children is asking for help in Gaza

The recent conflict in Gaza has prompted mass media coverage and an outpouring of shock and concern from the public. With large areas of the Gaza Strip destroyed and over 1,800 people killed, nearly 400 of them children, the area is desperate for aid. But what is the best way for charities to channel public interest into donations? CR talks to Save The Children’s head of film & photography Jess Crombie about the complexity of campaigning for help during a conflict…

What’s On

CR’s pick of current and upcoming exhibitions, design events and creative activities including Beacons Festival in Yorkshire; Jeremy Deller in Bristol; Lucy Sparrow’s Corner Shop in London; illustrator Tom Frost and 3D paper artist Sarah Bridgland at Yorkshire Sculpture Park; Chicago Design Museum’s first show in their new home, Starts/Speculations; and Antoine de Galbert’s Le mur in Paris…

A strange new look for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

On its 50th anniversary, one of Roald Dahl’s most well known books – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – is being reissued as a Penguin Modern Classic. Its cover, which places some of Dahl’s darker themes in front of a new audience, has already caused something of a stir online

Mario Wienerroither’s Musicless Musicvideos

Awkward dancing, creepy breathing and just plain weird antics from Bowie, Jagger and Presley to name a few… We chat with the man behind the magic of Musicless Musicvideos, YouTube sensation Mario Wienerroither.

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