Self-portrait of Spain

PhotoEspana put Spanish photographers in the spotlight this year, with politics often not too far behind. But old and new work offered mixed results

Ad of the Week: Stella Artois, Wimbledon Perfectionists

Our Ad of the Week is this beautiful film about Roman Zoltowski, the official trophy engraver for the Wimbledon Championship. Created by Mother in London, the film is part of a series made by Stella Artois about the characters behind the scenes at the annual tennis event.

CR’s pick of New Designers 2014

Currently on display at the Business Design Centre in Angel, London is the second instalment of New Designers 2014, the annual round-up of graduate work across all design disciplines. Here are our favourite pieces of work from the Visual Communications section this year…

D&AD New Blood winners 2014

The winners of D&AD’s New Blood awards scheme were announced at a ceremony in London last night, with two black pencils and 30 yellows awarded to an inventive range of apps, posters and ad campaigns…

Wake up and smell the content

Last week the Creative Social blog tweeted a quote from a Cannes talk given by Pereira & O’Dell’s PJ Pereira, that stirred up some reaction on the subject of ‘content’. CS invited two of those who disagreed with the statement – CD ‘Gordon Comstock’ and agency Sell! Sell! – to write up their argument in a blog post

Digital Revolution at the Barbican

The Barbican’s new Digital Revolution exhibition opens today, tracing the history of digital technology, with a nostalgic trip through the early years of videogames, synth music and computing, through to a look at contemporary interactive arts, film VFX, creative coding and even wearable tech.

APFEL rebrands Curator

Design studio A Practice for Everyday Life has created a new visual identity, website and interface for Curator, a moodboard app aimed at designers.

Leanne Shapton’s patterns for Jane Austen

US illustrator and writer Leanne Shapton has designed a series of patterned covers for new editions of Jane Austen’s six novels, published this week by Vintage Classics

Dan Tobin Smith wants your kipple

Photographer Dan Tobin Smith is asking the public to donate unwanted items for a 200-metre artwork that will be installed at his studio during London Design Festival.

Quentin Blake at the House of Illustration

A new exhibition space for illustration has just opened in London with an inaugural show from perhaps the UK’s most popular practitioner, Sir Quentin Blake. The House of Illustration offers a chance to see many of Blake’s original drawings, paintings and sketches – and hopes to become a focal point for celebrating both the history of the artform and its future

CR July iPad edition

Don’t forget the July 2014 issue of CR – the trends special – is also available on the iPad, where you’ll find all the print mag content and monograph alongside additional videos and exclusive images. Plus, there’s a lot more to be found in Hi Res, our showcase gallery section, and CRTV, with video profiles of creative people and other moving image work from around the world….

The best of D&AD New Blood 2014

Once again D&AD New Blood has taken over Spitalfields Market in London, which has played host to the enormous graduate fair since 2012. As one of the judges of ‘best stand’, CR was lucky enough to have a look around prior to the opening – and so here are some of our highlights

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