Channel 4 releases gay anthem for Sochi opening

In recognition of the opening of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games, and of the controversy surrounding gay rights in Russia, Channel 4 will be rainbow branded in the colours of the gay pride flag tomorrow across all of its channels. It has also released an anthemic promo to wish good luck to all the athletes competing in Sochi, titled Gay Mountain.

Six New Ads To Watch

Heineken, Old Spice, Converse, VW and South Australian Tourism all make an appearance in our round-up of great new advertising work this week. Up first though is a one-take wonder for The Sunday Times….

Record sleeves of the month

This month’s pick of beautiful, unusual and intriguing album art includes a glassine box set for Tom the Lion, typographic experiments with concrete and treacle, and an ominous looking picture disc for rap duo JJ Doom.

What’s On

CR’s pick of exhibitions, design events and creative activities for the week ahead including In the Making at the Design Museum London, Visualized information design conference in New York, a talk on the graphic art of the Harry Potter films at St Brides in London, Kid Acne in Sheffield, David Bailey’s Stardust photography show in London, and radical dutch graphic designer Jan van Toorn at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art …

Portraying Parkinson’s

A powerful poster campaign for Parkinson’s UK uses 26 imagemakers to portray the many symptoms of this debilitating disease

SomeOne develops visual identity for The Mill

With its minimally graphic logo, post-production house The Mill has one of the more distinctive marques in its sector. SomeOne has now developed those familiar lines into an extensive visual identity system for the facility.

New Scottish Widows ad by 101

There’s a new Scottish widow in town. (Note: it’s not the chap above.) The pretty lady in a cape appears alongside a cast of real people from around the UK in this surprising new ad for the financial services brand from 101.

CR’s Pick of the 2014 Super Bowl Ads

Most people watch the Super Bowl for the football, but those in the ad industry are as likely to tune in for the breaks. Here’s CR’s pick of the best ten ads from the US’s biggest annual advertising event.

Someone to watch over you

Four illustrators’ agents discuss the industry, how they get their illustrators commissioned, negotiating contracts, managing style and getting exposure

I See Faces

We’ve all spotted a ‘face’ in a passing cloud or in a random arrangement of stones, but for Graham Fink ‘pareidolia’ has become something of an obsession

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How Guinness embraced social

By loosening its approach to advertising, and engaging with its audience directly, the drinks brand has transformed with the times and won a whole new set of fans

How Lego creates meaningful brand experiences

We speak to Lego’s VP of global brand development Alero Akuya about the brand’s rare ability to straddle the physical and virtual worlds with ease – whether through its immersive new art exhibition in Paris or collaborations with Epic Games and Nike