Which side of the Shandy Line are you on?

Asked to design a print that would explore the differences between northern and southern England, The Designers Republic has identified a subtle difference in drinking habits

Creative discourse

Manchester design collective OWT is hosting a series of talks from designers and creatives next week as part of Design Manchester ’13 and the Manchester School of Art’s 175th birthday celebrations.

LPA Student Challenges 2013/14

The LPA Student Challenges help student photographers make the step up into the professional world offering prizes that include practical advice, industry experience and a taste of the life of a photographer. This year’s competition is open for entries

A more accessible opera

Stockholm communications agency Lowe Brindfors has created a flexible new graphic identity for local opera house Folkoperan.

ADC goes digital

This year, the Art Director’s Club will release a digital Annual instead of a printed one, ending a 91-year tradition. To mark the occasion, it commissioned ADC Young Gun Pete Rossi to design a limited edition iPad case for the first 500 members who download the app.

Penguin authors redefined

Charlotte Bracegirdle appropriates artworks by other artists or photographers, often in postcard form, and paints on them in oil to turn them into entirely different images. In a striking new body of work, she has reinvented a series of photographs of Penguin authors. CR talks to Bracegirdle about the new series, which is currently on show at the Louisville Photo Biennial…

What’s On

CR’s pick of exhibitions, design events and creative activities for the week ahead including Pop Art Design at the Barbican, Virgin Records: 40 Years of Disruptions in a basement in London, The Power of Photography: National Geographic 125 Years in LA, Paul Rand: Defining Design in Atlanta, Designing Modern Women at MoMA in New York, and Irma Boom’s The Architecture of the Book in Paris…

John Webster: The Human Ad Man

John Webster was the ad creative behind some of the UK’s best-loved ads, and advertising characters, of the 1970s, 80s and 90s. Google’s Patrick Collister recorded a series of interviews with Webster in 2004 and recently teamed up with students at the School of Communication Arts in London to turn them into a documentary about his life and work. The film has just been released online and can be viewed here.

Designers celebrate 50 years of the National Theatre

The National Theatre in London is 50 this year. To help celebrate, it has launched a pop-up shop at its home in the South Bank in London, called Shopping and E•ting. The shop is selling a number of unique products related to the theatre, including a series of limited edition posters created especially by designers and artists including Paula Scher, David Carson, Graphic Thought Facility, Michael Craig-Martin and Jamie Reid…

The Book Cover Design Awards

The inaugural Book Cover Design Awards were launched this month by two of the UK’s leading book designers, Jon Gray and Jamie Keenan. Aiming to celebrate book cover design from a wide range of genres, it is now open for nominations from 2013

Reviving linotype

Vintage lighting brand Urban Cottage Industries has teamed up with Print Club London to launch a range of letterpress prints and cards made using linotype.

Regatta’s new look

London design studio SEA has created a new logo, visual identity system and seasonal ad campaigns for outdoor clothing company Regatta.

1 … 920 921 922 923 924 925 926 927 928 … 1,407

More from CR

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