Build your own gaming console
With the DIY Gamer Kit, the latest product from the brilliantly named Technology Will Save Us, you can build your own games console, learning prototyping and programming skills along the way
Teachers are caterpillars…and animals can fly
More than fifty creatives from the Central Illustration Agency have designed illustrations for the V&A Museum of Childhood based on children’s visions of the future.
Goodson illustrators support gay rights in Russia
Illustrators represented by agent Anna Goodson have created images in support of gay rights in Russia to raise awareness and promote solidarity ahead of the Sochi Winter Olympics
Typographic Circle launches student programme
From this month, the Typographic Circle will be running a series of evening events for its student members aimed at inspiring and informing the next generation of creatives and designers
Q&A with AG Rojas
AG Rojas won the Best New Director award at last year’s UK Music Video Awards. As the shortlists for this year’s awards are released, we talk to Rojas about his year, which has included launching a film programme, and experiencing some crazy-sounding times in the world of advertising…
Walk the streets with Patternity tights
Photographer/art director Anna Murray and surface/product designer Grace Winteringham, aka Patternity, have created a hosiery range for Pretty Polly using graphic patterns found in our urban landcapes
Illuminated, just enough
Later on this evening the Man Booker Prize will be awarded to one of six shortlisted books. Going by the covers alone, Jenny Grigg’s design for Eleanor Catton’s The Luminaries is the stand out for me this year
From the Book
Illustrators Nancy Slonims, Andrew Baker and Martin Ursell are hosting a joint exhibition at London’s Coningsby Gallery featuring woodcut prints, photo etchings and extracts from a children’s graphic novel series.
Six New Ads To Watch
This week’s round up of great new ads features work from Jack & Jones, Paul Smith, Volvo, the BBC, Adidas, and the Drink Aware charity. We open with a series of films starring Christopher Walken, which trade on him doing what he does best: being cool…
David Pearson at Typocircle
Book designer David Pearson will give the next Typocircle Typo Talk with the intriguing title The Work of Dave in the Age of Digital Revolution
The power of pink
Liverpool-based SB Studio has designed some striking signage and wayfinding using reclaimed materials for this year’s British Ceramics Biennial.
What’s On
CR’s pick of exhibitions, design events and creative activities for the week ahead, including the Northern Design Festival, Frieze Art Week 2013 across venues in London, The Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Cumbria, Erwin Blumenfeld in Paris, Irving Penn in New York, and the Italian Poster Biennial…
Why are brands apologising so much right now?
Brands are saying sorry at a more rapid rate than ever. CR’s advertising columnist Ben Kay delves into why sorry is no longer the hardest word and whether this is an effective strategy for winning audiences
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
Tracing Banksy’s art history remixes
Kelly Grovier’s new book charts the artist’s persistent dialogue with classic and contemporary art
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
Matt Willey brings a human touch to Kaos titles
The Pentagram partner has created the titles for the acclaimed new Netflix show, which reimagines the Greek myths in a contemporary setting
A visual history of movie posters
A new book from Reel Art Press collates the first comprehensive history of film posters. We explore why they remain an underappreciated area of cultural design
The Leaders Issue is out now!
The Autumn 2024 issue of Creative Review looks at the brands and individuals who are pushing creativity forward on their way to the top
The Monthly Interview: Rob Lowe, aka Supermundane
Mark Sinclair talks to the artist and designer about his new book, Lost Ordinary Magic, and the importance of recognising the power of simplicity and the everyday wonders that surround us
Unravelling adland’s obsession with 90s nostalgia
We explore how the 90s, an era the UK looks favourably upon for its thriving culture, are continually inspiring a stagnated creative industry
Building the visual world of Fontaines DC
The band’s surreal new album visuals explore a darker, more grotesque side of romance. We speak to the creative team behind the campaign about challenging the visual tropes of rock music
Jessica Walsh ventures into the world of type
As the &Walsh founder launches her agency’s new offshoot Type of Feeling, she discusses why typography’s ability to evoke emotions makes it one of the most powerful tools at a brand’s disposal
Can neuroscience make you a better creative?
Kinda Studios is tapping into the emerging field of neuroaesthetics to help creatives and brands make more impactful work that benefits people’s wellbeing