NME redesigns … as The Face?

The NME is to relaunch on October 9 with a new logo, website and cover design, the latter of which bears an uncanny resemblance to a late, lamented style magazine

Winging It

Chickens seem to be having a moment in advertising this month. First there was Mercedes-Benz’s disco-dancing chicken troupe, and now Goodby, Silverstein & Partners has created a series of spots featuring chickens singing along to 80s hits…

Cream 2013: our pick of the winners

Each year, The Talent Business attempts to identify the top graduate talent in advertising via its Cream scheme. Here’s our pick of this year’s winners

Ad of the Week: Century 21 advertises Walter White’s house

This week’s Ad of the Week is a piece of witty brilliance for US estate agent Century 21, created by Mullen. The work tied into the social media frenzy generated by the finale of US TV series Breaking Bad earlier this week, by posting lead character Walter White’s house for sale on Craigslist…

What’s On

CR’s pick of exhibitions, design events and creative activities for the week ahead, including Picture This, an exhibition of classic children’s books at The British Museum; the Sydney Graphic Festival; digital culture festival AND in Liverpool; AOI Illustration Awards at Somerset House in London; AIGA Design Conference in Minneapolis; art takes over the city for one night for Nuit Blanche Paris; graphic artist Pete Fowler’s psychadelic nautical characters at The Book Club London; and Glasgow Print Studio’s 40th anniversary exhibition.

Painting scenes from the movies

Leanne Shapton’s watercolour paintings of scenes from black-and-white films are brought together in a new book, Sunday Night Movies, and form a meditation on the art of cinema

Seven New Ads To Watch

This week’s ad round-up features new work from around the globe for Mercedes-Benz, Do.com, Childline, Royal Enfield, Coke, and BNZ, as well as an app, Think Dirty, that allows you to check the chemicals that are in your cosmetics…

Low Tech Print

Flying Machines founder Caspar Williamson has written a book about contemporary design projects made using handmade printing techniques.

Everton unveils new badge chosen by fans

Following widespread outcry over the introduction of its current club crest in May, Everton has unveiled a new badge, chosen via an online poll of supporters, which will be adopted for the 2014/15 season

Fev Pehs: in memory of John Young

Liverpool School of Art and Design is hosting an exhibition and charity auction in memory of John Young, a graphics tutor at LJMU who died last year after suffering from cancer.

Ghostsigns talk at St Bride Library

Sam Roberts will be bringing the Ghostsigns project to London’s St Bride Library in November in his first UK talk on the History of Advertising Trust’s growing archive of signpainting

Cover stories

A round-up of the finest album artwork we’ve spotted in the past few weeks, including some beautiful watercolour images from Kate Copeland and an Ezra Pound-inspired design by Caspar Newbolt for 65daysofstatic.

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