365 days of the V&A
Blanka and Print Process founder Mark Blamire has designed a 2014 wall planner for the V&A museum featuring an illustration for each day of the year.
Frost* tells Sydney to put it on
Design agency Frost* has created a new campaign encouraging the use of condoms for the Australia AIDS Council of New South Wales’s Ending HIV initiative.
Stanley Donwood show at The Outsiders in London
Far Away is Close at Hand in Images of Elsewhere, a new exhibition by artist Stanley Donwood, opens at The Outsiders gallery in Soho, London next Friday.
Canal+ sends in the clowns
A gang of dwarf clowns star in this new spot for Canal+ from BETC Paris, created to promote new channel Canal+ Series…
Spot the ad in James Curran’s APA titles
Partizan director James Curran’s brilliant film introducing this year’s Advertising Producers Association Show references the year’s top ads. How many can you spot?
Q&A: Illustrator, animator and games designer Julian Frost
Julian Frost, the director behind the hugely successful Dumb Ways To Die animation for Metro Trains in Melbourne, has just signed to Passion for commercial representation. CR talks to him about his plans, and how it feels to be responsible for a viral hit
Alphabets to Octopuses: Children’s books and designers
Every graphic designer seems to have a children’s book in them, writes hat-trick’s Jim Sutherland. Having just recently helped to create one, he considers why so many in the profession, including Alan Fletcher, Paul Rand and Milton Glaser, have decided to work – and play – in the medium
Vince Frost Typo Circle talk
Graphic designer Vince Frost will return from Australia to London to give the next Typo Circle talk
TSB relaunches with pretty but schmaltzy brand film
TSB has released a beautiful, if deeply sentimental, brand film that takes viewers through the history of the recently returned UK bank….
First pics of giant Greenpeace Bear released
Photographs of Aurora, a giant marionette polar bear created to promote Greenpeace’s Save The Arctic campaign have been released, in advance of the bear’s ‘walk’ through London this Sunday…
Romek Marber: Graphics
Colchester School of Art’s Minories Galleries has launched a new exhibition on the work of graphic designer Romek Marber. Best known for his innovative Penguin Crime Series, the show also provides a chance to see his work for The Economist, the Observer Magazine and a range of other clients
How Arcade Fire’s Reflektor web experience was created
Reflektor, the highly-anticipated first track from Arcade Fire’s new album has launched online this evening with the band releasing a new interactive web experience, created in collaboration with Aaron Koblin at Google and director Vincent Morisset. We talked to Morisset about how the piece was created…
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