Adidas celebrates Tendulkar with cricket for the masses
Adidas has rolled out a simple activation campaign to celebrate the 40th birthday of Sachin Tendulkar
Richard Woods says DIY
Richard Woods’ new solo show DIY opens today at the Alan Cristea Gallery in London and features new work alongside a site-specific installation cladding the gallery in his distinctive wood-grain boarding
AKA creates trailers for BBC Radio 4 cultural programme
Studio AKA has created animated trailers for BBC Radio4 to highlight the new Cultural Exchange feature on the station’s Front Row programme
Sony photography award winners
A victim of the Anders Breivik shootings, Iselin Rose Borc has been recuperating with help from her pet dog Athene. Her story, and those of other survivors of the massacre, were told by Andrea Gjestvang from Norway in a set of images which has won this year’s L’Iris d’Or photographer of the year prize at the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards. We have a round-up of more of the winning work
Paul Salveson wins First Book Award
US photographer Paul Salveson’s series Between the Shell has won this year’s First Book Award organised by MACK and will be brought out as a book by the publishers in June
Ad Agency of the Year
Our choice for our Creative Review Ad Agency of the Year for 2013 represents a break with tradition. Despite strong competition from the likes of BBH and DDB New York, we have chosen an in-house agency for the honour
Design Studio of the Year
Each year in the Creative Review Annual we choose a Design Studio of the Year. Our winner this time is an in-house studio which has consistently delivered powerful, original work that has revived a sector of the media industry
A case of risk and reward
Arden, Avedon and Alexon may have been a combustible combination but they delivered the goods in this classic campaign
Hiding in plain sight
Logos that actively conceal a brand’s identity can be confusing, but they’re also a clever way of getting noticed, argues our resident corporate identity expert
The hardest client to client
Designers are their own worst clients. But working for yourself isn’t really about the end result, it’s the experience that matters
CR May issue: The Annual
Our May issue is the biggest CR ever, weighing in at over 230 pages. It’s our Annual special, with over 100 pages of the best work of the year in visual communications combined with a regular issue containing our usual mix of interviews, opinion and reviews
Fontsmith’s FS Emeric launch campaign
London type design studio Fontsmith has launched its latest font family, FS Emeric, with a specimen book designed by Blair Thomson of Believe in – plus a set of type posters designed by eleven top studios…
Creative Review’s Annual Awards 2025 are officially open for entries
One of the most respected and trusted awards for the advertising and design industries are back for 2025. Run, don’t walk to get your entries in before the Early Bird Deadline on 25 October
How to scale your design business
Growth is a dream for many businesses, but it comes with challenges. Daisy Crowder, brand and marketing director at design recruitment agency Craft, offers advice on how to navigate the change and keep staff on side
Cultivating community with Ganni
The Danish luxury fashion label has spearheaded the characterful evolution of Scandi style. Here, chief brand officer Priya Matadeen discusses its approach to collabs, the pressures of being a responsible brand, and how Ganni Girls grew from a hashtag to a badge of belonging
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 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