The death of very few graphic designers would make headline news on the BBC, but Storm Thorgerson, who passed away yesterday aged 69, wasn’t just any designer. Adrian Shaughnessy explains how Thorgerson raised the bar for the profession … and then set fire to it
Someone’s Simon Manchipp will be presenting his work and taking part in a Q&A session with CR’s Patrick Burgoyne on April 23 as part of the Young Creative Chevrolet Visual Arts Talk series. We have ten free tickets for CR readers if you’d like to come
Working closely with the photographer, design studio Tappin Gofton has designed a book of Nadav Kander’s Bodies. 6 Women, 1 Man – the series of photographs of naked human bodies which we blogged about last December…
From toilet rolls to teaspoons, British Airways loads thousands of individual items on to each jumbo jet before it takes to the skies. Fifty BA employees created an image of a giant plane made up of these items on the floor of an aircraft hangar
Lacoste is celebrating 80 years and its iconic L.12.12. Polo shirt in a wide-ranging, colourful campaign
Cardboard boxes have long been associated with homelessness. However, agency Publicis London, working with charity Depaul UK, has come up with a clever way of flipping the association from a negative one to a positive one…
Dove and Ogilvy Brazil have hired a forensic artist to show the difference in how women see themselves and how they are perceived by others
Last night it was announced that GOV.UK, the UK government’s single online domain designed by the Government Digital Service, has won the Design of the Year 2013
Design studio Moniker in Amsterdam has created this excellent music video-cum-website for the song Kilo by the band Light Light which is super fun to play with…
From learning how to model Shaun The Sheep with Aardman’s Jim Parkyn to pulling a screenprint with Print Club London or creating your own A5 artwork with Human After All using specially created facial feature rubber stamps – here’s the CR guide to Pick Me Up 2013 which opens at Somerset House this week…
The Partners has created a striking campaign to promote this year’s International Day for Street Children
Agency AMV BBDO has launched a campaign via micro-video site Vine for kids charity The Kids Company
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
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
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
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
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
Kelly Grovier’s new book charts the artist’s persistent dialogue with classic and contemporary art
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
The Pentagram partner has created the titles for the acclaimed new Netflix show, which reimagines the Greek myths in a contemporary setting
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
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
We explore how the 90s, an era the UK looks favourably upon for its thriving culture, are continually inspiring a stagnated creative industry
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