The Guardian offers a free view from The Shard

The Guardian has launched an online app on its site that allows users to scroll around a highly detailed 360 degree photo taken from the viewing platform of London’s tallest building, The Shard, which opens to paying visitors today…

An interview with Ken Garland

Ken Garland, who has died aged 92, had a phenomenal impact on the design industry and British culture. In this interview with CR from 2013 he reflects on 60 years of “structure and substance” as a graphic designer, writer, teacher and photographer

Now Is All There Is

Photographer Rick Guest and stylist Olivia Pomp have collaborated on a beautiful set of images for The Royal Ballet

Stock or shot?

Photolibrary or photographer? Your answer may depend on all sorts of factors, but there is more choice than ever before. Photographers’ agent Lisa Pritchard and commercial photography consultant Zoe Whishaw debate the merits of using stock photography versus commissioning original images. Can you tell the difference? Try our quiz (answers at the end)

Linder

From Buzzcocks to Parisian gallery: artist Linder created some of Punk’s most famous imagery. Now she is the subject of a major retrospective at the Musée d’Art Moderne. Linder and the show’s designers, APFEL, discuss how they brought her practice to life for the show

Who is Linder?

To many an old punk that’s a question that hardly needs asking. Linder (born Linda Mulvey in 1954) created the central image for one of the most iconic of punk record sleeves – that of Buzzcocks’ first single, Orgasm Addict, art directed by Malcolm Garrett.

Community matters

Building communities has come easy to Facebook and Instagram; retaining loyalty to them is another matter

Added edge

Two encouraging trends are set to emerge in magazine apps – simpler design and more manageable content

The medium is the message

This cosy, unfashionable ad is in fact a radical piece of art direction and a masterclass in removing visual clutter

I don’t sell beer, I sell warmth

Alfred ‘Freddy’ Heineken knew that the success of selling his beer rested on seeing it as more than just a product. As Heineken celebrates its 140th birthday, the brand has taken the opportunity to highlight its remarkable archive of advertising and design, and use it in a new campaign