Trust me, I’m an art director

Mirko Borsche works for some of Germany’s more staid institutions, but his work is anything but conservative. The key to his creativity is his relationship with clients, he says

My desk, my raw material

When an idea drought takes hold, rather than just tidying, scrutinise the stuff in front of you to refuel your creativity

Comic books and the bomb

The optimism and anxiety of the atomic age was reflected in the comic books of the time, a new history reveals

Our top stories of the year

At about this point in the calendar websites traditionally review the year gone by. We thought it would be interesting to share what have been the most popular stories of the past 12 months on the CR site

A monster New Year

Stefan G Bucher has created a charming musical New Year’s message featuring his trademark Daily Monsters

New website and logo for Elysée Palace

The Elysée – the office and official residence of the President of France – has just launched its new website designed by the Parisian multimedia design agency, Textuel La Mine

Christmas in the Hi-ReS! kitchen

If you haven’t yet visited the Hi-ReS! interactive kitchen wall from the comfort of your own desk, then the studio’s special Christmas instalment also offers the perfect chance to check out the artists who have participated in the project to date

Six minutes for creativity

At 11am UK time this morning, the #includedesign campaign to have creative subjects included in the UK Government’s new Ebacc qualification is asking everyone in the creative industry to devote six minutes of their time to raising awareness of the issue. CR is supporting this initiative by writing to Secretary of State Michael Gove

When penguins go bad

Director Woof Wan-Bau’s latest animated short for Penguin Books retells the tale of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde starring the publisher’s famous flightless bird

INSA animates Stanley Donwood on XL offices

This is how the XL Records offices in LA now look thanks to a collaboration between UK artists Stanley Donwood and INSA to create a series of animated ‘gif-iti’ pieces for the launch of the new Atoms For Peace album

Thonik puts HKU on the grid

From January, the Hogeschool van de Kunsten Utrecht (Utrecht School of the Arts) is to be renamed HKU and will introduce a dynamic grid-based identity created by Amsterdam studio Thonik

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