Unsuspecting shoppers in an east London corner store were serenaded with a version of A Message To You Rudy, played out by a series of unlikely instruments including the Bottle Trumpet, Food Can Xylophone, Tetra Pak Maracas, and the Nut Packet Shakers…
If you’re looking out for contenders for next year’s awards shows, Metro Trains’ Dumb Ways to Die film may well be right up there. The charming animation promoting safety on Melbourne’s railways has clocked up almost 28 million YouTube views since it was put up in mid-November
Love them or loathe them, there’s no question that Vice magazine is instantly recognisable. This week, Vice reaches its tenth anniversary in the UK, and to mark the occasion, we took a look back at ten of their most significant, and divisive, UK covers…
D&AD’s inaugural White Pencil award has been won by Leo Burnett Chicago for Recipeace, a project that aims to bring people together over a shared meal in support of the Peace One Day initiative
Image templates enable designers to show proposed work in the best possible light. But, as the realism increases and work spreads online, does it matter that it’s now becoming so much harder to work out just what is real and what isn’t?
While UK Christmas ads concentrate on shopping and snowmen, Adidas and Sid Lee have unveiled a bizarre Yuletide offering featuring ‘Ebenezer’ Snoop and David Beckham as the Ghost of Christmas Present
Dorothy, who brought us The Song Map and also The Film Map, has just released its two latest prints (above) which look to celebrate colourful song titles and band names by displaying them in colour wheels…
In this year’s Epica Awards (which CR helped to judge last week in Paris) a Danish film advertising the Midttrafik bus service (still, shown above) picked up the coveted Epica d’Or in the Film category. Interestingly, the film wasn’t written by an ad agency, but cooked up by the bus company with production company M2Film…
The artistic talents of two florists, Makoto Azuma and Shunsuke Shiinoki, come together in the Encyclopedia of Flowers, a new book of beautiful ‘flower works’
We’ve put together a list of our favourite music videos from the past week, including a trip into the world of hand-painted animation with Fun Adults, a spacy video for Vessels, created using time-interpolation, and a glimpse into a series of surreal, and unsettling moments, courtesy of Purity Ring.
We’re fast approaching 700,000 followers on Twitter, and to say thanks for getting us there, we’re offering 30% off all magazine subscriptions taken out today, and over the weekend
Christian Borstlap is behind an entertaining stop-frame animation for Louis Vuitton’s new online personalisation service
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
The Autumn 2024 issue of Creative Review looks at the brands and individuals who are pushing creativity forward on their way to the top
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
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
Kinda Studios is tapping into the emerging field of neuroaesthetics to help creatives and brands make more impactful work that benefits people’s wellbeing