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Young animators light up BT Tower

Posted by Creative Review, 6 February 2012, 17:27

On January 31 five up-and-coming animators were given the chance to have their work run on the digital display at the top of London's BT Tower thanks to somewhereto_ , a nationwide project to help young people in sport, culture and the arts

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CR's Pick of the 2012 Super Bowl Ads

Posted by Eliza Williams, 6 February 2012, 15:05

The Super Bowl is an epic event for both football fans and advertisers alike: with millions of viewers in America settling down to watch the game, it offers an opportunity for brands to show off their finest TV spots of the year. Or so we hope. Here's our pick of what was on offer in the ad breaks of yesterday's battle between the Giants and the Patriots...

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Range Rover v Hadron Collider

Posted by Creative Review, 6 February 2012, 14:29

RKCR/Y&R has continued its recent strong work for Land Rover/Range Rover with a new campaign for the Range Rover Sport set in the Large Hadron Collider, no less

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The type will set you free

Posted by Gavin Lucas, 3 February 2012, 17:58

Ryan Atkinson was commissioned by Hype For Type to create a 16 page booklet that would showcase and promote its Exclusive Faces range of commissioned typefaces. Atkinson's response: to create four typographic posters presented as a call to arms to designers to revolt against dull design...

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Romain Gavras directs promo for M.I.A.'s Bad Girls

Posted by Eliza Williams, 3 February 2012, 16:45

Romain and M.I.A. play with cars in the desert.

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The Gunn Report 2011 Results

Posted by Eliza Williams, 3 February 2012, 15:05

The numbers have all been crunched and the Gunn Report for 2011 has been released. The report combines the results of all the significant advertising award schemes around the world, to identify the most successful agencies, campaigns and clients each year. What is clear from the 2011 results is that it was a pretty good year for the Wieden + Kennedy network....

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Rapid Proto Type

Posted by Creative Review, 3 February 2012, 11:33

Arkitypo is a collaborative research project between Ravensbourne and design studio johnson banks that aims to push the limits of rapid prototyping technology in the creation of a 3D alphabet

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John Whitney, Catalog, 1961

Posted by Mark Sinclair, 3 February 2012, 10:13

Namechecked on butdoesitfloat and boingboing earlier today, this 1961 reel from motion graphics pioneer John Whitney is well worth a look. Whitney's home-built analogue computer famously made use of parts from an anti-aircraft gun sight...

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Airside: everything must go!

Posted by Gavin Lucas, 2 February 2012, 17:59

As we reported in November last year, Airside is shutting up shop. Now the studio is planning to sell loads of its work, from prints and canvases that have been hanging in the studio, to archived T-shirts designed by the likes of Mode 2, Mr Scruff, Pete Fowler and, of course Fred Deakin...

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Interbrand's spot of Cloak & Dagger

Posted by Creative Review, 2 February 2012, 15:53

If you've ever been lucky enough to be approached by a headhunter it's probably not something you'd want people at your present employ knowing about. Interbrand Australia have played on the secretive ways of creative recruitment in a new identity for Sydney-based Chantal Manning-Knight.

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Peter Grundy aka Grundini has a new website full of great work
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