The history of Ark magazine, the Royal College of Art’s student publication which ran from 1950 to 1978, is explored in a new book put together by the college’s critical writing in art and design programme. Here, professor David Crowley and the book’s editorial team reveal how Ark attempted, despite its flux of content and staff, to stay abreast of rapidly changing times
Herb Lubalin was not the most talkative of men, but when it came to words on a page, few were his equal
The Barbican’s new Bauhaus show reveals a more playful side to the serious minded German design school
Visiting the Victoria and Albert Museum’s autumn blockbuster exhibition, Postmodernism: Style and Subversion, 1970–1990, I had a minor epiphany in front of a chest of drawers. In 1978 Alessandro Mendini arranged to have an Art Deco cabinet decorated with a copy of an abstract painting by Wassily Kandinsky from the 1920s and an angular mirror […]
Working with Otto Neurath, Gerd Arntz designed pictograms to represent every aspect of life. His designs brought warmth, humanity and a political edge to an area of cool statistical detachment
A touring exhibition of the work of the Design Research Unit shows how design was integral to British post-war redevelopment…
With his unpatriotic attitude and interest in ‘unholy sex’, James Victore is a designer with opinions, as exhibited in a new book of his work
Polish graphic artist Roman Cieślewicz worked on both sides of the Cold War divide, but was driven by a single desire to communicate
David Crowley welcomes a move to digitise the V&A’s archive of European pro-democracy posters
David Crowley looks at a new book on the visual history of US trade unionism and civil rights activism
For decades Franco kept a lid on Spanish design. David Crowley welcomes a history of its pioneers
How can we successfully map human knowledge? David Crowley is impressed by an ambitious book on the subject
AMV BBDO’s campaign for COPI shines a light on sewage spills in UK waterways with the help of a faecal-inspired font
Since losing his sight at the age of 19, the filmmaker has gone on to write and direct his first feature film, shoot a Super Bowl ad for Google, and set up a non-profit to help the next generation of disabled creative talent
We ease you gently into the fourth series of Creative Review’s podcast with a discussion on humour in advertising, looking at what works and what doesn’t
Speaking to experts in architecture and design, CR looks into how accessible wayfinding has improved by subtly tapping into other senses, and what it needs to do to be truly inclusive
In the first of a new interview series, Anna Higgs talks to Glenn Kitson about combining a career as an ad director with being a ‘meme lord’, and his strategies to stay centred and fresh in a world which can often just want more of the same
Aubrey Plaza stars in a spelling bee contest through the ages as part of a new short from Loewe, which addresses the long-standing confusion over how to pronounce the fashion brand’s name
Non-fungible tokens experienced a gold rush a couple of years ago, before mainstream interest waned and the market went into decline. Artist Robert Alice, who has edited an extensive new book on NFTs, talks to us about one of the most elusive, and divisive, web3 developments
The Anatomy of a Movie Poster exhibition brings together the award-winning designer’s portfolio of posters for films including The Silence of the Lambs, Little Miss Sunshine, and The Grand Budapest Hotel
Opening Line founder Zosia Swidlicka discusses why the world of brand language remains so misunderstood, and how it inspired her to create her new publication Between the Lines
An exhibition and accompanying monograph sheds light on the work of the photographer, designer and art director, who transformed the pages of Harper’s Bazaar over nearly a quarter of a century
It’s easy to assume that making the leap into movies is the holy grail for those in advertising, but the path between the two industries is far from one way
Shifting online success into the real world requires a delicate balance of staying authentic to the digital community while allowing space for others to join, says Paul Tynan, creative director at I-Am