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Music's Leeds Print Festival posters
Posted by Gavin Lucas, 27 January 2012, 15:58
Music worked with screen printers ASForPrint and marbling artist Jemma Lewis to create a series of beautiful prints to promote the inaugural Leeds Print Festival...
The South London Black Music Archive
Posted by Eliza Williams, 27 January 2012, 15:30
London-based music fans would be wise to head over to the Peckham Space, where artist Barby Asante has curated The South London Black Music Archive, a celebration of the music history of the region...
Occupy Design launches
Posted by Mark Sinclair, 27 January 2012, 12:10
Occupy London will launch its Occupy Design group tomorrow with a weekend of talks and workshops. CR spoke to Jonathan Barnbrook, one of the organisers of the event, about what the movement's new design wing hopes to achieve...
At home with Jordi Duró
Posted by Creative Review, 27 January 2012, 11:57
Barcelona-based designer Jordi Duró has a new show of personal work at Madame La Marquise, a gallery based in a large apartment in the city. Taking inspiration from this setting, Duró has created a kind of ideal home
Coca Cola's ambitious Super Bowl plan
Posted by Gavin Lucas, 27 January 2012, 11:30
Coca Cola last night spilled the beans about its forthcoming Super Bowl advertising activity. There are three new spots, written by Wieden + Kennedy's Portland office, each featuring American football-loving animated polar bears. But that's just the tip of the iceberg...
Record sleeves of the month
Posted by Gavin Lucas, 27 January 2012, 10:40
Here are a few music releases that have caught our eye so far this year. First up is this 12" vinyl record that looks for all the world like an enormous CD...
CR Feb issue: our top 20 slogans
Posted by Creative Review, 26 January 2012, 10:01
From the meaning of beans to the power of love, the February 2012 issue of Creative Review features our 20 favourite slogans of all time and the stories behind them
The amazing statistics of YouTube
Posted by Eliza Williams, 25 January 2012, 17:44
Apparently an hour of video content is added to YouTube every second. Feels like a lot, right? A new film and website developed by the Google Data Arts team and digital production company Punk & Butler shows just what it actually adds up to...
Penguin's beautiful new edition of Kama Sutra
Posted by Gavin Lucas, 25 January 2012, 12:50
Just in time to secure some Valentines Day sales, Penguin is about to publish a new edition of the Kama Sutra. The book, produced as a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition features a dust jacket sporting beautifully illustrated letterforms by Malika Favre...
New Androp video from Party
Posted by Eliza Williams, 25 January 2012, 12:16
Last year the Japanese creative company Party wowed us with their beautiful promos for Androp's songs Bright Siren and Bell, so it is not surprising that the band has turned to them again to create their latest video, for new track World Words Lights. The resulting film is a sweet piece of engineering, featuring a set of innovative toys that sing and dance along to the music...
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