The new Barclaycard identity by Brand Union
You’re a big brand. Huge. Global in fact, as we say these days. And you need to stand out more. You need a new visual device, something that can stand alone and represent your business and its values, even without the company name underneath. You want a logo that will say a few things about you, what you do – hey – maybe even where you’re going in these crazy times. So, what does the cyan and white sphere above say? Unequivocally, it says: I am another company with a hollowed-out spherical logo…
Ghost Bridge by Keith Bowler, image courtesy Jonny2005 via Flickr
Head down to Blackfriars Bridge after dark over the next few weeks and you’ll find that the old Blackfriars Railway Bridge, whose supports still remain in the water, is lit up with ghostly green lasers. The artwork is by Keith Bowler and forms part of Drift, a group exhibition by contemporary artists who have all created new works of art to be shown on the Thames.
“Apifera” is a botanical term given to flowers that are specifically designed to attract bees
Here’s an interesting architecture-meets-horticulture analogy. If consumers are bees and shops are plants, then shop windows are the pretty flowers that aim to attract our attention and draw us in. At least that’s the thinking behind the latest installation to be unveiled at of London’s Selfridges. “The Apifera is a responsive window that takes inspiration from the science of attraction developed in flowers,” explains its designer Matthew Plummer-Fernandez, “hence the complex fractal geometry and the work’s ability to respond and change its breathing rate according to the daylight and passersby”…
Hot Rods & Hairy Beasts is the name of an exhibition that opens on Monday (29 September) at London’s Coningsby Gallery put together by four seasoned professional illustrators, Nishant Choksi, Rod Hunt, Linzie Hunter and Allan Sanders. The featured work will showcase an impressive menagerie of horrendous and hairy beasts, many driving pimped-up rides. The four stars of the show have given CR Blog a sneaky preview of some of the work that will be shown at the exhibition…
Behold, the new face of European football. Oh dear god…
Watermill London has created this new marketing campaign for Camden Town, which aims to reassert the borough as a destination for international business and shopping, and put paid to the impression that it has “burnt down”.
Photographer Michael Hughes has travelled the world in search of “little mementos from big tourist attractions” and a new book of postcards of his work, Souvenirs, celebrates his unusual quest. Depicting a variety of locations, Hughes’ photographs have a common theme: each features a postcard of the place he’s visiting skillfully worked into an image of the real thing. The book is designed and published by Fivefootsix and is now available to buy from their site…
The nominations for the inaugural UK Music video awards have been announced, with the list below showing that there is still plenty of life in the promos industry, despite the doom and gloom that often surrounds it these days. The winners will be revealed on October 14 in a glittering ceremony that will take place in London’s West End. Tickets are available for the event here.
And the nominations are…
You know the problem – you’ve got something coming up that you’re really dreading. Wouldn’t it be nice to find some excuse to put it off? As John McCain calls for the postponement of the US Presidential debate so that he can singlehandedly solve the financial crisis, the thought occurs that it’d be nice if we could all do it…
It hasn’t escaped our notice here at CR towers that Nottingham-based illustrator Jon Burgerman’s output this year so far has been nothing short of prolific. While a new series of mini toys Burgerman has designed (in collaboration with vinyl toy maker extrordinaire, Kidrobot) hit shelves yesterday, a colourful, weighty monograph entitled Jon Burgerman: Pens are my Friends, published by IdN, landed on our desks this morning.
Read on to see a selection of some of our favourite characters from the new mini series of toys, entitled The Heroes of Burgertown, and to see some shots of the new book. We also caught up with Mr Burgerman to ask him about his busy schedule…
