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Advanced Beauty: weekly podcasts

Gavin 15/07/08, 15:47

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Advanced Beauty is the name of a collaborative project curated by design studio Universal Everything and musician Freeform in which programmers, artists, musicians, animators and architects are invited to collaborate on digital artworks influenced by sound…

Colette Calls In Builders and Burrill

Patrick 14/07/08, 12:38

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Every designer’s favourite Parisian hang-out, Colette, may be closed for a re-fit but it’s still worth a visit to see Anthony Burrill’s window designs…

Infographic of the Week

Mark 10/07/08, 16:44

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Quick – call the fashion police! It’s a crack down! Apparently it’s not a hoax but police in Flint, Michigan are attempting to enforce a seemingly crazy ruling, based on indecent exposure law, whereby sagging trousers could result in a stern warning, a fine, or even a prison sentence, depending on just how much buttock is on show. This helpful infographic appeared in the Detroit Free Press so that readers could be fully aware of the legality of their, er, position.

Degree Shows 08: Camberwell College of Art (MA Illustration)

Gavin 07/07/08, 09:58

by Hyo Jung (Veronica) Ha

On Friday we got to Camberwell College of Art’s MA show where there was much to see. Here are some of the highlights from the Illustration show…

D&AD Student Awards

Patrick 27/06/08, 13:59

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The winners of this year’s D&AD Student Awards were announced last night. Here’s our pick…

Degree Shows 08: Royal College of Art (Show 2)

creativereview 25/06/08, 11:58

Now Now Now Now
Karen Lacroix’s Now Now Now Now poster looks from a distance like it’s been painted. Closer inspection reveals the letterforms are made entirely from imagery from Google Earth. Snowy landscapes become less snowy. A comment on the effects on global warming

The Royal College of Art show is always one we look forward to here at Creative Review. Such a wealth of interesting projects - from posters and books to typographic exploration, projects that explore interactivity, great animation work and new product design. We had a look yesterday at the Communication Art & Design work and couldn’t help but notice that collaboration between the students seems to be a recurring theme this year. We took a few photos on our journey round the show…

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The world's largest record collection – the life's work of Paul Mawhinney of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – is up for sale. Bidding starts at $3 million...

Michael C. Place stars in this new commercial for Pritt's correction fluid products and creates a lovely mural in the process. Can you tell what it is yet?...

It's Pop It's Art are running a competition to find a winning print design illustrating the lyrics to Edwin Starr's classic track, War

The Chemical Brothers are asking fans to submit photographs and short movie clips to potentially be used in their next video for track Midnight Madness

Paul McCarthy's giant dog turd crashes into a children's home

Up on pitchfork.tv for one more day, The Queen is Dead documentary on The Smith's classic album from 1986. Oh the squabbles...

Channel 4 and the Golden Joystick Awards are asking web-based flash game developers to submit their unbranded games in a new category of the GJA

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the enormous 17 mile long particle accelerator straddling the border of Switzerland and France, is nearly set to begin its first particle beam tests, apparently. Check out the pictures

Are you a designer that makes and sells your own prints or products? FL@33's next book will collect the grooviest products Made & Sold (working title of said book) by designers, illustrators and artists

Why that would be Birmingham, Alabama. UK city council mistakenly uses an image of the American city in a leaflet thanking midlanders for their recycling prowess

Can you identify the film from one letter from the poster? Good fun if you have 20 mins or so. (Link: DO)

Design your own Dunks using Nike's special Kicks Creator on their dedicated Dunk site...

Oberphones is the moniker under which Christopher Wilson conducts various creative pursuits. He's just launched a new portfolio website

Darren Walsh, creator of Angry Kid, has directed a new ad campaign for the National Express