White’s Books, ex-Penguin designer David Pearson’s new venture, hopes to reaffirm traditional methods of book production. The first four offerings from the publishing house are out this month, sporting covers by illustrators Petra Börner, Joe McLaren, Stanley Donwood (above) and Pearson himself…
Further to our post about new book Art & Sole the other week, the latest project to marry art with sneakers can be explored at the Converse store on London’s Carnaby Street – which is currently hosting an exhibition of sneakers designed by 100 different image makers for the Converse 1HUND(RED) Artists programme…
Garrick Hamm of Williams Murray Hamm has just taken over as the new president of D&AD. On the 20 October, CR will be interviewing him about his plans for the coming year. Following the debate engendered here and here after this year’s D&AD Awards, we have decided to give readers the chance to submit questions for Hamm which we will ask on your behalf
Roundel artwork by Alicia Framis. All images courtesy the artists and Transport for London
To celebrate 100 years of London Underground’s iconic roundel emblem, Art on the Underground has commissioned 100 contemporary artists to create artworks based on the symbol.
Ford Fiesta This Is Now ad, Agency: Ogilvy London, Creatives: Dom Sweeney, John Crozier, Production company: BlinkINK, Director: Noah Harris, Post-production: Framestore
The concept behind this ad for the new Ford Fiesta initially appears fairly straightforward. It opens with individual television screens appearing within a suburban setting, before coming together to form the rough shape of a car. The TVs then ‘drive’ through the city streets before morphing into the actual car at the end of the spot. So far, so car ad. What makes the commercial unusual, however, is what the television screens contain, and the way in which this content was created…
“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…
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…
Art & Sole, a new title from publisher Laurence King, is the first book to explore and celebrate the phenomenon of the now-frequent collaborations between sports shoe brands and artists. The book is split into two sections, the first looks at sneakers designed by artists and the second looks at artwork inspired and or funded by sneaker brands – from sculptures made from dissected shoes, to oil paintings on canvas, and even the customisation of the shoes themselves. Read on to see a selection of work featured in the book…
Few contemporary classical music labels acknowledge the relevance of good sleeve design. Spanish label,
Glossa Music, bucks the trend (recent work shown above) but new book, Classique, aims to show that,
since the 50s, there have in fact been many LP designers who realised the strength of a decent sleeve
Is it fair to say that classical music still suffers from a bit of an image problem? If so, this may in some part be due to the kind of sleeve artwork that graces the majority of releases. While contemporary labels like Glossa Music and ECM Records are exceptions to this (the latter uses beautifully minimalist designs, for example) the regular use of a composer’s brooding portrait isn’t necessarily going to entice any new listeners. Which is odd considering classical music’s pedigree in showcasing new design talent, as Horst Scherg’s extensive new book, Classique: Cover Art for Classical Music, reveals…
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Rushes Soho Shorts Festival 2009 is free to enter and open for submissions across six categories: Short Film, Animation, Documentary, Music Video, Newcomer and Broadcast Design
Designing through the recession: Michael Bierut has some advice for 2009
There’s probably no God… The atheist bus campaign is to appear on 800 buses across the UK
Objectified, the new documentary film from Gary Hustwit, looks interesting. Marc Newson, Jonathan Ive and Karim Rashid all feature
The Vignelli Canon, a “little book” – available as a 50 page PDF – “for a better understanding of typography in Graphic Design”
The Wellcome Collection’s excellent exhibition War and Medicine has a website, Remembering War, which encourages people to post up their own memories of war
So what is the art of the Bush era? Well, Kevin Drum reckons its Damien Hirst and Jack Bauer in 24… (link: Andrew Sullivan)
Bizarre marketing image of the week: MillerCoors’ entire 1,200 person sales and marketing team come together to form the brewer’s new Pentagram-designed logo.
Playboy Mexico says its latest cover is nothing to do with the Virgin Mary, honest
Mojo is the name of a new software that allows you to share the content of your iTunes with friends…
Burger King launches meaty perfume
Santa’s Beard competition. Download the beard. Cut it out. Take a pic of yourself wearing it and send it to the guys at Un.titled. You could win a prize!
Something’s very wrong with the cover of January’s Tatler (and not just the subject matter). Clue: count the legs…
Eric Baker’s “images of the day” is always an intriguing post over at Design Observer
Framestore CFC’s new Christmas game is based on their forthcoming feature animation, Desperaux. Addictive (be warned!) platform fare starring a little mouse with big ears…
