Kapitza, the design studio of sisters Nicole and Petra Kapitza has just released a book for all you geometrophiles out there. Geometric: Graphic Art and Pattern is chock full of 264 coloured and black and white patterns with 100 pattern fonts on an accompanying CD…
Fallon London’s Gorilla spot for Cadbury’s was the most awarded commercial in the world in 2008 according to the Gunn Report
All the winners from this year’s advertising awards ceremonies have been counted and verified, and the results of this year’s Gunn Report are in.
Before the Euro, Dutch money was the most beautiful in the world. A new Five Euro coin, designed by artist and architect Stani Michiels, is a worthy successor to a great tradition
‘Tis Christmas morn. The family is gathered around the hearth, eager for some Yuletide amusement. “I know,” you cry excitedly, “let’s all do my 1000 piece Steven Meisel jigsaw.”
One of five films created by The Glue Society for vodka brand 42 Below. Concept and direction: The Glue Society. Creatives: Jonathan Kneebone, James Harvey, Matt Devine, Luke Nuto. Production company: @radical.media, Sydney
The Glue Society in Sydney has created a series of artistic happenings in a promotion for New Zealand vodka company 42 Below.
Around this time of year CR is inundated with promotional calendars and the occasional diary as gifts. Most of them, to be honest, end up being filed under R (for Recycling) as it would seem that making a genuinely covetable calendar, that’s both practical and good looking, isn’t easy. So it was with some considerable delight that we found ourselves positively cooing over a year planner this morning here at CR towers…
Ad for the Gay Times’ Homo Promo campaign by Leo Burnett, Chicago
Right-wing conservative groups have often accused gay people of having an agenda to promote homosexuality. In response to this, the UK’s Gay Times decided to run an interesting recruitment campaign: selling homosexuality to the straight community. Editor Joseph Galliano explains why he asked five ad agencies to help promote the gay cause…
“Seeing things exploding isn’t particularly rare,” says founder of Kilimanjaro magazine Olu Odukoya, “but seeing a teddy bear exploding evokes an emotional response.” Indeed. This is one of several images shot for Kilimanjaro’s latest issue by Dan Tobin Smith and art directed by Odukoya. Read on to see the feature on Kilimanjaro from the current (November) issue of CR and an exclusive film of the teddy bear shoot…
Artist Stanley Donwood, who is perhaps best known for his Radiohead artwork, has created this beautiful linocut which depicts his vision of Fleet Street being destroyed by fire and flood.
Four Feet From A Rat cover, agency/creative: Mother, publisher: Mam Tor, Designer: Jim Bletsas, artwork: Roger Langridge
The current edition of Time Out London includes the third installment of advertising agency Mother’s Four Feet From A Rat comic. Created in collaboration with graphic novel publishers Mam Tor, the comic offers a quirky insight into London life, with one story, illustrated by artist Roger Langridge, focusing on London’s ebullient mayor, Boris Johnson.
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Uniqlo launches a competition to design the official T-shirt for the 2009 Cannes Ad Fest
Advertising kills: Family of Wal-Mart worker killed in stampede blame store’s ad campaign
Christoph Niemann on his love of coffee. Documented using napkins and the drink itself. Brilliant. (Link: DO)
Upsidedown Dogs: Pictures of dogs, upside down. Genius. (Link: Free People)
“I think I inhaled her.” Micro-artist, Willard Wigan, on the perils of making sculptures that can fit in the eye of a needle (link: Andrew Sullivan)
Giant yellow pencil appears in Trafalgar Square. Tourists baffled
Mike Dempsey has a great selection of George Lois Esquire covers on his blog
Director Chris Cairns has released some entertaining director’s cuts of his recent idents for Five
Advanced Beauty, the collaborative “video sound sculpture” project initiated by Universal Everything’s Matt Pyke, his brother Simon (Freefarm) and creative programmer Karsten Schmidt is now available on DVD
CR Blog named as one of the top 100 blogs. Thanks Art Career
She Says launches the Golden Stiletto Awards for women in advertising
LPA Futures offers 5 young photographers the chance to be represented by the Lisa Pritchard Agency for two years. If you want to be considered for next year’s scheme, the deadline for entries is 31 January
Illustrator James Joyce has a spanky new website, courtesy of design studio Proud Creative
What could be an interesting box set artwork-wise is set to be released to celebrate Factory Records’ 30th anniversary
“Gloves, it has been decided, make a reader paw at pages, with more potential to rip them.” Students get hands-on experience of rare illustrated books (link: DO)