Taschen’s new book celebrates the golden age of Russian film poster design
Film Posters of the Russian Avant-Garde contains 250 designs by some of the country’s leading artists
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Untouched: the early photography of Guy Bourdin
A new book from Steidl collects together some of Guy Bourdin’s earliest photographs and shows how his remarkable creative vision was shaped on the streets of Paris
Lucienne Day at Design Manchester
Fans of textile design should not miss the ‘Lucienne Day: Living Design’ exhibition, currently on show at the Manchester School of Art as part of Design Manchester.
Unit Editions’ Adrian Shaughnessy on leaving London for rural Essex
Miriam Rayman’s piece From Shoreditch to the Shires, which examined the consequences of creatives abandoning London for the countryside, sparked off a huge debate on CR. We’re following up with a series of interviews with creatives who have made similar moves. Here we speak to Adrian Shaughnessy, editorial director at Unit Editions
Artist Stephen Bliss brings torn poster artworks to new London show
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AOP Awards 2017: CR’s pick of the winning work
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