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Larissa Vince: If I could change one thing about advertising
This week, we are asking ad leaders to nominate one thing they would change about the industry. Larissa Vince, Managing Director at Saatchi & Saatchi London, would be released from the tyranny of choice
“One of you will win a Nobel Prize for advertising”
Forget Cannes, there are bigger prizes that creatives should be aiming for, says the School of Communication Arts’ Marc Lewis. Here’s why, and how
Morihiro Harano: What Makes for Great Making?
To coincide with Cannes Lions, we’re focusing on advertising this week on CR: here, In an exclusive extract from new book Creative Superpowers, Morihiro Harano, Creative Director/Founder of Mori Inc., sets out the conditions for making great work
How I Got Here: Alex Prager
As a major new exhibition looking back at ten years of her work opens at the Photographers’ Gallery in London, we talk to US artist Alex Prager about teaching herself photography and the complex stories that lie beneath her images
Show us your creative superpower for the chance to win a scholarship
CR has teamed up with the School of Communication Arts 2.0 and Creative Social to offer one reader the chance to win a scholarship worth £16,000
Another great identity for Edinburgh Book Festival
Tangent Graphic’s branding combines oblique patterns with images of everyday objects – and is the latest in a series of lovely identity systems created for the event…
Juergen Teller on football fandom
A new exhibition of photographs and films by Juergen Teller held at Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow captures the agony and ecstasy of being a footie fan
The CR podcast episode 5: World Cup 2018, the ads
For a special edition of the CR podcast, the CR editors come together to discuss this year’s World Cup advertising, or lack of it…
Football meets art at Par amour du jeu exhibition
BETC Paris celebrates the cultural and social impact of football at its Magasins généraux space, with an exhibition featuring neon signs, a fantasy floating stadium and a blanket made of club scarves
A World Cup history in posters
Every World Cup comes with an official poster, offering a history of both football and graphic design through the decades. Here, Ned Read, editor and founder of football mag Pickles, analyses the posters for CR
Iceland’s World Cup dreams, in photos
After a surprising rise to the quarter finals in the 2016 Euros – and beating England on the way – Iceland has entered the World Cup with realistic optimism. A photo story titled The First Time, investigates football culture and fandom in the country.
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On Brief: Yukai Du’s animations for Flare Audio
Our On Brief project pairs emerging creative talent with startups to produce scroll-stopping visuals for Facebook and Instagram. Here we take a look at animator and illustrator Yukai Du’s collaboration with Flare Audio
How fans are changing football
A new report from Copa90 shows that the changing habits of modern football fans will impact everything from how the game is broadcast to how brands can reach audiences. James Kirkham, Head of Copa90, gives CR the low down
Adidas World Cup boots: a history
The history of Adidas football boot design, from 1958 to 2014, reveals a relentless march toward complexity
Reimagining the art of the beautiful game
As art and football mag OOF releases its second issue to coincide with the World Cup, co-founder Justin Hammond talks about the relationship between the two disciplines and why he won’t be featuring another illustration of Eric Cantona anytime soon
Got, got, got, need… Panini’s Mexico 86 World Cup sticker album
World Cup special: Al Mitchell, executive creative director of The Potting Shed design agency, recalls how Panini’s sticker album for Mexico 86 opened his eyes to graphic design
Exposure: Zora Sicher
Art Director Gem Fletcher examines the work of Brooklyn-based photographer Zora Sicher, which roams the space between fashion, portrait, fine art and documentary, appearing in magazines like Dazed, AnOther, New York magazine and Vice
The Annual 2018
Creative Review’s yearly award scheme, celebrating the best in commercial creativity. All the selected work is featured in print in the May 2018 issue, with detailed case studies of the winning work recognised in our Best in Book section.
Storytelling
In this collection of articles we celebrate the art of storytelling, looking at outstanding uses of narrative techniques and exploring how compelling stories can be told in children’s books, VR experiences, TV dramas, podcasts & more.
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Meet the Rurbanites
With the costs of living and running a business in London increasingly unrealistic, CR speaks to creatives who have made the move out of the capital
Creative Pioneers
Advice from Sir John Hegarty, Jim Sutherland, Caroline Pay, Michael Johnson and Zia Zareem-Slade, all of whom offer insights on CR’s online training course Mastering Creativity
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