From flat-pack to fashion: Ikea enters the streetwear game
Wieden+Kennedy Tokyo has teamed up with the Swedish furniture behemoth on its first ever clothing and accessories collection – complete with virtual models and barcode t-shirts
What Would I Change: Ben Evans, London Design Festival
As part of CR’s series exploring what creatives would change about their industry following this enforced period of lockdown and reflection, we speak to London Design Festival director Ben Evans
Why it’s time to decolonise the creative industries
The cultural canon has been the subject of recurring debate over the years, but has taken on new significance in light of recent events. CR speaks to publisher Sold Out and photo editor and LISTO founder Sara Urbaez about why decolonisation should be a movement, not a moment
The evolution of electronic music
As the Design Museum opens its new show Electronic, we speak to curator Gemma Curtin and The Chemical Brothers collaborators Smith & Lyall about the genre’s wider impact on creativity and culture, and how the music industry could look post-pandemic
Dawoud Bey pays tribute to the cross-generational fight for civil rights
Pentagram partner Eddie Opara and his team have worked on the design for new book Dawoud Bey: Two American Projects, which features the photographer’s conceptual images of collective memory
Good Reads: Club Sandwich will get your cultural tastebuds tingling
The magazine’s new chocolate-themed issue comes with *actual* chocolate for the ultimate meta reading experience. Here, editor and art director Anna Broujean tells CR why food’s social and cultural influence goes far beyond the plate
Royal College of Art’s grad show goes virtual for the Class of Covid-19
The RCA2020 website features work by 850 graduates from around the world, and individual projects have been grouped together by theme with the help of high-profile guest curators including Es Devlin and Edward Enninful
Gucci tells the story of musician Kelsey Lu in new comic book Myristica
Terrell Villiers and Akia Dorsainvil of Masisi Studios have created the comic to coincide with art magazine Kaleidoscope’s new issue, translating experimental musician and cellist Kelsey Lu’s personal journey and style onto the page
What Would I Change: Nicole Crentsil, Black Girl Festival
As part of CR’s series exploring what creatives would change about their industry following this enforced period of lockdown and reflection, we speak to Black Girl Festival CEO Nicole Crentsil
Good Reads: Limbo is a new kind of magazine for our turbulent times
Publisher Nick Chapin has teamed up with editor Francesca Gavin and The Gourmand creative director David Lane on the new non-profit arts publication, which aims to support out-of-work creatives during lockdown and beyond
How I Work: Henn Kim
South Korean illustrator Henn Kim’s hauntingly beautiful artworks have made her an Instagram sensation, earning her commissions from everyone from Unicef to Sally Rooney in the process. Here, she discusses the value of using creativity as an emotional release
Sanpellegrino gets the Toiletpaper treatment
The much-loved Italian mineral water brand has teamed up with the Milan-based art magazine on its new limited edition sparkling drinks collection