How I Got Here: Alice Tonge
Alice Tonge is the Head of 4Creative, Channel 4’s in-house agency, which she describes as a “wonderful mash-up of design agency, ad agency and production company”. Here she explains how she got there.
On being a colour blind designer
Digital designer Matt Roberts explains how his colour blindness helps him to see things from a different angle
CR Film: Inside the London Transport Museum Depot
Our latest video sees CR visit the London Transport Museum Depot. A treasure trove for design fans, it contains hundreds of items tracking the history of London Transport.
New report delivers damning verdict on social mobility in creative sector
Panic! Social Class, Taste and Inequalities in the Creative Industries is a new paper examining social mobility in the arts. Its results make for depressing reading. We talk to lead author, Dr Dave O’Brien, about its key issues.
How advertising can be the King of Comedy again
Comedy, in the world of advertising, is broken, says Droga5’s David Kolbusz. Cause-based campaigns have rendered it unfashionable and unlikely to win awards. He offers six steps back to being funny
How I Work: Secret Cinema founder, Fabien Riggall
We catch up with Fabien Riggall, Secret Cinema founder, on the “magic and madness” of bringing everyone’s favourite films to life as exciting, immersive experiences
Richard Banfield on product, experience and why “it’s the best time to be a designer”
Co-founder of product and experience design consultancy Fresh Tilled Soil, Richard Banfield will be contributing regularly to CR. Here we interview him about the changing nature of the design industry and the skills designers need to thrive
Gill Sans UltraBold: Funniest typeface around?
In movieland there’s one surefire typeface for all things funny. Here’s how Gill Sans UltraBold became the unlikely king of comedy.
Craig Oldham’s advice to design students and fresh grads
Last week we invited our Twitter followers to send in any questions they may have about a career in design. Here are some of the questions that came in, and Oldham’s advice.
Ifs, Maybes & Coulds — the design industry post-Brexit
The creative industry views Brexit as a Bad Thing. But what if its resulting skills shortage prompts us finally to address a much older issue – the lack of access to a creative career for those without a privileged background?
From fake news, to fake influencers
While we’ve all been debating fake news and social data breaches, there’s a new ‘fake’ in town that’s capturing the attention of the internet.
*makes joke on Twitter*
Comedy thrives on Twitter, thanks to its range of unique joke formats and structures. In constant flux, the platform’s humour is often hard to pin down – and all the more amusing for it