Sega Arcade games celebrated in a new pop-up book
SEGA Arcade: Pop-Up History, which is published by Read-Only Memory, lovingly brings to life games including Hang-On, Space Harrier, Out Run, After Burner, and Thunder Blade as pop-up models
New ad reworks an episode of The Office to highlight HIV stigma
In a striking new ad campaign that aims to raise awareness around ongoing stigmas about HIV and AIDS, Canadian HIV hospital Casey House has created a new episode of the US version of The Office that tackles the issues
Daniel Savage’s animated short is an examination of unexpected grief
Los Angeles-based graphic artist and animation director Daniel Savage has just released his new animated short Igneous, described as “an attempt to capture the emotional weight of dealing with the unexpected death of a parent”
A love letter from illustrator Marion Deuchars
In a new series for CR, we’re asking artists and creatives to talk about the people or pieces of work that have most inspired them. Here, author and illustrator Marion Deuchars cites the influence of a Saul Steinberg cover for the New Yorker
Dreaming of your next pint? This THINK! Campaign might change your mind
THINK!’s new anti-drink driving campaign is using illustration to encourage men to ‘pint block’ their buddies, with a series of posters of comedic suggestions including starting a conga line to bursting into an impromptu round of auld lang syne
Gaming meets high-fashion in new Karl Lagerfeld collaboration
Karl Lagerfeld gets in on the retro gaming trend with this charming – if tricky to play – game that turns the famous Lagerfeld cat Choupette into a Pac Man-style hero
Burger King is serving up spores in a mouldy new ad
In a bid to emphasise its fresh food credentials, Burger King is showing the world exactly what happens when a Whopper is left to age for over a month
From sausage factories to CERN: photographer Alastair P Wiper’s new book
Wiper’s new book, Unintended Beauty, tells the story of “what it means to be human” through industrial machines and technologies
Illustrator Julia Hosse on the highs and lows of choosing a creative path
The illustrator’s painterly style sees her create rich, atmospheric works. Here, she tells CR about the challenges she’s found in being a freelancer
Pentagram creates homely and positive identity for Maggie’s cancer charity
The agency has created a new identity and website based around the concept of home, representing the charity’s focus on providing comfortable and homely environments for cancer patients and their families
Sephora offers its own interpretation of beauty in new campaign
The brand has teamed up with ad agency BETC for its latest campaign, which aims to present a “relatable, real and aspirational” vision of beauty
Renell Medrano explores how heritage can shape the creative process
Pampara, a new series of works commissioned by WePresent, sees photographer Renell Medrano explore her Dominican roots and examine how they have influenced the imagery she creates
Design Indaba finalises speakers for “solutions-driven” anniversary edition
Returning to Cape Town from February 26-28, the annual design conference has completed its 2020 line-up with new speakers from Google Creative Labs, adam&eveDDB, Led by Donkeys and more
‘I am Lewisham’ says the borough’s bright new identity
Studio Raw and Jamie Paton have designed a new visual identity for Lewisham, using bendy type and Memphis-style patterns to help get the area crowned the next London Borough of Culture
A love letter from photographer Sophie Mayanne
In a new series for CR, we’re asking artists and creatives to talk about the people or pieces of work that have most inspired them. Here, Sophie Mayanne – who created Mothercare’s Body Proud Mums campaign – pays tribute to her mum
Enjoyably silly burger ad for US brand Postmates
US food delivery brand Postmates gets to the nub of what it’s like to get a craving for a burger, in this surreal new spot from directing team The Sacred Egg
Team GB launches series of minimalist screenprints ahead of Toyko 2020
Based on six key Olympic sports, the prints by design studio Tom Pigeon take subtle inspiration from the shapes created by the athletes as they take part in their disciplines
PlayStation’s back on form with grisly new ad
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Playstation has released a gory new ad asking gamers everywhere just how close to their heart their games console is
Accumulate launches new radio show created by young homeless people
The UK’s first online radio run by and featuring homeless people, Sound Judgement, has been launched by Accumulate, which bills itself as the “art school for the homeless”
Ai Weiwei creates new artwork for German DIY brand Hornbach
In one of the more unexpected brand-artist tie-ups that we’ve seen, Ai Weiwei has designed an artwork made from safety jackets, which – appropriately enough – Hornbach customers can build themselves at home
Jinhee Han has a love for Risograph and complex layouts
Illustrator and book designer Jinhee Han tells us about her work and what it’s like to run an independent publishing house
Moonpig and KFC collaborate on scratch and sniff Valentine’s Day cards
Nothing says romance quite like the unmissable smell of fried chicken – so this Valentine’s Day KFC and cards company Moonpig have joined forces to launch a series of cards ranging from the saucy to a scratch and sniff design
Sébastien Tellier’s new music video is a hallucinatory take on domesticity
A brightly suited miniature version of the pop musician bathes in a cereal bowl and dances with rubber gloves in a surreal video created by Valentine Reinhardt
The fashion exhibition reframing the power of bootlegging
Curated by Anastasiia Fedorova, The Real Thing is making a case for designer rip offs as an artistic tool for examining authenticity, consumption and societal structures