Go See: Kathe Kollwitz at the British Museum, London
Designer Paul Cardwell recommends visiting the Kathe Kollwitz exhibition currently on show at the British Museum in London, and notes the frightening relevance of her artworks today
Claudia Chanhoi creates saucy illustrations with a serious message
The Hong Kong-based illustrator’s attention grabbing creations are filled with bum-shaped peaches and well-endowed pickles, but she is also passionate about using her work to grapple with difficult subjects like sexual consent and body shaming
David Pearson on hand-setting type for Oliver Jeffers’ new book
Oliver Jeffers’ new book The Fate of Fausto sees the writer and illustrator turn his hand to a new medium – lithographic printing – and features type handset by designer David Pearson
Design Manchester is back – and this year, it’s all about smart creativity
This year’s Design Manchester festival is focused on those who “take their own path and make and break the rules”, with speakers including Paula Scher, Hansje van Halem and Cosey Fanni Tutti
Explore impossible architecture in new game Manifold Garden
Players solve puzzles and explore buildings, all free from the limitations of gravity, in Manifold Garden – one of the first games to launch on the Apple Arcade streaming service
Michael Jang monograph offers a joyous snapshot of 1970s California
A new book from Atelier Editions brings together Jang’s candid and playful snaps of celebrities, punk rockers and suburban families in the sunshine state
From Flat Eric to flat whites – Spotify pokes fun at the inevitabilities of ageing
The Listen Like You Used To campaign looks back at the music of people’s youth, as a reminder that even though life changes there’s always our favourite songs to come back to
Latest NHS recruitment ad emphasises the role of nurses in society
The third ad in the series ‘We Are The NHS’ avoids sentimentality while demonstrating the complex and important work done by nurses
Is it time for the world’s first vulva emoji? Elvie thinks so
The women’s tech brand has submitted a proposal to add an anatomically correct vulva to the list of emojis – potentially spelling the end of our reliance on the cat face and taco symbols
Lego releases its first brand campaign in 30 years, and asks us to Rebuild the World
With its first brand campaign in three decades, Lego has created a message that is part homage to the joy of playing with its bricks, and part rallying call to society
Sophie Ebrard’s new show deals with the struggles of motherhood
I didn’t want to be a Mum is based on the photographer’s own experiences of becoming a mother, and hopes to address the realities of taking on an entirely new identity
Johnson Banks rebrands Duolingo to showcase its “quirky personality”
Inspired by Duolingo’s owl mascot, Johnson Banks has created a bespoke feather-inspired typeface and illustration guide to unify communications for the brand
Violaine & Jérémy’s dramatic Art Deco-inspired typeface
The Paris-based studio has released its first full family typeface in three different weights. Full of impact and graphic shapes, the studio speaks to CR about what went into designing it
Dan Tobin Smith’s new exhibition explores the beauty of gemstones
The photographer’s new exhibition combines stunning images of rare stones with 3D installations and music from an electronic drone choir
Patrick Thomas responds to ‘truth decay’ in new body of work
The graphic artist reflects on the ‘post-truth’ age with a striking series of screenprints
Anyone for a Domino’s cape?
Can’t be bothered to get off the sofa? Domino’s has you covered with its new FASHiN capsule collection, which includes gaming sleeping bags and capes with TV control pockets
The Creative Review Photography Annual 2019 is now open for entries
CR’s Photography Annual celebrates the best images of the year, those who make them and those who commission them. Your chance to be featured in this year’s edition is just a few clicks away
dn&co explores the art of being a good neighbour in new exhibition
Creatives including OMSE and Supermundane attempt to tackle the question ‘what would you say to your neighbour?’ for the show, which will run during London Design Festival and donate its proceeds to homeless charity The Manna Society
Romp through psychedelic sci-fi in Walrus’ Half-Smoke video
Canadian artist and musician Chad VanGaalen directed the animation, which takes place in a trippy world of blurred colours, weird aliens and food with eyes
Josephine Rais’ illustrations are a colourful take on everyday life
We chat to Josephine Rais about designing characters for a book cover, life as a creative in Berlin, and why there needs to be more discussion about the pressure on artists to constantly deliver work
Illustrators dream up imaginary islands in a new book
Marking 300 years since Robinson Crusoe was first published, Archipelago: An Atlas of Imagined Islands invites 91 illustrators to craft mythical islands of their own making
Design for good: the posters of Paddington Printshop
In the 1970s and 80s, the Paddington Printshop created posters and prints for local causes and campaigns. Co-founder John Phillips talks to CR about what those days were like and a new book of posters from the archive
Noma Bar on designing Margaret Atwood’s new book The Testaments
The master of the double entendre has worked with Vintage Creative Director Suzanne Dean on the cover design for the hotly anticipated follow up to The Handmaid’s Tale. We speak to him about bringing Atwood’s fictional world to life
O.O.O. for the Planet
As next Friday’s Global Climate Strike approaches, Pentagram’s Naresh Ramchandani explains why he and his team are taking part, and why the rest of the design and advertising community should be too