Graduates, show us your work!
We’re open for submissions for our showcase of the best graduate creative work of 2021. Send us your work by July 16 to be in with a chance to be featured on Creative Review
Roni Ahn’s photography explores relationships and human connection
Away from London and in lockdown in Hong Kong, a new series sees the photographer reflect on our need for closeness and intimacy during hard times
Human Rights Foundation spoofs Yeezy-Gap ads
Created by Taxi ad agency, the campaign mimics the simplicity of the recent advertising campaign for Kanye West’s collaboration with Gap, but with a very different message
Soho businesses united under graphic new branding
M&C Saatchi has drawn on vibrant illustrations to highlight iconic stores and venues in the lively central London area
One of Wim Crouwel’s classic tomes gets a stylish reissue
The republished version of the late Dutch designer’s 2007 book, Typographic Architectures, features texts by Catherine de Smet, Emmanuel Berard and Crouwel himself
Katty Huertas adopts a painterly approach for her editorial illustrations
The illustrator, who creates work for a big list of clients, talks about how she got started, her creative process, and why she’ll always make time to add detail
The early years of Factory Records celebrated in a new museum show
An exhibition at Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum celebrates the early years of Factory Records, and features rarely seen photographs and works from designers including Peter Saville and Ben Kelly
Photographer Tommaso Protti captures the many sides of the Amazon
The photographer was given the Carmignac Photojournalism Award to raise attention to the deforestation crisis in the Amazon, plus also shine a light on ordinary life. His work is now on show at the Saatchi Gallery in London
Earl of East creates Scents of Belonging candle series for World Refugee Day
The candles feature the scents that three refugees, from Syria, Iran and Nigeria, personally remember from home. All profits from the sales will go to the charity Choose Love, to help those fleeing war, persecution and the impact of climate change
Fine+Rare’s new journal celebrates stories from the world of wine
Envisioned as a ‘journal of adjacencies’, Fondata brings the wine importer’s passion for the vine to life on the printed page and beyond
New ad demonstrates why the travel industry needs to get more human
Created by agency Broken Heart Love Affair for US firm Internova Travel Group, this dystopian ad shows what happens when machines take over our holiday experiences, and why good old-fashioned travel advisors can be vital
Exposure: Ying Ang
In her latest Exposure column, art director Gem Fletcher profiles Melbourne-based photographer Ying Ang – who explores the transition to motherhood through the lens of biological, psychological and social identity
Football’s Muddy Dance
A new book by Erik Kessels features a series of found photographs of football matches gone by, which demonstrate the balletic qualities of the beautiful game
Ikea Norway introduces the Trash Collection
Ikea’s latest sustainability push sees the brand repurpose furniture that has been found as trash on the street, to be sold in a new secondhand store
Simon Norfolk and Klaus Thymann capture a Swiss glacier slowly vanishing
On show now as part of Belfast Photo Festival, Shroud sees the photographers capture the cloaked Rhône Glacier, highlighting the forces of climate change
Buy Toronto Time campaign aims to support local businesses
The campaign features a striking set of posters picturing makeshift tombstones for over 400 local independent businesses in the city that have been affected by coronavirus lockdowns
2021 UK art and design degree show guide
We’ve put together a list of UK undergraduate art and design showcases taking place this summer across a mixture of virtual and physical formats
Raman Djafari directs stunning animation for Warp Records’ Squid
Coming in at over eight minutes long, the video for the song Pamphlets explores “the feeling of being unfit, unlovable, not compatible and the manic anxiety and stress that this results in,” according to Djafari
Leeds 2023 Year of Culture unveils new visual identity
Yorkshire-based agency Peter & Paul has worked on the branding for the city’s year-long celebration of creativity in all its forms
Good Reads: Thiiird magazine embraces the intersectionality of identity
We speak to founder and editor-in-chief Rhona Ezuma about the publication’s mission to amplify underrepresented voices and the making of its latest issue, Defiant Beauty
Funky Buddha sets up the Manatee Derby to promote seltzer
In one of the more bizarre ad campaigns we’ve seen this year, Funky Buddha Premium Hard Seltzer set up the fictional Manatee Derby to sell cans of seltzer and raise awareness of the plight of manatee
Gilles Peterson releases a book documenting the first UK lockdown
Part visual diary, part a record of the radio shows that kept Peterson going in lockdown, this unusual book provides an often poignant record of the events of the first half of 2020
Ryan Reynolds creates a Father’s Day cocktail: The Vasectomy
Reynolds brings his irreverent advertising approach to Father’s Day with a new cocktail for dads, featuring a good slug of Aviation Gin, natch
Illustrator 22mm.t plays with pastel colours in her charming images
With a degree in visual communication, the illustrator uses her skills to create bright, happy images that capture jolly characters and her love of food