How Kate Dawkins Studio helped mark Armistice Centenary
Working to a five-week deadline, the design studio created two video projection sequences for the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall. Here’s how they did it
How I Work: Elizabeth Galbraith, BBC Good Food
BBC Good Food is a culinary behemoth, reaching millions via its online and TV channels, magazine, apps and live events. Here we speak to Acting Creative Director Elizabeth Galbraith about designing in an ever-changing media landscape and how they pick their recipes
A design system for Sainsbury’s
Luna combines both visual guidelines and design solutions for common tasks across Sainsbury’s digital products and services. What are the benefits and challenges of introducing such a design system?
How I Work: Food stylist Lucy-Ruth Hathaway
Food styling can be a messy, fun and physically demanding job. Lucy-Ruth Hathaway, who has worked on shoots for Kinfolk and the Sunday Times Magazine, talks us through her creative process
11-11: Aardman on creating a different kind of war game
With its narrative-driven format, painterly animation style and an absence of shoot-em-ups, 11-11: Memories Retold is not your average war game. We talk to Aardman Animation’s Bram Ttwheam about how it was created and the changing language of gaming
How I Work: Olafur Eliasson
Coinciding with the publication of a major new retrospective, CR sat down with the Icelandic-Danish artist to talk about how he works, his studio, smartphones and the importance of lunch
How I Work: Marc Valli, Laurence King
We speak to the former founder of bookshop Magma about the changing nature of the publishing industry, creating gifts that have content at their core, and why more and more publishers are beginning to take them seriously
Building a voice interface for Headspace
Headspace’s voice apps now have over 1 million subscribers. Speaking at Adobe MAX last week, Head of Product Randhir Vieira explained how the mindfulness brand worked with Rain to bring meditation and sleep exercises to Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa
Let’s talk about The Gut Stuff
Through videos, content and live events, DJs Alana and Lisa Macfarlane are helping explain how gut health can impact our wellbeing
Vaughan Oliver and the Body
Unit Editions has published a new book celebrating the graphic delights found in designer Vaughan Oliver’s archive. Here, as part of our Body theme on the website this week, we look at the part that the human form has played in Oliver’s work
Candy Crush: Behind the scenes at King’s Stockholm studio
We paid a visit to King’s Stockholm headquarters ahead of the launch of Candy Crush Friends Saga – the first Candy Crush game to feature 3D visuals
How I Work: Marc Ascoli
Renowned art director Marc Ascoli recently joined AnOther Magazine as Creative Director. As his first issue hits the shelves, we talk to him about why magazines still matter, working with Nick Knight, and how fashion has changed in his 30-year career
How I Work: Stack founder Steve Watson
As the magazine subscription service celebrates its tenth birthday, we speak to Watson about making his passion project a full-time gig, and tapping into people’s growing appetite for original and innovative indie mags
War stories: Channel 4’s Prototype
For the first in a new series of stories looking at overcoming creative adversity, Chris Bovill and John Allison talk us through a project for Channel 4 which proved that making truly effective branded content can be a bumpy, complicated experience
In partnership with Facebook & Instagram
Insights: How Wonderbly uses Facebook to drive sales of its children’s books
Publishing startup Wonderbly has sold over three million books in the past five years, and claims Facebook has driven more sales than any other media channel. We talk to the brand about its approach to advertising on the platform
Dazed Media’s new platform hopes to ‘redefine beauty’
Dazed Beauty will explore beauty “through the lens of creativity and self-expression” – and has launched with an unusual art nouveau and prog rock-inspired visual identity. We talk to creative consultant Ben Freeman about the design
Destination: Coal Drops Yard
Coal Drops Yard is a spectacular new shopping hub, opening next month in London’s King’s Cross and housed in two repurposed Victorian warehouses. As part of our shopping week on CR, we talk to architects Heatherwick Studio about how it was created
Berlin: The graphic novel that took 20 years to complete
Jason Lutes has spent the past two decades working on Berlin – an epic, 600-page graphic novel that follows the lives of Berlin residents in the years leading up to World War Two. We talk to Lutes about the process and the changing perceptions of the comic as an art form
How I Work: Jessie Burton
Novelist Jessie Burton has recreated her writing space in the window of Heal’s in London as part of an exhibition for London Design Festival. We talk to her about how her real writing ‘shed’ influences her writing, and how she copes with both success and criticism
How I Work: Cooper Hewitt Director Caroline Baumann
In the five years since becoming director, Caroline Baumann has turned Cooper Hewitt’s visitor demographic upside down, re-establishing it as New York’s go-to authority for design. She discusses how she reinvented the museum, and why approachability is the future for design
Creating the animations for Black Earth Rising
A survivor’s memories of the Rwandan genocide are recounted through hand-drawn animations in BBC and Netflix’s new series, Black Earth Rising
How I Work: V&A Rapid Response Curator Corinna Gardner
As guardian of the V&A’s Rapid Response Collection, Corinna Gardner has overseen the museum’s acquisition of everything from a 3D-printed gun to a Pussyhat. She explains how the museum makes its decisions, and why Primark jeans and false eyelashes belong under its roof
How I Work: Artist Alex Chinneck
He’s unzipped buildings, made houses melt, and tied 450-year-old architecture in knots. Alex Chinneck’s work looks like magic, but the story behind each project is complex. From planning permission to hand-crafted wax windows, here’s how he gets his ideas made
How I Work: Simon Buglione, Director, Sky Creative Agency
The leader of Sky’s in-house creative agency discusses how he has tackled some familiar issues for in-house teams, including recruitment, diversity, process and making the transition from service department to strategic partner