Is creativity in crisis?
A recent report on the future of creativity reveals that consumers think brands lack originality and that 65% think that all brands look alike
My breakthrough moment: Ben Terrett
Long before gaining renown for his work for Gov.uk and Co-op, designer Ben Terrett won a RSA Student Design Award with an interactive CD-Rom. Here he reflects on what the piece meant to him, but also on why it might not always be good to look back
The Guardian brings the world’s internet use to life in animated feature
The newspaper explores the quirks of digital life around the world, in an animated piece that recreates WhatsApp in India, Google in China, and Cuba’s ‘el paquete semanal’
So you want to be a… game designer
Making games has never been more accessible, with the game industry a huge opportunity for creatives to test their skills. But what does it take? Indie game designer Gregorios Kythreotis shares his advice
How We Got Here: DesignStudio
Founders Ben Wright and Paul Stafford on starting out in the industry, growing an agency and the challenges of working on high-profile rebrands
Ask Anna: How can I make my hobby a full-time job?
For her first advice column of 2019, our resident agony aunt Anna Higgs advises a reader with a passion for short film on how to turn her side hustle into a full-time job
Creative Leaders on Beginnings: adidas’ Florian Alt
We’ve talked to a number of CR’s Creative Leaders 50 about how they got started, the best advice they’ve received and how they bring their teams with them when beginning a new project. Here adidas Football’s Florian Alt tells us about getting his first break
Creative Leaders on Beginnings: W+K’s Iain Tait
We’ve talked to a number of CR’s Creative Leaders 50 about how they got started, the best advice they’ve received and how they bring their teams with them when beginning a new project. Here we talk to Wieden + Kennedy London’s Iain Tait about his journey to date
CR’s most-read stories of 2018
Our top ten most-read stories of the year include the World Cup, branding developments, Nike, Childish Gambino and a great ad idea involving crocodiles
2018 in review: the sheep that won the internet
This year a sheep became an unexpected viral sensation. CR meets the man behind the ram, Adam Koszary, to discuss how the Museum of English Rural Life became this year’s biggest social media hit
What is beauty?
In his latest column, Perry Nightingale, Executive Creative Technologist at Grey London, looks at how our relationship with new technology is changing our perceptions of beauty, in potentially harmful ways
How the Bilbao Guggenheim signalled the digital age in architecture
As a new exhibition at the Guggenheim in Bilbao attests, founder Frank Gehry’s pioneering use of digital technology created the blueprint for a new era of architectural design – one immersed in virtual reality
In partnership with Workfront
Process: Fjord’s Abbie Walsh on how she gets things done
Workfront VP Marketing Jada Balster interviews Abbie Walsh, Managing Director of digital design consultancy Fjord about her working process and how she deals with the day-to-day challenges of managing creative teams
Why we love the colour of the year
With everyone from Pantone to Dulux claiming they can predict colour trends, we delve into the phenomenon of the ‘Colour of the Year’ to find out what it really means, and what it can tell us about creativity and culture
Curating the colourful world of Accidentally Wes Anderson
The aptly named Instagram account has gained a cult following thanks to its distinctly Anderson-esque take on everyday scenes. We delve into founder Wally Koval’s considered approach when selecting images, and the importance of colour
How I Got Here: Glug co-founder, Ian Hambleton
Over ten years on from starting the event, Glug has gone global with outposts in 35 countries. We speak to Ian Hambleton about turning it from a side project into a fully-fledged company, and putting on an event that doesn’t break the bank for Gluggers