The Nationwide Degree show launches on UK billboards
Following a national callout for submissions, The Nationwide Degree Show has selected work from 23 graduates to appear on outdoor ad sites in London, Glasgow, Manchester and Bristol
Standards Manual is releasing a book on NASA’s worm logo
The Worm’s final chapter will cover the iconic logotype’s latest venture to the International Space Station, nearly 20 years after it was retired as the official emblem
Designing for a transport future
Recent rebrands from VW, BMW, Nissan and Uber have at times proved controversial, but they reflect the flexibility required by a transport sector that’s in serious flux, says Wolff Olins’ Forest Young
Pentagram’s new project shows the human side of stats during coronavirus
Created by Pentagram’s Giorgia Lupi and her team, Happy Data focuses less on daily death tolls and more on “small but mighty numbers”, spotlighting the inspiring stories that have come out of the pandemic
How coronavirus is redefining the magazine cover
From frontline workers turned cover stars to messages of hope, the pandemic has forced publications to rethink their covers in creative new ways. We speak to magCulture’s Jeremy Leslie and the Telegraph’s Kuchar Swara about the role of magazines in our current crisis
A24’s Midsommar gets a pair of psychedelic new posters
Yuko Higuchi and Idea Oshima have reimagined A24’s folk horror flick Midsommar, as part of the film company’s ongoing series of artist-created posters
How I Got Here: Fraser Muggeridge
Graphic designer Fraser Muggeridge tells CR why he’s not afraid to make wonky type, and how he went from a logo-loving teen to campaigning against ‘café normal’ design
Snask gives shoe retailer Schuh a fresh new look
Centred around a new stripe graphic that appears in Schuh’s signature bright green hue, the brand identity focuses less on having the latest trainer brands and more on the retailer’s reputation for customer service
Illustrator Hagen Schönfeld’s pleasing compositions
The illustrator adopts a colourful, graphic approach for the album covers, posters and promo materials he creates for a range of clients in the music scene
Oslo’s Edvard Munch museum unveils its backwards-slanting identity
North’s visual identity for Munch references the museum’s sloping architecture, which was in turn inspired by a photo of the artist painting semi-naked
What we can learn from New Zealand’s Covid-19 messaging
New Zealand has been leading the way in the fight against coronavirus with its simple but powerful communications strategy, which focuses on bringing its people together. We look at how it got the rhetoric so right, and whether countries like the UK should be following its example
The role of museums during the pandemic
One way that museums have been acknowledging the monumental impact of Covid-19 is through collecting the creative work that’s been made during this time. CR speaks to the institutions making it happen