Khyati Trehan on how design grads can make use of failure
CR talks to designer Khyati Trehan about working across multiple disciplines, why personal work matters, and how adversity can make you a better designer
Does your design work suffer from not having a design degree?
Our design correspondent Daniel Benneworth-Gray ponders the value of a university education. Is his work suffering because he didn’t do a formal design degree?
How to design a banknote
De La Rue has designed banknotes for 140 countries, from South Africa to Mauritius and the Seychelles. We spoke to its Creative Director Julian Payne to find out more about the process
Remembering Abram Games’ wartime work
More than 100 propaganda posters created by the late graphic designer during the Second World War are showcased in a new book authored his daughter, Naomi Games, and a coinciding exhibition at the National Army Museum
Work’s not all about the money … or is it?
While we all need to earn a living, younger people are increasingly motivated by more than just their paypacket. How are creative companies responding to the challenge of offering meaningful benefits to their younger team members?
Should I work for free?
It’s an eternal issue in the creative industries, and a question that rarely has a simple answer. Here, we get to the bottom of when, if ever, it’s a good idea to work for free, what to watch out for, and what to bear in mind when deciding
Japan’s Olympic story comes full circle with 2020 pictograms
Over 50 years since pictograms were first used at the Tokyo 1964 Olympics, Japanese designer Masaaki Hiromura has created 50 new symbols ahead of next year’s event
Warner’s in-house designer talks us through his work for the new Foals album
Mike Lythgoe talks to CR about his designs for Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost, working with Foals’ lead vocalist Yannis Philippakis, and the importance of cats
Making ends meet: designer Craig Oldham
After studying graphic design at Falmouth and stints at a number of agencies in Manchester, Craig Oldham started his own studio in the city in 2015. We talk to him about why money is no measure of creative success and why “it’s not a crime to be skint”
To pitch, or not to pitch
Should creative companies pitch for free? Designer Paul Woods tackles this thorny issue in an extract from his new book, How To Do Great Work Without Being An Asshole
Making ends meet: designer Jack Renwick
After 13 years at design firm The Partners, in 2012 Jack Renwick took the leap and started her own studio. She tells us how a commitment to good work – whatever the cost – has paid off
No, No, No, No, Yes uncovers the secrets of book design
Dozens of rejected book cover designs are published in No, No, No, No, Yes, which explores the sometimes tortuous process of getting a book’s graphic identity approved