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
Documenting the rapidly changing street art scene in Las Vegas
Street Art Las Vegas features anonymous works alongside pieces by well-known names, and documents changing attitudes to public art in the Nevada city
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
Travel to fantasy worlds in SNCF’s sci-fi ad campaign
French railway company SNCF is taking passengers on a journey into space with an otherworldly outdoor campaign
Making ends meet: Telegramme Paper Co.
Bobby and Kate Evans founded Telegramme Paper Co. in 2014.
Based in Margate, Kent, the husband and wife team split their time between designing and making paper products and working on commercial commissions
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”
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
Greg Gilbert’s illustrations are a ‘sense diary’ of his cancer experience
Artist and musician Greg Gilbert put pen to paper after his cancer diagnosis, creating a series of ink drawings that express some of the “fragments and scenes” that went through his mind
