Design Manchester announces full line-up
Creative festival Design Manchester returns on 12 October with talks, workshops and exhibitions taking place across the city
Shelter at 50 – the charity launches Anthony Burrill print giveaway
In the first of a series of posts looking at the work of housing charity Shelter as it turns 50, we can unveil the new print Anthony Burrill has created for the organisation – 200 editions of which are being given away via a ballot on its website
Simple, fast, fun: Build and Work & Co’s new app for Virgin America
Virgin America’s new app aims to take the stress out of flying with a super-fast booking process, cheerful animations and curated Spotify playlists for travellers
Björk, Shelter at 50 and age-neutral design: CR October
Our October 2016 issue features an exclusive interview with Björk about her experiments with virtual reality, Shelter’s 50 years of campaigning for better housing, new thinking around age-neutral design and much more
New Nobrow book beautifully illustrates the history of locomotion
Fans of illustration and trains alike will delight in Locomotion, a new book from artist duo Golden Cosmos, published this month by Nobrow.
Rotate Editions’ Kheyameya project matches modern design with traditional craft
Anthony Burrill, APFEL, Damien Poulain and Rhonda Drakeford have contributed designs which have been made into traditional Egyptian wall hangings in a bid to keep the craft alive
Twenty five years of Laurence King Publishing
Over its 25 year history, Laurence King Publishing has transitioned from design books for students and professionals to creating beautifully designed books for the general market. Patrick Burgoyne speaks to its founder Laurence King and Creative Director Angus Hyland about Carson, content and colouring in
Watch ghostsigns come alive in London this week
Sam Roberts of the Ghostsigns project has teamed up with experiential designer Craig Winslow to bring some of London’s historic street lettering and advertising signs back life via projection mapping.
Transport for London design collaborations for LDF 2016
Projects include a machine that prints tweets in the Johnston typeface plus lighting, cushions and furniture inspired by London Transport designs
The making of Jay Z’s film ‘The War on Drugs is an Epic Fail’ for the NYT
The animated New York Times Op-ed piece by Jay Z presents a compelling deconstruction of America’s failed ‘war on drugs’. We talked to co-director Kim Boekbinder about how it was made
Review: the V&A’s You Say You Want a Revolution? Records & Rebels 1966-70
A new exhibition at the V&A charts the revolutionary spirit that emerged in the mid-to-late 1960s and permeated our social, political and visual cultures.
Royal Mail releases Agatha Christie stamps with ‘hidden clues’
The set of six stamps were created by Jim Sutherland of Studio Sutherl& and illustrator Neil Webb and include elements that react to UV light and heat
