Andy Vella creates textural designs for The Cure’s new book
The band’s longstanding collaborator has produced layered illustrations and a deluxe edition for the new biography, which takes the form of an encyclopedia
An odyssey into the world of Ardneks
Indonesian illustrator Ardneks is releasing his debut monograph, which brings together over a decade’s worth of his vibrant images inspired by everything from comics to cosmology
Koto rebrands music streamer Deezer
The refreshed identity aims to celebrate the value of connection and expression through music with a motion-first approach
Why AI should be a musical force for good
If used in collaboration with creators, and with an ethical mindset, AI can open up a world of musical opportunities for brands. Here Roscoe Williamson offers some practical advice for best practice
Inside James Blake’s transcendent album visuals
James Blake’s latest LP, Playing Robots into Heaven, sees him step out of the shadows and into the foreground. We hear from one of his newly installed creative directors, Jamie Adair of Crowns & Owls, about how the album creative reflects this juncture in Blake’s career
Using AI to transform DJ set visuals
CR speaks to Boiler Room art director Joshua Wiley and motion designer and artist Hayden Martin about their ongoing collaboration that uses neural networks and Boiler Room’s extensive image archive
Ed Banger Records: A Visual Odyssey
Founded by former Daft Punk manager Pedro Winter in 2003, the legendary French record label is this year celebrating two decades of electronic music at its finest. Its visual identity tells a fascinating story of its own
Scott King creates a subversive campaign for Axis Festival
The art director and designer worked with Tom Etherington to create a purposefully misleading campaign for the German music festival, which is inspired by holiday postcards
An oral history of Praise You by Fatboy Slim
We speak to Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim) and music video commissioner John Hassay about why Spike Jonze’s lo-fi, chaos-filled video for Praise You has gone down in legend
Jazz Grant creates colossal mural for a colossus of rap
The British visual artist talks to us about creating large-scale collages to accompany an immersive exhibition in Brooklyn, which pays tribute to hip hop icon Jay-Z
Reimagining Glastonbury’s Silver Hayes for a new era
To mark Silver Hayes’ tenth anniversary at Glastonbury this year, the creative team behind the area sought to combine cutting-edge electronic music with debate, design and a new open-air nightclub
How to create timeless sonic branding
We speak to composer and sound designer Dave Connolly about creating the sonic identities for brands like Huel and Premier League, why the best sonic branding is self-referential, and what composers for brands can learn from Succession