Gradwatch 2017: Chelsea Graphic Design Communication
Chelsea’s graphics degree show is always one of the most exciting around: we check out this year’s crop of grads
Patrick Burgoyne
Patrick is the Editor of Creative Review
Father’s Day: how depictions of dads have changed
From pipe and slippers to barbie and beer gut, what do Father’s Day card illustrations tell us about changing perceptions of fatherhood?
Life goes on, even with cancer, says Macmillan
VCCP’s new campaign for Macmillan is beautifully observed and rooted in an important insight
University of Reading to stage Emigre exhibition
The influence of the landmark US design magazine will be explored in Emigre magazine: design, discourse and authorship
What one meal a day looks like in African conflict zone
The British Red Cross has commissioned photographer Chris de Bode to create a set of images that vividly illustrate just how little food the people of the Lake Chad region are currently surviving on
Citymapper app to launch real-life London bus service, for two days only
From May 9, the transport app will begin operating a limited route in central London: part experiment in public transport, part mass data gathering exercise, part very smart ad for the brand
Russian Revolution: design in a world turned upside down
The British Library’s Russian Revolution: Hope, Tragedy, Myths exhibition offers a wealth of context and stories behind work whose seductive appeal endures to this day
5054: the car magazine changes gear
5054 is a new car magazine, or more accurately, a new magazine about automotive culture. Its uncoated stock, liberal use of illustration instead of the standard high-gloss car photography that dominates most titles in the sector signal that this is an attempt to apply the aesthetics of the independent magazine culture to a sector that in the past has been dominated by gloss and testosterone
David Byrne In The Round
David Byrne is wearing white. White tracksuit top, white jeans, white socks, white trainers. He is sitting on a sofa in a hotel room and the sofa (can this be a coincidence?) is also white. His shirt bucks the trend by being black; rimless glasses hang from the top buttonhole. His silvery hair isn’t white […]
3D and the Art of Massive Attack
As a graffiti artist and painter, Robert Del Naja was the obvious choice to handle the visual direction of the band he co-founded, Massive Attack. As the band’s popularity grew, so did the scale and ambition of their sleeve artwork and live shows, both conceptually and in terms of process and presentation. This month sees […]
Be careful George!
Art director, graphic designer, and all-round advertising legend George Lois comes with his own slogan. Well, it’s more of an anti-slogan really, yet it has followed him around his entire life. “I kid around that when I was a baby in a crib, God or Michelangelo’s hand came through the ceiling on a dark and […]
Designing for The Grand Budapest Hotel
In its meticulous creation of the State of Zubrowka, Wes Anderson’s latest film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, is a typographic treat. The film’s lead graphic designer Annie Atkins was responsible for every graphic prop in the movie. We spoke to her about her work CR: How did you get into working in film? I worked […]