Luis Usón’s animated short tells the tale of a cartoon rabbit losing his way
Groompy the rabbit is the lead in a big TV cartoon series, but is the life of a star as glamorous as it sounds?
Why Ikea decided to let kids design its soft toys
With Ikea’s annual soft toy drawing contest as popular as ever, CR speaks to Bodil Fritjofsson about how they’re making dreams come true one soft toy at a time
Gary Card on living out his dream as a toy designer
Designing toys has become a seamless part of Gary Card’s practice, which has brought him dream collaborations and a host of weird and wonderful characters
Maximilian Mann captures the shrinking landscape of Lake Urmia
The photographer travels to Iran to visit what was once the second largest salt lake in the world, capturing the impact industry and climate change has had on the area
Ed Cheverton on the joys of toy making
Illustrator and toy maker Ed Cheverton uses found objects and silly faces to create toys that are a collectible extension of his artistic practice
Junyi Xiao’s short film imagines the last man on earth meeting an alien
In Junyi Xiao’s funny animation, the last man on earth is hungry and learning how to cook aliens online: lucky for him one crash lands right outside his house
Zeitgeist: Christopher Smith
Each year the CR editorial team pick a number of photographers who have had a breakthrough year for our Zeitgeist series of profiles. Here, Christopher Smith’s self-portraits see the photographer adopt various glamorous identities and act as a masterclass in image-making
The Traces Left Behind by Catherine Hyland
Catherine Hyland’s images of a group of North Korean defectors who have settled in London reveal a community celebrating its heritage in a new setting. The project is a winner in this year’s CR Photography Annual
Drawings of People with Signs: a zine that does exactly what it says
In Erlend Peder Kvam’s zine, his hand-drawn characters use simple signs to express their opinions about themselves and the world
Grand Bassin captures the colourful characters seen around the pool
The animation, created by four graduates, is an invitation to observe the day-to-day goings on at a public swimming bath and also features a runaway toupee
Thinh Nguyen explores loneliness and rejection in his kooky animation
In Tom Has a Plant, Thinh Nguyen’s graduation film, the title character tries to give plants away to those he cares about but things don’t go quite to plan
The legacy of Life magazine’s images celebrated in new show
The first magazine to pioneer the concept of photography-led stories, a new exhibition showcases some of Life’s most iconic photographs from its archive