Cover Stories

The Sunday Times Magazine was once a driving force in British editorial design. Simon Esterson attends an exhibition of some classic covers to see if its legacy still holds

If You’re Gonna Do It…

One of the late great Alan Fletcher’s last commissions was this cover for Wallpaper* magazine. For the past year, Wallpaper* has been running a series of special, subscriber-only covers to coincide with its tenth birthday. Fletcher’s collage will be the last, appearing on the December issue.
Notice the lack of a logo, something of a sacrilege in publishing these days: “That was his initial suggestion when he sent over the artwork, as the collage kind of said it all,” explains Wallpaper* creative director, Tony Chambers. “‘If you’re gonna do it, you may as well bloody do it,’ he said.”

Videos of the week

A bumper crop of great videos for you this week, kicked off by Tim Burton’s skeletal promo for The Killers’ Bones.

Our Latest Cover Story

For the cover of our latest issue, art director Nathan Gale worked with MetWorks technology studios to create a stunning portrait of illustrator Marion Deuchars. Here, he explains how he came to work with three-dimensional printing and, for the first in CR’s history, create a cover using “rapid prototyping”.

Wolfgang Tillmans helps HIV fundraiser

Why We Must Provide HIV Treatment Information, the new publication from i-Base (the “treatment literacy” project that focuses on HIV information provision) includes photography by German artist Wolfgang Tillmans. Written by a range of international HIV and AIDS awareness activists and featuring 50 colour photographs by Tillmans, this limited edition book highlights why treatment literacy is essential for empowering HIV-positive people to understand their own treatment.

Mmmmm…. Sugar

Every now and then, we are reminded why regulating advertising is a very good idea indeed…
(pic courtesy of Frozentoy)

Cheers Beirut

Following the recent Israel-Hezbollah war in Lebanon, Beirut’s billboards, newspapers and magazines have been filled with supportive advertising campaigns – some of them from the most unlikely clients, writes Roanne Bell.

Pingu Rocks

Eskimo Disco, 7-11, featuring everyone’s favourite behaviourially-challenged, flightless seabird

Sparkling or Still?

Perhaps it’s the effect of all that hype. Perhaps it’s because Balls was so difficult to top. But we’re feeling just a little, well, underwhelmed by Fallon’s finally-released, long-awaited, 70,000 litres of paint-splashing new Sony Bravia spot.
Watch it here

Showing off their Smalls

The winners of the inaugural Smalls awards, which, as the title suggests, aim to celebrate filmmaking for mobile phone or iPod video screens, have been announced.
The Smalls are initiated by design and production company Devilfish, and are the latest example of a creative company using a competition for subtle promotion of its services, as well, of course, as a means of showcasing new talent to the ad and production industries.
The competition, which was free to enter, requested films no longer than three minutes based on the theme of “Moving”. This year’s winner was director Jon Riche, who created a witty pastiche of urban sport parkour that works just as well on a big or small screen (still shown below).

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Accessibility and Creativity

We explore how the worlds of design, advertising, gaming and illustration are responding to accessibility needs

Adam Morse on his journey to directing

Since losing his sight at the age of 19, the filmmaker has gone on to write and direct his first feature film, shoot a Super Bowl ad for Google, and set up a non-profit to help the next generation of disabled creative talent