The new issue of PORT magazine landed on our desks today (guest edited by Daniel Day-Lewis, no less) and while having a somewhat quick initial perusal of its pages, an unusual fashion story shot by Joss McKinley caught our eye…
As one of the last works that artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss conceived of before Weiss’s death in April last year, Rock On Top of Another Rock is quite the tribute to the pair’s creative partnership
Tundra* has teamed up with Studio M Andersen to create six new paper-cut animated idents for ITV3. The new idents aren’t due to be aired for a while but we wanted to share them here on the CR blog and reveal something of the creative processes involved in creating them…
Ninety years of innovation at the BBC is celebrated in a new campaign from the broadcaster, complete with an interactive time-line of technological achievements
Potentially making finding a pen or your keys that little bit harder, it’s the Good Vibrations storage unit designed by Ferruccio Laviani as if paused on a VHS tape
Last year we ran an extract from the excellent Sign Painters book in the magazine, and now the accompanying documentary film is about to get its first preview in the US. If the trailer is anything to go by, it’s going to be a lovely piece of work
Duval Guillaume Modem has come up with another health & safety-defying live-action-Joe-Public drama, this time putting true friendship to the test for Carlsberg
Delaware font foundry House Industries has just released a new iPhone app that enables users to easily customise photos with a range of its display typefaces…
Turner Prize-winning artist Richard Wright has created a new work for Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum consisting of two ceiling paintings of over 47,000 black stars
Electro-house music producer Deadmau5 and singer songwriter Imogen Heap invited fans to animate the video to their collaborative single Telemiscommunications
New work by artist and designer Jonathan Ellery is currently showing at the Londonewcastle Project Space in the capital. The Hen House contains some haunting imagery and new pieces in brass on the subject of religion
London Underground’s much-loved Roundel has been reimagined as a playful piece of furniture by Kingston student Clare Newsam as part of a project tying in with the current issue of CR
We explore how the worlds of design, advertising, gaming and illustration are responding to accessibility needs
Diversity, equality and inclusion have been hot topics in the creative industries in the past few years, but are we really making any progress? We discuss in the latest episode of CR’s podcast
Sound, tactile materials and new technologies are all being used to help bring the visual storytelling of comics to life for blind and partially sighted people
AMV BBDO’s campaign for COPI shines a light on sewage spills in UK waterways with the help of a faecal-inspired font
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
Speaking to experts in architecture and design, CR looks into how accessible wayfinding has improved by subtly tapping into other senses, and what it needs to do to be truly inclusive
The UK’s largest animal welfare charity has launched a vibrant, flexible identity by JKR, along with an upbeat campaign created by AMV BBDO that asks for a little respect
In a consumer landscape that favours virtue, with audiences that will call out bad behaviour at the drop of a hat, courting controversy is a risky move. But brands can still use it to their advantage
The chef, TV personality and The Bear actor has launched a line of pantry staples that lovingly references classic food packaging design
Studio Frith is behind the creative direction and design of the reincarnated magazine, which is exploring desire in its many forms and complexities today
Mette and Rolf Hay have spent the last two decades elevating everyday objects. Here, the husband-and-wife founders discuss how Hay continually pushes boundaries while sticking to its democratic design values
In the first of a new interview series, Anna Higgs talks to Glenn Kitson about combining a career as an ad director with being a ‘meme lord’, and his strategies to stay centred and fresh in a world which can often just want more of the same