DNA explained
London-based studio Territory has created a pleasingly retro three minute animation for BBC Knowledge that looks to explain what DNA is and how it functions…
More microscopic magic by Craig Ward
Craig Ward’s short promo film for Jon Hopkins’ forthcoming album, Immunity, (out on Domino in early June) features unlikely stars: microscopic food dye crystals…
Open Studio Club’s Free Desk Here initiative
Free Desk Here is a new initiative by Open Studio Club that looks to encourage creative agencies to offer up a free desk space in their studio to a young creative (of their choosing) to come in and get on with their own work…
Big Issue vendors create own ads with M&C Saatchi
M&C Saatchi has taken a novel approach in its new ad campaign for the Big Issue, creating it in partnership with five Big Issue vendors, who thought of and executed their own campaign messages and posters
Wayfinding at 33 Parkgate Road
An old Victorian dairy in Battersea at 33 Parkgate Road is currently home to a whisky distillery, a boxing gym, a slow food kitchen, an Arabic art gallery, a bar and, now, a bespoke way finding signage system courtesy of resident design studio, All Design…
How we made the March issue cover (and a new print)
For the cover of our London Underground special issue, we asked illustrator Robert Samuel Hanson to reference one of the tube network’s more esoteric posters and to envisage London in 150 years time. The full artwork is also set to be made into a print, available only with UK-based subscriptions to CR
OFFSET 2013: more speakers announced
If you’re thinking of booking a ticket to attend Dublin’s OFFSET festival next month to hear speakers such as Bob Gill, Sarah Illenberger, Kate Moross, and Vaughan Oliver, then you’ve only got until midnight tomorrow (Friday) to take advantage of their ‘early bird’ ticket prices…
P22’s Johnston Underground fonts
Whilst researching the Johnston feature in the current London Underground 150 special issue of CR magazine, we spoke to Richard Kegler at type foundry P22 about their 1997 digital revival of Johnston’s original Underground font designs, licensed in an exclusive agreement with the London Transport Museum…
200 gangrenous foot please mate
News that the UK could soon be following Australia’s lead and enforcing government-designed packaging for all tobacco products prompted us to take another look at the Australian design guidelines to see what we might be in for. It ain’t pretty…
Made Thought rebrands Colorplan
Even in these digital days, a beautifully produced paper promo can still make even the hardest-hearted designer drool. Expect Pavlovian reactions across design studios throughout the UK at Made Thought’s work for GF Smith favourite Colorplan paper, which includes a new logo and Colour Book paper sampler
Wolff Olins’ moving identity for Nike and Obama campaign
Wolff Olins New York has created a moving brand identity for Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move campaign, in partnership with Nike
The Sunday Times crowns fashion royalty
This weekend’s edition of The Sunday Times’ Style Magazine will reveal its annual Best Dressed List, and to promote it Grey London has created a print, digital and outdoor campaign that riffs on the idea of ‘fashion royalty’
Accessibility and Creativity
We explore how the worlds of design, advertising, gaming and illustration are responding to accessibility needs
Creativity Sucks! podcast looks at diversity in the ad and design industries
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
How comic books are becoming more accessible
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
A new campaign spells out the reality of the sewage crisis
AMV BBDO’s campaign for COPI shines a light on sewage spills in UK waterways with the help of a faecal-inspired font
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
How accessible wayfinding is going beyond the visual
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
RSPCA reveals first major branding update in 50 years
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
How can brands play with controversy in risk-averse times?
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
Matty Matheson’s new branding embraces the basics
The chef, TV personality and The Bear actor has launched a line of pantry staples that lovingly references classic food packaging design
Good Reads: Erotic Review relaunches with a suggestive new look
Studio Frith is behind the creative direction and design of the reincarnated magazine, which is exploring desire in its many forms and complexities today
How Hay built a cult home brand
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
The Monthly Interview: Glenn Kitson
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