Best record sleeve of the year (so far)

We’ve just clapped our eyes on some finished copies of the forthcoming Atoms For Peace album adorned with artwork by Stanley Donwood. They’re pretty special…

Too rude to print?

Illustration agent Dutch Uncle Tweeted what appeared to be a saucy new Time Out cover yesterday, created for the magazine’s new sex issue by its illustrator Noma Bar. So it was much to our surprise that Time Out arrived in London this morning with a blank, doodle-your-own cover instead.

V&A’s membership campaign

Rose Design has worked with street photographer Nick Turpin and copywriter Jim Davies to create a poster campaign extolling the benefits of membership at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)…

True North’s football hero stamps

Manchester agency True North has created a set of Royal Mail stamps, illustrated by Andy Kinsman, that celebrate eleven carefully chosen heroes of the British game…

The best fashion film ever

Matthew Frost has directed a satirical new short for fashion brand Viva Vena, that borrows from the clichéd subject matter of every single generic fashion film ever made…

Friday film fun from The Layzell Bros.

Animation directing duo The Layzell Bros have just created the first two films in an ongoing series of self-initiated animated silliness and, seeing as it’s Friday, here they are…

Mark Wallinger’s Underground Labyrinth

Artist Mark Wallinger has just unveiled his new commission for the London Underground. Labyrinth consists of a series of wall-mouted mazes that will be installed at all 270 of the network’s stations

150 years of tube passengers

As part of the celebrations of the tube’s 150th anniversary, TfL is using the moving image poster sites on its escalators to put today’s travellers face to face with their forebears through the ages

EBacc threat to design removed in Gove U-turn

Campaigners for the creative industries have claimed victory as the Government abandons plans which may have sidelined art and design in secondary education, and confirms it is reforming the GCSE system to include design

What’s in a name? Just about everything

‘Action’ on this, ‘beating’ that: in their naming and branding, charities are becoming much clearer about what they do and why. Michael Johnson of johnson banks charts the development of this new, ‘active’ approach in the sector

Exhibition design: Linder Femme/Objet

Following our February issue feature on how APFEL worked with architects Carmody Groarke and artist Linder on the design of a major retrospective of Linder’s work, here are photographs of the now open show and of the accompanying publication…

1 … 951 952 953 954 955 956 957 958 959 … 1,378

More from CR

How should brands deal with unwanted fans?

Influencer wrangling is now a crucial part of any brand management role. And this bit is relatively straightforward: find people who people like who can spread the word about your product. But what happens when the wrong people get in on the action?

The Monthly Interview: Jessica Hische

In our latest monthly interview we speak to designer and illustrator Jessica Hische, who has built a hugely successful career spanning commercial work, books and even retail. Here, she reflects on her life and work and how the industry has changed during her career

Is the advertising industry rigged?

House of Oddities was set up to challenge the more problematic elements of the traditional agency model. We speak to its founders about why they think the odds are still stacked against small indie agencies

A deep dive into the complexity of brand purpose

Nick Asbury’s new book examines how brand purpose intoxicated the marketing world, and the negative impact he feels it has wrought. Here he introduces the book’s central themes and implores us all to think differently about the trend

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