Meet Oli, the new face of Alder Hey
Alder Hey in Liverpool is the UK’s busiest children’s hospital and one of the biggest in Europe. USP Creative were asked to create a brand identity which would work for both the hospital trust and its charity
Here come the… no, sorry girls
The latest IPA census reveals a UK advertising industry making some modest moves towards diversity, but one where creative departments are still largely for the boys
Tomorrow Awards Fall 2012 winners
R/GA, Grey (Canada), Google/The Ant Farm, Volontaire [Sweden], and Google Creative Lab took top honours, while Uniqlo was named “Brand Of The Future” at the this week’s Tomorrow Awards, the bi-annual scheme set up by the Art Directors Club to celebrate advertising creativity that utilises new technologies…
Martin Parr’s Time Off
Time Off, a small exhibition of work by photographer Martin Parr, opens tomorrow at the Rocket Gallery in London
Apple iPad mini, in print
Following on from the latest edition of The New Yorker (above), another clever back-page print ad for the iPad mini appeared in the US this week, in Time magazine
Zak Group creates shape-shifting identity for Taipei Biennial
Zak Group has designed and art directed the visual identity and exhibition for the Taipei Biennial 2012, Modern Monsters/Death and Life of Fiction, creating new typeface Taowu Sans
Ever heard your beer serenade you?
Unsuspecting shoppers in an east London corner store were serenaded with a version of A Message To You Rudy, played out by a series of unlikely instruments including the Bottle Trumpet, Food Can Xylophone, Tetra Pak Maracas, and the Nut Packet Shakers…
(Not so) Dumb Ways to Die
If you’re looking out for contenders for next year’s awards shows, Metro Trains’ Dumb Ways to Die film may well be right up there. The charming animation promoting safety on Melbourne’s railways has clocked up almost 28 million YouTube views since it was put up in mid-November
Ten years of Vice in the UK
Love them or loathe them, there’s no question that Vice magazine is instantly recognisable. This week, Vice reaches its tenth anniversary in the UK, and to mark the occasion, we took a look back at ten of their most significant, and divisive, UK covers…
Recipeace wins D&AD White Pencil
D&AD’s inaugural White Pencil award has been won by Leo Burnett Chicago for Recipeace, a project that aims to bring people together over a shared meal in support of the Peace One Day initiative
Shooting Blanks
Image templates enable designers to show proposed work in the best possible light. But, as the realism increases and work spreads online, does it matter that it’s now becoming so much harder to work out just what is real and what isn’t?
Bahumbizzle: the Cautionary Tale of Ebenezer Snoop
While UK Christmas ads concentrate on shopping and snowmen, Adidas and Sid Lee have unveiled a bizarre Yuletide offering featuring ‘Ebenezer’ Snoop and David Beckham as the Ghost of Christmas Present
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