Quentin Tarantino on writing, music and his creative process
The Oscar-winning writer and director discusses scripts, soundtracks and how he got into directing
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Why pet food is having a design moment
In the past decade the pet food market has transformed: traditional kibble is out in the cold and a new breed of innovative, design-friendly brands represent our evolving relationship with our furry friends
How NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio makes stories out of stats
Creating viral science graphics requires design, storytelling and a bit of careful rule-breaking. Mark SubbaRao, lead at NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio, tells CR how they turn complex data into compelling visual narratives
Harry Ead on leaving – and going back to – DixonBaxi
While returning to a previous place of work can sometimes be viewed as a step backwards for career progression, creative director Harry Ead’s experience has been quite the opposite. Here, he tells us why
Big Type celebrates the joy of supergraphics
Oversized typography gets its day in the sun thanks to Counter-Print’s new book, which examines what it is we love about really big letters
The creative explosion of global type
CR explores why ‘non-Latin’ terminology with regards to type is offensive and outdated, and why Arabic, Indic and other world scripts are undergoing a design revolution
Getting legacy brands fit for the future
Design can be key to setting up much-loved brands for a long life. We talk to design and branding studio JKR about how it’s done
Puppet models take to the catwalk in Vestiaire Collective’s new campaign
The pre-loved fashion marketplace’s new ad emphasises its sustainability credentials, with a bit of help from director Andreas Nilsson and photographer Campbell Addy
Is it still possible for creatives to sell out?
“We’ve been trying to sell out for years. Nobody’s buying,” Jerry Garcia famously said. With increasing collaborations between artists and ‘the establishment’ is the notion of selling out obsolete? And did it ever even exist in the first place?
Ace & Tate has launched a sunglasses campaign … with no shades
Created by Base Design, the new campaign for the eyewear brand puts the emphasis on why you need sunglasses, rather than what they look like
What should a responsible brand look like?
Is sustainability enough to save the world, or do brands need to commit to a more radical, reparative model to survive?
Vintage goes full bleed for its new literary heroines series
Dodie Smith’s I Capture The Castle and Colette’s Gigi are among the Vintage Heroines collection, which uses minimal design and colour photography to create a striking set of jackets
To the metaverse and beyond
Brands that are confused about how to place themselves in the metaverse would be wise to look to Gens A and Z to show them the way
The story behind iconic 90s brand Bang on the Door
Founded by two friends in a flat above a butcher, Bang on the Door’s unofficial Groovy Chick poster girl soon became ubiquitous — and is still beloved by millennials of a certain age
Nadia Lee Cohen’s latest book is a one-woman show
For Hello My Name Is, the LA-based imagemaker posed as 33 fictitious characters, whose portraits are accompanied by imagined quotes and possessions
Three north stars for designers to navigate the future
The multiverse offers huge opportunities for brands and designers, says Wolff Olins’ Wayne Deakin. Here are some principles to follow
Ari Wegner on carving out a career in cinematography
Ahead of a hotly tipped awards season for The Power of the Dog, we speak to Wegner about bringing the film’s aesthetic to life, plus how awards can help promote diversity in a male-dominated industry
Why place brands should embrace their ‘difficult’ bits
Is Essex right to leave TOWIE behind, or is it abandoning branding gold? Lantern’s Ryan Tym discusses why the best ideas for place branding sometimes come from unexpected sources
New Burger King posters feature meaty-looking vegetables
Created by David Madrid ad agency, the posters aim to promote the brand’s new plant-based Whopper by pointing out its similarities to the original
Does the NHS need a rebrand?
The blue-and-white ‘lozenge’ is an iconic symbol in the UK and beyond, but is it time for an update, or is the logo still in rude health? Design critic Alice Rawsthorn, St Luke’s ECD Richard Denney, and Nalla Design owner Vicki Young take its pulse
The unsettling beauty of Bill Brandt’s photographs
A new exhibition, The Beautiful and the Sinister, highlights the relationship between these two elements in Brandt’s work, and examines the influence of Surrealism
