Cannes Lions Winners 2018
Want to catch up with the big winners at this year’s Cannes Lions festival? You’ve come to the right place
Designing Nigeria’s World Cup kit
Nigeria’s 2018 World Cup kit reflects the spirit and swagger of contemporary Nigeria – we talked to Nike’s Design Director Pete Hoppins about the inspiration for the design
Cannes Lions: the big winners so far
With new awards being announced each day, we’ll be keeping you up to date with the pick of the Cannes Lions winners this week. Here are our highlights from the Design, Outdoor, Mobile, Health and Print & Publishing categories
Adidas World Cup boots: a history
The history of Adidas football boot design, from 1958 to 2014, reveals a relentless march toward complexity
Barber & Osgerby’s MAP and Universal Design Studio to join AKQA
In a fascinating marriage of digital, tech, architecture and product, AKQA has taken a majority shareholding in the pair’s architecture, interior and product design consultancies
Love nor money: Kuchar Swara on the battle of personal vs commercial
Speaking at Birmingham Design Festival, designer Kuchar Swara talks about the relationship between passion projects and work that pays the bills, and where the two may meet
#Gradwatch is back! We’re looking for outstanding graduate work
CR is on the look out for the best art and design graduate work in the country, and we’d like you to help us find it
Design for distraction, and addiction?
From social media to fixed odds betting machines, designers are intimately involved in feeding our addiction to the screens that dominate our lives
How direct-to-consumer brands are changing eyewear
Meet the new opticians that are changing the way we buy glasses, and bringing some much-needed innovation to the eyewear market
2018 art and design degree show guide
As we do each year we’ve put together this handy list of all the undergraduate art and design degree shows taking place across the country.
The remarkable prints and patterns of Enid Marx
A new retrospective exhibition at the House of Illustration is showing work from the 20th-century designer and printmaker’s four-decade career. We speak to co-curator Olivia Ahmed about why now is the right time to shine a light on Marx’s designs
Are vinyl toys about to make a comeback?
Paul Budnitz, the man behind Kidrobot and Ello, is getting back into the art toy business with new “reality agnostic” company Superplastic. CR talks to him about the project
