Magazine / Newspaper – Creative Review

No Way Back: Learning from, not longing for, the past

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 06:49:53 +0000

Launching with a fascinating book, the No Way Back project is a multi-platform initiative that brings together long-lost music and subculture journalism and photography]]>

Arsh Raziuddin on working across multiple worlds

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 06:18:45 +0000

Good Reads: Offal journal offers up a literary feast

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 07:22:20 +0000

Designed by Richard Turley and Julia Schäfer, Offal celebrates artistic offcuts and serves up disparate text-based leftovers from a range of sources]]>

Ard Su on illustrating the serious stuff

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 07:32:04 +0000

The New York-based illustrator is often called upon to visualise complicated themes and concepts, from technology and medicine to human rights and social issues]]>

Vanessa Saba and the evolution of collage

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 07:58:12 +0000

Gradwatch is back – and we want to see your work!

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 07:29:13 +0000

Every summer, our digital showcase Gradwatch celebrates the most exciting new art and design graduates. As we prepare for Gradwatch 2025, we’re looking for creatives to spotlight as part of this year’s edition. We’ll be looking through as many art and design degree shows as we can, but the best way to make sure we see your work is by sending it to us directly. We’re inviting anyone who is…

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Good Reads: Food newsletter Vittles ventures into print

Tue, 20 May 2025 05:47:57 +0000

Five years ago, in the throes of a global pandemic, food writer and author Jonathan Nunn launched Vittles, and with it a new chapter in culinary writing. For the uninitiated, Vittles is a Substack newsletter bringing together recipes, reviews and rich investigative journalism that are hard to imagine being published elsewhere. A handful of media enterprises have aimed to challenge the…

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Mustafa’s poetry publication is designed with symbolism in mind

Wed, 14 May 2025 07:21:05 +0000

Until a few years ago, Canadian-Sudanese music artist and poet Mustafa went by the name Mustafa the Poet. Although he has shed his title from his alias, poetry is still very much coursing through his veins – and through his new publication, Nour, which explores the idea of ceremony in all its forms. “Nour means light, and so much of what I know about light comes from the poetry I’ve been gifted…

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Birmingham Design Festival returns with a playful focus for 2025

Mon, 12 May 2025 06:06:03 +0000

Founded in 2017 by designers Daniel Alcorn and Luke Tonge, Birmingham Design Festival has built a reputation for bringing international design voices to the West Midlands while keeping accessibility and community at its core. Now in its seventh year, the festival alternates between a larger, city-wide format and a more focused conference model. This June sees the return of the latter…

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McSweeney’s latest issue ponders what it means to be Vietnamese today

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 07:46:02 +0000

McSweeney’s has been defying publishing conventions ever since it was founded in 1998 by author Dave Eggers. Redesigned from the ground up for each issue, the publisher’s Quarterly Concern magazine is a particular labour of love, typically showcasing a mix of short stories, reportage and illustrations, as well as poetry, comic strips and novellas as it’s evolved over the years.

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Good Reads: Tummy Ache launches its laziest issue yet

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 07:00:03 +0000

While attitudes towards mental health have progressed a huge amount in recent years, stats show that there’s still stigma when it comes to talking about it. Founded in 2024 by Anna Morrissey, Tummy Ache is on a mission to make mental health conversations less daunting through the lens of art and fashion. Tummy Ache’s clothing range came first, born out of Morrissey’s need to be making things…

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Good Reads: Cake Zine is one for all the sweet tooths

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 07:13:32 +0000

The idea for Cake Zine was born during the pandemic – a time when baking proliferated online and pastries became something of a cultural obsession. “We saw an opportunity to create a literary food publication, an interdisciplinary print magazine that blended sweets, literature and unconventional storytelling,” its co-founders and editors, Tanya Bush and Aliza Abarbanel, tell CR.

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