Frontify
How a ‘fixed-flex-free’ framework builds more adaptable brands
To cater to diverse audiences, brands must be smarter and more systematic to balance consistency with adaptability.
Creative Review moves to Haymarket Media Group
Today it was announced that Centaur Media, which originally founded Creative Review, has sold the title to Haymarket
UAL Showcase
How creatives on UAL Showcase tackle today’s most challenging issues
Three creative industry leaders on how projects on UAL Showcase, an always-on global platform by University of the Arts London, bring attention to the climate emergency, health and social justice
Gradwatch is back – and we want to see your work!
Our annual showcase of the best graduate talent is returning in 2025. Send us your work by July 11 for the chance to be featured by Creative Review
Frontify
Why it pays to take risks with your brand’s colour palette
In a sea of sameness, breaking category codes with calculated palette decisions can give brands a strategic advantage
CR’s guide to the 2025 UK degree shows
Find out details for the undergraduate art and design showcases taking place this summer around the UK
The Future Issue of Creative Review is out now!
The Spring 2025 issue of the magazine explores how creatives are using tech in novel ways and the many changes on the horizon for the creative industry itself
Penguin
Penguin’s 2025 Cover Design Award shortlist revealed
Judges will whittle down the 10 up-and-coming designers and illustrators to three prize-winners, whose work will feature in the Annual Awards issue of Creative Review
Offf festival reveals its programme for 2025
The Barcelona festival will be hosting over 70 speakers from the worlds of art and design, including a panel hosted by Creative Review
Shopify
How to find creative inspiration in ‘boring’ tech updates
Getting audiences excited about another software update can be hard work. But, as Shopify’s director of design and creative explains, leaning into the challenge can produce creative outcomes, for designers and audiences alike.
Penguin
Penguin launches new Cover Design Award brief: Find out how to enter
Aimed at aspiring designers and illustrators with less than a year’s industry experience, the brief pays homage to the publisher’s founding design principles
How Center design studio is shaping startups
Formerly a design director at Coca-Cola, Alex Center’s Brooklyn studio now brings branding magic to startups and small businesses
Laphroaig x Willem Dafoe is a peaty partnership worth savouring
The Islay single malt has enlisted the Hollywood star for its latest campaign, celebrating the whisky’s unmistakable, enigmatic taste
Why brands need culture
In her new book, Leila Fataar explains how the most powerful engagements between brands and audiences happen through culture, requiring different approaches to marketing and comms
Brompton unfolds bold new identity for its 50th anniversary
The British cycling brand has partnered with Studio Blackburn to celebrate its heritage as it enters a new, globally minded era