CR Annual 2016: Deadline Extended
If you have not yet managed to send us your entries for the Creative Review Annual 2016, fear not. The deadline has been extended until January 29
CR Annual 2016: Judges announced
The judges have been announced for the Creative Review Annual 2016, our awards scheme showcasing the best in visual communications from the last year. Enter your work by Wednesday 9th December
The New Yorker animates its latest Chris Ware cover
For Chris Ware’s latest collaboration with The New Yorker, his cover art has been turned into a short animation based on a parenting tale taken from Ira Glass’s radio show, This American Life
Greenpeace releases simple but powerful new advertising campaign
Greenpeace released a new ad this weekend to coincide with the Climate Change March, which happened in cities all over the world on Sunday, and ahead of the COP21 United Nations climate change conference, which opens today in Paris. Created by Stine Hole Mankovsky, the campaign uses the familiar image of a Russian doll to powerful affect.
Working with wool: animation duo Marc and Emma on making their stop-motion fabric shorts
Directors Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels create animated shorts with beautifully crafted woollen puppets and sets. We spoke to the pair about the making of their award-winning film Oh Willy!, which has just been released online…
CR Annual 2016: call for entries
Creative Review’s next Annual, our showcase of the best work of the year, is now open for entries. Selected work will be published in a special double issue of CR in May, as well as on a dedicated section of our site – so your work can be seen by peers, potential clients and the wider creative community.
A robot learns to fly in a cute new Ikea ad, directed by Daren Rabinovitch of Encyclopedia Pictura
Mother London has created a charming animated commercial for Ikea, which aims to emphasise the value of play. We talk to post-production house MPC about how they worked closely with director Daren Rabinovitch to create the ad’s distinctive style…
Tomorrow Was a Montage
A new exhibition at the Cooper Gallery in Dundee examines the disruptive practice of ‘montage’ in the work of three generations of Polish and Hungarian image-makers – and includes 60 posters by the legendary graphic artist, Roman Cieślewicz
Kaleidoscopic delights: Q&A with animator Emanuele Kabu
We talk to London-based Italian animator and visual artist Emanuele Kabu about his hand-drawn, stop-motion music videos for the likes of the Helio Sequence and Little Dragon, and the cathartic effect of creating the moving image
Staying in character
Although the absence of the popular Character Walk gallery tour was felt, this year’s Pictoplasma festival successfully combined emerging talent with more established character designers and animators
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