1. Nancy Hellebrand, Marion in a Bed Sitter, July 1974 © Nancy Hellebrand
How We Are: Photographing Britain, currently on show at Tate Britain, celebrates nearly 170 years of British photography, from 1840 until the present day. The exhibition explores our relationship with the medium and the ways in which the camera has been used as a tool for recording, assessing and evaluating both information and our own culture.
If you’re a regular reader of CR you probably know that our very own Gavin Lucas has collaborated with CR’s art director, Nathan Gale, (who is also one third of design studio Intercity) on a book project: Badge/Button/Pin (CR May)…
So often it’s the simple ideas that work best in advertising – and a new billboard for the World Wildlife Fund created by DraftFCB Toronto makes the point rather well…
Jazz Dispute by Jeremiah McDonald
Germ, the international viral awards established in 2005 and set up by Channel 4’s 4Talent in conjunction with BoreMe.com – is soon to announce the winners of this year’s competition to unearth the best virals…
Remember the time when money really could wear a hole in your pocket? The original 50p piece (above), weighed in at the best part of 14 grams and was bigger than the UK’s current two pound coin. In comparison, today’s 50p coins – at a mere 8 grams – feel decidedly flimsy.
One thing they do have over their predecessor, however, is their function as a design canvas. Over the last 15 years, the Royal Mint has been using the back of the 50p as the site for a surprising variety of commemorative illustrations, all of which are gathered together here…
Most of clubland’s promotional material is hardly the stuff of exhibitions. However, one monthly night called Get Involved has been making an effort to swim against the tide…
If you’re reading this blog, chances are you’re familiar with the combined effects of diet coke and mentos sweets – and the well documented experiments filmed on various streets around the world that took YouTube and similar sites by storm. So what happens when you add just one mento sweet to a can of Tetley’s beer? Watch and learn…
Mastercard commercialHLA’s Simon Ratigan has directed this new TV spot for Mastercard, which aims to tug at those Christmas heartstrings by emphasising the significance of family and friends. The spot is reminiscent of artist Mark Wallinger’s 2000 video installation Threshold to the Kingdom, which contained slow motion footage of people greeting each other at airport […]
Director Daniel Kleinman has created the title sequence for the new James Bond film Casino Royale, which features the debut (as if you didn’t know) of new Bond Daniel Craig
As craft beer brand Deya turns ten, we talk to Thom Hobson, the artist behind the distinctive look of the young brewery that does things differently
In business, the bottom line is everything. But behind every business is a human – and you need to know how to talk to them, says Reed Words’ Orlaith Wood
Find out details for the undergraduate art and design showcases taking place this summer around the UK
As the cultural momentum around women’s sport reaches fever pitch, we explore how brands are embracing diverse new audiences and challenging the conventions of sports marketing