How We Make Magazines
CR is bringing a small slice of this year’s Colophon2009 conference to London next month as part of our Portfolios event. Four independent magazine makers will show their work and share their experiences
CR June issue
Logo design trends, Astrid Stavro, advertising and typography and a look at the rarely seen but beautifully art directed 60s magazine London Life – all in the June issue of CR
We’ve got a new website
Deep breath, fingers crossed: today we launch our new website. We hope that you like it
The best work of the year
Almost 100 pages of the finest work of the year as selected by our esteemed judges and published in our bumper, double May issue
Solder print by Jason Tozer
Close, Jason Tozer’s recent exhibition at London’s Print Space Gallery, offered up a selection of pieces by the photographer that played on the notion of things not being quite as they seem. Tozer closes in on micro-worlds in much of his work and displayed images of bubbles that look uncannily like planets, details of cracked […]
The finest shots of the year
Over 70 pages of the best photography of the past year were published in our Photography Annual, part of a November double issue
And the (UK MVA Awards) winners are…
The winners of the 2008 UK Music Video Awards, were announced at a ceremony hosted by comedian Adam Buxton at the Odeon West End cinema in London’s Leicester Square on Tuesday night. But before the show, Buxton kickstarted the event with a video of his own making (shown above), in which President George W. Bush (and his Treasurer, “Curtis 50 Cent”) discuss the financial crisis in music video. David Knight, who recently wrote a piece for CR on the state of the promo industry, was at the event and reports in detail on his site promonews.tv. Click through for the list of winning work…
The State of Music Video
Encyclopedia Pictura’s stunning video for Björk track Wanderlust is one of the contenders at the UK Music Video Awards next week
Next week the first UK Music Video Awards will be held in London’s West End, writes David Knight, a new awards night to honour the very best work in music videos, celebrating the creativity and craft in a sector of filmmaking which has, over the past 30 years, been responsible for nurturing a fantastic array of talent. But the MVAs will not just be a celebration of creativity and technical ingenuity. Some will see it as a celebration of survival…
Vilhelm Hammershøi and the Poetry of Silence
The first ever UK retrospective of the work of Vilhelm Hammershøi is showing at the Royal Academy of Arts in London until 7 September writes Katya Kan and features over seventy paintings by the Danish artist. Hammershøi’s works are famed for conveying an atmosphere of equanimity and mystery: therapeutic by nature, his paintings almost lull the viewer into an absent-minded daze…
Creative Futures Bursary Project: Roel Wouters
For almost 20 years, Creative Review has been encouraging the next generation of talented creatives through our annual Creative Futures scheme in which we celebrate the promise of a selection of emerging talent in visual communications.
This year’s crop of Futures were selected by the CR editorial team – our only criteria were to find individuals or teams who we feel have an extremely bright future ahead of them and who are indicative of the future direction of the industry.
Just before Christmas, each of our selected Futures gave a talk at one of three Creative Futures events. We invited everyone coming along to the talks to bring a piece of work with them – an image, some text, even a piece of music. We then asked each of our Futures to produce a new piece of work responding to the experience of being selected for the scheme, giving their talk and to the work brought along. These projects were funded by a bursary provided to each Future by CR and PlayStation. Over the next week or so we will be posting up the resulting pieces of work plus documentaries on each Future, made for us by Fallon…
Creative Futures Bursary Project: Aries Moross
For almost 20 years, Creative Review has been encouraging the next generation of talented creatives through our annual Creative Futures scheme in which we celebrate the promise of a selection of emerging talent in visual communications.
This year’s crop of Futures were selected by the CR editorial team – our only criteria were to find individuals or teams who we feel have an extremely bright future ahead of them and who are indicative of the future direction of the industry.
Just before Christmas, each of our selected Futures gave a talk at one of three Creative Futures events. We invited everyone coming along to the talks to bring a piece of work with them – an image, some text, even a piece of music. We then asked each of our Futures to produce a new piece of work responding to the experience of being selected for the scheme, giving their talk and to the work brought along. These projects were funded by a bursary provided to each Future by CR and PlayStation. Over the next week or so we are posting up the resulting pieces of work plus documentaries on each Future, made for us by Fallon. Here are two new pieces of work by Kate Moross…
All Deya: meet the artist behind the best beer brand going
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
Less jargon, more joy: The new rules of B2B voice
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
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
Is women’s sport at a creative tipping point?
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