Top Cat appears in Halifax ad
The bank is the latest brand to use childhood nostalgia to sell its products.
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Creative Review has partnered with the Berlin School of Creative Leadership to offer one reader the chance to win a partial scholarship to its Executive MBA in Creative Leadership
IYA Studio and Jack Cunningham’s playful identity for children’s brand eenymeeny
Design studio IYA and Jack Cunningham’s playful identity system for children’s brand eenymeeny features a pair of colourful characters brought to life with animation
Offset returns to Dublin
Creative festival Offset returns to Dublin next month, with three days of talks by designers, illustrators, photographers, digital artists and animators. Here’s a look at this year’s line-up…
Animations bring Radio 4’s ‘Life Inside Islamic State’ series to life online
Radio 4 commissioned Scott Coello to create animated versions of the station’s recent diary series titled ‘Life Inside Islamic State’. The animations form part of a wider push by Radio 4 to reach new audiences online using film.
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Introducing the Creative Leaders 50 scheme
A new scheme from Creative Review, in partnership with Workfront, to celebrate, educate and inspire those who are leading creative businesses, organisations and teams. And we need your help
Uniform constructs a paper world for the Greenwich Peninsula regeneration project
In a bid to move the world of property development away from glossy brochures and dodgy CG renders, Uniform has created an interactive experience for the Greenwich Peninsula regeneration project which offers up an animated, paper-like vision of the entire site.
Are you a brilliant new director? Then you might want to enter this…
D&AD’s Next Director Award aims to discover and showcase the next generation of talented directors from around the world. This year’s awards is chaired by Great Guns chairman and exec producer Laura Gregory: we checked in with her about what advice she would give to aspiring directors today, and what she is looking forward to seeing in the entries this year…
Unmasking a killer: Noma Bar’s animated ad for NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Graphic artist Noma Bar’s animated film for NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital uses animation to highlight its pioneering work in using immunotherapy to fight cancer.
Becky & Joe, Aardman, Psyop and more create models of children’s imaginary friends for V&A Museum of Childhood show
For a new exhibition, the V&A Museum of Childhood in London has worked with ad agency AMV BBDO to bring to life a set of imaginary friends, with help from some of the UK’s finest modelmakers…
CR Annual: see our entries so far
All the entries that we have received so far to this year’s CR Annual are now available to view online. You have until January 29 to join them
Building the world’s largest dinosaur: how Hello Charlie created a CG Titanosaur for David Attenborough’s latest documentary
Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur, which aired on BBC One on Sunday, documented the discovery of more than 220 Titanosaur bones on a farm in Argentina. Design studio Hello Charlie created a CG model of the creature for the show, using 3D bone scans, expert illustrations and rare skin samples…
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