CR November: the travel and transport issue
Our November issue looks at the creative ideas and individuals who are influencing the worlds of travel and transport
Typotheque launches Arabic type foundry
TPTQ Arabic is a new foundry from Typotheque and designer Kristyan Sarkis which aims to offer new possibilities for the expression of Arabic script. We talk to Peter Bil’ak about the new venture and how its first font, Greta, establishes hierachy with weight and width of type
Helping GWR stay on track – a day with the Great Western Railway Twitter team
At the first sign of delay or disruption, disgruntled commuters turn to Twitter to vent their fury. CR spends a day with GWR’s social team to see how they cope with complaints, questions and some very strange requests
Apple Watch releases a new series of short ads, emphasising functionality
Apple has today launched a series of cute new product-demo style ads for the Apple Watch. But do they do enough to make you want to buy one?
Artist’s glow-in-the-dark bowl for new ‘wheels park’ opens in Liverpool
Commissioned for the Liverpool Biennial, Koo Jeong A’s design is coated with phosphorescent paint and opened at the city’s Everton Park yesterday
Ikea in print: on successful catalogue design
Layouts are based on research gathered from Ikea’s annual home visits around the world. “These insights are then used by our in-house interior designers to develop our room layouts … so all of our rooms are inspired by real homes,” says Johan Wickmark, manager of Ikea communications. “Each catalogue production takes about 13 months from […]
Constructed realities
Advances in technology have made sophisticated computer design and visualisation tools — once the preserve of the manufacturing industries — available to all at little cost. But what does this mean for the built environment we live in, or how we fit out our homes? Like the gale howling outside the lighthouse, the breakneck speed of technological progress has become such a feature of our lives that we barely notice it any more: the tape collection of recorded music that now fits on a flash drive smaller than your thumb, or the drawings, once painstakingly produced and rolled into tubes to be picked up by couriers, now outputted via PDF and sent over email.
CR October: the Home issue
The October print issue of Creative Review examines the ideas and organisations that are having an impact on the way we live and the homes we live in
Sharing in a series of small acts – Ai Weiwei at the Royal Academy
Ai Weiwei’s exhibition at the Royal Academy in London opens to the public today and is his largest show in the UK to date. Spanning eleven galleries, it features pieces you can walk around, structures you can peer into, and works in porcelain, marble and jade. It’s a physical show for the digital age
As the Guardian Berliner format turns ten, we look back at a decade of design change
Ten years ago this month the Guardian launched its Berliner format. We talk to its creative team about a decade of rapid change at the paper, and examine how design is now more important than ever in helping us navigate an increasingly complicated media landscape…
12 things to do and see at the London Design Festival
With so much to see and so little time to see it, the London Design Festival can be overwhelming. So we’ve picked out a few things that we think you’ll like
New Zealand bank ASB introduces a cashless money box for kids
With the rise of contactless payments and banking apps, giving kids coins for their pocket money might seem a little bit ordinary these days. Enter Clever Kash, a cute new digital money box from New Zealand bank ASB…
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