Technology

CR April 16: The Health Issue

Our April issue examines the role of creativity in healthcare, from the latest tech to the design of hospitals, the role of illustration in Gray’s Anatomy and a controversial new brand that’s shaking up the feminine hygiene sector

Watch the trailer for new film Graphic Means

The first trailer for the documentary film Graphic Means: A History of Graphic Design Production has just been released. Directed by Briar Levit, the film explores the huge changes that took place in graphic design from the 1950s through the 1990s – from linecaster to photocomposition and paste-up to PDF.

Website to promote Tom Clancy’s The Division game demonstrates how quickly society could collapse

Ubisoft has released a new site to promote its long-awaited new game Tom Clancy’s The Division. The game has a post-apocalyptic setting, taking place after a virus has killed millions and destroyed society. The Collapse website, created by BETC, acts as a preamble to this, using real data to show how quickly our world could descend into chaos in the event of a deadly pandemic.

LCC students pitch to help promote Africa’s 8000km Great Green Wall

As a swathe of green trees and plants continues to be planted across Africa as part of the Great Green Wall project, the UN and venturethree have invited students from LCC to help draw audiences’ support and investment through a series of experimental installations, apps, events and more

Hungry? There’s an app for that…

Whether it’s deciding what to eat tonight, managing allergies or intolerances or tackling the problem of food waste, there are food apps to meet all our eating needs. Writer and designer Craig Grannell picks his favourites from the app store for CR and looks at the issues facing developers in the sector.