Trends of 2024: The year in artificial intelligence
AI has remained the number one talking point across the design and advertising industries this year, as creatives grapple with the realities – both positive and negative – that it brings
The best book cover designs of the year 2024
Writer and editor Mark Sinclair chooses his favourite cover designs of 2024 and reflects on the year in books
The best album art and design of the year 2024
Our favourite album artworks and designs for 2024 involve introspection, illusion, and bucketloads of green
The best magazine covers of the year 2024
This year saw publications create evocative and entertaining covers that addressed everything from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the visual evolution of Rihanna. Here are ten of our favourites
Trends of 2024: The year in social
In a year where even the most chronically online among us struggled to keep up with the trend cycle, the smartest brands still found engaging and entertaining ways to speak to audiences on social
The best movie posters of the year 2024
Designer and writer Daniel Benneworth-Gray looks back at the year in movie advertising, highlighting his ten favourite posters in 2024
Trends of 2024: The year in advertising
In a turbulent year for the advertising industry (and the world in general), we saw controversy, celebrities, AI drama and lots of lots of sports ads
The best games of the year 2024
This year saw ‘cosy’ gaming and indie puzzles continue to grow in popularity, while AAA games found new (and not always successful) outlets in the world of live action film and TV
The best music videos of the year 2024
Total mayhem, absurd panic attacks, personal tales and beautifully alive paintings: CR picks the ten best promos of the year
Trends of 2024: The year in branding
This year, we saw some welcome shake-ups in the face of ‘blanding’ – and no end of controversial redesigns
Trends of 2024: The year in photography
Gem Fletcher looks back on a difficult year in the world of photography, as economic pressures and changing tech converged to squeeze the industry from all sides. Yet some incredible work was still produced
The best advertising campaigns of the year 2024
It’s been another rollercoaster year in the world of advertising, with campaigns causing outrage and delight in equal measure. Here are our favourites of 2024