The creatives left coping with long Covid
CR talks to some creatives who are sufferers of long Covid, and discusses how it is impacting their lives and work
How global design teams drive innovation
Working with designers with different backgrounds and experiences brings richness and diversity to the design process, says Jo Barnard of Morrama. These collaborations are vital to the future of design
Bang your head against ajar doors
Happy Thoughts: Advice for Your Average Creative is a new series of articles by Stu Outhwaite-Noel of the agency Modern Citizens, designed to take you into 2025 with a spring in your step. Here’s column three
You’re just one cog in the machine
Happy Thoughts: Advice for Your Average Creative is a new series of articles by Stu Outhwaite-Noel of the agency Modern Citizens, designed to take you into 2025 with a spring in your step. Here’s column two
Should I go in-house?
A new year often brings the desire for a career change, including trying new avenues. Here, Patrick Burgoyne, co-founder of the In-House Agency Leaders Club, tackles an increasingly common question for creatives
Why we need to join the dots between creativity and value
It has been widely proved that creativity drives business value, and yet investment in it continues to go down. It’s time agencies demonstrated its effectiveness more clearly, says Ask Us For Ideas co-founder Nick Bell
This column won’t make you famous
Happy Thoughts: Advice for Your Average Creative is a new series of articles by Stu Outhwaite-Noel of the agency Modern Citizens, designed to take you into 2025 with a spring in your step. Here’s column one
How to kick-start a creative renaissance
As we look ahead to 2025, John Roescher of design agency Raw Materials offers a blueprint of how to reject blandness and create more meaningful and innovative design
How to talk about your work (and why you need to)
We tend to think of design in purely visual terms, but how you explain your work, and the decisions that drive it, are equally important, says designer Craig Oldham
What fortune telling can teach us about advertising
We often look at palm and tarot card readers with a degree of frivolity. But having spent the last year training as a fortune teller, Trouble Maker founder Jonathan Fraser believes it’s a skill that could also lead to better creative work
Are creatives undervaluing themselves?
Jelly’s global head of artist management Nicki Field, How&How founder Cat How, and photographer Jackson Bowley share advice on knowing your worth and how that translates into getting paid fairly
Why the phrase ‘been done’ should die
It’s all too easy to kill ideas by pronouncing that they’ve already ‘been done’. But, says We Are Pi’s Rick Chant, some of the best work is born out of remixing creativity
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