“Photography can be a thing unto itself. It’s more than documentation.» Dean Chalkley discusses how his 2005 portrait of Noel Gallagher marked a personal turning point in terms of culture and photography The post My breakthrough moment: Dean Chalkley appeared first on Creative Review....
New photo book explores one of Britain’s most famous ‘alien abductions’
Dubbed ‘Britain’s answer to Roswell’, the Pennines-based market town of Todmorden has become both the spiritual home and physical meeting place for Britain’s ‘ufoists’. Drawn in by Todmorden’s well-above-average incidences of reported UFO sightings and unexplained events that many chalk up to meddlings from extraterrestrial life, these enthusiasts find much to pore over in the West Yorkshire spot. There’s Todmorden’s...
This hypnotic film festival short is an encyclopedia of cinema history
The promo for this year’s edition of Sweden’s Göteborg Film Festival stands out for a couple of reasons: one being the festival’s historic predilection for stunts. This year, it’s planning to hypnotise its entire audience, while previous editions have seen a viewer spend a week alone in a lighthouse watching back-to-back films and people watching horror films in a tomb....
What advertising is still getting wrong about casting
We speak to Mother ad agency and Road Casting about the dos and don’ts of casting ads – from opening up the process to more diverse talent to recognising the need for nuanced storytelling The post What advertising is still getting wrong about casting appeared first on Creative Review....
Great Work: Flare Audio engages the autistic community
Flare Audio designed Calmer as an in-ear device that reduces stressful frequencies. In an always-on world which constantly bombards us with noises and distractions, its appeal seemed universal – but the team hadn’t drilled much further down into specific audiences. “It soon became apparent that we received an awful lot of positive feedback from people who were hypersensitive to sound,...
Great Work: Flare Audio engages the autistic community
Flare Audio designed Calmer as an in-ear device that reduces stressful frequencies. In an always-on world which constantly bombards us with noises and distractions, its appeal seemed universal – but the team hadn’t drilled much further down into specific audiences. “It soon became apparent that we received an awful lot of positive feedback from people who were hypersensitive to sound,...
Great Work: Flare Audio engages the autistic community
Flare Audio designed Calmer as an in-ear device that reduces stressful frequencies. In an always-on world which constantly bombards us with noises and distractions, its appeal seemed universal – but the team hadn’t drilled much further down into specific audiences. “It soon became apparent that we received an awful lot of positive feedback from people who were hypersensitive to sound,...
Great Work: Flare Audio engages the autistic community
Flare Audio designed Calmer as an in-ear device that reduces stressful frequencies. In an always-on world which constantly bombards us with noises and distractions, its appeal seemed universal – but the team hadn’t drilled much further down into specific audiences. “It soon became apparent that we received an awful lot of positive feedback from people who were hypersensitive to sound,...
Great Work: Flare Audio engages the autistic community
Flare Audio designed Calmer as an in-ear device that reduces stressful frequencies. In an always-on world which constantly bombards us with noises and distractions, its appeal seemed universal – but the team hadn’t drilled much further down into specific audiences. “It soon became apparent that we received an awful lot of positive feedback from people who were hypersensitive to sound,...
New Balance rethinks what it means to be a runner in new campaign
There’s been a spate of fitness ads rooted in realism in recent months. Even the originator of earnest voiceovers and endurance metaphors, Nike, changed tack when it celebrated the joy of being rubbish at sport as part of its Play New campaign. While January used to be a time of shaming people into joining the gym, New Balance is the...
New Balance rethinks what it means to be a runner in new campaign
There’s been a spate of fitness ads rooted in realism in recent months. Even the originator of earnest voiceovers and endurance metaphors, Nike, changed tack when it celebrated the joy of being rubbish at sport as part of its Play New campaign. While January used to be a time of shaming people into joining the gym, New Balance is the...
Aude Bertrand on why “copying” is nothing to be ashamed of
Aude Bertrand ascribes the narrative quality of her illustrations to her love of cinema. Based in Montpellier in France, the creative graduated in film before she even started studying illustration, but like most in her profession, she tells us she’s “been drawing since I was a kid … I’ve always done artistic activities for fun, whether it was music, video or...






