Launched two years ago, Lego’s Rebuild the World marked the first major ad campaign from the brand in 30 years and hoped to inspire children to let their imaginations run free, using Lego bricks and figures to build the world as they’d like to see it. This week, the brand has released a new spot in the campaign, starring a...
Does the design of everyday materials deserve more credit?
Logos, exhibition design and book covers can often seem like the zenith of graphic design. Do reports, documents and catalogues get overlooked by comparison? The post Does the design of everyday materials deserve more credit? appeared first on Creative Review....
FKA twigs features in global campaign to help end violence against women
The Commonwealth Secretariat and the No More Foundation have launched Join the Chorus, a new initiative that aims to help stop domestic and sexual violence in the 54 Commonwealth countries around the world. The pro-bono project has been led by creative and social impact agency GentleForces and launches with an animated film featuring artist FKA twigs. The short is based...
An ode to America’s 20th century movie palaces
Rather than an architectural beauty, nowadays the modern cinema is usually an air-conditioned mound found in a suburban leisure park or shopping centre. While the emphasis might once have been on intricate cornicing and red velvet curtains, it’s now often on screen size and a bounty of snack options. But if you have a hankering for the charm and glamour...
Is creativity the secret to brand success in China?
MetaDesign group creative director Sally Anderson shares her insights from a decade of working in China, including why so many big brands try and fail to crack the Chinese market The post Is creativity the secret to brand success in China? appeared first on Creative Review....
How behavioural science could make branding better
Mark Hauser, applied behavioural scientist at branding agency The Team, discusses how psychology could create more effective, human-centred creative work The post How behavioural science could make branding better appeared first on Creative Review....
Good Reads: Hot Potato is the newspaper for people who don’t read news
At first glance, Hot Potato may look like your average daily newspaper, but delve inside its printed pages and you’ll find an array of striking photography, high fashion features and even satirical ad campaigns to pique your interest. The biannual(ish) publication’s founder and editor-in-chief, Naoise O’Keeffe, originally studied menswear design at Dublin’s National College of Art and Design and has...
New set of posters for Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch released
Described by Anderson as “a love letter to journalists”, The French Dispatch is set in a fictional French city in the 20th century and tells the stories of a series of articles that are published by the European outpost of an American newspaper. It is Anderson’s first movie since his glorious stop-motion epic Isle of Dogs, and is anticipated as...
Exposure: Chance DeVille
In this edition of Exposure, where art director Gem Fletcher profiles new and exciting photographic talent, she explores the work of young American photographer Chance DeVille, whose image-making uses the camera as a tool to describe and process personal trauma The post Exposure: Chance DeVille appeared first on Creative Review....
Christa Jarrold’s quirky animation explores sexual harassment via cannibalism
The one-miniute animation, titled A Dearly Bought Kiss, tells the tale of an unusual legal case from the 19th Century in which a woman bit a man’s nose off when he tried to sexual assault her. The title takes its name from the 1837 newspaper headline and story reporting on the case of Saverland vs Newton – a historic case...
New photo exhibition explores public and private identity
I Belong to This is a new exhibition at London’s Huxley-Parlour Gallery featuring the work of 17 artists, whose practice examines the relationship between who were are in private versus who we are in public, and the various threads that bond people together. The idea of belonging is a theme seen in Kurland’s own work, namely her iconic series Girl...
Is there room for ethics in design?
The devil on the ad industry’s shoulder might still say that fast fashion and oil companies aren’t so bad, but some design studios are taking an ethical stand. But can ‘good’ clients and big business can ever live in harmony? The post Is there room for ethics in design? appeared first on Creative Review....








