The Berlin-based digital artist works with AI and AR to create surreal portraits and filters. She talks to us about ethics, beauty, and the exchange between analogue and digital The post Digital artist Claudia Rafael on painting with code appeared first on Creative Review....
Petra Collins on embracing her inner darkness
The photographer and director is renowned for defining the last decade’s pastel-hued, coming of age aesthetic, but is now returning to her roots with a book of subversive, erotic fairytales The post Petra Collins on embracing her inner darkness appeared first on Creative Review....
Illustrator Brian Blomerth celebrates the history of mushroom lore in new book
The Wassons are widely acknowledged as popularising the use of psychedelic mushrooms in the US. They not only brought them back to the country from Mexico, where the couple were researching their use by the indigenous Mazatec people, but also wrote about their experience in a Life magazine story. In his introduction to the book, author and mycologist Paul Stamets...
Illustrator Brian Blomerth celebrates the history of mushroom lore in new book
The Wassons are widely acknowledged as popularising the use of psychedelic mushrooms in the US. They not only brought them back to the country from Mexico, where the couple were researching their use by the indigenous Mazatec people, but also wrote about their experience in a Life magazine story. In his introduction to the book, author and mycologist Paul Stamets...
Illustrator Brian Blomerth celebrates the history of mushroom lore in new book
The Wassons are widely acknowledged as popularising the use of psychedelic mushrooms in the US. They not only brought them back to the country from Mexico, where the couple were researching their use by the indigenous Mazatec people, but also wrote about their experience in a Life magazine story. In his introduction to the book, author and mycologist Paul Stamets...
Exposure: Nail Artist Sonya Belakhlef
In art director Gem Fletcher’s latest column highlighting talent within the photography industry, she profiles New York-based nail artist Sonya Belakhlef, who works with both editorial and commercial clients The post Exposure: Nail Artist Sonya Belakhlef appeared first on Creative Review....
The many faces of Samuel Fosso
For nearly five decades, the photographer has experimented with fashion and performance to create resonant self-portraits. Here, he talks about opening a studio aged 13, adopting personas and his fashion industry crossovers with discount chains and luxury brands The post The many faces of Samuel Fosso appeared first on Creative Review....
Janette Beckman book chronicles 40 years of pop culture rebellion
Mod girl, London, 1976. All images courtesy Drago Publishing Recognisable faces and countercultural movements appear alongside one another in the monograph, which has been released by Drago Publishing. As well as the likes of Debbie Harrie, Boy George and Slick Rick, Beckman has selected images of BLM protesters, Dior models and Camden punks – all shot over the course of...
Shelter ad highlights the challenges faced by the homeless at Christmas
While many Christmas ads this year have been focused on the opportunity for family and friends to come together again after the restrictions that were in place in 2020, this film from homelessness and housing charity Shelter paints a different picture. Centred on the relationship between a mother and her teenage daughter, it initially seems to tell a fairly typical...
The CDP guide to making great ads
Peter Levelle, director and former head of TV production at the storied Collett Dickenson Pearce, shares the ad agency’s gospel – including handling difficult clients, keeping creatives happy, and adopting a punishingly scrupulous approach to ideas The post The CDP guide to making great ads appeared first on Creative Review....
How I Work: Gabriella Marcella, founder of Risotto Studio
The founder of Risotto Studio, the Glasgow print shop devoted to the glories of printing and paper, talks about the bustling art scene in the city, the beauty of keeping things small, and her house style The post How I Work: Gabriella Marcella, founder of Risotto Studio appeared first on Creative Review....
A new campaign uses travel posters to tackle anti-Asian hate crime
The US is in the midst of an anti-Asian crisis, with hate crimes against Asian people increasing by over 70% last year according to the FBI. To help combat this worrying trend, agency Droga5 has teamed up with the Asian American Foundation and its Hope Against Hate community programmes on a pro bono campaign that addresses the question many Asian-Americans...





