#SaveSheikhJarrah has been trending across social media platforms in an attempt to raise awareness of the forced evictions of Palestinians and the storming of the Al-Aqsa mosque by Israeli forces. As we saw with the Black Lives Matter protests last summer, designers have created work to express solidarity with Palestinians and to help aid understanding of the events taking place....
Inside the mind-bending world of Alice in Wonderland
The story of one of the most celebrated children’s books of all time began on a boat trip one golden afternoon in Oxford in 1862, when writer Charles Dodgson was out for the day with a group of friends, including the Dean of Christ Church College, Henry Liddell, and his family. Along the way, Dodgson entertained Liddell’s three children with...
Exposure: Vivek Vadoliya
Art director Gem Fletcher speaks to photographer Vivek Vadoliya, whose work examines new ways of looking at British Asian identity, for her latest Exposure column The post Exposure: Vivek Vadoliya appeared first on Creative Review....
John Lewis releases quirky posters with illustration by Marc Burckhardt
The poster series offers an unexpected take on some of Edinburgh’s world-famous vistas by artist Marc Burckhardt, with iconic views such as Arthur’s Seat now adorned with a giant armchair and the Ross Fountain transformed into an enormous Yves Saint Laurent lipstick. Each reimagined landmark nods to one of the newly refurbished elements of the John Lewis shop, from the...
Creatives: don’t leave your financial future to chance
Do you handle your own finances as carefully as you would a client’s budget, or your agency’s cashflow? If you see the financial side of your day job as a necessary evil, you may lack the motivation to think beyond the next few months or years when it comes to your personal affairs – never mind the next few decades....
K-Y’s sex-positive campaign champions female masturbation
With a national day or month for everything, it should come as no surprise that one has been reserved for masturbation. That’s right, in the US, the month of May is also National Masturbation Month. To celebrate this titillating holiday, K-Y has launched a new outdoor campaign in New York City’s East Village, as well as Bushwick and Williamsburg in...
Mind rebrands to reflect its “fighting spirit”
It’s been ten years since Mind last updated its branding, and in that time the mental health crisis has become more pressing – only exacerbated by the events of the last year. “There have been some hugely positive shifts in attitudes towards those of us with mental health problems, as well as increasing challenges, as more people come forward for...
The In-house Life: Evonne Mackenzie, V&A
In the latest in a series of interviews with creatives who are working in-house at brands and organisations, we hear from Evonne Mackenzie, head of design at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London The post The In-house Life: Evonne Mackenzie, V&A appeared first on Creative Review....
A family affair: How Rubbish Famzine is put together
Since its first issue in 2013, Rubbish Famzine has built a reputation for being a unique and very collectible magazine. And it’s all created by one family. Here, editor Claire Lim reflects on how the magazine first started and what the family have learned ten issues on The post A family affair: How Rubbish Famzine is put together appeared first...
Diet Coke jingle gets an update in glam new spot
When it launched in the early 1980s, Diet Coke’s ‘just for the taste of it‘ jingle aimed to reassure customers that the flavour alone was reason enough to give it a try. Almost 40 years later, the jingle is back in a new spot but given a laidback twist courtesy of Grammy award-winning artist Thundercat, known for his solo albums...
Cheese is a new magazine for the fromage fanatic
In the middle of lockdown, when many of us were discovering the joys of sourdough, Gaucho manager Jean-Baptiste Beroud was thinking about cheese – and more precisely, the lack of magazines devoted to it. So together with journalist and Voices At the Table founder Anna Sulan Masing, writer Apoorva Sripathi and designer Holly Catford, he set about making one. The...
Cheese is a new magazine for the fromage fanatic
In the middle of lockdown, when many of us were discovering the joys of sourdough, Gaucho manager Jean-Baptiste Beroud was thinking about cheese – and more precisely, the lack of magazines devoted to it. So together with journalist and Voices At the Table founder Anna Sulan Masing, writer Apoorva Sripathi and designer Holly Catford, he set about making one. The...