Following a recent rebrand and change of focus for her design business, Laura Jane Boast discusses how she lost and then re-discovered the connection with her own studio The post What happens when you fall out of love with your studio? appeared first on Creative Review....
How the Greenham Common Peace Camp banners were created
A new book published by Four Corners Books tells the story of the banners that represented the thousands of women who protested at Greenham Common, whose struggle still inspires activists today. We talk to author Charlotte Dew about their creation The post How the Greenham Common Peace Camp banners were created appeared first on Creative Review....
Penguin goes green with ethereal covers by Tom Etherington
Penguin Classics has announced the launch of its new Green Ideas series – a collection of 20 short books, all in pocket-size editions. Published at the end of August, the range of titles includes works from the likes of Michael Pollan, Naomi Klein, Wendell Berry, and Greta Thunberg. With the series, the publishing house aims to put the spotlight on...
The rise of anti design
A corner of the design world is retaliating against minimalism with an eccentric visual language evoking the early days of the internet. We talk to creative technologist Rifke Sadleir and design duo TeYosh about challenging tastes and throwing out the rulebook The post The rise of anti design appeared first on Creative Review....
Gradwatch 2021: Photographer Maria Meco Sanchez, UWE Bristol
Maria Meco Sanchez’s work sits somewhere between fiction and reality, and comes with a slightly haunting quality. Shape and shadow dance eerily in x-ray style images, or grainy black and white photographs of children and dogs that seem plucked from another time. Even the more overtly joyful moments she captures are imbued with a subtle nostalgia for lost summers. “I...
Gradwatch 2021: Illustrator Sam Wagstaff, Manchester School of Art
“I quite like cramming as much detail as I can into it,” says Sam Wagstaff, a Manchester School of Art graduate who works in a distinctive graphic novel style of illustration. It’s an approach that particularly suits city scenes, or imagery of boats, trains or clusters of buildings – all of which allow Wagstaff to incorporate minute hints of narrative....
Gradwatch 2021: Illustrator Sam Wagstaff, Manchester School of Art
“I quite like cramming as much detail as I can into it,” says Sam Wagstaff, a Manchester School of Art graduate who works in a distinctive graphic novel style of illustration. It’s an approach that particularly suits city scenes, or imagery of boats, trains or clusters of buildings – all of which allow Wagstaff to incorporate minute hints of narrative....
Goo Choki Par reflects on designing this year’s Paralympic Games posters
Tokyo-based studio Goo Choki Par is made up of three graphic designers: Q Asaba, Kent Iitaka, and Rei Ishii, and the trio regularly work on a range of projects from art direction to brand identities, digital artworks to poster design. The work is split equally and the aim of most of their projects is to visually express something in a...
Graham Coxon on his dystopian AV project Superstate
The musician, visual artist and Blur member is releasing a sci-fi graphic novel and soundtrack that straddles hope and despair in an alternate – yet familiar – reality The post Graham Coxon on his dystopian AV project Superstate appeared first on Creative Review....
How designers make food brands delicious
Whether it’s the battle of plant-based brands or the move to online shopping, designers have more opportunities than ever to tickle people’s tastebuds. We spoke with studios Robot Food and This Way Up about what it takes to create a successful food brand The post How designers make food brands delicious appeared first on Creative Review....
How to handle a PR disaster
Persuasion Communications founder Jane Austin discusses what it takes to recover from a PR crisis – and how brands can avoid bumbling into one in the first place The post How to handle a PR disaster appeared first on Creative Review....
How to handle a PR disaster
Persuasion Communications founder Jane Austin discusses what it takes to recover from a PR crisis – and how brands can avoid bumbling into one in the first place The post How to handle a PR disaster appeared first on Creative Review....





