Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
Studio DBD founder Dave Sedgwick came up with the name for the eatery – which is located in Prestwich – after delving into historic maps of the area and discovering it was once home to a water well. He says it’s also a gentle nod to the challenges of setting up a new business in the midst of Covid. Sedgwick...
Global Women New Zealand‘s campaign for this year’s International Women’s Day saw the platform highlight the ‘motherhood penalty’ in a short animation directed by Passion Pictures director Anna Mantzaris with Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand. The film builds on the concept of the director’s 2019 short film Enough and sees humorous workplace-based sabotage play out to illustrate there is almost...
In new book The Design of Race, Peter Fine discusses how technology, graphic design, typography and photography have all influenced ideas of race in America The post Tackling graphic design’s relationship with race appeared first on Creative Review....
Morten Morland has sketched the political landscape for almost 20 years. Here he discusses what’s changed in cartooning in that time, and why it’s important to send up all politicians equally The post Morten Morland on satirising the news appeared first on Creative Review....
New York-based designer Alex Merto says he got into graphic design by accident. Deeming himself a failed student in high school without a “clear path to anywhere”, he spent a lot of time making music in various bands and designing album art along the way. He eventually moved from California to New York to study at the School of Visual...
Fashion is often perceived to be a serious business, but a wave of brands and creatives are tapping into their sense of humour for ad campaigns and visual communications. We explore what has prompted the industry’s changing tastes The post How fashion found its funny side appeared first on Creative Review....
Although the number of single mums in the UK remains disproportionately higher than that of single dads, families with lone parent fathers have been rising at a faster rate over the past two decades. Portrait photographer Harry Borden’s new book Single Dad, published by Hoxton Mini Press, sheds light on this parenting setup through intimate images of 48 fathers and...
Two decades on from his seminal series Raised by Wolves, Jim Goldberg’s new book, Fingerprint, looks back at his time spent documenting California’s forgotten youth with a collection of previously unseen polaroids. Here, the photographer discusses what he’s learned The post Jim Goldberg on reflection and reinvention appeared first on Creative Review....
Shot across a number of locations in North-West England, the film captures the important role that Sunday League football can play in men’s lives, and how the absence of the game during the UK lockdown may have contributed to mental health issues. The film combines footage of pitches and dressing rooms that are currently lying dormant with audio interviews where...
In The Lonely Orbit, a man leaves home for his dream job as a satellite technician. Feeling isolated, he constantly texts old friends but with his mind elsewhere, his work suffers, and things start to go wrong with the satellites he’s looking after. The short was created by Zurich-based animation studio Team Tumult, a team of six long-time friends and...
Graphic designer and creative director Zak Kyes has brought ideas to life for publications, cultural institutions, and modern day visionaries like Frank Ocean and Virgil Abloh. He talks to us about his journey The post How I Got Here: Zak Kyes appeared first on Creative Review....
The story goes that there’s only one written copy of Rolfsen’s recipe for kringla, a type of Norwegian pastry that dates back to the 1800s. While the recipe in its material form might be a precious rarity, the new Norwegian bakery (or bakerï) has immortalised the pastry in its logo, which sits at the heart of its new identity created...
