Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
BBC Creative has once again created a craft masterpiece for its trailer for the forthcoming Winter Olympic Games, held in Milano Cortina. Set in the frozen landscapes of the Dolomites, and drawing inspiration from the Olympic torch, the film depicts the athletes’ intense efforts via glowing trails that are left in their wake. The campaign sees the BBC’s in-house agency...
Coming off a busy year as R/GA chair and global CCO, Tiffany Rolfe, our jury president for creative tech in this year’s CR Annual Awards, suggests when there’s so much change in the air, it’s “on all of us” to create what comes next...
Recent studies have shown that between 1990 and 2021, anxiety disorders among young people around the world have increased by approximately 52%. There is a confluence of contributing factors to consider here, but at the centre is undoubtedly the major role that the internet and social media plays in the lives of children and adolescents. In recent years, we’ve been...
The lead creatives behind the iconic artwork reflect on the cigarette- and alcohol-fuelled photoshoot that would define a generation...
Recent studies in the emerging field of neurogastronomy have shown that music and food share a special relationship, with the length, tone, pitch and other qualities of a piece of music reportedly affecting what and how we eat. This research has informed the music that is played in restaurants and cafés around the world, but how do you apply these...
The visual language of food has long fed the imaginations of artists and designers alike – think of Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans or Paula Scher’s classic hot dog poster for New York’s The Public Theater. Now, another of the city’s cherished institutions, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), is putting food design front and centre with a curated concept...
What can be better than sitting in the sunshine and listening to some of your favourite designers and creatives share their work, opinions and ideas? This is what visitors to Offf Barcelona, now in its 26th year, have come to look forward to each year. Taking place at its usual venue, Disseny Hub Barcelona, from April 16-18, this year’s line...
Rebrands are often judged in seconds, but built over months. Here experts from Koto and How&How share how they shape, explain and protect brand work in an age of constant commentary...
Designer Jens Marklund has worked with Ogilvy, Apple and Airbnb, but faced a whole new set of challenges when he decided to launch his own brand, Small Act...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has decided that the best way to cut through the noise of financial warnings isn’t another stern voiceover or bullet-pointed disclaimer. It’s a seven-foot animatronic seal. Created with M+C Saatchi, the FCA’s latest campaign – catchily titled ‘Check if it’s real, before you seal the deal’ – introduces consumers to the regulator’s new Firm Checker...
People are quick to judge a product’s quality by how much it costs. So to shift the conversation, Ikea’s latest campaign aims to get consumers to focus on the quality of its products, without being influenced by the brand’s reasonable prices. Created by Mother and shot by photographer Marloes Haarmans, the campaign comprises a series of OOH posters featuring Ikea...
Heritage is hugely valuable but is not enough on its own for a brand to survive today – instead they must move beyond nostalgia and be relevant to contemporary culture too, says Campfire’s co-founder Alex Brown...
