As Nintendo’s landmark console turns 30, designer Tim Girvin looks back on one of gaming’s great branding what-ifs: the lost Ultra 64 system...
Manual’s future-facing identity for the Obama Presidential Center
In 2023, husband-and-wife design duo Tom Crabtree and Patricia Callaway were awarded the most coveted of creative briefs: designing a visual identity for the Obama Presidential Center. Their studio, Manual, spent the next three years on the project, with the results unveiled this month. The Center, which was set up by the Obama Foundation, sits on 19 acres of land...
Meet Sastre, a new typeface shaped by tailoring and nature
A new text typeface from NM type brings together influences from traditional craftsmanship and the natural world. Called Sastre – the Spanish word for tailor – the family was originally developed by designer María Ramos while she was studying at the University of Reading in 2014, and is now being released publicly for the first time. Co-founded by Ramos and...
Ace of Hearts on the power of creativity and new ways of paying for it
Now one year old, the agency set up by Richard Brim, Polly McMorrow and Martin Beverley is developing a new agency model packed with experimentation and flexibility...
Exposure: Olivia Crumm
Speaking to Gem Fletcher, the photographer shares the story behind her series Wake, which has been shortlisted for the Aperture portfolio prize, and discusses family, grief and the psychology of making portraits...
World’s first Museum of Youth Culture opens in London
Do you remember what it was like to be young? The Museum of Youth Culture (MOYC), which opens its doors to the public on June 20, wants to take you there. Back to a more innocent time, free from the tedious trappings of adult life, when going out and having fun was your primary concern. Occupying a newly designed 6,500...
Women’s Aid ad highlights post-match domestic abuse
In the run up to England’s opening game against Croatia at the FIFA World Cup 2026, Women’s Aid partnered with creative agency Elvis to release The Other Kick Off, a new campaign looking to spotlight the correlation between major football tournaments and domestic abuse. Following the charity’s previous campaign for the 2022 World Cup, titled He’s Coming Home, this new...
Why Dept started its own apparel line
The creative company has been producing its own high-end line of merch for several years now, and this year is running a souvenir shop at Cannes Lions...
Bristol’s radical spirit informs Bristol Dockyards rebrand
The museum in Bristol that houses Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s seminal steamship, the SS Great Britain, has undergone a rebrand courtesy of design agency How&How. Following years of declining visitor numbers, and restricted by an experience that felt out of touch with the spirit of the city, the museum has been renamed Bristol Dockyards, and given a fresh identity in keeping...
The changing voice of sport
For decades, sports brands spoke in the language of discipline, sacrifice and winning. As our relationship with sport evolves, CR looks into how brands are rethinking the tone of voice they use to inspire, motivate and connect...
Aer Lingus launches emotive new poster campaign to celebrate 90 years
The new campaign marks 90 years since Aer Lingus’ inaugural flight in 1936, which carried just five people across the Irish Sea. The airline has since grown to serve over 100 destinations across the UK, Europe and the USA. Rather than focus solely on the service though, Uncommon has taken an emotional approach to the brief, creating a campaign that...
David Hockney and the eye attached to the mind
There is something quietly devastating about losing David Hockney. He wasn’t just an artist but a reminder that looking is a skill, and that joy is serious work. He spent more than six decades insisting on this fact, whether through the depiction of the Yorkshire light or Californian swimming pools. He even kept an iPad beside the bed so he...