For her latest series, Sophie Ebrard immersed herself in the contested world of bullfighting, documenting young torero Lalo de Maria and the rituals that exist beyond the arena ...
Bao Fast Foods rethinks fast food through open-source design
Since Bao launched over a decade ago in an east London car park with just a cool box and a gazebo, the brand has grown into seven restaurants across the capital. This June, the group is launching Bao Fast Foods (BFF), a new venture that reimagines fast food through the lens of Taiwanese convenience-store culture. But BFF is also being...
Football icons get the Ghanaian movie poster treatment
Presented by A Store Like 94 and Oof, a new exhibition titled Fantasy Football is celebrating legendary footballers through the vibrant aesthetic of Ghanaian hand-painted movie posters. Running at The Art House in east London until July 8, the exhibition showcases newly commissioned works by eight artists – Bright Obeng, C A Wisely, Daniel, Heavy J, Magasco, Nii Bi Ashitey…...
The Conversation: How to make World Cup ads great again
As brands compete for attention during football’s premier event, four leading creatives discuss why they keep playing the same game, which campaigns stood out in 2026 and how advertisers can keep pace with fan culture...
Taylors champions its coffee-crazed customers in new campaign
British tea and coffee brand Taylors has been producing and selling coffee for the last 140 years, and is a household name in many homes across the UK. The brand has garnered a loyal customer base, and recently made the decision to celebrate this group in a new campaign titled Welcome to the Family. Developed in collaboration with creative agency...
For aural use only: Happy Mondays’ greatest album is now a giant pill
Happy Mondays’ Pills ‘N’ Thrills and Bellyaches is being reissued this August courtesy of London Records, giving fans the opportunity to own not just the record but a unique design object: a giant pill packed with a rave whistle, acid blotter art, a mock MDMA purity-testing kit and a credit card. Created as a limited-edition companion to the newly remastered...
Football meets forest conservation in gravity-defying WWF film
While all eyes are on the World Cup for the next five weeks, WWF are taking the beautiful game somewhere it has never been before: a rainforest canopy. Created by Studio Birthplace, Team Forest transforms a stretch of Indonesian rainforest into a vertical football pitch, with players sprinting across the forest floor, scaling towering tree trunks and traversing high above...
The evolution of the type launch
From microsites to physical objects, foundries are rethinking how typefaces are introduced. CR speaks to a handful of studios turning type design into a creative practice that shapes how fonts are understood...
New campaign recruits barbers in fight against skin cancer
Melanoma Focus, the UK’s leading skin cancer charity, has launched a new campaign aimed at transforming visits to the barbershop into potentially life-saving moments. With one in four melanomas in men presenting on hard-to-see areas such as the scalp and neck, the charity believes barbers could be a first line of defence against skin cancer. Developed in collaboration with M+M...
BBC crafts love letter to fandom in World Cup trailer
The BBC has unveiled its campaign for the FIFA World Cup 2026, taking a handcrafted approach to football fandom by turning everyday objects of support into stages for sporting immortality. Created by the BBC’s in-house creative agency, BBC Creative, Let’s Make It Iconic centres on a mixed-media film created in collaboration with production company Blinkink and illustrator Dan Evans… Source...
How On became more than a running brand
The Swiss sportswear company is redefining performance marketing through creativity, culture and community. CR speaks to On’s CMO Alex Griffin to understand why the approach has cut through...
Is the camera obsolete? Belfast Photo Festival wants you to decide
The festival’s provocative new exhibition invites the public to choose between smashing up, saving or simply interacting with manual cameras...