Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
Created by VCCP London, the new film for Dairy Milk focuses on an exchange between a father and daughter. Set in a garage where the daughter is doing the nightshift and her dad is filling up his car, the spot uses few words to express a loving, if seemingly slightly complex, relationship. We might be a long way away from...
The green bird and blue type that were the focal point of the holiday brand’s previous identity have been replaced with a softer colour palette and a tree-shaped symbol that DesignStudio says harks back to the company’s mission of reconnecting guests with nature. Center Parcs Europe has 29 holiday destinations across mainland Europe, including Parcs in the Netherlands, France, Germany...
Creative Review’s Annual Awards are back for 2023 and, like every year, are celebrating some of the best examples of commercial creativity. Our awards cover a range of disciplines, spanning everything from big rebrands and ad campaigns through to music videos, websites, apps, title design, PR, and the list goes on. Our judges assess entries to find the most powerful,...
David Abbott may have retired from advertising in 1998, but fresh from producing a new podcast series about the legendary adman, Ben Kay explains why his work is as relevant today as it ever was...
The witty new campaign is centred around a TV spot which aired in the UK over the Christmas break, and sees characters in a period drama distracted by scenes in a kitchen where a Gousto meal is being prepared. All the typical period drama tropes are on display, including a pair of star-crossed lovers who are pursued by an over-bearing...
Since opening in 2020, Basehall has become a hotspot for hungry Hong Kong residents and visitors. So much so that parent company, HongKongLand Properties, recently unveiled a second, larger site in the same building which brings together 13 independent food and drink concepts. To coincide with its opening, London-based studio Otherway was tasked with rethinking what an East Asian food...
Publicis Groupe’s CCO of APAC, Africa and the Middle East discusses how non-profit projects give an impression of countries and cultures that falls short of reality...
As BBC Creative’s Tim Jones and James Cross join forces with Chapter MD Alastair Marchant on new agency Meanwhile, they discuss how in-house life prepared them for launching a business during a recession...
The Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta re-assesses the artist’s influence on visual culture in the wake of his ever-increasing popularity (the publisher’s press release points out that his Egyptian Queen painting broke records in 2019, when it sold for $5.4m). Known for his contributions to fantasy and science fiction magazines of the 50s and 60s, as well as his portrayal...
Six months into her role as vice president creative director at Collins, the former Pentagram partner talks to us about why it’s good to be uncomfortable...
Despite its inherent gravity, the term ‘climate crisis’ can all too often feel like an abstract, vast and impersonal entity. Which is why we need photographers like Gideon Mendel, who document its terrifying consequences in a way that feels very personal indeed. The photographer has been documenting flooding since 2007, making 20 trips to 13 countries that demonstrate how the...
Raysa Fontana’s illustration manages to feel nostalgic but timeless; cute but somehow a bit off-kilter and strange. Her muted colour palettes and simple linework might give her images the feeling of a kid’s book that’s been left in the attic to fade, if it wasn’t for the energy that bubbles beneath the surface. Known online by the pseudonym Desktopgirl, Fontana...
