Now in its 19th year, the Creative Review Annual celebrates the best in creative thinking. One of the most respected and trusted awards in the commercial arts, it serves to demonstrate the vital role that design and creativity plays for business in driving innovation and growth. Each year it showcases the best work of the year from Advertising, Design, Digital,...
The cultural influence of Spike Lee
The acclaimed filmmaker has dipped his toe into advertising, teaching and even brand-building during his four-decade career. As he releases his first monograph, we look at how he became a pop culture icon The post The cultural influence of Spike Lee appeared first on Creative Review....
Jason and Ivan Reitman team up to direct charming Apple holiday ad
Apple’s holiday ad Saving Simon is a simple tale of a young girl’s quest to keep a snowman alive, in the face of a belligerent brother and changing seasons. Her parents look on with stoic calm as she forms a close bond with her frosty friend, and in turn carries the audience along with her. The film is the latest...
Seven ages of a creative: Michael Wolff
Designer Michael Wolff has played a considerable role in shaping our understanding of modern branding. Here, he reflects on why good relationships and trust are crucial in design The post Seven ages of a creative: Michael Wolff appeared first on Creative Review....
New Bonobo track Otomo gets frenetic music video
Roller skater Harrison Peterkin is the star of the music video for Otomo, Bonobo’s new single with producer O’Flynn, which is directed by Dave Bullivant. The track’s introduction and choral bridge offer moments of respite in the visuals as Peterkin glides around serenely. However, the tension soon builds back up through his expressive movement on roller skates, eventually culminating in...
Ollie Macdonald Oulds’ art reflects the hum of everyday life
“My brothers and I were allowed to draw on one wall in our childhood home. I think that really encouraged us to have a crack, and validated the purpose. I can also recall being about five years old and pointing out corrections to my mum’s Batman she was drawing for me,” says Ollie Macdonald Oulds, “insisting that his eyes needed...
Jay Cover illustrates the weird and wonderful brand world of Woset
Selling everything from wooden building blocks to explorer helmets (a creative interpretation of a bucket hat), Woset is all about creating a world of imaginative items for children. The brainchild of husband and wife duo Brad and Jenna Holdgrafer, the brand creates products that aim to spark storytelling, enable open play and have multiple uses. The founders and art directors...
Seven ages of a creative: April Greiman
Transmedia artist April Greiman blazed a trail in computers when everyone else was convinced they would kill design. She explains why she’s always looking forward The post Seven ages of a creative: April Greiman appeared first on Creative Review....
Multidisciplinary designer Sablā Stays on embracing change
We speak to the New York native about meandering between the paths of fashion, graphics and art direction, plus her ever-evolving collaboration with Solange at creative agency Saint Heron The post Multidisciplinary designer Sablā Stays on embracing change appeared first on Creative Review....
Photography project Eye Mama captures motherhood during the pandemic
Eye Mama is a global photography project that invites anyone who identifies as a mother and is an artist or photographer to showcase their experiences during the global pandemic. The project was realised by Israeli-British photographer Karni Arieli after the UK went into its first lockdown last year. “During that I was quite sick, but as I was getting better...
Brainstream is a mind-tingling new experience by AATOAA
The online experience plays out like an interactive animated film, inviting participants to tickle the brain of D – who’s broadcasting her innermost thoughts and feelings. As the introduction to Brainstream explains, it’s set in 2028, when Health Canada has released an anonymous platform that lets people stream their cerebral activity. Viewers are invited to use their mouse cursor, or...
Seven ages of a creative: Graham Fink
The ad creative behind iconic work for British Airways, Dixons, Land Rover, and more reflects on 40 years in advertising, being the agent for the world’s first social humanoid robot, and the fast pace of our intoxicating digital future The post Seven ages of a creative: Graham Fink appeared first on Creative Review....







