During lockdown, Marina Willer and Stuart Watson turned their house into a home for painting, doodling, monster-making and music. Here they talk about being creative as a family, and why making work for pure pleasure is essential The post Marina Willer and Stuart Watson on ‘aimless’ creativity appeared first on Creative Review....
Penguin gives Antonio Tabucchi a fresh look in new series
Penguin Modern Classics has published three books by the Italian novelist and translator Antonio Tabucchi, who died in 2012: Requiem: A Hallucination; Pereira Maintains: A Testimony; and Little Misunderstandings of No Importance and Other Stories. Tabucchi is best known for his 1994 novel Pereira Maintains, which Philip Pullman described as “the most impressive novel I’ve read for years … truly...
Projects Office builds new space for young mental health patients
London-based architects Projects Office has created a radical new Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) unit in Edinburgh, which challenges assumptions about “how healthcare environments should look and feel”. The new unit comprises outpatient facilities for 5-18 year olds and an in-patient unit for 12-18 year olds. The space has been purposely made colourful, light-filled, playful and practical. Projects...
The ad agencies that launched during a pandemic
As part of our series about creative businesses set up during lockdown, we speak to three newly-launched ad agencies to find out why they took the risk and how they’ll do things differently The post The ad agencies that launched during a pandemic appeared first on Creative Review....
How creativity could take us into space
Advances in science and technology mean space travel and tourism could become as normal as hopping on a flight. But what role does design and creativity play in transforming humans into a space-faring, multi-planetary civilisation? The post How creativity could take us into space appeared first on Creative Review....
Cillian Murphy stars in immersive film installation at MIF
If there’s a signature thread that ties together the eclectic works that have appeared at the Manchester International Festival over the past 14 years, it’s a desire to push at creative boundaries, with the artists, designers and musicians commissioned by the festival regularly asked to step out of their comfort zones and create new styles of work. This blurring of...
Cillian Murphy stars in immersive film installation at MIF
If there’s a signature thread that ties together the eclectic works that have appeared at the Manchester International Festival over the past 14 years, it’s a desire to push at creative boundaries, with the artists, designers and musicians commissioned by the festival regularly asked to step out of their comfort zones and create new styles of work. This blurring of...
Cillian Murphy stars in immersive film installation at MIF
If there’s a signature thread that ties together the eclectic works that have appeared at the Manchester International Festival over the past 14 years, it’s a desire to push at creative boundaries, with the artists, designers and musicians commissioned by the festival regularly asked to step out of their comfort zones and create new styles of work. This blurring of...
Cillian Murphy stars in immersive film installation at MIF
If there’s a signature thread that ties together the eclectic works that have appeared at the Manchester International Festival over the past 14 years, it’s a desire to push at creative boundaries, with the artists, designers and musicians commissioned by the festival regularly asked to step out of their comfort zones and create new styles of work. This blurring of...
Cillian Murphy stars in immersive film installation at MIF
If there’s a signature thread that ties together the eclectic works that have appeared at the Manchester International Festival over the past 14 years, it’s a desire to push at creative boundaries, with the artists, designers and musicians commissioned by the festival regularly asked to step out of their comfort zones and create new styles of work. This blurring of...
Cillian Murphy stars in immersive film installation at MIF
If there’s a signature thread that ties together the eclectic works that have appeared at the Manchester International Festival over the past 14 years, it’s a desire to push at creative boundaries, with the artists, designers and musicians commissioned by the festival regularly asked to step out of their comfort zones and create new styles of work. This blurring of...
Cillian Murphy stars in immersive film installation at MIF
If there’s a signature thread that ties together the eclectic works that have appeared at the Manchester International Festival over the past 14 years, it’s a desire to push at creative boundaries, with the artists, designers and musicians commissioned by the festival regularly asked to step out of their comfort zones and create new styles of work. This blurring of...



