Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
In recent years, football culture has been endlessly aestheticised, commodified and mined for content. But a new book by Topsafe, Over Land and Sea, is more interested in the real fans who live and breathe the beautiful game day in, day out. Designed by Studio Asel Tambay with creative direction by Freddie Fraser Forsyth and Saskia Whinney, this 340-page shrine...
Olympic branding has changed dramatically in the digital era. Ahead of the 2028 Games, the LA28 design team tell CR about creating a visual identity built to adapt across platforms, audiences and the city itself...
For those of you not counting down the weeks, days and indeed minutes, the FIFA men’s World Cup gets underway on June 11. Which means the major sporting sponsors are once again battling for attention and cultural relevance. While adidas went big earlier this month with a star-studded, street-style throwback, Nike are harking even further back to launch their three-way...
In their new book, graphic designers Katharina Sussek and Jens Müller examine how colours, symbols and typefaces shape how we perceive companies and products – and why originality still matters...
As the historic London institution turns 125, its creative director and CEO discusses laying the foundations for a new kind of cultural destination...
Through his studio 12 Pentagons, Jon-Paul Wheatley has built a cult design brand around one of sport’s most familiar objects, attracting the attention of adidas, Burberry and others along the way...
Designing for designers is never the easiest task, so it makes sense that when looking to create a bold new identity for the NGLM Group, Gärde Design looked to history: specifically the lettering on Rome’s epic Trajan’s Column, which has long been an influence for modern typefaces. NGLM Group brings together heritage Swedish design brands including Nordiska Galleriet and Länna...
Inspired by the boldness of Korean cuisine, US-based food brand Korean Bros has worked with branding agency Truffl to develop a punchy and playful look for its products. The work saw the designers at Truffl create a full brand identity, packaging system and wider visual language to help Korean Bros stand out on the shelf. Describing Korean food culture as...
The artist talks to Gem Fletcher about the complexities of identity and the elusive nature of photography, which presents itself as fact, but always “captures something that has already shifted, already disappeared”...
A D&AD Pencil remains one of the most coveted awards in the commercial creative industries, with the non-profit organisation having a truly global reach, as evidenced by the entries to this year’s awards, which came in from 89 countries, the highest number in the awards’ history. Earlier this week, D&AD held a number of panels and talks in venues across...
Originally published from 2002-03, the short-lived but highly influential magazine is being reissued as a single volume by Idea. CR meets its founder...
As sports brands compete for cultural relevance, photography is moving away from polished action shots and instead towards imagery shaped by fashion and documentary. CR speaks to those working in the industry about the changes and the challenges...
