Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
Irina Rozovsky’s new photo book In Plain Air, published by Mack, beautifully portrays Prospect Park in Brooklyn as both a social hub and place of tranquility. The series was born out of a small epiphany Rozovsky experienced in 2010 when she took a motorboat out on the lake to the south of the park. From the water, she could see...
The pair had the idea for the Think Food Bank project after noticing that most donation stations are placed, unhelpfully, by supermarkets’ exits – meaning many people only see them once their shop is done and paid for. To encourage shoppers to remember food banks while they’re still browsing the aisle, the two designers created a set of illustrated stickers...
Hosted by London’s Omer Tiroche Gallery, the exhibition comprises work by Andy Warhol, Ed Ruscha, Sol LeWitt, René Magritte and James Rosenquist, all of whom began their practice in the commercial world. The exhibition contextualises the boom in advertising in the 1920s alongside the birth of Surrealism, and aims to show how commercial and fine art movements intersect – such...
Writer and author Mat Groom shares the story behind his parallel careers in branding and comic books, including the unexpected connections between the two and his thoughts on the rise in side hustles The post The surprising links between comics and branding appeared first on Creative Review....
Art director Gem Fletcher showcases the photography of Miranda Barnes, whose work is rooted in social justice and examining narratives of Black life The post Exposure: Miranda Barnes appeared first on Creative Review....
“The name of the song, j0_0j, can be translated to ‘Jouj’. That means ‘two’ in Moroccan Arabic,” explains animator Franz Impler, the brains behind the new music video for Zouj (aka Adam Lenox)’s new track. “For me the song is about standing inbetween two worlds and the process of entering a new one,” Impler adds. “I tried to translate this...
Ria Money Transfer has been handling money transfers since 1987, when it opened its first tiny outpost in New York City. Thirty-four years later and the company is helping people across the world send funds to more than 160 countries, allowing cash to be sent as a bank transfer or cash pickup. Although well established, prior to its rebrand the...
Since its beginnings in the 1940s, the lowrider tradition has provided a platform for Mexican-Americans to express themselves. With their extended bodies and low to the road roll, the cars have become the vehicle of choice for cruising, a popular pastime in many American communities. Today, there are tens of thousands of lowriders in Los Angeles alone, but the movement...
The New Yorker creative director talks about his first job in the industry and how to avoid predictability in editorial design The post How I Got Here: Nicholas Blechman appeared first on Creative Review....
The book captures the strange, wordless exchange the pair shared from their respective home towns of Amsterdam and Beijing, which has been transformed into a set of split-screen postcards, published by Atelier Éditions, that others can tear out and send on. Author Kingston Trinder has assembled the archive of imagery into a kind of bizarre narrative, bringing together photographs that...
The new #painstories campaign from Libresse (known as Bodyform in the UK) delves into endometriosis, a little discussed – and often undermined – condition where tissue similar to the lining of the womb starts to grow in other places, including the ovaries and fallopian tubes, causing great pain. It affects one in ten women in the UK. Created by AMV...
Last month saw Royal College of Art MA graduate Dimitris Armenakis finally able to release his graduation film All You Can Eat in full online. Initially created in 2019, Armenakis’ film was selected for more than 40 international animation and film festivals, as well as receiving a couple of nominations. “Animation and film festivals are a great experience for filmmakers,...
