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Welcome to the 2023 Annual Awards!
This year features a record 14 Winners, and over 90 Honourable Mentions.
Come and take a look here: bit.ly/3M4vwK8
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Nike has launched a futuristic AR experience with Givenchy creative director Matthew M Williams and music artist G-Dragon bit.ly/3bcNX0Q
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Posters for homeless charity @DepaulUK use corner sites for a different perspective on issues bit.ly/1P28Oih
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Webcomics are flourishing – and they have plenty to teach us about what the internet finds funny. We talk to artists Alex Norris (@dorrismccomics), @SarahCAndersen
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Denholm Hewlett chats to us about directing Reject False Icons, the new @gorillaz documentary that superbly blends the real and the imagined.
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Nike celebrated Air Max Day in 2022 with a viral 3D billboard campaign #CRtopstories2022 bit.ly/3NeEKTY
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Jamie Hewlett talks through the highs and lows of his artistic career, from creating Tank Girl to a potential @gorillaz TV series bit.ly/2DPB5b7
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Thundercat’s third album Drunk, has some magically weird album art by @zackfox bit.ly/2n8ZmTv
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Farewell, Ultra Violet: Living Coral is Pantone's Colour of the Year for 2019 bit.ly/2BSD0wY
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Shayne Laverdière shoots enigmatic character posters for @XDolan's The Death and Life of John F. Donovan bit.ly/2xtEBbB (via @Gray)
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After 3D billboards were used for everything from video games to sneakers, Alex Wilson looked at what the format offers for brands #CRtopstories2022 bit.ly/38WDupb
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.@liamwong's cyberpunk photos of nocturnal Tokyo: these images reflect an unusual and compelling vision of Japan’s capital, while also containing intriguing visual links to his former career as a games designer bit.ly/2FfGkTv
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Photographer Sianeh Kpukuyou on why she celebrates dark-skinned women in her images bit.ly/3beLOhH
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America in lists: @JaredLeto on Thirty Seconds to Mars’ new album art. We found out during the interview that he went to art school and studied graphic design before becoming an actor bit.ly/2G0pebf
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Lacoste replaces crocodile logo with endangered animals on limited edition range of polo shirts bit.ly/2oyOgYi
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Ever wondered how to develop your own unique style? Illustrator Joe O’Donnell offers some tips bit.ly/3IeuBWA
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As a celebration of all of the finest creative work, not to mention those who create and commission it, The Annual 2020 is Creative Review’s showcase of last year’s best work, across advertising, design, digital, gaming and more bit.ly/3dq316H
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The Co-op returns to its clover-leaf logo from 1968. We talk to North about why it's back bit.ly/1U6kbEZ
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Often heralded as many millennials’ first gulp of alcohol, Breezer, formerly known as Bacardi Breezer is back bit.ly/3ONbTtl
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Lagos-based photographer Rachel Seidu is inspired by her environment and favours close crops to capture the emotions of her subjects bit.ly/3vUTDCk
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With @T2Trainspotting out this week, we revisit our 2011 interview with designers behind the show's poster campaign bit.ly/2jYo7B8
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.@omse_co has created a new look for Ark - a co-living space hoping to transform the rental market bit.ly/41wIp5C
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We speak to illustrator @tomgauld about coming up with ideas, constructing jokes and telling tales with toons bit.ly/2yP4WPs
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The story of #wearehere – artist Jeremy Deller’s moving memorial to soldiers of the Somme bit.ly/29bpkBR
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It's Creative Review's 40th birthday! To celebrate, we talk to some of the creatives that have made the magazine what it is today, and profile four creative heroes who we believe are shaping culture now, including our cover designer @AnnieAtkins bit.ly/2NFxSlf
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Creating the weird and wonderful world of Good Omens: @neilhimself’s TV adaption of the apocalyptic novel boasts of delightfully kitsch visual effects. We speak to VFX studio @MilkVFX about bringing them to life bit.ly/2WY5BNT
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The tube signs at Oxford Circus have been transformed into the iconic @PlayStation symbols, as part of a stunt to celebrate the launch of the PS5 bit.ly/3kIbWnl
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The announcement we've all been waiting for! Greenery, Pantone's colour of the year 2017 reminds us to eat our veg bit.ly/2horhJx
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The @BritishMuseum's forthcoming Hokusai show will focus on work he made during the last thirty years of his life bit.ly/2qJgcY5
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Lacoste replaces crocodile logo with endangered animals for limited edition range. The Save Our Species project marks the first time that a Lacoste product has been released without the crocodile logo since it first came into use, 85 years ago bit.ly/2oyOgYi
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This year a sheep became an unexpected viral sensation. CR meets the man behind the ram, Adam Koszary, to discuss how the @TheMERL became this year’s biggest social media hit bit.ly/2SaJWeL
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Step into @radiohead’s digital exhibition bringing the band's archival artworks to life in a 3D underworld bit.ly/3nvGRIg
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As cult Twitter account @sovietvisuals is reimagined in book form, we speak to founder Varia Bortsova about her enduring infatuation with collecting remnants of life from behind the Iron Curtain bit.ly/2TZ0qsR
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Jeff Bridges is turning his lens back towards the set: the Oscar-winning actor's new photo book reveals behind-the-scenes moments from True Grit, Iron Man and more bit.ly/2MhzUbl
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If you’re a fan of classic identity designs in the British Rail canon, you’ll enjoy these new designs for Czech rail bit.ly/2ujHciw
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The winners in this year's Epica Awards, the ad and design awards judged by journalists, reflect a turbulent year bit.ly/2hGQ8OK
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Film Posters of the Russian Avant-Garde - 250 beautiful designs by some of the country's leading artists bit.ly/2yofqaK
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A treat for lovers of architecture. Perfectly symmetrical photographs of buildings in one beautifully aligned feed bit.ly/2j4wSXm
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Ben Coyle-Larner – better known by his musical moniker @LoyleCarner – is branching out from rapping to directing with his brother Ryan. Here, the duo discuss their mission to tell stories with humanity at their heart bit.ly/38FYONo
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In a slightly weird but hilarious campaign, last week @Pornhub announced a channel dedicated entirely to bee porn. The porn site hopes to raise awareness about the depleting number of bees, and why bees are importance for the environment.
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Following his witty work for Aviation Gin, actor @VancityReynolds is also showing ad agencies how to do it in a set of new spots for Mint Mobile, which he owns bit.ly/2xZf6Rw
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Belted Survivors focuses on the real-life stories of men who have survived crashes thanks to their seatbelts. This is a new road safety campaign from the NZ Transport Agency and @clemengerBBDO bit.ly/2NFHE5Q
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The best typographic Christmas cards we've received this year bit.ly/1YvUFMq (@belford_paul's shown)
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Ahead of the release of his forthcoming book of @newscientist cartoons, illustrator @tomgauld talks to us about his creative process, and why he gets a kick out of the science community bit.ly/2y5sFhM
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A look at the full artwork for Aphex Twin's forthcoming album, Syro, by The Designers Republic bit.ly/1x5lG0L
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A haunting series of photographs by Danila Tkachenko documenting Soviet ruins bit.ly/2axSusW
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Scout Editions has released a vibrant book through @Counterprint that explains the things that surround us bit.ly/3CAK4wZ
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Advertising copy is often seen as a dying art; with D&AD even binning its Writing for Advertising award this year. Yet, as Brooklyn-based ad creative Malia Bence points out, in reality it is more vital to brands than ever bit.ly/2MVVP7r
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Yuko Higuchi and Idea Oshima have reimagined A24’s folk horror flick Midsommar, as part of the film company’s ongoing series of artist-created posters bit.ly/3enXzSz
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Welcome to The Annual 2019: Alongside a panel of industry experts we have picked the best and brightest creative work of the past year, from design to digital, advertising to installations. Thank you judges and congratulations to all the winners! Dive into the winning work below.
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Michael Craig-Martin livens up the LU roundel at Southwark to mark the opening of the new Tate Modern this weekend
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Norway's lovely new banknotes ft. pixellated images of a coastline whipped by the wind bit.ly/1saqUEd
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Here We Are, the illustrated bestseller from @OliverJeffers has been reimagined for the screen in a 30-minute film created by @STUDIOAKA. We talk to director Philip Hunt about the making of the film, and the challenges of adapting a popular picture book bit.ly/2RSzRFc
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Artist John Gerrard's flag made of black smoke will screen at @SomersetHouse & interrupt @Channel4 on #WorldEarthDay bit.ly/2oOMAsy
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By Richard Jolley RT @northernsoul54 Oh I love this. RT @SimonNRicketts Private Eye cartoon. Simple, but lovely nitter.app/SimonNRicketts/status/…
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After five years at @NYTmag, @MrMattWilley is leaving to become a Partner at @pentagram. Here we talk to him about the childhood experiences and jobs that led to him landing one of the most coveted jobs in design bit.ly/38f7h7A
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Penguin books needed a logo in 1935. So designer Edward Young went to the London zoo to sketch penguins bit.ly/2hyaunX
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Eleanor Macnair began recreating famous photographs in Play-Doh on a whim in 2014. Four years later her work is being exhibited all over the world. As a new show opens in Germany, we talk to her about her “strange journey”. bit.ly/2qYeOms
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.@VancityReynolds is bringing his tongue-in-cheek charm to Mint Mobile's new ad bit.ly/2xZf6Rw
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How the graphic artists on @HighRise_movie recreated the 1970s, incl. an entire supermarket bit.ly/1Y10nag
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Photographer and former Ubisoft art director Liam Wong's new book, After Dark, captures the small hours of London, Seoul, Hong Kong and beyond bit.ly/3DJhadb
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.@MagnumIceCream has taken in an unexpectedly elegant and stylish route in its new advertising campaign, which stands out in a sea of mediocre billboard advertising bit.ly/2F0USUH
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Here's one for all you alignment enthusiasts. A collation of perfectly symmetrical architectural photographs bit.ly/2j4wSXm
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Artist and long-time Radiohead collaborator @StanleyDonwood has left his “depressing flyposters” behind, taking uplifting new artworks to the streets in ten cities across the UK bit.ly/3kjMKDD
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This month CR is celebrating the power of words, looking at everything from screenwriting to jingles and more bit.ly/31bIBbI
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Papercut artist and model maker @elliejsampson takes us through her miniature worlds bit.ly/2BkjyLI
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"The creative industries are now worth more to the UK than oil and gas, life sciences, aviation and the car industry combined. There’s nothing soft or superfluous about this sector, it’s not a ‘nice to have’" - @johnkampfner
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Designer Edward Young went to the London Zoo to find & draw a suitable penguin, that would become this iconic logo bit.ly/2hyaunX
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All 20,669 words of iTunes' Terms & Conditions have been turned into a graphic novel by @RSikoryak bit.ly/2kWE4HV
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An exhibition at San Francisco’s @Lett_Arc looks at the expansive legacy of Bauhaus type on graphic design over the past 100 years bit.ly/3sWDU6Q
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When Wipeout landed in 1995, it blew away the competition with its mix of futuristic gameplay, banging techno and crisp graphics – courtesy of @disinfoTDR. Here, we delve into the story behind the game’s visual identity with founder @ianTDR bit.ly/2rkmCmj
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All this month we're looking to the future. What will the creative industry look like in the years to come? How will our way of working change? What can we expect from tech, storytelling, design, film and other creative disciplines?
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Craig Oldham's new poster series pays tribute to the many key workers keeping the UK going bit.ly/2x8vI8N
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Formula 1 unveils a brand new identity today following the #AbuDhabiGP. We talk to @W2Optimism’s Richard Turley about the new logo and suite of typefaces that look to the heritage of the sport while aiming to drive it forward @F1 #Unleash2018 #F1 bit.ly/2hURTnQ
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If you enjoy looking at logo designs, prepare to lose a few hours with this new website bit.ly/2m29PR7
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#HailCaesar's production designer on using old school methods to make the film's lavish sets bit.ly/1QRmMRF
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Created by illustrator Holly Warburton in her trademark painterly style, No Song Without You by electronic music duo @hellohonne tells the story of a monster who is uncertain of its place in the world, and a friendly ghost who endeavours to show it the way bit.ly/3ebDnn1
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Ever felt like a fraud? Imposter Syndrome is a trait common to many creative leaders bit.ly/2bPxFYL
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Neil Krug on creating “beautifully sinister” imagery for @si_bonobo's latest album Migration
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The #LA28 Olympics has unveiled an ever-changing logo bit.ly/2EOl5fi
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.@HigherGround’s new book celebrates the rich history of its concert poster designs bit.ly/3Kukgak
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RIP the great John Berger: here's our piece on the design of the book of his landmark work Ways of Seeing bit.ly/2f16Chj
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McDonald's instantly recognisable French fries are showing the way in its new ads. @TBWA_PARIS has created the minimalist, pop-coloured poster campaign, which directs hungry motorists to get their nearest McDonald’s fix bit.ly/2ZizbKZ
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