Creative Review articles from April 2006

Creative Review archives from April 2006

Editorial: Patrick Burgoyne.(Editorial)
April 1, 2006... Back in June 1995, Creative Review became one of the first magazines to publish a monthly CD-Rom. Ours was not a cover-mount full of software downloads but a proper piece of digital publishing with commercials, music videos, photography,...

LETTER: Shocked at Peta Misogyny.(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2006... For a creative magazine focussing on a modern, fast-moving industry, I was disappointed by your interpretation of Peta's new "shocking" advert in the Peta Goes Udderly Wild story [March]. I understand that Creative Review needs a degree of...

LETTER: Craigen Should Learn From W+K.(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2006... This month's copy of Creative Review only dropped through my door this morning and yet I was so fired up particularly by Mr Craigen's comments in Crit, that I felt compelled to write to you right away. The latest Honda spot written by...

Sticking it to The Man.(International Sticker Awards )(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Walk down any city street and the chances are you'll spy a sticker somewhere along the way. As graffiti's slightly more acceptable cousin, stickering has escalated in popularity since the days of nicking parcel stickers from the Post Office...

Johnson Banks Puts Fun Back Into Fun Fair.
April 1, 2006... Johnson Banks has devised a suitably vibrant identity scheme for the Blackpool Pleasure Beach complex. With 7 million visitors a year, the Pleasure Beach claims to be Britain's biggest tourist attraction but visually, says Johnson Banks'...

Saville to be M&C's Agent Provocateur.
April 1, 2006... The worlds of advertising and design have long been at loggerheads, meeting reluctantly each year at the D&AD awards only to talk loudly and disinterestedly while the other takes to the podium, before retreating back to a safe distance apart....

We taped the orange spot.(Interview)
April 1, 2006... Gavin Lucas talks to Swedish directorial duo RBG6 (Joel Nordstrom and Lars Ohlin) about the making of their new spot, Tape, for Orange CR: How long have you been directing? How did you both meet and get started in this industry? RBG6:...

One to watch: Tomek Baginski.(signed by Rokkit)
April 1, 2006... It's been a busy year for 30 year-old Polish animation director Tomek Baginski. He's just been signed to London-based production company Rokkit for commercial work and last month was awarded the BAFTA for Short Animation Film for Fallen Art,...

Crit: Walker Crips.(advertisement of snack foods crtisized)(Discussion)
April 1, 2006... This month, our panel discuss the Walkers crisps redesign CR: How do you feel about the Walkers redesign? What values is it trying to express? Rodney Mylius: Well, it's a repositioning isn't it? It's a product that's under attack and...

Business model?
April 1, 2006... Are catwalk fashion shows still an opportunity for unbridled creativity or have they become cynical exercises in branding? asks Eliza Williams The haute couture fashion show is a place synonymous with flamboyant productions and...

In the name of the father.
April 1, 2006... Swedish online advertising agency Daddy launched shortly after a night of heavy drinking and shortly before the dotcom crash. Mark Sinclair talks to the founders about maintaining a sense of humour through trying, changing times "Around...

The modern world.
April 1, 2006... Modernist designers were originally derided as the "Set It Crooked School". But as a major new exhibition will reveal, their ideas have come to dominate visual communications. By David Crowley Later this month, the V&A will open its doors...

Common practice.(David Reinfurt )(Interview)
April 1, 2006... Inspired by the Open Source software movement, David Reinfurt envisions a fluid, collaborative future for design. Helen Walters met him in New York Sitting in the Cupcake Cafe, down the street from his one-room studio in midtown...

Seeing M/M, Thinking AW.
April 1, 2006... The private view for the opening of M/M's exhibition at Haunch of Venison was fabulously plastic. Cleverly, and no doubt deliberately timed to coincide with London Fashion Week (the gallery is conveniently tucked away behind the boutique lined...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Simpsons live action ident.(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... On paper it sounds simple: make a live action version of the iconic opening credits sequence of The Simpsons to use as an ad for the new series on Sky. But according to director Chris Palmer, it was anything but straightforward. "Look how fast...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Microsoft iPod packaging.
April 1, 2006... It's funny cos it's true. This uncredited little animation has been doing the rounds on design-related websites over the past month. Titled Microsoft Redesigns the iPod Package, it starts off by holding up the iPod box - not the best piece...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Make Every Drop Count.(Coca-Cola Co. (Atlanta, Georgia))(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... According to Coca-Cola's Make Every Drop Count website: "For years, conventional wisdom said that we need eight cups of water daily for proper hydration. Not so, say new scientific guidelines from the The Institute of Medicine of the...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Neubau Welt book.
April 1, 2006... This recent publication from Die Gestalten Verlag proved so popular with the design community that the first edition sold out within eight weeks. Roughly translating as Newly Constructed World, it's essentially a huge resource manual of drawn...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Nike RouteFinder.
April 1, 2006... Unlike Coca-Cola's cynical attempts to get down with the health conscious, Nike has launched an online resource altogether more in keeping with their brand. As an extension to the successful Run London event website, they've once again...