Creative Review articles from April 2007

Creative Review archives from April 2007

Editorial: April 2007.(Editorial)
April 1, 2007... Some questions that I am sure we will get asked about this issue: Why is there no cover on my magazine? Part of the message of this issue is that taking sustainable design decisions can not only save resources but also produce a more...

2823 Text Messages and 60 Postcards.
April 1, 2007... Last year, New York-based designer Nicholas Feltron took 2721 photos (5.8% of which were posted on Flickr), played 26,059 tracks in iTunes, had 859.5 drinks (293 of them being Stella Artois) while visiting 94 New York bars and read 3761 book...

Lead Between The Lines.(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... With contributions from type designer Freda Sack and design writer Rick Poynor, Lead Between The Lines is a new publication attempting to create a dialogue about typography and language between students and the design industry. The book...

The Art of Not Being Seen.(Camouflage)(Brief article)(Book review)
April 1, 2007... According to the writer Gertrude Stein, when Pablo Picasso first laid eyes on a camouflaged cannon in Paris during the First World War he exclaimed "C'est nous qui avons fait ca!" - "It is we who created that!" Picasso's reaction...

This Is Living.
April 1, 2007... The Pan-European launch of the new PlayStation 3 is a considerably grander affair than the simple TV spots of its US counterpart, with a multi-media campaign containing over 40 pieces of content, including viral films and a six-minute-long...

We print... football's first green programme.
April 1, 2007... Manchester City are the first football club in the UK to produce their match day programme in an environmentally sustainable way. Gavin Lucas asks Anthony Rowell of the club's printer, Polar, about the project CR: What is Polar's role on...

One to watch: Thoughtful.
April 1, 2007... Thoughtful was born on Christmas Day last year. Its founders, Chris Jeffreys, James Graham and Stuart Price, were previously senior creatives at design studio, The Chase. The trio describe the company as "a new ideas agency for the twenty-...

Towards creative activism.(promoting green businesses)
April 1, 2007... Companies whose stories are real, compelling and smartly designed are starting to shine. Sarah Rich of World Changing explains how Creative Review's readers can help genuinely green businesses to thrive Conscious consumers in the modern...

Saving the planet. 0pen 24 hours.
April 1, 2007... Instead of a logo, Sophie Thomas and Kristine Matthews drew up a manifesto to express their studio's identity. It states their interests as: Design for communication. Smart concepts. Groovy colours. All challenges relished. All media...

Some Not So Clever Ideas.(Favela chair)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... In direct contrast to Martino Gamper's beautifully quirky reinventions looms the decadent nonsense that is the Favela chair. Designed by current furniture design darlings, the Campana Brothers, it must surely be one of the most fatuous...

How to be green(er).
April 1, 2007... We asked graphic designer Caroline Clark, co-founder of online resource Twig, to give us her recommendations for how you can work in a more environmentally sustainable way. As graphic designers, we care passionately about how our designs...

CR AND THE ENVIRONMENT.(Creative Review magazine)
April 1, 2007... A year ago, we launched E-CR, a downloadable, PDF version of the magazine that contains all the content from the printed edition but uses no paper, no ink and a fraction of the energy. In terms of lessening our environmental impact, persuading...

How green is your apple?
April 1, 2007... The creatives' favourite computer may not be as beautiful on the inside as it is on the outside. by Eliza Williams Last September, Greenpeace launched a campaign against Apple that has proved as controversial as it has been successful in...

Birth of the recycling logo.
April 1, 2007... The first ever recycling logo, the now iconic Mobius loop symbol, had rather low key beginnings. It was designed in response to a 1970 student competition sponsored by Container Corporation of America (CCA), a manufacturer of cardboard boxes...

Seeing green.
April 1, 2007... Ad agencies are realising that going green makes financial as well as ethical sense. by Eliza Williams Going green is rapidly becoming a crucial issue within the advertising and production industries. No longer seen as the preserve of...

Promising the earth.(BP and Royal Dutch Shell's new brand images)
April 1, 2007... In 2000, bp's ads began to promise to go "beyond petroleum". Now Shell are claiming they use their CO2 emissions to grow flowers. Is it all a lot of hot air? asks Gavin Lucas JWT has just unveiled a new commercial for oil company Shell....

We can't go on like this.
April 1, 2007... Mark Sinclair looked at how design can help to reign in the mountain of plastics, glass and paper We tried an experiment a few weeks ago. Each of the CR editorial team would save all the packaging they received at work and consumed at...

This is where our work ends up (well, some of it).(recycling unsold copies of Creative Review magazine)
April 1, 2007... So what happens to unsold copies of CR, or those put out for recycling? Most go to Aylesford Newsprint, a mill in Kent that produces 400,000 tonnes of recycled paper a year. Mark Sinclair went to see it in action From the walkway that...

Design of the World.
April 1, 2007... Designers have a responsibility to be environmentally-aware and to instigate change in the wider world, says Anna Gerber Anna Gerber gets her hands dirty down at Commonwork, a farming community seeking to raise eco awareness, plus, Pick of...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Ryan Gander lecture posters.(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... Former Creative Futures winner Zak Kyes designed these posters (in collaboration with Wayne Daly) for a talk given by the artist Ryan Gander at the Architectural Association. In keeping with Gander's conceptual practice, which explores ideas...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Lynx Neutron ads.
April 1, 2007... Over the last few years, TV viewers have become accustomed to "the Lynx effect", the frankly unlikely power of a mass-market deodorant to drive women to displays of unbridled lust, clothes-shedding and groovy dancing. BBH's latest campaign...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Alter Ego book.
April 1, 2007... The word "avatar" derives from the Sanskrit for "descent" and was originally used to refer to the visible forms that the Hindu gods took on when visiting the mortal realm. In the late twenty-first century, geeks - sorry, the online game...