Creative Review articles from August 2006

Creative Review archives from August 2006

Editorial: August.(Editorial)
August 1, 2006... Looking through this month's issue, the sharp-eyed amongst you may notice quite a few words underlined in red like this. And some red arrows like this . You may be mystified. You may be annoyed. I shall explain. They are simply devices to...

LETTER: Type Museum Needs Help.(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2006... Anyone following the story behind the Type Museum's funding struggle will be saddened to know that the museum is now closed to the public. Messages and queries to the contact details cited in Bruno Maag's article My Type of Place (CR July)...

Rick Poynor: an apology.(Correction notice)
August 1, 2006... Creative Review would like to make clear that, contrary to the assertions made in a letter from Quentin Newark published in our July issue, Rick Poynor has never advocated unlawful behaviour, either by the Seattle protesters or anyone else....

LETTER: Classic Problem.(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2006... Hats off to Phaidon. They've done an amazing job with their new compilation of Design Classics. It is chock-full of comprehensive information and imagery documenting some of the world's best ideas and their product realisation. And it...

LETTER: Stop Whingeing.(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2006... Come on, two months on the trot of whingeing Blackpool designers? [Letters May and June] Is the Pleasure Beach ident really so bad that it's worthy of not one but two letters? Possibly the real reason behind your letterwriters' angst is...

Happiness is in a Bottle.
August 1, 2006... Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam's new global campaign for Coca-Cola launches this month, sporting new tagline, Coke Side of Life. "It was really difficult to put a tagline on this brand, it's had 120 different tags before," explain creative...

CR Comes To Selfridges.(Creative Review)
August 1, 2006... If you happen to be passing Selfridges in London's Oxford Street over the next two months, check out the window on the far left: you may spot some of our Creative Futures winners hard at work in there. Creative Review and Selfridges have...

Documenting Club Culture.
August 1, 2006... As a child growing up in Leicester, photographer Chris Coekin went to numerous working men's clubs with his parents, in both his hometown and across England when on family holidays. Fascinated by what he calls "the working class work ethic",...

Newham's Typo Tower.
August 1, 2006... London design studio Linnett Webb Jenkins worked with Bushe Associates, Architects to create the Creden Tower for a teaching support unit in Newham, east London. The tower clads a disability lift. Linnett Webb Jenkins proposed and designed...

I was the art director.(conversation with Jean-Michel Bertin )(Interview)
August 1, 2006... Jean-Michel Bertin speaks to Gavin Lucas about his role as art director in the prank-filled video for Justice vs Simian track, We Are Your Friends CR: What is your job-title/profession? J-MB: I'm a set designer and art director. I...

One to watch: iwant.
August 1, 2006... "We love the name iwant and use it without a space, as if it's being said too quickly by a spoilt child," says John Gilsenan, one half of the eponymous Stoke Newington-based design studio. Gilsenan studied fine art before turning to design...

To see and be seen.
August 1, 2006... New York design studio 2x4 combine a rigorous process with a refreshing desire to make their mark beyond the parochial world of their graphics peers. By Helen Walters "I'm interested in how designers can affect the world, not just the...

Paper planes.
August 1, 2006... Originally intended for children, Katsumi Komagata's books are now attracting the attention of design conscious adults The inspiration for Katsumi Komagata's first set of folding picture cards came when he noticed his three month-old...

The future of tv?
August 1, 2006... You won't find the world's hottest broadcaster on any television set: Eliza Williams reports on the irresistible appeal of online video site, YouTube The YouTube website (www.youtube.com) doesn't look like much, just an overly-busy,...

Let's Stick Together.
August 1, 2006... The twentieth International Poster Biennale in Warsaw exhibited fantastic work from all over the world. Mark Sinclair wonders why the UK was so reluctant to get involved Mark Sinclair attends the twentieth International Poster Biennale in...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Come Hell or High Water.(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Tsk, bloody joyriders, look at that. But no, far from being evidence of hoodie hooliganism this, dear readers, is Art. Come Hell or High Water is an installation by artist Michael Pinsky. To coincide with Newcastle hosting the World Summit...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Emmerdale campaign.
August 1, 2006... Farming and fornication-fest Emmerdale's biggest ever promotional campaign is a lavish joint effort between M&C Saatchi and ITV Creative, the station's in-house promotions agency. Chris Palmer at Gorgeous was brought in to create the on-air...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Deckchair Dreams project.
August 1, 2006... Here at CR Towers we receive an inordinate number of emails about how the current crop of hot designers have each been approached to customise a car, create an iPod cover or design their own unique pair of socks (for whatever reason). Some of...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Zoo magazine viral.
August 1, 2006... The latest viral and TV ad for men's mag Zoo errs just on the right side of uber-laddism. The premise is pretty simple. Two "employees" of the magazine tell of how they were given ten grand to spend on advertising but, surprisingly, decide...

BOOK REVIEW: Catherine Zask.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... The Zurich Museum fur Gestaltung's Poster Collection is one of the most extensive in the world, containing an archive of works dating from to the nineteenth century right up to the present day. Twelve volumes into their series of monographs...

BOOK REVIEW: Visual Communication.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... While design books aimed at students usually concentrate on design processes, techniques and applications, it's rarer to find something aimed at the same audience but that puts these skills into a wider contemporary context. This, surely, is...

BOOK REVIEW: Words Fail Me.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... While this book would keep the designer or wordsmith in your life very entertained come birthday or Christmas, it's actually much more than just a witty collection of graphically arranged word play. Designer and typographer Teresa Monachino...

BOOK REVIEW: *S,C,P,F...(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Spanish ad agency *S,C,P,F... turned ten in February and to celebrate this landmark it has produced this tome, published in both Spanish and English, which contains nine years, a month, two days and six hours in the life of the agency. In...

BOOK REVIEW: 99 Ways to Tell a Story.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... A relatively simple idea is at the core of this fascinating book by US comic artist Matt Madden who set himself the challenge of retelling the same story in 99 different ways based on an eight-panel original. Inspired by Raymond Queneau's...