Creative Review articles from December 2005

Creative Review archives from December 2005

Letter: Macdonald replies.(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2005... I appreciated the considered responses from Jonathan Barnbrook, Sallyanne Theodosiou, Andrew Howard and Michael Johnson to my critique of graphic activism [Practise, Don't Preach and Letters]. In response to the many points made I contend...

Letter: United We Can Make a Difference.(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2005... Nico Macdonald's hit piece on graphic activism (CR September 2005) was poorly timed and misdirected. I am a designer on the left whose work was ambiguously displayed beside the article in your magazine. I have not made claims that my...

New Honda Commercial Attempts the Impossible.
December 1, 2005... After the phenomenal success of Cog and Grrr, a new Honda spot is now an advertising event. It's been a quirky year for the brand so far however, with the Wieden + Kennedy team beginning 2005 with the bizarre Dreams, which saw a group of...

Beck's Goes Back to Futures.
December 1, 2005... Leo Burnett has created a campaign for Beck's to celebrate the beer brand's now 20 year-old association with art events. For the poster element, Leo Burnett approached artists who have been involved with Becks over the years - including...

NABS Showcases Hidden Talents.(National Advertising Benevolent Society)
December 1, 2005... The hidden artistic talents of the ad industry are to be celebrated in the NABS ART show at London's Truman Brewery next month. The communications industry charity launched the initiative in order "to discover, develop and celebrate the...

I Designed The Orange dance.(Steven Hoggett)(Interview)
December 1, 2005... Steven Hoggett's background in physical theatre made him the perfect candidate to design the human movement in Orange's beautifully shot Dance spot. Gavin Lucas asks him about his role CR: What's your job-title/profession? SH: I'm an...

One to Watch: Minimaforms.
December 1, 2005... Straddling architecture, design and new media, Minimaforms was founded in 2002 by brothers Theodore and Stephen Spyropoulos and has offices in both New York and London. The duo describe the company, which produces a diverse range of work...

Crit: Gorillaz' "live" performance.
December 1, 2005... We gather expert opinion on Gorillaz' "live" performance at the MTV Europe Awards CR: What were your initial impressions of the performance? John Hassay (video commissioner and producer, Colonel Blimp): This is clearly where Gorillaz...

Headline, headline, headline.
December 1, 2005... From the catwalk to the Tate, tape is the material of the moment. Eliza Williams gets stuck in Amid the cries of "but it is art?" that always surround the Tate's annual Turner Prize, Jim Lambie, one of this year's nominees, seems to...

XKK: KesselsKramer.
December 1, 2005... KesselsKramer re-wrote advertising's rule book when it opened, some ten years ago. Mark Sinclair met up with the agency at its Amsterdam base When Dutch architect AC Bleys built his Divine Providence chapel in Amsterdam in 1882, he could...

Cover stories.
December 1, 2005... Most design monographs swagger from one triumph to another. But, by documenting his failures alongside his many successes, Chip Kidd has produced a far more interesting book. By Patrick Burgoyne "Wow! Fucking Fantastic Jacket." Blockbuster...

We Are All Creative Now.( )
December 1, 2005... Martin Cole and 40,000 others stick it to the Man in the middle of the Nevada desert Twenty years ago this past September Larry Harvey, a man down on his luck, depressed and frustrated in San Francisco, invited a group of friends to...

Antony Makes it Better.
December 1, 2005... New York conference Creativity Now was going just fine until Antony (minus his Johnsons) turned up. Helen Walters reports Much was made of the location of the third Creativity Now conference, organised by Tokion magazine and once again...

PICK OF THE MONTH: FontHunt.(FontShop)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... As part of New York's Type Week, FontShop held a FontHunt in the city. In a sort of typographic scavenger hunt, contestants were invited to scour the city for interesting type. A team led by Tyler Imoto was declared the winner and received a...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Nathan Barley DVD.
December 1, 2005... "Alright fucker?" is one of Nathan Barley's more subtle greetings and forms part of an inventive menu system for the DVD of his Channel 4 series. The ultimate Shoreditch Twat, Barley shouts it at a random passer-by as he struts and cycles...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Nike iD.
December 1, 2005... A Georgian house, in a nondescript street just north of Marble Arch, London. Nothing to distinguish it from its equally expensive yet anonymous neighbours. Until you ring the bell. Inside the room is decorated with graphic screenprints and...

PICK OF THE MONTH: IPod Video.
December 1, 2005... In just 20 days following the release of Apple's video-capable iPod, over a million video clips were downloaded from iTunes. As well as Pixar shorts and TV shows such as Lost, there are 2000 music videos available. The latter should alert...

BOOK REVIEW: Vitamin D.
December 1, 2005... Following the publication last year of Vitamin P, a survey of contemporary painting, Phaidon Press has now turned its attention to drawing, giving it the same treatment in Vitamin D. The book brings together 110 contemporary artists, chosen by...

BOOK REVIEW: Inspired.(Inspired: How Creative People Think, Work and Find Inspirationg)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2005... Where does creativity come from? Many have pondered this and few have found an answer. The authors of Inspired: How Creative People Think, Work and Find Inspiration, Dorte Nielsen and Kiki Hartmann, have taken a practical approach to the...

BOOK REVIEW: American Surfaces.
December 1, 2005... This body of work by US photographer Stephen Shore was pivotal in helping to mark a shift in the acceptance of colour photography as art in the early 1970s. Leaving his New York home in 1972, the 24 year-old Shore took his 35mm Rollei...

BOOK REVIEW: Drip-dry Shirts.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2005... Among the ever-increasing flux of graphics titles that claim to represent "the best in contemporary design", or survey "the most innovative designers of today", Lucienne Roberts' book comes as a calming influence (introductory spread,...