Creative Review articles from December 2006

Creative Review archives from December 2006

Editorial: December 2006.(importance of sharing ideas and thoughts)(Editorial)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... How many of your fellow designers/creatives are sitting hunched over their Macs, headphones on, plugged into their own private world? Whatever happened to conversation? Discussion, bouncing ideas of one another is a vital part of the creative...

Tribute letters to the late great Alan Fletcher.
December 1, 2006... Last month we printed an array of tributes to the late great Alan Fletcher from his fellow designers. More have been added online at CR Blog. Here is a small selection: Sixties London fomented revolutions - social, political and cultural -...

Swiss Made.
December 1, 2006... In 1992, the artist Ben Vautier represented Switzerland at the World's Fair with a text painting of the phrase "La Suisse n'existe pas". Seemingly questioning the existence of a single definitive Switzerland, his words could equally apply to...

Game on for The IT Crowd.(changing trends of video games)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Remember when loading a computer game involved a tape player and a lot of patience? Well, that mid-80s era of computer gaming is the inspiration for the menu system and interface for the new DVD release of the first series of TV comedy, IT...

We are Family.
December 1, 2006... Photographed over a period of five years, Stefan Ruiz's book of portraits, People, is an eclectic body of work, covering politics, celebrities and a collection of images of his family. Linking the photographs is Ruiz's raw, pared-back style...

db help Sci Fi to boldly go.
December 1, 2006... Early next year dixonbaxi will release the results of a six-month project for the Sci Fi Channel: a series of 48 images aimed at inspiring the channel's creative teams. The images will also act as a collection of brand statements that can be...

We built Johnnie Walker's android.
December 1, 2006... The mill recently completed work on their biggest job since playstation mountain, the new johnnie walker ad starring a rather refined android. we caught up with chris rabet about his role in the mill's 3d team CR: What is your job title?...

Crit: December 2006.
December 1, 2006... This month our panel discuss the new Totally London campaign from agency RKCR/Y&R, set to go up on poster sites around Italy, Germany and Spain This month's panel Marksteen Adamson is a partner at identity and branding agency...

We Came, We Saw, We Ate.(Alliance Graphique International Congress in Japan, September 2006)
December 1, 2006... The AGI Congress in Japan was a feast for the eyes as well as the stomach. By Jennifer Towndrow Wilson Jennifer Towndrow Wilson reports back from the 2006 AGI Congress in Japan plus, Pick of the Month and booksTokyo in autumn is like Tokyo...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Wall wallchart.
December 1, 2006... As The Guardian's last series of its much-copied wallcharts descended into self-parody - Salads anyone? - the inevitable piss-take arrived. From design studio Sell! Sell! comes what else but a wallchart of walls. From your common-or-garden...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Lucha Loco party.
December 1, 2006... Not your average book launch this. Sure, there was beer, nachos and dips but you couldn't help noticing the two 200lb-plus men slugging it out in a ring in the middle of the room. Despite being in Leicester Square, this wasn't some drunken...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Poetry Essentials.
December 1, 2006... Faber & Faber's Poetry Essentials is a rather fine collection of ten volumes of verse from some of the UK and Ireland's most celebrated voices. To complement the quality of the poetry, Darren Wall (of Wallzo studio) commissioned a range of...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Worldchanging book.(Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century)(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Published by Abrams, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century is a hefty guide to the most innovative solutions for tackling some of the world's biggest problems. Written by a series of esteemed commentators, and with the now...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Vogue Cover Archive.
December 1, 2006... In celebration of its ninetieth anniversary issue, British Vogue ran a gatefold cover featuring 90 of the 1500+ covers it has produced over the years. To accompany this, the magazine has created an archive of its favourite covers online,...

BOOK REVIEW: Chaumont 2006.(International Poster and Graphic Arts Festival in Chaumont, France)(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2006... For the fourth year running, the catalogue of the International Poster and Graphic Arts Festival in Chaumont, France is available as a handy paperback book. Bringing together the best of the work shown at the festival, this new edition for...

BOOK REVIEW: Typography and Graphic Design.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... This authoritative tome on the history of graphic forms is a solid foundation for any study of the history of design. Roxane Jubert, a French art historian, has charted the evolution of visual communication from the first marks made on cave...

BOOK REVIEW: Pictograms, Icons & Signs.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Rayan Abdullah and Roger Hubner's Pictograms, Icons & Signs provides a broad introduction to the history of pictograms, looking at the pioneers of the design form, such as early traffic signs and the sporting signs used at the 1936 Olympic...

BOOK REVIEW: The Playbook.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... The Playbook is a collection of images by photographer Alex S Maclean taken over the last 30 years. The images are a departure from Maclean's usual work, which comprises aerial photography projects dealing with environmental and...

BOOK REVIEW: Left to Right: The Cultural Shift from Words to Pictures.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2006... As its subtitle suggests, David Crow's Left to Right tackles the rise in the primacy of imagery over words over the last 50 years. Beginning, primarily, as a result of television, and later with the introduction of screen-based technology in...