Creative Review articles from February 2003

Creative Review archives from February 2003

A hard act to follow. (Editorial/Letters).(David Kester leaves D&AD)(Editorial)
February 1, 2003... When David Kester took over as D&AD chief executive in 1994, he joined an organisation that was a far cry from today's professionally run body. D&AD had only just begun to emerge from the trauma of 1992 when Tim Delaney confronted long-term...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2003... CAN WE TALK? Thanks for the wonderful cover [shown] and article on Peter Saville in the January issue. It was great to see the materials and ideas behind such well-known pieces of work revealed: I'm amazed at how fastidious he was n...

New design. (First Sight).(striking menus for Harvey Nichols restaurant)
February 1, 2003... 1 HARVEY NICHOLS MENUS These striking menus for Harvey Nichols restaurant, The Fifth Floor, were created by London-based design studio Michael Nash. Designer on the project, David Hitner, chose a combination of stock photography (which was...

New advertising/promos. (First Sight).
February 1, 2003... 1. PET SHOP BOYS PROMO BY MARTIN PARR Following previous efforts by Wolfgang Tillmans and Bruce Weber, Pet Shop Boys and Parlophone have commissioned photographer Martin Parr to direct the promo for new track, London. The song's lyric "We...

Innocence guides orange thanks to CR. (First Sight).(poster campaign)
February 1, 2003... "Over the past year we've been looking at the Orange brand to try and get some focus and order back," says Mark Smith, creative director at Innocence, the London branding agency created by Omnicom specifically to work with Orange. "We did some...

Opie walks out on selfridges. (First Sight).(Julian Opie becomes the latest artist to have his work adorn a Selfridges store)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... After Sam Taylor-Wood's Wrap in 2000, Julian Opie becomes the latest artist to have his work adorn a Selfridges store. In a joint project with Marks & Spencer, Selfridges have asked Opie to create a massive site-specific artwork for its...

Omnipotent voice of E4. (First Sight).(Clare Price has shot a series of idents for E4)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Ex-Creatve Future Clare Price has shot a series of idents for E4. The films, commissioned by Brett Foraker, announce forthcoming programming on the channel. "It occurred to us there is never any interaction with the voice-over in this kind of...

Creative Review is organising a series of three evenings dedicated to type and typography, sponsored by Agfa Monotype. (News in Brief).
February 1, 2003... Creative Review is organising a series of three evenings dedicated to type and typography, sponsored by Agfa Monotype. The first will explore new type design and be held on 19 February. Designers Jonathan Barnbrook, Julian Morey and Robin...

E4 and Creative Review invite you to enter EStings, a showcase for innovative filmmaking. (News in Brief).
February 1, 2003... E4 and Creative Review invite you to enter EStings, a showcase for innovative filmmaking. All you do is go to www.channel4.com/estings, to download an entry form plus the E4 logo and sound files. Then, make a six to ten second sting on any...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
February 1, 2003... Our December showcase featured The OXO Food Book. Unfortunately, we omitted to credit Exposure who were responsible for the concept and art direction. Also in December, we gave the wrong web address for Fontworks: it should be www.type.co.uk.

One to watch: Ivan Bird. (First Sight).(cinematographer)(Interview)
February 1, 2003... The plan never was to become a director. For the past 20 years, cinematography has more than satisfied the creative urges of Ivan Bird. He's not bad at his craft either, starting out as a stills assistant and working his way up through the...

I recreated Hector's house: modelmaker extraordinaire Mark Ward talks to gavin lucas about his role on the one account's series of Hector's house commercials. (First Sight).(Interview)
February 1, 2003... CR: What is your profession? MW: I'm an SFX supervisor for Asylum. CR: How old are you? MW: 35 CR: How long have you been doing what you do -- and how did you get started? MW: I originally studied furniture-making at...

Of mice and men: Levi's is to mark its 150th anniversary with a new range. Paula Carson reveals BBH's plans to promote it while, over, we review Levi's ad heritage. (First Sight).(Company Profile)
February 1, 2003... LEVI'S TURNS 150 THIS year. To celebrate, the brand is launching a range that it claims encapsulates its very essence. Type 1 jeans and accessories are characterised by the exaggeration or enlargement of all the details associated most strongly...

Arts and entertainment: each month we will explore a different theme bringing you the latest and best work produced in that area from around the world.
February 1, 2003... 1. A haunting, clever Coldplay promo from Oil Factory director Jamie Thraves that shows him once again as something of a master when it comes to suspenseful videos. Shot for track The Scientist, it opens with singer Chris Martin waking on a...

Advertising's top creatives: a new exhibition from the IPA and D&AD aims to prove that women can have a successful career in advertising.
February 1, 2003... THE THORNY ISSUE OF attracting more women into advertising agency creative departments is one that has received great play both within the industry and in the media (not least in CR). Successive D&AD presidents have made it their number one...

Not just a cock and bull story.(illustrators fight to protect their work)
February 1, 2003... WHEN JASPER GOODALL'S ILLUSTRATION FOR A NEWSPAPER SEX SURVEY WAS PUBLISHED, IT WAS LACKING ONE IMPORTANT DETAIL. PAULA CARSON EXPLAINS WHY THIS EPISODE IS SYMPTOMATIC OF A SERIOUS ISSUE FACING ILLUSTRATORS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS IF IT WASN'T SO...

Hippie chic.(60s-influenced revival in style)
February 1, 2003... THE WHEEL OF STYLISTIC FASHION IS TURNING ONCE MORE AS A GROUP OF INFLUENTIAL ILLUSTRATORS TURN THEIR BACKS ON VECTOR-BASED CLEANLINESS IN FAVOUR OF A 60S-INFLUENCED REVIVAL OF ORNAMENT AND HAND-CRAFTING. IT'S A REVIVAL OF A REVIVAL. ONCE...

It's a people business: a new breed of recruitment and HR consultancies are freeing up creative companies to concentrate on the things that they do best.(human resources)(Industry Overview)
February 1, 2003... IN A PARTICULARLY fraught episode of British TV sitcom, The Office, David Brent offers up another pearl of managerial wisdom and, for once, manages to address a substantial issue. "What is the single most important thing for a company?" he...

Poetry in motion: Stanza's multi-sensory experiments have earned him a growing reputation as one of the web's most intriguing innovators.(a.k.a. Steve Tanza)
February 1, 2003... STANZA'S WORK SPEAKS FOR ITSELF," says Yoshi Sodeoka of New York-based new media design company c404 of this net artist and musician. "It doesn't need much explanation, which sets it apart from the over-conceptualised net art projects that you...

Still life: many photolibraries offer fine art images in their archives, but actually using one is not as simple as you may think, as Sarah Saunders explains. (Buying Art).
February 1, 2003... OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS fine art has become a marketable commodity. No longer confined to the pages of expensive art books, images of art are now routinely used in annual reviews and advertising campaigns, and on mouse mats, tea towels and a...

Ten years of vision in print. (Reviews Seen).(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... Art director Lee Swillingham revels in Visionaire's oh-so-lavish pages Visionaire has appeared in many different guises over the years, from plastic-cased calendars to Louis Vuitton-clad portfolios, but this unique publishing project has gained...

A towering achievement. (Reviews Seen).(The Two Towers review)(Movie Review)
February 1, 2003... Effects guru, Jon Hollis, casts an expert eye over The Two Towers I was probably the last person in London to see this film. I decided to wait until after the popcorn-guzzling, nacho-eating hordes had been because I loved The Fellowship of...

Shazam. (Pick of the Month Seen).(mobile phone service, Shazam)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... FROM SHAZAM ENTERTAINMENT That irritating feeling when you hear a song, but can't remember the name is officially a thing of the past thanks to mobile phone service, Shazam. This facility allows mobile users to identify songs and artists...

Anti-Americanism. (Pick of the Month Seen).(protests against America and the imminent war with Iraq)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... FROM MECCA-COLA/DAILY MIRROR Two very different protests against America and the imminent war with Iraq, both making their point via branding and marketing. French entrepreneur Tawfik Mathiouthi's Mecca-Cola offers believers a means to...

Fray Bentos commercial. (Pick of the Month Seen).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... FROM MOTHER Lean meat and Fray Bentos have never been particularly cosy bedfellows, a circumstance beautifully embellished in this new commercial for the tinned pie-makers, It features an array of partially-clad curvaceous beauties aping...

Hell is for heroes promo. (Pick of the Month Seen).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... FROM EMI:CHRYSALIS/WEAPON? Ostensibly, this promo, screened on MTV2 for track You Drove Me To it, is typical Nu Metal fodder: live band, Inter-cut with scenes of moshing audience, singer leaps into crowd, blood drips from... who cares...

Food Network campaign. (Pick of the Month Seen).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... FROM NICEBIGBRAIN, NEW YORK The Food Network isn't the sexiest of clients but that hasn't stopped New York agency nicebigbrain from dreaming up this entertaining "Food lovers made fresh daily" campaign. In one spot, a young man marries a...

Vandalsquad.com. (Seen Pick of the Month).
February 1, 2003... From LESS RAIN According to the graffiti legend himself, Banksy's trademark stencilling style emerged as he sought a method that satisfied his need to create the most striking image in the smallest amount of time, ie before the police came...

B of the Bang. (Seen Pick of the Month).(sculpture B of the Bang in Manchester)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... FROM THOMAS HEATHERWICK STUDIOS Come August, Manchester City Football Club might not be the only new residents of the City of Manchester Stadium, home to last year's Commonwealth Games. Planning permission granted, sculpture B of the Bang...

American express spot. (Seen Pick of the Month).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... FROM OGILVY & MATHER Deserted road, man in phone box making call, Mel Torme crooning: "I lost at love before, but you said try Just once more". Definitely a sorry case of woman dumps man and leaves him with no place to stay we presume. But...

G2 covers. (Seen Pick of the Month).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... FROM THE GUARDIAN Not since it ran both crosswords in the same section has The Guardian provoked outrage on the scale of its Fuck Cilia Black cover. Gillian Wearing's offending artwork (above right) was one in a series of covers for the...

Well-Written And Read. (Reviews Seen).(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... Dakini books, [pounds sterling]29.95 Marking the fifteenth anniversary of the Economist's ongoing poster campaign. Well-Written And Read (an example with a rare use of blue shown, 2) charts the history of the phenomenally successful and...

Hot or Not. (Reviews Seen).(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... KesselsKramer, [euro]19.50 Erik Kessels of Dutch agency Kessels Kramer initiated this experiment with 12 of his photography students from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. The group submitted photographs and made-up descriptions of...

Making and Breaking the Grid. (Reviews Seen).(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... Rockport, [pounds sterling]34.99 A thorough and meticulously researched layout design workshop, Making and Breaking the Grid was compiled by New York-based graphic designer Timothy Samara. It explores the importance of the traditional...

The Disney poster book. (Reviews Seen).(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... Disney Editions, [pounds sterling]26.50 Tony Anselmo began a lifelong obsession with Disney Studios aged only four, after seeing Mary Poppins at a local theatre. Growing up an avid and lifelong collector of Disney film posters, he began a...

Wolfgang Tillmans. (Reviews Seen).(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... Phaidon, [pounds sterling]24.95 This luxurious tome studies the work of the photographer dubbed Mr Zeitgeist" by German magazine ART for his studies of youth culture. Debuting in 1995 with a series of style magazine portraits, few would...

Rock Roll.
February 1, 2003... Many of our readers will be most familiar with Julian Morey through his type design: in 1999, Morey founded the Club 21 foundry noted in particular for its eclectic array of dot matrix, LCD, stencil and typewriter faces -- including Checkout,...