Creative Review articles from February 2004

Creative Review archives from February 2004

Size matters.(Editorial/Letters)
February 1, 2004... Ever since we started, back in 1980, Creative Review has kept the same, not-quite-square format. I know that not all of you like it but it has become a very strong part of our brand: so strong, in fact, that it allows us to be a lot more...

Hoping for the best.(Editorial/Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2004... For months now I have been reading the letters about graduates and the problems that they face, but it was January's article Theory or Practice? that prompted me to write in. I am in my second year of a graphic design degree and have been...

Hand to Eye.(Editorial/Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2004... In our December Gallery competition you could have won this poster by Pentagram's Angus Hyland if you were able tell us that Laurence King published his book, Hand to Eye. The winner is Al Heighton of Doncaster.

A necessary step.(Editorial/Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2004... Re Theory or Practice? [Jan], this is an issue which has been emerging within education for some time. Only recently has the issue of vocational subjects been seriously addressed within the teaching system. The general basis of allowing...

D&AD Annual sucks.(Editorial/Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2004... I scoured your piece on the D&AD Annual [Jan], searching for withering criticism of this preposterous tome. Since I could find none I feel I must provide it myself. When this leviathan monstrosity arrived in its unwieldy polystyrene...

Read this book.(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2004... As a marketer with a UK motion image library, semiotic analysis is at the heart of my approach to the creative decision-making process. I am constantly striving to improve the way in which our marketing communications relay our messages to our...

Corrections.(Editorial/Letters)(Correction Notice)
February 1, 2004... Corrections: The packaging for DVD07 omitted to credit Jan von Holleben, one of the photographers whose work is featured in the portfolio section on the disc. Also, the EI-P Stepfather Factory promo by Plates Animation featured has the wrong...

First Sight.(art and design publications)
February 1, 2004... 1-3 MISER & NOW MAGAZINE Miser & Now is a new, theme based, quarterly visual arts title published in London by the Keith Talent Gallery. Art director Christian Kusters has based his design of the first issue on the magazine's theme,...

Five go glam with La Chapelle.(First Sight)
February 1, 2004... Glam photographer David La Chapelle gives the star treatment to a line-up of Britain's most notorious reality TV personalities in a new campaign for Five from TBWA. The campaign promotes new show Back to Reality, Five's first serious foray into...

Double Dutch at Epica.(First Sight)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... It was a Dutch double at this year's Epica Awards. 180 Amsterdam took the Epica D'Or for print with its Adidas Impact campaign (shown right and exclusively revealed by Creative Review in our October issue). Meanwhile, Wieden + Kennedy...

Off to Indaba.(First Sight)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Adam Graveley of Farnham wins our competition to win an all-expenses paid trip to Cape Town to attend this year's Design Indaba conference. We asked you to tell us the name of the magazine founded by Indaba speaker Tyler Brule. The answer is,...

Online zombie mystery.(First Sight)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Forbidden Siren is one of the most highly anticipated games for the PS2 and, when it launches this March, is set to bring its truly disturbing horror film aesthetic and unique role playing capabilities to screens across the world. London-based...

BBH changes the 501 formula.(First Sight: Bartle Bogle Hegarty)
February 1, 2004... The big, blockbuster Levi's 501 commercial, complete with chart-topping soundtrack, star director and all the trimmings, is an annual tradition at Bartle Bogle Hegarty. But shifting consumer behaviour means iconic brands speaking from lofty...

One to watch: David Drebin.(First Sight)
February 1, 2004... Photographer David Drebin chose his craft as a means of "getting the images out of my head". He believed exorcising Ills imagination thus might offer insight to his own personality: "I hoped I'd figure myself out through my pictures," he...

I made them fall like dominoes; Marco Bianco talks about his role coordinating the stunt performers in the latest Miller Lite commercial, Dominoes.(Interview)
February 1, 2004... CR: How long have you been a stunt coordinator and how did you get started? MB: I have been a stunt coordinator for 24 years. As a teenager I did gymnastics and competed nationally. When I started studying engineering at university I...

This is showcase, produced in association with Mellotex from Tullis Russell papermakers. Each month we explore a different theme bringing you the latest and best work produced in that area from around the world. This month's theme is arts & culture.
February 1, 2004... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Caption: 1&2. Breeding Architecture, a book to tie in with the ICA's current Foreign Office Architects exhibition. Concept: Ramon Prat. Design: Rosa Llado, Estella Robles. 3. Sculpture and local artefacts act as...

Small can be beautiful: the UK's press is downsizing: what are the design implications of going tabloid? Asks Mark Sinclair.
February 1, 2004... FOR SEVERAL YEARS, EACH OF THE broadsheet newspapers in the UK has possessed a secret weapon The Telegraph has confessed to having one, though it remains fiercely guarded, The Guardian admits to having worked on several versions, while The...

Frames of reference: if you thought "motion graphics" began with computers, think again. Helen Walters pays tribute to the pioneering animators who inspired today's designer/filmmakers.
February 1, 2004... FOR MANY, ANIMATION MEANS DISNEY, The Simpsons or the cute, anthropomorphic animals which turn up in children's cartoons and so much contemporary television advertising. At the opposite end of the spectrum are rather less well-known, complex,...

SEA: in the fourth of our series, we profile sea design, revealing them, their work, the equipment they use and the space they use it in.
February 1, 2004... IN JUNE AND JULY LAST YEAR, THE ground-floor gallery space in the offices of SEA design was home to an exhibition of work by the legendary Dutch graphic designer, Wire Crouwel. As huge admirers of his work, the founders of SEA--Bryan Edmondson...

A year in pictures: we asked photolibraries to choose their image of the year.(Illustration)
February 1, 2004... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Caption: PHOTOLIBRARY: Comstock TITLE: Business Meetings PHOTOGRAPHER: Michael Stuckey "Because of a new fresh style of images, Comstock is the leading agency in the world for business shots. But we do have...

Why Monguzzi Stands Apart.(Column)
February 1, 2004... Adrian Shaughnessy learns from the unsung hero of Swiss graphics There was a wonderful moment during Bruno Monguzzi's recent lecture to Central St Martins students and invited friends. The great Swiss designer was warning of the perils of...

A New York landmark.(Column)
February 1, 2004... Alan Fletcher on why Chermayeff & Geismar are a benchmark for design Most books begin with a foreword. This starts with an acknowledgement of those who have contributed to the enterprise as well as listing them all at the back. It typifies...

Competition corner.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Our regular column detailing current awards schemes and competitions available to enter pills other calls for entries THE ANNUAL Due to great demand, we have extended the deadline for the Creative Review Annual. You now have extra time...

I believe press ad.(Pick Of The Month)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... FROM MICHAEL HOWARD In a bid to distance himself from his predecessors, new Conservative leader Michael Howard took the unprecedented step of publishing a personal credo by taking a double page advertisement in The Times on 2 January....

XFM album cover quiz.(Pick Of The Month)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... FROM FLIP FLOP FLYIN Hot on the heels of the Minipops quiz that gripped the nation, one of the high spots of the holiday season was the Xfm Crimbo Quiz, which challenged viewers to identify the artist and title of various well-known album...

Card aid carrier bag.(Pick Of The Month)(Charities Advisory Trust)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... There's just nothing bad to say about these hand-made carrier bags for Card Aid, the scheme that provides cards for charities to sell to their supporters. If you bought your cards from one of their outlets over the festive season, they may have...

Trojan online campaign.(Pick Of The Month)(www.trojangames.com.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... FROM VIRAL FACTORY/LOVE 88, LONDON Apparently, over a million people have downloaded the smutty delights within www.trojangames.com. Built for the launch of the US condom brand into the UK, the site covers a kind of spoof Olympics, the...

Three colours trilogy campaign.(Pick Of The Month)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... FROM HHCL/RED CELL A couple of months ago in Creative Review we included the pester campaign for Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill. So strong was the visual identity for promotions for Kill Bill, that consultancy Empire Design were able to...

Talking Heads box set.(Pick Of The Month)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... FROM SIRE RECORDS Die-hard Talking Heads fans are no doubt overjoyed by the release of Once in a Lifetime, the new box set designed by Sagmeister Inc. A classy affair it is too, comprising a hardback, letterbox-format book, the covers of...

Shoreditch Twat.(Pick Of The Month)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... DESIGNED BY BUMP When, in ten years' time, some lame BBC Four documentary attempts to cast the Shoreditch of the early twenty-first century as equivalent to the Montmartre of the early twentieth, we shall blow the dust off our mildewing...

Bleep.com.(Pick Of The Month)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... FROM WARP RECORDS The Designers Republic were voted one of our readers' top interactive designers in the 2002 Creative Review Peer Poll interesting considering web design isn't exactly the bread and butter of TDR's business. That said,...

McDonald's packaging.(Pick Of The Month)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Regardless of how you feel about the cut of their burgers, the complete redesign of McDonald's packaging is a massive brief--the world's largest brand packaging project of the year no less--and therefore worth a mention. The packaging is...

97 Years Lava.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... BIS Publishers. 28 [pounds sterling] The playfully misleading title to this publication showcasing the work at Dutch graphic design bureau Lava is a characteristic bit of lateral thinking (cover shown, 1). Though the studio has been around...

Logo RIP.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... BIS Publishers, 12.99 [pounds sterling] As a commemoration of dead logos, this book is an obituary to the visual casualties of today's ruthless business environment, and to those trademarks that have tried to battle the powers of...

Brothers of Nevada.
February 1, 2004... Princeton Architectural Press. $24.95 Architectural photographer Timothy Hursley's last book was Rural Studio: an Architecture of Decency, so his latest offering is a door into an entirely different world. Nevada is the only American state...

The Book of Probes.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... Gingko Press, 32 [pounds sterling] David Carson's visual interpretations of a selection of Marshall McLuhan's most insightful aphorisms add a layer of meaning to the maxims within this engaging book (spread shown, 4). The project brings...

In Sight: a Guide to Design with Low Vision in Mind.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... RotoVision. 32.50 [pounds sterling] While large type has traditionally been the only design concession to the visually impaired, the concept of "inclusive design" is moving swiftly up the agenda (CR Jan 03). This year the Disability...

Advertising Outdoor: Watch This Space!(Bernstein David)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... Phaidon, 24.95 [pounds sterling] This new paperback version of David Bernstein's study of outdoor advertising charts the medium's evolution from early painted signs to today's technological innovations. Beginning with the simple...

Gallery.
February 1, 2004... M/M Paris' contribution to the Design Museum's Somewhere Totally Else--The European Design Show, is this poster entitled Carine. Created to showcase a hand-drawn typeface of the same name, it was developed for Paris Vogue during M/M's stint...