Creative Review articles from February 2008

Creative Review archives from February 2008

EDITORIAL: FEBRUARY 2008.(Wolff Olins U.S.A. consults on marketing Olympics)(Editorial)
February 1, 2008... The terms '2012 Olympics Logo' and '#400,000' will forever be linked in the public mind. As will 'ugly', 'epilepsy' and 'I could have done that'. Designers working on such high-profile projects have to be prepared to cop some flak but the...

Counter Culture.
February 1, 2008... Architects FaulknerBrowns have a new identity system courtesy of London- based design studio, A2/SW/HK. A2's Scott Williams and Henrik Kubel worked on the project for two years and their holistic approach represents a major image change for...

Absolut Machines.
February 1, 2008... Swedish vodka brand Absolut has long been associated with the arts and creativity, largely due to its long-running poster campaign, which has seen artists from Keith Haring to Chris Ofili create adverts based around the shape of the iconic...

Expectations confounded.
February 1, 2008... 2012, New York... it's been a controversial time for Wolf Olins. Adrian Shaughnessy was among the firm's critics but meeting them leads to other ideas Since the 1960s, commercially-minded designers have complained about their lowly...

The changing man.(Occupation overview)
February 1, 2008... Chris Palmer's career has seen him go from dispatch rider to copywriter to award-winning director. He talks to Eliza Williams about adland today and why he's setting his own sights on directing feature films Take a flick through Chris...

Lost & found.
February 1, 2008... Erik Kessels' compelling collections of found images are made more vital by their obsolescence. By Rick Poynor Erik Kessels' latest book presents around 70 miniature scenes from a woman's life. We don't know who she is. A brief text...

The craftsman.(Interview)
February 1, 2008... In a world filled with bloated, work-a-day and downright irritating websites Yugo Nakamura creates compelling beacons of playful ingenuity and simplicity. Michael Fitzpatrick caught up with Japan's finest landscape- gardener-turned-designer ...

Selfridges signs up.(Interview)
February 1, 2008... Cartlidge Levene have designed Selfridges' new wayfinding system. Mark Sinclair spoke to them about navigating their way through such a large undertaking Creative Review/ How do you approach a project like this. What research did you...

Warning: this is not an art exhibition.
February 1, 2008... David Crowley is in awe of the sheer range of modernist print work on show at the British Library's Breaking the Rules exhibition Breaking the Rules: The Printed Face of the Avant-Garde 1900-1937 in the British Library's Pearson Gallery...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Creme Egg campaign.(Cadbury Schweppes PLC)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Sex and chocolate have been contented bedfellows since the Flake- fellating days of the 1980s. And now Cadbury's Creme Egg has become a bit of a pervert too. In a range of new spots for everyone's favourite fondant-filled ovum, the humble...

PICK OF THE MONTH: BigThink.com.(Website overview)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... If YouTube doesn't cut the intellectual mustard for you, then try logging on to BigThink.com, a new site that features interviews with esteemed academics, social theorists and cultural figures from the world of business, politics, science and...

PICK OF THE MONTH: ICO Essentials.(Independent Cinema Office )(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... The Independent Cinema Office (ico) is behind a fantastic new series of art-film compilations that will be touring uk cinemas in the coming months (stopping at the ica and Ritzy cinemas in London, then Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Inverness...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Pursuit of Fiction show.
February 1, 2008... Kathrin Kur's images of film and television production spaces focus on the hidden machinery behind the creation of contemporary news, entertainment programs and cinema alike (Studio C, 2006, 127x160cm). These are spaces for "mythmaking" as Kur...

BOOK REVIEW: Grids RotoVision, #20.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 1, 2008... Where would we be without the humble grid, the mainstay of countless printed projects for magazines, books, brochures and posters? Well, as this practical guide testifies, the world would be a messier and more unstructured place. Lucienne...

BOOK REVIEW: India Now Thames & Hudson, #24.95.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 1, 2008... In refusing to follow any pre-conceived notions of the 'exotic' India, a new generation of photographers have been depicting the real India of today. While only 13 of the 29 artists featured here are native to the country (Frenchmen Oliver...

BOOK REVIEW: Fragile World Press Photo, e15.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 1, 2008... In 1994, the World Press Photo organisation began a series of workshops and lectures dedicated to furthering the careers of young photographers, naming the undertaking after a former chairman of the wpp Foundation, Joop Swart. Since then the...

BOOK REVIEW: The Original Art of Basil Wolverton Last Gasp, #21.99.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 1, 2008... Goofy teeth, bloodshot eyeballs and pimpled, elongated noses dominate the work of cartoonist Basil Wolverton to the extent that, to look at some the art gathered in this fine collection, viewers need a fairly strong stomach. His hugely...

BOOK REVIEW: Motion Blur 2 Laurence King, #40.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 1, 2008... onedotzero continues its adventures in moving image with a follow up to 2003's successful Motion Blur book. This second volume (felt cover and slipcase) aims to showcase work from another selection of the best of today's "visual...