Creative Review articles from February 2009

Creative Review archives from February 2009

AGENDA: If Apple made consoles.(Editorial)
February 2, 2009... We finally took the plunge at Christmas. Following some not-so-subtle promptings from my eight-year-old son, we have become Wii. And it's great. Like most parents, I am deeply ambivalent about computer games. Of course I recognise the...

WHAT'S ON: Anthony Burrill/Michael Marriot at Mother.
February 2, 2009... The Right Kind of Wrong, a collaboration between graphic artist Anthony Burrill and product/furniture designer Michael Marriot is currently on show at Mother advertising agency's offices in east London. The duo have created a freestanding...

WHAT'S ON: Aciiied!!
February 2, 2009... An exhibition and auction held at Selfridges' Ultralounge celebrates the 1980s rave movement in all its garish glory Artcore is an exhibition held at Ultralounge in Selfridges, London that celebrates an era of design that many of us may...

WHAT'S ON: Finding Kubrick.(Brief article)
February 2, 2009... British artists Jane & Louise Wilson are exhibiting a new installation at BFI Southbank gallery which draws on research they have conducted during a residency at the Stanley Kubrick Archives, held at the University of the Arts London. The...

WHAT'S ON: Mike Mills solo show in Berlin.(Brief article)
February 2, 2009... Artist, director, graphic designer and general all-round renaissance man Mike Mills is holding a solo exhibition at Pool Gallery in Berlin. The show will be a mixture of drawings and films by Mills with ephemera he has drawn from his...

BOOKS: The new Editions.
February 2, 2009... Browns design studio continues its foray into publishing with the launch of Browns Editions online and two new titles This month sees the launch of an online home for Browns Editions, the book publishing arm of the London-based design...

BOOKS: Things Our Friends Have Written On The Internet 2008.
February 2, 2009... Things Our Friends Have Written On The Internet 2008 is a collection of blog posts published as a tabloid newspaper, courtesy of designer Ben Terrett and Russell Davies of the Open Intelligence Agency. Some 23 posts have been included,...

BOOKS: Copywriting.
February 2, 2009... As far as guides to getting on in the creative industries go, the visual side of things, be it graphic design or art direction, is well represented. Copywriting, however, gets slightly shorter shrift, despite being a key ingredient in...

WEBSITES: All hail The Grid.
February 2, 2009... Grids: where would graphic designers be without them? New site thegridsystem.org has all you need to know Antonio Carusone, a 29 year-old graphic designer and art director based in New York, and author of design blog aisleone.net, recently...

WEBSITES: Frighteningly good.
February 2, 2009... At wellmedicated.com, Vancouver-based blogger Andrew Lindstrom has brought together 100 illustrated horror and sci-fi movie posters. Vampires, robots and blood-soaked scantily-clad girls all feature prominently - along with wonderful hand-drawn...

WEBSITES: Get your portfolio up.
February 2, 2009... Regular CR readers will recall Daniel Eatock and Jeffery Vaska's indexhibit project - a free, downloadable tool that enables anyone to build a basic portfolio website. Now Krop, the Los Angeles-based company that specialises in advertising...

AGENDA: PAPER.
February 2, 2009... Modelmaker Chrissie Macdonald created everything in this image out of a selection of different paper stocks. Paper Shredder Main body: Colorplan, Turquoise from GF Smith (gfsmith.com). Handle: Strathmore Grandee, Marina Teal, also from GF...

GRAPHIC DESIGN: Frosty Fruits statues.
February 2, 2009... Wilfrid Wood It may be winter here in the northern hemisphere but, in Australia, summer is at its height, leading to all sorts of strange behaviour. Agency Publicis Mojo Melbourne decided to erect a series of statues of Summer Madness...

ADVERTISING: For the love of Wispa.
February 2, 2009... Fallon Following an impassioned public campaign via Facebook, 80s chocolate bar Wispa has been reinstated in our stores. To advertise its return, Fallon London decided to build on this consumer enthusiasm and support in its campaign,...

IDENTITY: Love logo.
February 2, 2009... Suburbia Amid all the doom and gloom in the magazine world (apart from at cr of course) many seem to be clinging onto the impending launch of Conde Nast's bi-annual style title, Love, as the sole light in the darkness. Conde Nast brought...

IDENTITY: PROA identity.(Brief article)
February 2, 2009... Spin Thanks to the web and the ease of international communication these days, graphic designers operate in a genuine global market, a fact brought home by this latest commission for London-based Spin. Guillermo Goldschmidt of Buenos Aires...

MUSIC VIDEO: Coldplay video.
February 2, 2009... Dougal Wilson As budgets for music videos have been repeatedly slashed over the last few years, so have our expectations for what may be reasonably achieved for the money. It is refreshing then, to see a new video come out that is made...

Letman: tickling the eye.(Job Wouters)(Interview)
February 2, 2009... Job Wouters, aka Letman, puts a modern spin on the archaic practice of hand-lettering. CR asks him about his work while, overleaf, Quentin Newark explains why he nominated Letman for the design museum's designs of the year show Regular...

Brand guardian.(Guardian News & Media Ltd.)(Interview)
February 2, 2009... Last month Guardian News & Media (gnm) moved from its Farringdon Road headquarters to a new building on Kings Place, near King's Cross station in London. Prior to the influx of staff, the floors occupied by The Guardian and The Observer...

IN FROM THE COLD.
February 2, 2009... In from the cold unique on the London art scene, Elms Lesters is giving a home to artists who learnt their trade on the streets.... The Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, which can be found in the back streets behind London's Charing Cross...

CAN ADVERTISING TURN INDIA GREEN?
February 2, 2009... As Indians become increasingly consumerist, the country's advertising industry has a vital role to play. by Ella Saltmarshe and Annie Dare Go down the escalator of Marks & Spencer at Bond Street and large green lettering promises you tea...

DISAPPEAR HERE: Get me out of Here.
February 2, 2009... James Brown and Peaches Geldof's new venture into youth publishing has a great name but, writes Jeremy Leslie, this isn't enough to detract from its empty editorial and messy design As a fully paid up member of the magazine obsessives...

SADISM IN ADVERTISNG: The new sadism.
February 2, 2009... Why is advertising so fixated with pain? Well, it's something that everyone can understand, argues Gordon Comstock Time was, advertisers dealt in anticipation. Gratification was the juicy worm on the hook on the line which led to the...