Creative Review articles from January 2006

Creative Review archives from January 2006

Editorial.(Editorial)
January 3, 2006... Good news. Jerry Hall has been appointed global ambassador for erectile dysfunction. "I'm working with Bayer HealthCare to encourage men to confront erectile dysfunction and take action," declares the mature model/actress/whatever in her...

Letter: New Balls Please.(Letter to the Editor)
January 3, 2006... I've admired The Guardian from both a reader's perspective and a design perspective, for a very long time. Having worked at its rival, The Independent, for six years, I've studied the pages of The Guardian more than most and always found it...

Letter: Perfect Pack Shot.(Letter to the Editor)
January 3, 2006... The Guinness ad panel [Crit, Nov] were a bit harsh about the pack shot... don't they realise that after travelling 500 million years in 50 seconds, the viewer is entitled to reflect on the journey and be reminded of how it began? The pack shot...

Brody's Doing it for the Kids.
January 3, 2006... Children's TV network Nickelodeon is rolling out a new look for its flagship channel. The in-house creative team has collaborated with designer Neville Brody, who headed up the typographic look for the project, and also several top...

MTV Hands Roughcollie Winning Spot.
January 3, 2006... In our July issue, we invited readers to submit a script idea for a public service announcement for MTV. The PSA was to run as part of MTV's Staying Alive project, which, in partnership with various charities, provides information on HIV/AIDS...

Fallon's Cabral is Top Gun.
January 3, 2006... Fallon London's Juan Cabral has taken the top prize at this year's YoungGuns awards. The Australian-based scheme seeks to identify the best young creative talent in advertising worldwide. A panel of judges headed by 180 Amsterdam...

I Shot Xbox Water Balloons.
January 3, 2006... DOP Simon Richards talks to Eliza Williams about how he achieved the reportage look for Frank Budgen's latest Xbox 360 ad CR: What's your job title and background? SR: My background's very much features and commercials. I went through...

One to Watch: Johnny Green.
January 3, 2006... "I've always harboured an ambition to direct," says Johnny Green. After graduating from the Slade School of Art with a masters in theatre design in 1997, Green started out as a production designer, enjoying considerable success. After...

Crit: 8vo - On the outside.(Panel Discussion)
January 3, 2006... This month our panel discuss the legacy of design group 8vo and examine new book, On the outside, which charts the studio's work from 1984 to 2001 CR: Are designers today aware of 8vo and what they stood for? Andy Altmann: I'd...

The Future of Mobile.
January 3, 2006... Want to watch commercials on your phone? Or listen to music? Maybe Google something? Gavin Lucas investigates mobile media, what it will be used for, who will be creating it and what we'll use to see it Everyone's getting very excited about...

In Their Hands.(Panel Discussion)
January 3, 2006... The future of visual communication rests with today's students. Academics from four top art schools discuss their charges while we showcase some of their work Par Parsson: Let me start by asking: what do you feel is the greatest...

In Search of Brazil.
January 3, 2006... At a conference in Sao Paulo, Tomato's John Warwicker once complained that he hadn't seen enough Brazilian-looking design on show: but what exactly should Brazilian design look like? wonders Gustavo Piqueira Should Brazilian graphic...

Olympics Should Revert to Type.
January 3, 2006... The organisers of London's Olympics have the chance to create a memorable identity scheme, with type at its heart Earlier this year, I appeared on Tyler Brule's TV programme, The Desk, to discuss the merits of the five bid logos for the...

Night of the Human Pixels.
January 3, 2006... The grimly totalitarian regime of North Korea stages one of the world's most spectacular events - the Ariang, or Mass Games. Tess O'Leary and Digit's Daljit Singh were among the few Westerners to see this year's show Of the 23 million...

Being Creative and Social.
January 3, 2006... Thirty creative directors from interactive agencies around Europe gathered in Barcelona to learn from each other. Patrick Burgoyne was there It has always been something of a mystery to me that there are so many conferences for designers...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Grazia.
January 3, 2006... Thanks to John Brown Citrus creative director and all-round magazine freak, Jeremy Leslie for alerting us to the unexpected aesthetic pleasures of Grazia magazine. Sure, it's full of the usual guff editorially - why Kate Winslet has...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Comcastic Puppet Theater.
January 3, 2006... Comcast is a major US cable TV and broadband provider. Its on-demand service offers a library of TV content which viewers can view as and when they wish. In order to position Comcast as being about entertainment, agency Goodby Silverstein...

PICK OF THE MONTH: True Colours book.
January 3, 2006... With football now inseparably linked to some of the world's biggest brands, it's strange to think that up until the early 80s English football kits weren't sponsored at all. Liverpool's shirt deal with Hitachi paved the way in 1979 but TV...