Creative Review articles from March 2006

Creative Review archives from March 2006

Editorial: Patrick Burgoyne.(Editorial)
March 6, 2006... According to recent research from web tracking company Technorati, there are currently 80,000 new weblogs created every day. Almost every second, it seems, somebody decides that they have something worth saying to the world. Many are sadly...

LETTER: Interior Monologue.(Letter to the Editor)
March 6, 2006... I enjoyed the peek into other designers' studios last month [Spaces To Think]. As you point out, it's strange to think that such big reputations can come out of such modest surroundings. But what a boringly predictable lot we are. Stripped...

LETTER: Workplace Comfort Helps Confidence.(Letter to the Editor)
March 6, 2006... I found your February feature on designers' studios stimulating and interesting for a few reasons. I lecture part-time and when visiting lecturers come to talk with the students, the students always seem interested in their studio space just...

Correction: True North.(Correction Notice)
March 6, 2006... In the last issue we stated that both Stuart Price and Chris Jeffreys, the winners of the Honourable Mention Award in the Ornamental section of the Type Awards, worked at The Chase. While this is true for Stuart, Chris in fact works at True...

No Trouble at Mill.(The Mill)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2006... Design studio MadeThought has worked with post-production house The Mill for over five years and in that time has been responsible for all aspects of the company's brand identity. The design studio was recently commissioned to refresh the...

Peta Goes Udderly Wild.(People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)
March 6, 2006... The animal rights organisation PETA has been causing quite a storm in the US with its latest controversial ad, Milk Gone Wild. The spot aims to highlight the dangers of human consumption of cow's milk, and is a parody of the popular...

The Images of the Year.
March 6, 2006... Canadian photographer Finbarr O'Reilly's image of a mother and her one- year-old child at a feeding clinic in Niger has won the 2005 World Press Photo of the Year (shown, 2). O'Reilly's picture was taken during the worst drought to hit the...

St Bride Foundation Benefactors Scheme.
March 6, 2006... The St Bride Library, a crucial resource for designers and typographers, has launched a new fundraising scheme to help secure its future. The Library, which is housed within the St Bride Institute just off Fleet Street in London, is the UK's...

I was the Honda composer.(Interview)
March 6, 2006... Gavin Lucas talks to Steve Sidwell about his role as creator of the score for Honda's latest commercial, Choir CR: What's your job title/profession? SS: Composer/arranger. I work on lots of stuff for advertising. I also arrange music,...

One to watch: Nagi Noda.
March 6, 2006... Japanese director and graphic designer Nagi Noda describes the inspiration behind her work as "good music", so it is apt that she has recently been gaining acclaim for her music videos, including three promos for artist Yuki, and a...

Crit: Choir.
March 6, 2006... This month our panel discuss Choir, Wieden + Kennedy's latest Honda ad This month's Panel Jeremy Craigen executive creative director, DDB; Producer Adrian Harrison of Streetlight Films and Parv Thind sound designer at Wave Recording...

Bibliotheque.(services)(Company overview)
March 6, 2006... In May 2004 we photographed the newly-formed design company Bibliotheque in their equally newly-acquired east London studio. Mason Wells and Tim Beard had recently left North, Jonathon Jeffrey had departed Farrow Design a few months earlier....

Identity parade.
March 6, 2006... TV idents have come a long way since the days of wobbly knights and slowly revolving globes. Gavin Lucas reveals their central role in broadcast branding: a role that is set to become even more vital as TV channels face up to an uncertain...

Opening attraction.
March 6, 2006... The designers at New York magazine have turned a basic layout task into a showcase of creative ideas It's a standard editorial design problem; devise a way to kick off the listings section in a magazine by highlighting a few key events...

Raised voices.
March 6, 2006... More than 80,000 blogs are created every day, an increasing number of which are aimed at the creative community. We pick out our favourites while Patrick Burgoyne examines their role The rise of the citizen journalist has been one of the...

Blogs: Advertising.
March 6, 2006... Adrants www.adrants.com/ Commercial US advertising industry community blog. Recently mounted a spirited defence of its policy of funding the site with myriad banner ads - something which is viewed by many as being against the spirit of the...

Blogs: Graphic Design.
March 6, 2006... Design Is Kinky www.designiskinky.com The brainchild of Sydney-based designer Andrew Johnstone, DiK has been a source of design news since 1998. Murray Bell and Karen Ingram later joined to head-up the site and provide, along with a...

Blogs: Typography.
March 6, 2006... Typographica www.typographi.com/ Journal of typography edited by Stephen Coles and Joshua Lurie-Terrell. Attracts big name contributors such as Jonathan Hoefler and Nick Shinn to its mix of news, observations and critiques of type and...

Blogs: OTHER.
March 6, 2006... Antville videos.antville.org Users post links to websites showing new music videos. The site is easy to use, with straightforward design - simply some text on the entry and usually a still to entice people in. There is space to comment on...

Writing returns.
March 6, 2006... After years out in the cold, could long copy finally be making a comeback in advertising? Eliza Williams looks at the in*1/4euences behind a return to writing For the past two decades, press and poster advertising has been in the grip of...

Picture this.
March 6, 2006... A new photolibrary claims to ofer a better deal for photographers and clients. Will it work? asks Sarah Saunders The relationship between photographers and picture libraries has had its ups and downs in recent years. But according to Max...

In With the Old, Out With the New.
March 6, 2006... Domenic Lippa admires the historical packaging in Robert Opie's museum. Shame that the most recent work isn't up to it You can't please all of the people all of the time, but if your audience is the design and advertising community you...

Let Me Take You by the Hand.(Bruno Maag and colleagues on a christmas outing)
March 6, 2006... Bruno Maag and colleagues wander London's streets on a typographic treasure hunt Christmas outings at Dalton Maag are generally a modest affair. We always try to do something cultural which is then followed by a lengthy lunch and a merry...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Sony Bravia in-store films.
March 6, 2006... Alongside its epic bouncing Balls ad, created for the launch of the Sony Bravia, Fallon also commissioned director Vernie Yeung to produce a series of shorts to be aired online and in stores. The result is four films that simply and beautifully...

PICK OF THE MONTH: IT Crowd title sequence.
March 6, 2006... The multi-talented Graham Linehan (writer of the superb Black Books and Father Ted) has a lot to live up to with his new Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd. Initial reactions to the first few episodes have been somewhat mixed but what's clear from...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Patently Erotic.
March 6, 2006... The joy of weird and wonderful patents has long been explored, but, as far as we're aware at least, this is the first time that those specifically of the erotic variety have been gathered together in one place. Ranging from the plain old...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Amnesty Guns For Sale spot.
March 6, 2006... To raise awareness of its campaign for a tightening on the restrictions governing the arms trade, Amnesty International teamed up with Mother and director Dougal Wilson to produce this clever spot. The action takes place on the...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Miller Lite commercials.
March 6, 2006... In a broad swipe at Budweiser's use of talking animals in its ads, Spike Jonze's Miller Lite spots show a series of animals auditioning for a commercial for the rival beer brand. The lengthy online versions (at www.millerauditions.com) see...