Creative Review articles from November 2007

Creative Review archives from November 2007

Chair Heaven.(book review of Project Vitra)(Book review)
November 7, 2007... Many is the time that we at Creative Review have lusted over a Vitra chair or two (or 20), so Project Vitra, a book, designed by Cornel Windlin, which celebrates 50 years of the design firm's history, was eagerly received. It provides a...

Material Wealth.
November 7, 2007... As access to print and manufacturing processes increases, the sheer wealth of materials out there for the designer to choose from can appear daunting at times. Glossy guidebooks full of case studies have sprung up over recent years for the...

One to watch: Sarah Ginn & Mandy Smith.
November 7, 2007... They've just bagged their first job in advertising, at Wieden + Kennedy's London office, but Sarah Ginn and Mandy Smith only met for the first time just over a year ago. They were introduced to each other by ex-Saatchi creative director,...

Film beats paper.
November 7, 2007... Works on paper were overshadowed by moving image projects at September's illustrative Berlin event, says Daniel West Organisational chaos, widespread mediocrity, occasional brilliance: Illustrative Berlin was a contradictory festival that...

PICK OF THE MONTH: In the Shadow of the Moon.(film and video production companies uses space mission audio recordings for making movies)(Brief article)
November 7, 2007... The years between 1968 and 1972 marked a unique turning point in the history of the human race: during this time nine Apollo spacecraft went to the moon and 12 men walked on its surface - and remain the only humans ever to do so. You'd think,...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Reiss flagship store/HQ.(planning to open store)(Brief article)
November 7, 2007... As the average uk high street gradually homogenises into a run of brash mobile phone shops and insipid coffee house chains, it's pleasing to see that fashion retail can sometimes supply the antidote. Next month, Reiss' new flagship store and...

PICK OF THE MONTH: UVA/Chemical Brothers gig.(Brief article)
November 7, 2007... While sequenced lighting and visuals are becoming the norm at most larger gigs these days, light artists UVA's latest foray saw them take the medium even further into interactive and immersive territory. As part of the recent Beck's Fusions...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Control titles.(Brief article)
November 7, 2007... As films that tap into the mysteries of artistic creation go, Control pretty much has it all: a biopic of a tortured genius (Ian Curtis) whose band released a handful of records in some of the most recognisable sleeves ever designed (Peter...