Creative Review articles from October 2005

Creative Review archives from October 2005

Editorial.(Editorial)
October 1, 2005... by Patrick Burgoyne, Editor I hope you find Crit, our new regular feature which starts on page 41, useful. It was prompted by an email from a reader, suggesting we have more critical debate in the magazine about new work. So we put...

Letter: Design and Politics.(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2005... I found Nico Mcdonalds article in the last issue [Practise Don't Preach] extremely cynical and ill-informed. Pity he could not direct his anger towards some of the corporations and governments who have forced graphic designers into a...

Letter: Students Aware of Issues.(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2005... Nico Macdonald takes design education to task for the lack of proper nurturing of students' political awareness. Really? It seems to me, as an educator, that we're solely concerned with enabling students to leave higher education as...

Correction: BMF.(Correction Notice)
October 1, 2005... Last month we mistakenly stated that Nike's Mutant Foot spot was by the same agency that gave us Toohey's beer-thirsty tongue. In fact, Toohey's Tongue was by BMF in Sydney. Our apologies go to BMF Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd....

Silent Witnesses.
October 1, 2005... This year sees the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the World Press Photo organisation and its prestigious competition that rewards the best in international press photography. To mark the occasion, WPP and Chris Boot publishers have...

More Great Ideas.
October 1, 2005... Can 20 more Great Ideas be quite as great as the originals? asks Steve Hare. With sales of Penguin's exquisitely designed paperback series [exclusively revealed first in CR Sept 04] in the millions a new batch was inevitable, especially with...

One to watch: Not To Scale.
October 1, 2005... "Animation is now an umbrella term for so many different creative techniques," enthuses Dan O'Rourke, founder of Not To Scale, a new animation production company based in London's Soho. "It's a growth industry," he continues, "flexible...

We Filmed Inside the Football.(David Kerr being interviewed)(Interview)
October 1, 2005... All the action in PlayStation2's new Champions League idents by TBWA takes place inside a huge, rolling football. DOP David Kerr and crane technician Adam Samuelson tell Gavin Lucas how they shot the spots CR: What are your...

Crit: Walker Art Center.(Panel Discussion)
October 1, 2005... So, what do you think of this? Crit is our new regular feature: each month we will ask a panel of informed critics to assess a recent piece of work. First up, the ambitious new identity for America's Walker Art Center CR: Can we start...

How to be a graphic designer without losing your soul.
October 1, 2005... Introduction Over the next three months, we will be running exclusive extracts from Adrian Shaughnessy's new book, How To Be A Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul. Here, Adrian explains the purpose of the book and his motivations...

Your journey starts here.(London Design Festival and designers)(Column)
October 1, 2005... From Here To Here matched writers and design students, setting them the task of creating posters for each station on London Underground's Circle Line. John Simmons explains how the project came together It's the most fundamental of...

Brownjohn Remembered.(Robert Brownjohn)(Biography)
October 1, 2005... Drug addict, alcoholic - and all-round creative genius: Hugh Hudson and Alan Fletcher recall the ups, downs and enduring influence of Robert Brownjohn BROWNJOHN BIOGRAPHY 8 August 1925 - Robert Brownjohn (Bj) born in Newark, New...

Type on Screen.
October 1, 2005... Feature films spend huge sums getting costumes and effects right, so why is the type so wrong? asks Bruno Maag I recently downloaded the movie Man on Fire from our NTL service. Now, I am partial to a bit of Hollywood action, particularly...

Of Music and Flowers.
October 1, 2005... Next month, two books are released under the banner of FUEL Publishing, a new venture from design studio Murray & Sorrell FUEL. Mark Sinclair takes a look through both titles and talks to the designers about their new projects During...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Target takes over The New Yorker.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... In these media savvy times, the main aim of a lot of advertisers is to spend a shed-load of cash making it look as though they're not advertising anything at all. Promotions get slipped under your nose in sundry ways/product placement, films,...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Carlton Draught commercial.
October 1, 2005... Software package Massive has prompted an influx of, well, massive ads: epic affairs, such as Sony PlayStation's writhing human Mountain, or the paparazzi mob chasing Brad Pitt in Heineken Beer Run. Now we have this monster clash for Carlton...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Elle Macpherson Intimates campaign.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... This latest chapter in the ongoing relationship between lingerie brand Elle Macpherson Intimates and agency The Glue Society has a literary bent. Five saucy images or "Intimate Moments" have been created by photographer Regan Cameron, each...