Creative Review articles from October 2007

Creative Review archives from October 2007

EDITORIAL: OCTOBER 2007.(Editorial)
October 1, 2007... At CR we've sometimes toyed with the idea of running a spoof profile piece that would claim to have discovered some long-forgotten creative genius. She, and for shock value in the male-dominated world of visual communications it would need...

She Says Stop Moaning And Do Something.
October 1, 2007... "Whenever we went to a conference," says Agency Republic senior creative Alessandra Lariu, "Laura and I were always the only girl creatives there. We've always been the only girls. So we said 'let's stop moaning and do something about it'."...

Full of North Eastern Promise.
October 1, 2007... The north east of England has always fostered a wealth of graphic design talent. A new exhibition, Our Friends in the North, is set to celebrate this abundance, featuring work created between 1977 and 2007 at a show in Newcastle running from 13...

LOGO: Go Logo.
October 1, 2007... In the hierarchy of graphic design books, the humble logo compendium often comes in somewhere down the bottom: they can be heavy-going, uninspiring tomes that, by their very nature, seem disorderly and lacking in any uniformity. Not so with...

O2 Lights the Way.(O2 Arena)(HOK Sport Architecture)(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... A trip to the O2 Arena is very much a brand experience - thanks in part to wayfinding signage developed by HOK Sport Architecture, the firm responsible for designing the arena itself. Simon Borg heads up the graphics team at HOK. One of the...

Another AnOther Magazine.
October 1, 2007... In a move to position AnOther Magazine specifically as a women's title (and sit alongside Another Man without a crossover of content), creative director David James, art director Sara Hemming and design director/type designer Gareth Hague...

One to watch: Freddy Mandy & Rob Welch.
October 1, 2007... Freddy Mandy and Rob Welch weren't creatives when they met on the JWT football team. Welch had, in fact, worked at the agency for seven years, starting in the post room and progressing to office manager. Mandy began his career in the...

I Made The bunnies bounce.(Interview)
October 1, 2007... In fallon's latest blockbuster commercial for sony bravia's colour like no other campaign, directed by frank budgen, brightly coloured model rabbits hop about the streets of new york. we caught up with animation director darren walsh about...

Recommended: Kinga Burza.
October 1, 2007... Every agency creative team has a young director that they are itching to use, if only the right script came along. We asked five teams to reveal their current favouritesCreatives: Paul Jordan & Angus Macadam, AMV.BBDO Director: Kinga...

Under exposed.
October 1, 2007... Keld Helmer-Petersen is the best photographer you've never heard of. But a new book looks set to claim his place in the history of photography. By Mark Sinclair The images on these pages could easily be the work of any number of...

Forms of inquiry.
October 1, 2007... A new exhibition at the Architectural Association asks selected graphic designers to conduct an investigation into an area of architectural practice The relationship between graphic design and architecture is an area rarely examined, yet...

Plus ca Change.
October 1, 2007... Philip Meggs' classic text, A History Of Graphic Design, now has contemporary, updated rival. But, as Anna Gerber discovers, even in the graphic arts, the more things change, the more they stay the same Like most people, I have a few...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Cologne Cathedral.
October 1, 2007... Cologne Cathedral took over 600 years to build after work commenced in 1248 (apparently, they didn't get much done during the whole of the sixteenth century) but the latest addition to the structure took a mere five years from initial...

PICK OF THE MONTH: www.nowplayit.com.(Website overview)(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... Once upon a time, the easiest way to play the guitar part to a Beatles song (without working it out yourself) was to get hold of a book of the tablature showing the chord shapes used within each song. The internet has changed all that:...

PICK OF THE MONTH: Dylan messaging site.(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... The simple ideas are always the best. Take one incredibly famous video for a great song - Subterranean Homesick Blues by Bob Dylan - and adapt it online so that people can write their own message on the placards that the singer famously...