Creative Review articles from September 2003

Creative Review archives from September 2003

Stars of today and tomorrow.(Editorial)(Editorial)
September 1, 2003... This issue is very much about the old and the new: the established and the up-and-coming. From page 27 we have ten pages of student work, selected from this year's degree shows. I hope that some of the students featured will go on to take their...

Mediocre, us?(Letters)
September 1, 2003... Re Prophets without honour, July: I agree with Neville Brody's comment about clients employing mediocre firms because they are risk averse. He is also right in saying that there is too much mediocrity in the design industry. I would say that it...

Students, stop whining.(Letters)
September 1, 2003... Re Letters, August: Why is it that students think that, just because they have a degree, they are then qualified for a job? Having qualifications means very little to an employer, they'll give you the job if they think you can DO the job. ...

Lazy and complacent.(Letters)
September 1, 2003... I can totally sympathise with Kate Dorsett [Letters, August] as I am in exactly the same situation, working in a poorly paid job two years after graduating with an excellent graphic design degree from Manchester. I too have applied for every...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
September 1, 2003... Last month we neglected to credit BMP DDB's art director Grant Parker and copywriter Patrick McClelland as the creative team for the Guardian and Heat's ads. We also did not credit AMV.BBDO art director Cam Blackley, or designers Astro Man...

1 Stool.(First Sight)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... A family of 12 sans serif typefaces, Stool was created by Dutch typographic design studio, Underware and is available directly through them on special request at www.underware.nl. The different weights were designed to be used in combination:...

2 Get stoked.(First Sight)
September 1, 2003... Yet another cool font from the drawing board of London-based typographic designer, Swifty. Get Stoked is available directly through his type foundry, Typomatic at the newlylaunched www.swifty.co.uk

3 Nova.(First Sight)(new font available)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Available through Union Fonts at www.unionfonts.com, Nova was created by designer Martin Fewell who describes it as "a friendly techno typeface". Fewell was, apparently, inspired by an illustration he had been creating of "patterns of lines...

4 Vegas Sans.(First Sight)
September 1, 2003... Vegas Sans was designed by The Practise and P+P Hickson. While the font was originally created for use on a calendar, commissioned by a paper manufacturer to celebrate the millennium, that original design has since been developed for commercial...

5 Priori.(First Sight)(new text fonts from Jonathan Barnbrook )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Priori is a major new text font from Jonathan Barnbrook which has been in development for 18 months. Like many of Barnbrook's typeface designs, Priori is based on his interest in British typography of the early twentieth century, it is inspired...

6 Borgstrand.(First Sight)
September 1, 2003... Available in two weights--Regular and Web--this retro-looking face was drawn by Swedish designer Martin Fredrikson. It was inspired, he tells us, by "a nice little neon sign" that Fredrikson saw on a greenhouse factory building in Malmo in...

7 Tune (inline).(First Sight)
September 1, 2003... This striking typeface was created by Slovenian designer Ermin Medodovic of advertising agency, Luna in Ljubljana. It is available in five different weights; Box, Flat, Shadow, Inline (shown) and Outline. To get your hands on any of these...

8 Armchair modern.(First Sight)(font developed by Icelandic designer Stefan Kjartansson )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Icelandic designer Stefan Kjartansson has developed this clean font, in collaboration with Rod Cavazos of PSY/OPS, from a logo he designed in 2001 for his Atlanta-based studio Armchair Media. Of his inspiration he says: "Growing up in Iceland,...

9 Felbridge.(First Sight)
September 1, 2003... AGFA Monotype designer Robin Nicholas created this simple, effective sans serif font, Felbridge, with web and electronic design in mind, ensuring that the letterforms won't degrade in low resolutions. Complex letters such as M and W, for...

10 Ruota.(First Sight)
September 1, 2003... Each of the two weights that make up this dingbat font contain around 80 characters. It was designed by Jakob Straub who was inspired, he says "by car wheels that I saw from the window of a basement flat in Rome," where he has been based for...

1 Aspesi print campaign.(First Sight)(new print ads for Aspesi's fall/winter 2003-04 campaign)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Dirk Van Dooren of Tomato created these print ads for Italian fashion brand Aspesi's fall/winter 2003-04 campaign, through agency Franca Soncini The idea is based Oil fairy tales, dreams and playful childhood memories: "Things that we remember...

2 Yoko Ono promo.(First Sight)(Yoko Ono re-releases 'Walking On Thin Ice')(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Yoko Ono's re-release of 80s track Walking On Thin Ice (the track, legend has it, that she was remixing with John Lennon the day he died) comes complete with a promo from The Directors Bureau. The black and white animated piece is a...

3 Fox Sports spots.(First Sight)(Motion Theory creates two spots for Fox Sports)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... LA-based graphics and production house Motion Theory created these two spots for Fox Sports' NFC division coverage of American football's National Football League, through San Francisco based agency Foote Cone & Belding. In each, an energetic...

4 Date rape commercial.(First Sight)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... This chilling ad warns of the dangers of drug rape. It was written and directed on spec by Suzanne Jones who got funding for it from charity Drug Scope and her local film council, Screen East. The spot shows a man in a bar chatting up a girl...

5 Bjork films.(First Sight)(films have been shot for Bjork's latest tour)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Colonel Blimp directors Lynn Fox have shot a series of films for Bjork's latest tour. A total of five films have been made. which will be shown as projections during the show. For the Nameless and the Soft Pink Truth re-mix of It's In Our...

6 Streetka commercial.(First Sight)(a new commercial for the Ford Streetka)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Summertime is the latest commercial from directors Psyop for the Ford Streetka. The spot, written by Damien Simor and Lee Ford of Ogilvy London, blends footage of the car with CG and animation. It features an animated woman. tearing through the...

7 Heineken poster campaign.(First Sight)(new ads promote the launch of hte XLN bottle in Australia for Heineken)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Leo Burnett, Sydney developed this campaign for the launch of the XLN bottle in Australia. Short necked people are shown clutching bottles of the much-longer-necked lager. The ads were written by creative team Jason Williams and Yanni...

8 Matthew Wllliamson Coca-Cola bottle.(First Sight)(new limited edition sleeve for Coke bottles)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Fashion designer Matthew Williamson has designed this limited edition sleeve for Coke's famous Contour bottle. A "limited edition" of 12,000 will be made and will be available only in the "coolest bars, stylish restaurants and premium food...

Leslie explores magCulture.(First Sight)(Jeremy Leslie releases the book 'magCulture')
September 1, 2003... "The magazine has become the ideal form for many genres of media," says Jeremy Leslie, author of magCulture, an exhaustive new book charting the latest trends in magazine design and production. "Newspapers are using magazine editorial and...

V&A's animal attraction.(First Sight)
September 1, 2003... Norman Foster's armadillo-shaped Glasgow SECC and Calatrava's Milwaukee Art Museum (resembling the wing-span of a bird) are just two examples of buildings included in the V&A's Zoomorphic: an exhibition examining the ongoing emergence of...

With great sadness, we have to tell you that our staff writer and DVD editor, Roanne Bell is leaving the magazine to pursue freelance projects.(First Sight)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... With great sadness, we have to tell you that our staff writer and DVD editor, Roanne Bell is leaving the magazine to pursue freelance projects. Roanne joined Creative Review in 1999 as editorial assistant. She has since played a major role in...

Creative futures.(First Sight)
September 1, 2003... Don't forget to make space in your diaries for this year's Creative Futures, our showcase of up-and-coming young talents in the communication arts. There's a packed schedule: for three weeks, beginning Monday 22 September all the Creative...

Ones to watch: Hyperkit.(First Sight)(a discussion of design firm Hyperkit)(Company Profile)
September 1, 2003... Beneath the crisp minimalism of Hyberkit's website there's evidence that the design duo actually like nothing better than a good scavenge. Look beyond the cleanly designed projects and you'll find that they're actually car-boot sale junkies and...

I was the Levi's Stuntman: Hungarian Stuntman Zoltan Gulyas kiss talks to Gavin Lucas about his role in new Levi's spot, Car.(First Sight)(interview with stuntman Zoltan Gulyas Kiss, who appears in an American Levi's ad)(Interview)
September 1, 2003... THIS MONTH WE'VE SELECTED AN American Levi's ad, Car, to focus our I Was The... interview on. It's a high octane chase scenario full of crazy stunts. As many of you won't have seen the spot, here's what happens: A car speeds away from a...

For successful advertising: as Diesel turns 25 we reveal its latest ad campaign and revisit some old favourites.
September 1, 2003... AT THE END OF THE week I had a sty on my eye and I couldn't walk properly. I'd lost my voice screaming at the models to make them look psychotic, so that they weren't sat around looking pretty. It was all exhausting campaign." As...

This is showcase produced in association with Zefa. Each month we explore a different theme bringing you the latest and best work produced in that area. This month's theme is degree shows.
September 1, 2003... 1. Illustration for EB White's popular children's book, Charlotte's Web. By Mooks Hanifiah of the RCA. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2&3. Alison Puyaoan studied Graphic Design at the University of Brighton. Her re-design of magazine The Face...

Profiles creative work and high quality print from customers of Howard Smith Paper.
September 1, 2003... Issue 13 Profiles is an excellent example of achievement. A display of the very best creative work combined with top quality printing from designers and printers who are prepared to push out the boundaries to realise and exceed customers'...

Tomato goes Grey: it's the year's most intriguing appointment: one of Tomato's founders has joined a very big, rather dull ad agency. Why?
September 1, 2003... ASK ANYONE IN THE AD business to describe the agency Grey and words such as "conventional", "traditional" and "institutionalised" will usually follow. Though Grey Worldwide London enjoys the loyalty, of international clients such as Glaxo...

Simply beautiful: from natural wonders to the artifice of advertising, Guido Mocafico's images never fail to seduce.
September 1, 2003... HIS IMAGES ARE ALWAYS DRAMATIC, sumptuous set-pieces. At first sight they may appear to be the polar opposite of the point-and-shoot realism of a Teller or a Tillmans but, in their absence of computer-generated artifice and their reliance on...

International man of mystery: the eponymous hero of clothing label Silas now has his own book.
September 1, 2003... WHEN SOFIA PRANTERA AND RUSSELL Waterman set up clothing label Silas in 1998, they brought in a third, silent partner. This character--a man called Silas Holmes--had been hanging around since Prantera and Waterman's days with skate label...

Peer Poll 2003: back in May we invited readers to cast their votes in the creative review Peer Poll 2003, sponsored by workstation solutions. Here are the results: the winners are profiled on the following pages of this special section.
September 1, 2003... JONATHAN IVE HAS DONE IT AGAIN: after picking up the Design Museum's inaugural Designer of the Year award recently, Creative Review readers have now voted Apple's design chief as the person who they admire most in the creative industries. ...

Including reviews: Domenic Lippa on yet another design survey illustrator Andrew Selby on this year's Icon3 conference plus: pick of the month the latest books reviewed.(Seen)
September 1, 2003... ABOUT THE BEST IN THE AREA Domenic Lippa is pleasantly surprised by a new design survey The majority of current books on graphic design are banal. They have titles such as "The Best of Graphic Design Using White Paper". So my heart...

Land of opportunity.
September 1, 2003... Andrew Selby drops in on the ICON3 illustration conference in the US Philadelphia, spiritual and physical home of Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of America, played host to several illustration greats at the ICON3 Conference:...

Competition corner: current awards schemes and competitions available to enter.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
September 1, 2003... CANON DIGITAL CREATORS CONTEST The fourth year of this international competition aimed at "encouraging new directions in visual expression". The categories are: Digital Photo (Print); Digital Graphics/ Illustration (Print); Digital Movie...

Table tennis viral.(Pick Of The Month)(clip being emailed features special effects)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... "Crouching Table, Hidden Tennis" is how one contact described this frankly mad clip, currently being emailed around the creative community. A seemingly normal game of ping-pong turns into a Matrix-style, flying, table-turning, gravity-defying,...

WWW.COMPUTERLOVE.NET: from Cartridge Hamilton.(Pick Of The Month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The design community, or at least a section of it, is fairly well served by the web. Sites such as k10k, Designiskinky and Newstoday all aim to put like-minded souls in touch. Here they can post up their latest T-shirt designs, whinge about...

Clarks commercial: from St Luke's.(Pick Of The Month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Would Lemmy approve? We guess he must have done for how else would seminal Motorhead track, Ace of Spades have been cleared to act as the soundtrack to this kids' shoes ad? The spot, called Marathon Boy, continues Clarks' strategy of claiming...

COI anti-smoking commercial: from Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO.(Pick Of The Month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The dangers to children from inhaling second-hand cigarette smoke are vividly demonstrated in this disturbing commercial. Individual scenes show children and babies playing with their toys, sitting on a beanbag, pulling oft their shoes,...

Radiohead promo: from Parlophone.(Pick Of The Month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... "There's a line in the song: 'Someone's son or someone's daughter,' that made me think about generic characters walking around in this world where no one knows or cares what's going on around them," says director Alex Rutterford of the idea...

The Rapture promo: from Mercury Records.(Pick Of The Month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Another fine promo from the Shynola boys, this time for The Rapture's track House of Jealous Lovers. "The inspiration came from a book we bought last year. It was about old punk posters and it was a revelation: the cut and paste 'hamfistedness'...

Orange print campaign: from mother.(Pick Of The Month)(a discussion of Orange's new commercials)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... With its launch advertising, Orange set new standards for the sector. The commercials were stylish affairs, successfully promulgating the message of a brand with a very distinctive voice. Orange's recent television advertising, however, has...

WTC site proposal: from Daniel Libeskind.(Pick Of The Month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Architect Daniel Libeskind is the son of a Holocaust survivor. He arrived in New York by boat as a teenager and his first glimpse of the US was the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline. The statue's raised arm is beautifully echoed in...

Flashmob.(Pick Of The Month)(Internet site review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... It's the spontaneous art phenomena that's sweeping the planet. Summoned on the internet, crowds of people have been assembling at a given moment in cities around the world and taking part in performance art. The first Flashmob happened in Rome,...

Ghetto.(book review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Trolley. 29.95 [pounds sterling] Former creative editors of Colors magazine, Oliver Chanarin and Adam Broomberg, spent a month photographing and interviewing the inhabitants of 12 "modern ghettos". These include Pollsmoor maximum security...

Bliss.(book review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Chris Boot, 14.95 [pounds sterling] Following up his Boring Postcards series, photographer Martin Parr brings us a new installment of his postcard collection in this kitsch book, Bliss: Postcards of Couples and Families. Parr has been...

100 years of Harley-Davidson advertising.(book review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Bulfinch Press, $24.95 Harley Davidson celebrates its centenary this year--this book collects 124 of its most interesting ads since first marketing itself in the Cycle and Automobile Trade Journal in 1905. There are some great pieces here,...

Buro Destruct II.
September 1, 2003... Die Gestalten Verlag, 26.99 [pounds sterling] It's nearly four years since Switzerland's Buro Destruct released their first collection of work in book form. With issue II (cover shown 4) their principally digital design creations have...

Letterhead & Logo Design.
September 1, 2003... LETTERHEAD & LOGO DESIGN Rockport, 29.99 [pounds sterling] LOGOS, LETTERHEADS & BUSINESS CARDS RotoVision, 19.99 [pounds sterling] Rockport's Letterhead & Logo Design (6), compiled by LA-based designer Peleg Top of Top Design...

Creative index.(Directory)
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