Illustrator Profile: Sergio Membrillas

Sergio Membrillas has been working as a freelance illustrator ever since he graduated from the University of Valencia, at least he has been, according to him, “after the fear and all that stuff.” His style is influenced by” Saul Bass,... 

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Imperialist Tendencies, Part 4: The Real Design Imperialism

I’ll begin my fourth and final installment of my long essay addressing the debate on “design imperialism” by admitting that it doesn’t take much effort to find something about globalization to be incensed about. Starbucks is pricing... 

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Typography by André Beato

André Beato is a Portuguese Graphic designer & Illustrator, born in Lisbon and currently based in London. André took a BA Graphic Design and a MA Design Visual Culture -Visual Production at IADE(Instituto de Artes Visuais e Marketing) in Lisbon André... 

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CR May 2012 Issue: The Annual

It’s the biggest issue in our history – our 216-page double May issue with all the winning work in this year’s Creative Review Annual plus great features on George Lois, Ways of Seeing, Flatstock, British Design at the V&A, the future... 

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Creative Suite gets Decked in Couture

Adobe Creative Suite needs no introduction: we all use it, and we all desperately try to keep up with their upgrades and their rising price tags. Adobe Creative Suite needs no introduction: we all use it, and we all desperately try to keep up with... 

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Winners Revealed At New-Look D&AD Awards

The D&AD Award winners were announced last night in a new-look ceremony at London’s IMAX cinema. Well, some of them were, we’ll have to wait until September for the Black Pencils It’s D&AD’s 50 th anniversary which means... 

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In Praise of Vintage Typefaces: 15 You Have Never Seen

Type is a tool of communication and an art of commerce. The fact that it is at once functionally enduring and aesthetically sublime is what has made type such a popular object of connoisseurship among those both in and out of the graphic design fields.... 

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Are you a typoholic?

Just published by Vicitonary , Typoholic is the latest tome to celebrate modern typography at its most playful… Typoholic features a plethora of type projects and includes illustrated, sculptural, inflatable and photographically created letterforms... 

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Honest parody ad slogan ideas

The corporate world has become an easy target in the age of the Internet, when everybody knows a brand’s logo at a mere glance. As an idle advertising major, I couldn’t help but appreciate the pure honesty and truth behind these parody slogan... 

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CR April issue: Fuse and more

Creative Review’s April issue includes a ten-page special issue on Neville Brody and Jon Wozencroft’s highly influential publication, Fuse, plus charity ads get personal, Marina Willer, experimental books, the most beautiful tickets you ever... 

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