Coralie Bickford-Smith has had something of a double career. On the one hand she is a book cover designer with Penguin. She has been at the publisher for 17 years, working with Penguin's art director Jim Stoddart, and has created many distinctive titles for the brand, perhaps most significantly its Cloth Bound Classics series. Alongside this work, she has also written and illustrated three books. The first, The Fox and the Star, was a huge success on its release in 2015, winning the Waterstone's...
Mar 16, 2020•33 min
In recent years, Catherine Hyland has established herself as a creator of enigmatic, often magical images that explore different communities around the world. She has twice been a winner in the Creative Review Photography Annual – initially in 2018 for her series Rise of the Mongolians (commissioned by WeTransfer), which looked at a sumo wrestling group in Mongolia, and also in 2019 for The Traces Left Behind, her ongoing project exploring the lives of a group of North Korean defectors in London...
Feb 11, 2020•36 min
For this special edition of the CR Podcast, CR Editor Eliza Williams is joined by Associate Editor Rachael Steven and Staff Writer Aimée McLaughlin to discuss which have been their favourite Christmas spots this year, and which ones deserve to go in the dumper. Subscribe to the CR Podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2kufPU4
Nov 19, 2019•28 min
This week on the CR Podcast, we talk to photographer Sophie Ebrard about her creative highs and lows. Read about Sophie's photo series I Didn't Want To Be A Mum: http://bit.ly/2kOFV4e Subscribe to the CR Podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2kufPU4
Oct 23, 2019•29 min
This week, the CR Podcast chats with James Sadri of Led by Donkeys, talking about his best and worst moments.
Oct 03, 2019•33 min
CR Editor Eliza Williams talks to renowned author and artist Oliver Jeffers about his creative process and the highs and lows of his career
Sep 19, 2019•22 min
The CR podcast episode 26: Droga5's David Kolbusz and Neil Heymann at Cannes Lions 2019 by The Creative Review podcast
Jun 25, 2019•34 min
We talk to puppet maker Andy Gent about working on Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs and Fantastic Mr Fox, and how stop motion animation is in a golden age, much to his surprise and delight
Jun 07, 2019•34 min
In a week when the D&AD Festival has seen three speakers pull out due to a row over speaker fees, we discuss the value of creative awards and festivals for the industry and beyond
May 17, 2019•19 min
In this episode of the CR podcast we discuss the feasibility of a 4-day work week, the future of personalisation and the curious case of Neil the cyborg
Apr 26, 2019•23 min
As Nadav Kander prepares to pick up the Outstanding Contribution gong at the 2019 Sony World Photography Awards later this month, we talk to him about his life in photography
Apr 02, 2019•33 min
The Chemical Brothers are world renowned for their incredible concert visuals. We talk to the band’s Tom Rowlands and director Adam Smith about their two-decade collaboration and the importance of making imagery that moves people
Mar 13, 2019•38 min
In this edition of the CR Podcast, we talk to Jacqui Davies, producer of new film Ray & Liz, in which director Richard Billingham recreates his iconic photographs of his childhood as a feature film
Feb 26, 2019•33 min
In this episode CR's Eliza Williams interviews Patrick Burgoyne, who joined CR as staff writer in 1993 and has been Editor of the magazine for the past 20 years. As he steps down, he looks back on his time at CR and how publishing has changed over the years.
Feb 05, 2019•35 min
In this edition of the CR Podcast sees CR's Eliza Williams in conversation with artist Pete Fowler. We look back at Fowler's career, from his early inspirations to how the industry has changed over the past three decades
Jan 18, 2019•43 min
In our last episode of the year CR Editors Patrick Burgoyne, Eliza Williams and Rachael Steven look back at 2018. They talk about the creatives projects which stood out to them and discuss the trends we've seen in the creative industry this year
Dec 20, 2018•32 min
The Christmas season is in full swing, so CR has gathered creatives Dave Buonaguidi and Richard Denney to review this year's crop of Xmas ads. As you might imagine, they take no prisoners
Nov 29, 2018•32 min
CR's Eliza Williams spoke to Sagmeister about his new book On Beauty, present a compelling case for why the beautiful – which is all too often seen as something frivolous – should be at the heart of design projects
Nov 09, 2018•43 min
We discuss a few topics covered in The Place issue, an issue dedicated to how creativity is making, changing and documenting places. We discuss the changing face of Paris, travel advertising and a recent manifesto launched in Manchester which puts design at the heart of its public services.
Oct 29, 2018•23 min
In this episode of the CR podcast, Patrick Burgoyne, Eliza Williams and Rachael Steven discuss television branding in light of new identities revealed by the BBC and Channel 4 earlier this month. The team then goes on to talk about failure and overcoming creative adversity.
Oct 12, 2018•23 min
In this special episode of the podcast, released in conjunction with a Shopping themed week on CR, we speak to Customer Experience Director at Fortnum & Mason Zia Zareem-Slade and Co-founder of The Yard Steve James-Royle.
Sep 20, 2018•25 min
We speak to designers Anthony Burrill and Lucienne Roberts about the Design Museum's Hope to Nope show, the role of graphic design in politics and protest, and the power of visual communication.
Sep 13, 2018•35 min
Gaming has often been somewhat overlooked by the cultural canon but, says Darren Wall – designer and publisher of a series of books on gaming design under the imprint Read-Only Memory – its contribution to design and popular culture is finally beginning to be acknowledged.
Aug 17, 2018•30 min
The CR podcast episode 9: The Guardian's Francesca Panetta on what makes a great VR experience by The Creative Review podcast
Aug 09, 2018•33 min
As part of our music special on the website this week, CR’s Eliza Williams speaks to designer Rick Banks about his new book Clubbed, which is a visual history of UK club culture since the 1980s
Jul 24, 2018•22 min
In the latest episode of the CR Podcast, we discuss the ethics of designing tech products that demand our constant attention and then discuss the new Billie razor ad, which for the first time, actually features some body hair.
Jul 09, 2018•25 min
For a special edition of the podcast, themed around Cannes Lion CR’s Eliza Williams speaks to adam&eveDDB’s Richard Brim and Leo Burnett’s Chaka Sobhani about the best ads of the year
Jun 18, 2018•26 min
In this episode editors Patrick Burgoyne, Eliza Williams and Rachael Steven discuss the football World Cup, in particular, this year's advertising campaigns from the likes of adidas, Nike, Qatar Airways, Beats and the BBC.
Jun 14, 2018•23 min
In this episode of the Creative Review podcast we discuss some of the Best in Book from The Annual 2018, a yearly award scheme celebrating the best in commercial creativity. CR's Patrick Burgoyne, Eliza Williams and Rachael Steven discuss their favourite projects.
May 18, 2018•25 min
Creative Review’s writers and editors discuss the issues that have had us arguing this week. Here, we ponder the lack of funny ads today, made-up Instagram influencers and the delights of the TfL Depot
May 02, 2018•25 min
