Channel four creates a real-time actuality present solely for Instagram

Channel four creates a real-time actuality present solely for Instagram

Sindysplace group photo from You Do You. All images and video: Channel 4 The ways in which we digest content and watch TV programmes has shifted over the years, especially now with online streaming becoming the norm. While TV shows often have a presence on social media, Channel 4 has decided to tweak our viewing […]



Crossing the Threshold: Find out how to Write This Necessary Hero’s Journey Scene

Crossing the Threshold: Find out how to Write This Necessary Hero’s Journey Scene

In order for your hero to embark on an epic journey, they must first cross a threshold and leave their ordinary world. In fact, Crossing the Threshold is the fifth important stage in every Hero’s Journey. But how do you write a scene like this? By the time your protagonist reaches this point in your […]



Disconnect Between Leaders and Workers on the Way forward for Work

Disconnect Between Leaders and Workers on the Way forward for Work

The progress made by corporate leaders adjusting to the challenges caused by the pandemic may not be quite as rosy as they think. A huge disconnect appears to currently exist between the views of executives and those of employees regarding the future of work, according to a new “Global Workplace Report” released by NTT, a […]



Seven ages of a inventive: Jade Tomlin

Seven ages of a inventive: Jade Tomlin

For this special project, we talk to 12 creatives and designers aged 19 to 87 about their experiences in the creative industry, their hopes and dreams, the changes they have witnessed during their career so far, and what further developments they hope may come in the future. Next up is advertising creative director Jade Tomlin, […]



Seven ages of a artistic: Sho Shibuya

Seven ages of a artistic: Sho Shibuya

For this special project, we talk to 12 creatives and designers aged 19 to 87 about their experiences in the creative industry, their hopes and dreams, the changes they have witnessed during their career so far, and what further developments they hope may come in the future. Here we speak with designer and artist Sho […]



Alice Mann’s Drummies photograph sequence is delivered to life in ebook type

Alice Mann’s Drummies photograph sequence is delivered to life in ebook type

The sport of drum majorettes has a fascinating history in South Africa, first becoming popular in the early 1980s. In contemporary culture, there is a strong sense of nostalgia linked to the sport and it is largely viewed as the pursuit of a bygone era. In many marginalised communities across the country, however, drum majorettes […]



Seven ages of a inventive: Andrew Thomas Huang

Seven ages of a inventive: Andrew Thomas Huang

For this special project, we talk to 12 creatives and designers aged 19 to 87 about their experiences in the creative industry, their hopes and dreams, the changes they have witnessed during their career so far, and what further developments they hope may come in the future. This time we talk to director Andrew Thomas […]



Shantell Martin on the rocky street to turning into an artist

Shantell Martin on the rocky street to turning into an artist

From Thamesmead to Tokyo and New York, Shantell Martin has taken her line-drawn style around the world – but it’s been a bumpy journey. As she sets her sights back on the UK she chats with CR about how art became a tool to “express, extract and deal” “I think for many of us, creativity […]



Refuge marks 50 years with an advert highlighting the hazards of expertise

Refuge marks 50 years with an advert highlighting the hazards of expertise

Refuge opened the world’s first safe house for women and children fleeing domestic violence in Chiswick, London, in 1971, but now offers a range of services that go far beyond providing emergency accommodation. These include community outreach and a 24-hour helpline, as well as a tech safety site which offers guidance on tech abuse, and […]



Lucien Boucher’s Parisian shopfront lithographs are getting a brand new lease of life

Lucien Boucher’s Parisian shopfront lithographs are getting a brand new lease of life

An updated edition of the artist’s 1925 Boutiques book takes a look back at the heyday of the Paris high street, with stops at the boucherie, the boulangerie and, less familiar to us today, the triperie Boucher’s lithographs were originally published in what is now a rare and sought-after limited edition, with his illustrations accompanied […]