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A Highland cow takes to the road in Virgin Media’s new ad

Creative Review

There’s definite shades of the 2007 Cadbury Gorilla ad about Virgin Media’s new Highland Rider spot, created by VCCP London and directed by Jeff Low – who’s also led spots for Brewdog, Fanta, and Setapp.

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Humberto Cruz on defining artistic success and building a personal brand

Creative Boom

Having studied graphic design at college in San Diego in 2007, Humberto told Everpress that graduating into a recession made it difficult to find full-time work as a creative. However, when social media came along, he realised it was a new opportunity to help him become an artist. "I

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Stanley Chow exhibition will showcase illustrations of people from film, stage and TV

Creative Boom

The internet, particularly the dawn of social media, changed his life from around 2007. The French Dispatch © Stanley Chow And that was his career for a decade or so, picking up illustration jobs to supplement the few nights a week he would DJ. Stan explains: "Things got a bit rosier, well, a lot rosier.

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Paula Scher and Jonathan Yeo launch online courses in design and painting with the BBC

Creative Boom

However, his collage of George Bush in 2007 earned his reputation as someone known for both traditional and experimental portraiture. The commercial online education platform, developed and operated by Maestro Media Ltd, offers individual courses, which can be purchased for £79, and annual subscriptions for £120.

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Out Now: Azure’s 300th Issue!

Azure Magazine

We recall certain covers that still mean a lot to us — our reinterpretation of American Gothic, starring a chicken, for a food–design issue (May 2010); the “Googlegram” of a raised fist to signify the green revolution in design (May 2007); and particular articles that melded great storytelling with vivid visuals.

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10 pieces of advice from famous authors to make you more creative

Creative Boom

Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) was an American writer and humorist known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels such as Slaughterhouse-Five. It's a lesson that creatives today could well take note of, especially if you're living in a social media echo chamber that throws everything you like back at you. Like 80s indie music?

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Veronica Castro on the V&A's Diva exhibition and why it's a word we need to reclaim

Creative Boom

How much do you think social media has contributed to the liberation of the diva stereotype? The fans can engage with their idols in a way that simply wasn't possible before the advent of social media – new levels of immediacy, intimacy, openness and accountability are being explored. I think the key to this is the fans.