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Nice work for CADD, Aardman, BBC and more

Lots of lovely ads and music videos to share with you this week. We begin on a sombre note though, with a series of posters for CADD from JWT London that warn of the perils of drinking and driving this Christmas...

Agency: JWT London. ECD: Russell Ramsey. Creatives: Rob Spicer, Adam Griffin. Photographer: Chris Frazer-Smith. Production company: Locate Productions.

Fans of Aardman's Shaun the Sheep will be excited to hear that a second game featuring the character has been released to play online and on smart phones. Home Sheep Home 2 follows the initial game that came out in February 2010, and sees Shaun, Shirley and Timmy lost in various situations where only you can help. Play the game at homesheephome2.com.

A couple of BBC idents for you now. First up one of a series of Christmas idents made for BBC 2 by Red Bee Media. Creatives: James de Zoete, Oliver Parsons; Group creative director: Frazer Jelleyman; Director: No Brain; Production company: Red Bee Media/15 Badgers.

Next a trailer for two BBC Radio 4 science shows, The Life Scientific and The Infinite Monkey Cage. Agency: Devilfish. Creative director: Lee Edwards. Director: Sonja Phillips. Animator: Alice Dunseath.

For those that would like to receive the gift of beer this Christmas, Heineken has created a Facebook app that might just help you out. The film above explains the idea behind the BeerFriender, and you can find the app on Facebook here. Agency: Wieden + Kennedy New York. Creative directors: Scott Vitrone, Ian Reichenthal. Creatives: Rob Kleckner, Dan Oliva. Director of interactive: Marc Maleh. Production company: Odd.

Over to music videos now. This promo for track All Eyes by Post War Years is the latest from director Tobias Stretch, and features his signature giant spooky puppets. Production company: Skin Flicks.

Director Richie Burridge's atmospheric promo for Plaid single 35 Summers depicts an unlikely but dramatic love affair between a Geisha and an octopus. DP: Sky Sharrock.

We finish with this lo-fi but lovely video for Allergies by The Lovely Eggs, which features a guest appearance by Gruff Rhys. Director: Casey Raymond.

CR in Print

If you only read CR online, you're missing out. The January issue of Creative Review is a music special with features on festivals, the future of the music video and much much more. Plus it comes with its very own soundtrack for you to listen to while reading the magazine.

If you would like to buy this issue and are based in the UK, you can search for your nearest stockist here. Based outside the UK? Simply call +44(0)207 292 3703 to find your nearest stockist. Better yet, subscribe to CR for a year here and save yourself almost 30% on the printed magazine.

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 and alphabets as they appear on record sleeves, in graphic identities, art projects and more.

Actually, the 288 page soft cover volume, rather like a Creative Review Annual, functions as two books. Open it one way to find Typoholic Font to Form which focuses on type related projects. Flip the book over and read from the other cover and find Typoholic A to Z, a compendium of recently realised illustrated typefaces.

The common thread throughout is that all the type compiled here is not of the carefully rendered text variety produced meticulously by type foundries, but rather showcases type at its most playful, experimental and exuberant. Prepare to find type formed out of food, inflatable sculptures, plants, and even train sets. Here are some images to give you a flavour of the content:

Find out more and see a full list of contributors to Typoholic at victionary.com

CR in Print

Thanks for visiting the CR website, but if you are not also reading CR in print you're missing out. Our April issue has a cover by Neville Brody and a fantastic ten-page feature on Fuse, Brody's publication that did so much to foster typographic experimentation in the 90s and beyond. We also have features on charity advertising and new Pentagram partner Marina Willer. Rick Poynor reviews the Electric Information Age and Adrian Shaughnessy meets the CEO of controversial crowdsourcing site 99designs. All this plus the most beautiful train tickets you ever saw and a wonderful behind-the-scenes look at Thunderbirds in our Monograph supplement

The best way to make sure you receive CR in print every month is to subscribe – you will also save money and receive our award-winning Monograph booklet every month. You can do so here.

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