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Last month we asked you all to send us your best Instagram shots, and it proved so popular we’re going to turn it into a regular feature on the blog.

We were inundated with entries for our best Instagram shot request last month, where we asked people to tweet us their favourite Instagram, using the hashtag #bestinstagramshot. We’ve decided to turn this into a regular blog feature, and we’ll be rounding up our favourite Instagrams every month, and posting them on the blog.

We’re going to make it a little bit more involved this time, by giving you a monthly theme. We don’t mind if you send us an Instagram you’ve already taken, or a photo you’ve taken especially, just as long as it’s within the theme. Poetic interpretations of the theme are, of course, welcomed.

So, how does it work? Simply tweet your best Instagram @creativereview, not forgetting the #bestinstagramshot tag, and we’ll put together a list of our favourites to feature on the blog.

Our theme for November is: Cold. Get your entries to us before the 30th November, and check back to see our list of favourites.

Image shown above by @riproaringalex

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In our November issue we look at ad agency Wieden + Kennedy in a major feature as it celebrates its 30th anniversary; examine the practice of and a new monograph on M/M (Paris); investigate GOV.UK, the first major project from the Government Digital Service; explore why Kraftwerk appeals so much to designers; and ponder the future of Instagram. Rick Poynor reviews the Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design; Jeremy Leslie takes in a new exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery dedicated to experimental magazine, Aspen; Mark Sinclair explores Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery show of work by the late graphic designer, Tony Arefin; while Daniel Benneworth-Gray writes about going freelance; and Michael Evamy looks at new telecommunications brand EE’s identity. Plus, subscribers also receive Monograph in which Tim Sumner of tohave-and-tohold.co.uk dips into Preston Polytechnic’s ephemera archive to pick out a selection of printed paper retail bags from the 70s and 80s.

The issue also doubles up as the Photography Annual 2012 – our showcase of the best images in commercial photography produced over the last year. The work selected is as strong as ever, with photographs by the likes of Tim Flach (whose image of a hairless chimp adorns the front cover of the issue, above); Nadav Kander (whose shot of actor Mark Rylance is our Photography Annual cover); Martin Usborne; Peter Lippmann; Giles Revell and more.

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A large drawing of children playing by German artist Wayne Horse forms the basis of a new music video for William Kouam Djoko track, We Are Your Brothers and Sisters – but the relatively simple set up contains a chilling reveal…

To the lines “These could be your brothers or sisters / We are your brothers and sisters” the camera pans around Horse’s giant circular illustration (depicting youngsters unwrapping presents, sitting in school and so on) while the whole scene is coloured-in by the three children shown at the start of the film.

But after about one and a half minutes, things turn a little sinister.

The two work-in-progress images posted below the film might give away the storyline (or at least the issues that the film was designed to raise awarness of), so for a no-spoiler experience, watch the clip first. The film was made in collaboration with the Jäger Music Program.

CR In print

In our December issue we look at why carpets are the latest medium of choice for designers and illustrators. Plus, Does it matter if design projects are presented using fake images created using LiveSurface and the like? Mark Sinclair looks in to the issue of mocking-up. We have an extract from Craig Ward’s upcoming book Popular Lies About Graphic Design and ask why advertising has been so poor at preserving its past. Illustrators’ agents share their tips for getting seen and we interview maverick director Tony Kaye by means of his unique way with email. In Crit, Guardian economics leader writer Aditya Chakrabortty review’s Kalle Lasn’s Meme Wars and Gordon Comstock pities brands’ long-suffering social media managers. In a new column on art direction, Paul Belford deconstructs a Levi’s ad that was so wrong it was very right, plus, in his brand identity column, Michael Evamy looks at the work of Barcelona-based Mario Eskenazi. And Daniel Benneworth-Gray tackles every freelancer’s dilemma – getting work.

Our Monograph this month, for subscribers only, features the EnsaïmadART project in which Astrid Stavro and Pablo Martin invited designers from around the world to create stickers to go on the packaging of special edition packaging for Majorca’s distinctive pastry, the ensaïmada, with all profits going to a charity on the island (full story here)

Please note, CR now has a limited presence on the newsstand at WH Smith high street stores (although it can still be found in WH Smith travel branches at train stations and airports). If you cannot find a copy of CR in your town, your WH Smith store or a local independent newsagent can order it for you. You can search for your nearest stockist here. Alternatively, call us on 020 7970 4878 to buy a copy direct from us. Based outside the UK? Simply call +44(0)207 970 4878 to find your nearest stockist. Better yet, subscribe to CR for a year here and save yourself almost 30% on the printed magazine.

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News: construction is set to begin next month on the world’s tallest building in Changsha, China, which will be completed in just 90 days.

Construction firm Broad Sustainable Building (BSB), a subsidiary of China’s Broad Group, has corrected earlier reports that its 220-storey Sky City tower would take seven months to complete, telling ConstructionWeekOnline that the skyscraper will be finished at the end of March next year.

Following foundation work that will continue until the end of December, the company said its schedule to construct the 838-metre tower “will go on as planned with the completion of five storeys a day.”

“We have not issued any press statement on this and it will go on as planned… we have not said anything about 210 days,” said Broad Group senior VP Juliet Jiang, adding that the project is still awaiting approval from the government.

As previously reported on Dezeen, BSB plans to build the tower using pre-fabricated components that slot together like a Meccano toy. On completion, the skyscraper would be taller than Dubai’s Burj Khalifa and include schools, a hospital, 17 helipads and apartments for over 30,000 people. The company has already successfully demonstrated its approach on a smaller scale by constructing a 30-storey tower in 15 days.

Broad’s CEO Zhang Ye claims his pre-fabricated towers are designed with a different load-bearing structure to conventional towers so that they use less concrete and steel and can be produced in factories rather than on-site.

However, some construction experts believe the tower is simply too tall to be built with ready-made parts. Bart Leclercq, head of structures in the Middle East at WSP, the engineering firm behind The Shard in London, warned that documents for Sky City on BSB’s website make no mention of wind load.

“There are forces working on a building that tall, including the wind. It is not a minor thing at that height,” he told ConstructionWeekOnline. “By just using these simple units all put together, you are not going to get enough stiffness; this building will have an enormous storey drift, and it will sway.”

BSB has also released a composite image that compares its skyscraper with the Chicago skyline (pictured top), which emphasises its projected height next to the 100-storey, 344-metre John Hancock Center seen alongside it.

Read our previous story about BSB’s plans to build the world’s tallest tower from pre-fabricated parts, or see all our stories about skyscrapers.

Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu of Shanghai studio Neri&Hu recently told Dezeen that their fellow architects in China are “lost” and need to stem the tide of “half-assed” building projects in the country, while Aric Chen, the creative director of Beijing Design Week, had previously warned that China needs to “slow down” and pay more attention to issues of authenticity, process and identity.

In contrast, Hong Kong-based designer Michael Young told Dezeen earlier this month that China is now “a dream scenario” for designers, with its huge manufacturing base and plenty of investment opportunities on the horizon.

See all our stories about China »

Images are courtesy of Broad Group.

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Coup de coeur pour le travail du français Thibaut Malet qui a réalisé des Art Toys magnifiques fabriqués main, et en bois de chêne. D’une hauteur de 11 cm, ces objets numérotés et limités à 20 exemplaires sont présentés dans un superbe packaging à découvrir en images dans la suite de l’article.

Andrew Brodhead nous propose des images splendides réunies sous le nom de « Floating Series ». Ces clichés du photographe américain représentent des corps recouvert de plastique tel un cocon et flottant au-dessus du sol dans un paysage naturel, en référence à la surconsommation de l’homme face à la nature.