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Abstract Living crystallization-driven self-assembly (CDSA) has emerged as a technique that is able to perform solution phase self-assembly of semi-crystalline block copolymers in a controlled and modular fashion. It has been widely demonstrated to generate myriads of submicron-sized assemblies ranging from low-curvature non-spherical particles to complex hierarchical architectures with precise morphological and dimensional control. Living CDSA has since displayed enormous potential as a synthetic tool that has expanded the phase space for self-assembled nanomaterials from the bottom-up. This review highlights the recent methodological advances in the field of living CDSA and outlines the fundamental concepts and mechanisms that has been discovered progressively. Ultimately, this review aims to encourage the utilization of living CDSA as a tool to generate advanced functional materials and fuel research efforts towards the application of these fabricated materials.