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Nicky Morgan is the UK Secretary of State for Education. This week she gave a speech as part of the ‘Your Life’ campaign, designed to promote mathematics and science subjects to young people. These are part of the STEM subjects (Science,...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
One in three Britons is now overweight. One in five is obese. As far as one can trust statistics, that's the picture giving rise to some hefty soul searching this week. How did this happen? What is to be done about it? And who's to blame? That's the...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
In much the same way as cinemas now use the lure of movies to sell popcorn at vast profit, so the World Cup can be seen as deploying football games as a lure to sell enormous quantities of advertising. Which is absolutely fine by me as I find...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
In the early days of television, a journalist asked the British Prime Minister whether he had anything he wanted to say to the nation. Eden paused for a moment, then said - "No." This exchange has passed into history as an example of a considerably...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
I'm going to go out on a limb here and presume that at least 75% of the people reading this piece have an active Facebook account. Such is the all-encompassing ubiquity of the great social media titan, that it's not unrealistic of me to make this...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Having seen his outrageous speeches and horrific haircut, you might well think having Donald Trump in just one location is one too many. However, maybe you should brace yourself, because soon Trump (and many other less upsetting politicians) will be...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
The broader societal call for diversity and inclusion is an echo that’s been resounding across adland for a while now and, given the way advertising has always acted as society’s mirror, it’s a call that can no longer be ignored if...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
How did you get into the industry? Design has always held a strong allure for me. Early on, I recognized its magical potential as a craft that profoundly influences people's perceptions of products and services. I found this to be very powerful, and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
For most of 2023 politicians and economists have been engaged in an ongoing debate about whether or not the Western world is in a recession. While I am not here to comment on the financial state of play going into 2024, I can tell you this: We are in...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Channel 4’s in-house creative agency 4creative has launched a striking campaign for Channel 4’s Change Climate season featuring the business and political elite as you’ve never seen them before - in their carbon skid marked...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Recognising the crisis unfolding at the border where traffickers have been waiting for Ukrainian refugees to arrive, BBD Perfect Strom and Unseen have come together to ensure their safe arrival. They have worked together to lobby the biggest telco...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
How did you get into the industry? I guess all the early signs were pointing towards a career in design, but in hindsight it’s quite shocking just how little thought went into pursuing this path. Art and design were my favourite subjects, and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The use of attack ads has become increasingly common in British political campaigns, as both parties seek to gain an advantage over their opponents by highlighting their flaws and weaknesses rather than extolling their own virtues. This is a plague...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
To celebrate World Menopause Day this year (October 18th), Dark Horses rallied a group of comedians, personalities, and one globally super famous rocker, in support of non-profit organisation Menopause Mandate. The lack of education and support for...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Strange times provoke strange thoughts - not helped when the news is a constant barrage of mixed messages about how we’re all going to be doing economically in the next few years - and what’s bothering me is what kind of an economy are we...
Posted by: Richard
While we’ve shone our company spotlight on dozens of exceptional design studios here at Creativepool, we very rarely get the chance to speak to in-house studios. That’s we we jumped at the chance when information services company...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The UK is experiencing its worst inflation in forty years. In a perfect storm of price hikes, rising interest rates, and stagnating wages, many of us are facing existential fears about our financial futures. Everyone is talking about the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
All young Kiyan Prince wanted was to become a top footballer. His dream was shattered into pieces when a young person took his life with a knife in 2006, leaving unfulfilled ambitions and a family in grief. 15 years later, and thanks to the help of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
To all those suffering from crippling impostor syndrome, Chief Experience Officer at Digitas UK Jane Austin wants you to know that you are not alone. Jane has recently been appointed to take on this new challenge at Digitas, and we can already see...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
We are approaching a whole new world for brands and consumers alike, one in which humanity will matter more than anything else. Yet, it would be foolish to overlook what has happened in the past 16 months - and how the financial struggles of many...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Horrendous rainbow suits are on sale, brands have momentarily added some multicoloured pizzazz to their logos and, if you’re lucky, you might get a mumbled “Happy Pride” as the barista hands you your flat white. It can only mean one...
Posted by: House 337
We’ve all witnessed the push to sustainability in the past decade. What were once talks in the realm of the ‘nice to have’ or some barely formed concerns about the health of our planet have now transformed into sheer fear for some...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
We’ve seen all sorts of scenarios and an abundance of different situations in the past year. In all of these cases, the best brands in the eyes of the public were the ones showing compassion, empathy and care. In short, the most human. You...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Our planet is in danger. It is more imperative than ever today to help nature in any way we can. Reaching business leaders, politicians, old and new generations has never been so easy and, at the same time, so challenging for organisations all...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Among the many fascinating terms originating from Gen Z and millennials, Cancel Culture is certainly an interesting one. It connects brands and influencers with the direct consequences of their actions, paving the way for an age of brand reputation...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
They say there is no way you could get a lover of human sciences to enjoy maths. This may lead some people to believe that artists can never be good with numbers, but Simone de Gale's architectural firm is ready to prove the world wrong. With a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
"Don't learn advertising. Learn people." Associate creative director Augusto Correia has an ardent passion for creativity. You can easily get that from his words, and how vehemently he talks about his craft. Born a musician and grown in advertising,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Here we are, one home, one planet. Caring is no longer enough, as Earth Day’s 2020 halt urges people around the world to think about the planet through art and make active steps for the environment. While fish in the ocean can finally spend...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
2018 was the year of the side hustle. Perhaps you were genuinely inspired to expand your experience, get that idea off the ground, desperate to earn a second wage: we all had our motivations. I found my own side hustle, but my motivation was...
Posted by: Southpaw
Adobe has released its 2020 Visual Trends forecast, which predicts the major cultural themes we can expect in the year ahead and includes insights from over 1,000+ stock users uncovering pain points and use cases for stock assets. This forecast is...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Operation Black Vote (OBV) has launched a campaign that uses real quotes from politicians to encourage Britain's youth, particularly Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, to register to vote. Created by Saatchi & Saatchi London, a hard-hitting...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Newspapers The Times and The Sunday Times gave commuters a surprise this morning as they transformed Westminster Station in London into a jungle. It marks the beginning of their second Politics. Tamed. campaign, which portrayed politicians as...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Think about your favourite stories. Did you ever notice that the characters within them fall into broad categories? The hard-drinking detective fuelled by cheap liquor... The femme fatale who always has a perfect put down to hand... The naïve...
Posted by: Woven Agency
Calling all marketers - we carry a responsibility to our brands. The responsibility to only speak when we have something of value to say. There was an article doing the rounds recently written by an influencer who recommended publishing content...
Posted by: ifour
Each year, after the Cannes Lions festival, thenetworkone takes a few days to reflect on the events and look for the key themes and patterns which emerge. Here is our take on Cannes 2019. At its heart, Cannes is an awards festival. A little like the...
Posted by: Julian Boulding
London-based illustrator Ryan Hodge believes that if politicians like Theresa May, Nigel Farage and Donald Trump didn’t exist in real life, they’d be extremely funny as fictional animated characters. He doesn’t disclose his...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial