Advertising
Snickers has always had a reputation for being the chocolate bar that conquers hunger fast and its oddball advertising through the BBDO network has backed up that claim in entertaining fashion.
The brand has been a serial advertiser at the Super...
Design
Ahead of Sunday's Oscars ceremony, eight in-house designers at Shutterstock have given this year's Best Picture nominees the pop art treatment using content from the creative platform.
Shutterstock runs its Oscar Pop! poster series every February...
Design
In this scene from Rams, Gary Hustwit's recent documentary about Dieter Rams, the legendary designer offers his 10 key principles of good design.
Watch as he explains how he reflected on his body of work and the fundamentals of his design philosophy...
Careers
The Creative Mentor Network (CMN) is a London-based charity working to make the creative industries more diverse and inclusive through mentoring.
The programme sees a host of talent from some of world’s top agencies link up with young mentees...
Careers
From communicating with Lauren Leaver, a member of this little creative community of ours, it is evident how passionate she is about what she's doing. It shows in her work.
Let's review and critique that work.... ummm.... right now!
I think we can...
Inspiration
London-based abstract painter and illustrator Mikey Brain’s work is bursting with colour and unique characters, inspired by his deep passion for timeless themes.
His commissioned pieces for record label Hot Creations are particularly pleasing...
Technology
Images in advertising have a bigger impact on our emotions than we may realise. But when brands set a brief for a photographer to make something look ‘premium’ or ‘powerful’, how is that achieved?
Chris Christodolou, CEO at...
Trends
What does the future look like? Change is happening at a faster rate than ever before and we've become one global community meaning we witness even more evolving consumer habits.
At Connect: London, Hollie Lubbock, interactive design lead at Fjord,...
Technology
British American Tobacco (BAT)’s e-cigarette brand Vype unveiled two new products at a launch event held at the top of London's Gherkin building last night.
The Vype iSwitch and Vype iSwitch Maxx devices are aimed at smokers who are yet to...
Advertising
Content which engages the right consumers rather than attracting an endless stream of clicks from irrelevant customers is what brands should be aiming for.
A panel at Creativepool’s Connect: London festival agreed that it is better for content...
Advertising
Rhodri Giggs has been unveiled as the face of Paddy Power’s new ‘loyalty’ campaign via an ad which mocks his ex-pro footballer brother Ryan and the affair which shocked the UK.
In the tongue-in-cheek spot, Rhodri pokes fun at...
Advertising
Coca-Cola launched a campaign to mark a new strategic partnership with the Premier League last week positioning the beverage and sport as things that bring people together.
Alec Mellor, marketing manager at the brand, offers insight into the...
Technology
There are unlimited opportunities for creatives and companies when it comes to working with blockchain technology, including a fairer and more reliable way of proving facts.
Simon Gill, chief experience officer at global digital agency Isobar, said...
Features
More than just a newspaper, The Economist Group is a media company that challenges readers to critically examine the fundamental issues facing our planet.
From its inception in 1843, The Economist continues to provide bold ideas, a global...
Advertising
As well as food, automotive and tech-inspired spots, there was an entertaining line-up of ads for a range of other brand categories.
Here are the best starting with an action-packed ad for the NFL.
NFL - 100-Year Game
Pampers - Stinky Booty...
Advertising
Tech companies relished the chance to get in on the Super Bowl action once again this year with serial advertisers and first timers entering the fray in 2019.
Here are the best ads involving telcos, TV streamers, music companies and more to air on...
Advertising
While Super Bowl 53 served up plenty of ads for food and drinks brands on Sunday, there was also the usual bout of car commercials. Here's a selection of the best to touch down.
Toyota - Toni
Audi - Cashew
Mercedes - Say the Word
Kia The Great...
Advertising
Now that the dust has settled after the New England Patriots won a record sixth Super Bowl in Atlanta on Sunday, it’s time to judge who won brand bowl in 2019.
While it wasn’t a vintage year for football on the field, the ads typically...
Inspiration
Having won a silver award in last year's Creativepool Annual for New York City Department of Transport, self-employed artist Ben the Illustrator is the focus of this Spotlight Q&A.
Find out about his route into the industry which has led to working...
Advertising
The growth of video on social media has contributed to a need for cheaper, faster branded content, according to a marketing executive at Toronto-based Shutterstock Custom.
Paul Cowan, VP of enterprise and SMB marketing, believes the introduction of...
Advice
Organising a creative hack can be a great way of getting people to interact with your brand and overcome a problem as part of a team.
Non-profit organisation Sightsavers works to protect eyesight and the fight for disability rights and held a...
Technology
Twitter has rolled-out various functions to reduce the amount of abuse, harassment and unwanted engagement on its platform in the past few years.
They have included allowing users to block certain words from replies to their tweets as well as...
Trends
Human interaction, the high street and 5G are all areas of focus in Ian Scott's retail trends report for 2019.
The Williams Lea Tag shopper marketing and innovation manager sheds light on his predictions for the shopping space and how the point of...
Awards
Smoothie brand Innocent’s Annual Brand Team of the Year win in 2018 energised its whole creative team, according to Katie Rosen, group head of creative.
The department has grown by 10 - from 8 to 18 - in her five-year tenure since she joined...
Social Media
The head of social at one of the world’s largest cereal brands believes advertising agencies are under increasing pressure from a new generation of social influencers.
Joseph Harper, who looks after social campaigns in the UK & Ireland at the...
Technology
Of the 50% of brands that have attempted to work with artificial intelligence (AI), only 4% have succeeded according to a creative technology team at London-based agency AnalogFolk.
Simon Richings, ECD, and Miguel Alvarez, director of technology,...