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By Heather Andrew, UK CEO, Neuro-Insight...
With Christmas ad spend set to hit an all-time high, the race is on again to achieve the coveted most memorable ad.
Previous years have taught us that the aim of the game with festive spots is emotional...
Industry
Click on Spanish sisters Eva and Marta Yarza’s Creativepool profile and you’ll be met with an avalanche of colour. The creative duo, better known as graphic design studio Yarza Twins, picked up a silver prize in the Annual in 2018 and...
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Brave clients and bold campaigns are on Jeremy Harvey, creative partner at brand strategy and marketing agency Clarity’s wish list in 2019. He gives his predictions for the year ahead.
What will be the biggest trends in 2019 in your field?
I...
Inspiration
London-based illustrator Matt Blease has been playing with puns for years but his wisecracking commentary on the world isn't quite delivered in the way you'd expect.
The Breed London artist, who counts the likes of Google, The New Yorker, Nike and...
Workshop
Besides being Twitter’s VP of EMEA, Bruce Daisley is intent on helping creative companies improve their working cultures and hosts the Eat Sleep Work Repeat podcast on the subject.
He’s also written a book called The Joy of Work offering...
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John Treacy, ECD at Proximity London shares his thoughts on the year ahead for advertising and tells us what the best campaign was in 2018.
What will be the biggest trend in 2019?
Brands going into ‘acquisition mode’ after GDPR has...
Industry
Asked what was unique about Iris’ Annual-winning work for UK home improvement retailer Wickes last year, creative director Simon Mannion says it was its humorous nature which set it apart.
“It offered a different way of talking to the...
Workshop
Art directors in the ad industry (especially at your larger shops), communicate with a lot of people to get the job done.
Let's go through the list of who they might interact with on a daily basis once they're out from behind the computer.
This...
Inspiration
This November - just like every November in recent years - the nation waited in anticipation for their favourite Christmas ad to officially usher in the beginning of the festive season.
Below, Greg Clark, MD of Sheffield-based creative agency,...
Inspiration
There have been some wild predictions made about the seemingly inevitable dominance of voice search within SEO.
30% of searches will be done without a screen by 2020, for example. Or, even more incredibly, 50% of all searches will be voice searches...
Leaders
What do Kanye West and the Queen have in common? Well, by current marketing standards, quite a lot. Both of these cultural icons are wealthy and fall into a complex demographic category: high net worth individuals (HNWI).
While marketers tend to...
Workshop
For those looking to expand their creative advertising knowledge past the channel, here are some awesome books you should dive into.
It's some real LITerature (I apologise for that). Read up!
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In this month's top reads our CEO, Anant Sharma, looks at passwords rendered from brainwaves, the rise of no-frills brands and a national obsession with KitKats...
Gosh. What a summer. What great weather. So lovely to see everyone so bloody...
Industry
While most of this year is history, I hope you are ready, willing and able to celebrate the fact that the best is yet to come.
Are you focused on sharpening your skills for 2019? If so, some of the world’s most elite organisers are preparing...
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When you think of Monzo, beyond the unmistakable hot coral card the company's meteoric rise springs to mind. The self-professed challenger bank of the future, Monzo aims to make money work for everyone with its innovative model.
The firm, originally...
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Dutch Design Week is renowned for future thinking and concept-driven projects, making it one of the top design events of the year. This year’s exhibit revolved around something that’s top of the agenda for everyone from governments to...
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Creativepool held its annual Connect: London festival at Boiler House, Old Truman Brewery last week with two days of inspiring talks, workshops and networking events for the creative industry.
The packed programme saw the action take place across...
Workshop
For all you Adobe Photoshop beginners out there, Blending Modes are the basic effects you'll need to familiarise yourself with to greatly enhance your photos.
Multiply, screen and overlay are my favourites but you should play around with them a...
Features
At Connect: London this week, Stuart Wilson, creative director at McCann Central, will host a session about deepfake technology and look to take the audience on a journey around the subject.
Deepfake is an AI-based technology used to produce or...
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Wahaca by Without
Mexican-style street food restaurant Wahaca in the UK has has been given a rebrand by London-based design studio Without with a focus on illustration.
The new branding centres around a line-drawn, illustrated logo of a hand...
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Arnold steps down at AMV
Rosie Arnold (pictured) is to step down from her role as creative partner at AMV BBDO.
Arnold was most recently head of art and creative partner but spent 33 years at BBH, where rose to creative director, prior to joining...
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This year’s John Lewis Christmas ad has finally arrived and is led by the story of British music legend Sir Elton John who fronts the film.
The Boy and His Piano opens on the singer in his living room as he begins to play his classic tune Your...
Features
Simon Richings, ECD at digital creative agency AnalogFolk, will appear at Creativepool's Connect: London festival next week alongside Miguel Alvarez, director of technology, to offer insight on how artificial intelligence (AI) can be harnessed as a...