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McKinney announced recently that the SPENT game they produced back in 2011 for the Urban Ministries of Durham (UMD) can now be played on smartphone and tablet devices. The game has been played more than 4 million times by over 2 million people in 218...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In this article certified Photoshop expert Eric Renno, aka TipSquirrel takes us through some of the functions of a free mobile app, Snapseed. Over to you Eric: Snapseed has been around for a while and many readers may remember it as a desktop...
Posted by: Fotolia
Win fantastic prizes by challenging this month’s TEN collaborative design duo: German photographer Paul Ripke and British digital illustrator Nik Ainley.There are two aspects to the competition: one for photographers, the other for graphic...
Posted by: Fotolia
Crown Partners, the electronic business services firm based in Dayton Ohio, has been acquired by the French multinational Publicis Groupe and will now be operating as a subsidiary of Razorfish Technology Platform Services, the international holding...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Leo Burnett announced earlier this week that Y&R Canada has welcomed Alum Bayley into its ranks as senior vice president and global client leader for its BMO (Bank of Montreal) North American business. Bayley will be working from the agency's Toronto...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Leo Burnett is using real job seekers in a new campaign for Fifth Third Bank. The campaign aims to help people find work via the bank's reemployment program, a concept which evolved from their partnership with the national reemployment solutions...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Is there anything wrong with a writer reviewing a logo? After all, very few of us know our way around Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop, and I've never met a writer who went to design school. If then, you do think we have no business sounding off about...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Spring can mean different things for different people but in the design world it's all about the nominees and the winners of Designs Of The Year. Acting as the main event at the Design Museum until the 25th August, the seven different categories...
Posted by: Jessica Hazel
When the dreadful story of the mysterious disappearance of Flight MH370 dawned on the world, it was notable how many people pontificated ‘Surely all those satellites and things can track a plane anywhere.’ Some hotheads even went as far...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
As I sit down to write my blog today, I’m a bit anxious. You see, we moved on Saturday. But this was no ordinary move. I’ve left the creative centre of the country (and some would argue of the world) and gone to live in a place where...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
I'm no statistician, but I can be fairly sure fewer people are watching movies at the cinema with every passing month. Netflix, Sky Movies, Film 4, downloads and DVDs are all conspiring to keep film buffs glued to the sofa and away from the big...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
In the world of the marketing agency, 2013 won't just be the year of the Snake. It'll be the year the number of mobile devices exceeds the human population. I'm knocking at your proverbial door to spread the word of Vine. Have you heard about the...
Posted by: FindGood
by Ashley Morrison It's a wet Sunday afternoon (no, not in summer 2013, obviously; that would be a sweltering Sunday afternoon), and there isn't much to keep the family occupied. Well, apart from the 200-odd TV channels now available. Or a DVD. Or...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Last night was the ceremony for the annual Big Chip Awards where we picked up the award for Best Use of Brand in Digital for 'Creating Amazing Online for Lexus'. Our work with Lexus saw us deliver their new brand direction “Creating...
Posted by: AmazeRealise
Shaun Clarkson is best known for his eclectic interior designs for the likes of Vince Power, Oliver Peyton, Harvey Nichols and Pernod Ricard. Since crashing onto the London hospitality scene in the late eighties (his first outing for Vince Power had...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Magnus Shaw. If you're going to be rumbled loading beefburgers with something other than beef, try to ensure it's not horse. Oats would be better. Or sweets. But, not cat or hamster - and definitely not horse. As Tesco has discovered, people...
Posted by: Creativepool
Graham Higgins is a motion graphics designer who works mostly in After Effects and Maya, but says he still feels like a bit of a novice in the motion graphics industry. CP profile: creativepool.co.uk/GrahamHiggins Website: sircharlesgraham.com How...
Posted by: Creativepool We don’t make brands famous, we make brands popular. We create work that is inclusive and bold and appeals to the mass market. We want to create work that a brand can grow into, that will appeal to more than just the immediate target...
Posted by: Creativepool What do you actually do? An average day might involve building a prototype for a web application, brainstorming ideas for a Facebook campaign or sifting through shed loads of data, trying to devise a logical architecture. I'm lucky as I get to...
Posted by: Creativepool What do you actually do? I am creative director of a small london based design agency, this means that I have my hands in everything from the design work, client relationships, finding new clients, to creative direction. My usual days consists of...
Posted by: Creativepool - View David's Creativepool profile here Twitter: @hellodabwood Website: dabwood.tumblr.com "The illustrator critics are already calling "one of the many illustrators there are"" How long have you been a Freelancer for? I've been freelancing since...
Posted by: Creativepool - View Clare's Creativepool profile here Website: clarelouisebishop.com "Clare is a creative retoucher based in London. Having for sometime worked for creative studios around London, both freelance and in-house, she made the daunting leap of starting...
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"We are a small interactive company that cares about making things good for our clients. Our motto is keeping it clean/fun because both are equally important." What do you actually do? Everyday is different and my role is currently in flux as we...
Posted by: Creativepool
I have never received even one hour of training in photography, web design or programming and I make my living out of putting the three together. Creativepool caught up with Henry at Tower Bridge to talk about a lack of training, dodgy ankles and,...
Posted by: Creativepool Written by Nathan Mayatt, Workstation - Specialist creative and digital recruiters since 1989. Keeping ahead of the game by making sure your skills are up-to-date is essential to protect yourself over the next couple of years. The market has become...
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Shotopop Shotopop is the pebble beach pixel playground of Casper Franken, latte guzzling, medium format film collector and Carin Standford, sun seeking seamstress and mocha manic. It is the memory of an old man and the imagination of a little girl...
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--- "I'm attracted by the challenge to create." Creativepool pulls up a comfy chair with Gerard Whelan, Designer and Art Director for brandcentral, to discuss excellence, identity and wall-crawling super powers. How long have you been an Designer...
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We get emails almost everyday from people wanting web design jobs. However web design and web development jobs have become more and more sophisticated. If you are keen on landing employment in web design then read the notes below. You might also want...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Jacob Cass. This article will guide you through the process of creating the identity & logo for one of my recent clients, UKE, offering insights into not only the thought process behind creating the logo but also the creation of the logo...
Posted by: Creativepool
SoundCloud, VICE, StumbleUpon, Akestam Holst awarded alongside Special Achievement Honourees Stephen Fry and Professor Heinz Gerhäuser & Team, creators of the MP3 file format. On the 16th October the International Academy of Digital Arts and...
Posted by: Creativepool
Welcome to the CP Soapbox! Speaker's Corner is an opportunity for indutry boffins to take centre-stage and put the (creative) world to rights. But we don't want to stop there! We want comments from 'the floor' so if you've got something you want to...
Posted by: Creativepool
Is it a good time to be a freelancer working at creative agencies at the moment? It's a question that seems to get very varied responses as everyone's situation is different, and the availability of work is spread unevenly across the disciplines this...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Mark Young, Academy Class. In difficult economic times employers can be forgiven for looking at their expenditure and deciding that some things are easier to do without than others. While utility bills and direct employment costs are unavoidable,...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Ashley Morrison I'm very happy to take advice from people. The main caveat is that it has to be from someone who knows what they're talking about. The second caveat is that they have to practise what they preach. Below is a genuine profile from...
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by Magnus Shaw Hello. And welcome to the Creativep ... LOUD MUSIC, SHOUTING, SOUND EFFECTS ... ool blog. I thought it would be useful to dis ... POP SONG, KIDS GIGGLING, CORNY JINGLE ... cuss how advertisers are handling broadcast ads on the inter...
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What happens when you do get an interview? How will you ensure your portfolio impresses your interviewer or client? Here are some tips that are essential in creating a great portfolio: 1. Keep it to an A3 size minimum Contrary to what your tutors...
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