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When Theresa May announced yesterday morning (18 April, 2017) that it was her intention to hold a snap general election in the UK on June 8 (a move that was since validated earlier today by a vote of 522 to 13), the UK media did what it always does....
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Close your eyes for a moment and think about the one big thing that has happened in your business environment over the past year that has directly impacted you. Last January (2016) I set about igniting conversations with companies that had...
Posted by: Suki Thompson
VCCP - Domino's Pizza Domino's has appointed VCCP as its lead creative and strategic agency for the UK and Ireland after a competitive pitch process. VCCP will be working on its above-the-line business, but Incumbent Iris will continue to work on...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Thousands of employers will publish their gender pay gap figures for the first time from today (April 6), helping break the glass ceiling and create a more modern workforce. The UK is one of the first countries in the world to require gender pay gap...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
April Fools Day is an event that's perfect for modern media, given the potential for wide reaching mayhem and confusion. With the world currently a place where the unbelievable and the borderline satirical appears to hit the headlines on a daily...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Alongside my recent pieces, Tech Trends: AI in 2017 and Creative Opinions on AI, I also conducted a series of interviews with some varied and insightful industry figures about their own experiences, hopes, thoughts, feelings and fears regarding the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Ever wondered what the face of advertising looks like? The picture above is the result of MEC’s initiative at Advertising Week Europe yesterday, which used photographs of attendees and a bespoke facial merging tool to capture this image. The...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Olafur Eliasson reveals solar-powered Little Sun lamp Fine artist and designer Olafur Eliasson has unveiled the design of a new solar-powered light aimed at off-grid communities. Eliasson, who is primarily known for major artworks such as The...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Nintendo have never been ones to let a good idea die just because it failed once. In the mid 90s, the legendary Japanese gaming giant, fresh from the success of their iconic Gameboy, decided to piggyback on the wave on enthusiasm surrounding virtual...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
When discussing the trends that will take hold in advertising next year, it's important to understand what a polarising year 2016 has been. As we approach year's end, we've all no doubt grown tired of the generic “I'll be glad when this year is...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Another 12 months and another few hundred ads to sort through, but this year it was actually more of a pleasure than a chore. My only criteria this year was that I vowed to steer clear of any spots that were tied to heavily to a particular pop...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Foxtrot Papa Foxtrot Papa, the London-based content marketing agency, has announced the appointment of Ryan McNamara as Deputy Managing Director. Ryan will be overseeing client services at Foxtrot Papa to help the ambitious strategic content agency...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It's been 2 weeks now since D-Day (Donald Day) and our divided world has grown even more so in the ensuing noise, chaos and horror. The creative industries, however, prove ever resilient, and whilst my previous piece from last week regarding the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
B-Reel help launch the world’s first 'Dimensioning Instrument' Creative agency B-Reel has helped launch the first product from innovation start-up InstruMMents; a company founded by the creators of fitness and lifestyle tracker Misfit Shine....
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
No-one would have believed, at the dawn of the 21st century, that within 20 years we would soon witness the election of the first reality TV American President. The cult Mike Judge (of Beavis and Butthead and Office Space fame) film...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Yesterday morning, John Lewis officially launched its 2016 Christmas advertising campaign; “Buster The Boxer,” on its official website social media channels. Within hours the internet had voiced its collective opinion. The first...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Adelphoi Music has teamed up with singer-songwriter, Ben Cocks, to create a compelling new track to accompany a social activism campaign from the iconic Ben & Jerry’s ice cream brand, which champions social inclusion at a time of increasing...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The 2016 US general election has been an almighty farce, let's not pull any punches here. Farce makes for great fuel when it comes to creative work though. Running the range from the daft to the strikingly satirical and the just downright bemusing,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Global consultancy Prophet has launched its Brand Relevance Index (BRI), a ranking of the most relevant brands in consumers’ lives today. Surprisingly, post-Brexit, only two British brands were featured in the Top 20; department store John...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A new report from J. Walter Thompson’s Innovation Group is making sense of the impact politics has on consumers and consequently, the brands chasing them. Launched exactly one week before the 2016 US Presidential Election, and just four months...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
This weekend, budget airline easyJet teamed up with the Netherlands Board of Tourism and Schiphol Airport to create an immersive theatre experience, which brought the sights and delights of Holland to London. The stunt, which is part of the brand's...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Ding smart doorbell launches on Kickstarter How many times have you missed the doorbell because you were either out of earshot or otherwise indisposed? And how many times have you wished you could simply tell that nuisance caller to jog on...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Following on from our Poolcast series at designjunction, we couldn’t pass the chance to meet Michael Sodeau, the event’s Creative Director. We talk about new materials seen this year, challenges like Brexit, and his thoughts behind...
Posted by: Alexandra Schott
Back in July, London Mayor Sadiq Khan launched the #LondonIsOpen campaign to encourage visitors and investment to London in the wake of the Brexit vote. As a part of the continued campaign, the mayor recently invited international artists and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
London-based creative director and designer, Tom Lancaster, managed brand identity for Orange, EE and the Mayor of London before taking the plunge into digital as Topman’s digital director. We chatted to our Creativepool Top 25-er about his...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
Andrew Reynolds is hot stuff. He’s Creative Director at Hong Kong’s Brand Union, winner of a people’s choice Webby Award and one of Creativepool’s Top 25. He’s also behind one of this year’s most fun campaigns;...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
Steve Jobs once said, “Innovation is the only way to win.”. It was only a few weeks ago that one of London’s top agencies, Ogilvy & Mather closed the doors to it’s dedicated innovation department, Ogilvy Labs, headed up by...
Posted by: Alexandra Schott
London Pokémon face deportation Pokémon citizens of the UK faced deportation this week in a flyer campaign by creatives to raise awareness for immigrants' rights in the wake of the UK's vote to leave the European Union. The flyers, which...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In many ways, it's harder than ever before to be a creative. Not only because there are more competitors than ever before to contend with, but because the kind of grants and subsidies offered to other industries are preciously difficult to come by...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
British artist David Shrigley and London mayor Sadiq Khan have launched a series of artist-designed posters for the London underground, which declare that the city will not cut itself off from the rest of the world. Featuring artwork by the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Heathrow has launched its first ever television campaign to celebrate 70 years of flight at the airport. “First Flight” is set to David Bowie’s little-known but lovely “When I Live My Dream,” and tells the story of the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
If you're even remotely interested in the wonderful world of Pokémon (and why wouldn't you be?) then you're probably aware of the mega-hyped Pokémon Go smartphone game, which essentially uses AR technology to allow fans to catch...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
B-Reel London - Gemfields Rather slim pickings this week, as ad land rallies to nurse its collective hangover from the Cannes Lions and the Brexit vote. Up first is this quite remarkable campaign from creative agency B-Reel & B-Reel Films. Together,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
London office has a very cynical and satirical response to Brexit Unless you've been living under the an actual rock for the last few days, even if you live outside of Europe, you'll undoubtedly have heard of the the current turmoil that's been...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It's finally here. June 23. EU Referendum day. A day that will live in infamy whatever the outcome. The last few months have seen a dramatic escalation in propaganda from both sides. So much so that's it's genuinely difficult to know who to believe....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Before we begin discussing the fifth day of the 2016 Cannes Lions, if you want to keep track of all the award winners, you can keep checking the “Just Announced” page on the official Cannes Lions website for all award wins as and when...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial