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The Game of Thrones chatbot that knows everything In a world full of direwolves, white walkers and dragons, there’s just one nerdy thing missing: bots! Meet GoTBot, a friendly Facebook chatbot with answers to all of your Game of Thrones...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
After a highly successful first year, Ogilvy & Mather UK is now recruiting for the second year of The Pipe – the agency's unconventional 6-month creative internship that pays the London Living Wage. One of the few requirements to apply for The...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Whilst many modern gamers might bemoan the fact that they have too much choice in this day and age when it comes to their gaming platform of choice, the reality is that we actually have it a lot easier than our 80s counterparts. Back in the days when...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Ahead of the UK General Election this Thursday (08/06/17), new online search trends analysis research has reveals that Labour was the most searched for political party by the UK public from April to May 2017. Captify, a Search Intelligence driven...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
On the 18th April, Theresa May left the door of 10 Downing Street and stood in front of the world’s media to announce that she was calling a general election. In her speech, she said, “Last summer after the country voted to leave the EU, Britain...
Posted by: Andrew Robinson
Today (June 1) marks the launch of The Body Shop’s latest and most ambitious campaign against animal testing in partnership with Cruelty Free International. Harnessing a number of famous faces and social influencers dedicated to the cause, The...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Against a global background of increasing isolationism, uncertainty, and mistrust, Britons today demonstrate unexpected confidence in their nation and belief in the potential of foundational institutions and major brands for stability, truth, and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Launched on May 18, blacksdontvote.com is the latest hard-hitting campaign by Operation Black Vote and Saatchi & Saatchi London to engage Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities across the UK to boost BME voter registration and turnout to vote in...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Officer & Gentleman - Pornhub Mommy’s Special Glasses by Pornhub looks like a typical Mother’s Day Greeting card (besides the fact it's from Pornhub, obviously), complete with a heartwarming message and frilly packaging. However, this is...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The electric wallpaper that connects appliances by conductive ink Lines of conductive ink thread between the protruding speakers and light boxes that form this interactive wall display, designed by furniture brand UM Project and wallpaper company...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Ever since Sadiq Khan was elected as the Mayor of London last year, he's appeared, to me at least, to be the one progressive spark in an otherwise almost oppressively right-wing and regressive current regime. He's not perfect, but he's certainly a...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
EMO Unlimited and The Real Adventure Unlimited, the Bristol-based agencies owned by the Unlimited Group, are joining forces to create a new agency, Prophecy Unlimited. The move will create an agency of 200 people, making it among the largest in the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
MIT Self-Assembly Lab's Rapid Liquid Printing Tech Prints Furniture in Minutes Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a revolutionary new form of 3D printing that can produce large objects such as chairs in a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Channel 4 and ITV are uniting for the first time for a major brand campaign for the Alzheimer's Society, created by McCann London. Launching “United Against Dementia” today (Monday 24 April) from 20:55, this is the first time either TV...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Marketers have revised their budgets up in the first quarter of the year thanks to a growth in online ad spend, according to the latest IPA Bellwether report, which reports an extension of a record run of marketing budgets’ growth to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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
A molecular chef, a master butcher and a designer from the Swiss university ÉCAL will explore alternatives for future meat consumption with an exhibition of intriguing sausages taking place at Milan Design Week, which takes place from next...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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
The smartphone-enabled home fertility test A new sperm testing device allows men to check on their reproductive health without having to go to the doctor. The Yo Sperm Test, developed by Medical Electronic Systems (MES), works through a smartphone...
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
Mass shootings are, unfortunately, becoming all too common in the United States (Mass Shooting Tracker: 371 recorded in 2015; 403 as of November 1st 2016). In fact, during his tenure, President Barack Obama has formally addressed the nation on the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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