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Inspiration

How brands are using: Live video

Lest we forget, video content is king, and live streaming is the shiny pearl on top of the crown. With Facebook Live and Instagram Live’s emergences last year, brands discovered unprecedented, cost effective ways to engage with existing...

Posted by: Kate Lewin
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Leaders

Top 10 Ads of the Week: Super Bowl Special

David&Goliath - KIA Kia is wasting no time in teasing its Super Bowl ad this year. After releasing two short teaser spots last week, the automaker has now released another teaser spot starring its celebrity spokesperson, Melissa McCarthy. The latest...

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Leaders

Unconventional Christmas Trees turn Xmas upside down in London

Amongst my friends and family members, I've become known as something of a Scrooge when it comes to everything festive. Long gone are the days when the opening chords of “Merry Christmas Everyone” would ignite an ember of longing in my...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Nexus deliver delightful animated VR story for Google Spotlight Stories

The London-based Nexus Studios, in collaboration with Google Spotlight Stories, the VR storytelling specialists, has created an immersive and interactive experience with story at its heart. Directed by Nexus director Felix Massie, “Rain or...

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Leaders

Rebrand Roundup: UCL, Natwest and the London Design Biennale

Lambie-Nairn - University College London Lambie-Nairn has unveiled a new brand identity for UCL’s (University College London) new global Philanthropy and Engagement Campaign. The university is aiming to raise £600 million for cutting-edge...

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Leaders

D&AD's Andy Sandoz unveils 2016 'Manual' annual

In his final act as D&AD President after a year in which he has imparted many valuable lessons with his future-facing attitude and love for the weird and wonderful, Andy Sandoz has made some major changes to the D&AD Annual. A dedicated champion of...

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Industry

designjunction spotlight 2016: Michael Sodeau

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
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Leaders

Brands to watch at #djKX

Take a look at what some of the brands at Cubitt House have in store. From brand new collaborations to the latest innovative materials #djKX promises to be the latest showcase of cutting-edge design. Ethnicraft, who produce timeless designs,...

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Leaders

Scarlett Raven changes the way the world views art with Blippar AR

This July, 30 year old artist Scarlett Raven will be unveiling her ambitious, groundbreaking visual arts experience, The Danger Tree, in London. Scarlett is the first oil painter to work in the exciting world of augmented reality, and reveals the...

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Leaders

DDB NY get sexually creative for the Wildlife Conservation Film Festival

Sex is a natural part of life that advertising largely ignores because it's not 'clean' or 'safe' enough for many brands, but the DDB New York has thrown caution to the wind with a new campaign for the Wildlife Conservation Film Festival, which...

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LDF looking to Kickstarter to fund Trafalgar Square Crazy Golf Course

At this year's London Design Festival, if all goes to plan you might be able to play a round of crazy golf at Trafalgar Square, with definite emphasis on the crazy! The “Visionary Crazy Golf” installation will include nine holes designed...

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Leaders

Rebrand Roundup: From Aston Villa to Oi!

Wolff Olins - Oi! Wolff Olins has launched a new brand identity for the spectacularly named South American telecoms company Oi, which is centred on a a user-generated logo that reacts to the sound of the customer’s voice. In creating the...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

Top 10 Hires of the Week

DDB New York DDB Worldwide has announced the appointment of three executive creative directors at DDB New York. After a strong year of new business growth in 2015, including Pure Leaf, Qualcomm and Huawei, the agency is increasing its creative...

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7 Reasons to submit to the Annual 2016

1. You’ll win awesome prizes This year we will not only send you a Limited Edition hardback copy of the Annual, but winners receive some extra wicked prizes. We give individuals a Creativepool Pro Account for up to 3 years, which gives you...

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Leaders

Razorfish go for the feels with new Canon campaign

Razorfish has announced the launch of a multichannel communications campaign, influencer engagement and online film “Me and my bear” for the popular photograph sharing mobile application Lifecake, which was acquired by Canon earlier this...

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Leaders

How brands are celebrating Back to the Future Day

It's October 21st 2015, which any self-respecting 80's cinema fanatic will tell you with no small amount of enthusiasm is the date Marty McFly arrives in the future in Back to the Future 2. Of course, this isn't the first time we've caught up with a...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

Rugby continues to dominate campaigns

VCCP London England rugby partner O2 has unveiled its first ever animated campaign, which sees the England Rugby Team turned in to giants through the power of support. Created by VCCP London ahead of the biggest tournament in English Rugby history,...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

Getty Images to honour Elizabeth Taylor in retrospective this autumn

The Getty Images Gallery has announced its latest exhibition titled in association with The Elizabeth Taylor Trust and The Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation (ETAF). “Grit and Glamour” is a major photographic exhibition that marks 30 years...

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Leaders

The Week in Tech

Apple sell out. Again. A big week for Apple saw the company's mega-hyped Apple Watch sell out of its pre-order stock in a matter of hours. US pre-orders for the device kicked off on Friday morning, and by the afternoon, Apple released a statement...

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Leaders

VCCP showcase a darker side to McLaren

It's become something of a cliché to “Go to the dark side,” in the media. Modern logic dictates that the second sequel in a trilogy should always be “The dark one,” and adding a touch of gritty realism to a TV show can be...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

Lema bring Italy to King's Road

The Lema furniture brand is opening its first company-owned flagship store in London this spring on Kings Road. The store, which is due to open in May, will cover 400 square metres over two floors, each encompassing Lema's two brands, Lema Casa (on...

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Leaders

The Week In Advertising

McVities - Sweet Friends The image of two tough-nut window cleaners going all soppy over some soft toys is undeniably amusing, and that's what we find in the latest execution of McVities 'Sweet' campaign. Clearly a lot of time and money have been...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Leaders

South Kensington gets an artistic makeunder

The “Transforming South Kensington” competition by the Exhibition Road cultural group recently came to and end, with the eleven competing groups narrowed down to a final three. The competition, which was organised in conjunction with the...

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Inspiration

'Interstellar' - a long movie, but worth the trip?

If we ever had drive-in movies in the UK, they kept it pretty quiet. The whole concept of taking your car into a cinema is very much an American one, and even here it’s dying. In fact, there are only 340 such theatres left in the whole of the...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Leaders

BlackBerry reinvents itself with the help of a new AOR

Having lost the majority of its casual business to its more successful rivals, BlackBerry is looking to resurrect itself as a business brand, and is hiring a business to business agency to help make the transition a success. After a comprehensive...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

Martial arts meet football in Jonathan Glazer's new TV spot for Canon

Jonathan Glazer, the acclaimed director of cult classic films such as Sexy Beasts and Under the Skin, has directed a new ad for Canon, which tells the story of Calcio Storico (“Historic Football”), an ancient and brutal Italian sport. Glazer, who...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

The Annual Has Arrived!

We would like to formally announce the release of our Annual! A huge year for the Creativepool team and the members. Inside is a diverse compendium of our favorite companies and individuals that make up this pool of talent. Broken down into the...

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Leaders

How one man predicted the future of televison.

From Cicero to Aubrey Beardsley, human beings have never had to look too far for individuals touched by the hand of creative genius. But finding intellects so inspired, profound and insightful they actually manage to predict the future, is more of a...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw

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