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B2B marketing has been evolving, and you’ve probably noticed it. In the last few years, there’s been a shift towards the use of entertainment in B2B marketing. This is something that takes many forms: branded entertainment, branded content,...
Posted by: Novagram
WeWantMore is an Antwerp-based, award-winning design studio that works across Benelux, France, UK and beyond. Its strong design thinking uses authentic storytelling across two disciplines at the highest level: branding and interior design, to create...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
As a lifelong live music fan, I’ve been burnt quite badly in recent years. Granted, the vast majority of my musical favourites could be politely described as “niche” but on the rare occasions where my tastes and the general...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
This week, Disney+ finally launched in the UK at perhaps the most opportune time in history - when almost all of us are forced to stay indoors. We can gently chuckle at the conspiracy theories about Disney engineering coronavirus to maximise...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The second awards show of the week in Cannes last night saw the focus shift to the Craft and Entertainment Tracks, with Nike's Dream Crazy from Wieden+Kennedy Portland picking up the first ever Entertainment for Sport Grand Prix. The Digital Craft...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Lions Entertainment, the Festival’s two day-specialist event, kicked-off yesterday, bringing the worldwide entertainment industry together with global brands for a programme of speaker sessions, live performances, curated roundtables and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Regardless of your opinions on electronic music, it can't be denied that, more often than not, the sheer versatility offered by the genre makes it perfect for soundtrack work. Indeed, many of the greatest soundtracks of recent years have been almost...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It was announced over the weekend that Finnish mobile gaming company Rovio Entertainment's CEO, Mikael Hed is to leave the company after five years, which have seen him helm them through a genuine pop culture phenomenon in the shape of Angry Birds;...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
I don’t know if you caught Joanna Lumley on TV the other night. She was there to talk about a new movie that she’s made with Martin Scorsese which she was understandably thrilled about. Now I’ve always liked Lumley. I like the fact...
Posted by: Creativepool
Celebrity sells. It’s a marketing device that can be traced back to the 1760s when Josiah Wedgewood used Royal endorsements to create an aura around his pottery and make the Wedgewood name famous. Later, author Mark Twain licensed his name to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In the latest episode of Agency Cribs, we offer a peek into the beating heart of Cheil London, the London-based agency that is part of an international network offering its clients “ideas that move” across channels, across devices, and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In the second sneak peek behind the curtains of adland’s biggest, best and brightest shops, we offer you an insightful look into the day-to-day operations of jones knowles ritchie, an award-winning global design agency based right in the heart...
Posted by: Creativepool
Celebrity endorsements-great for brand recognition, potentially not-so-great if your celebrity endorser ends up embroiled in scandal. Celebrities are people and people make mistakes. Unfortunately, the mistakes of celebrity endorsers are played out...
Posted by: BENlabs formerly Greenlight
At the Palais des Festivals in Cannes yesterday (Thursday 25 June) as part of this year's Cannes Lions festival, Saatchi & Saatchi celebrated 25 years of the New Directors’ Showcase with a one-off screening of a brand new film. The idea was to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In the giddy haze of the “I want it all and I want it now” culture of 2024, the very idea of getting excited over something tangible probably seems a little quaint. If, like me however, you’re old enough to remember the anticipation...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Will my work get seen by the "right" people is a key question when deciding on whether or not to enter any award. As a part of our commitment to making The Annual the "Most Award" we make sure that your entries are delivered to, and downloaded by,...
Posted by: Creativepool
Beyond the fledgling capabilities of ChatGPT, Generative AI is rewriting the rulebook. One person who knows that more than perhaps anyone else is tech influencer Bernard Marr, whose latest book, Generative AI in Practice, outlines the profound and...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
What’s the obvious answer when putting together a campaign for an online education company? Create a four-part comedy series, of course! To learn more about this bonkers but brilliant idea, we spoke to the team behind it. What was the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
"How often can something be incredible before it becomes normal for it to be incredible and thus not looked upon as incredible anymore?"- Rob Auton Zebras are amazing. Monochrome in a dusky landscape. Unique, striped, designed to distract and...
Posted by: Tony Pipes
Across this month’s full slate of alluring extracurricular activities, everyone open to new experiences has worlds to gain. Current and future leaders spanning all industries are going all in: Curtains will soon draw back and stages will...
Posted by: The Darnell Works Agency
If sarcasm is the lowest form of with then parody surely can’t be fair behind. Parody is a well-tried and tested form of humour used in everything from comedy sketch shows to major motion pictures. It’s an artistic form in and of itself,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
When we think of the 90s, we often picture neon lights, garish colours, skateboards, “attitude” and POGS. But above all else, what the 90s represented to me was the dawn of the mascot. Of course, many entertainment franchises lived or...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Dave Anderson is an animator, illustrator and storyboard artist born in Wales, and currently based in Barcelona, who has for over a decade has been helping even the most uptight organisation find their funny. In recent years he’s directed...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Warning: Featured happenings in this edition of our global creative calendar are closer than they appear. Over the past several years, these updates have presented thousands of opportunities to advance knowledge, sharpen skills, immerse within...
Posted by: The Darnell Works Agency
Pearlfisher, the brand design agency, has unveiled its design for The Pack by KOTEX for tween girls at school in South Africa. The kit goes beyond the traditional functionality of fem-care to transform menstrual education into an engaging, empowering...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
I just hung up the phone. It was my friend Heather on the other end. Heather is not just any designer; she's an absolute wizard when it comes to navigating the world of AI in design. In fact, she's so good at it that she even teaches classes on the...
Posted by: Marc Posch
IMG is a global company heralded with founding sports marketing as we know it - founded by pioneering marketer and agent Mark McCormack, it all began with a handshake in 1960 and the world of sports changed forever. Last month, the company unveiled...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
As we all know, the creative industries thrive on the principles of diversity, open expression, and global collaboration. These are not principles even the most ardent supporter of former president Donald Trump would ever align him with and with the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Written by the Strategy team at Waste Creative. Marvel, DC, Star Wars, Barbie, Lego… we watch their movies and shows, read their comics, collect their merch and in many cases, play their video games. They’re the epitome of something called...
Posted by: Teodora Miscov
How did you get into the industry? After Uni, I worked a bit as an editorial illustrator for some sports magazines in Milan, when illustrators were still painting with brushes on paper - but was not the ideal scenario for me as I have always been...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Claudia Mastromauro, VP of Sales, Strategy & Operations, UK, Aryel Global attention spans are rapidly dropping, with the average attention on a screen falling from two and a half minutes in 2004 to 47 seconds in 2023. The average internet user is...
Posted by: Aryel
The ban on “harmful gender stereotypes” that can into force in the UK thanks to the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) back in 2019 is a move that, at the start at least, had its heart in the right place. In the ensuring five years,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The exponential rise of AI is well and truly underway and there isn’t a tide big enough to stop it at this point. Rather than wax lyrical on the inevitability of my own career being forfeit, however, I’m choosing to live with the machine,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
There are few creative directors in recent history as revered and beloved as Studio Ghibli mastermind Hayao Miyazaki. His name alone conjures dazzling visions of dream-logic wonder and colourful melancholy. He is, to all intents and purposes, the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
I wasn’t exactly the target demographic when the original Mean Girls was released in 2004 but a former flame dragged me to see it and I’ll be forever grateful as it introduced me to the comic genius of Tina Fey. It’s the kind of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Like half the nation, it would appear, I chose to spend the first waking hours of 2024 washed out on the sofa in a booze and cheese-induced haze binge watching what I assumed was going to be a quaint, easy-going ITV drama. How wrong I turned out to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns