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"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
As the year starts to wind down and we take stock of what we achieved (or didn’t achieve) over the last 12 months, it’s only natural to start asking what we’d have done differently if we could do it all over again. Well, thankfully...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Award-winning brand and digital design consultancy Thompson Brand Partners recently announced a company-wide rebrand of its business to ThreeTenSeven to align with the company’s recent strategic shift towards the health and wellbeing...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Advertising is host to a burnout epidemic. From the outside, the industry is portrayed as a glamorous home for creatives to turn their skills into a career. But, in reality, newcomers find themselves pouring long hours into menial tasks that no one...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Sexual wellness brand Durex, launched its decidedly cheeky #FitMatters campaign last year to educate people on the importance of using a correctly fitting condom. The campaign, created by VaynerMedia EMEA, was released after Durex’s own...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
While Christmas typically offers a brief break from work, whether that's a day off spent with family and friends or a much-needed vacation, the period leading up to the festive holiday can intensify burnout as workers juggle end-of-year...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
For any business, there is only ONE reason to have a website. That reason is to make money - and even more critical... make profits. If your company has a website, and you cannot tangibly determine whether it is contributing to PROFITS, or COSTING...
Posted by: Tagmakers
I’m going to shuffle out on limb here, and take a moment to ask when exactly we decided everything - from a reception lobby to an exhibition to any old corner of a field at an outdoor event - needed to be an ‘immersive...
Posted by: Richard
Peter Watson, Social Media Expert and Managing Director of Digital Marketing Agency, Distract, takes us through his thoughts on how Instagram’s push to be “like everybody else” could end up beings its undoing. When it comes to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
London-based design and brand studio ShopTalk recently partnered with the innocent drinks brand to create a digital platform as part of the "Big Rewild" campaign. ShopTalk created a digital hub which forms an integral part of the digital toolkit for...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The latest saucy campaign for Heinz pokes fun at the brand for launching a new range of pasta sauces in the UK, 150 years after they first entered the market. The campaign, devised by Wunderman Thompson Spain, launched with a full-page ad in The...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Most of the pictures you'll see of Volker Armbruster below picture him in his studio or next to a piano. We believe it is for a good reason. We have no trouble imagining that Volker would rather spend time in his studio making some beautiful music...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A chat with the authors of Sustainable Marketing, published by Bloomsbury Business Some time ago, we worked on a piece about greenwashing and the harm it can do to the industry on the short and longer term. Too many organisations are still making...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Penny Verbe defines herself as a "Hacienda girl through and through," a hardworking woman born and raised in a working class background, who learned the value of hard work really early on in life. There are few things that can teach you how to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
When I design an object and people say, ‘Oh, well done!’, I unfailingly ask myself, ‘Where did I go wrong?’ If everybody likes it, it means I have confirmed the existing reality and this is precisely what I don’t...
Posted by: Richard Holman
“I’ve been freelancing since 1989 and have shot globally for most automotive brands from Rolls Royce to Renault, Bentley to Buick, Cadillac to Kia,” says Nigel Harniman, reflecting on 30 years of photography. “More recently,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
£1.5 million research project looks to use data to perfect product design Scientists at Cardiff University have launched a £1.5 million research project to explore how the design of everyday products such as bikes and cars can be...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Sheffield Children’s Hospital has been brightened up once again with illustrations created by artists including Jon Burgerman, which aim to “provide distraction” for young patients. The project has been funded by Artfelt, the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
TBWA/RRAD - Amnesty International Current political tensions have led to Arabs and Muslims being mistreated at airports in the USA and Europe because of their passports. Behind this, there is a strong misconception that all Arabs and Muslims are...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
James Louis Hedley is a VR director & producer at immersive content specialist Surround Vision. In this month’s Visions in VR article, he tells us why pitting ‘True’ VR against ‘Passive’ VR divides a burgeoning...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
Continuing our series of recent grad interviews, we chatted to Jayde Perkin - her delicate watercolour illustrations are full of cute pastel tones, and fun representations of everyday life. Plus, I’m a sucker for an illustrated gallery scene...
Posted by: Beach London
McCann HumanCare - Docusol How could I not begin this week's run of creative excellence with a spot involving a singing nappy? The online film, by McCann HumanCare, is part of children's constipation brand Docusol's “Make a Nappy Happy”...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Maltesers & AMV BBDO win Channel 4's £1 million Superhumans Wanted Prize Channel 4 has announced that Maltesers and AMV BBDO have won £1 million of the broadcaster’s commercial airtime, staked as part of its Superhumans Wanted...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The idea for Daub came about on a sleepless night back in 2013, when David Bennett’s son suffered an asthma attack and was admitted to Kings Hospital. The design director at OPX faced a long wait, and as the ennui of the evening took hold he...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
From the most intricate folding cardboard and metal cards to contact details printed on balloons, the humble business card has developed into an art form in itself. With different cards out there trying to stand out and grab your attention more so...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Ashley Morrison. A few weeks ago, I was approached by a prospective client, who asked whether I'd be interested in doing some work for them. Specifically (or not, as it turned out) they needed me to write a brochure. I assumed they wanted a quote...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Ashley Morrison I've been working very hard every single day for the past couple of weeks. Till silly o'clock. Being freelance, when the work comes along, I don't really feel able to say no. After all, in the current economic climate, to trot out...
Posted by: Creativepool
Easter's a bit confusing, isn't it? I've managed to get my head around the crucifixion being on 'Good' Friday and Easter weekend falling on different dates every year - but now I find myself befuddled by the whole egg thing. Try as I might, I simply...
Posted by: Creativepool
Julie Aguilera is Associate Director & Head of Consumer at Rooster. Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? I work part time and am in the office once a week. My one day in the office is inevitably filled with...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Design agency Matter has collaborated with University of the Arts London to develop a concept for a bio-inspired sustainable earplug using the natural form of a helix to reduce material needed to efficiently block out sound. The concept takes...
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
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
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
A recent article by Jessica Stillman, published by Inc. explains why boredom is not always a bad thing. In fact, it can actually be a great tool to enhance your creativity. 'When was the last time you were well and truly bored?...
Posted by: Novagram
Over the last few years, the advertising industry has jumped from trend to trend, looking for ways to ride out the rollercoaster of economic instability. Some of them were driven by shifts in consumer habits introduced by the Covid-19 pandemic, such...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
2023 has been a lot of things. It’s been a year that saw great divisions widen and a year that seemed to almost revel in chaos, but it was also a year in which creativity continued to shine, even as it stood on the precipice of potential...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns