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Exploring New Realities The New Revolution at Six Flags As a fan of both roller coasters and VR, this news really excited me, and had me semi-considering booking an immediate flight to LA. This is the rather boldly named “New...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
I've never been a big McDonald's fan (more of a KFC man myself), but the more I see of the brand's overseas executions, the more I'm starting to believe that's because we're being poorly served by Ronald and his cohorts when compared to the rest of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Berlin School of Creative Leadership, Dutch Digital Design, Future Foundation, The Ad Club and The Marketing Society join inaugural Readshow, with speakers from Spotify, Adobe, Google and more. European Roadshow LONDON, 23 February 2016 -...
Posted by: Advertising Week
BBDO has had quite a week indeed. We've already reported on the global agency network's involvement in a charming new V&A Museum exhibition and its top placings in this year's Gunn Report, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. AMV BBDO unveil...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Hands up male Creativepoolrs, who amongst you didn't receive a Lynx gift pack this Christmas from an acquaintance and/or elder family member? I'd imagine precious few of you are currently sat at your computers or phones with your hands aloft, not...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Global content production and adaptation company Zebra Worldwide is marking its 10 year anniversary by launching a content focused consulting & technology offer from new offices in W1. Founded by Luke Hammersley and Nic Franklin in 2005, Zebra...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Over the past few years, we’ve seen 3D printing evolve in a big way and prove itself an invaluable resource for engineers. It’s helped in building prosthetics, instruments, drones, and plenty more besides, but in the hands of creatives,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Last week, the tech world relocated en masse to Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Technology Association expo (or CES), which this year (as one would expect given recent trends) was heavily focused on VR and everything VR related. However, what with...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
French architect and designer Jug Cerovic has unveiled a new design proposal for the London Tube map as part of his INAT project, which aims to standardise metro maps around the world. His Tube map proposals uses bright shades to highlight...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Winter's silver lining is dawning on us once again, and brands are wasting no time getting in on the action, not least Royal Mail, who are arguably as vital a part of the UK Christmas season as lukewarm mulled wine and tangled lights. Every November...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Last year, Sainsbury’s came under a lot of criticism for their World War II-inspired Christmas ad. Some agreed that it was a tear jerker, while others - in spite of the great attention to detail in terms of period costume accuracy and so on -...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
You may have seen this picture below doing the rounds on Facebook last week. And if you did and you’re a creative, you may well have chortled knowingly. Because the sad fact is, most creatives I know have experienced this at some point in their...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
BBH London – Tesco When I was a wee lad (in the heady days of the mid-90's), Halloween wasn't a particularly big deal. Sure we got together to watch movies we probably shouldn't have been watching and hit up our neighbours houses for Dime bars and...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
For about five or six years, I have blogged for Creativepool. During that time, I’ve written 254 blogs, most of which I hope have been either interesting or amusing, informative or insightful. Some will have been more of one than the other, of...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
The burglar alarm finally steps into the smartphone age Dan Conlon, the founder of the tech firm that bears his name, have created a new home alarm overhauled for the internet age. Next year the Cocoon by Conlon will be launched for £299. A...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Turning YouTube's black bars into ad space for nonprofits When videos recorded vertically are posted to YouTube, two black bars appear on each side, to frame the action. Knowing the relevance of this channel’s audience (with an average of four...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
There is surely still something to be said for ambition in advertising. As easy (and fun) as it is to be passive and cynical about the latest flashy campaigns from the biggest brands, it's more fun to simply sit back and let the spectacle do its job....
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Live Stream: 9:30 - The Journey of Data-Driven Marketing Marketing and advertising is undergoing its biggest transformation since 1960. The change is all about data-driven marketing. By 2020, virtually all advertising and marketing impressions will...
Posted by: Creativepool
The old hallways of Central Saint Martins are now currently home to 180 cutting-edge brands and designers from around the world. This instagraming dreamworld spread over 6 floors was a collaboration-haven with a stunning display of new textures,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Cancer is such a ubiquitous force in our lives that there is a genuine danger of us growing almost complacent about it, which is something Cancer Research UK is attempting to combat with a gorgeous and forward-thinking new campaign. It takes the form...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Eric Yahnker is all about intricate pencil work, pop culture puns and a serious approach to his work. He doesn’t make it easy to dismiss his work as pastiche, mainly because his finger is superbly on the pulse of contemporary society. Whether...
Posted by: Jade French
72andSunny has used a barrage of internet memes in its latest piece of work for anti-smoking organisation Truth. The “It's a Trap” spot reveals the deceit and danger behind social smoking, sheesha smoking and cigars, with some help from...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Even though the recorded music industry has been falling into a perpetual tailspin since the advent of the “Free” download (it's not free it's stealing), live music is more popular than ever before. In fact, many acts (even the big ones)...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Well, that’s the aim, anyway. Japanese-born Shota Kotake is on a mission. Not quite a holy mission, but one that nonetheless involves him painting the portrait of a priest every day for three years. That priest, though, is Father Ted, the...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Isobar re-connect families in Japan Isobar have really hit for the heartstrings with their latest campaign for MetLife Insurance in Japan. Based on the idea that “Insurance deepens family bonds,” the “My Dearest Dad and Mom”...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Last week, the City of Brussels announced Mather & Co as the official designers of an exciting new exhibition (for beer drinkers at least), which is due to be completed at the new Belgian Beer Palace in late 2018. Situated in the heart of Brussels at...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
I’ve got to say that these days, I’m feeling very creative. Well, quite creative. Make that moderately creative. Better adjust that to a smidgeon creative. Tell you what, put it this way: I’d be feeling exceptionally creative were...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
A personal pet peeve of mine is the popular advertising trope of making children act like adults or adults act like children in order to make a point or flog a product. It's been done to death and kids are just so much more appealing when they're...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
I don't have any tattoos. Nor have I even seriously considered it. I have nothing against them, in fact I actually harbour a smidgen of jealously towards those who are bold enough to brand their bodies, but there's something so unbearably permanent...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Last week, I posted one of my most successful blogs this year. "Top 10 worst corporate phrases" was for all you folk out there who hate ugly jargon such as “reach out”, “touch base” and “push the envelope”. You...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Ogilvy & Mather own Cannes. Again On the final evening of the Cannes Lions 2015 last week, Ogilvy & Mather was crowned as Network of the Year for the fourth year in a row. Highlights of Ogilvy & Mather's Cannes Lions 2016 included 1 Titanium Lion -...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Leo Burnett Leo Burnett Worldwide won 10 Lions in total across the Cyber and Design categories yesterday, bringing its total award count to 54. Leo Burnett Buenos Aires won a Gold Lion in the Cyber category for the Samsung “Safety Truck”...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Cannes Lions 2015 - Highlights from Day Two Ogilvy & Mather After a phenomenally successful first full day at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2015, Ogilvy & Mather found even greater success yesterday by walking away with 45...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Every June, the gaming industry converges on the Los Angeles Convention Center for the Electronic Entertainment Expo, affectionately known to gamers worldwide as E3. The expo has, in parallel to the industry itself, grown from humble beginnings to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Antiques Roadshow, Flog It!, Bargain Hunt, Cash in The Attic, Dickinson's Real Deal - there’s no doubt the BBC and ITV recognise the crucial role selling old stuff plays in the cultural fabric of the UK. Indeed, one cannot help but be impressed...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
What with the vast new technological frontiers opening up to us seemingly on a daily basis, it should come as no surprise that some of the industry's biggest players have been looking into ideas that, until recently, would have been seen as frankly...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
