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Allow me to let you into a little secret: I’m not very thick skinned. And yet people often assume I am, partly because some of my blogs range from being moderately tongue in cheek to bordering on acerbic. One thing they never are, however, is...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Visa Europe imagine the future of wearable payments Visa Europe has been working with industrial design students from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design to develop concepts for new wearable payment devices. They were tasked with...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
WE ARE Pi – Paddy Power Paddy Power has appointed Amsterdam-based ideas company WE ARE Pi as its “Mischief” agency in a competitive pitch handled by the AAR. The agency has been entrusted with “Sparking mischief” for the brand, an integral...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Forsman & Bodenfors – H&M H&M looks set to break all the fashion rules in a new campaign from Forsman & Bodenfors featuring punk icon (and walking leather pin cushion) Iggy Pop. It hinges on a film narrated by the Stooges frontman, which carries a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
So apparently, we won the rugby against Fiji on Saturday. 35-11, I believe. But there, I’m afraid, my knowledge of rugby stops. And so does my interest, if I’m honest, unless pizza and beer and a room full of friends is included. Sorry,...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
I’m not going to pretend to be the world’s biggest Rihanna fan. Indeed, I personally find her brand of hedonistic pop to be of the “All style, no substance” variety. As a personality though, she’s a beacon of light in an...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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
Pornography is one of those rare commodities that many of us consume on a regular basis, but we never actually talk about (for obvious reasons), which is why I found the concept behind this debut solo show from photographer Sophie Ebrard and global...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Last Friday, Soto launched the hugely anticipated Converse X Stüssy collaboration. The only spot for such a clash of lifestyle brands was the shop Soto, with drinks provided by Bulleit and Clique Bier. A selection of hip hop hits filled the...
Posted by: Jade French
We have partnered with a pioneering public art project that will be shaking up the confines of the traditional gallery model. Space Explorer is a next generation art platform designed to inspire exploration within the city via a mobile app that will...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Deutsch - Target “Share the Force” Deutsch LA is celebrating the launch of brand new Star Wars merchandise (which coincide with the eagerly awaited 7th instalment in the franchise) with a few blasts from the past for Target, the major...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Since I reported on Banksy's Disneyland pastiche last week, the art installation-cum theme park in Weston Super Mare has become major international news (seeing American newspapers talking about an abandoned water park in Weston was genuinely surreal...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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
DigitasLBi announced this week that 2015 will see the biggest ever UK NewFront; the agency's collaborative thought-leadership programme aimed at stimulating creativity within the branded content marketplace. Now in its second year the DigitasLBi UK...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Google's Modular Phone is unstable Though in theory it's possibly the most exciting thing to happen to smart phones since the introduction of the iPhone, Google's ambitious modular phone; Project Ara, was never going to have an easy birth. The...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Uniting glass and emotion, Japanese born Hiromi Takizawa has changed the rules, creating a new paradigm of conduct for heated glass that succumbs to her conscious and her subconscious. Displaying a mastery of the medium, she uses shape, reflection...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Wieden+ Kennedy Portland bring back the Old Spice guys The “Old Spice Guy” spots for the titular aftershave by Wieden + Kennedy has been something of a cultural phenomenon, and with good reason; it's a bloody good idea, it's delightfully...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Bringing back Larry Culpepper for Dr Pepper Dr Pepper is teaming up with Deutsch LA to remind consumers of the brand’s long and distinguished history in college football by bringing back the inspiring and surprisingly sweet (much like the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Until this morning, I honestly had no idea that Colonel Sanders didn’t create the now globally ubiquitous KFC brand until he was 65 years old. That’s pretty bloody inspiring if you ask me. My dad’s 63 and his idea of a colossal...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It’s now 40 years since weather forecast symbols were introduced on BBC television. You’d think there would only be so many ways one could represent sun and rain, but there have been a huge number of changes since 1975. It was actually...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
AARP, a Washington-based advocacy group for the over-50 crowd, has created a marketing agency to help companies target products and services to the baby boomer market, which AARP thinks doesn’t currently get enough attention from advertisers. This...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
This man grew an ear on his arm An Australian performance artist who simply goes by the name “Stelarc” (like “Madonna” or “Adele,” but with zero mainstream appeal) has grown an artificial ear on his arm. He...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
We MUST bring Hitchbot’s killers to justice! People are bastards. They really are. HitchBOT, the cheerful hitchhiking robot that had made cross-country trips across Canada, the Netherlands and Germany, had intended to travel across the United...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Ocean Outdoor - Team GB Ocean Outdoor has been named as the official outdoor media provider to Team GB in the run up to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. As part of the deal, Ocean will support Team GB’s “Bring On The Great” campaign,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Between the 8th and the 9th of August, visitors to the British Museum will be invited to step a virtual foot inside a 4,000-year-old Bronze Age roundhouse with the launch of the London museum’s first ever virtual reality weekend. By teaming up...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Here’s a little fact for you: contrary to urban myth, newsreaders aren’t just wearing underwear when they’re sitting behind their desks, reading off the autocue. Sorry to burst your bubble. I know this because I know somebody who...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Whilst it probably won’t go down in history as one of the very best video games of all time, Angry Birds is arguably one of the most important and influential, especially of recent years. Indeed, years before it was dethroned by the godawful...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The Plattenbau has become cool again. These constructions of Soviet-era Communism, where colossal concrete slabs were assembled into a home are the ultimate chic addition to the lives of the young and upwardly-mobile of Berlin. These Plattenbauen...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
July 27, 2015 was the 75th birthday of Bugs Bunny, one of the best-known cartoon characters ever created. As suave as Raffles, and as witty as Oscar Wilde, he's a gifted dancer, and famous for his ability to avoid hunters - particularly the lisping...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Kanye West caused mild outrage (but that is his raison d'être) at Glastonbury last month when he declared himself as the “Biggest rock star on the planet,” but the truth is, he isn’t even close. In fact, that mantle belongs to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
LIA extends entry deadline and announces next LIAsons speaker The London International Awards has announced that the deadline for entries has been moved to the 31st July. All companies and/or individuals involved in the creative process are...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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
We’ve heard about suffering for your art, but this takes things to a new level. French artist Thomas Mailaender applied 23 photographic negatives to models skin, searing them with a UV lamp. The result? Some really beautiful effects, that conjure...
Posted by: Jade French
Ogilvy Public Relations has announced the launch of a speciality division that will provide communications strategy for retail, fashion and e-commerce clients, while helping brands forge strategic collaborations in the fashion space. The Boutique @...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
For the first time ever, radio and music lovers will be able to download BBC radio programmes in full, to their smartphone or tablet for free, listen to them offline, and keep them for up to 30 days on the BBC iPlayer Radio app. The update, rolling...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Pum Lefebure announced as speaker at Creative LIAisons Pum Lefebure, the co-founder and chief creative officer of Design Army, has been announced as a speaker at the London International Awards 2015 Creative LIAisons program. Lefebure, who joins...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial