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Account Wins of the Week

WPP - Coca-Cola Coca-Cola has given its next big global campaign to three WPP agencies: Ogilvy New York, Sra Rushmore in Madrid and the minority-owned Santo in Buebos Aires. Wieden+Kennedy Portland, which helped to devise the long-running...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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The Week in Tech

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
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Account Wins of the Week

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
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Ads of the Week

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
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Angry Birds 2 gets bigger, badder, birdier

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
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Features

Happy 75th birthday! 10 things you didn't know about Bugs Bunny

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
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72andSunny break into beer biz with a delicious IPA

I am a proud, lifelong (well, adult life at least) beer fan. Admittedly more by design than by choice (my father used to work for a brewery), but I digress. Whether popping out for a wee tipple with a few mates after work or sitting down with my...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Promoting Windows 10 is so easy even a baby could do it

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
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Features

10 things which have disappeared from creative studios

I kicked off my creative career in an advertising agency on Fleet Street, twenty-odd years ago. Apart from the general excitement of actually being paid to write ads, I drew great inspiration from the very particular pieces of equipment around the...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Watch some of the world's earliest home movies

Thanks to the ubiquity of mobile devices, we no longer only capture the most special moments in our lives, but every moment, no matter how inconsequential. But decades before we were all filming our every move, the concept of capturing footage at...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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D&AD Awards New Blood

The winners of the 2015 D&AD New Blood awards were announced this week. The awards are given to design students, graduates of the last two years, and those under 23, with the aim of celebrating up-and-coming designers. This year, there were 288...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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The Week in Tech

Apple iPhone 6S images leaked? Days after Apple accidentally leaked images of their new iPods, images of the tech giant's next iPhone (the iPhone 6s) have hit the internet. The photos cite a “Proven” Apple source, and show that the new...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Industry

Enter Your Best Work

Due to overwhelming response from the community, there is now more time to contend for Europe's most prestigious honour for online excellence. The 5th Annual Lovie Awards Extended Entry Deadline is 31 July 2015. Work can be entered in seven...

Posted by: The Lovie Awards
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Meet the Judges 2015!

The FRESH AWARDS are back and with a BRAND NEW panel! Ladies and gentlemen, we would like to introduce you to this year's 'In-house design team' judges. We have a 50/50 gender policy to ensure equality and diversity on our panel. All of judges have...

Posted by: Hands Down™
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Wieden + Kennedy supports the LGBTQA community and pilots

Wieden + Kennedy New York launched a couple of wilfully eclectic, but equally inspiring campaigns this week. First off, their social media & outdoor campaign for the Equinox gym launched with bespoke murals by Los Angeles based artist and designer...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Shenmue 3 breaks Kickstarter

Whilst some might say that Kickstarter is little more than an unnecessary middle-man, many others have argued that it has revolutionised the way in which the creative industry interacts with its fans by effectively bridging the gap between creator...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Drake's Jacket Launches New Apple Music App

Apple Music is here. Unveiled on Monday, the new music streaming surface comes hot on the heels of Jay Z’s own venture Tidal and stalwart Spotify. Apple Music will be launched on June 30, in more than 100 countries... And they needed to do it....

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Top 5 Awards Of The Week

AMV BBDO retains Google FAB Agency of the Year title The 17th Annual International Food and Beverage Creative Excellence Awards (The FAB Awards) were held last week at the quintessentially British “Hurlingham Club” in London. The black...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Bulldog launches limited edition Penguin Packs

Whilst male beauty products and classic novels might not appear to be perfect bedfellows on paper, the award winning Bulldog Skincare For Men brand have put together a genuinely unique gift concept that brings together the worlds of skincare and...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Nationwide get emotional and easyJet get technological

Despite having appointed VCCP to its creative account back in March, Nationwide have opted to keep their latest campaign in-house. The “On Your Side For Generations” campaign is built around a new 90 second TV ad, which will break during the...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Meet the Genius, the gluten free hedgehog

Genius Gluten Free, the number one bakery brand in the free-from category in Britain, has launched a new digital advertising campaign to drive awareness and educate consumers on the physical benefits of a gluten-free diet. It uses three very...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Food Revolution Day and yet another viral video

I’m a grumpy git, I know. I never watch Comic Relief and I find Pudsey the giant eye-patched teddy bear more sinister than endearing. For me, there’s nothing more nauseating than being lectured by multi-millionaire...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Industry

Shazam’s Andrew Fisher inducted into BIMA Digital Hall of Fame

Last night, 12th May 2015: The British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) has tonight announced Shazam’s Executive Chairman Andrew Fisher as the latest inductee into its Digital Hall of Fame, at an exclusive invitation-only ceremony at...

Posted by: BIMA
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Grow Up Protein World

The story of Protein World doesn’t start with the fact an advert like that was made, as they helpfully pointed out themselves on Twitter, there are loads of companies who are invested in body shaming and who participate in the culture of...

Posted by: Jade French
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Car safety innovation designed by kids to save their parents

A new campaign from Volkswagen New Zealand and Colenso BBDO aims to answer the question; “Can a simple child's drawing make their parents drive safer?” The answer would appear to be a clear and resounding yes. Volkswagen, of course, has...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Agency of the Week: Wieden+Kennedy London

Are you a soft mint or a strong mint? In a bizarre, but hilarious new campaign for Trebor by Wieden+Kennedy London, viewers are being encourages to “Choose their Trebor.” The campaign highlights people’s affinity to Trebor’s incredibly minty...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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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...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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A Day in the Life of a jelly Illustrator

Jo Bird loves scribbling and scrawling. She is best known for her intriguing wall murals, and has worked with the likes of Visa, Hyundai, Oxfam, French Connection, Chanel, Rankin, Sipsmith and Harrod’s. Jo recently produced some gorgeous...

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They may sell vacuum cleaners, but why are Queen so popular?

There's nothing new about TV ads using pop songs in their soundtracks. Think of all those Levis ads from the eighties - not only did they shift truckloads of jeans, they made the tunes hits all over again. From the Spice Girls flogging crisps, to The...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Ad land fights back against homophobia

Hatred exists in many shapes and forms, but no form of hatred grinds my gears quite like bigotry. In such a supposedly enlightened age, despising another person simply because their beliefs or lifestyle don't align with yours should be completely...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Nerdy humour reaches its logical conclusion

Now, I'm no coder. In fact I regularly struggle with the most basic lines of HTML, so CSS is so far beyond my wheelhouse it might as well be on another planet. I do appreciate clever humour though, especially when it's delivered with a knowing wink....

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Inspiration

The Colonie Editor Bob Ackerman Cuts Pytka’s New McDonald’s Spot

The Colonie editor, Bob Ackerman, and renowned director, Joe Pytka, recently paired up to create a dramatic spot for McDonald’s, out of Burrell Communications. Driven by realistic, gritty, cinematic style footage, the :60 commercial, entitled,...

Posted by: Robl + Sutta
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Experience the world's first virtual reality birth

Samsung and Leo Burnett recently achieved quite a monumental feat when they allowed an Australian father to witness his child being born from over 4,000 kilometres away using the Samsung Gear VR headset. A world-first live streaming event, Jason...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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There's nothing fast about super-fast broadband

“Superfast broadband is much faster and more reliable than standard broadband. It lets you make video calls, do homework online and stream music, all at much higher speeds - and all at the same time.” That’s what the Government...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Saatchi Italy create the Perfect Woman

Innovative production studio UNIT9 has teamed up with Saatchi & Saatchi Italy to create a virtual “Perfect Woman” using real-time projection mapping. The live experiment was created to promote Vitasnella mineral water, one of the most popular...

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The Week In Advertising

Barclays - Code Playground There can be few things more important to a kid's education right now, than teaching them code. Whilst nothing is guaranteed, it's surely their best bet for a productive career in later life. So Barclays have launched an...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw

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