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Artistic appropriation, the practice of borrowing or recontextualizing existing images or ideas in new works of art, has a long and controversial history. From Marcel Duchamp's "readymades" to Andy Warhol's pop art, artists have long been fascinated...
Posted by: Peter Stylianou
Marketing is at its most effective when a brand can make an emotional connection with its audience - and what better way than to connect through the memories of our childhoods. From the slushy machine at the cinema to retro music and our favourite...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
When people ask me what was my favourite film of 2022, I’d probably join almost everyone else that saw it in claiming Every Everywhere All At Once. But if you asked me what was the most inspiring film that I saw last year? That would be a...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Victoria's Secret unveiled its brand refresh earlier this year in a desperate bid to keep administrators at bay...but as we delve deeper into a global downturn - which big retailer will be next to rebrand - and more importantly, will it survive the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Virtual production has arrived with a bang. Big name producers - most famously for The Mandalorian - are filming with huge state-of-the-art LED walls as virtual backdrops, instead of going out on location. But you don't have to be Disney to create...
Posted by: We Are Tilt
Design used to feel optional in tech, something to be sprinkled on at the end. Now, leading companies like Apple, Uber and TikTok rely on design and designers to identify new ideas and help users accomplish their goals - whether looking for their...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Holly Moore, CEO of the female founded, Manchester based full-service events agency, Make Events, launched a brand new podcast with an impressive line-up of familiar industry faces this summer. After recovering from a 5-year battle with OCD - a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Nutshell Creative is an integrated marketing agency in Milton Keynes that “delivers the full spectrum of creative, digital and print services.” While many would have you believe that print is dead, brands that underestimate the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
With over 39 years' experience, Peter Knapp, Group Chairman at Landor & Fitch, has an exceptional breadth and depth of industry knowledge. He works with the global executive team to establish Landor & Fitch's creative vision and deliver a truly...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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
Every week, we seek to shine our member spotlight on some of the most talented and perhaps undercooked creative individuals that make up our extensive Creativepool roster. But this week, we decided to shine our spotlight not on an individual but on...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Roy Keane is one of several sports stars to feature in the latest campaign for Sky Bet’s top-rated app. Created by Who Wot Why, the sixty-second spot, which breaks on shows Roy Keane dealing with a host of obstacles on his way to a football...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
While we often hear from artists and designers here at the Creativepool #MemberSpotlight, it’s rare indeed to speak to an architect, particularly one as fascinating as Erik Blaho. The Slovakian architect began his career by focusing on the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It's clear to anyone with enough experience in the industry that inspiration can take many forms. From podcasts to architecture, there's no telling what will trigger your imagination next. For freelance Art Director & Graphic Designer Betim Bozkurt,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Last week, Peter 'Snakebite' Wright sensationally won the PDC World Darts Championship title for the second time in an epic comeback. With his iconic hair, Wright is a real character, so it may not come as a complete surprise that instead of cracking...
Posted by: The 10 Group
Recently Smarties has set out to achieve a much ambitious goal: to have all its packaging be sustainable or reusable by 2021. That may have come with a few compromises - but Smarties was absolutely set on not losing its much colourful identity, which...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
One could say that Joe Belliotti is in love with the music industry. But even that alone would be a massive understatement. Joe breathes and lives music every day. He embraced it as a constant which has been part of his life since he joined the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Annual 2021 winners have been revealed over summer, with some of the most exciting professionals in the history of Creativepool. Who are these amazing people and why do they represent the best of the best in the realm of creativity? Among the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
As it appears, everybody in Australia loves Caramilk, the new golden caramel chocolate bar by Cadbury. All you need to do is ask an Aussie about it. Which is what VCCP did for the release of Caramilk in the UK. Tasked with promoting the launch of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Have you scrolled through the Discover page on TikTok lately? Interesting and inspiring trends for sure - but as we know, TikTok only ever works well with very short content. Instagram and other social platforms have all followed the same route,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Sugar Creative is regarded as one of the leading creative innovators in the UK. Through the power of emerging technologies such as AR and VR, the team crafts beautiful stories (often with well-known characters) and works with brands all over the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Illustrator Miriam Martincic's style is as unique as her passion for anything visual. As long as there is a way to solve problems visually and communicate something, Miriam is in her natural environment and that's where she mostly excels. A simple...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Use the code Pool21 at checkout to obtain a 25% discount on Festival Passes! The UK Creative Festival 2021 will launch this summer at Dreamland, Margate. Taking place over three days (September 8th,9th,10th) the festival will celebrate the best of...
Posted by: Creative Circle, Creative Foundation & The UK Creative Festival
With the consumer world increasingly moving online, brands are being faced with the challenge of developing top-notch platforms to replace otherwise clunky and dated experiences. Long gone are the days of stiff, counter-intuitive and painful User...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
When we think of ads that made history, we usually focus on one particular aspect. We want to see the most expensive, the most effective, the one that made us all laugh or cry, maybe even the one who made us all wish we could start a class action on...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
The one of pitching is an interesting business. On one hand, we love the thrill that comes before winning a new account/client. Agencies thrive in that addictive spiral of pitch, win, repeat - and same goes for freelancers. From the perspective of a...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Mr Perou entered the Creativepool community like a comet piercing through the night sky. His stunning photography left an everlasting mark in our hearts since the date he joined, to the point that we were quite thrilled to see him enter Annual 2020...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
On 6th June, 2269, the Greatest Party of All Time will take place around the world. We will not be around to see it. But creativity is also about leaving something for the next generations to experience and enjoy, isn't it? Peter Dean, Co-Founder of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
How do you pull off an iconic ad feel with limited time and an ambitious idea? The people at production company Anattic will know more about that after crafting the splendid spot with Daniel Ricciardo below. To kick off a collaboration between the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The advertising clutter is real. According to research from the industry and beyond, consumers are exposed to an average of 8,000 ads every single day and all of these aim to sell products en masse, creating more problems than the ones they claim to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Shiny covers have started to flood our social channels, as the trophies for last year’s Annual 2020 reach our winners this week. Looking back on the year that’s just been, it’s hard to say this wasn’t somewhat of an...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
When casting an eye back over the goings-on this week, I felt a subtle pang of despair. Between the capitalist nightmare that was the ill-fated European Super League, David Cameron lobbying dramas and… more Prince Philip, it all just felt so...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Just 10 years ago, some of the technological advancements which make entertainment more accessible were often related with some crazy science-fiction projects. Today, agencies like Something Different show that a lot of those concepts can now be made...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Nobody likes change. Somehow, it is how we as humans are coded from the onset. Change freightens us, making us defensive and sometimes even aggressive, in the attempt to preserve a status quo. For that reason, it is fascinating to see how the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
With a long-time partnership with Apple, Orange was one of the main carriers in France working to promote 5G with the launch of iPhone 12. Having such a solid relationship in place, it would have been easy for the Orange brand and Publicis Conseil to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
How do you make an ad for a demographic that quite famously hates ads? Looking at what Grey London did for Pringles might set you off on the right track. If you've been around Twitch at all lately, you will have seen the new zombie sensation Frank...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial