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In a supplemental piece to my weekly tech roundup from yesterday, I'll be looking forward and examining the trends that look set to take the tech world by storm this year. In many ways, whilst it was a fine year indeed, 2015 didn’t see many...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
J. Walter Thompson London - KitKat As the countdown to the festive season began in earnest, millions of Brits had one worried eye on the exhausting side of Christmas. On top of this, they had to contend with more and more banal Christmas ads,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
January: Google lets users design their own phones Internet kingpins Google unveiled a new prototype this year for their modular smartphone, which will allow users to swap out components and essentially design their own phones. The phone will work...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Telling a surreal tale of love in Thailand GrabCar Saatchi & Saatchi Thailand has launched a new campaign for GrabCar with an online film, which acts as a sequel to their launch film “Super Easy Life.” The new film, called “Super...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
This device will stop hackers at the front door Start-up company Dojo Labs has created a connected device designed to scan your home and protect against malware, viruses and cyber attacks. The US-based team of security experts and hackers felt that...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
As a child, I always loved visiting IKEA, which I promise isn't half as odd as it sounds. Not only were the meatballs simply divine (they appear to have lost a little of their lustre of late though), but the IKEA closest to us featured not only a...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Frequency540 Independent digital marketing agency Frequency540 has hired veteran creative talent Tom Quish to oversee creative content and campaign development for a number of its ambitious clients. Quish, former Razorfish creative director, will...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Nexus has been commissioned to produce an immersive new story for Google Spotlight Stories, a narrative format for 360 degree, interactive stories on mobile platforms. Spotlight Stories, a project within Google’s Advanced Technology and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The man with the Bionic eyes In yet another case of reality catching up with science fiction, an elderly man in the UK has had his sight partially restored thanks to a cutting-edge, bionic retinal implant which converts images from a miniature...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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
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
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
Twitter Twitter officially announced this week that it acquired the live-streaming app Periscope back in January, and several sources have hinted that it will shortly be launched as a separate app with the ability to watch both live and previously...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Only four days after it was launched, the Kickstarter page for the Artiphon INSTRUMENT 1 noted that the goal of $75,000 had already been reached. In fact, at the time of writing, with 35 days still left to go, the remarkable looking instrument has...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Gloomy alternative rockers, Wild Beasts, have teamed up with Jameson Irish Whisky and animator, Mattis Dovier to create a unique GIF-Novel. With digital design courtesy of M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment, the online novel is part of The Jameson...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters), has launched an app teaching students about code breaking and encryption. The app, which was launched by the digital security organisation and was designed by students on an industrial year...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Events like the World Cup prove that packaging is much more than protection. It’s a vessel and a vehicle for celebration. Limited edition event-orientated packaging doesn’t just ride the hype, it generates it. The brands that associate...
Posted by: bluemarlin
Mobile advertising specialists Millennial Media were recently hired by outdoor clothing and equipment retailers The North Face to help them shift their marketing campaigns away from traditional channels and focus on a more digital approach, focusing...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In the world of the marketing agency, 2013 won't just be the year of the Snake. It'll be the year the number of mobile devices exceeds the human population. I'm knocking at your proverbial door to spread the word of Vine. Have you heard about the...
Posted by: FindGood
September 27th will see the release of Bjork's highly acclaimed new album Biophilia' which looks to be her most ambitious work to date. Not one to work within the normal boundaries of being a musician, Bjork has taken on the worlds of nature, science...
Posted by: Creativepool
Andy has over 18 years' agency experience, mostly in project management and co-leads one of the design teams at The Partners. Or rather, he did, because in a few days he'll be saying a tearful goodbye to everyone, including his wife and family, and...
Posted by: Creativepool This creativepool blog is a great way to find out more about the people who work in the creative industries and hear how they do what they do. My plan is, every two weeks, to chat with lots of different creative people from around the world. Today...
Posted by: Creativepool
This week, we spoke to Paul Alderson, Managing and Creative Director at North Eastern wellness branding specialists Wonderstuff. Wonderstuff does not pitch. The team has been expanding solely through referrals and word of mouth, but their plans to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Events have incredible power to positively impact the lives of their attendees, but their temporary nature and millions of visitors per year inherently drive wastefulness. We are running out of space and time to tackle this problem - our landfills,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
"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
Across this month’s full slate of alluring extracurricular activities, everyone open to new experiences has worlds to gain. Current and future leaders spanning all industries are going all in: Curtains will soon draw back and stages will...
Posted by: The Darnell Works Agency
Fortune recently published an interview with Liquid Death CEO Mike Cessario, who is described as being ‘like a lot of 41-year-old guys who used to work in advertising. He likes whisky, bourbon, and Italian spirits, and has a sense of humor that...
Posted by: Novagram
How did you get into the industry? From watching too many cartoons as a kid, honestly! As a teenager, I saved up for a Wacom tablet and started experimenting with making my own animation in Flash and Photoshop. Later, when I studied animation at the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In a world where thousands of companies are being born every day, the power of a strong brand has never meant more. There are, of course, always those legacy brands whose popularity will ebb and flow with changing cultural whims but for some brands,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
JOAN London has created a powerful new advertising campaign for The Cybersmile Foundation to combat the growing threat of cyberbullying and online abuse. The campaign, Modern Witch Trials, which includes a short film directed by Chromista’s...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Warning: Featured happenings in this edition of our global creative calendar are closer than they appear. Over the past several years, these updates have presented thousands of opportunities to advance knowledge, sharpen skills, immerse within...
Posted by: The Darnell Works Agency
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
Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? I’m based in Boston, and I generally start my workday rather early, by checking in with our Zappi teams in Europe. We begin each day with a daily virtual stand-up in our...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The world of advertising has always stood on unstable ground, such is always evolving nature of the creative landscape. However, this year promises to be a particularly lively one, as the dynamics of technology, culture, and economics start to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
With 20 years of experience leading innovative technology projects for companies like R/GA, Havas and Huge, teaching as adjunct professor at NYU and Parsons, and serving as jury president at the Cannes Lion International Festival of Creativity, Marc...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
We’re three weeks into 2024, which means you have probably settled nicely into the new year and are making good progress with creative endeavours. Whether you’re busy with client work or broadening your horizons with personal projects, It’s...
Posted by: Novagram