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The countdown to Brexit is on and while MPs in Parliament continue to dither over the decision to leave the EU, for others the debacle is proving an opportunity to get creative. As the UK hurtles towards 31 October, Boris Johnson’s prospects...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Brexit: the PR disaster that simply won’t go away. Heads have rolled, reputations have been severely tarnished, promises have been made and broken, and all the while the UK public has been left scratching its proverbial head trying to work out...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Advertising icon Sir John Hegarty has expressed his feelings over Brexit by saying Britain’s decision to leave the European Union (EU) is “without question probably the most stupid thing the country has ever done.” Hegarty, the...
Posted by: Ryan Watson
OurCreative - Brexit Wine 52:48 (concept) In 2015 Great Britain held a vote to leave the European Union. The outcome was a 52/48 split in favour of leaving. OurCreative decided to spin the divide into a bittersweet celebration, creating 52:48. The...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
J. Walter Thompson London - HSBC This wonderful new advert for HSBC from J. Walter Thompson London is exactly what we all need in the lead up to Brexit. The narrative, starring British actor-director Richard Ayoade, celebrates the positive benefits...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Amazon is planting deep roots in London soil, with the online retail behemoth recently announcing plans to double its recruitment for research and development roles within the capital as it renews its focus on video and streaming services. The move...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A mural by street artist Banksy recently appeared in the English town of Dover on Sunday last week, showing a worker chipping a star away from the European Union flag. The four-storey artwork, located on the wall of a derelict building beside the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Whilst Teresa May attempts to frantically backpedal expectation and one half of the UK prepares to devour the other half in a divisive move of unprecedented (at least in terms of sheer scale) madness, the video game industry in the UK is quietly...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Whilst the vast majority of industry leaders have been pretty damning about Brexit and what it means for the manufacturing industries in the UK, vacuum cleaner magnate Sir James Dyson has been bucking the trend since before the referendum result was...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The founder of Advertising Week Europe has warned that the festival could move from London to another city such as Paris or Amsterdam because of Brexit. Matt Scheckner, the founder of Advertising Week Europe, which takes place this week for the fifth...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
So Snapchat is bucking the post-Brexit trend and like a social salmon it has decided to swim against the current view and set up its non-US office in London. An unusual move for an American tech firm where the norm is to establish a home from home...
Posted by: Andy Bolter
With the post-Brexit pound plummeting faster than Donald Trump's approval rating, Apple have decided to set a terrifying precedent in the tech community by raising the price of all apps in the UK by 25%. In real terms, this means an app that used to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Victoria & Albert Musuem has selected the Guardian’s Brexit-themed crackers conceived by mcgarrybowen to be part of its permanent collection. The crackers, created by mcgarrybowen for the Guardian to put a lighthearted, satirical spin on the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Whilst it might seem a little mean spirited for the festive season, we can never say no to a bit of delicious satire, so we were thrilled to hear that mcgarrybowen had created a set of Brexit-themed crackers for the Guardian. Aimed at putting a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Brands, politicians and communicators need to break the anger cycle that fuelled Brexit and brought Trump to the White House to successfully engage the public, BMB’s top team has warned. At the Eurobest festival in Rome yesterday (Wednesday,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Creative Industries Federation has published its official Brexit Report, which features an in-depth analysis of red-line issues for the government as it negotiates leaving the EU. The report includes recommendations, agreed jointly by the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Consider this a devil's advocate piece, as I genuinely believe that the Brexit has been, for the most part, a tremendous blow to the UK's creative industries and the country in general, with spending forecasts set to fall this year and next in the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Whilst you might all be more than a little sick at this point of hearing about how the Brexit has monumentally screwed us all over, one area we have yet to really touch on is the design industry, which has been thrown into genuine crisis in recent...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
I've waffled on enough already about the unmitigated disaster that has been the Brexit, and it's unlikely that a better advertising campaign could have saved us from the gallows, but it's still fun sometimes to ask ourselves “What If?” In...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
As part of the European creative and business community, we at designjunction were disappointed by the UK’s recent decision to leave the European Union, but wish to reassure all our friends, partners and exhibitors around Europe that we remain...
Posted by: designjunction
It's been over a week now and the creative world is still reeling from the effects of Brexit. But the real question going forward, is how this seismic economic shift will affect not only the future of the UK and its creative industries, but the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
“The situation can be (in broad terms) broken down as such: Bigots voting for economic isolation, and a grave instability the people who will actually live to see it (for the most part) don't want. Politics is broken. We are not governing...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Brexit is the nonsensical word on the tip of everyone's tongue right now, and with good reason. The EU Referendum is, by quite a wide margin, one of the most important democratic decisions most of us will ever have to make. By this point you probably...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
A talented animator with a unique style and vision we caught up with Chris Shaw recently to discuss his award-winning project “The Crossing,” which claimed the People’s Choice award for Animation in last year’s Creativepool...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
So, 2020 has started on a positive note: A threat of world war and fires the size of Germany raging over Australia, darkening skies almost 10,000 miles away. And how does the media world respond? Mild annoyance that weight watchers were using the...
Posted by: JSR Content
With Boris promising to ‘bung a few bob so that Big Ben can bong’, (which is surely the British entry to the Eurovision Tongue Twister contest), I thought it might be interesting to see how celebrating success can motivate or disrupt a...
Posted by: JSR Content
Humans need storytelling. Starting with the first cave paintings and carvings that told the stories of hunting and gathering; myths and legends that united people into societies; the invention of the written word, manuscripts and the printing press....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Politics and marketing have never been so closely entwined in an age of 24-hour news and false facts. But after three years of Brexit burnout, the marketing teams behind the parties fighting in today’s historic general election have never had a...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
As I write, the 2019 election campaign hasn’t even officially got underway, and I’ve already heard the Tories repeating ‘Get Brexit done’ till they’re blue in the face. While it’s not up there with ‘I have...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Newspapers The Times and The Sunday Times gave commuters a surprise this morning as they transformed Westminster Station in London into a jungle. It marks the beginning of their second Politics. Tamed. campaign, which portrayed politicians as...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It's no secret that the planet is suffering. Aside from Brexit, it's been the biggest thing affecting the news agenda for the past few years and coverage is only set to increase. But if the decay and gradual demise of our world is so important, why...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Each year, after the Cannes Lions festival, thenetworkone takes a few days to reflect on the events and look for the key themes and patterns which emerge. Here is our take on Cannes 2019. At its heart, Cannes is an awards festival. A little like the...
Posted by: Julian Boulding
London-based illustrator Ryan Hodge believes that if politicians like Theresa May, Nigel Farage and Donald Trump didn’t exist in real life, they’d be extremely funny as fictional animated characters. He doesn’t disclose his...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The new Zara logo incited a mixed response from consumers as to its aesthetic appeal, with many fans demanding the brand revert back to its previous design. But a closer look at the new logo suggests the brand is more in touch with its audience than...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
More than just a newspaper, The Economist Group is a media company that challenges readers to critically examine the fundamental issues facing our planet. From its inception in 1843, The Economist continues to provide bold ideas, a global...
Posted by: Matter Of Form
Verizon Media-owned global creative studio RYOT's head of EMEA, Mark Melling, believes it's time for advertising move on from being passive and one-way and that we have the tools and technology to make it happen. He gives his wider thoughts and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial