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One of the challenges for any new business is for the work to establish a meaningful connection with it's potential customers. In some cases it makes sense to look no further than the surrounding community. Any business in a small community with a...
Posted by: Glenn Rummler
A Canadian bank recently partnered with Homes for Heroes, a charitable organization that builds villages for veterans experiencing homelessness. HomeEquity Bank has taken the plans for Homes for Heroes’ future build in Kingston, Ontario, and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
We all like to feel like we belong. It’s a pretty fundamental human trait and it’s one that the world of advertising has known all too well for a very long time. But making someone feel like they belong to something isn’t the same...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Toblerone recently unveiled a new brand story and visual identity redesign for its iconic chocolate bar to “encourage uniqueness in all its forms, empower individuals and pay tribute to the importance of being stubbornly triangle in a world of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
After two years of lockdowns and entering an unprecedented cost of living crisis, it’s time to make suicide prevention a national priority again, to make the conversation inescapable, ensure action, and prevent suicide. “The Last...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The average brand spends millions of dollars on marketing every year. For the big global brands, it's billions. "Half my advertising spend is wasted; the trouble is, I don't know which half" - US retail magnate John Wanamaker (1838-1922). These...
Posted by: Matt Batten
Hernán Lindenbaum is a man that, in his own words, “entered the industry sideways.” But whoever said that being a successful creative meant getting in first time through the front door? The Argentinian freelance motion designer has...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Platinum Jubilee (or “platty joobs” as many have regrettably taken to calling it) is finally behind us and we can all get back to the important stuff like getting rid of Boris Johnson and struggling to feed ourselves. Yes, while it...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Paul Wearing is an RCA graduate based in London. A born traveller, he has worked extensively throughout the US and Far East with fashion, interior design and advertising houses. The influence of his design background is evident in much of his...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Thomas Hammerton is a freelance illustrator from South Wales with a lifetime of artistic experience behind him and a style that is at once familiar and anything but. A compulsive drawer from a young age, Thomas specialises in traditional artworks...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Work environments, like many other spaces, tend to be designed for neurotypical people. This leaves neurodivergent individuals - those with natural variations in the brain - in a compromising position. One of the most significant hurdles that the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Retail e-commerce sales are set to hit an eye-popping $5.4 trillion by the end of this year; even so, many would be surprised to realise that the average conversion rate ranges between 1% and 4% for many industries. These statistics make it clear...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
We hear from a lot of photographers, artists and designers here at Creativepool but rarely do we get the chance to sit down with a cinematographer. So we jumped at the chance when the Barcelona-based freelancer Alex Pérez came knocking. Alex...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Your brand is your business. It’s not a logo or a colour palette. Which means the rebrand, as we’ve come to understand it, might not be the answer to the question you’re asking. Manfred Abraham, co-CEO at Yonder, discusses why...
Posted by: Yonder Consulting
For months now people have been telling me that NFTs are the future and I still don’t see it. The concept is solid but has anyone really done anything exciting or important with it yet? Well, colour me wrong, as it would appear one recent...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
When everything is said and done, the graphic design trends of 2022 are a motley crew. Frasurbane and anti-design, escapism and grunge, doodles and parametric patterns are some of the themes explored. It's difficult to envision any of these diverse...
Posted by: Chris Bicourt
To mark the end of Women’s History Month, we’re getting to know the illustrator, artists and graphic designer Lucie Corbasson, known professionally as Lucie Louxor. Lucie has been working as a freelance designer for just over four years...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A professional e-commerce and fashion photographer with over 10 years of experience in the creative industries, we shine this week’s member spotlight on the Parisian perfection of Malaika MARIEJEANNE. A master of lighting, set design, model...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A freelance illustrator based just outside of London, Louise Billyard has always been inspired by travel. This nomadic nature has led to her work being featured across the creative world and a portfolio which features a vast and eclectic array of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
I have something of a conflicted personal history with Hermes. My long-suffering other half is a serial online shopper - one of many habits that blossomed over lockdown - so our local delivery driver has become a familiar face over the last two...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The role of social media in marketing is usually underestimated only by those who have never dealt regularly with blogs or business pages. Simply put, if you are the owner of any new commercial organisation or you do anything that can generate...
Posted by: Creativepool Partner
The latest saucy campaign for Heinz pokes fun at the brand for launching a new range of pasta sauces in the UK, 150 years after they first entered the market. The campaign, devised by Wunderman Thompson Spain, launched with a full-page ad in The...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Never did I once think that in my lifetime we’d be seeing war in Europe and never did I think we’d see a historical figure in our midst that echoed the pure despotic evil of Adolf Hitler. But here we are, two weeks into a completely...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
A new digital era is on the horizon as the metaverse evolves from sci-fi concept into reality. While online channels have been the driving force of connectivity between businesses and consumers over the past couple of years, many are now...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Towards the end of 2021, book publisher Penguin Random House collaborated with independent branding and marketing agency Posture Media for a year-end campaign dubbed “Find Your Light”, which celebrated how books helped shaped...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Christopher Bicourt is a man with a lot to say and a lot of very progressive ideas about everything from how he approaches his work to the rise of the metaverse. On the latter point, in face, he considered himself something of an expert. Working...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Rosy Tsai is a creative director and graphic designer with more than 10 years' experience working both agency and brand side. Specialising in branding, art direction and typography, her work has spanned countless industries and sectors, including...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
We all love to-do lists and post-it notes. Ticking a box and binning a sticky give us great satisfaction - so why shouldn't we look at the UN's Global Goals like a gigantic to-do list for the world? This was the idea behind one of the latest...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In the last century, we've gone from telling stories using shadows, to the magic lantern projection, to full-colour motion pictures in perfect clarity. Today, we're able to film the same scene repeatedly without the worry of unpredictable weather...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
You really can get carried away by looking at other people's work. Karolin Schnoor has learned that a long time ago. Karolin regularly deletes her Instagram app to help her find a bit of time, space and mental rest from her own expectations. As a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
With over 15 years of experience in the delicate craft of illustration, Matt Johnstone has never been a person too invested in the big brands, caring more to look at the human relationships than the size of a client's wallet. With a bold, playful...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It is always hugely inspiring to look at the work of a talented 3D artist. Marta Caetano's impressive renders are no different. A freelancer with a broad experience in the 3D field, Marta dreams of a fairer industry where the value of artistry and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Visual communication is really difficult. It's diversified, limitless, and never-ending. We need to build a set of limitations that will assist us communicate with our end-users in order to give it a feeling of clarity and consistency. This is when...
Posted by: Chris Bicourt
Trends. That’s right, it’s that time of the year again where we all become wannabe soothsayers and cast our minds as far forward as possible to escape the gaping maw of sadness that is the present. 2021 has not exactly been a banner...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Curiosity is the key to any creative professional's success. The willingness to learn and improve your own knowledge over time is an essential soft skill to have and one that will take you far in your journey in the creative industries. It is also...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Out of all the people, segments and demographics suffering the consequences of the climate crisis, children are necessarily the ones who will be affected the most. And when it comes to caring for children, few charities do it as well as UNICEF. With...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial