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Curiosity brings knowledge. Knowledge brings experience. Experience brings confidence. You are hardly going to make it as a creative if you don't open your mind to new inputs and experiences. We know we babble about that a lot, but the more members...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
When it comes to inspiration, few things are as important as being able to remain open to new inputs. Creativity isn't always about doing something original. Sometimes, looking at work that has already been done can help you come up with new,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
There's no doubting that the COVID-19 crisis is affecting several corners of the industry in more or less similar ways. A lot of professionals, even beyond the actual creative industry, are talking about one of the worst recessions of the past 100...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It comes from Stephen Sellick's own fingertips that he is as passionate and fired up as he's ever been. Having started out as a freelance illustrator, Steve has now been in the industry for over 25 years, and he's seen plenty of changes in his own...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
We'd pay our own weight in gold coins to have Božo Kaurić's brains. Working daily to juggle his busy life with a little baby and an endless love for design, this talented 3D artist and visualiser has little time to waste in the concept phase, and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Sometimes ambition can only take you so far. It is with passion that you truly shine. Freelance design consultant and director Sheryl Ellis has plenty of passion to spare. Having worked with brands in the likes of MTV and HMV, her stories resonate...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Michael Stephens, former creative director, recounts his own struggles with mental health. Ever since I was young, I’ve been outwardly known as a ‘creative’ child. I was artistic, loved dressing up and of course making dens. I knew...
Posted by: Michael Edward Stephens
We wouldn't expect a PR agency called Alpaca Communications to be boring, nor devoid of countless stories to tell. The team led by Peter Elms in East London is one that doesn't enjoy being stiff and serious all the time, and their admirable sense of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The coronavirus pandemic has brought a host of unimaginable changes into everyone's lives. Things that were ordinary have become temporarily extraordinary, and vice versa in some cases. Some, like retailers, have had to sustain more crippling blows...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
There’s not enough time. We don’t have enough budget. There’s no way I’d be able to do that. If you’re a creative person then you’ll know that limitations are everywhere. Sometimes the boundaries are illusory...
Posted by: Richard Holman
Following an influx of newbies to the creative and design teams we wanted to start a ritual for our people to come together socially. This would be a regular calendar event they would look forward to, input into and that would add an insight into the...
Posted by: Proximity London
Letting creativity reign in the workplace is key to establishing an engaged and innovative workforce, and it’s an even more important behaviour that needs to thrive in the creative industry. The challenge for companies is to figure out how they...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The big theme for Cannes Lions 2018 is change. Out with the old, bloated, elitist festival of old and in with the more svelte, measured and inclusive festival of new. The major changes Cannes Lions is instituting for 2018 are as follow:- The...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
You’ve heard of writer’s block. This is something that happens to most writers at one time or another. They just run out of ideas, and they need to find ways to deal with writer’s block. The same thing happens to designers. Often,...
Posted by: Jane Hurst
The media landscape is rapidly diversifying, predominantly as a result of new technologies emerging that are having a significant impact on the creative industry. This is not only having an impact internally as businesses seek to update their...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
On Thursday 24th November, hundreds of creatives from around the UK gathered at Shoreditch venue The Bike Shed for Adobe’s latest Creative Meet Up. The jam-packed evening inspired a creative community through innovative product insights,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Johnny Kelly, a director and animator working for Nexus Productions, has created five beautiful films for Apple Health promoting Apple’s new app released this September. Each film highlights a different aspect of health; eating, sleeping,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Our friends at Creative Translation have teamed up with JCDecaux and Creative Review to cast their keen talent-spotting eyes nationwide. You might’ve noticed the campaign already - following the success of the creative showcase at our Pool...
Posted by: Joe Bracken
The late Douglas Adams wrote one of the smartest, most intriguing and funniest books of the 20th century. It was called 'The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy'. For the uninitiated, it features an electronic book (before they were real things), also...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Collective London create highly effective interactive work through insightful strategy, innovative ideas, and beautifully crafted experiences that people want to share. How did you get into advertising? After finishing university I answered an...
Posted by: Creativepool
Earlier this month, there was widespread consternation and outrage that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is going to exclude the 'crafts' as a category under the banner of 'creative industries'. Having done some work on a...
Posted by: Creativepool
by John Fountain A few years back a copywriter, who shall remain nameless, took it upon himself to take a piece of my work and put it on his website. He claimed that he had a right to do this because he was involved in the creative process, although...
Posted by: Creativepool
The fusion of sustainability and brand identity has been a subtle but crucial pivot point for a while now, but it doesn’t come naturally for everyone. How, for example, is a company that relies on fossil fuels meant to promote itself as a...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Activism is about standing up for your beliefs in a way that could prove detrimental to your own personal or professional life and it’s a stance that has catalysed some of the most important moments and movements in history. Activism has...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
There’s an inbuilt need in all good creatives to strive for perfection. It’s a blessing that can help great design but it can also be a curse. Our house number plaque was always irritatingly tilted. It poked my obsessive brain every time I saw it winking at me in defiance of the existence of spirit levels. It’s fixed now… and furthermore, I moved it to line up with the surrounding brick pattern. The trouble is that fixing this imperfection simply opened up the top slot to the next irritation, holes from old, long gone doorbells… poke, poke, poke… and so the strive for perfection continues. OK, so I am a little on the obsessive side. How do you draw the line on forever creatively tinkering in the never-ending strive for perfection? After all, we all have deadlines to hit. In our studio, we have a super simple process that allows us to tinker with the worst offenders, tick them off the list and move on. We simply ask… “What’s the worst thing you can see?” * Any piece of creative could be amazing but there’s always something at the top of the “worst thing” list. This simple question forces us to spot and sort out the worst offender. That said, the fix might have knock-on effects but these simply get added to the list. Rinse and repeat and bit by bit we get closer to a fully rounded, cohesive concept with diminishing issues. * It's important to note that spotting the worst offenders is a skill that comes with training, and passion and only gets more refined with experience.
Posted by: Andy Gregory
When working on college essays, students have to meet tens of demands; they have to cover issues they may not like, they have to meet academic writing standards, they have to hand in their projects on time, and they have to deliver the key points so...
Posted by: Creativepool Partner
Looking for creative careers in gaming? The gaming industry has plenty of roles for those with artistic talent who love creating games. This article will introduce six exciting careers, from game artists to game...
Posted by: Creativepool Partner
As the year starts to wind down and we take stock of what we achieved (or didn’t achieve) over the last 12 months, it’s only natural to start asking what we’d have done differently if we could do it all over again. Well, thankfully...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In a world full of uncertainty with a rapid pace of constant change, businesses must do all they can to keep up. With constant technological, social, and economic shifts, change has become the only constant. Often businesses fall into the trap of...
Posted by: Born Ugly
When needing to see a healthcare professional, we generally feel like we are in safer hands with a ‘specialist’ than our general practitioner. The term denotes expertise in a particular subject, and a high degree of skill. Simon Case,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Stephen Izatt, MD at brand consultancy Thinkfarm, looks at why the pitching process is a broken, expensive drain on the creative sector - and makes the call for change. Branding agencies and consultancies like ours constantly face a barrage of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Artificial intelligence (AI) has soared back into the spotlight. Although still only used by 15% of UK businesses, its rising real-world applications are sparking global attention; most obviously the lightning fast evolution of generative AI, in the...
Posted by: VidMob
The life of a freelancer is a nomadic one by design. You’re constantly moving from client to client and opportunity to opportunity and if you stop moving for even a second, implosion seems almost a given. That’s why, as freelancers, we...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Creative agency, Free The Birds has developed a unique room fragrance to boost creativity. The fragrance is being launched as part of a campaign to raise awareness of the power of creativity and the challenges faced by the sector. All profits will be...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? Anyone thinking of getting into the creative industry should abandon the concept of a “typical” day. It’s a huge part of why, after more than twenty-five years in...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A short article I wrote. Provides guidance and support for individuals who have been affected by recent layoffs. It covers the difficulties of job searching, tips for successful communication with hiring managers, and the importance of finding a...
Posted by: Peter Stylianou