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Ads of the Week

DDB Stockholm - Samsung I don't know about you guys, but I'm sick to the teeth of Christmas already, so this week's AOTW (which also happens to be the final one of 2015) will not feature a single, solitary Christmas spot. I promise. Kicking off...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Creativepool Picks: The 2015 Holiday Gift Guide

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. If you’ve got all your presents sorted that is. Otherwise it’s the most stressful as you rush to buy thoughtful, fun and imaginative gifts whilst trying to support lesser-known artists,...

Posted by: Kate Lewin
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London's first Food Tech Hackathon with Jamie Oliver

Hackathons traditionally conjure up images of (male) tech brains surrounded by empty pizza boxes, beer cans, caffeine and questionable personal hygiene choices. But last weekend, London’s first ever Food Tech Hackathon blew the cobwebs out of this...

Posted by: Kate Lewin
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Food Futures: Take-out gets more app-etising

Still struggling to order a takeaway from your smartphone? Well, get ready for a new wave of curated food platforms that promise to redefine our relationship with eating-in. Delivery-only restaurants are here, and zero-cost delivery by self-driving...

Posted by: Kate Lewin
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The 2015 Trends and Futures in Food + Drink

Until recently, it would have been difficult to imagine butter gracing the front cover of British Vogue. But in June, the new superfood to watch made its fashion debut as part of a new breed of cultured products being championed by both chefs and the...

Posted by: Kate Lewin
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The Stars of Design Junction: The College 

The old hallways of Central Saint Martins are now currently home to 180 cutting-edge brands and designers from around the world. This instagraming dreamworld spread over 6 floors was a collaboration-haven with a stunning display of new textures,...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Focal Point: Catching up with Harvey Dormer

Part of the Focal Point interview series is to shine a spotlight on the best creative work we can find – and often that comes from our very own Creativepool members. Harvey Dormer's distinctive illustrative style has caught our eye a few times in...

Posted by: Jade French
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End this summer with a feast for the senses at the Tate Sensorium

Visitors to the Tate Britain are in for a truly sensory experience this year with the upcoming Tate Sensorium exhibition, which is due to run from the 26th of August until the 20th of September this year. The pioneering new exhibition was the winning...

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Top 10 places to inspire creativity

I’ve got to say that these days, I’m feeling very creative. Well, quite creative. Make that moderately creative. Better adjust that to a smidgeon creative. Tell you what, put it this way: I’d be feeling exceptionally creative were...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Top 4 time management tips for Studio Managers

"Never enough hours in the day," it's a phrase we all repeat over and over. For those of us working in the creative industry it's something we face daily, with huge projects, large teams to manage and tight deadlines. So for all the studio managers...

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Meet the Genius, the gluten free hedgehog

Genius Gluten Free, the number one bakery brand in the free-from category in Britain, has launched a new digital advertising campaign to drive awareness and educate consumers on the physical benefits of a gluten-free diet. It uses three very...

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Food Revolution Day and yet another viral video

I’m a grumpy git, I know. I never watch Comic Relief and I find Pudsey the giant eye-patched teddy bear more sinister than endearing. For me, there’s nothing more nauseating than being lectured by multi-millionaire...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Step inside Wes Anderson's world in the new Prada café

Wes Anderson, who recently took home a brace of awards for the effortlessly wonderful “Grand Budapest Hotel,” is arguably one of the few remaining cinematic auteurs. His films manage to tap into that same space between the innocent wonder...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Yummy! Why are we being spoken to like children?

Although one never expects a bingo company's advertising to be the height of sophisticated creative communication, I am being driven slowly crazy by Gala's new strapline. 'Sing Gala-la-la' it goes. Leaving aside the obvious gaffe they've made by...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Crossrail Place makes a very green public début

Final designs for the ambitious new Crossrail Station at Canary Wharf have been emerging for a while now, and they now include the addition of a lush roof garden, which opened to the general public over the bank holiday weekend. The garden is a...

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Bates Y&R design the ultimate modular couch

If sitting was an olympic sport, I'd probably be up there on the podium every four years without fail. As such, finding the perfect couch (or sofa or settee depending on your preference) has always been something of a bucket list goal for me....

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Account Wins of the Week

Digitas Lbi/Samsung Europe Samsung Europe has appointed global marketing and technology agency DigitasLBi as its European digital content partner agency. The appointment follows a competitive pitch against a shortlist of PR, content and digital...

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The Week In Advertising

McCain - Real Tea Times With this new work and strapline, McCain are obviously determined to put their brands at the heart of British mealtimes - particularly their chips. This may not play well with health and nutrition campaigners, but will...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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How David Cameron proved the brilliance of a vintage strapline

David Cameron won't serve a third term as Prime Minister. We know because, he's just told us on the telly. Which is odd, as he hasn't yet won a second term. Many hope he doesn't. Anyway, there'll be plenty of time for political manoeuvring and...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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The Week In Advertising

eHarmony - Popcorn There's some furious competition between TV dating sites right now, and that means a plethora of TV ads. One campaign simply shows happy daters on happy dates, but eHarmony have gone more leftfield, using a bizarre scenario to...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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The Brave Brands of 2014

The brand spanking new year gives us a chance to look back at our Brave Brands of 2014. Exclusive and prestigious, Brave Brand status is given to the brands that successfully break through the white noise to make a statement. It’s about stepping...

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Aston Kutcher dumps pizza for gum

Two and a Half Men star and stoner icon, Ashton Kutcher, appears in a new advertising campaign from CLM BBDO & Energy BBDO for Extra, the UK's most popular brand of chewing gum. The £15 million marketing campaign will run throughout 2015,...

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Mother Nature keeps us safe and healthy

UL, the 120-year old global independent safety science company, has joined forced with the Mother Nature Network (MNN) to launch SafeBee.com, a new “Digital destination for safety and healthy living.” The site, which will draw on a...

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TBWA partner with Airbnb as new Global AOR

TBWA, the Omnicom owned global advertising agency, has been named the global agency of record for Airbnb, the San Francisco-based hospitality website, which effectively acts as a social networking site for lodgers and landlords looking for short-term...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Inspiration

13 packs that add extra to the ordinary

This month many Londoners have been lucky enough to bear witness to British artist Lucy Sparrow taking an everyday cornershop and catapulting it into the art world with her felt FMCG creations. You can read all about it here. Clearly Lucy's skill...

Posted by: bluemarlin
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Reality television – I'm not a moron, get me out of here

Recently I’ve been catching up on a lot of DVDs. All those TV shows that people told me I had to watch but I just never found the time for them: 24, The Wire, The Killing. Lots of death - lovely. Part of the reason for this is that I am pretty...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Ogilvy & Mather replace iconic E-Trade baby with Kevin Spacey

Last month it was announced that online brokerage firm 'E-Trade' were retiring their now legendary talking baby commercials, which have been mainstays on American television since they first aired during the Super Bowl commercials back in 2008....

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Features

WCRS Creative Director. Get to know Billy Faithfull.

What's the story behind you joining WCRS? Ross Neil and I got our break at HHCL in the last days of a truly great and innovative agency. A collection of original people who didn't quite fit in elsewhere in the industry. We’ve always been...

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Closed ears. How the music industry ruined itself.

In 1999 a website called Napster appeared on the internet. With little in the way of its own content, and certainly no means nor intention of producing or releasing music, it set a ball rolling that in 2013 tumbled most of HMV’s high street...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Very telly. The best of 2014's new TV shows.

As the Christmas schedule proved, telly in 2013 was a very hit and miss affair. On the one hand, we had the hilarious glory of 'Gogglebox'; on the other, the clunky scripts of Matt Smith's last days in 'Doctor Who'. Still, we're a week into a new...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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#hashtags

Hashtags are a funny old thing which seem to have sprouted up from nowhere and now run people's jobs, businesses and even lives. I have been pondering this phenomenon on two occasions in the past week - once when my mother asked me what a hashtag was...

Posted by: Jessica Hazel
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The iconic K67 hotdog stands of Belgrade

Greetings from Belgrade where, for once, the soaring temperatures are marginally less soaring than those in London right now. So I can hardly use heat exhaustion as an excuse to write about Jelen - a Serbian stalwart and my favourite ever beer - the...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison

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