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Another 12 months and another few hundred ads to sort through, but this year it was actually more of a pleasure than a chore. My only criteria this year was that I vowed to steer clear of any spots that were tied to heavily to a particular pop...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Black Friday is a very modern phenomenon. A true triumph of commercialism, it's a perfectly placed date in the cultural calendar that gained so much attention a few years ago that South Park deemed it necessary to construct a feature-length episode...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In the week following the 2016 US Presidential Election, many designers have responded to the news that Donald Trump will be the 45th President of the United States with shock, awe and amusement. We're be examining the latter today (but if you want...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Karmarama - Kerrygold's Karmarama is launching a gleefully optimistic new TV campaign for Kerrygold’s spreadable butter range, which is set to go live this weekend. The inspiration for the idea came from the fact that the home of Kerrygold is...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
With the Christmas season fast approaching (the John Lewis ad runs on the 10th and Sainsbury’s on the 14th, so be sure to mark those dates in your calendar), ad land is starting to rev its engines. We're only one week into November, but we've...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Never ones to miss a trick (or treat) when it comes to mining popular culture for opportunities when it comes to riding the cultural zeitgeist, agencies across the globe have spent the best parts of the last week creating 'spooktastic' campaigns,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Once upon a time the beauty industry was in a pretty set way. Brands such as L’Oreal, Avon and Estée Lauder only needed to whip up tried-and-tested print and billboard campaigns with household celebrities in order to sell new products and...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
Work-Order - Kodak Kodak has redesigned its logo for the first time in a decade, opting to bring back a similar iteration of the iconic Kodak K first introduced in 1971. The New York-based studio Work-Order has designed the new identity, which...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Halloween is a holiday that, until recently, barely registered in the UK. Whilst many of us have fond memories of trick or treating in our youth, and there's always the tendency to stick a few scary movies on whenever the end of October rolls around,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Leo Burnett - McDonald's McDonald’s has launched a dependably bold new TV spot from Leo Burnett promoting its Chicken Legend range. The spot features an incredibly intimidating Judo instructor at what appears to be a village hall and a man...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It takes a lot to surprise me when it comes to adland, but one thing that has genuinely given me pause for thought in recent years is the (albeit still rather niche) trend of companies creating beauty products to flog their brand. First there was...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
KidZania London is a 75,000sq city where the kids are in charge. Complete with its own currency, university and more than 60 jobs for children to experience, the concept, designed to inspire, challenge and empower kids is located inside the Westfield...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The launch of a pioneering clothing brand &Sons invites members of the creative community to pledge for their style via a Kickstarter campaign calling on those within the creative industries to back a hardwearing, timeless and expertly crafted...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
I'll be honest, I never really got Keith Lemon. It's a shtick that never sat right with me, based, as it is, more on bravado than genuine wit. I will admit, however, that he is the perfect character to front an advertising campaign. That same...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The latest work by Wieden+Kennedy London for Nike highlights celebrated Dutch sprinter Dafne Schippers in a ambitious graphic outdoor campaign shot by legendary photographer Albert Watson. Schippers, who was born in Utrecht in The Netherlands, is the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The connected home robot that could make you more healthy A home robot has been invented that can help consumers take care of their health needs by providing them with medical advice and dispensing medicine. Pillo can hold up to four weeks’...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It is the final day with celebration of awards and creative spirit, listening to the final talks and the gathering of adland. Swag fashion to begin with: @advancedstyle: Spotted this guy wearing a matching tropical button down and shorts. This is...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
World's fastest flying women recruited for Dunkin' Donuts stunt DigitasLBi and Dunkin’ Donuts recruited the world’s fastest flying woman; 28-year-old wingsuit base jumper Ellen Brennan, to do the world’s fastest Dunkin’ run...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
We appear to be living through an age of divisive political figures. Whether that's down to the prevalence of media coverage in 2016 or the fact that simply people are bored of the “Same old suits” is open for debate, but wherever you...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Carlo Ratti's very personal IOT office The internet of things is one of those terms that gets bandied around a lot, but few people actually understand. Italian architect Carlo Ratti, is the exception to that rule. Ratti has designed a system for an...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Whilst it began life as an agency created specifically to service Samsung, Cheil has gone from strength to strength in recent years with work that continues to push boundaries and make people think. Here, we've highlighted two recent campaigns from...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Waitrose is launching an innovative new brand campaign featuring live footage from its farms, in an industry first, by attaching webcams to farm animals. The campaign, created by adam&eveDDB and Manning Gottlieb OMD, uses a selection of Go Pro and Go...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Technology and data have come together to bring back to life one of the greatest painters of all time in “The Next Rembrandt,” a new 3D printed painting created solely from data of Rembrandt’s body of work. The painting in question...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
ITV viewers in the UK on Saturday night were treated to another outstanding show of talent as MoneySuperMarket premiered an Epic Dance Off with a difference as part of the broadcaster’s Proud to Present initiative. The latest instalment of the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
2016 has been widely heralded by all corners of the media as the “Year of VR.” Whether or not this is because they're simply trying to force it to happen or because technology has finally caught up with the concepts we were salivating...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Comic book movies are big business. Indeed, the genre has evolved from its fringe beginnings (anyone else remember Howard the Duck?) to effectively monopolise mainstream cinema. Even though Marvel has done its best to corner the market over the past...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Celebrity sells. It’s a marketing device that can be traced back to the 1760s when Josiah Wedgewood used Royal endorsements to create an aura around his pottery and make the Wedgewood name famous. Later, author Mark Twain licensed his name to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Arla unveiled a colourful new TV this week ad as part of a new £7 million campaign to launch Arla Best of Both (BOB); the UK’s first fat-free skimmed milk that aims to match the taste of semi-skimmed. BOB is packaged with a distinctive...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
There's no doubt that the UK advertising industry has always enjoyed an unrivalled reputation for innovation, creativity and flair. Despite much work becoming rather prosaic and generic in recent years, that reputation sustains and remains. However,...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
The Wildfang ladies describe themselves as a modern day band of Robin Hoods (or should that be Maid Marians?) and their aim is simple; to redistribute, recategorise and rebrand menswear for women. The Wildfang story is pretty rad, and it all kicks...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
KITE is a UK-based optometry brand making waves with its innovative ‘eyewear’ and ‘eyecare’ products. Founder Asad Hamir was frustrated at optometry’s sterile marketplace and sensing that it lacked innovation or...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
Nintendo confirm their Quality of Life initiative is not dead yet After much speculation to the former, Nintendo president and CEO Tatsumi Kimishima confirmed this week that the company's Quality of Life initiative is still in the works. Kimishima...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Germain is a Parisian restaurant like no other. It finds its home in the quaint Rue de Buci, surrounded by all the plushness of Boulevard St Germain. But whilst the location might be quintessentially Parisian, the restaurant’s interiors are...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
Whilst VR (which if the media at large is to be believed is going to see something of a grand renaissance in 2016) is pretty exciting for a number of reasons, it also runs the risk of further closing the divide between reality and technology, a...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Crafting Fargo-inspired wooly wear DDB NZ has teamed up with one of New Zealand’s leading knitwear and textile designers to create the “Fargo Woollens” clothing range to celebrate the second season of FX’s black comedy-drama...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Twitter was ablaze recently with India’s fashion-conscious youth deciding to forego the usual narcissistic selfie in favour of an altogether more dignified and original “Shoefie,” as part of a new campaign in the region that kicked off...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial