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They say the best way to figure out where you’re going is to look back at where you’ve been, and the last 12 months have been anything but boring so there’s certainly a lot of ground to cover. Of course, I spent most of December...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Like half the nation, it would appear, I chose to spend the first waking hours of 2024 washed out on the sofa in a booze and cheese-induced haze binge watching what I assumed was going to be a quaint, easy-going ITV drama. How wrong I turned out to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
We’re all accustomed to Christmas being the busiest time in our industry, and this year is no exception. With the slew of Christmas ads in full force the many months of painstaking meetings, edits and pressure to spread holiday joy in a...
Posted by: Collective London
2023 has been a lot of things. It’s been a year that saw great divisions widen and a year that seemed to almost revel in chaos, but it was also a year in which creativity continued to shine, even as it stood on the precipice of potential...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
BBH is putting the spotlight on the nation’s most famous chicken burger - Burger King’s Chicken Royale in a campaign that taps into a truth that for some, the Home of the Whopper, isn’t all about the beef. But instead of a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
TGI Fridays, the American-inspired cocktail and restaurant chain, and brand building agency Boldspace, recently launched TGI’s branding revamp. The company is reinstating ‘TGI’ into its name, after the UK business rebranded to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
With design critique, especially within the passionate world of sports, it’s easy to jump in two footed to disparage any new identity. However, the North American World Cup 2026 logo has the potential to become as memorable as Mexico 1968 or...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It was announced today by UK culture minister Lucy Frazer that the UK creative industries will get a 1 million jobs boost adding £50bn in value to the sector by 2030. For many of us creatives that’s a pretty big deal. But the real question...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
This year to support the humble local corner shop and the work they do for their communities, Cadbury with the help of global agency of record, VCCP, is launching a new integrated campaign, ‘The Big Win-Win’. In the form of a nationwide...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Hydrafacial, a category-creating brand at the intersection of beauty and aesthetics, partnered with creative agency Free the Birds to refresh its visual identity and brand architecture to support its explosive global growth plans. Beloved by its...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In a first for the UK, millennial travel company, WeRoad, is getting the nation to mingle with strangers - no keys in the bowl required. In its first ever international OOH campaign, the travel company is encouraging Brits to trade rush hour for the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
With the Six Nations Championship underway, rugby fans will be glued to a range of screens over the next few weeks - with advertisers in close pursuit. Nielsen Sports Fan Insights reports that rugby union has a fan base in the UK of at least 12...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The old adage goes that there’s no such thing as bad publicity - but this is a very old saying, and its originators failed to live to see the year 2023. That’s probably a good thing, as the last 12 short months could have spelt the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
I once had a boss who said, “I think we got away with that one” after just being told by the Chairman of a global cereal brand our creative proposals were “the biggest load of crap [he’s] ever seen”. We were fired the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Autistic people face significant challenges daily; in many cases, their challenges are not visible to those around them. Even the people that make up the support network of somebody with Autism cannot truly experience how it feels to be...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Uniform call on the nation’s boys to help support the effort in menstrual education. 72% of boys have never had a lesson about periods. So, is it any wonder that 1 in 5 women have felt period shame due to comments from a male friend? 21% of...
Posted by: Uniform
AI writers - which automate the writing of blog posts, articles and website copy - are one of the most cutting-edge, yet controversial, digital tools increasingly employed by SEO specialists, copywriters, advertisers, bloggers and marketeers...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Ever wondered what life would be without a toilet? 1 in 4 people around the world lack access to one. In fact, more than 10% of our global population must defecate in the open, and globally, 55% of people do not have access to safely managed...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It’s the biggest event of the year. Five billion people are expected to tune in. Legends will be made. Yes, this… is the Advertisers World Cup, where sponsors and non-sponsors compete for attention on a global scale. Brands attempting...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Iris recently launched its latest integrated brand campaign for Starbucks UK. “Every Table Has a Story” aims to reinstate Starbucks as an inclusive and inspiring ‘Third Place’ where all are welcome to work, reset, connect and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Nutshell Creative is an integrated marketing agency in Milton Keynes that “delivers the full spectrum of creative, digital and print services.” While many would have you believe that print is dead, brands that underestimate the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
When Queen Elizabeth II took the throne, even my parents had yet to be born. She was the longest serving monarch in history and it appears unlikely that will ever again be contested so when the news stuck yesterday evening, a definite shockwave was...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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
I consider myself more a realist than a royalist but that doesn’t mean the Platinum Jubilee has completely passed me by. I mean, as a freelancer I’m not getting any time off and the constant TV coverage is started to frustrate me even...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
I was just explaining to my 10 year old son about how, when I was his age, if you missed an episode of Doctor Who, you missed it. I mean, it was gone, you’d literally missed it. You couldn’t catch up, you couldn’t buy the DVD, you...
Posted by: Tony Pipes
We don’t live in a perfect world. If we did then we wouldn’t currently be watching one nation committing unprovoked atrocities against another. But one area that we are starting to see in more black and white terms is the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
With the war in Ukraine now well into its second month and news of fresh atrocities filtering through every day, it’s clear that the actions taken by Western governments and brands have done little to deter Russia. Originally designed to be...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A fixation on youth is endemic in advertising, with the fetishisation of bleached blonde locks, smooth bronzed skin and chiseled jawlines almost as old as the medium itself. But while there have been great strides made in recent years to diversify...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
With over 50 million pets in the nation, Pets at Home UK saw an opportunity to inspire and educate pet owners with a rather unique episodic series of branded content, with each episode headed by BBC broadcaster Clare Balding. According to production...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
James Keane is a man with some serious acumen in the world of advertising. With a background working for top flight agencies like J Walter Thomson and The & Partnership (CHI) as well as digital shops like Skive and design studios like Stylorouge, his...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
After Life is one of the most popular British television experiences of the last few years. It’s striking and honest look at the realities of grief have made it a rare show that resonates with both fans and critics. Ricky Gervais might be a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
If the whole of the UK simply adopted reusable water bottles, we could eliminate more than 7.7 billion items of single use plastic each year. This is the shocking insight unveiled by the UK government earlier this year - which places sustainable...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
If you’re among those who believe print is dead (or dying), you clearly haven’t seen the best print campaigns of 2021. Print is certainly far from dead, and in fact, it may stick around for a very long time still, in one form or...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
There is a common misconception that rescue pets are simply animals in need of pity. In truth, a rescue animal is just as quirky, lovable and strong as any other pet - and it is the job of splendid charities such as Battersea Dogs & Cats to ensure...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Even before the pandemic, the stigma around mental health was starting to get lifted as more voices around the industry focused on the importance of voicing one's concerns, and seeking prompt help whenever possible. If anything, the pandemic could...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Summer 2021 has been an interesting one for the British public. With a Covid foreign travel ban, most of the British people resorted to one in four key holiday destinations across the country, leading to a series of traffic jams all over the United...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
