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Kristofer Ström creates surreal characters on his iPhone

The London offices of CHI & Partners have been given a surreal edge this week with the addition of some incredibly bizarre, and yet oddly beautiful images designed by Swedish artist Kristofer Ström. With a style that brings to mind (for me at...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Inspiration

We chat with the man behind Supermundane: Rob Lowe

Rob Lowe, who sometimes goes by alias Supermundane, is an industry veteran who has worked with everyone from *Wallpaper to Sleazenation, and even designed book covers for Penguin. His distinctive use of colour and line make him a go-to guy for...

Posted by: Jade French
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Inspiration

Feeling the burn: Thomas Mailaender's illustrated people

We’ve heard about suffering for your art, but this takes things to a new level. French artist Thomas Mailaender applied 23 photographic negatives to models skin, searing them with a UV lamp. The result? Some really beautiful effects, that conjure...

Posted by: Jade French
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Plenty's refreshing and colourful animations for Viacom

jelly's award-winning art and motion studio, Plenty, have created a series of superb animations for American mass media giants, Viacom. The eight animations, which were created to celebrate the start of spring in New York, are an exciting and...

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Meet the Judges 2015!

The FRESH AWARDS are back and with a BRAND NEW panel! Ladies and gentlemen, we would like to introduce you to this year's 'In-house design team' judges. We have a 50/50 gender policy to ensure equality and diversity on our panel. All of judges have...

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Cannes Lions Winners: Day 2

Cannes Lions 2015 - Highlights from Day Two Ogilvy & Mather After a phenomenally successful first full day at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2015, Ogilvy & Mather found even greater success yesterday by walking away with 45...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Happy London visions with artist Sandrine Boulet

Sandrine Boulet has given London a much-needed cheeky makeover with her cartoon inspired designs. Forget those grey towers or the pigeons down at Trafalgar Square, and instead enjoy these magical Mary Poppins moments and sausages riding the tube. If...

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Top 5 London exhibitions to inspire graphic design: June 2015

London is over-stuffed with gallery choices, one of the many great things about the city. But where to go when you want a dash of visual inspiration or a calligraphy calm down? We've scoured around for the best design-led exhibitions on in London...

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Top 10 Hires Of The Week

DigitasLBi Design Group Julian Baker has been appointed as senior designer at DigitasLBi Design Group. This global marketing and technology agency moves businesses into the digital age. By embracing change, they can merge creativity and tech...

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The Wonderful Wall of Wally

The Wall of Wally is a unique and touching tribute to Wallace “Wally” Olins, one of the most charismatic and celebrated branding and corporate designers of the 20th century. Olins, who was awarded a CBE in 1999 and sadly passed away in...

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Top 10 Hires of the Week

McCann New York McCann New York announced this week that Caprice Yu and Grant Smith have joined the agency as Executive Creative Directors. “We are truly excited to welcome Grant and Caprice,” said Eric Silver, CCO of McCann North...

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ADC declare big Award winners

A busy and noticeably passionate week at the ADC Festival of Art + Craft in Advertising and Design in Miami Beach (held between April 27-29) was punctuated by the announcement and celebration of the winners of the ADC 94th Annual Awards and the...

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Features

Secret 7" sleeve artwork revealed

Now that Secret 7” is over for another year, and all the records have been sold, we can finally reveal which sleeve belonged to which jelly artist. The immensely popular exhibition, which took place at Somerset House, featured work from eleven...

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Pick Me Up returns to Somerset House

The Pick Me Up Graphic Arts Festival has returned to Somerset House, with a fresh line-up of artists and designers poised to bring the very best in new illustration, graphic design and related disciplines to the idyllic grounds for the sixth year...

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Inspiration

Puck Collective Launches The Jungle Book Club

Get yourself lost in the leafy undergrowth and howl with the wild beasts of Puck Collective's Jungle Book Club! Last Thursday (April 16th) we visited the launch and exhibition exploring the scale and beauty of the Jungle fauna with proportional...

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Inspiration

Puck Collective Launches The Jungle Book Club

Get yourself lost in the leafy undergrowth and howl with the wild beasts of Puck Collective's Jungle Book Club! Last Thursday (April 16th) we visited the launch and exhibition exploring the scale and beauty of the Jungle fauna with proportional...

Posted by: Alexandra Schott
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MasterChef winners look to Cardiff for Asian inspiration

Two former finalists from the enduringly popular (and jarringly loud) BBC reality TV series MasterChef have looked to the Cardiff-based consultancy Bluegg for help in launching their new Asian-inspired takeaway business. Larkin Cen and Dale Williams...

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Industry

Design Competition for Limited Edition tote bag for LDF

Do you have a design for the VIP press bag at Tent London 2015? Each year over 1,200 International & UK lifestyle press visit, and this year we want to give them something special and unique. This year Tent London & Icon Printing are teaming up...

Posted by: London Design Fair
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A Day in the Life of a jelly Illustrator

Jo Bird loves scribbling and scrawling. She is best known for her intriguing wall murals, and has worked with the likes of Visa, Hyundai, Oxfam, French Connection, Chanel, Rankin, Sipsmith and Harrod’s. Jo recently produced some gorgeous...

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The 2015 Annual Winners

It was very difficult for our judges to select the best work from the amazing pool of talent which appeared on the Annual Shortlist. Our panel of judges reviewed work from the 14 different sections below, for which the Top 4 and People's Choice have...

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AMV BBDO take the playground to the streets

A clever new outdoor campaign from AMV BBDO for the V&A Museum of Childhood reimagines the Tower Hamlets borough in London's east end as one gigantic playground. Running throughout this week, the campaign promotes the museum which houses a vast...

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In Focus: Steve Scott creates quirky illustrations

We’ve all seen illustration transform a brief, but you may not have seen a collaboration quite like this. Working with big names like Volvo, Channel 4 and Wired magazine, Steve Scott is known for his fresh, contemporary images with a nod towards...

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Inspiration

Introducing Mariana Rodrigues: jelly London's newest Future

Ever wondered what inspires the jelly talent? What drives them? What a typical day is like? jelly London's Head of Creative Comms Rachael Guiver went behind the scenes with jelly's newest Futures illustrator Mariana Rodrigues to ask how she starts...

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26 shades of Grey for Ryman (for free!)

Ryman, the UK's leading stationer, has teamed up with Grey London to promote the sustainable Ryman Eco font through a new initiative called the “Alphabet Poster Project.” 26 leading British designers have created “Beautifully...

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Get your spot in the 2015 Annual!

Wow, that was quick. 2014 has come and gone and what a busy year it's been. So it's that time of year, when we are now accepting submissions for The Creativepool Annual 2015! And this year it is BIGGER and BETTER. With a whole new layout, content,...

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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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Something extraordinary has happened...

Something extraordinary has happened to me. Not a new brand of tea bag I rather like, but something properly extraordinary. As you'll know, almost a week ago, armed men stormed the offices of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo; shooting and killing...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Features

Happy 100th birthday to Ladybird books

Today, one of the great British brands is celebrating its 100th birthday: Ladybird, publishers of children's books with an instantly recognisable format and feel, and - during the Second World War - absolutely identical in terms of number of...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Social media keeps the flame of free speech alive

Nobody was prepared for the abhorrent series of events that befell the staff members of the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo yesterday in Paris. The vicious attack, brought on (once again) by nothing but harmless religious satire, shook the...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Behind the scenes with jelly illustrator Mimi Leung

Ever wondered what inspires the jelly talent? What drives them? What a typical day is like? Well here at jelly London we went behind the scenes with illustrator Mimi Leung to find out just how she creates her crazy and colourful work. 1. Tell us how...

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Chester Zoo takes Islands project online

Chester Zoo's “Islands” project, which will recreate the South East Asian islands of the Philippines, Bali, Sulawesi, Papua, Sumba and Sumatra, in a previously unused part of the zoo, was recently given an online presence by Code...

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Paul Windle Design is flying high

Paul Windle Design’s creative art studio have collaborated with the Virgin Atlantic design team to create the new ‘Birthday Girl’ flying lady illustration for the airline’s latest hi-tech Boeing 787-9 aircraft. The first...

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Colourful mascots to rock Rio in 2016

The mascots for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games were recently unveiled in Brazil, and according to a statement accompanying images of the colourful critters, the Games organising committee hopes they'll bring an “Explosion of...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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The Best of British Design

What is it about British brand design that transcends borders and epitomises international branding? At R Design we have been enjoying a flurry of interest from overseas brand owners, which have come to us specifically for that international...

Posted by: R Design Ltd
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Extendable Creativity with Steven Soderbergh

He’s a film director whose credits include Erin Brokovich, Traffic, and Contagion but now Steven Soderbergh is trying his hand at launching a new alcohol brand. It took the Oscar-winner six years to get the Bolivian brandy that he claims...

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French luxury house Launches New Website

The French luxury house Hermès anounced yesterday their new pop-up e-store, La Maison des Carrés, which is dedicated to the world of Hermès silk. Choosing from the myriad of prints, fabrics, colors, and designs is a difficult task, but...

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