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Purpose-driven brands are proving that businesses can be a force for good, while changing consumer behaviour and unsettling the incumbents. Our Brand Strategist, James, tells us more. In a world that’s rapidly changing and constantly...
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In the realm of interior design, furniture plays a pivotal role-it’s the bridge between aesthetics and functionality. Whether you’re renovating your home, office, or commercial space, selecting the right furniture designer is critical....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
How we package our goods and services is more important than you might think. The packaging, aside from serving the practical purpose of protecting the goods inside, is the first opportunity we have to get an idea of the brand. It’s an...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In today’s digital landscape, the demand for high-quality app design is soaring. Whether you’re a seed-stage mobile app startup aiming to create the next big thing or an established company striving to stay relevant, finding the right web...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
There are few creative directors in recent history as revered and beloved as Studio Ghibli mastermind Hayao Miyazaki. His name alone conjures dazzling visions of dream-logic wonder and colourful melancholy. He is, to all intents and purposes, the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Depending on who you ask, influencers are either a blight on the media landscape or the “most organic and transparent way to bring new audiences to your brand”. I, as ever, fall somewhere in the middle. I appreciate the appeal of somebody...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
For today’s Company Spotlight, we’re talking to Dave Dunlop, Partner and Chief Design Officer at Else, an award-winning strategic design consultancy that helps businesses create innovative and effective products and services. How was...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
There’s something quietly Dickensian about the term “cost-of-living crisis” that’s given the news over the last few months a surreal air of uncanniness, at least in the UK. The concept that so many of us, even those such as...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Can you really smell your way to success? Of course not, the very notion is frankly ridiculous. But that doesn’t mean we should overlook the importance of the humble human olfactory system. Smell, after all, plays a critical role in our daily...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The R&A has launched its first significant rebrand for The Open, golf’s original major championship, in eight years with independent consultancy Zag. The rebrand coincided with the 151st Open at Royal Liverpool, which was played from 16th-23rd...
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At the time of writing, the feature film adaptation of the viral children’s horror game Five Nights at Freddy’s (known commonly by the acronym FNaF) has made over $250 million against a measly (by Hollywood standards) $20 million budget....
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Since the Barbie movie was officially announced last year, there has been a tirade of comments calling it "man-hating" and how it "pushes an agenda", but the film leant into this and used it to its advantage. Of course, it's now the 14th...
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This week, we caught up with Mark Baxter, Founder at Baggi, to discuss his young agency’s beginnings and optimistic future. How was your company born and where are you based? BAGGI were born in the middle of lockdown. It felt like the right...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In recent years, social media controversy has become a potent tool in the arsenal of modern marketing strategies. Companies, influencers, and even public figures have utilized controversial content to grab attention, generate engagement, and boost...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Businesses fade, brands endure; author Andréa Albright argues that while businesses may fade into obscurity, brands possess the remarkable ability to endure indefinitely. This compelling premise challenges the traditional mindset surrounding...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A poor creative never blames his tool but in the same breath, without our tools we probably wouldn’t be of much help to anybody. Having the right tools and equipment is vital when it comes to delivering exceptional work and staying ahead of the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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
Independent creative agency HarrimanSteel recently launched ‘Grow Beautiful’, an artistic creative campaign for renowned sustainable beauty brand, Davines. The film-led campaign showcases both the brand’s and the agency’s...
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How did you get into the industry? Abruptly and with no prior experience! I had been working in the commercial art world for some years, but increasingly daydreaming about starting a new career in the creative design industry. Winter approached,...
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Born Ugly is a brand transformation consultancy and a creative partnership. They are a team of strategists, creatives and change activists on a mission to create work that improves the experiences and lives of everyone who feel its impact....
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Marketing is as susceptible as any discipline to fads and fashions. Whether it’s new buzzwords, calls to action or messaging approaches - or, as we’re currently seeing, brand collaborations. Gucci was one of the first - if not the very...
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A Manchester-based brand agency that “hates bad design,” Dawn Creative has been building, developing and amplifying brands for over 20 years now. This week, we’re talking to Creative Director and agency Founder David O’Hearns...
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Accessibility is often the lens through which people consider inclusive design. But the best brands understand that inclusive design is a much broader concept that embraces how they can connect as many people as possible through innovation. Of...
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In light of Domestic Abuse Awareness Month in October this year, charitable foundation One Love has enlisted creative healthcare agency minds + assembly to help educate young people and their caregivers on digital relationship abuse. One Love...
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Art Directors are the masters of creativity and the ones responsible for steering the visual and thematic heart of a project. They are responsible for what commercial campaigns look like and guide the hands and imaginations of various creatives to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The week, we’re getting to know Sabrina Dridje, Executive Director of The Telly Awards, the world’s largest award honouring excellence in video. Sabrina is a leading voice that infuses a bold spirit of change into an ever-evolving...
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The written word is a funny thing. It’s something `almost all of us have a basic understanding of and use every day to reply to emails, forward distracting memes to our co-workers and message our significant others about dinner. But how often...
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LA-born George Gottl is the Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder of UXUS, a leading global strategic design consultancy. But it’s so much more than that. When Gottl and his team are working with a client they are cultivating a one-of-a-kind...
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This summer, General Electric (GE) announced the future brand identities for the planned separation of its portfolio of healthcare, energy, and aviation businesses into three independent public companies. The decision to separate the businesses,...
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Templates are not exciting and they are certainly not creative. That, at least, is the pervasive narrative in ad land. Ask your average creative director what they think of the “creative potential of templates” and they’d likely...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Creative coach Syreeta Challinger explores how can brands not just survive but thrive in the unknown terrain ahead. We are living through an extraordinary period of global change; pandemic, pending recessions, climate change and political ideology....
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Jason Lane-Sellers, Director of Market Planning at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, explores how Gen Z’s overly trusting nature towards streaming sites could be a grand folly. Gen Z (16-24-year-olds) trust TV streaming companies more than they trust...
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While he is more often than not simply referred to as "That motion guy", George Hurrell is actually a motion and animation specialist with a background in visual communication and design. With over 15 years of studio experience working...
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Christian Lund, Co-Founder at Templafy, discusses how outdated legacy tech is getting in the way of brand reputation, productivity, employee happiness and revenues. Content is - and always has been - a critical business asset. No one knows this...
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Of all the roles in the creative industries, Creative Director is arguably one of the most coveted. It’s a role that means a thousand different things at once and offers complete creative control. But to be a CD at an agency means you’re...
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“From my earliest days in the crib, I longed for nothing more than to look at pictures and draw them.” These are the words of this week’s Member Spotlight honouree, Izabel Ciesinska, an illustrator who might very well have been born...
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