Displaying 1 - 36 of 1970 results
Optimo was initiated in 1998 as a bachelor project by Gilles Gavillet, Stéphane Delgado and David Rust. It was a way for them to release their own fonts, and Optimo became part of the first wave of digital foundries to emerge in the 1990s as a...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
Since releasing his first retail typeface, Feijoa, in 2007, Kris Sowersby, Klim Type Foundry’s founder has received numerous awards and accolades including: a Certificate of Excellence from the New York Type Directors Club; being accepted as a...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
A new ambient campaign created by BBH Barn, the creative placement scheme run by BBH London, seeks to take advantage of the current Pokémon Go craze in order to raise awareness for the real high risk missing people who desperately need to be...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Bray Leino’s new anti-smoking campaign “Be There Tomorrow”, for the public funded body Smokefree South West, airs this week (Monday 10 Feb) across TV, Radio and Outdoor, striking a much darker tone than previous campaigns. The New...
Posted by: Bray Leino
Plus Two In this month's skills advice section, Erin Leuschke from Plus Two talks to us about using Adobe Flash in the offline world. Plus Two have 25 years experience in the strategic, creative and technical aspects of marketing...
Posted by: Creativepool
10. Travelators You know travelators, those flattened escalators that serve as moving pavements. Well, it’s not unusual to find static print ads along their route, but I’m suggesting the actual moving steps would be ideal ambient media....
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
There's a strong Swiss-led tradition at the root of all of Grilli Type's typefaces, but it's the kind of tradition which silently and faithfully holds everything else up, rather than the sort which gets regurgitated over and over again. In fact,...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
We sat down with Jens Gehlhaar, German Director, Illustrator, Designer and Commercial Director at Logan & Sons to talk about commercial filmmaking, type design and pitches. Hi Jens, tell us what you do for a living? I’m a Commercial Director...
Posted by:
A project that’s been getting a significant amount of coverage on everyone’s favourite photo-centric social media hub of late, 36 Days of Type is so much more than an excuse for designers to bash out some nifty fonts. It also represents a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Annual 2021 winners have been revealed over summer, with some of the most exciting professionals in the history of Creativepool. Who are these amazing people and why do they represent the best of the best in the realm of creativity? It isn't the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Making real, lasting change is not a solo endeavour. If we want to make the design industry represent the world around us, we need partnerships that bring together different perspectives and resources. So design advocacy organisation Where Are the...
Posted by: ustwo
According to Scotland-born and London-raised art director Stephen ONeill aka Type Chap, the two tips he’d give young creatives is to be witty and irreverent with their work. “Always have something in your portfolio that’s got a bit...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Love Island is now ITV2’s most watched show ever, which has made brand association with the programme highly desirable. The launch of the fourth season of the reality TV show last year, which follows a group of twentysomethings in their quest...
Posted by: TVSquared
This Thursday January 21st, three of Cincinnati’s largest advertising agencies: POSSIBLE, Rockfish and Barefoot Proximity, will compete in the inaugural “Agency Fight Night,” a real-time contest to see who can generate the most...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Engine, together with NHS Blood and Transplant, is uniting with blood donor organisations across 21 countries to highlight an almost 30% international drop in blood donation. A number of high profile brands and organisations are backing the campaign,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Great Guns director Cassandra Brooksbank recently reunited with coffee design company Fellow for a myth-busting new campaign. Inspired by Fellow’s too-good-to-be-true Old Brew Grinder, this retro film references such iconic conspiracy theories...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The winners of the 9th annual AD STARS awards were announced this weekend on Saturday, 27th August, at a gala ceremony held in Busan, South Korea. The winners were chosen from a shortlist of 1,680 finalists from 42 countries. Overall, AD STARS...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
If you’re reading this as a freelancer, let me ask you bluntly - how many times have you got into an argument with your significant other while on holiday because you “just can’t ignore” that email or that phone call? For me,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The more observant amongst you might have noticed letters going missing from UK streets these last few days. I know what you're thinking, but no, we haven't been struck by a wave of vowel hating miscreants (though wouldn't that be something). The...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
3D print a home in 12 hours 3D-printing could very well be changing the game soon for global poverty and architecture, with these sturdy, 3D-printed homes that can be built a fraction of the going rate, in a fraction of the time. Whilst other...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
M&C Saatchi M&C Saatchi has appointed Sereena Abbassi as Head of Culture and Inclusion, where she will be working closely with Victoria Fox, Chief Executive of LIDA and group sponsor of diversity and inclusion at M&C Saatchi Group. Sereena is...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
AnalogFolk Independent digital agency AnalogFolk, has announced the appointment of Fredrik Dahlberg as Creative Director. Dahlberg will be responsible for the development of the agency’s copy arm as well as bolstering the agency’s...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
CHI&Partners Joining CHI&Partners this week are the talented creative team of Jo Griffin and Tom Dixon, who are coming to the agency after three years at rival London shop WCRS. As the team responsible for the multi-award winning campaign...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Now that the sun has set on the Cannes Lions 2017, we're looking back over the weekend at the big winners that were announced at the climax of this year's tumultuous, exhausting but reliably satisfying festival of creativity. There's been no shortage...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
As part of our continuing coverage of the 2016 Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity as official partner, we'll be bringing you the daily highlights from the festival. Ogilvy & Mather take Glass Lion and Two Grand Prix On the third day of the Cannes...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Del Campo Saatchi & Saatchi Argentina - Andes View The Full Project Clemenger BBDO Melbourne - Bonds View The Full Project FCB Inferno - BMW: 3 Series View The Full Project The Engine Group - Missing Type Isobar - Uniqlo: UMOOD View The Full...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
mcgarrybowen Jason Gonsalves has been announced as the new UK CEO for mcgarrybowen. Gonsalves joins from BBH London, where he most recently served as Chief Strategy Officer. He has a strong leadership pedigree, and is almost unique in making the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
There’s loads you can do on Creativepool, from connecting with fellow creatives to showcasing your work and finding new projects. But it all starts in one place: your Creativepool profile. If you landed on this article, you’ve probably...
Posted by: Creativepool
Do you remember when Tony Blair said he couldn't use a computer? I do, because it infuriated me. At the time, he was leader of one the world's largest economies and democracies, and there he was, smirking gleefully about the fact that he couldn't...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Henrique Favery stands as a testament to the power of embracing the unknown. The Founder and Creative & Innovation Director at Buu Digital, Favery's journey into the industry began with a seemingly insurmountable challenge: creating an Augmented...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
How did you get into the industry? An opportunity came up when we were hired by an agency to tackle a challenge deemed impossible by a competitor. The task was to execute an Augmented Reality for Web campaign (without the need to download an...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Tangerine’s social strategist, Ciaran Howley, takes on Threads and its impact (or lack thereof) on the industry, now it’s been live for a couple of weeks. Weeks on from the roaring success of Meta’s X/Twitter killer Threads’...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
You wouldn’t let an employee loose on your core IT systems without training, so should your media outreach be any different? Amy Stone, Senior Communications Consultant at Hard Numbers discusses her surprise and frustration at how many times...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Loab has set the internet alight in recent months. The haunting, AI-generated woman isn’t the first piece of art created by artificial intelligence, but she might be the scariest. Supercomposite, the musician who ‘discovered’ her...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
There is increasing pressure on the retail sector during the peak holiday season, commencing with Singles Day and Black Friday in November and ending with the January sales. With the busiest time of the year for planning holiday marketing campaigns...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Billy Jones, Senior Director of Brand Marketing of Hootsuite, takes us through the creative process and gives us an exclusive peek behind the curtain on the social media management platform's latest rebrand. Social media is a dynamic, polarising and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
