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There’s been a lot said about the metaverse over the last few years and, let’s be honest, little of it has been resolutely positive, at least as far as Facebook and Mr Zuckerberg are concerned. But there are companies out there looking to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Only a fool would state that they know with absolute certainty what the landscape in adland will look like in six months’ time. We are living through a time of almost unparalleled unpredictability but one overarching and undeniable trend that...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
For this week’s behind the brand, we’re focusing on a concept that took home a coveted Gold at last year’s Creativepool Annual Awards. This was a project consisting of a nine-month design sprint from start to finish where Elmwood...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
If you ask anyone in my family to identify my mum, they’ll refer to the jingle jangle of the mass of gold bracelets on her wrists. That metallic cacophony to me, more than a look or smell, is the truly evocative sound of home, and of love. So...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
For this week’s company spotlight, we focus on The Frameworks, an independent design consultancy and frequent Creativepool contributors. We caught up with James Trowman, Partner and General Manager, to discuss the origins, challenges and future...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Sexual wellness brand Durex, launched its decidedly cheeky #FitMatters campaign last year to educate people on the importance of using a correctly fitting condom. The campaign, created by VaynerMedia EMEA, was released after Durex’s own...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Now that we’re almost a week into the new year, the trend pieces are coming thick and fast. To gather a more agency-wide perspective of what’s in store for us this year, however, we spoke to one agency specifically to gather their...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
For most people, fonts are not something to spend a lot of time considering. Yes, most of us have a perfectly rational hatred for comic sans but aside from that, a font is surely little more than an afterthought for a designer, right? Not at...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The importance of web scraping and alternative data cannot be overstated. In today's data-driven world, having access to a wide range of information is crucial for businesses looking to stay competitive. In addition, the growth of artificial...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Genie - the intelligent matchmaking service for creative industries - launched a campaign last year to encourage employers to be more transparent with their budgets. Led by Genie’s female founders Nicky Badneoch and Bonnie Harold and endorsed...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Nobody is prepared for how generative artificial intelligence (gen-AI) will transform the creative industry. The world of gen-AI is progressing furiously. It will disrupt existing business models-if AI algorithms are able to produce high-quality...
Posted by: Leonardo
With many big brands dipping their toe into the video games industry, we’ve seen a shift towards gamification - the application of typical elements of game playing to the customer experience. Augmented reality (AR) in particular, promises to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
As companies rapidly evolve, it is to be expected that the priorities and expectations of roles within a brand evolve as well. But no position has changed quite as rapidly as the CMO. Once considered the nexus of all things creative, the CMO is now...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
2022 has been quite a year for social media platforms with the likes of TikTok booming and Twitter facing uncertainty following Elon Musk’s takeover. Hayley Jones, the Head of Social at The PHA Group has shared her thoughts on this year in...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Andy Wilson, Media Director at Dropbox, gives us his thoughts on what Black Friday and Cyber Monday mean for online creators and entrepreneurs and outlines how to market a small business online and get the most out of the event and its immediate...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
For its Christmas appeal this year, UNICEF enlisted the talents of Banjoman’s Dermot Malone to direct ‘Just A Little’, a moving campaign that takes a fresh look at the gift of giving. The spot centres on Hannah, a child struggling...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
This is a question those in the creative industry have probably asked themselves in the past few years. Hugo Evans, senior designer at We Are Tilt has a decade-long career spanning branding, print and digital. The arrival of artificial intelligence...
Posted by: We Are Tilt
Sophie Morice is a creative with a passion for sustainability and a brand associate at Reckitt - owner of household names such as Air Wick, Vanish and Finish Of Generation Z - a generation that shows the most concern for the planet’s wellbeing...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
timeTo is an organisation that focuses on providing regular training for agencies and employees as well as support for sexual harassment in the workplace. Within the training supplied by timeTo there is emphasis on the intention behind the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
You might have seen BLVR’s Compton Cowboys campaign for Andis - ‘an unusually tender, insightful work for a barbering campaign’ - ECD Austin Lane led the creative vision on this. Photography, painting, drawing, and filming were all...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Karl Doran, founder and creative director of Flow Creative - the Manchester based agency behind BBC Children in Need’s 2022 animated video campaign - discusses why video animation is so effective for communicating emotive yet positive and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Virtual production has arrived with a bang. Big name producers - most famously for The Mandalorian - are filming with huge state-of-the-art LED walls as virtual backdrops, instead of going out on location. But you don't have to be Disney to create...
Posted by: We Are Tilt
With new, in-app shopping functionalities being unveiled by social media platforms regularly it’s easy to see how social commerce has become widespread practice so quickly. Gone are the days where consumers had to google a brand or product an...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Colour psychology is defined as the study of hues as a determinant of human behaviour. In simpler terms, colours can have a deep and sometimes subconscious impact on our thoughts, actions, and habits. While this concept can be applied to many aspects...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The cruelty of killing fox cubs for sport is highlighted in a TV sports show parody created by Engine Creative in one of their first campaigns under their new House 337 banner. The campaign was conceived for Keep The Ban - a non-profit organisation...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In 2004, a Guardian article highlighted a new, innovative medium that stood out through “the intimacy of voice” paired with “interactivity (…) convenience and portability”. The journalist Ben Hammersley was talking about...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The best graphic designers inhabit that space between the creative and the business-minded; the tangible and the intangible. It would be quite easy (and reductive) to simply take the phrase literally and describe a graphic designer simply as...
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Last month, UK YouTube group Sidemen took on YouTube All-Stars in the latest of their series of charity football matches. However, according to Ed East, Founder and Group CEO of Billion Dollar Boy, it wasn’t the on-field activity which really...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Richmond sausages recently announced the launch of its brand-new packaging by brand identity agency Bloom. The new design incorporates top-down, modern photography to inspire shoppers with recipes and show the many ways “the Nation’s...
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This week, we’re getting to know Dan Mason, Partner and Managing Director at 2LK - the “specialist agency of choice for tomorrow’s brand experience pioneers.” Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical”...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
For years now, Netflix has enjoyed a (largely) uncontested pride of place as far as streaming platforms are concerned. But the crown is slipping. While Netflix was the first mainstream platform to offer up online streaming and access to top-quality...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
For this week’s company spotlight feature, we head across the channel to Barcelona, where BCN Visuals have been collaborating with agencies to produce exciting 3D advertising campaigns for some of the world’s biggest brands. These are not...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Craig Peasley, VP Product Marketing at VidMob tells us why he believes that social success depends on creative that's fit for the platform. Brands are facing a double creative control headache. While adhering to their own brand and creative...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
For this week’s getting to know feature, we’re sitting down with Graham Sykes, ECD at Landor & Fitch and a man with a storied history in the creatives industries. Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? No...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Bryony Beynon is a senior trainer at timeTo, an initiative set up by NABS, The AA and WACL to tackle sexual harassment in advertising that offers ground breaking interactive training for companies and individuals on how to recognise and tackle sexual...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial