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We are a society entrenched in pessimism, compounded by a lack of leadership and lack of trust. The future requires long-term goals and forward thinking. We need to aim forward and work backwards. This is what was proposed at the LS:N Future...
Posted by: LEAP
Pop culture and advertising have been walking hand-in-hand with varying degrees of success since ethe 1950s. In the latter half of the 20th century we saw brand and pop culture partnerships like Pepsi and Michael Jackson and Nestle and The Simpsons...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Simon Corbett, CEO at Jargon PR and Adam Smith, Managing Director of Rawnet, discuss why legacy brands need to reconsider their digital strategies and reap the benefits, and how customer-centricity will be the key to a successful digital...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The fashion industry runs on the continuous change in taste and aesthetics. A cynical eye could see this as fickle and superficial. Most branding agencies, however (WMH&I included), like to think that they are not subject to any apparent design...
Posted by: WMH&I
Image is everything in the world of branding. Quite literally. Yes, it’s great to have a moral compass and all that but even the most benevolent brand in the world would still be a failure if it didn’t take the time to press the flesh....
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
When everything is said and done, the graphic design trends of 2022 are a motley crew. Frasurbane and anti-design, escapism and grunge, doodles and parametric patterns are some of the themes explored. It's difficult to envision any of these diverse...
Posted by: Chris Bicourt
Last month, O2 launched a social first campaign to promote the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 foldable phone by UK agency of record, VCCP London and Girl&Bear. The campaign saw the iconic Noughties pop band, Steps, take over the famous O2 arena with a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Trends. That’s right, it’s that time of the year again where we all become wannabe soothsayers and cast our minds as far forward as possible to escape the gaping maw of sadness that is the present. 2021 has not exactly been a banner...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It’s that time of the year! In mid-November, brands usually rush to release their best Christmas ads and capture a precious slice of attention from their target audiences. Due to the shortage crisis, this year was a bit different, but...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
I was in a classroom, leaning over my desk as my Storytelling tutor dimmed the lights in the room, when I watched the 1914 Christmas ad for the first time. As someone who hadn’t lived in the UK until 2017, I’d apparently missed out on a...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
As one of the global economic hubs and one of the key cities in America, New York City was hit rather hard by the Covid pandemic. Yet the resilience of New Yorkers is legendary and the city folks have always been ready to rebuild on the ashes of a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
There's no getting bored around Poet and Copywriter Ellana Blacher. Her extensive experience in the creative and fashion industry overseas has few equals in the Creativepool community, with some stunning work crafted for clients such as Dr. Martens,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It was 1989 when a British scientist felt the need to automate information-sharing between scientists around the world. Until then, universities and institutes worldwide had struggled to share instant information and data about new scientific or...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
There's no denying that the pandemic has changed consumer behaviour worldwide, forcing the whole creative industry to find new ways to adapt to a new normal. What was perfectly reasonable and effective in a world dominated by reason and logic, such...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
If you thought 2020 was a chaos, you clearly haven’t seen what graphic design might have in store for 2021. After such an unbelievable year (in good and bad terms), we can all expect designers to bear the marks of 2020 for quite some time,...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Promoting your business offline Pre-internet, promotion looked very different. We relied on using print to show off our best work. We used to send out portfolios so that prospects could see our work in print-form. It’s all very well having a...
Posted by: &Something
Just like comic books and the recent rise of nerd culture, long gone are the days where gaming was seen as something for kids or only limited to games consoles. The normalisation of gaming on various platforms has increased so much that it was only a...
Posted by: SMACK Agency
They say Christmas is a time for giving. But first it’s a time for watching all the big brand ads so we can decide what to give and where to spend our money. And with the bulk of this year’s spots now released, what do they say about the...
Posted by: Ryan Watson
A robot reminisces about a world it once knew in a new spot from French agency Publicis Conseil. Created for construction materials company Saint-Gobain and directed by Wilfrid Brimo, memories of human life are projected onto a screen to convey the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Nostalgia has been big for business for the past few years and a new HD Ghostbusters game is set to continue that trend as Bill Murray and his team of trusted scientists return for more adventures. Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered delivers a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The former founder of agency network WPP has hit out at creatives in the advertising industry by suggesting that too many are living in the past. Sir Martin Sorrell spent 33 years building WPP into a global powerhouse with the network welcoming the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Shutterstock has launched its eighth annual Creative Trends Report, which predict major trends in 2019 as well as what will be the rising topics and one to watch in the year ahead. The overbearing theme of the findings is that there will be a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
YouTube has released its overall 2018 EMEA ads leaderboard, which includes a spot for its music service, YouTube Music, in at number nine on the list. The top spot is taken by German online real estate portal Immowelt, with its epic narrative...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
This November - just like every November in recent years - the nation waited in anticipation for their favourite Christmas ad to officially usher in the beginning of the festive season. Below, Greg Clark, MD of Sheffield-based creative agency,...
Posted by: Über Agency
WCRS - Royal Marines Commandos The Royal Navy has launched a new recruitment campaign for the UK’s world renowned amphibious force, the Royal Marines Commandos. The campaign gives new meaning to the Royal Marines’ long running line...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Almighty - Good Science Beauty Design studio Almighty has created the branding and packaging for a new skincare brand called Good Science Beauty, taking on a look that references “science” and “style.” Good Science Beauty is...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Snask - Kandima It's not often a studio gets the “big wet dream task” to brand an entire island of paradise, but that's exactly what happened to Stockholm's Snask recently when it was approached by Kandima, a resort in the Maldives....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Since its inception more than 10 years ago, user-generated content (UGC) has had a storied career. From a few videos on a then little-known website called YouTube in 2006 to full-blown media campaigns harnessing the power of real people, the...
Posted by: Lobster
With digital arguably superseding traditional TV advertising as the most relevant and cost-effective way-forward for the industry this year, it's surprising that we actually enjoyed such a banner year for great, 30-90 second creative content. Of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Next weekend the world will be turned upside down as the 80s return for Halloween in the style of Stranger Things inspired costumes and activations to celebrate the release of Season 2 on October 27th on Netflix. Topshop has teamed up with Netflix...
Posted by: Heather Deacon
McCann Manchester - Smyths McCann Manchester has launched a major integrated campaign for Smyths Toys Superstores with the aim of getting every child in the UK & Ireland into a Smyths Toys store in the run-up to Christmas. The campaign, “Snot,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
WCRS - Warburtons Warburtons (the UK’s largest bakery brand) is bringing romance and nostalgia to the bakery aisle with its newest ad campaign, “Pride & Breadjudice,” which features Peter Kay in the starring role. Premiering this...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Recently in marketing, there has been a lot of talk about approaches that had fallen out of favour, such as podcasts and direct mailers, making a resurgence. Is it nostalgia that is turning agencies heads backwards? The changing economic and...
Posted by: ifour
Taylor Herring - Thorpe Park Taylor Herring has subverted conventional out of home advertising by anchoring the living dead to an ad installation in East London and making commuters wish they were tucked up safely at home. This bizarre experiential...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
When I heard news yesterday that Microsoft were considering erasing Microsoft Paint from Windows 10 it triggered a dense moment of nostalgia in me that I honestly wasn’t expecting. I’m no artist. Given a blank piece of paper and a pencil...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Even a few years ago, the concept of a credible, critically lauded indie rock band collaborating with one of the world's most visible brands would have seemed a preposterous concept. Imagine, for example, 2007 era Arcade Fire writing a jingle for...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns