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So, it looks we have a winner in the Eton versus Harrow battle. Yes, Eddie Redmayne toddled off with the BAFTA for Best Actor last night, leaving Benedict Cumberbatch with a more enigmatic expression of stiff-upper-lippedness than ever. Oh, sure, I...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
In a stunning new animated short from Jelly London's A+C Studios for the travel management organisation Key Travel, an entire city comes to life inside a suitcase. The work, which was created with design communications agency Stream, aims to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Starcom Mediavest Group SMG has been appointed as the media agency partner of du, the Dubai-based integrated telecommunications service provider. The win came after an intensive eight-month, multi-agency pitch, with Starcom coming out on top against...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Two and a Half Men star and stoner icon, Ashton Kutcher, appears in a new advertising campaign from CLM BBDO & Energy BBDO for Extra, the UK's most popular brand of chewing gum. The £15 million marketing campaign will run throughout 2015,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Ogilvy & Mather continued its seemingly unending winning streak on Wednesday night (December 10) when they took home a total of 31 awards at Campaign Asia's “Agency Network of the Year Awards.” The gala dinner, which took place at the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Compare The Market: Meerkats On Safari Try as I might, I still can't bring myself to dislike the meerkats. The campaign has been running so long, it should have run out of steam, but when Alexander tells Oleg (you see, I even know their names) he's...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
There are few things more cringe-worthy than politicians trying to be any of the following: hip, funny, down with da yoof, normal, John Travolta. I had to add number five because I'm still haunted by images of John "Two Jags" Prescott bopping away at...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
The lemon-lime soft drink brand, 7up, recently took over a London bus with an ambitious urban knitting campaign in order to promote its new “7up Free,” the sugar free soft drink being positioned as a “Non-conformist” beverage....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Some of the richest people in the world are being urged on social media to show that they “Give a crap” about clean water by WaterAid, the international charity that transforms “Millions of lives every year with clean water, safe...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Uber is the revolutionary taxi service that's taken the US by storm and is set to make a similar impression over here as it moves into its third English City; Leeds, following successful debuts in London and Manchester. The Uber technology platform...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In the same week that Google set forth their mandate to reinvent email with their new “Inbox” app, Facebook also announced they were planning to reinvent the chat room with “Rooms,” an app that plans to bring back the glory...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
As the mornings grow darker and colder and the winter chills creep in, the desire to stay in bed wrapped in the duvet for an extra hour gets stronger. Most of us would love the opportunity to change our working patterns to suit our lifestyle better...
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TBWA Media Arts Lab recently launched a star-studded new campaign called “Nature Is Speaking” for Conservation International (CI), the nonprofit environmental organisation based in Arlington, Virginia. The bold and cinematic ads, which...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
This weekend marked the debut of the first campaign created by Japanese automotive manufacturer Toyota's bespoke, multicultural marketing team, Toyota Total. The first two ads of the campaign, which is called “One Bold Choice Leads to Another"...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Selfridges, the world famous upmarket department store has drastically stepped up online investment with a revamped website, which aims to “Future-proof” its multi-channel business. At £40 million, this marks the single largest...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Nick Kamen was famous for a while. He was a pop star in the eighties and had a hit with a thing called 'Each Time You Break My Heart'. It wasn't terribly good. But his music wasn't the reason he was famous. No, the reason he was famous was for taking...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Category blurring is a phrase you may have heard thrown about the office, but might not fully understand what it is exactly or how it works. Given that it's become a top tactic for leading brands across multiple FMCG categories, it would seem now is...
Posted by: bluemarlin
The global company Diageo is the leader in beverage alcohol with an wide collection of brands across spirits, beer and wine categories; brands such as Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Smirnoff, Captain Morgan, Baileys and Guinness. Johnnie Walker, the...
Posted by: Creativepool
Taiwanese electronics manufacturers HTC recently unveiled their next smartphone, designed to share market space with its flagship phone, the HTC ONE. The HTC Desire 510 is a feature-packed 4G phone, with the elegant designs and super-speeds...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Hot on the heels of Toyota's intensive social media campaign for the new Sienna Minivan, Toyota has unveiled the follow-up to its infamous “Swagger Wagon” ad, which was a viral hit back in 2010, clocking in over 12 million views. The original ad...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The CEO of Tesco, Philip Clarke, is now the ex-CEO of Tesco. He left the job last week, having failed to turn the retailer's fortunes around. Indeed, some would argue that he was actually the catalyst for the decline in the store's success. These...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Hello, my name is Denis Voronin, I'm 27 years old , I have a beautiful wife and two cool children, a son and a daughter. I was born and live in Russia and I think in the future and I will stay in Russia.I started working with Fotolia at the beginning...
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Various high-profile celebrities such as Eddie Izzard, Ross Kemp, Tony Robinson, and John Barrowman have appeared in a new ad launched yesterday in a campaign against Scottish independence. The “Let's Stay Together” campaign seeks to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
I recently read that if the average person was lucky enough to be granted three wishes by a genie, the number one choice was actually “world peace” rather than “a massive amount of money”. Presumably “an infinite number...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
'Grumpy Cat' (real name 'Tardar Sauce') is the owner of the face that has launched a thousand memes (and that would be something of a modest estimate), so it was only a matter of time before the advertising world got it's paws into her. The cat who...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Since an art director colleague introduced me to Banksy many years ago, I’ve enjoyed his stuff enormously. In that time he has painted throughout the world, from Sydney to Camden, LA to Palestine. The art critics bemoan him - too obvious, too...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
In a move that is far from surprising, given their relationship with the Conservative Party, M&C Saatchi have been named as advisors on Better Together's campaign, which urges people to say “No” to Scottish independence. M&C Saatchi will...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
How much would you pay for a copy of Nik Kershaw’s album ‘The Riddle’? Should you wish to add it to your iTunes collection via Apple’s store, it would cost you about £5.50. On Amazon’s marketplace, you could pick up...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
As the footer of this column will tell you, I’m a copywriter. And a blogger. I also dabble in journalism and podcasting. These are all quite enjoyable and satisfying things - at least from time-to-time - and I’m pretty lucky to do them...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
It's been announced that Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R, the full service integrated creative agency of choice for the Great Britain tourism board campaign, has won the account of yet another esteemed British institution. The agency won the brief...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
5 reasons that the water category is on the rise according to Guy Williams. 1. The trend towards health consciousness. People have a better understanding of the importance of hydration and growing concerns about obesity and other related diseases...
Posted by: bluemarlin
This weekend, I learned a valuable lesson. Content isn’t king. Or at least, to be more accurate, content isn’t always king. Copy does have to be top-notch to have an impact and to inspire people to buy, sell, share, offer, sign up,...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
I'm in Egypt, as I write this. I've returned to Dahab on the Sinai Peninsula to see how two revolutions have changed things since I was last here. As it turns out, the Egyptians are still as warm, hospitable and helpful as ever. The Red Sea remains...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Generally speaking, the classic front and back label pack design system doesn’t change much from one bottle of wine to another. Wine connoisseurs have the knowledge to select a good bottle of wine - the understand the difference between grapes...
Posted by: bluemarlin
Open global competition to attract entries across multiple application-led categories, to be showcased online and at FESPA exhibitions throughout 2014 FESPA hasredeveloped its Awards programme, making it an annual competition and opening it to any...
Posted by: FESPA
If I started a blog by telling you that I was thinking about buying a treadmill, you may well click away in anticipated boredom. But the fact remains, I’m seriously considering buying a treadmill. There, I said it. So what? Well, quite. Of...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison