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The average brand spends millions of dollars on marketing every year. For the big global brands, it's billions. "Half my advertising spend is wasted; the trouble is, I don't know which half" - US retail magnate John Wanamaker (1838-1922). These...
Posted by: Matt Batten
Sometimes, particularly when I hit a quiet spell, I start to wonder about the value of much of the work we do in an agency, work which never sees the light of day. More especially, the wonder leads to the dilemma of worrying about our contributions...
Posted by: Richard
In celebration of Pride Month, SodaStream has launched its 2022 “Set All Your Colours Free” campaign. In celebration of the groups which are rising within the LGBTQIA+ community and promoting acceptance and tolerance between people,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Everyone wants to feel like the belong somewhere. It’s one of the fundamental things that makes us human. The world of advertising, however, as been seen by many as a pretty elitist environment, a sentiment that the industry has been trying...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Hernán Lindenbaum is a man that, in his own words, “entered the industry sideways.” But whoever said that being a successful creative meant getting in first time through the front door? The Argentinian freelance motion designer has...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Wunderman Thompson has partnered with the RHS, the UK’s largest gardening charity, to launch a new brand strategy and accompanying integrated campaign, showing how the RHS can help all gardeners to “speak plant.” The RHS boasts...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Spencer Buck studied at the revered Somerset College of Arts & Technology before landing his first job at drink's packaging specialists Blackburn’s. Two years later, he left London and helped run a small creative agency near Bath with two of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
How often have you found yourself being briefed ‘we want an attention-grabbing ad’? Clearly, advertisers want to catch the consumer’s attention, but surely they want to do more than just grab it? Just because an ad is seen, it...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
London-based design and brand studio ShopTalk recently partnered with the innocent drinks brand to create a digital platform as part of the "Big Rewild" campaign. ShopTalk created a digital hub which forms an integral part of the digital toolkit for...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
This week, we’ll be getting to know George Wu - a London-based director and creative currently working as Design Director at Mother Design in London. Originally from Manchester and a graduate from Royal College of Art, her work spans across:...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Platinum Jubilee (or “platty joobs” as many have regrettably taken to calling it) is finally behind us and we can all get back to the important stuff like getting rid of Boris Johnson and struggling to feed ourselves. Yes, while it...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Until recently alcohol-free beer was seen as something of a joke and there was a definite and unnecessary stigma attached to it. But over the last few years there’s been a genuine concerted effort towards creating decent alcohol-free beers that...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
As part of our Getting to Know series interviewing some of the most interesting up-and-coming figures in the creative industries, today we spoke with Darius Dazhi Wang, a multidisciplinary designer living in NYC. Currently working as a Motion...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
“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...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
This week, we shine our company spotlight on Paul Crump, Co-founder and Creative Director at Fellow Studio. Fellow is a design studio that believes "effective design builds lasting connections and can tell your story and encapsulates your brand in...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In our weekly behind the idea features we're quite accustomed to quizzing creatives about their latest campaigns but very rarely do we get the chance to gain insight on the design of something tangible. This week, we're speaking to, Greg Furniaux,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The eight-episode Max Original limited series “The Staircase” debuted Thursday, May 5 on HBO Max. Inspired by a true story, “The Staircase” explores the life of Michael Peterson (Colin Firth), his sprawling North Carolina...
Posted by: The Darnell Works Agency
This week, we shine our company spotlight on a rather unique, LA and Amsterdam-based outfit that specialises in virtual installations and experiences. Active Theory is a “tightly integrated team of designers and developers” that recently...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Thomas Hammerton is a freelance illustrator from South Wales with a lifetime of artistic experience behind him and a style that is at once familiar and anything but. A compulsive drawer from a young age, Thomas specialises in traditional artworks...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A branding and design studio that styles itself as a studio for “people who like their style with a side of substance,” Lark is a relatively young company but it’s achieved rather a lot in five short years. A small and nimble...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Swhype is a UK-based company that declares itself an “end-to-end” video agency - a video production company, animation studio and creative agency rolled into one. That’s a lot of hats to manage and we want know how they balance...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
With a Masters in Medieval Literature, Creative Director Clare Wilson is yet another proof that there isn't a fixed way to develop some explosive creative talent - and her work demonstrates this in the best ways possible. Clare has all the features...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
You never know who's going to come and introduce you to a person, piece of software or career that's bound to change your life forever. For Bart Reszelski, an incredibly eclectic designer, director and animator, it was an architect friend,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Like many UK animation studios, we’re an SME. We deliberately keep the team small and specialised. It has downfalls of course, capacity and scheduling can be one thing. However the biggest positive is using freelancers. Below are a few reasons...
Posted by: Mighty Giant
According to research from PLAY, digital product studio and incubator, almost a quarter (24%) of Gen Z employees would not work at a business that profits from unsustainable practices. It’s a pretty considerable chunk of the up and coming...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Forever Beta is pushing for the Government’s recent Online Advertising Programme consultation to go further to protect children from being tricked into sharing their data online, particularly in the case of ‘Cookies’. To highlight...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Desislava Georgieva is an illustrator based in London who specialises in narrative and book illustration. While her work is generally traditional in terms of medium (ink, watercolour and acrylics) there is nothing conventional or safe about her...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
To mark the end of Women’s History Month, we’re getting to know the illustrator, artists and graphic designer Lucie Corbasson, known professionally as Lucie Louxor. Lucie has been working as a freelance designer for just over four years...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A professional e-commerce and fashion photographer with over 10 years of experience in the creative industries, we shine this week’s member spotlight on the Parisian perfection of Malaika MARIEJEANNE. A master of lighting, set design, model...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
I have something of a conflicted personal history with Hermes. My long-suffering other half is a serial online shopper - one of many habits that blossomed over lockdown - so our local delivery driver has become a familiar face over the last two...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Design is a great differentiator. It can stop people in their tracks. Make them laugh. Bring them to tears. And even set your brand apart from the competition - if you dare to be bold. It’s important to understand what we mean by design. Too...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The latest saucy campaign for Heinz pokes fun at the brand for launching a new range of pasta sauces in the UK, 150 years after they first entered the market. The campaign, devised by Wunderman Thompson Spain, launched with a full-page ad in The...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Never did I once think that in my lifetime we’d be seeing war in Europe and never did I think we’d see a historical figure in our midst that echoed the pure despotic evil of Adolf Hitler. But here we are, two weeks into a completely...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
For this week’s Member Spotlight, we director our attention towards a self-made women who started her own successful business at the tender age of 24 and continues to go from strength to strength. Kelly Jackson is not only the creative director...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Right now, with the eyes of the world focused on Ukraine and the atrocities being committed by an unhinged and frighteningly powerful dictator, the concept of “aid” has never been more vital. That’s why, this week, we’re...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial