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Trailblazers: Scandinavian traditions at NORM Architects

NORM Architects was founded in 2008 by Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen and Kasper Ronn. Based in the heart of Copenhagen, this architecture studio works in the fields of industrial design, residential architecture, commercial interiors, products and art...

Posted by: Kate Lewin
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Good-Looking: Analysing health food's honest aesthetic

With the exception of Christmas - because it obviously doesn’t count - the post-processed hangover sweats of the past few decades have kicked in and they’ve got us skulking to the nearest raw bar to grab ourselves something cold-pressed....

Posted by: Sophie Summers
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Election Fever: The Final Countdown

The 2016 US general election has been an almighty farce, let's not pull any punches here. Farce makes for great fuel when it comes to creative work though. Running the range from the daft to the strikingly satirical and the just downright bemusing,...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Sony announce the Playstation 4 Pro and November 2016 release date

When news of the upgraded Xbox One (the rather grandly-named Project Scorpio) dropped at E3 this year, there was one question on the lips of every Sony fan; where the bobbins is the Playstation Neo? The Neo was the codename given to the potential...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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CHI&Partners, MPC and TalkTalk allow fans to invade The X Factor from home

Every year, one of the most exciting aspects of a new season of The X Factor (besides those hilarious opening rounds of course) is seeing what TalkTalk and their partners will have come up with for their annual interactive idents. This year, for the...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Lovefone turn abandoned London phone boxes into mobile repair shops

The UK's classic red phone boxes are being repurposed for a more contemporary need: mobile handset repairs. The British company Lovefone, which has repurposed thousands of phone boxes over the last few years, is opening the world's tiniest repair...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Rebrand Roundup: Coffee, Beer and Baby Food

485 Design - 92 Beans Coffee Restaurant Brands teamed up with Mt Atkinson Coffee Roasters and 485 Design to create a new coffee brand that could be exclusively retailed at Carl's Jr restaurants throughout New Zealand.
 The name and identity of the...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Fontsmith’s new luxurious typeface 25 years in the making: FS Siena

You can’t hurry a good typeface. All that sketching, drawing, honing, editing, balancing… Then there are the uppercase and italics to perfect, and different weights. Sometimes, it can take years. Few typefaces, though, would have been in...

Posted by: Fontsmith
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Top 5 Ads of the Week

CP+B - Fruit of the Loom In an effort to showcase Fruit of the Loom’s new Micro-Mesh Breathable Boxer Briefs, Crispin Porter + Bogusky Boulder has brought “Josh and Donny’s Supercool Superstore for Men” to lurid life. The...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Tech Hacks: Ink mapping technology brings tattoos to life

Tattooing is a varied art form, the oldest tattoos ever discovered were found on the body of Ötzi the Iceman who lived sometime around the late 4th millennium BC. And over the centuries tattooing has been used by clans, oriental cultures,...

Posted by: Kate Lewin
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MEC Manchester's Wavemaker start-up hub claims two more winners

MEC Manchester announced this week that Never No and Flow XO have won the opportunity to work within its new MEC Wavemaker start-up hub, following a competition held at the search, analytics and social conference SASCON last week. The two start-ups...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Brand Case Studies: Smart writing with Moleskine

Moving with analogue into the digital age is a problem facing many brands who work within a well established craft. As productivity takes precedence over the traditional, many find themselves outwitted and outdated by technology that offers quick,...

Posted by: Kate Lewin
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Guide to Computing: INK and Docubyte

INK’s James Ball, aka Docubyte, discusses the thought process behind the G​uide to Computing photo series ... Guide to Computing Guide to Computing represents the first release of a body of work documenting the beginning of our computing...

Posted by: INK
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McCann Madrid are changing the game for skaters

Skateboarding is a sport that's hardly evolved in its 50-year history, until now. McCann Madrid has helped develop a unique new skating accessory that could change the game for even the most experienced skaters. Syrmo is a deceptively simple device...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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These brands got high for 4/20

Easily one of the most bizarre, unofficial public holidays in recent memory, 4/20 (so called because the Americans can't seem to make their dates make sense) came and went and no doubt millions of hemp enthusiasts across the western world got stoned...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Rebrand Roundup: From Domino's to Tokyo 2020

JKR - Domino's I love me some Domino's Pizza, but have always considered their box designs to be a little on the plain side, especially when compared to competing brands. JKR obviously agree, as the consultancy has decided to go big with their...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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JWT Amsterdam unveil the first ‘new’ Rembrandt in over 300 years

Technology and data have come together to bring back to life one of the greatest painters of all time in “The Next Rembrandt,” a new 3D printed painting created solely from data of Rembrandt’s body of work. The painting in question...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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The Latest Highlights & Trends in Tech

Self-lacing shoes are the next 'thing' Nike has unveiled a new trainer with self-tying laces. Called the “HyperAdapt 1.0,” the actually rather swanky-looking sneakers will be available to buy in time for Christmas 2016, and use a more...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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So Over It: Barbie's Rebrand

These days, Barbie has come to stand for a biologically impossible body shape, vanity, narcissism and the aspiration to do nothing more than hang around all day with Ken. She’s certainly not a figure of female empowerment. In fact, it’s...

Posted by: Kate Lewin
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The Week in Branding

Studio Output create design-savvy logo for the BBC Connected Studio BBC Connected Studio Idents Studio Output has redesigned the visual identity for the BBC Connected Studio, BBC’s digital research arm, in order to make it more...

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The Latest Highlights & Trends in Tech

Nextbit launches the gorgeous, crowd-funded Robin phone Kicking off a rather phone-heavy week in tech news, Nextbit has launched a new crowd-funded Android phone, which uses integrated cloud storage. The Robin was designed by Scott Croyle, former...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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The Independent closes its print editions to go online only

For some time, it hasn't been a question of 'if' but 'when' and 'who'. Well, now we know the answer. The Independent (and its Sunday title) is the first national UK newspaper to surrender its print edition and become a digital-only...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Rebrand Roundup: From KFC to Budweiser

Wolff Olins - Enel Wolff Olins has created a bold new brand identity for electricity and gas company Enel, which aims to mimic the idea of moving energy. To convey this message, each letter in the new logo includes a cursor that echoes a light bulb...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Branding Bud: Bringing Cannabis to Market

With the US seeing states legalising weed (Alaska, Oregon, Washington and Colorado) there’s something of a scrabble to rebrand cannabis to a mass audience. Should health benefits be the calling card, targeting yoga bunnies looking for that extra...

Posted by: Jade French
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London Eye Architect designs the world's first vertical cable car

Marks Barfield Architects, the same firm that designed the now iconic London Eye, has reached the final stage in its construction of the UK's highest observation tower outside the capital. Billed as the world's first vertical cable, the British...

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Holocaust survivors memories immortalised in stunning new exhibition

Even seventy years later, the Holocaust is still a sensitive subject for many people, especially those that lived through it. That doesn't mean however, that it doesn't deserve to be remembered. As the old saying goes (though I might very well be...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Ads of the Week

DDB Stockholm - Samsung I don't know about you guys, but I'm sick to the teeth of Christmas already, so this week's AOTW (which also happens to be the final one of 2015) will not feature a single, solitary Christmas spot. I promise. Kicking off...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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OMA win design rights on huge Manchester arts venue

OMA, the design firm founded by Rem Koolhaas, is to build its first major public building in the UK after winning an international competition to design The Factory in Manchester. The £110 million project will create a major new theatre and arts...

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The Latest Highlights & Trends in Tech

B29 and the Royal James Bond garage Ever wanted to be James Bond, only without the espionage, fist fights and gun play? Well then you better either be a very handsome, established british actor (or actress?) in their late 30's, or be a member of the...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Amazon's bookshop bridges physical and digital worlds

I'll happily admit that it's probably been almost a decade since I last purchased a book from a physical retail outlet. Whilst in my teenage years I'd spent the best part of an afternoon every weekend perusing my local book and record stores for my...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Top 5 Account Wins of the Week

Digital Cinema Media - Curzon Cinemas Curzon has appointed Digital Cinema Media (DCM), the UK market leader in cinema advertising, to grow its ad revenue and build brand partnerships across its expansive portfolio. DCM will take over the current...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Would you drive a cardboard Lexus?

In the wake of VW-gate, car makers are now making even more of an effort to design vehicles that are as eco-friendly as possible. Something tells us that this cardboard Lexus might be a one-off though. The luxury car makers typically work with sheet...

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The Latest Highlights in Tech

Apple file a patent for the Smart Ring In a week that saw the iPhone 6S sell 13 million units in just three days during its launch weekend (compared to 10 million for the iPhone 6 last year), Apple has also filed a patent for a “Smart...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns

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