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I’m a grumpy git, I know. I never watch Comic Relief and I find Pudsey the giant eye-patched teddy bear more sinister than endearing. For me, there’s nothing more nauseating than being lectured by multi-millionaire...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
If sitting was an olympic sport, I'd probably be up there on the podium every four years without fail. As such, finding the perfect couch (or sofa or settee depending on your preference) has always been something of a bucket list goal for me....
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
I don't get boxing. I'll admit it. The idea of watching two (admittedly skilled and highly athletic) men bash seven shades of shit out of each other for the amusement of a baying crowd is simply not my idea of a good time. I do, however, get...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Apple sell out. Again. A big week for Apple saw the company's mega-hyped Apple Watch sell out of its pre-order stock in a matter of hours. US pre-orders for the device kicked off on Friday morning, and by the afternoon, Apple released a statement...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Say what you like about Facebook, but Mark Zuckerber's social media monopoliser has (for better or worse) become an integral part of our shared cultural heritage in recent years. Who amongst you, the media-savvy Creativepool reader, could honestly...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Modern television has long been heralded as “The new cinema.” With hit dramas such as Breaking Bad, Game Of Thrones and Broadchurch redefining what is possible in the medium of long-form drama, a medium which might lack the funding of its...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Live from the ADARA Stage in the Newsroom Advertising Week Europe has 200+ events including more than 180 seminars and workshops. World-class industry thought leaders take the Advertising Week stage to tackle the industry's issues and opportunities...
Posted by: Advertising Week
18th March 2015: Last night, this year’s Creative Circle Award winners were announced with Wieden+Kennedy winning one of the night’s big awards - ‘Gold of Golds’ - for the Honda ‘The Other Side’ campaign. The...
Posted by: Creativepool
72andSunny - Adidas Adidas has announced a new partnership with 72andSunny to lead its sport campaigns. The agency will lead creative for Adidas Sport Performance, with responsibility for brand-level global campaigns with a strategic focus on...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Apple Watch - The Watch Reimagined Yesterday's tech news cycle belonged to the Apple Watch, with the Californian giants finally lifting the veil on their much hyped wearable smart device, whilst also announcing official pricing and an official...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
This weekend at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, 2000 exhibitors and more than 86,000 visitors gathered to revel in everything portable and electronic. Traditionally the annual show (which continues throughout the week) is all about...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Karmarama has used inspirational quotes from influential people such as director Richard Curtis and TV chef Jamie Oliver as a basis for a new print and poster campaign that aims to raise awareness of this year's Advertising Week Europe. The work...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It was unveiled recently that easyJet, the affordable airline that almost singlehandedly made orange cool again (sort of) has dropped the “.com” from the side of its planes in order to bring the look more in line with overall advertising and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Though Newcastle Brown Ale, the Heineken-owned British beer brand that is surprisingly popular across the pond, lack the finances to buy a national TV ad during the 2015 Super Bowl, they have struck upon an ingenious way in which to buy regional TV...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
According to new figures recently published by the UK's Department for Culture Media & Sport (DCMS), the UK's creative sectors (which encompasses everything from film, tv and music to advertising and design) were worth £76.9 billion a year to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Gloomy alternative rockers, Wild Beasts, have teamed up with Jameson Irish Whisky and animator, Mattis Dovier to create a unique GIF-Novel. With digital design courtesy of M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment, the online novel is part of The Jameson...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Former Countdown host and legendary Football pundit Jeff Stelling will be teaming up with Carlsberg and its below-the-line marketing partners The Marketing Store to address the footballing nation on Boxing Day this year with a “King's...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The Rockwell Group is currently working with Wilkinson Eyre Architects on a plan to redevelop part of the Battersea Power Station, which has been an unused blight on the banks of the Thames since it was closed more than 30 years ago. Since then it...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Droga5 know it's fun to stay at the YMCA After a competitive review, the YMCA of the USA has selected Droga5 to handle its national brand positioning efforts in a new creative strategy that will launch in 2016. The agency will be charged with...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
This year's International Rugby Board World Rugby Conference and Exhibition (that's a mouthful) concluded with the first official unveiling of the new logo and look of the board's freshly named “World Rubgy” group. The rebranding process...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Karen Blackett OBE, chief executive of WPP's MediaCom, has recently been named “The Most Influential Black Person in Britain” by Powerlist magazine, but the 43-year old leader of the UK's largest media agency still thinks it's odd that...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Mindshare, WPP's global media agency network, recently held a media summit with a “Planning for Agility” theme, which brought together the brightest mind's in the industry to discuss integrating paid, owned and earned channels. The...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
I don't know about you, but I don't play video games. I'd argue that they're a bit childish, but I like plenty of childish things: Bagpuss, Thunderbirds, The Muppets - I think they're all terrific, so that's not the problem. No, I think it's a...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
In the latest episode of Ballantine's “Stay True Stories” series created by M&C Saatchi Sport and Entertainment and M&C Saatchi London, the Pernod Richard-owned scotch whisky brand have teamed up with South African electronic musician and...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In a move that could be called regressive, but in fact represents a bold shift for a beloved brand, Miller Lite, the 'original' American light (low calorie) beer is taking its customers back to 1975, when the beer first made its impact and...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
IKEA's latest brand experience stunt is something to behold. To mark the opening of its new store in French town Clermont-Ferrand, the Swedish furniture giant has created a giant 30 foot billboard-cum-climbing wall decorated with its...
Posted by: bluemarlin
Friday 19th September 2014 it was announced that Simon Sherwood, the Group Chairman of Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH), is to retire at the end of the year. Simon Sherwood began his advertising career in 1979 as a graduate trainee at DDB. At the beginning...
Posted by: Creativepool
Jonathan Glazer, the acclaimed director of cult classic films such as Sexy Beasts and Under the Skin, has directed a new ad for Canon, which tells the story of Calcio Storico (“Historic Football”), an ancient and brutal Italian sport. Glazer, who...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
M&C Saatchi has posted strong profit and revenue growth for the first half of 2014, with the advertising and marketing company declaring a 15% increase in its dividend to 1.40 pence, up from the 1.21 pence it declared last year. The profits have been...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The unquestioned king of Brazilian football has partnered with the global energy behemoth Shell in order to help open the world's first completely player-powered community football pitch in the centre of Rio Di Janeiro's impoverished favela in an...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
We recently spoke to Christope Huet, the digital artist behind the fourth PSD, in series 3, of the TEN Collection (a collaboration project with 5 photographers, and 5 designers, from 10 different countries). Fotolia: Christophe, we’ve been...
Posted by: Fotolia
It was announced yesterday that Leo Burnett London has hired the creative team of Matt Collier and Wayne Robinson from DDB Chicago, where they've worked together since 2011. The duo were originally based in London at Mother, but moved onto JWT where...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In a new TV spot created by BBDO New York for Snickers' “You're Not You When You're Hungry” campaign, rookie Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel (known as “Johnny Football” by fans) is transformed by sheer hunger into...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Ogilvy & Mather New York recently unveiled a brand new promotional campaign for the upcoming NASCAR playoffs, which are known as the “Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.” The Sprint Cup, which is being brought to the masses via ESPN, sees 16...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Vodafone Ireland has teamed up with Grey London for a campaign that promotes the telecommunication company's “Vodafone Home” plans. The campaign, called “not everything should be mobile,” consists of a 40 second TV spot (which...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The London-based Soho House brand, which specialises in offering refined, luxury social facilities and accommodation, recently unveiled its latest venue in the famous windy city of Chicago. The 40-room boutique hotel and social club has been under...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns