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Nvidia enter the console wars Whilst Sony's Playstation 4 and Microsoft's Xbox One might be sitting pretty as the best selling games consoles on the market, there is always room for a little healthy competition. Nintendo's Wii U arguably fulfils a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Havas officially opened the Havas Village Chicago this week at the freshly renovated 81,000 square foot office space in the River North area of the windy city; a trendy, urban neighbourhood that perfectly suits the global marketing and communication...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Last week, the Publicis Groupe made yet another acquisition in South Africa in the form of Epic Communications, the country’s leading independent integrated strategic communications agency. The acquisition follows those of BrandsRock (Saatchi &...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Ryman, the UK's leading stationer, has teamed up with Grey London to promote the sustainable Ryman Eco font through a new initiative called the “Alphabet Poster Project.” 26 leading British designers have created “Beautifully...
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Amazon and the million dollar robot How to ride Kuratas Amazon Japan is now in the robotics business, with the gigantic robotic mech suit known as the “Kuratas,” recently uploaded to the company's technology section. Costing a svelte $1...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The 60 second phone charger Storedot Flash Battery As convenient and powerful as smartphones have become, recharging them can be a monumental hassle. Indeed, there are few smartphones currently on the market that can make it through a day without...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
If you unwrapped and unboxed a brand spanking new Playstation 4 or Xbox One console on Christmas morning, only to be met with a barrage of error messages and broken dreams, you were certainly not the only one. Indeed, both Sony's Playstation Network...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Sony find new ways to play in China Sony is launching its Playstation 4 console in China early next year on the 11th of January 2015, closely following arch rivals Microsoft, who launched their own Xbox One console in October; the first console to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The boldly named 3D animation and VFX studio Bazillion Pictures, is being reborn, with owner and creative director Jeff Beith embarking on a campaign to introduce its creative services to a wider audience. The studio is based out of a facility in...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
As part of “London Poppy Day,” commuters will be hearing the voices of Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and Chelsea captain John Terry on the London Underground today, filling in for the generic announcers. In aid of the Royal British...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
At the glittering 2014 World Branding Awards ceremony, which took place over the weekend at One Whitehall Place in London, and were hosted by Sky Sports presenter David “Crofty” Croft, 69 brands from 25 countries were honoured, with...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
London's Old Street EC1 Roundabout has recently been brought kicking and screaming into the 21st century with a state-of-the-art, four-screen digital billboard. To celebrate this digitisation, a YouTube ad campaign has been launched to raise...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
By virtue of the fact that you're reading this blog, you almost certainly know what trolling is. For those of you that don't, it's when people with absolutely no penis (and whatever the female equivalent is) leave nasty comments on blogs, online...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
In a deal that has been rumoured for a while now, Microsoft has bought Mojang, the Swedish creators of the phenomenally successful Minecraft, for a reported $2.5 billion. Officially announced on Monday afternoon, both Microsoft and Mojang spokesman...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Sony officially unveiled its latest flagship smartphone at the IFA 2014 in Berlin yesterday. Arriving only six months after the launch of the Xperia Z2, the Xperia Z3 retains many of the features that made the Z1 and Z2 so popular, but there are...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Publicis Worldwide North America has announced that CEO Andrew Bruce has chosen Julie Levin, a rising star in the advertising industry, to round out his new executive team as chief marketing officer at the agency. Levin will be joining the agency's...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Yesterday at Gamescom, the annual gaming convention which is currently taking place at the the Koelnmesse in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Microsoft and Sony laid out their cards for the coming fiscal year for their respective gaming...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Seymourpowell have designed the brand identity for The Perfectionists' Cafe, the restaurant recently opened by culinary experimentalist, Heston Blumenthal at London's Heathrow airport. The agency was responsible for everything from the signage and...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It was announced yesterday that TBWA has been appointed as the global strategic and creative agency partner for Sotheby's, the fine art auctions and private sales corporation based in New York. The agency's London office will be leading the account,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
A new role has just been cast at the Publicis Groupe owned advertising agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty, in the form of Michael Densmore, who joins the agency as chief global growth officer from an executive spot at McKinney. Densmore will start at BBH...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The BBC notwithstanding, and a peppering of community outfits aside, there aren’t really any independent radio stations left in the UK. It’s all ‘networks’ - which is a rather overexcited way of saying a large corporation...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
On 11 December 2008, Project Canvas was announced. A joint venture between the BBC, BT and ITV, it replaced the failed Project Kangaroo, a proposed video-on-demand service which was refused a licence on competition grounds and ended up as the SeeSaw...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Brett Morris, CEO of DraftFCB South Africa, announced yesterday his agency is planning to roll-out a rebranding campaign, following on from the announcements on the 10th of March that the entire global network and all of its collective agencies is to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The Digital Arts Network (DAN) at TBWA announced recently that they will be expanding their global branded capability from 18 to 23 offices and will be also adding 200 employees to their ranks, brining their global total up to 900 digital...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Award winning Argentinean creative mastermind Pablo Del Sampo has just been appointed the worldwide creative director for global advertising agency network; Saatchi & Saatchi. The position had been vacant for 6 years previously, when Bob Isherwood...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In the early days of television, a journalist asked the British Prime Minister whether he had anything he wanted to say to the nation. Eden paused for a moment, then said - "No." This exchange has passed into history as an example of a considerably...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Say what you like about Tesco, but they know how to create a fuss. A couple of days ago, the digital, broadcast and print media fell on a story about the retail giant and its latest advertising wheeze. As a plethora of reports rushed to tell us,...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Greetings from Belgrade where, for once, the soaring temperatures are marginally less soaring than those in London right now. So I can hardly use heat exhaustion as an excuse to write about Jelen - a Serbian stalwart and my favourite ever beer - the...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Here's a story so bizarre, so post-modern, that it's hard to believe Chris Morris and Armando Iannucci are not involved. They're not though, because this is something that has actually happened; it involves two major television stations attempting to...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Design and branding specialist Shine Creative announces the launch of a new identity for the Royal Merchant Navy Education Foundation (RMNEF). Established in 1827, the RMNEF is a British national children's educational charity, which provides...
Posted by: Shine Creative
by Magnus Shaw. Last weekend the BBC screened an episode of 'Tweenies' on their CBeebies channel and a minor fuss broke out. I should point out I don't watch CBeebies habitually and have never watched a complete 'Tweenies' show in my life - but I...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Magnus Shaw. Examine the figures and social media boggles the mind. Facebook boasts over one billion users - a seventh of the entire planet; Twitter has more than 100 million users. Even music-streaming app Spotify, carries 18 million...
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"Us is a multi-disciplinary design and direction studio, whose work covers brand identity, printed literature, advertising, motion, installations & web. We believe that projects should stem from good ideas no matter how big or small. In their studio...
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Tell us what you do for a living and who you work for? Creative Director and Co-founder of Neighbourhood. How did you get started in the industry? Degree in architecture, decided I didn't want to go into that industry, free-lanced as a graphic...
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How did you get started in the industry? Foundation Art, Graphics Degree, followed by much trudging around London with another Steve and a black portfolio, hearing ‘Come back with some more ideas next week' which eventually led to a 1st Job at...
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How did you get started in the industry? Started at an integrated agency, in South Africa, as an Art Director, after completing a degree in Fine Art. What would you be doing if you weren't doing that? Making Movies What's your current favourite...
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