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It's 'No Tobacco Day 2014'. Hooray. It is often said there are too many 'days' dedicated to this that and the other. And I think this rather proves the point. Not because the World Health Organisation (who are behind the event) shouldn't have an...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
“Fake it until you make it” is a common adage in the creative industries but never before has it rang so true as with the spoof ad agency created to satirise the notoriously amoral oil and gas company Saudi Aramco. Climate collective...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
With Brand Purpose back on the agenda for debate, I thought I’d finally get round to telling everyone you’re doing it wrong, using the purist’s example of a Purpose led brand to make my case. Death Cigarettes. The term...
Posted by: Whistlejacket
Last week, I openly celebrated the brands that were sticking it to Putin by either pulling out of Russia entirely or even going further to outright condemn the actions of the mad tyrant through creative means. Today, however, I’ll be looking at...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Just when you thought all of the year’s trends had been discussed, dissected and digested, here’s one final piece of insight from some of the leading female voices in advertising. Pulled from a report by Digital Leading Ladies (the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
I was in a classroom, leaning over my desk as my Storytelling tutor dimmed the lights in the room, when I watched the 1914 Christmas ad for the first time. As someone who hadn’t lived in the UK until 2017, I’d apparently missed out on a...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Did you think you knew everything about advertising? These top 25 historical facts about the ad industry will surprise you. It is History Month here at Creativepool, which is the perfect opportunity for us to be reminded that there is always...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Time is ticking! With the standard submissions deadline now out of the way, we are little more than two weeks away from the Annual 2021 final submissions deadline, on Thursday 10th June. The Annual is the Most Distributed creative industry award....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A chat with the authors of Sustainable Marketing, published by Bloomsbury Business Some time ago, we worked on a piece about greenwashing and the harm it can do to the industry on the short and longer term. Too many organisations are still making...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In one way or another, freelance designer and creative Hiten Thaker has been in the creative industry for the best part of 20 years. A highly focused and entrepreneurial professional, Hiten has worked for a plethora of high-profile clients and you...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
If the founder of Being Agency could change one thing about the industry, it would be the perception that you need to go big or go home. Looking at the pictures of the team below, and reading words by the founder herself, Being Agency sounds like an...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
We are exactly one week away from the Annual 2020 final submissions deadline. As you are starting to put the finishing touches on your entries, you might be wondering who will actually see the work you submit. Aside from being scored by our esteemed...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
British American Tobacco (BAT)’s e-cigarette brand Vype unveiled two new products at a launch event held at the top of London's Gherkin building last night. The Vype iSwitch and Vype iSwitch Maxx devices are aimed at smokers who are yet to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Saatchi & Saatchi London taps 72andSunny ECD Saatchi & Saatchi London has hired the former ECD of 72andSunny New York to be its new chief creative officer. Guillermo Vega will join the agency on October 1 following the departure of Andy Jex, who...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Mother - MoneySuperMarket MoneySuperMarket is back on our TV screens this week, as two Sindy dolls save money on their household bills and break out of “Sindyville,” in a humorous homage to “Thelma & Louise.” The 60-second...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Jones Knowles Ritchie - Dunkin’ Donuts Dunkin’ Donuts has announced its partnership with global creative business Jones Knowles Ritchie (JKR) to manage its brand identity and branding strategy. JKR will work alongside Dunkin’...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
We completed our annual pilgrimage to the South of France this year with Connect Cannes, brought to you by Creativepool and Blutui. At Creativepool, it is our mission to connect people online, offline and in person through a number of different...
Posted by: Creativepool
Grey London - Locozade Energy Lucozade Energy is taking its “Energy Beats Everything” campaign back to biblical times with the first ever telling of the David and Goliath prequel story. The campaign, by Grey London, puts the rift between...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Sid Lee - The North Face The North Face has launched a massive and first-ever global initiative focused on women, celebrating and sharing the stories of adventurous and courageous female explorers. Move Mountains is rooted in empowering the next...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Accenture - Vatican News The Ministry of Communications of the Vatican has appointed Accenture Interactive to help design and deliver its new communications system called Vatican News. The move is part of the Vatican reform aimed at finding new ways...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Havas London Havas London has appointed former 101 London Partner & Head of Strategy, Clare Hutchinson, as its new Executive Strategy Director. In this new role, which she starts in November, she will report directly into Havas’ European Group...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
DCT8 - McLaren London-based media agency DCT8 has won the European Regional Office account for the high-performance and luxury sports car manufacturer McLaren Automotive Ltd. DCT8 Ltd, a full-service, global media agency, won the account as a result...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
O Street - Last.fm O Street has given music platform and recommendation service Last.fm a new look, with the aim of making its content more distinctive and recognisable. The brand refresh comprises an image treatment inspired by sound waves, which...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
BrandOpus - Carling Carling has unveiled a brand refresh from global brand design agency BrandOpus, which will be introduced across its full range. The modern, striking design introduces a bold, single minded consistency across the entire Carling...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In 2007, two Stanford Design Program graduates, James Monsees and Adam Bowen, came together and formed the company Ploom with the aim of innovating the portable vaporization market - an area which they rightly felt “lacked...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
It's been over a week now and the creative world is still reeling from the effects of Brexit. But the real question going forward, is how this seismic economic shift will affect not only the future of the UK and its creative industries, but the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Price Philip Designers Prize set to return in 2016 The Prince Philip Designers Prize, which was run by the Design Council from 1959 to 2011, is set to return next year. The annual prize will now be run by the Chartered Society of Designers, which...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Though he might be more famous as an icy television personality these days thanks to his annual appearance on BBC One's The Apprentice as a stereotypical curmudgeon doling out advice to an increasingly infuriating batch of guileless narcissists...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
72andSunny has used a barrage of internet memes in its latest piece of work for anti-smoking organisation Truth. The “It's a Trap” spot reveals the deceit and danger behind social smoking, sheesha smoking and cigars, with some help from...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Of course, these days, being a smoker is only slightly less offensive than kitten killing. But it wasn't always that way. Indeed, there was a time when everyone from doctors to movie stars - even prospective presidents - were more than happy to...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Soap Creative has been named the winner of the Australian Interactive Advertising Bureau's Creative Showcase 9.1 for their innovative “Cars That Feel” Toyota campaign. Second place went to M&C Saatchi for their “Every Six...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In order to raise awareness about the serious dangers of smoking on 'World No Tobacco Day', the global anti-smoking charity QUIT have teamed up with M&C Saatchi to create an integrated social media campaign which uses the micro-video site Vine to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
One of the advertising industry's most respected figures passed away suddenly on Saturday at the age of 75. David Abbott was a founding member of the London-based Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, an agency which has created countless award-winning campaigns...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Bray Leino’s new anti-smoking campaign “Be There Tomorrow”, for the public funded body Smokefree South West, airs this week (Monday 10 Feb) across TV, Radio and Outdoor, striking a much darker tone than previous campaigns. The New...
Posted by: Bray Leino
By Magnus Shaw It was a hell of a brief. The Home Office had a thing called the National Drugs Helpline, which was rightly considered to be terribly staid, unappealing and out of touch. So, a decade ago, several agencies were asked to pitch...
Posted by: Creativepool