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When I was a kid, I used to consume a whole lot of animation. Disney was my favoured choice to fill a boring evening, but I would not disdain Looney Tunes, Pingu (big one for me) or the occasional Matt Groening stuff. To me, animation was a given....
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Of the many qualities that independent Brand & Design Director Jason Ford possesses, his no-nonsense attitude is certainly our favourite. As part of his job, Jason often receives long brief documents filled with "noise" that fail to reduce the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Born and "raised" in Toronto, Zulu Alpha Kilo has a pretty beautiful history here on Creativepool. Multi-award winners since 2018, pluri-featured in the community and our #3 Ranked Advertising Agency on the platform, the team at ZAK is relentlessly...
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When Dot Creative Studio was born in 2011, the business had to find its place in a market stippled with some sort of ignorance about the creative arts. But if you ever wondered about whether creativity does indeed thrive in restraints and challenges,...
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Mr Perou entered the Creativepool community like a comet piercing through the night sky. His stunning photography left an everlasting mark in our hearts since the date he joined, to the point that we were quite thrilled to see him enter Annual 2020...
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A call to arms to the creative industry Terminology of job roles is a surprisingly potent thing. For years we at SomeOne shunned them, refusing to enter into the argy bargy of ‘my job is bigger than your job’. But it soon became clear...
Posted by: Simon Manchipp
Despite being a relatively young brand, Ace & Tate has an incredibly strong and established identity which shines through each and every aspect of the brand. Currently operating in 10 markets with over 70 stores, the eye-wear brand balances...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Young, cosy, born and developed through hardship and great creative passion - animation studio Kino Bino has just the perfect story of what is hopefully set to be a successful animation studio in the United Kingdom. Kino Bino was founded in 2019...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Jason Ford is a freelance Brand & Design Director and former creative director at ITV with a proven track record of delivering award-winning, thought provoking creative. Everything Jason touches is underpinned by strong core ideas that amplify to...
Posted by: Creativepool
On 9 April last week, the Royal Family gave a public announcement which was bound to shake the British public and most of the world with it: at the age of 99, Prince Philip passed away, two months before his 100th birthday, possibly following his...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
It is often said that introverts have both an amazing and a terrible time in this industry. Amazing, because any corner of the creative sector can feel like a caring team and a loving family; terrible, precisely for the same reason. David Keens is...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
No matter how you put it, a library's a library. Right? Well, not to Silk Pearce, it isn't. The Colchester-based branding agency has a special interest in creating beautiful and colourful identities, so why not make Suffolk Libraries as colourful and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Karen Burbano tries to find inspiration everywhere around her, especially in the stories of other successful graphic designers and artists from all around the world. A talented art director and designer, Karen has been living in London since 2015,...
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It's been an interesting 12 months for the creative jobseekers out there. To some, career prospects have become quite grim. Others have just started to get back on their feet. In this climate, there are some unsung heroes who work behind the scenes -...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
You know Vanish. It breathes new life into your clothes and enables consumers to live even more meaningful moments, well aware of the important emotional connection people share with certain garments. Every piece of clothing is a memory. And that,...
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Have you ever heard of a no-waste designer? Creative Director of Misfit Creative Pete Brady might be a first. Pete believes that everything in design must have a purpose. There is no room for wasted space, no way that any part of a design may be...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The amazingly talented Valerie Carlson joined Critical Mass early in December 2020 as their new Global Chief Creative Officer, tasked with leading a team driven by innovation, positive change and tons of creativity. But to get there, Valerie did...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
So 2020 was the year in which we saw brands moving increasingly closer to their consumers, in an attempt to show an understanding and humanity in the wake of the Coronavirus crisis. However, this was but the culmination of a long path which global...
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Trevor Robinson OBE, Founder and ECD of Quiet Storm, started Create Not Hate more than a decade ago. First launched as an initiative, CNH's aim was to give more opportunities in the creative and media industries to young marginalised people in...
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Try having a quick chat with Grey London Chief Creative Officer Laura Jordan Bambach and you'll be able to spot, in just a few minutes, the very source of her success in the industry. A caring leader, an empathic creative and a driven entrepreneur,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
When Covid-19 hit, production (even more than most) was brought down to its knees and forced to adapt or die. Be it with a pivot to remote filming or animation, there was a strong push towards new and fresh ways to do production - and companies such...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
How do you make the jump from a car manufacturer to freelance filmmaking? Will Riddell, freelance director and producer, might know a thing or two about that. Having worked for some years in APA production, Will set up his own company in 2017 to...
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Happy new year, freelancers! Surely 2020 has been an interesting one for all of you, in both good and bad ways. After an initial discouraging time of radio silence and cancelled projects, it seems that some clients are finally starting to come back,...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
2020. Well, that was crap. So look, we know it was a rubbish year, and we know you heard another 1,278 times that it was a rubbish year before that rubbish year was done. So instead of listing out a myriad of reasons why 2020 was a dumpster fire of...
Posted by: Woven Agency
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
When I design an object and people say, ‘Oh, well done!’, I unfailingly ask myself, ‘Where did I go wrong?’ If everybody likes it, it means I have confirmed the existing reality and this is precisely what I don’t...
Posted by: Richard Holman
Clearly, this has been an interesting year for everyone in the creative industry. Whether you are in the music industry, in live events, production or freelancing (aka: trying to hold onto your clients), 2020 has brought a new, unprecedented range...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Staying in touch with reality is a powerful drive for your creative inspiration. When we ask those wonderful creatives in our community how they stay inspired, most of them reply that having a walk or looking at the world around is their personal...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Spending ten years in the wrong place can truly wear you down. But it can also help you understand what you really want, and who you really aspire to be. That was the case for Garrick Hamm, Creative Partner at Williams Murray Hamm. Though he claims...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
There's no doubting that the COVID-19 crisis is affecting several corners of the industry in more or less similar ways. A lot of professionals, even beyond the actual creative industry, are talking about one of the worst recessions of the past 100...
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You either wait for luck to happen, or you go and make it happen yourself. Motion graphics designer Matt 'Mograph' Richings belongs more to the second group: headhunted by an Adam&EveDDB senior creative at a networking event, Matt has always created...
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It comes from Stephen Sellick's own fingertips that he is as passionate and fired up as he's ever been. Having started out as a freelance illustrator, Steve has now been in the industry for over 25 years, and he's seen plenty of changes in his own...
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Have you seen the new iPhone? Beautiful piece of design, almost completely button-less, a joy for the eyes. But what if you can't see all that? As technology progresses and designs become more minimal, one fundamental aspect of accessibility starts...
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Podge is a funny word that could feasibly mean anything to anyone. But if you were born in Manchester, it brings to mind that most British of physical features - the beer belly. Mancunians have always referred to putting on weight as putting on...
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Sometimes, in this increasingly uncertain and conflicted world, all it takes is a little helping hand to get the ball rolling. Such is the case with the Salford-based artist Mason Griffiths, who left University a couple of years ago and found...
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DMG group creative director Birger Linke believes you can never run out of problems to solve. And that is the primest of fuels for creativity. Birger admits he would probably be a pilot if he hadn't chosen to follow his heart and dive into graphic...
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