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Visual communication is really difficult. It's diversified, limitless, and never-ending. We need to build a set of limitations that will assist us communicate with our end-users in order to give it a feeling of clarity and consistency. This is when...
Posted by: Chris Bicourt
Trends. That’s right, it’s that time of the year again where we all become wannabe soothsayers and cast our minds as far forward as possible to escape the gaping maw of sadness that is the present. 2021 has not exactly been a banner...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Black Lives Matter is arguably the most important political movement of the last decade and its echoes have been felt in the ad world for well over a year now. Adding to the ever-building thrum of social rebalancing was a rather unique global...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Curiosity is the key to any creative professional's success. The willingness to learn and improve your own knowledge over time is an essential soft skill to have and one that will take you far in your journey in the creative industries. It is also...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It’s been a year of great recovery for the creative industries, but still not quite one in which everything was as opened up as we hoped. With so many creative professionals left at home with their own imagination, you can bet that the most...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
We’re certainly not short of new trends in creativity as we approach the new year. But now more than ever, as the world turns more sustainable by the minute, packaging is here to impress, innovate and surprise both end consumers and...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
The Annual 2021 winners have been revealed over summer, with some of the most exciting professionals in the history of Creativepool. Who are these amazing people and why do they represent the best of the best in the realm of creativity? It isn't the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Among the winners of The Annual 2021 this year, Ted Vesania certainly has one of the most colourful entries across the entire board. It is also one of the most distinctive. Our judges in the Web panel were impressed by the clean and modern design of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Ben Mottershead is the Founder and Creative Director of design agency Studio BND. Ben's agency works with brands, companies and platforms to help them humanise their audience, harnessing the power of communication to deliver standout creative on a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
We are big longtime fans of Design Bridge, even though the team only started entering The Annual in 2020 (and they largely made up for it with great amounts of love!). This year, the team was able to impress our judges across a wide range of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The best graphic designers inhabit that space between the creative and the business-minded; the tangible and the intangible. It would be quite easy (and reductive) to simply take the phrase literally and describe a graphic designer simply as...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Founded in 2011 by two childhood friends, ORCA isn't afraid to work with the brave, the challengers and the disruptors. With clients from a broad range of different fields, this passionate and driven branding agency believes in the power of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Typography is the art of arranging text in a way that makes it not only legible but aesthetically pleasing. It involves font, structure and overall appearance, and works to catalyse a specific emotion in the reader. It brings the text to life and the...
Posted by: Creativepool
What to do when your personality doesn't match the stereotypes required for a successful career? You keep going. Anna Jehan was recently appointed as the Head of Design at Digitas UK, and she admits spending some of her early career struggling with...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Licensed characters are colourful, instantly recognisable and often loved by hundreds of thousands of consumers around the world. Yet, when it comes to licensed characters, Adland is plagued with a can't do attitude particularly common among top...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
One fifth of the global population lives with a disability, but the world is not designed for disabled people. Even a task which may sound to us as simple as applying some deodorant can be a challenge that needs to be addressed. Which is exactly what...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The executive creative director (or ECD) is the head honcho as far as the creative team is concerned. The person behind the curtain engineering the creative identity of a company and facilitating the adoption of that identity throughout all media...
Posted by: Creativepool
A design manager is employed to lead numerous design-related tasks. These may include web design, product development, advertising or general creative roles. These individuals can be employed in construction, in graphic design firms, in the...
Posted by: Creativepool
A Design director bridges the link between creative employees and management. A senior role for leaders with a proven track record of effective communication, innovation, and high-level design problem-solving, design directors ensure that all...
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Coming from a background in typography, Iain Smith Dwight has an incredibly peculiar style that loves to blend type and illustrations in bold new ways. Iain graduated in Northampton with a degree in Graphic Communication and defines himself as a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Then they want to figure out the best way of stopping people in their tracks, taking notice, and finding Fido. The same is happening with brands with a focus, or increased interest in digital. Every brief asks creatives to think...
Posted by: Simon Manchipp
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
When entering a craft-focused category, how do you make your project shine? What are those truly amazing projects that catch the eye and leave a lasting impression on the industry? Ian Perkins is the Executive Creative Director at Name & Name, a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Annual 2021 deadline is now little more than a week away. Like every year, entries have been flowing in from all over the industry, and if you are thinking about putting the finishing touches on your entries, you are probably not alone in...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
For a company that never entered The Annual awards before, Design Bridge came in during 2020 to utterly surprise us all. Pretty much all of their entered projects were either shortlisted or awarded a prize, and that is by itself the strongest...
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
Nobody likes change. Somehow, it is how we as humans are coded from the onset. Change freightens us, making us defensive and sometimes even aggressive, in the attempt to preserve a status quo. For that reason, it is fascinating to see how the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Freelance Illustrator Anna Lyubimova certainly knows what it means to find your own way in a crowded industry. Born and raised in a country where creativity is still somewhat undervalued, Anna found her place as an illustrator with an amazing style,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
We have all been witnesses to what a global pandemic was able to do to the entire creative industry. As we are just about getting ready to enter a new normal, it is now more important than ever to support young creatives in these challenging...
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
Some of you may remember the stunning #Wombstories campaign from some time ago - a bold, incredibly compelling campaign to tell untold stories about women's bodies. Back then, we at Creativepool praised the beauty of those animations and the level of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
When the pandemic hit, Steve Thone was one of the many creative professionals who were forced to move to a freelance life for a living. His resilience serves as a testimony to the strength of the overall industry - as well as a reminder of his own...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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
A guide to graphic design rates, with tips and advice from select professionals in the industry Graphic Designers are masters of design. Comfortable with a number of different mediums and often possessing a large skillset, Graphic Designers can...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Martha Markovsky isn't one to stay put. Though she only claims to be a Senior Art Director on her Creativepool profile, the truth is that Martha is so much more and has so many interests ranging across a number of sectors in the creative...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Where would we be without stories? Stories have the power to change minds, inspire creativity and drive change. In the hands of the right leaders, stories can change the world forever. The Writer's Group Creative Director Charli Nordone certainly...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial