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Elon Musk sends a Dragon to Mars This week, SpaceX, the aerospace manufacturer founded by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, announced its plans to send unmanned Dragon spacecrafts to Mars by 2018. These initial missions will reportedly inform them of the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Cannes Lions announces Lions Entertainment Juries Lions Entertainment, the new specialist event dedicated to unskippable creativity at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, has announced the jury members for the Entertainment Lions...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Wavemaker: Specialist content division By far and away the biggest news for MEC this month has been the launch of its specialist content division; MEC Wavemaker, which consolidates MEC’s content strategy, social, partnerships and experiential,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In a week where drones have been a big feature in the news for all the wrong reasons thanks to a collision at Heathrow and a rogue concert drone at a Muse gig, I've decided to take the weekly Tech feature in a slightly different, more insightful...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It's notoriously difficult to make finance seem exciting, which is why this latest brand campaign for The Financial Times by adam&eveDDB is so inspiring. The first ever fully integrated campaign for the world’s leading business news...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Energy BBDO Chicago - LG LG G5 Jason Statham It’s not just Ridley Scott and Liam Neeson who are stepping up to the plate for LG. Enter thoroughly British action hero Jason Statham, who has lent his rugged good looks and aggressive, cockney...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Golden Nintendo As a self-confessed and unashamed nerd with a mean nostalgic streak, I have noticed of late that retro gaming is no longer the affordable pursuit it once was. It depends largely on whether or not you're a player or a collector of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
2 weeks to go ! PARIS - April, 6-7 From April 6 to 7, leaders in tech, retail and more from China and Europe will descend upon Paris for the annual China Connect conference, the largest European gathering of experts on Chinese consumer trends and...
Posted by: China Connect
Adam & Eve/DDB - Lloyds Bank For Your Next Step Lloyds Bank has launched a new brand campaign, its first since moving the account to adam&eveDDB in 2015. The new campaign introduces the “For Your Next Step” strap line, whilst also...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
2016 has been widely heralded by all corners of the media as the “Year of VR.” Whether or not this is because they're simply trying to force it to happen or because technology has finally caught up with the concepts we were salivating...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Hitman recreated IRL and controlled by The Chuckle Brothers The Chuckle Brothers play real-life Hitman IO Interactive's popular Hitman franchise was adapted into a big budget real-life interactive experience this week by production company Realm...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Say what you want about adland, but it's always been an incredibly progressive industry, so it's only natural that many of the industry's biggest and best agencies and brands would want to piggyback on the social media frenzy surrounding...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
As part of our continued coverage of the Dubai Lynx International Festival of Creativity, which is celebrating its 10th birthday this year, Creativepool founder Michael Tomes sat down with Rod Findley, Executive Creative Director at global creative...
Posted by: Creativepool
Exploring New Realities The New Revolution at Six Flags As a fan of both roller coasters and VR, this news really excited me, and had me semi-considering booking an immediate flight to LA. This is the rather boldly named “New...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Cheil Worldwide are asking people to conquer their deepest fears with the help of virtual reality technology in the Samsung #BeFearless campaign, which focuses on the common fears of public speaking and heights. The campaign seeks to empower young...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
DDB Stockholm turn McDonald's Happy Meals in VR experiences! Happy Goggles To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Happy Meal in Sweden, McDonald's has developed the Happy Goggles, an idea developed in collaboration with DDB Stockholm. By...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
They were always going to make an impact on the VR world in a big way, but reports seem to suggest that Google have some pretty ambitious plans, with the rumours stating that the tech giants are building a standalone headset that doesn't require a...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Getty Images Gallery’s latest exhibition, “Creative in Focus,” takes the visual trend predictions made annually by Getty Images and uses them to explore the Jekyll and Hyde nature of modern tastes and behaviours, which are erratic, rebellious...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It's been a busy old week for the #BR2016 team! We have lots of very cool announcements surrounding the UK's best Tech Summit: 1- We are thrilled to announce that one of the UK's most iconic entrepreneur brands - Virgin Media is confirmed as #BR2016...
Posted by: Business Rocks
Launching a training centre in Italy Apple is set to launch a training centre in Italy where students will learn how to code and develop apps for the iOS smartphone and tablet platform. The iOS App Development Centre in Naples will have a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Wieden+Kennedy - Bud Light The Bud Light Party is Coming American football confuses me. Quite honestly I just find the whole garish spectacle to be a little too much for my fragile British constitution to handle, so when it comes to The Super Bowl,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Tourism Australia has launched its latest campaign, which is focused on highlighting the country's world-class aquatic and coastal experiences, in a bid to lure more international visitors down under. The new creative is the latest instalment in the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
First Flower blooms in outer space! The orange zinnia plant, which is part of NASA's plant growth system on board the International Space Station, is finally flowering! The experiment began on November 16, 2015, when the zinnia's “Rooting...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Having seen his outrageous speeches and horrific haircut, you might well think having Donald Trump in just one location is one too many. However, maybe you should brace yourself, because soon Trump (and many other less upsetting politicians) will be...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Virtual Reality Microsoft shared new details on its ambitious HoloLens device this week, confirming that the battery of its upcoming augmented reality headset will last up to 5.5 hours. During an event in Tel Aviv, Microsoft Technical Evangelist,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Whilst the eyes and ears of the tech world are all set on Las Vegas for CES 2016 this week, there are plenty of other stories left to tell. If you want to check out my CES 2016 highlights, you can do so HERE, but in this supplemental article, I'll...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In a supplemental piece to my weekly tech roundup from yesterday, I'll be looking forward and examining the trends that look set to take the tech world by storm this year. In many ways, whilst it was a fine year indeed, 2015 didn’t see many...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
First off the bat, let me take this opportunity to wish all my fellow Creativepoolers a happy and prosperous new year! 2015 was certainly an exciting one in the tech world, but with a 2016 looking to herald the dawn of mainstream virtual reality, the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
January: Google lets users design their own phones Internet kingpins Google unveiled a new prototype this year for their modular smartphone, which will allow users to swap out components and essentially design their own phones. The phone will work...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
This Christmas, Stella Artois have given city-dwellers in New York and Buenos Aires a taste of something they don't get too experience too often; a starry sky. Together with lead agency Mother London, and production company UNIT9, Stella Artois has...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
GoPro get into the drone business GoPro: Karma is Coming Whilst I have yet to jump on the drone bandwagon myself, the immortal child inside me at least understands the appeal (to an extent), and given the ubiquity of GoPro amongst the hobbyist...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Venturethree - United Nations Venturethree has branded an ambitious United Nations project to create a green wall across the breadth of Africa made up entirely of plants and trees. The Great Green Wall campaign launched earlier this week at the UN...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The National Theatre is set to open a dazzling new digital exhibition this week, which will be the biggest interactive installation the theatre has ever done. Enter wonder.land is a free, digital exhibition inspired by the theatre's new musical of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
DPDK and Peugeot have launched an interactive sound experience called “Follow Your Intuition,” to promote the Peugeot 108. The experience is an online film with an interactive soundtrack that will be enriched with a new dimension of the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
For the last two years Berlin has been the home of CICLOPE Festival, the only international event fully dedicated to the craft of moving image. Since moving to the heart of Berlin’s über cool Mitte district in 2012, it has become THE place...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
The first VR musical instrument is backed by Abbey Road A virtual reality musical instrument has been developed that can potentially mimic thousands of instruments through a unique (and really rather clever) 3D sensor. The design of the boldly named...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial