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The 5 Worst Pop Culture Trends of the 21st Century #HistoryMonth

Pop culture is a funny thing and it’s something that we, as creatives, must unfortunately remain perpetually cognisant of. How else are we meant to tap into the zeitgeist and get that constantly distracted and highly coveted Gen Z market to sit...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Inspiration

You are your own worst enemy in new Bulk campaign | #BehindTheIdea

With the start of 2023 just behind us and new year’s resolutions in full swing, consumers are looking for brands like Bulk to help them along their fitness journey. Through the launch of the new campaign, Initials was tasked with helping Bulk...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

The worst LGBTQ+ campaigns, ads and initiatives

The most uninspired and offensive campaigns ever created for the LGBTQ+ community. It is always great to see a brand showing support towards the LGBTQ+ community. Representation in the creative industry is certainly on the rise, though there are...

Posted by: Antonino Lupo
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The worst practices in LGBT+ marketing and advertising

Stereotypes, inconsistencies, hypocrisy - some campaigns have them all, others just a few. The LGBT+ community can’t afford the privilege to say they are loved everywhere they go, and it’s perfectly fine for brands and campaigns to try...

Posted by: Antonino Lupo
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Leaders

Top 10 worst corporate phrases

The other day, I was told to reach out to someone. Reach out. Reach out as if I’m dangling Hollywood-style by my fingertips from a cliff, with Stallone looking all Botoxy-slumpy-faced in front of me, telling me to HANG ON! What I was actually...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Leaders

The creative project's worst enemy? Panic.

The late Douglas Adams wrote one of the smartest, most intriguing and funniest books of the 20th century. It was called 'The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy'. For the uninitiated, it features an electronic book (before they were real things), also...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Features

Top 10 Worst Christmas Hits

Not that I have anything against festive cheer, but for some reason, this sometimes means that good taste seems to vanish completely, and this could not be more true when it comes to Christmas songs. With videos featuring a load of scouse wigs and...

Posted by: Creativepool
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Leaders

Bad reception. Why the worst thing about DAB isn't the advertising.

'Share the love!' says a one and half foot, massive headed, dead-eyed creature in a white jump-suit. Ordinarily the shock of this vision would wake you from your nightmare. You'd slope off for a wee and crawl back into bed. But this isn't a bad...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Inspiration

The best and worst jobs of 2012 - where does yours place?

Careercast.com is a website owned by Adicio inc. and has just drawn up a list of the best and worst US jobs for 2012. There are 200 jobs in the list and it's compiled from data from the Bureau Of Labour Statistics, takings aspects such as work...

Posted by: Creativepool
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Workshop

Drawing the line on creative tinkering

There’s an inbuilt need in all good creatives to strive for perfection. It’s a blessing that can help great design but it can also be a curse. Our house number plaque was always irritatingly tilted. It poked my obsessive brain every time I saw it winking at me in defiance of the existence of spirit levels. It’s fixed now… and furthermore, I moved it to line up with the surrounding brick pattern. The trouble is that fixing this imperfection simply opened up the top slot to the next irritation, holes from old, long gone doorbells… poke, poke, poke… and so the strive for perfection continues. OK, so I am a little on the obsessive side. How do you draw the line on forever creatively tinkering in the never-ending strive for perfection? After all, we all have deadlines to hit. In our studio, we have a super simple process that allows us to tinker with the worst offenders, tick them off the list and move on. We simply ask… “What’s the worst thing you can see?” * Any piece of creative could be amazing but there’s always something at the top of the “worst thing” list. This simple question forces us to spot and sort out the worst offender. That said, the fix might have knock-on effects but these simply get added to the list. Rinse and repeat and bit by bit we get closer to a fully rounded, cohesive concept with diminishing issues. * It's important to note that spotting the worst offenders is a skill that comes with training, and passion and only gets more refined with experience.

Posted by: Andy Gregory
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Leaders

#MemberSpotlight on commercial director and filmmaker Martin Edwards

How did you get into the industry? I was living the dream of being an indie filmmaker in New York-in other words, struggling to pay the rent and eating a lot of iffy cheeseburgers-when a friend hooked me up with a gig at a SoHo ad agency....

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Workshop

Ridding the world of bad design with Dawn Creative #CompanySpotlight

This week, we speak to David O’Hearns, Managing Director at Dawn Creative, about how a nightmare at an old agency turned into a beautiful dream of a fresh start. A new dawn, if you will… How was your company born and where are you...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

#GettingToKnow OJ Deady Co-founder & Managing Partner @ TwelveA.M.

Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? Thinking about this question I’m quite glad there really isn’t a ‘typical day’. What attracted me to the agency world, coming from an in-house role very...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Coming face-to-face with the risks of rebranding

When undertaking a rebranding process, it is essential to be aware of the potential risks of rebranding and plan for solutions in case any issues arise. What can rebranding do? The best branding are those that become a part of our day-to-day...

Posted by: Think Design Manchester Ltd
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Inspiration

How to Incorporate Ideation into Design Thinking

Design thinking is a non-linear, iterative process that teams use to understand users, challenge assumptions, redefine problems and create innovative solutions to prototype and test. Involving five phases- Empathise, Define, Ideate, Prototype and...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

#GettingToKnow Darren Sital-Singh, Managing Director @ Studio PI

Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? As MD of Studio PI, an artist management and production agency, no day is the same for me. Every day involves managing a number of projects, the content of which varies on a...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Creating a meat milkshake for serious Diablo 4 gamers | #BehindTheIdea

To launch the eagerly awaited fourth installment in Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo series, B-Reel has revealed its new campaign daring gamers to taste something no one on earth has ever tried before: a Demon Meat Shake. After the open Beta...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

#CompanySpotlight on an ICONIC new London agency

Interview with ICONIC founder, James Kirkham How was your company born and where are you based? ICONIC is a London based agency, launched just last year, but it feels like it has a much longer history, with its roots in my previous agency, holler,...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Features

The rise of the machines: How AI can make creatives more…creative

Artificial Intelligence is changing the way we in the creative industries work at every level. But rather than getting carried away with talk of machines replacing people, we’re finding the technology is taking human creativity to the next...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

#GettingToKnow Nader Dehdashti, Head of Creators at Jungle Creations

Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? There’s never a typical day in the world of entertainment! When you work so closely with talent and creators, you’re often reacting to brand new opportunities which...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Industry

Why your "confident and charismatic" CEO still needs media training

You wouldn’t let an employee loose on your core IT systems without training, so should your media outreach be any different? Amy Stone, Senior Communications Consultant at Hard Numbers discusses her surprise and frustration at how many times...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Cooking up trouble with an agency born during COVID | #CompanySpotlight

One of the few agencies forged successfully amidst the fires of COVID, Trouble Maker is an end-to-end content, media and distribution agency with four founders that have experience with some of the biggest brands in the world. They came together to...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Industry

Make business green again - Going green without greenwashing

Two-thirds of businesses in the UK have no kind of plan for sustainable operations. This is hardly a surprising statistic - in the current economic climate, enterprises across all industries are looking to reduce their outgoings and avoid any kind of...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Forget what you think you know about Jack Archer | #MemberSpotlight

A multi-skilled, creative-thinking photographer specialising in a wide range of content production. Jack Archer’s primary focus is on automotive photography working with both private and commercial clients. He is also, however, an experienced...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Features

A freelancers guide to keeping your data secure

As freelancers, we sometimes have to deal with client data and the issue of cybersecurity often seeps into our consciousness. Because if that data is compromised while in our possession, it’s ultimately our fault, right? And who want to hire a...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Workshop

10 FREE recession-proof creative tools you didn’t know you needed

Everyone likes a freebie and with the news this morning that we are potentially heading into one of the worst recessions in history, the concept of getting something genuinely useful for nothing has never seemed more enticing. With that in mind, I...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns

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