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Creative block, writer’s block, designer’s block - these nasty mental barriers are way too common in our work life as creatives and often hinder us from completing a project with the peace of mind we desire. If you’ve been a...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
It wasn’t too long ago that remote working was something of a rarity: ‘working from home’ was a thinly-disguised excuse for one of the senior bods to slope off for a round of golf, an extra-marital liaison or even just an afternoon...
Posted by: Ant O'Neill
The London-based architectural studio Gort Scott has converted a rundown office block in the city's Walthamstow area into a hub for local creatives, featuring co-working spaces, maker studios and even a bakery cafe. Walthamstow Central Parade was...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
As a writer, I know all too well that finding a place of true solitude in this world of perpetual distraction is no mean feat. Not only do we have to live in a constant battle with the very tools we use to ply our trade (social media is a wonderful...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
We’ve all had fantasies about various ways of quitting our jobs. In fact, some of you out there may even have turned freelance because you just couldn’t take the permanent life any more - either because of your boss or the work itself....
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
What is the work like? Writers produce works of fiction and non-fiction. They may work on: novels short stories poetry scripts for radio, TV, film or theatre non-fiction books newspaper and magazine articles, from news and features to opinion...
Posted by: Creativepool
Getting paid to be creative is for the most part, brilliant. You get to run down the deepest rabbit holes of your imagination, retrieve the most far fetched and wildest ideas and then present them to the wider world. There are other perks such as not...
Posted by: Creativepool
Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? I’m based in Boston, and I generally start my workday rather early, by checking in with our Zappi teams in Europe. We begin each day with a daily virtual stand-up in our...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It’ll have escaped the attention of nobody that AI has been the chief disruptive trend of 2023. The way things are going, it might end up being the chief disruptive trend of the century. But while there are so many catastrophising the end of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Since the pandemic, our lives have completely changed, with remote learning and remote working much more common. But what does this do to our creative juices? Expanding on the knowledge and know-how design students and those working in design may...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
I know, I know - it's February already. Where did the first month of the year go? Most likely, in loads of planning for the year to come, and a healthy amount of procrastination too. As usual, the New Year came with its usual amount of hopeful...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
With the COVID-19 outbreak showing no signs of giving up, more and more professionals in the creative industry have been struggling with mental health, with 67% of people feeling now more anxious than ever, according to Anxiety UK. The mental health...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Have you ever read Meditations by the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius? These were his private reflections on philosophy, happiness, peace, pleasure and the meaning of life as a whole. Why am I mentioning it? If you’re a writer, you’ll...
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If you spend a bit too much time sitting in back-to-back meetings, planning rollout dates, looking at demographics and campaign performance analytics you can sometimes be in danger of forgetting what ‘it’ feels like. What is it exactly?...
Posted by: Crush
Havas helia Havas helia announces the expansion of its senior management team, as Paul Kitcatt and Lisa Lee join to drive the business forwards and support the marketing agency’s sustained growth, following a series of new business wins. Both...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Brothers and Sisters - Sunny Sunny, the online lender, is launching a new TV ad - the latest instalment in the brand’s on-going “Life Support” campaign. The ad, created by Brothers and Sisters, transports viewers to a faraway place...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Clemenger BBDO Sydney Clemenger BBDO Sydney has announced five new creative hires - its second major injection of talent into the creative department since Ben Coulson, chief creative officer, joined the agency earlier this year. Vanessa Robinson...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
You’ve heard of writer’s block. This is something that happens to most writers at one time or another. They just run out of ideas, and they need to find ways to deal with writer’s block. The same thing happens to designers. Often,...
Posted by: Jane Hurst
Whilst many modern gamers might bemoan the fact that they have too much choice in this day and age when it comes to their gaming platform of choice, the reality is that we actually have it a lot easier than our 80s counterparts. Back in the days when...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Google recently announced that it will launch a version of the Chrome web browser that will automatically block intrusive ads in early 2018, following an earlier announcement from Apple that it too would be introducing an ad blocker to its Safari web...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Officially stepping off the ropes to join the fight (after no small amount of persuasion and 'egging-on' from all and sundry), Google has announced an aggressive, three-pronged approach to addressing the problem of ad misplacement and brand safety...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The Nintendo Switch touches down in stores and homes worldwide today (March 3). I have mine on preorder and will be popping to pick it up as soon as I'm done with work for the day (no I didn't pull a sickie, but I was tempted), but until then, I...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Leo Burnett London - McDonald's Leo Burnett London has created a pretty beefy new campaign for McDonald’s, which turns the focus onto the actual meat for the first time in recent memory, a bold move considering McDonald's has never really...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
For almost 50 years, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has been seen as the tech industry's ground zero. This is the show, held annually in Las Vegas, though initially held in New York, that sets the trends for the year to follow. One of the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Amongst my friends and family members, I've become known as something of a Scrooge when it comes to everything festive. Long gone are the days when the opening chords of “Merry Christmas Everyone” would ignite an ember of longing in my...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It was only a matter of time. Google have been dipping their increasingly gigantic toes into the ever-widening smartphone pool for years now, but it's only now, when the market is arguably at its peak, that the tech giants have finally decided to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Self-lacing shoes are the next 'thing' Nike has unveiled a new trainer with self-tying laces. Called the “HyperAdapt 1.0,” the actually rather swanky-looking sneakers will be available to buy in time for Christmas 2016, and use a more...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Hato - Pick Me Up Graphic Art festival Pick Me Up is launching a new identity based around a digital tool allowing anyone to create and submit a letterform to be used in the branding. The new identity has been created by Hato, who also developed the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
B29 and the Royal James Bond garage Ever wanted to be James Bond, only without the espionage, fist fights and gun play? Well then you better either be a very handsome, established british actor (or actress?) in their late 30's, or be a member of the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Saatchi & Saatchi has not only announced that they won't be backing the Labour Party for this year's general election, but expect the Conservatives to win. CEO Robert Senior said that, though the agency handled the advertising for Labour's campaign...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
When I say the word “Lego,” chances are that your mind is immediately drawn to either one of two things; last year's surprisingly wonderful “Lego Movie” (still not forgiven that Oscar snub) or a childhood spent idly placing...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Reports have been leaking in over the weekend that Liberty Global, the owners of Virgin Media, are looking at placing a takeover bid for ITV. The telecommunications and television company owned by billionaire John Malone has reportedly been...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Alan Lafley, Procter & Gamble's chairman and CEO announced last Friday after a fiscal fourth-quarter earnings call, that the consumer products giant are planning to shed up to 100 brands to help make P&G a more efficient and streamlined company....
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It's been reported that Apple are planning to hire up to 4 new digital ad agencies. This follows evidence presented in the latest Samsung-Apple lawsuit earlier this week, which revealed Apple's senior vice president of marketing Phil Schiller's...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
I used to live at the Elephant & Castle in south London. Surprisingly, given its rather 'gritty' character, this made people somewhat envious. Not because of the bright pink shopping centre, but because my flat was just a street away from the...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Just do it. Yes, that’s one of my top tips for today - or for any day when the creative juices aren’t running maybe quite as freely as you would like them to. Because no matter how creative we are, no matter what gems of genius...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison