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Bulletproof - Maynards Bassetts Confectionery brands Maynards and Bassetts have been brought together under one identity to form a new more “Adult” candy brand as part of a rebranding strategy by Bulletproof set to roll out next month....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
When the news broke last year that BBC Three was going to be shelved as part of governmentally mandated cut backs at the beeb, I was more than a little upset. Not just because the channel is the source of my late-night Family Guy fix, but because the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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
Today's celebrity folk are rarely content to stick with the roles that made them their millions. The Hollywood rolodexes are full of actors wanting to become musicians, rappers wanting to become talk show hosts, and sports stars wanting to become...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Anyone who knows me well will know that, to put it as bluntly as possible, I find poo rather funny. I mean, who doesn't find poo funny? It's a funny word,a funny thing, and a funny emoji. At least in certain situations. Indeed, whilst I generally...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Full disclosure here; I'm not a vegetarian and have no intention of ever becoming a vegetarian. Now that doesn't mean I am unfamiliar or unsympathetic with the plight of the average vegetarian, but it does mean that some of you might assume that this...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Be honest, who amongst us hasn't gazed longingly up at the stars at one point and wondered what it would look like if the roles were reversed and we were given license to gaze at our world from the vast emptiness of space? When Virgin Galactic...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Anyone who has ever suffered through the misfortune of being sent an unwanted piece of junk mail (and yes I am referring to THAT kind of junk) will probably read the headline above and snort derisively, and I wouldn't blame them. But the design world...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Death is a worrying eventuality that most of us choose to spend our lives ignoring because it makes us feel uncomfortable. The design world, however, thrives on making us uncomfortable, because it's on these fringes where the most exciting, vibrant...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
With the Syrian refugee crisis seemingly becoming more bleak by the day, and no viable solution to the situation on the horizon, design and tech consultancies are working overtime in order to help. To that end, a new shelter, built entirely from...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
When the news dropped yesterday morning that the man born David Robert Jones (he changed his stage name to avoid being mistaken for Davy Jones from The Monkees) had passed away at the age of 69, I was actually half way through my 7th or 8th run...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Even seventy years later, the Holocaust is still a sensitive subject for many people, especially those that lived through it. That doesn't mean however, that it doesn't deserve to be remembered. As the old saying goes (though I might very well be...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In the interest of balance, Iv'e decided to cover the news currently rocking the tech world as more of a think piece taking a thorough look on both sides of the fence. First, however, the facts:- It seems like forever and a day that we’ve been...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The hub for tech innovators to congregate and shakeup the European Startup scene… Business Rocks, taking place 21 – 22 April 2016, Manchester Central, UK, today announced its inspiring, thought provoking keynote speaker line up at the UK’s...
Posted by: Business Rocks
When you think of Mark Zuckerberg, you don't automatically think of Iron Man. Indeed, the only thing the Facebook CEO has in common with Tony Stark is his vast fortune, but he does have the means to create his very own digital butler. Yes, the JARVIS...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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
J. Walter Thompson London - KitKat As the countdown to the festive season began in earnest, millions of Brits had one worried eye on the exhausting side of Christmas. On top of this, they had to contend with more and more banal Christmas ads,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Price Philip Designers Prize set to return in 2016 The Prince Philip Designers Prize, which was run by the Design Council from 1959 to 2011, is set to return next year. The annual prize will now be run by the Chartered Society of Designers, which...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The world inbetween copyright and 'copyleft' is the focus of Matthew Plummer-Fernandez’s exploration in his first solo show; Hard Copy at NOME, Berlin. Fascinated by the resilience of pop-icon shapes; Plummer-Fernandez has taken iconic images...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
DDB Stockholm - Samsung I don't know about you guys, but I'm sick to the teeth of Christmas already, so this week's AOTW (which also happens to be the final one of 2015) will not feature a single, solitary Christmas spot. I promise. Kicking off...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Unfortunately there is still something of a stigma attached to grown men and women reading comic books. Personally I take umbrage with the assumption that all comic books are trite super hero stories as some of my favourite comics are anything but....
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Gothic architecture might be all the rage in the fictional world (just look at Gotham city in the DC Comics universe), but in reality, there's something of a stigma attached to it. It's the antithesis of the clean, plain, cold exteriors favoured by...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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
I've never had a problem with profanity. I believe it was Stephen Fry who said “... “It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Gravity Road – Three As someone with two parents, both of whom have birthdays in the week before Christmas Day, this is one ad I can really relate to. This week, Three launched its festive campaign “Merry Birthday,” to celebrate everyone in...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
London and New York are perhaps the two most popular cities for tourists on the planet, and there are countless parallels to be drawn between them. From the underground system and the cultural similarities, to the sheer vastness of the cities...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Since hitting my mid-twenties and discovering the joys of an (albeit limited) disposable income, I've become something of a gadget fiend. Yes readers, I'm one of those insufferable pricks who just has to have the latest gizmo or pointless upgrade,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Nintendo confirm their Quality of Life initiative is not dead yet After much speculation to the former, Nintendo president and CEO Tatsumi Kimishima confirmed this week that the company's Quality of Life initiative is still in the works. Kimishima...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
As an unashamed lover of the Harry Potter books (and movies to a lesser extent), I was one of millions of fans who were largely unwilling to let the franchise go when it climaxed rather spectacularly at in 2011. So whilst J.K Rowling and Warner...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
RKCR/Y&R - BBC One In this imaginative new festive ad for BBC One, an unloved sprout rather aptly named Sprout Boy makes friends with a host of BBC stars including Doctor Who, Luther, Mary Berry and Sherlock. The campaign, which includes a TV trail,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In a recent article I pulled together 10 Tips for Creative Writing; remember those? Okay. So you’ve followed the tips, come up with some of your own besides, and penned that fantasy novel / autobiography / collection of short stories…...
Posted by: Michelle Collier
Of all the annual Christmas specials, the one that always made my heart sing as a youngster were the Crystal Maze specials, where a group of hapless adults were replaced by a group of equally hapless children. It gave me a giddy thrill to see kids...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
As a hirsute gentleman, I can't say I'm particularly keen on the current trend for full beards. Not only does it make my own luxurious, though sensible facial hair seem paltry by comparison, but apparently since 2013, forgetting to shave for a month...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Sometimes, ads lie. This is a fact, but as an affiliate and propagator of the industry, it's a fact I often attempt to mask with frilly words and subtle humour. It's (more often than not) a comforting and well-intentioned lie, but it's a lie...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
They say there’s a novel in all of us… so far I’ve found a dozen short stories and a handful of poems, but I’m working on it. With that in mind, I took a trip to my old haunt Manchester Metropolitan University for the...
Posted by: Michelle Collier