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Bold new Huffington Post redesign unveiled by Code and Theory

Pulitzer Prize-winning news site The Huffington Post has unveiled a preview of a bold new site design, with CEO Jared Grusd presenting the redesign yesterday as part of Advertising Week New York, and announcing that the new site will go live in 2016....

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Dancing Man: Shaming the internet trolls

Allow me to let you into a little secret: I’m not very thick skinned. And yet people often assume I am, partly because some of my blogs range from being moderately tongue in cheek to bordering on acerbic. One thing they never are, however, is...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Inspiration

Focal Point: Advice from Tim Jarvis on how to get your work noticed

As one of the driving forces behind the design-led portfolio website Fabrik, Tim Jarvis is no stranger to presenting his work in a beautiful way. He's created brand identities for the likes of The Pressery, London's first almond milk producer, as...

Posted by: Jade French
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Leaders

The Stars of Design Junction: The College 

The old hallways of Central Saint Martins are now currently home to 180 cutting-edge brands and designers from around the world. This instagraming dreamworld spread over 6 floors was a collaboration-haven with a stunning display of new textures,...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Barber & Osgerby take 2015 London Design Medal

Every year, the London Design Festival descends upon the capital and brings the design community to life. For the last 9 years, the festival has also brought with it the London Design Medal, an accolade that has become remarkably important when...

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Leaders

Rihanna teams up with JWT as Creative Director of PUMA

I’m not going to pretend to be the world’s biggest Rihanna fan. Indeed, I personally find her brand of hedonistic pop to be of the “All style, no substance” variety. As a personality though, she’s a beacon of light in an...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

Top 10 Hires of the Week

M&C Saatchi M&C Saatchi has announced that Ben Welsh, formerly ECD at M&C Saatchi Sydney, is to be appointed as creative chairman of Asia. The appointment marks a change in emphasis for the Network, demonstrating its spotlight on Asia, a region...

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Agency of the Week: Leo Burnett

Leo Burnett London sends a child to space for the NSPCC Leo Burnett London has launched a new brand campaign for the NSPCC, the first within their rebrand with the new strap line; “Every Childhood is Worth Fighting For.” The campaign is inspired...

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Workshop

Suck it up! The harsh side of freelancing

I know a lot of freelancers and, by contrast with their permanently employed counterparts, I would say almost all of them are happy. I’m a freelancer too, and it would take a lot for me to go back to permanent employment now. And I don’t...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Inspiration

Focal Point: MVM talks iconic portraits and minimalism

Norwegian designer Magnus Voll Mathiassen (aka. MVM) has been working in design for over ten years. In that time he's amassed an impressive bulk of work. Whether it's sketchy minimalist portraits of pop culture icons like Kanye, or sketching for...

Posted by: Jade French
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Leaders

Rugby continues to dominate campaigns

VCCP London England rugby partner O2 has unveiled its first ever animated campaign, which sees the England Rugby Team turned in to giants through the power of support. Created by VCCP London ahead of the biggest tournament in English Rugby history,...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

The September 2015 Apple Event Highlights

Whilst it might seem a little superfluous to harp on about announcements that have been rumoured to the point of presumed authenticity for months now, any Apple event is big news in the tech community, because there really is no other company like...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Inspiration

Heidi and Hallbery: A unique blend of advertising and print design

We all know the agency Mother. Great client list, lots of awards, reputation for ace campaigns; but nobody really associates them with scarves. Until now, that is. Introducing Heidi Pridham and Nick Hallbery. Nick's a leading creative at Mother and...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Industry

Discover a little something in your next Uber

In partnership with our friends at Uber and SUITCASE Magazine, we are launching #BackseatArt across six UK cities to showcase local artists. This week, cars in London, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham and Newcastle will contain limited...

Posted by: Creativepool
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Leaders

The Week in Tech

Buddy is the robot you always wanted Buddy is a crowd-sourced robot that you shouldn't let your kids research, because they'll want one and it's NOT cheap. The Johnny 5/Wall-E hybrid is a family friendly robot helper that has aspirations beyond...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

3D printed Bionic Hand grabs UK Dyson Award

Whilst it might quite heavily resemble the bionic arm set to be worn by Solid Snake in the upcoming Metal Gear Solid 5 (and yes I am BEYOND pumped for next Tuesday), this particular bionic hand hasn’t been designed as an instrument of war, but...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Creative Translation teams up with JCDecaux and Creative Review

Our friends at Creative Translation have teamed up with JCDecaux and Creative Review to cast their keen talent-spotting eyes nationwide. You might’ve noticed the campaign already - following the success of the creative showcase at our Pool...

Posted by: Joe Bracken
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Inspiration

Meet Shota Kotake: Guinness World Record-Breaking Artist

Well, that’s the aim, anyway. Japanese-born Shota Kotake is on a mission. Not quite a holy mission, but one that nonetheless involves him painting the portrait of a priest every day for three years. That priest, though, is Father Ted, the...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Leaders

Inside Banksy's biggest project yet: Welcome to Dismaland

Perhaps against my better judgement, I’ve always been a big Disney fan. Yes I know he was an anti-Semitic slave labourer and I’ve heard things about staff working conditions that have made my bones crease, but I personally hold nothing...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

There's a new Colonel Sanders in town and he's hilarious

Until this morning, I honestly had no idea that Colonel Sanders didn’t create the now globally ubiquitous KFC brand until he was 65 years old. That’s pretty bloody inspiring if you ask me. My dad’s 63 and his idea of a colossal...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Inspiration

Focal Point: Up close & personal with Nicolas Ménard

Nicolas Ménard makes whimsical illustrations, but that's not to say they're unsubstantial. After catching up with the graphic artist and animation director we found out he’s a thoughtful designer with the ability to take the minimal and...

Posted by: Jade French
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Leaders

Account Wins of the Week

WPP - Coca-Cola Coca-Cola has given its next big global campaign to three WPP agencies: Ogilvy New York, Sra Rushmore in Madrid and the minority-owned Santo in Buebos Aires. Wieden+Kennedy Portland, which helped to devise the long-running...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Ad land pioneers honoured at 4A’s Awards

The 4A's fifth annual Diversity Leadership Luncheon, which celebrates diversity and talent within the advertising industry, was held yesterday (August 12) during The Face of Talent symposium in New York City. Amongst those honoured were ad industry...

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Leaders

TBWA ignite some diamond hearts

Hearts On Fire, the leading global multichannel manufacturer, marketer and designer of luxury branded diamonds and diamond jewellery, announced yesterday that it has launched a new, global brand platform called “Ignite Something,” which...

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Leaders

The quick guide to Google 'Alphabet'

'As Sergey and I wrote in the original founders letter 11 years ago, “Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one.” As part of that, we also said that you could expect us to make “smaller bets in areas that...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Leaders

Tweeting for free beer you say?

There's been a definite resurgence in boutique beer drinking of late thanks in part to the craft beer movement in the US, which has found its way to these shores thanks to ambitious companies such as Brewdog and taking on the notoriously elitist...

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Ads of the Week

Isobar re-connect families in Japan Isobar have really hit for the heartstrings with their latest campaign for MetLife Insurance in Japan. Based on the idea that “Insurance deepens family bonds,” the “My Dearest Dad and Mom”...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

Experience Bronze Age VR at the British Museum

Between the 8th and the 9th of August, visitors to the British Museum will be invited to step a virtual foot inside a 4,000-year-old Bronze Age roundhouse with the launch of the London museum’s first ever virtual reality weekend. By teaming up...

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Workshop

Top 5 tips for successfully working from home

Here’s a little fact for you: contrary to urban myth, newsreaders aren’t just wearing underwear when they’re sitting behind their desks, reading off the autocue. Sorry to burst your bubble. I know this because I know somebody who...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Leaders

Peter Schmeichel gets stuck into a friendly kickabout for Carlsberg

Carlsberg, the Official Beer of the Barclays Premier League, launched a new global TV commercial this week starring non-other than former Manchester United goalkeeping legend Peter Schmeichel and Sky Sports football presenter Jeff Stelling, to...

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Top Account Wins of the Week

Grey London - Tate Modern The Tate Modern gallery has appointed Grey London as its creative agency of record for Britain, Liverpool and St Ives galleries following a competitive pitch. The result of the process, which was run in-house and began in...

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Leaders

Angry Birds 2 gets bigger, badder, birdier

Whilst it probably won’t go down in history as one of the very best video games of all time, Angry Birds is arguably one of the most important and influential, especially of recent years. Indeed, years before it was dethroned by the godawful...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

Never mind the budgets, here's the Sex Pistols credit card

For an old punk like me, these are bemusing times. The Sex Pistols, those standard-bearers of all things noisy and anarchic, are back in the news. Or, to be more accurate, the graphics produced for them by Jamie Reid, have re-appeared. This should be...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw

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