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In a new fully integrated campaign from M&C Saatchi, NatWest use the metaphor of the classic party game, musical chairs, to promote the bank's decision to end introductory teaser rates on savings accounts and credit cards. The campaign will run...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It was announced yesterday that Adrian Botan has been promoted to the role of global executive creative director for the McCann Worldgroup's Nestle account. Botan will join fellow global executive creative directors James Dawson-Hollis, Bill Wright...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In the latest episode of Ballantine's “Stay True Stories” series created by M&C Saatchi Sport and Entertainment and M&C Saatchi London, the Pernod Richard-owned scotch whisky brand have teamed up with South African electronic musician and...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Guitar Centre, the world's largest musical equipment retailer, recently announced that DJ and producer Steve Aoki will be the latest artist ambassador in the retailer's "All we sell is the Greatest Feeling on Earth" campaign, following previous...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Global advertising agency network McCann-Erickson have had a lot to celebrate recently, what with the release of The 2013 Gunn Report, which is an annual publication that details the most successful print, digital and televisual advertising campaigns...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Do you own a website? More to the point, do you own a bespoke domain name? I only ask because the City of London Police's brand new 'Intellectual Property Crime Unit' is hoping to get off to a flying start by attempting seize control of domains they...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
I was never keen on the National Lottery. On the night it launched, I nipped to the shop for cigarettes and was confronted with a queue which reached out of the door and off down the street. I was concerned the people had been hypnotized and summoned...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
You're familiar with the notion of 'bloopers', I'm sure. 'It'll Be Alright On The Night' has been cataloguing the trips and slips of TV production for decades, while 'You've Been Framed' records disasters on the home front - usually involving elderly...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
One Minute Briefs is a concept borne out of the minds of Nick Entwistle and James Clancy who run The Bank Of Creativity. It's designed to change the way people think about advertising, change the way in which creatives work and also provoke a lot of...
Posted by: Jessica Hazel
Ever get the feeling this whole digital hoopla is just being made up as we go along? Starting to suspect 'boffins' are just slinging out new widgets for a hungry world to scoop up and guzzle down, like mongrel hounds being thrown scotch eggs? Welcome...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
At yesterday's Social Media World Forum, Dominic Burch - Head of Communications and Social Media for ASDA - said “Stop thinking about websites - they’re dead - just think about the content and getting that right for mobile. As reported...
Posted by: Creativepool
Create Britain is a national initiative, spearheaded by Creativepool, to celebrate and champion the creative industries and the £100 billion+ value they help to generate for the UK economy each year. Create Britain has already received...
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You may think creative studios are combatitive places - loaded with friction and fierce opnion - but comparatively speaking, they're rather tranquil. Which sadly, is more than can be said for Mexico. With a rampant drug trade, corruption in high...
Posted by: Creativepool
By Magnus Shaw Well, I'm just having a look around. Being on the new Creativepool is rather like moving into a swanky new apartment, where all the furniture has arrived, your clothes neatly hung in the wardrobe and you've been carefully placed on...
Posted by: Creativepool
Christmas Eve is finally here and I'm feeling festive. Well, actually, I was feeling festive a while ago because I've been doing an awful lot of carol singing throughout December. Not that I'm bragging but, for the most part, these carol concerts...
Posted by: Creativepool
Dave Cuzner is the editor of Grain Edit, a blog focused on classic design work from the 1950s-1970s and contemporary designers that draw inspiration from that time period. Grain Edit includes interviews, articles, designers' libraries as well as...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Magnus Shaw Paul Burke is a writer and producer with AMV BBDO. In a piece for The Drum and Creative Circle magazines on 28th August he wrote this: "If you work in advertising and call yourself a creative, why on earth would you move away from...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Magnus Shaw Writing in The Drum this week, Phil Haselhurst describes how his determination to climb the career ladder brought him to grief. He had a decent job with an agency he liked - good team, lots of experience, satisfying work. But, not...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Magnus Shaw Last year I wrote a column on a brilliant campaign for Mooncup - an alternative female sanitary device. The brand's wit and frankness were refreshing and the correspondence I received suggested the gadget has many fans. And now a...
Posted by: Creativepool
I once worked with an Art Director who had just arrived in the UK from a stint at Leo Burnett in Venezuela. As well as alarming tales of armed guards outside his office, he told me this: when pitching, it was usual practice for the agencies involved...
Posted by: Creativepool
Nick Warren is an adventurous sort of chap. Not only is he a sailor who's taken the Atlantic Ocean, a shipwreck and a hurricane in his stride, today he is Managing Director of the digital agency Semantic , the UK's most relaxed web studio. Hi Nick....
Posted by: Creativepool
In an era of saturated markets and heightened consumer expectations, brands are grappling with a conundrum that might surprise many: "blandification." This term, coined in FutureBrand's latest Consumer Index, captures a growing concern among...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
How did you first get into the industry? It has been a really long road. I always wanted to be a graphic designer, ever since I was little. My studies were taking me in this direction, but life has a way of changing your direction. I was an IT...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Fortune recently published an interview with Liquid Death CEO Mike Cessario, who is described as being ‘like a lot of 41-year-old guys who used to work in advertising. He likes whisky, bourbon, and Italian spirits, and has a sense of humor that...
Posted by: Novagram
A major new billboard and digital radio campaign launched last month by creative agency Pablo and intensive care rehabilitation nurse Kate Tantam, calls for an end to the postcode lottery for NHS rehabilitation services that help people recover from...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
What better way to celebrate the “most depressing day of the year” than by pontificating over the collective demise of the creative industries? I jest, of course, but there is a surprising amount of doom mongers out there who would have...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
A new year often brings with it a chance to sweep the slate clean and make healthier choices when it comes to the work we accept and the work we don’t. Indeed, it could be argued that the perpetual curse of the freelancer isn’t so much...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In a world full of uncertainty with a rapid pace of constant change, businesses must do all they can to keep up. With constant technological, social, and economic shifts, change has become the only constant. Often businesses fall into the trap of...
Posted by: Born Ugly
This year’s “All In” Census Data revealed that 36% of people (out of almost 19000 people that took part) are hesitant to report sexual harassment due to perceived impact it may have on their careers. This alarming statistic reflects...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
There’s been a cultural shift weaving its way into our culture in recent years and, while there are always going to be those pushing against it, for the most part it’s one that’s been rightly welcomed with open arms. The...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The Yard Creative is an award-winning evidential design studio based in London Bridge that offers research, strategy and design (branding, digital environments and physical spaces). They are a self-described “team of creative catalysts”...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Ever since branding made its mark in the commercial world, rebranding has been a constant companion, keeping the edges fresh and reimagining brands for multiple generations. From 1950s post-war mergers to today's more elaborate digital reinventions,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
For the better part of the last decade, the entertainment industry has been embroiled in what is commonly referred to as the "streaming wars." Streaming services have vied for dominance, competing fiercely for subscribers and content rights. From...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? I’m the ECD at Stanley St. We’re a fully integrated agency, so no two days are really ever the same. One day I’m out shooting a brand ad with our internal...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? There is no typical day, but there is a fairly common structure. It kicks off walking Bobby (our puppy) round our local park, while answering a handful of early emails, sending a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
How did you get into the industry? Prior to coming to London, I studied Communication Design in Stuttgart, Germany. Before that, I did an apprenticeship and trained as a fine art silkscreen printer. I got into branding and visual identity design...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
