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If you haven't already acquainted yourself with illustrator and graphic designer, Eero Lampinen, I strongly advise that you clear your schedule. Based in Helsinki, his work offers a brilliantly skewed vision of the world, one influenced by magic...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The return of Winston Wolf This week, Direct Line launched the next stage in its popular campaign featuring Harvey Keitel as Winston Wolf from the cult classic Tarantino film Pulp Fiction. This time, the spot focuses on the insurance company's...
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Eric Yahnker is all about intricate pencil work, pop culture puns and a serious approach to his work. He doesn’t make it easy to dismiss his work as pastiche, mainly because his finger is superbly on the pulse of contemporary society. Whether...
Posted by: Jade French
Jack Whitehall, the famously (and self deprecatingly) posh stand up comedian and star of the BBC Three sitcom “Bad Education” (now a major motion picture) has teamed up with BBH London and Samsung UK for a new campaign that takes advantage of the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
If recent images from China are to be believed, it would appear that after more than a decade of back-biting, exclusivity battles, failed motion control experiments (Playstation Move anyone?) and fanboy wars, that Xbox and Playstation have finally...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
This week, Dörte Spengler-Ahrens (chief creative office of Jung von Matt), Ted Royer, (CCO of Droga5 New York) and John Merrifield, (CCO of Google Asia-Pacific) were all announced as speakers at the London International Awards 2015 Creative...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Web designers/developers are employed across all industry sectors from finance and retail to public organisations. They may be employed directly by IT consultancies, software houses, web design agencies or work in an organisation's IT department....
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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...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The past is a potentially dangerous place in advertising. If you go too far back everything is rife for parody, but if you don’t go back far enough, nostalgia can dilute your message. VCCP Sydney have opened a unique window to the past here,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Bompas & Parr are set to open an immersive new cocktail bar in London over summer, which will provide visitors with “Breathable cocktails.” A self-initiated project from the culinary events consultancy, the interior of the bar will be...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Last week, I posted one of my most successful blogs this year. "Top 10 worst corporate phrases" was for all you folk out there who hate ugly jargon such as “reach out”, “touch base” and “push the envelope”. You...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Due to overwhelming response from the community, there is now more time to contend for Europe's most prestigious honour for online excellence. The 5th Annual Lovie Awards Extended Entry Deadline is 31 July 2015. Work can be entered in seven...
Posted by: The Lovie Awards
Creativepool's music sponsor for the Pool Party Cannes 2015, MassiveMusic, has once again joined forces with MediaMonks in Cannes, and are promising an event that is anything but modest. This year's magical night theme is ‘YOU’RE...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In the UK, those standing for parliament always use the branding of their party. During the run-up to the recent general election, you may have noticed Labour candidates' posters were red and yellow with a red rose; Tories were all blue and white...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
The advertising industry is not exactly renowned for taking the piss out of itself. Indeed, the only major zeitgeist defining piece of entertainment set around the industry in recent memory (Mad Men) glamorised ad land to almost the point of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Jelly London and At Night Studio have joined forces with the incredible Blackmeal to create Avicii’s heart-warming new video, Waiting for Love. Creative production agency, jelly, were approached by At Night Studio to turn the emotional tale...
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The results of the 2015 D&AD Awards were announced in London last night with Leo Burnett, 4creative, Made Thought, Marcel Worldwide and Colenso BBDO all scooping up coveted Black Pencil awards. This year's awards saw the most amount of Pencils won in...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It’s been a heck of a few weeks. Actually, make that a heck of a few months. Why? Because I’ve been revamping my home and it’s taking up every waking hour of my time. It all started off more Kevin McCloud - a la Grand Designs. We...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Whatever your take on Russell Brand, you'd have to admit he's quite a creative soul. As well as his acting roles (in which he always plays himself) and stand-up gigs, he runs a popular YouTube channel 'The Trews' and writes books. But one thing you...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Five. That’s a nice number. In fact, it’s the number of the week; and not just because I can’t think of ten reasons why you should write a blog (or even six reasons). Admittedly, it’s often said that people think in threes (so...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
The Game Marketing Awards (GMA) is the first and only US program to honour the top creative work produced by and for the video game marketing community. This week, it announced the finalists for its 10th annual program after receiving a record high...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In a world overloaded by cold vectors and Helvetica copy cats, clients are now looking for that much-needed personal touch for their branding. Hand lettering is being embraced by the design world to create logos, packaging, and global ad campaigns...
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The London International Awards (LIA) have named JWT worldwide chief creative officer Matt Eastwood and McCann worldwide global executive creative director John Mescall as 2015 Jury Presidents. Eastwood will be presiding over the Print, Poster and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A clever new outdoor campaign from AMV BBDO for the V&A Museum of Childhood reimagines the Tower Hamlets borough in London's east end as one gigantic playground. Running throughout this week, the campaign promotes the museum which houses a vast...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Razorfish and Adobe are unveiling what they're calling "The future of retail" at this year's Adobe Summit with a new physical storefront experience that connects the customer across all touch points, helping retailers to sell their wares more...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Big news over at Crispin Porter + Bogusky, where Lori Senecal has been named as Global CEO, a newly created position that will see her steering CP+B through its ongoing global growth and expansion by managing the coordination of the firm's eight...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
I'm serious. Quit while you're ahead. Or rather, quit while you're not as far behind as you will be if you keep reading. Apart from its arguable entertainment value, it will not enrich your life, make you cleverer, funnier or wealthier. Or even feel...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Quite a few important new hires and promotions this week, so we'll be splitting the usual weekly article into two (still rather hefty) halves. Enjoy! Ogilvy & Mather New York Ogilvy & Mather New York announced this week that Corinna Falusi has been...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It was unveiled recently that easyJet, the affordable airline that almost singlehandedly made orange cool again (sort of) has dropped the “.com” from the side of its planes in order to bring the look more in line with overall advertising and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Over the last weekend, tourists and passers by might have noticed the front door of number 10 downing street, the residence of Prime Minister David Cameron, looked a little different than usual. Specifically, that it's usually blank, black face had...
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The online furniture store MADE has made its most ambitious move yet into the physical realm with a new flagship showroom (its largest yet) based in the centre of London. The new store opened on Saturday in Soho on Charing Cross Road, and fills a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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
Think back about fifteen years or so, and you'll probably see yourself slowly (very slowly) browsing the internet on your dial-up connection, looking at websites and thinking 'I've gotta get myself one of those'. If you're a designer or art director,...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
It's Monday morning. Email hell beckons. I've got my Creativepool blog to write but I do also need to try and whittle down the daily glut of Groupons, StumbleUpons, Voucherclouds, More Groupons, and LinkedIn's “congratulate Billy-Bob on his new...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Why do they bother? Politicians, I mean - and specifically their ideas concerning technology. Because each and every time they open their mouths on the subject, they make utter fools of themselves. A shining example of this idiocy appeared last...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
It was announced recently that the global advertising network M&C Saatchi has expanded its Middle Eastern portfolio by acquiring a majority stake in the Tel Aviv, Israel-based agency, Ben-Natan Golan. The new agency will be called simply “M&C...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial