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Earlier this year, Jeremy Paxman suggested some editions of Newsnight should simply inform the viewing audience there was nothing much to talk about, before rolling the closing credits. Knowing Paxo, he was probably just being provocative, or even...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
The world of professional Basketball and 21st century sports technology in general took a dramatic leap into the future recently with the unveiling of the world's first interactive, touch-sensitive LCD basketball court in Shanghai, China. The court...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In a creative role-reversal, BBDO has teamed up with NBA superstar Chris Paul to create a new TV spot which shows Paul , the LA Clippers point guard, asking his young fans for photographs; a unique twist on the modern trend of fans taking 'selfies'...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Starcom MediaVest announced last week that it is to split and launch MediaVest as a separate agency. The Publicis Group agency made the decision just a week after it was announced that Diageo, the alcoholic beverages company, decided to move their...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The late Douglas Adams wrote one of the smartest, most intriguing and funniest books of the 20th century. It was called 'The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy'. For the uninitiated, it features an electronic book (before they were real things), also...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Leo Burnett Change, the specialist social change agency, have been appointed as the creative account for the NSPCC, as the child protection charity gears up for a major campaign that will launch this autumn. The agency won the account after an...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Blackpool Council and The Merlin Entertainments Group have teamed up with TBWA\Manchester in order to help put Blackpool back on the map as a legitimate holiday destination suitable for families this summer holiday. The campaign will be capitalising...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
On page one of 'The Bumper Book Of Branding' (which doesn't exist), we're told that a successful brand starts with a successful name. Y'know, something memorable, something that resonates with the audience. Crack the name and half the battle is won....
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
WCRS has been incredibly busy of late, with a slew of campaigns dropping this weekend and a sizeable new account win. The first TV spot concerns their first work for DIY retail company B&Q since they won the brands account earlier this year,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
On Monday the 28th of April, New York Women in Communications will present the 44th annual Matrix Awards, honouring seven extraordinary women who have made significant contributions to the communication industry. The ceremony, hosted by the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Global advertising agency JWT will this year be celebrating a landmark anniversary. 150 years ago on the 5th of December 1864, William James Carlton opened 'Carlton & Smith' as a newspaper space brokerage. 14 years later, James Walter Thompson (the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
As I sit down to write my blog today, I’m a bit anxious. You see, we moved on Saturday. But this was no ordinary move. I’ve left the creative centre of the country (and some would argue of the world) and gone to live in a place where...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Threadless is a creative community that makes, supports, and buys great art. It has evolved from an online t-shirt design company into an international community-driven design platform featuring merchandise designed by and for its fan base of nearly...
Posted by: Creativepool
We are blown away by talent! Especially when it comes from a teenager! Zev from Massachusetts is only 14-years-old and is already taking the photography world by storm with his unique and simply stunning photo manipulations. Going by the nickname...
Posted by: Creativepool
To create a brand for a new building is to take on one of the most challenging projects in the industry. Once the brick dust has settled and the scaffolding rolled away, there's a need to create an identity and personality for a new development....
Posted by: Creativepool
By Magnus Shaw Have you used your Tripod today? How about your Mobi? There's a very good chance you have, but you knew it as your iPhone. It seems the obvious name for Apple's mobile handset doesn't it? After all, they already the iPod and its...
Posted by: Creativepool
'PEOPLE’S CHOICE' AWARDS NAME FITCH AS 2012 DESIGN FIRM OF THE YEAR FITCH is thrilled to have been voted the top 2012 Design Firm of the Year. Announced in the September “Portfolio Awards” issue of leading retail design magazine...
Posted by: Landor
McCann Manchester is celebrating for the second time in a week having claimed one of the top prizes at the Grocer Magazine’s Advertising, Marketing and PR Awards for its work with leading supermarket retailer Aldi. The agency scooped the top...
Posted by: McCann Manchester
by Ashley Morrison. A few weeks ago, I was approached by a prospective client, who asked whether I'd be interested in doing some work for them. Specifically (or not, as it turned out) they needed me to write a brochure. I assumed they wanted a quote...
Posted by: Creativepool
- View Natalie's Creativepool profile here Twitter: @natnicklin Facebook: facebook.com/NatNicklinArt Website: www.natnicklin.co.uk "Natalie Nicklin utilizes a wide range of processes within her work; from found images and photography to modern...
Posted by: Creativepool Founded in 2001, we are a London-based graphic design agency. Our strength is in producing bold, memorable and effective graphic design and communications- including for print, packaging, digital and moving image. We work for clients big & small,...
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by John Fountain. Following a successful career as an award winning creative director, David is now a successful fine artist. Here he talks about his career, his travels and how things have changed over the years. So how would you describe your day...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Jessica Hazel. It's not just toddlers who get a kick out of using their bodies as paintbrushes, it's a visceral and provocative discipline which has intrigued the art world since the 1950's when it first burst onto the scene via Jackson Pollock's...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Ashley Morrison When I was on holiday in France recently, I couldn't help but envy the people who worked on the vineyards we visited. What a great life that must be. Well, for the owners if not the labourers, anyway. They get to live in some of...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Magnus Shaw For the advertising sector The Olympic Games are less about running, jumping and cycling - and more about the infamous copyright clampdown on certain words and branding devices. Those tussles have been well-covered on Creativepool and...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Magnus Shaw In Britain, we love sports. We also adore a bit of patriotic tub thumping. Combine the two and the excitement is almost unbearable. I'm talking about the Olympics, of course. Within a matter of weeks, billions of pounds worth of...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Magnus Shaw Kentucky Fried Chicken may well be an assault on the digestion and troubling to the waistband, but it seems its advertising is also offensive to a cross section of the viewing public. The Advertising Standards Authority has announced...
Posted by: Creativepool
Natalie Nicklin Illustrator, Digital Illustrator, Creative "Natalie Nicklin is a London based illustrator and artist who utilizes a wide range of processes within her work; from found images and photography to modern digital techniques and...
Posted by: Creativepool
As the Olympics and the Jubilee draw closer there is an ever increasing sense of patriotism and British pride emulating from all around. The V&A are marking the event in their own intriguing way by staging a major exhibition entitled 'British Design...
Posted by: Creativepool
From YouTube, some of the finest female minds in the creative business provide us with a bit of insight into their working lives. Rosie Arnold It's all about enthusiasm and charm rather than being a tough...
Posted by: Creativepool
Do you remember the SodaStream? If you were a child back in the '80s, you were either the envy of your friends if you had one or else you were looking longingly at it in your friend's house and pestering your parents for one. Well, it's back...
Posted by: Creativepool Andy has over 18 years' agency experience, mostly in project management and co-leads one of the design teams at The Partners. Or rather, he did, because in a few days he'll be saying a tearful goodbye to everyone, including his wife and family, and...
Posted by: Creativepool
30 years ago I was a student trying to get into the business and Dave Morris was one of my course lecturers. Today he visits the leading advertising colleges in Milan, Amsterdam and England and has luminaries such as Dave Trott singing his praises....
Posted by: Creativepool