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Agency of the Week: JWT

Taking horses skiing for Canon The latest instalment of the “Come and See” campaign for Canon from JWT took a range of Canon cameras and some intrepid bearded crew members to Argentina’s mountains to film Franco Moro, the 55-year...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Top 5 Ads of the Week

BBH London – Tesco When I was a wee lad (in the heady days of the mid-90's), Halloween wasn't a particularly big deal. Sure we got together to watch movies we probably shouldn't have been watching and hit up our neighbours houses for Dime bars and...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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IAB UK Digital Upfronts: DigitasLBi create a literal Twitter Periscope

DigitasLBi kicked off the IAB UK Digital Upfronts last Friday (October 16) with the DigitasLBi UK NewFront, which featured an eclectic array of speakers. The event also saw the unveiling of the “Periscope Periscope,” an interactive...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Hovis brings back the Boy on a Bike

There's something undeniably warm, comforting and remarkably British about the classic Hovis ads. You know the ones. A child rides a rickety old bike through an idyllic countryside as the strains of Dvorak's “New World Symphony” yawn...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Agency of the Week: Wieden+Kennedy

More Old Spice guys is never a bad thing Last month, Wieden+Kennedy Portland and Old Spice gave even more Isaiah Mustafa and Terry Crews, otherwise known as “The Old Spice Guys.” Whereas before the two men appeared in their own separate...

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England's Rugby Kit: The 250,000-mile manufacturing adventure

So apparently, we won the rugby against Fiji on Saturday. 35-11, I believe. But there, I’m afraid, my knowledge of rugby stops. And so does my interest, if I’m honest, unless pizza and beer and a room full of friends is included. Sorry,...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Do you suffer from FOBO? The curse of smartphone addiction

It felt weird and I couldn’t quite work out why. Something was different. And I don’t just mean it was a warm, sunny day in September rather than brass monkeys “shall we turn on the heating?” weather as we’ve been used...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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The Glass Art of Hiromi Takizawa

Uniting glass and emotion, Japanese born Hiromi Takizawa has changed the rules, creating a new paradigm of conduct for heated glass that succumbs to her conscious and her subconscious. Displaying a mastery of the medium, she uses shape, reflection...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Burger King launch new interior re-design in Paris

Burger King is giving itself a visual upgrade with a new interior design that features self-service kiosks and more subtle brand detailing. These new-look interiors are being launched at Burger King’s flagship restaurant in Paris, which the is...

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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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Home prepares for opening weekend in Manchester

Home, the new Manchester arts centre, is set to open this weekend with a series of events curated by oscar winning director Danny Boyle. The centre is an architectural marvel from the Dutch firm Mecanoo, which has been designed to reconcile the needs...

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Yummy! Why are we being spoken to like children?

Although one never expects a bingo company's advertising to be the height of sophisticated creative communication, I am being driven slowly crazy by Gala's new strapline. 'Sing Gala-la-la' it goes. Leaving aside the obvious gaffe they've made by...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Virgin Atlantic go all out for new LA Clubhouse

Virgin Atlantic recently unveiled a rather glorious new Clubhouse lounge at Los Angeles International Airport, which set them back a cool £2.5 million. The project was undertaken alongside the US practice Slade Architecture, with local and...

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The Week In Advertising

Dove (US) - Men Care Other than a common language, if there's one thing that separates the Brits from the Americans, it's advertising. Take this spot for Dove Men Care; you just know it's an American ad before you even hear the first 'Daddy!'. In...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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It's bake or break time for the Italian Stallion

First it was Arnold Schwarzenegger shouting at Meerkats, now it's Sylvester Stallone delivering bread. What next? Jean-Claude Van Damme waxing lyrical about ice cold American beer? The new Stallone-starring spot by WCRS for Warburtons bread, is just...

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Preparing for Launch: Launches of the Week

KBS Shanghai KBS officially opened its doors in Shanghai this week, marking its formal entry into the Chinese market. The new office is led by Douglas Lin, partner and CEO, and Jonathan Ip, partner and chief creative officer. KBS has already begun...

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VCCP lend more support to Macmillan

VCCP has launched the latest spot in their brand campaign for Macmillan Cancer Support, which builds on the charity's proposition that cancer is something nobody should be facing alone. Called “Mist,” it follows the lead set by the...

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Open Table rebrand promotes “Openness”

The Californian consultancy Tomorrow Partners has created a new brand identity for the restaurant reservation service Open Table, which will be rolling out globally, and focuses more on the dining experience than the act of booking it. The rebranding...

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Junior Designer at DigitasLBi has a big idea

Alan Chu, a 21 year old junior designer at DigitasLBi, recently hosted a training day for Ladder students from the Ideas Foundation, the same foundation he graduated from himself just recently. Chu first got involved with the foundation through a...

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Battersea Power Station to be reborn

The Rockwell Group is currently working with Wilkinson Eyre Architects on a plan to redevelop part of the Battersea Power Station, which has been an unused blight on the banks of the Thames since it was closed more than 30 years ago. Since then it...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Sainsbury's Christmas ad: the bad taste of festive chocolate?

Ah, advent! The gateway to Christmas! Today is the day when millions of children all over the country are opening the first window on their advent calendars and devouring that first overpriced and possibly over-wrapped square of chocolate - assuming...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Inspiration

Beyond Fashion: Uniqlo commits to innnovation

Ten years ago Uniqlo had just 100 stores, all in Japan. Next year, it will have 840 in Japan and a further 1,170 elsewhere. The two-thousand or so stores are performing phenomenally with the clothing retailer set to amass sales of $14 billion in the...

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Ogilvy & Mather kick-off the Hero Indian Super League

Ogilvy & Mather has developed a TV spot urging Indians to get involved with the Hero Indian Super League with an official TV campaign called “C'mon India, Let's Football!” The TV spot forms the basis of an extensive, 36-day, 360 degree...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Inspiration

Good ideas, executed flawlessly

As part of Fotolia’s ‘Unstock’ series we spoke to Contributor Darién Sánchez about his foray into the stock industry to uncover more about his unique illustrations and graphics.Darién SánchezFO: Can you introduce...

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Sir John Hegarty says modern advertising is 'sh*t'. Is he right?

“If you look at the UK, we are suffering because we are not putting the time into the idea and there’s empirical evidence to say that the quality of our output has gone down. It’s not my opinion. Empirical evidence from the audience...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Inspiration

The car ad without the car: Land Rover #Hibernot

I don’t want to jinx it or anything, but hasn’t the weather been glorious over the past few days? Warm enough to potter around the garden in a t-shirt, I even slapped on some factor 10 sun cream, being the pasty ginge that I am. And...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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What a spectacle. Why most people will never wear Google Glass.

Right now, the SXSW music festival is in full flow in Austin Texas. What's more, I believe Creativepool's glorious leader Mike Tomes is there, doing his funky thing. Anyway, following the event on Twitter, I noticed someone reporting a bearded fellow...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Features

I just wanna be adored...

Heralding from the age of creative recruitment, where leads and sales were championed through the art of face to face meetings, the closing phone calls and the golden age old rolodex of contacts, ok, I’m not that old, to embrace the wonders or...

Posted by: Neale@CP Ricotti
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Bad advice. Is Trip Advisor an effective marketing tool?

I'm in Egypt, as I write this. I've returned to Dahab on the Sinai Peninsula to see how two revolutions have changed things since I was last here. As it turns out, the Egyptians are still as warm, hospitable and helpful as ever. The Red Sea remains...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Personal best. What 2013 did for me.

For all its trials, hardships, wars and woes, 2013 still managed to inject some wonderful stuff into our busy, pressured lives. So, with 2014 snapping at our heels, this would be an appropriate moment to celebrate the things which enhanced the human...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Mayday, May Day! Crack open the Champers!

I didn't wake up this morning thinking, “oooh, today is a significant day.” Nor do I have a beer-fuelled celebration planned for this afternoon in the balmy bank holiday sunshine - or even a rosé-fuelled celebration planned for later...

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