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As the largest city in a notoriously over-populated country, Shanghai probably isn’t the best place for a swift jog, but running is reportedly an incredibly popular pastime amongst Shanghai citizens. It's this indomitable spirit that's inspired...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Few artists have had such a notable and lasting impact on modern culture as Damien Hirst, a man who has dipped his toes into everything from music video direction and taxidermy (of a sort) to boutique restaurants. Now, Hirst is set to become a...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
A new gallery is due to arrive in London in 2017, and aims to bridge the gap between art and science with the ambition of being an all-inclusive visitors’ space. The Science Gallery London project by King's College London is aimed at...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Until recently, the iconic Kemistry Gallery for graphic design in London was facing closure, due to greedy Shoreditch developers, who are looking to edge the gallery out in favour more homogenised fluff. One ambitious Kickstarter campaign later,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Saatchi Gallery recently announced the commencement of this year's Saatchi Gallery/Deutsche Bank Art Prize for Schools, which accepts entries across the globe from young artists aged up to 18, with the winner entry receiving £12,000. The...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The recent history of London is a fascinating one indeed, especially when you factor in how the progress of transportation has transformed the city into a bustling, seemingly endless metropolis. The designs that underlined these changes appeared to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
by Ashley Morrison Understandably, a lot of people hate graffiti, mainly because it takes the form of the pointless defacement of public or private property with little more than large and ugly "tags," carried out by people who are - usually -...
Posted by: Creativepool
You have just under two weeks to get down to the Serpentine Gallery in London’s Kensington Gardens to see this year’s Pavilion, designed by multi award-winning Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto. Over the years, the Serpentine Gallery has...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Celebrated British artist Louis Sidoli is paying homage to the golden years of the Thin White Duke with his latest solo exhibition of original neon art. Hosted by Castle Fine Art, the exhibition will be launched with a private event at the Halcyon...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Let's face it, if you're going to have your face on millions of coins, you're going to want to be pleased with the chosen image. So let's hope Her Majesty is not going to be ordering any beheadings after this morning's unveiling at the National...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Events like the World Cup prove that packaging is much more than protection. It’s a vessel and a vehicle for celebration. Limited edition event-orientated packaging doesn’t just ride the hype, it generates it. The brands that associate...
Posted by: bluemarlin
Coffee, like wine, has become a product for aficionados. Consequently, a substantial market for high-concept bags of beans has evolved, with each brand using design as its weapon win the battle to become the coffee enthusiast's preferred brew. Below...
Posted by: bluemarlin
Meshuna Gallery, in Tel Aviv, is run by Oren Fischer and Anton Avramov. A cross-between a studio space and exhibition space, they show the work of mainly upcoming street artists. Fitting for their graffiti scrawled location in Florentin. The space,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
References to the 'high-street' in political and sociological debate have been frequent for well over a decade now. Sadly, mentioning a problem frequently doesn't bring solutions. Many towns are plagued by empty retail units on their central...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
This weekend, budget airline easyJet teamed up with the Netherlands Board of Tourism and Schiphol Airport to create an immersive theatre experience, which brought the sights and delights of Holland to London. The stunt, which is part of the brand's...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Industrial designer Samuel Wilkinson has created an intriguing 4.5 metre tall street light made of 1,500 glass crystal lenses as part of the upcoming London Design Festival. The opulently named “Ommatidium” (the name apparently comes from...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Street style photographs have never been more commonplace or influential within the fashion world. Street style, for those who are unfamiliar, is the practice of having one’s outfit noticed in the street by a ‘spotter’ and having...
Posted by: Jessica Hazel
In a stunt not a million miles away from the KLF's infamous million pound burn-off (though far less aggressive), the online life insurance provider Beagle Street let loose 500 paper dogs in London yesterday (March 25), each made with £10 notes....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
After 10 fulfilling years at our offices in Shelton Street, Bulletproof has moved - to 10 Bedford Street in Covent Garden. Following an extensive search in central London, the Bedford Street office was the firm winner offering Bulletproof both space...
Posted by: Bulletproof
In November 2011, Coronation Street made UK television history when it became the first primetime show to secure a product placement deal with an advertiser. The unbranded ATM machine in the corner shop (prop: Dev Alahan), suddenly became a...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
The Guardian have been delving into the amazing world of Google Street View of late, and have been coming up with some clever uses for the world's most detailed map. Last month they placed famous artworks from around the world back in their original...
Posted by: Jessica Hazel
An ambitious project is being launched which will see street artists and illustrators painting the Redsand Sea Forts just off the east coast of England. The sea forts are located in a cluster eight miles north of Whitstable off the Kent coast, and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
London's Old Street EC1 Roundabout has recently been brought kicking and screaming into the 21st century with a state-of-the-art, four-screen digital billboard. To celebrate this digitisation, a YouTube ad campaign has been launched to raise...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Think you’re too old for advent calendars? Feeling like a bit of a scrooge? Bored of being forced to consume tiny pieces of molded chocolate on a daily basis (stay with me)… well this might just be for you! Manchester-based agency True...
Posted by: Michelle Collier
The consumer sales landscape has been in a state of flux for some time with almost weekly news stories of store closures, losses, and the death of the high street becoming the norm. Hopes were riding on strong Black Friday and Christmas sales over...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
St Giles Hotels has unveiled a creative partnership with London street artist, Pegasus. The collaboration includes uniform designs and four new pieces of art, which will be exclusively displayed in the refurbished lobby of St Giles London. Pegasus...
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In an evolution of its wider Snapchat initiative, KFC UK & Ireland is bringing its Colonel ‘Selfie’ Snapchat filter to the high street, in a media first using Snapchat’s snap to unlock feature. This feature will appear in an OOH advertising...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Four years ago, I wrote an article about a small Belgrade-based technology company called Strawberry Energy and their ingenious innovation, the Strawberry Tree - a public solar-powered mobile device charging station that popped up for the first time...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Not on the High Street has appointed WCRS as its new creative agency after a five-way creative pitch. WCRS will be responsible for creating a new brand platform that will be marketed across all marketing channels as Notonthehighstreet seeks to build...
Posted by: House 337
Christmas is rather a competitive activity, isn't it? From those rather ghastly households attempting to out-decorate their neighbours by festooning their brickwork with flashing reindeer, to the restaurants fighting to see who can charge the most...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Knitting has had somewhat of a revival in recent years. Gone are the connotations of ugly Christmas jumpers, lovingly constructed by your great aunt Edna, nowadays its designer hand knits which take the catwalks by storm and models knit and purl...
Posted by: Creativepool
How did you get into the industry? From a tender age, the world of design and illustration beckoned me. My childhood was filled with doodles, sketches, and imaginations that translated onto paper. Pursuing Fine Arts was a natural progression,...
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Jones Knowles Ritchie - Miller Harris The pages of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Tender Is The Night” contain many things. Love and loss. Vibrancy and darkness. Beauty and violence. And for London perfume house Miller Harris, a brief....
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Halloween is a holiday that, until recently, barely registered in the UK. Whilst many of us have fond memories of trick or treating in our youth, and there's always the tendency to stick a few scary movies on whenever the end of October rolls around,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Cheil London has kickstarted a national campaign for the Women's Equality Party's #WEcount initiative, while simultaneously launching an ambitious digital first to bring the campaign to life on the streets of London with Blippar. The #WEcount...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial