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They say that death is everywhere, but for the inhabitants of Sunny Pines Retirement Village, he’s much closer. In fact, he’s just become a resident… We’re very excited to announce our second title for iOS and Android,...
Posted by: Milky Tea
Here's a quick behind-the-scenes video covering my process designing a Los Angelas Dodgers baseball illustration. Also included are two little mini Adobe Illustrator tutorials over two tools that I use all of the time. So with that said, let's play...
Posted by: Kevin Forister
With 20 years of experience leading innovative technology projects for companies like R/GA, Havas and Huge, teaching as adjunct professor at NYU and Parsons, and serving as jury president at the Cannes Lion International Festival of Creativity, Marc...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
2023 will hardly be remembered as a banner year for may of us as the cost-of-living crisis started digging deeper and the political spectrum on both sides of the atlantic started to devolve into a cynical and hateful mess. For creatives from all...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
I would never pretend to be the most enthusiastic Halloween fan. I mean, I love a good horror movie and enjoy a good tooth-rotting bar of chocolate as much as the next person but the whole concept has always felt a little contrived to me. However,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In almost every business the attraction and retention of staff is a key requirement and often burning issue that management teams spend hours debating and a great deal of money trying to get right. In this article we look at creating a brand that...
Posted by: Creativepool
I once had a boss who said, “I think we got away with that one” after just being told by the Chairman of a global cereal brand our creative proposals were “the biggest load of crap [he’s] ever seen”. We were fired the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Trends. January is always going to be the month of trends and trend think pieces. It’s inevitable and it makes sense and while some might baulk at the idea of reading yet another thousand words of ponderous prattle, if there’s one company...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Being one of the world's largest creative communities, Creativepool is in a unique position to understand how the creative industry is struggling in self-isolation for the Coronavirus lockdown. We had the power to make a difference by asking about...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
As a bright-eyed and not-so bushy-tailed 14-year-old, metal was everything to me. Whilst I’d discover the more nuanced delights of alternative rock and electronica by the time I’d left high school, as a young teen it was all about...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Grey London - McVities In a new purpose-led campaign created by Grey London, McVitie’s shows how the simple act of sharing a biscuit has the power to bring people together. Using a modern day fable of characters who feel disconnected, the spot...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Publicis Media - Molson Coors Molson Coors, one of the UK’s biggest brewers, has announced Publicis Media as their new media agency for the United States and United Kingdom. Molson Coors launched an RFP last Autumn to assess media agency...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Publicis Worldwide Bruno Bertelli, the ECD of Publicis Worldwide Western Europe, and CEO of Publicis Worldwide Italy, has been promoted to the newly created role of Global Chief Creative Officer at Publicis Worldwide. He will report to Arthur...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
JKR - Domino's I love me some Domino's Pizza, but have always considered their box designs to be a little on the plain side, especially when compared to competing brands. JKR obviously agree, as the consultancy has decided to go big with their...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Allow me to let you into a little secret: I’m not very thick skinned. And yet people often assume I am, partly because some of my blogs range from being moderately tongue in cheek to bordering on acerbic. One thing they never are, however, is...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
In my youth (I'm approaching 30 so feel I've just about earned the right to use that phrase) I would typically spend almost every weekend during the summer at a music festival. Sometimes knee-deep in mud and excrement whilst gleefully nodding along...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Windows 10 hits home The internet was awash with praise this weekend after Windows 10 began quietly slipping into the inboxes of eager Windows 7 and 8.1 users across the world. Some of the highly mooted features include the ability to stream Xbox...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The world was a different place in 1991. But aside from the breakup of the Soviet Union, the end of Apartheid in South Africa, the assassination of Gandhi and Operation Desert Storm, 1991 also marked the inaugural Saatchi & Saatchi New...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Sony officially unveiled its latest flagship smartphone at the IFA 2014 in Berlin yesterday. Arriving only six months after the launch of the Xperia Z2, the Xperia Z3 retains many of the features that made the Z1 and Z2 so popular, but there are...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Saatchi Art has announced that Jonathan Gabb had won the record-breaking 'In Glorious Colour' showdown, which was presented in partnership with Winsor & Newton and the Saatchi Gallery. The prize attracted a staggering 6440 entries over just 12 days,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In 1943 in a small Swedish village, an industrious, dyslexic teenager who went by the name of Ingvar Kamprad opened his first furniture store after spening his days selling matches, ballpoint pens, flower seeds and Christmas decorations to...
Posted by: Jessica Hazel
by Magnus Shaw. First a clarification. One would think from the chatter across news outlets and social media that the HMV retail chain is in the process of locking the doors and boarding up its stores. It's isn't, but the news is not good. The...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Magnus Shaw The internet is full of hyperbole. Social media in particular. 'The funniest video ever!', 'The best song of all time!' - in a rush to draw attention to their tiny corner of the web, users understandably become overexcited and...
Posted by: Creativepool
Unless you're getting on a bit, you probably haven't given much thought to what sort of coffin you'd like to be buried in when the time comes. There's a funeral director in Golders Green that displays one in his window with a picture of a Spitfire...
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
Brand design consultancy Elmwood recently appointed Ian Schofield as non-executive director to advise clients on sustainability. As the former own label manager of Iceland Foods and an expert on packaging reuse and recycling, he led the charge of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
This month in advertising has been dominated by a cream cheese bagel-scoffing dad abandoning his baby to a conveyor belt, a pram-pushing mum and moon-walking men. The first bans the ASA has handed down since its gender stereotyping legislation came...
Posted by: Southpaw
Death is a worrying eventuality that most of us choose to spend our lives ignoring because it makes us feel uncomfortable. The design world, however, thrives on making us uncomfortable, because it's on these fringes where the most exciting, vibrant...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Contrary to what you might think, based on my frequently acerbic blog posts, I am not a complete misery. Oh, things annoy me, sure. And truth be told, probably more so than the average person. As my dad used to say, “I don’t suffer fools...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
by Magnus Shaw Yesterday, all the blood, sweat and tears came to a shuddering climax. The London Olympic Games 2012 kicked off with a women's football match and a resounding blunder. Confusing one flag for another must be very easy to do. So many...
Posted by: Creativepool