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In the realm of marketing and business, some brand rivalries have transcended mere competition to become iconic showdowns that have captured the attention and imaginations of consumers worldwide. These legendary battles not only shaped some...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
For the better part of the last decade, the entertainment industry has been embroiled in what is commonly referred to as the "streaming wars." Streaming services have vied for dominance, competing fiercely for subscribers and content rights. From...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
There are few brands as highly coveted as Disney. This year marks 100 years since Walt Disney first stepped onto the global stage with the iconic Steamboat Willy cartoon and heralded the birth of modern animated cinema and in those ten decades, to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Making cultural heritage relevant and popular to new generations When we explore our past, it is not because we want to go back to what our ancestors were but because we search for our connection to the stories, the songs, the lives and the rituals...
Posted by: Klaus
Ian Wharton served as part of the creative leadership for design and innovation agencies in WPP and Publicis Groupe. He is the Founder of health technology startup Aide Health, an advisor at Justified Studio, the author of Spark for the Fire: How...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
“Apple can do no wrong.” This was a mantra that seemed to permeate the first two decades of the century, when innovation after innovation continued to spill out of Steve Jobs like a golden faucet. Tim Cook is no Steve Jobs. While...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
AI has the potential to change our world beyond recognition. For example, the AI generated picture of the pope in the puffer jacket going viral looked pretty realistic - didn’t it? Or how about the images of Donald Trump being arrested in New...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In today's increasingly competitive marketplace, where consumers are being bombarded with endless products and services from a million directions, capturing attention and driving sales requires a more nuanced approach. The creative industries are in...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It’ll have escaped the attention of nobody that AI has been the chief disruptive trend of 2023. The way things are going, it might end up being the chief disruptive trend of the century. But while there are so many catastrophising the end of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
As demand for creative roles booms across a variety of industries, The Interaction Design Foundation, the world’s leading online design school, reveals five creative career paths to explore that never existed before. With the introduction of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It was announced today by UK culture minister Lucy Frazer that the UK creative industries will get a 1 million job boost adding £50bn in value to the sector by 2030. For many of us creatives that’s a pretty big deal. But the real question...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In the second of an ongoing series, I’ll be examining the impact generative artificial intelligence is having on our creative jobs. Here, I’m focusing on design and exploring whether the designers of the future will be able to compete...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
For the first time this century, Eurovision is being celebrated on home turf. Of course, it’s a bittersweet experience as it should really be Kyiv that’s experiencing all the joy right now but these are dark times and in dark times we...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Girlguiding, the iconic British brand which is the UK’s largest youth organisation dedicated completely to girls, has launched its most transformative rebrand since being founded 113 years ago. Launching on International Women’s Day, the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Hiring a photographer can be a daunting task, especially if you don't know where to start. Whether you need a photographer for a wedding, a corporate event, or a personal photo shoot, there are a few things you should consider before making your...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Long before digital marketing started to suffocate emotional creativity in favor of unnecessarily complex, performance-based blindness, my agency presented a TV spot for a high-end audio brand. We were excited. We had a powerful concept, and we...
Posted by: Lysle Wickersham
The global climate crisis has become an ever-present threat to our planet’s future, and people are paying attention. Consumers are prioritising the environment and favouring brands that share the same values, riling up entire industries to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Artistic appropriation, the practice of borrowing or recontextualizing existing images or ideas in new works of art, has a long and controversial history. From Marcel Duchamp's "readymades" to Andy Warhol's pop art, artists have long been fascinated...
Posted by: Peter Stylianou
While it might not have taken off in quite the way that was once prophesised, 3D printing technology has certainly come a long way since it was first introduced in the early 1980s. What was once considered a niche technology is now gradually becoming...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
How did you get into the industry? As soon as I could hold a pencil I started drawing on every surface. All my studbook, walls of my parental home, tables… nothing was safe. I never wanted to do anything else. They were therefore happy when I...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Freelance content strategist Alicia Rother offers a deep and compelling dive into the world of branding. A strong brand identity plays an important part in the success of a business or organization. Your brand determines how your customers,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Earlier this year, We Are Pi launched Just Say It, a book of copywriting advice from the best in the game, collected by Creative Director, Taylor Black. To make the book, Taylor reached out to some of the greatest writers in the industry - Creative...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Are trends dying? One of the most traditionally accepted fashion trend cycle theories is that it lasts 20 years and undergoes 5 phases: Introduction Rise Peak Decline Obsolescence This 20-year cycle is still present today for macrotrends,...
Posted by: WMH&I
Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? Anyone thinking of getting into the creative industry should abandon the concept of a “typical” day. It’s a huge part of why, after more than twenty-five years in...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
When people ask me what was my favourite film of 2022, I’d probably join almost everyone else that saw it in claiming Every Everywhere All At Once. But if you asked me what was the most inspiring film that I saw last year? That would be a...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The phenomenon known as SXSW was launched in Austin, Texas, USA, back in 1987. Starting on 10 March, the unified 2023 SXSW Conference will introduce what's next in the worlds of film, culture, music, and technology, providing rich opportunities for...
Posted by: The Darnell Works Agency
If a report by the World Economic Forum is to be believed, it will take over 100 years to close the gender pay gap. Quite simply, that will not do. Of course, this is a global study cast across all industries and takes into account countries where...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Only a fool would state that they know with absolute certainty what the landscape in adland will look like in six months’ time. We are living through a time of almost unparalleled unpredictability but one overarching and undeniable trend that...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
While our lives might be online now, and that’s probably not going to change anytime soon, there is still something quite special about a physical book. When the initial wave of Kindle fever kicked off in the early years of the 21st century, I...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
When we speak about the royal family, we don't necessarily think of it as a commercial brand that generates significant annual earnings, but the figures prove otherwise. For example, between 2019 and 2020, ticket revenues from heritage sites reached...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
For this week’s company spotlight, we’re talking to Kelly Mackenzie, Founder and CD of White Bear. She founded White Bear seven years ago after working on global Cornetto rebrand at Carter Wong. White Bear was founded based on her passion...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
“lurid, exploitative, and sensational subject matter” Nope, not a pithy framing of social media, but the definition of a genre of serialised storytelling from the last Century, known as pulp fiction. Pulp was named after the cheap paper it was...
Posted by: Richard
We have all witnessed the digital advancement prevailing in the real world. The near future is supposed to be a lot more technologically advanced. It’s because the technology of the Augmented and Virtual world has been applied to both science...
Posted by: fourthedesign 3d Visualization Animation- Multimedia design
Last week, I was out and about in the countryside- and as a city boy, I was using my phone as a sat nav, as I think we all do. I had a destination, we got there, we enjoyed it. Whilst there, my phone ran out of power, (as it seems to do ever more...
Posted by: Tony Pipes
When Queen Elizabeth II took the throne, even my parents had yet to be born. She was the longest serving monarch in history and it appears unlikely that will ever again be contested so when the news stuck yesterday evening, a definite shockwave was...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In today’s digital era, it’s more important than ever for businesses to manage their core operations electronically. According to Edward Coram-James, Co-founder and CEO of digital marketing agency, Go Up, this is because of one simple...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial