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As a self proclaimed 'festival veteran' I like to think I've seen it all. I've seen 50 Cent pelted to within an inch of his life with piss, I've seen grown men weep into their lukewarm lagers as Radiohead finally give in and play Creep after almost a...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Here London, curated by It's Nice That, is an annual symposium that brings together the world’s best creative talent. Graphic design legend Scott King spoke about his preoccupation with modern society’s warped obsession with the media....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Today (7 May 2015) marks the commencement of the first UK general election in five years, and by necessity, it looks to be perhaps the most closely fought election battle in recent history. With 7 leaders fighting for your vote this time around, it's...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
As part of Icon Magazine's “Rethink” project, the Glasgow-based graphic design and creative agency Warriors Studio were tasked with redesigning something they thought was in dire need of a visual upgrade. So they decided to focus their...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Two former finalists from the enduringly popular (and jarringly loud) BBC reality TV series MasterChef have looked to the Cardiff-based consultancy Bluegg for help in launching their new Asian-inspired takeaway business. Larkin Cen and Dale Williams...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Fugue Website The New York-based design agency Sagmeister & Walsh has taken a very musical approach with their visual identity for Fugue, a cloud software management brand with a distinctly stylish vibe. The idea was to create an identity that stood...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Found objects can provide great sources of inspiration, from hard-nosed plug men to hairy neckties, artists and designers don’t need to look far for materials to play with. As we see funding cut, art spaces become more competitive and materials...
Posted by: Jade French
Ryman, the UK's leading stationer, has teamed up with Grey London to promote the sustainable Ryman Eco font through a new initiative called the “Alphabet Poster Project.” 26 leading British designers have created “Beautifully...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The UK's third-largest pharmacy chain (and largest independent pharmacy) recently relaunched its 780 stores under a new brand and a new name. The Co-operative Pharmacy, which employs over 7,000 staff across the country, has been rebranded as...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It was unveiled recently that easyJet, the affordable airline that almost singlehandedly made orange cool again (sort of) has dropped the “.com” from the side of its planes in order to bring the look more in line with overall advertising and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The former iconic BBC headquarters in London's White City are set to be transformed into a mixed-use development, which will comprise a new Soho House club and a hotel, as well as 950 luxury apartments and numerous offices, shops and restaurants. The...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
With Adobe’s recent update to their Creative Cloud (CC) suite of applications Photoshop got a major update. In this post certified Photoshop expert Eric Renno, TipSquirrel takes us through some of the major changes and highlights some of those...
Posted by: Fotolia
Is there anything wrong with a writer reviewing a logo? After all, very few of us know our way around Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop, and I've never met a writer who went to design school. If then, you do think we have no business sounding off about...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
I'm no statistician, but I can be fairly sure fewer people are watching movies at the cinema with every passing month. Netflix, Sky Movies, Film 4, downloads and DVDs are all conspiring to keep film buffs glued to the sofa and away from the big...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Comic Sans, the font we all love to hate. Created by Vincent Connare in 1994, It is classified as a casual, non-connecting script, and was designed to imitate the historical look of comic book lettering, for use in informal documents. It's hard to...
Posted by: Creativepool
"I'm a Japanese graphic designer specialized in branding, book design and editorial design. I'm also co-founder of Art Glossary Magazine and a founder of Sakura Front, a Japanese charity project." Masafumi Inaba Art Director Thomas Manss &...
Posted by: Creativepool
Last week I gave a presentation in Lincolnshire. It's been a while since I did this (give a presentation I mean, not visit Lincolnshire) and I realised I might be a little rusty. So the night before, I ran through a few 'golden rules' - just a mental...
Posted by: Creativepool
Once your CV is complete, ask yourself: Will an employer want to read it? Is the layout professional? Is it easy to read? Have I used a clear typeface and appropriate font size? If an employer 'glanced' over it, do the key points stand out? Is...
Posted by: Creativepool
Your portfolio is one of the most important things that need to be considered when thinking about applying for a new job. Us "old schoolers" have all spent countless hours trudging around Soho with our A2 portoflio in tow, ending the day with a...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Magnus Shaw. Perhaps surprisingly, there's only been an official ITV logo since 1989. Until then, the network was divided into autonomous regions, each with their own brand. If you're in your thirties or forties you'll remember your own - Thames...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Ashley Morrison I'm very happy to take advice from people. The main caveat is that it has to be from someone who knows what they're talking about. The second caveat is that they have to practise what they preach. Below is a genuine profile from...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Jinx Jeffery, Dynamic New Alliances. I know a great deal of you reading this will probably have read something similar before, so please forgive me if some of this comes across in a wave of deja vu. But the information is clearly not sinking in -...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Magnus Shaw When I was a kid, homosexuality bemused and troubled us. I went to a public school and, despite the stereotypes, any boy even hinting at same sex attraction would be inviting ridicule or worse. That's how stupid we were. Now in...
Posted by: Creativepool
Now Hollywood is the territory of bean counters rather than creative visionaries, we should be not at all surprised when Space Chimps 4 fails to live up to its, admittedly limited, promise. However, back in the mists of time, truly great movies were...
Posted by: Creativepool
'Keep Calm and Carry On' was the third in a series of Government-approved World War II posters to keep up morale amongst the people. The message was said to be directly from King George VI, the posters were white text on a red background with the...
Posted by: Creativepool
During 2011 we discovered some unbelievably cool and useful sites and apps and shared the best we found in our fortnightly newsletters. Here we have condensed these into an even more exclusive list of the forty coolest sites, tools and apps of the...
Posted by: Creativepool
There are hundreds of techniques and ideas that people have about how to write the perfect CV. Writing a winning CV for work in the creative industries is different from most industries. If you are a creative then quite often a great portfolio will...
Posted by: Creativepool
Legendary graphic designer Milton Glaser once said, 'Computers are to design as microwaves are to cooking.' Now while one or two designers might want to argue that point, is it possible that we rely on the computer too much these days? Are the core...
Posted by: Creativepool
Unlike Naomi Klein, I like logos. In fact, I think everyone should have one. Not just every company every single person. We could do away with those boring, old fashioned signatures and photos and just stick our personalised logo on things like...
Posted by: Creativepool 400 miles of track (only 150 of which are actually underground), 180 million passengers a year and one 300 foot moving walkway in engineering terms alone, the London Underground system is a staggering achievement. However, the role the network has...
Posted by: Creativepool
My four year old loves Lego. Well, that’s not strictly true, I love Lego and he, by proxy now loves it too. We have two modes of building together, the one where I find the bits and watch as he pieces them together and the one where we...
Posted by: Lark
We’ve already looked back at the year that was 2023 and what a year it was. But what kind of magazine would we be if we didn’t also cast our sights on the next 12 months? Of course, there are a few trends you can expect to see pop up...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
How did you get into the industry? Ever since I can remember art has always been my passion. Initially I studied a foundation course in Eastbourne which covered a broad range of subjects and then progressed onto a higher level course in Barnet....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
There's a lot of buzz about how generative AI is streamlining processes and saving time in the creative tech industry. However, the aspect I find most intriguing is considering how creatives will utilise all this extra time afforded by these...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Sainsbury’s has kicked off the countdown to Christmas with its highly anticipated Christmas advert airing for the first time today. Set in a Sainsbury’s store as customers are busy shopping for their big day essentials, a curious girl...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
How did you get into the industry? I knew from when I was around 14 I wanted to be a graphic designer, someone came into my school and did a graphic design class, based on drawing in perspective, after that class I knew that’s what I wanted to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial