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Space Cup lets astronauts drink coffee in low gravity A team of researchers at Portland State University has developed a coffee cup that gives astronauts in space an earth-like drinking experience. The Space Cup, designed by Mark Weislogel, Andrew...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Advertising makes people angry sometimes. I get it. Those Go Compare spots and that notoriously broad moneysupermarket dance-off campaign could surely send even the most mild-mannered viewer into a fit of unbridled rage given the right circumstances....
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Jenny Sabin creates robotically knitted canopy for MoMA PS1 Young Architects The New York-based architectural design practice Jenny Sabin Studio has won the MoMA PS1's Young Architecture Program competition with its plans for a shelter made entirely...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
O Street - Last.fm O Street has given music platform and recommendation service Last.fm a new look, with the aim of making its content more distinctive and recognisable. The brand refresh comprises an image treatment inspired by sound waves, which...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Various Agencies - BBC The BBC has announced its new graphic design services roster for 2017, naming five consultancies including Studio Output and Mother London. The consultancies were selected from 11 tender applications in total, and will be...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Anyone over the age of 30 will remember the original 'mobile' phones. It's ridiculous to think of it now, but back in the 80's, when the concept of mobile phones was first hitting the marketplace, the idea of carrying a lunchbox sized charger and a...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Whilst we sit on the precipice of a possible global cataclysm, it's comforting to know that people are still finding time to vent their spleens over comparatively petty matters in creative ways. On that note, artist Stuart Semple has revealed his...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Dyson opens first research and development centre outside UK Dyson has opened a new Technology Centre in Singapore, its first research and development site outside of the UK. The £330 million investment will see 1,300 staff from the centre...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Design studio Michel/Fabian has created a spoon that claims to improve the flavour of food by recreating the experience of licking your fingers. The Goûte spoon is reportedly the result of years of research by Michel/Fabian co-founder Andreas...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
LEVO is the social network specifically developed for air-travellers In the age of digital connectedness, this startup goes above and beyond to bring people together and make networking everyone’s cup of tea. LEVO is a platform that allows...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The New England Patriots will clash with the Atlanta Falcons at Super Bowl 51 this coming Sunday, February 5th, but we're not interested in any of that. No. We're only interested in what happens between the plays. As is usually the case, brands are...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
J. Walter Thompson – HSBC We begin this week with a retraction. Last week we stated that Saatchi & Saatchi had replaced J. Walter Thompson as the lead agency on HSBC’s global brand advertising account, but HSBC has since confirmed that these...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Start-up ventures embrace uncertainty and put the customer first - two skills that digital marketers would do well to mirror. Digital marketing teams and start-ups have more in common than one might think. Both (usually) are understaffed, both need...
Posted by: Andreas Krasser
The 'personal cargo droid' that could replace your suitcase and walk your dog The company behind the Vespa scooter has made its first move into autonomous transportation with a robotic personal helper that carries your stuff for you in the most...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The Super Bowl is a little over a week away and ad land is building up with typical gleeful abandon for its biggest night of the year. I've always struggled to enjoy American Football to be brutally honest. The immediacy and skill appear lost in the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Traditionally, Super Bowl ads give brands and agencies alike an excuse to blow their budgets on big names in order to build hype and (more recently) social media buzz. Whilst many advertisers such as Anheuser-Busch (arguably the biggest single...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In a move that will delight anyone who has ever seen Back to the Future 2 or The Fifth Element, Airbus is reportedly planning to test self-piloted personal aircraft by the end of the year, primarily as a means of reducing traffic on inner-city roads....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
2016 was not, as many industry figures predicted, the year of VR. It was the year of political upheaval and celebrity death. 2017, on the other hand, already seems like a brighter prospect (forgetting politics of course) for the medium, with many of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Rothco - Kerry Foods UK Rothco is continuing its international expansion out of Dublin having been awarded the international contract for Kerry Foods’ Kids Dairy Snacking business encompassing Cheestrings, Yollies and Scoffies. Cheestrings...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Automated and Electric Cars takeover the show floor The trend I noticed from this year's CES above all others was the prevalence of automobiles on the show floor. Whilst we are probably a good few years away from the technology becoming commonplace,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
We already reported on Elton John: The Cut, the competition giving young filmmakers the chance to create the official music videos for iconic Elton John hits, but this afternoon, the judges line-up and official call for entries was finally announced....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Team Eleven - Explore Learning The award-winning private learning centre, Explore Learning, has appointed marketing agency, Team Eleven to develop its communication strategy for 2017 and beyond. Team Eleven has been tasked with reviewing Explore...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
For centuries, human beings have dreamt of automated companions that to carry out our wants and whims and take care of the jobs we'd rather not do ourselves. From the campy robot helpers of 1950s golden age science fiction through to the more...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Nokia sue Apple over design patents Mere weeks after the tech giant lost out to Samsung in a gigantic patent court case over design, another competing company, Nokia, has now accused Apple of infringing more than 30 of its design patents, filing...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Cummins&Partners - Chobani Yogurt brand Chobani has appointed Cummins&Partners as its communications partner. The win follows a competitive pitch. The brand, which has attracted global notice for its policies on social responsibility, launched the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
To say that video game adaptations don't have the best reputation would be a monumental understatement. Running the gamut from the vaguely watchable but brainless Resident Evil films (which bare little more than a passing resemblance to the original...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The Science Museum and Samsung launch the Digital Lab research project The Science Museum and Samsung have announced the launch of Digital Lab; a pioneering research project undertaken with the help of Cheil London, which will explore new ways to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
I reported last month on the partnership between Nintendo and Universal Studios, which will result in an area of Universal Parks in Japan and the US gaining new Nintendo Land parks, in a similar manner to the existing Harry Potter, Simpsons and...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Whilst it might not have gathered as much media coverage as other campaigns, Lidl's Christmas Turkey has been found to be 2016's most powerful Christmas TV spot according to research carried out by Kantar Millward Brown. It tested 19 of this year's...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Usually we would have included this PSA as part of our Ads of the Week piece, but this work was so powerful and so well put together that we thought it deserved a deeper examination. This is a spot that has been gathering quite a lot of attention on...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Amazon Go store allows you to literally pick up things and leave with them Amazon has launched a physical shop where people can literally just pick up things up and leave with them. Amazon Go uses a range of technologies to watch over people and see...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Museums around the world welcome millions of visitors each year, accounting for a $192 billion dollar industry in the U.S. alone. But with the Millennial generation already surpassing Baby Boomers by the millions, and Gen-Z projected to make up 25%...
Posted by: Adam Jenkins
Liquid - Haymarket Media Group Haymarket Media Group has announced that creative agency Liquid, have been appointed as the creative and strategic partner for the British Style Collective 2017, presented by The Clothes Show. Following a competitive...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Video games and theme parks are two of my lifelong passions, so to say that the concept of the two coming together would something of a dream come true for yours truly might actually be an understatement. As if taking a page directly from the dream...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Chi&Partners - McVitie's/Godiva CHI & Partners has won the international advertising accounts for McVitie's and Godiva, fending off competition from MullenLowe London and Havas London in both pitches. WPP shop Geometry Global pitched for both brands...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Black Friday is a very modern phenomenon. A true triumph of commercialism, it's a perfectly placed date in the cultural calendar that gained so much attention a few years ago that South Park deemed it necessary to construct a feature-length episode...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns