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An Alien of Ariake stars in Saga city promotion film

Geometry Global Japan has launched a new film to draw visitors to Saga City, Japan. The film, ‘Alien of Ariake - W · R · S · B’, features an alien creature of the in the nearby Ariake Sea. Created for Saga City, the film...

Posted by: Ogilvy & Mather Japan
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Inspiration

GameStop shakes up the gaming scene with candy controllers #BehindTheBrand

GameStop is set to revolutionise the gaming controller market with the launch of CANDY CON, an innovative range of customisable controllers in vibrant colours and patterns. Global branding agency WMH&I, together with its parent company BRANDED,...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Features

The Price of Reality: Why the Royal Photo Manipulation Saga Matters

Generally speaking, the morning after the Oscars means everyone talking about the Oscars, trading opinions on the gaffes, the big musical numbers and the controversial wins. This year, however, I awoke the morning after not to hordes of messages...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

Crush+Lab expand into illustration with Illozoo

Innovative multi-platform production company crush+lab has announced the inception of a new in-house animation division created in partnership with contemporary illustration agency Illozoo. The cutting-edge deal brings a new creative arm to...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Mikael Hed leaves Angry Bird creators, Rovio Entertainment

It was announced over the weekend that Finnish mobile gaming company Rovio Entertainment's CEO, Mikael Hed is to leave the company after five years, which have seen him helm them through a genuine pop culture phenomenon in the shape of Angry Birds;...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Industry

How not to rebrand: The Twitter / X saga

Rebrands are usually orchestrated very carefully. Months (or sometimes years) of planning reaches a point where an organisation transitions from one brand to another, with every touchpoint and all ramifications carefully considered. And, of course,...

Posted by: Novagram
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Inspiration

The Wild aims to crush the crushingly vanilla | #CompanySpotlight

The Wild bills itself as a “social-first” creative agency, which sits alongside social-first publisher Jungle Creations. To learn more, we spoke to Tom McGirr, Executive Strategy Director at The Wild, a man who feels that brands have...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

From Candy To Casino: How Mobile Games Make Money - Part 1 - Strategy

We’re spending an extraordinary - and ever-increasing - amount of time playing mobile games. Our smartphones and tablets, packed with addictive apps, entice us to spend on average 3 hours a day playing games - a figure which rocketed 57% from...

Posted by: Pentasia UK
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Inspiration

Focal Point: Consuming creative eye-candy with FOREAL

FOREAL is a young German design studio with a creative focus on illustration and art direction founded by Benjamin Simon and Dirk Schuster. We love their style - it's intense, but super fun and eye catching as the duo strive to transform each of...

Posted by: Kate Lewin
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Workshop

What if holding a candy bar could get you killed?

Implicit racial bias is deadly. "A black person is three times more likely to be killed by the police in America, too often when armed with nothing more than a candy bar." It sadly comes to the surprise of no one that there is an implicit bias in...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Taking VR beyond eye candy: 3 key pillars of effective storytelling

James Beveridge, MD and co-founder of creative technology company Pebble Studios, talks about how the industry can move on from using virtual reality (VR) for tech’s sake in this Connect London video. He suggests that instead of trying to...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Hailo, Nowness, SoundCloud among winners of Lovie Awards

International sensation Hailo, lifestyle media provocateur Nowness, and pop culture gem Catleidoscope will be saluted alongside special achievement honourees Candy Crush Saga, “Father of Wi-Fi” Vic Hayes, and Inside Out Project founder JR...

Posted by: The Lovie Awards
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Leaders

Top 10 Hires of the Week

72andSunny Amsterdam 72andSunny Amsterdam made another exciting announcement this week, appointing Stuart Harkness as its new Executive Creative Director, partnering with Carlo Cavallone. Formerly a Creative Director at Wieden + Kennedy London and...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Germany creates the first 3D printed sweets

In the last few years, 3D printing has evolved from a niche concern into a thriving industry, with many previous naysayers in the design community now happily jumping on board the bandwagon with both feet. Not only is it a surprisingly affordable and...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

Top 10 Account Wins of the Week

MeringCarson - JetSuiteX JetSuiteX has announced that MeringCarson has been charged with taking the air travel company’s marketing to new heights as media and creative agency of record for the year-old public charter brand. New advertising...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Angry Birds 2 gets bigger, badder, birdier

Whilst it probably won’t go down in history as one of the very best video games of all time, Angry Birds is arguably one of the most important and influential, especially of recent years. Indeed, years before it was dethroned by the godawful...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

Top 10 Hires of the Week

Gyro Gyro London has appointed David Harris as Executive Creative Director. Teamed with the strong leadership of Gyro London Managing Director Kate Howe, Harris will help to intensify gyro’s growing presence as a business-to-business...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

The Top Design Stories of 2015

January: Charlie Hebdo cover unites millions against religious fascism For this one, there really are no words that would suffice. It does, however, underline the power that powerful and intelligent creative work still has to bring us together, even...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Is anybody else nervous about the new Star Wars movie?

The news that the next 'Star Wars' film will be a sequel to episode six - 'Return Of The Jedi' - fills me with genuine excitement. That it will star Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Peter Mayhew is thrill upon thrill. However, if this...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Features

Are monopolies destroying creativity? #HotTake

When news broke yesterday of Microsoft’s staggering bid to buy Activision Blizzard for a shade over £50 billion, three thoughts immediately ran through my head. Awesome, more games for me to enjoy on Game Pass. Wait a minute, isn’t...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

There's a new Colonel Sanders in town and he's hilarious

Until this morning, I honestly had no idea that Colonel Sanders didn’t create the now globally ubiquitous KFC brand until he was 65 years old. That’s pretty bloody inspiring if you ask me. My dad’s 63 and his idea of a colossal...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

The Week in Tech

Facebook is finally GIF friendly A point of contention for many Facebook users is that the site has never really got on well with GIFs. This week, however, the social media giants confirmed the site will now support animated GIFs in its News Feed,...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Rebrand Roundup: From Bertie Bassett to a cheeky Nando's

Bulletproof - Maynards Bassetts Confectionery brands Maynards and Bassetts have been brought together under one identity to form a new more “Adult” candy brand as part of a rebranding strategy by Bulletproof set to roll out next month....

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Top Account Wins and Acquisitions of the Week

Yard - ROX Jewellery retailer ROX has selected technical marketing agency Yard to manage digital marketing for the rox.co.uk domain, commencing this month, with the project covering search, content, conversion rate optimisation and analytics. Yard...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Features

Halloween Campaign Roundup 2023 #HolidaysMonth

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

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