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We’ve all seen the cringey ads for millennial fashion brands like boohoo and Jameson Carter, but there's a hot new name in town. McDonald’s has ‘launched’ a fake fashion brand to promote its limited edition Spicy Chicken...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
For the second year running the top distinction at the annual Facebook Studio Awards has gone to an advertising agency and brand combination, who used the social media platform as a base from which to launch a successful campaign. This year the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In September 2016, World Leaders will mark the first anniversary of the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals; a plan to end poverty, fix climate change and address inequalities over the next 15 years. Issues like quality education, an end to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
If sarcasm is the lowest form of with then parody surely can’t be fair behind. Parody is a well-tried and tested form of humour used in everything from comedy sketch shows to major motion pictures. It’s an artistic form in and of itself,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Activism is about standing up for your beliefs in a way that could prove detrimental to your own personal or professional life and it’s a stance that has catalysed some of the most important moments and movements in history. Activism has...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
“Fake it until you make it” is a common adage in the creative industries but never before has it rang so true as with the spoof ad agency created to satirise the notoriously amoral oil and gas company Saudi Aramco. Climate collective...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Over the past year, it’s been hard not to notice some pretty spectacular and bizarre advertising-stunts - from Maybelline’s mascara brush on the front of tube trains to Jacquemus bags cruising the streets of Paris. The surge in AI...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The golden arches, a half-eaten apple, a pair of mouse ears... just some of the instantly recognisable logos in the world of big brands. A company’s emblem is a powerful thing and associates everything it represents in one image which means it...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A trio of stars from HBO hit Game of Thrones have reunited for a remake a 2017 SodaStream ad to raise awareness around single-use plastic. Say Goodbye features actors Thor Bjornsson AKA The Mountain, Hannah Waddingham AKA Septa and Kristian Nairn...
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Barbie - The Dream Gap Project Starting at the age of five, many girls begin to develop limiting self-beliefs. They stop believing their gender can do or be anything. This is the Dream Gap and this is the year toy brand Barbie begins working to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Recipe - Birdseye Birds Eye is building on its #Solidaritea campaign, championing parenting and putting an end to “parent shaming.” The new campaign showing solidarity with parents is breaking in the run up to Father’s Day on June...
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Next weekend the world will be turned upside down as the 80s return for Halloween in the style of Stranger Things inspired costumes and activations to celebrate the release of Season 2 on October 27th on Netflix. Topshop has teamed up with Netflix...
Posted by: Heather Deacon
McCann Manchester - Smyths McCann Manchester has launched a major integrated campaign for Smyths Toys Superstores with the aim of getting every child in the UK & Ireland into a Smyths Toys store in the run-up to Christmas. The campaign, “Snot,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
April Fools Day is an event that's perfect for modern media, given the potential for wide reaching mayhem and confusion. With the world currently a place where the unbelievable and the borderline satirical appears to hit the headlines on a daily...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
This year, there has been decidedly more attention cast on International Women's Day, which is important, as, even in these enlightened times, many women across the world are still being made to feel as if they are somehow 'less than' their male...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Smörgåsbord - Visit Wales Welsh actor Luke Evans, who will star as Gaston in the new Disney remake of Beauty and the Beast, is starring in an atmospheric new TV ad for Visit Wales, designed to promote the country’s 2017 Year of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
You're all probably just as sick as hearing about Easy D (does anybody know what that really meant yet?) and his constant fear mongering, divisive hate speak and general incompetency. Historically, however, when in times of great political and...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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
Yesterday morning, John Lewis officially launched its 2016 Christmas advertising campaign; “Buster The Boxer,” on its official website social media channels. Within hours the internet had voiced its collective opinion. The first...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The 2016 US general election has been an almighty farce, let's not pull any punches here. Farce makes for great fuel when it comes to creative work though. Running the range from the daft to the strikingly satirical and the just downright bemusing,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Whilst the concept behind North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is genuinely terrifying; a real-life King Joffrey with a god complex born of indoctrinated power and a revolving cabal of yes men, the man himself is rife for parody. One of my favourite...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Brothers and Sisters is back in cinemas with a new epic spot for Pearl & Dean, the UK’s best known cinema advertising contractor, celebrating the unseen heroes of the film industry. The tongue-in-cheek film aims to celebrate the unseen heroes...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The independent, Toronto-based agency Zulu Alpha Kilo has found an unusual way to get attention stateside, sending an RFP (request for proposal) to the campaigns of presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to become either candidates...
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BBH London - Audi The very definition of subtle elegance in advertising, this new spot for the Audi R8 sports car from BBH London, is composed of little more than 60 seconds of a car spinning its wheels, but it looks absolutely flawless! Entitled...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Saatchi London get to the beating heart of the 2016 Rio Olympics Visa - Rio 2016 Olympic Games: The Heart Visa has a proud heritage with the Olympic Games, having been the exclusive payment services sponsor and only card accepted at the Games since...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
MEC – Monsanto MEC has won the pan-European media planning and buying account for the consumer division of Monsanto, the company behind Roundup weed killer. The WPP-owned agency won the business without a competitive pitch and the business moves...
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Ad of the Week: RKCR/Y&R – The Home Office Disrespect NoBody Iv'e always been a big fan of puppets. It probably has something to do with being raised on a steady diet of The Muppets and Fraggle Rock from an early age. Regardless, if a campaign...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Technology, eh? Undoubtedly very handy, but full of concepts with funny names and purposes seemingly designed to befuddle and confuse. Take 'offbeat 360° video' for example. Who on earth would have the first idea what that is? Perhaps not you,...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
BMF - ALDI Whilst it was once seen as the butt of a not particularly amusing joke, thanks to a significant brand refresh over the last few years, ALDI is now known for everyday groceries, special buys and low prices. However ALDI still isn’t...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Red Bee Media has designed a new logo for BBC Three, which has replaced the word “Three” with a more direct and confrontational symbol, which underlines the channel's vibrant, youth-focused content. The entire brand has been repositioned...
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It's been one hell of a year, so boiling it all down into a few humble little articles is no easy task. But we're going to try. This year we expanded our horizons a little bit, encompassing the entire creative spectrum, and as such, these lists will...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Somerset House At this year’s festival, Somerset House, which is often seen as one of the main hubs of the event, exhibited a range of exciting design innovations. From tree-shaped furniture to a piano played by light and a virtual reality...
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I clearly remember my experience watching The Blair Witch Project when it first came out back in 1999. It arrived on the scene around the time my generation were just about starting to “Get” the internet, and the marketing campaign behind it was...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Clemenger BBDO Melbourne help young women face their fears Clemenger BBDO have teamed up with feminine health brand Libra to launch a platform that helps young women learn how to deal with the things that hold them back. The campaign will launch...
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The advertising industry is not exactly renowned for taking the piss out of itself. Indeed, the only major zeitgeist defining piece of entertainment set around the industry in recent memory (Mad Men) glamorised ad land to almost the point of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The Green Party - Change The Tune Unlike the US position, political parties in the UK aren't permitted to buy up airtime for promotional purposes. They are, however, allocated pre-arranged slots on which to display their wares - and this is the...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw