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Tough truths for advertising in 2015.

Ah! There you are. I trust the festivities were kind to you? But now, here's 2015 in all its fresh-faced glory. Swollen with potential and pitfalls, what will this new year bring? Frankly, I have no idea - but I do know there are a few troublesome...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Fisher-Price make a wish for 2015's newborns

Fisher-Price, the children's toy manufacturer, has started 2015 with an ad that aims to tug at the heartstrings of mothers and fathers across the world. The 90 second clip, which debuted over the weekend, shows some of the first babies to be born in...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Will 2015 be the year of the Smartwatch?

At the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show, which is due to take place in Las Vegas this week, it would appear a fair amount of the unveiled technology will be taking a more intimate route than in years past. We're referring, of course, to smartwatches,...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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The gamers nightmare before (and after) Christmas

If you unwrapped and unboxed a brand spanking new Playstation 4 or Xbox One console on Christmas morning, only to be met with a barrage of error messages and broken dreams, you were certainly not the only one. Indeed, both Sony's Playstation Network...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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The Week in Tech

LG take a Quantum leap LG has taken another step in the 4K wars with their new “Quantum Dot” TV, which they are expected to debut at CES 2015. The new QD-equipped set is said to offer a wider colour palette and improved saturation than...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Saatchi & Saatchi give “The Talk”

In order to raise awareness of “The Talk” that every African-American parent in America should be having with their children given the recent events involving the tragic deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, The Brotherhood/Sister Sol...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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The Week in Tech

Sony find new ways to play in China Sony is launching its Playstation 4 console in China early next year on the 11th of January 2015, closely following arch rivals Microsoft, who launched their own Xbox One console in October; the first console to...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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The sky's the limit for RPM

The London-based (and Wokingham-born) independent marketing agency RPM, has joined forced with BSkyB's Sky Academy to design the new Sky Academy Careers Lab. The Careers Lab follows the success of the Sky Academy Skills Studio, which launched back in...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Are the Co-Op late to the Christmas party?

The Co-operative Food, the Co-op's answer to Tesco, are appealing to last minute shoppers in their new Christmas TV campaign, which is probably for the best, given that Christmas Day is but a fortnight away. The retailer, which boasts a store...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Busy Bees at the BBC this Christmas

The London-based media management company Red Bee Media, which was recently acquired by the Swedish communications firm Ericsson, has been incredibly busy this Christmas season, creating a set of ambitious idents for BBC One. The three idents each...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Dirty Sanchez veteran grows up (almost)

Does anyone remember Dirty Sanchez? Unfortunately, I do. For the (lucky) uninitiated amongst us, it was essentially a Welsh reading of Jackass. In other words, it featured man-children degrading themselves via a series of increasingly bizarre stunts...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Saatchi Gallery announce £12,000 schools prizes

The Saatchi Gallery recently announced the commencement of this year's Saatchi Gallery/Deutsche Bank Art Prize for Schools, which accepts entries across the globe from young artists aged up to 18, with the winner entry receiving £12,000. The...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Sir Clive Sinclair reinvents gaming's past

Though many reading this will perhaps be too young to remember the days of pre-Nintendo gaming, there are those amongst us who still remember the glory days of the ZX Spectrum. The Spectrum was Sir Clive Sinclair's answer to the rapidly booming video...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Prince Harry shared his secrets for World Aids Day

Celebrities such as Nicole Scherzinger, Paloma Faith, have all shared their support alongside Prince Harry for World Aids Day (which fell yesterday on the 1st of December) by sharing their secrets online as part of a campaign devised by CHI &...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Sainsbury's Christmas ad: the bad taste of festive chocolate?

Ah, advent! The gateway to Christmas! Today is the day when millions of children all over the country are opening the first window on their advent calendars and devouring that first overpriced and possibly over-wrapped square of chocolate - assuming...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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The Ivy gets a little sister

The iconic London restaurant, The Ivy, which has seen more celebrity diners than perhaps any other in our nation's capital, is opening a sister restaurant in Covent Garden, featuring interior design work by the acclaimed Martin Brudnizki Design...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Colourful mascots to rock Rio in 2016

The mascots for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games were recently unveiled in Brazil, and according to a statement accompanying images of the colourful critters, the Games organising committee hopes they'll bring an “Explosion of...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Industry

The 4th Annual Lovie Awards Show

The 4th Annual Lovie Awards was an amazing night to remember celebrating the very best of the European web. Comedian and TV presenter Mark Dolan was our host on the night, handing Special Achievement awards to Jamie Oliver, Sophie Wilson (ARM...

Posted by: The Lovie Awards
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The Paddington Trail: please look out for this bear, thank you...

by Ashley Morrison This Friday sees the eagerly anticipated release of the Paddington movie. I'm a colossal fan of the marmalade sandwich-loving young gentleman bear - and not only of the original five-minute animated episodes narrated by Michael...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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First Great Western trains get cuddly!

The First Great Western train company recently launched a website dedicated to toys that have been left behind by children travelling on their train in the South of England. The campaign aims to reunite children with their lost cuddly toys, both...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Top Hires of the Week

Redscout Innovation agency Redscout recently announced it will be opening a new office in London to be run by Jason Cobbold as managing director. Cobbold joins the agency from Publicis London, where he had served as deputy managing director since...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Give a Crap this World Toilet Day

Some of the richest people in the world are being urged on social media to show that they “Give a crap” about clean water by WaterAid, the international charity that transforms “Millions of lives every year with clean water, safe...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Amazon take the Kindle to India

Amazon are launching its first campaign in India for the Kindle Paperwhite, with the aim of finally making e-reading acceptable in India. The campaign from Leo Burnett agency Orchard Advertising, focuses on a 3-minute digital film called...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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M&C Saatchi are shaking things up!

There was some big news coming out of M&C Saatchi yesterday. Firstly, Public Health England (PHE) awarded its consumer engagement PR brief to the agency, with Freuds, which currently holds the contract, but was unable to pitch directly, as a...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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McDonald's preach lovin' over hatin'

McDonald's are thought to be switching up the ubiquitous “I'm Lovin' It” theme, which has been the cornerstone of their marketing strategy since 2003. The new twist on the 11-year-old theme is thought to be the equation “Lovin' >...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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'King of Highwire' challenges the King of the Ad-World

Nik Wallenda, the man they call “The King of the Highwire” is about to attempt his most audacious tightrope walk yet; traversing the Chicago skyline. He will also be walking a portion of the rope wearing a blindfold, leaving his...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Activision prank fans to promote new Skylanders game

The Skylanders franchise brought the idea of connecting physical toys to video games into the mainstream, and the concept has been copied by everyone from Disney to Nintendo in the years since. As such, franchise publishers Activision have decided to...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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BBC Music gathers 27 music stars for ambitious Beach Boys cover

In a new brand film created to promote the work of BBC Music, the BBC have created an ambitious new film that features a total of 27 current and legendary pop stars performing a new arrangement of the classic Beach Boys song “God Only...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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The Bump launches revolutionary new charity registry program

Multi-platform pregnancy and parenting brand, The Bump, recently announced the launch of a unique new Charity Registry Program, which will be integrated across all of its digital platforms, including their Bump Pregnancy and Bump Baby smartphone...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Dove promote positive body image in new ad

In a new short film created by Ogilvy London and Ogilvy Paris for skincare specialists Dove, body image is discussed in a frank and illuminating manner in an effort to promote positive body image to the younger generation of women....

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Will Coconut Water Beat Coca-Cola?

First, Vita Coco spend £1.5m on their summer advertising campaign to build “maximum visibility” around the brand and drive sales over the summer period. Last month Vita Coco Kids, the children’s variant of the coconut water...

Posted by: Creativepool
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Better World With Kind Words And Foosball

Yesterday (Sunday 21st September 2014) Ogilvy & Mather, one of the largest marketing communications companies in the world, got involved in spreading the word of amity through their new campaign, “Shoot Goals, Not Guns” for the...

Posted by: Creativepool
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Inspiration

Doodling Mr Vukotič

Illustrator Jaka Vukotič spent much of his time doing different drawings, illustrations, and cartoons, whilst growing up in a land transforming from socialist Yugoslavia to capitalist Slovenia. The radical socio-political shift from egalitarianism...

Posted by: Fotolia
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Ogilvy & Mather kick-off the Hero Indian Super League

Ogilvy & Mather has developed a TV spot urging Indians to get involved with the Hero Indian Super League with an official TV campaign called “C'mon India, Let's Football!” The TV spot forms the basis of an extensive, 36-day, 360 degree...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns

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