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The best graphic designers inhabit that space between the creative and the business-minded; the tangible and the intangible. It would be quite easy (and reductive) to simply take the phrase literally and describe a graphic designer simply as...
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A small but passionate team born from the ashes of some of the biggest agencies in the world, the spectacularly named Orange Panther Collective was founded on the cusp of the pandemic in March 2020. From social gurus to brand strategists, big...
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The written word is a funny thing. It’s something `almost all of us have a basic understanding of and use every day to reply to emails, forward distracting memes to our co-workers and message our significant others about dinner. But how often...
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Richmond sausages recently announced the launch of its brand-new packaging by brand identity agency Bloom. The new design incorporates top-down, modern photography to inspire shoppers with recipes and show the many ways “the Nation’s...
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For this week’s member spotlight, we turn our focus to Alan Parry, a “a post-production nerd turned video production swiss army knife.” He freelances under the name Velvet Pig and specialises as an editor and motion graphics...
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Saatchi & Saatchi recently launched Churchill Insurance’s “Bring Chill to the Nation” campaign with Churchill’s iconic mascot ‘Churchie’ leading the creative, introducing his very own blissed-out world, the...
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With a background in art, design and advertising, James Callahan is one of the Owners and Directors of FutureDeluxe; an experimental creative agency driven by visual research, art & technology. Futuredeluxe are based in London and Los Angeles....
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Be The Fox is a production agency who works with Samsung, Huggies and Bulldog. Diana Ellis-Hill, ex BBC, who now is Co-Founder and Director at Be The Fox, is passionate about creative that challenge stereotypes, empowerment for women and offer real...
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Creative directors are amongst the most coveted individuals in the creative industries. They are generally recognised as kings and queens of their respective fields - masters of all trades that can wield relationships as confidently as they wield...
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Iris recently launched its latest integrated brand campaign for Starbucks UK. “Every Table Has a Story” aims to reinstate Starbucks as an inclusive and inspiring ‘Third Place’ where all are welcome to work, reset, connect and...
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A creative and analytical Illustrator who "also happens to be a cinema, anime and milkshake enthusiast. Tshegofatso Nthute is an artist that enjoys capturing the human experience. He likes to integrate nature and the cosmos into his art which is...
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Creativity is a wonderful and very personal thing, but it can also cultivate chaos if it’s not properly guided by the right pair of hands. Those hands often belong to the art director. This is the part of the team that guides the creatives and...
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“To write is human, to edit is divine.” These are the words of Stephen King, arguably one of the most successful novelists of all time and he certainly has a point. The best copy editors, after all, exist to sharpen the edges, make sense...
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Whether you’re opening your creative business in a unique industry, or a saturated market, it’s important to recognise what makes you different from your competition. But in a world where anything seems possible, how do you focus on the...
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For this week’s member spotlight, we’re getting to know an award-winning creative producer with a proven track record in everything from documentaries to music videos, commercials, and everything in between. David Morris, the head of...
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This summer saw Paco Rabanne and NTS host a series of radio shows and an intimate London gig series showcasing a diverse range of UK musicians and DJ talent. The Paco Rabanne ‘A Million Ways to Make It’ fund is delivering an artist...
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For this week’s getting to know feature, we’ll be sitting down with Abb-d Taiyo, Co-Founder and Design/Production Director at design and impact agency Driftime. A man that styles himself as a “mentor and ethical design...
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The creative industries ‘most’ awards celebrates its lucky seventh edition this year. And what a year it’s been, with the new work from home environment brining with it a disruption and uncertainty that couldn’t be overstated....
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"The camera need not be a cold mechanical device. Like the pen, it is as good as the man who uses it. It can be the extension of mind and heart." This is the mantra by which Ken Gerhardt wields his camera and shapes his vision. A commercial and...
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B-Reel is a modern creative partner that believes in balancing creativity, innovation, and business understanding. Since their inception in 1999 they have shared a singular vision - to offer fully integrated solutions to the smartest and most...
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Ryan Michlitsch is a San Francisco-based Creative Director working at Hook. Skilled in design, user experience, art direction, UI, branding, team building and leadership, he’s worked at ad agencies from the Midwest to the West Coast. Over the...
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Born, raised and educated in Wigan (home of Northern Soul and pies), filmmaker and director Martin Swift has spent the last 14 years or so working in commercials, documentaries, music videos and film/TV titles sequences, so he’s truly seen all...
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For this week’s getting to know feature, we’re sitting down with Graham Sykes, ECD at Landor & Fitch and a man with a storied history in the creatives industries. Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? No...
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I’ve been a freelance writer for well over a decade now and have never once felt like a “second best” option. I might have fallen into freelancing, but I did so with open eyes and knew exactly what the drawbacks would be (primarily...
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The greatest creative departments are filled with exceptional talent. We use AI to match creative minds with the best briefs in the business - which is why our Chairman Sir John Hegarty observed that Genie could possibly be the greatest creative...
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From branding and identity to digital illustration, Gracie Healey is a creative that wears all sorts of creative hats but calls herself a graphic designer an illustrator for the sake of convenience. She’s spent the last decade working in...
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As a special offer to our Creativepool followers we are offering the first 50 people that email us directly on [email protected] a discount code that reduces the full delagate pass from £450pp to £150pp. This years line up of speakers on...
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For many people, the idea of living and breathing football and being paid to do so is something of a pipedream. For Gav Rowe, however, the Chief Creative Officer at COPA90, it’s been a pretty exceptional reality for some time now. COPA90 is a...
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Why do we work? That is an existential question many of us undoubtedly ask ourselves on days like today when Kidderminster has the sunny glow of the Mediterranean and all we want to do is retire to a hammock in the back garden and listen to the world...
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We’ve been hearing a great deal about the Donetsk region of Ukraine in recent months and for all the wrong reasons. The area has been occupied by Russian forces for 8 years now and now represents the first step in Putin’s nefarious scheme...
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This week, we shine our member spotlight on photographer Elroy Salam. Elroy describes himself as a creative photographer and content creator that loves to explore and discover through storytelling and visual arts. Specialising in lifestyle,...
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The District is a design practice that works in all aspects of brand strategy and visualisation. They work with, in their own words “interesting people who have an ambition to do interesting things” and specialise in “thoughtful,...
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Car manufacturer Suzuki UK recently launched its new brand campaign, “Suzuki Good Different” to celebrate the perception that the brand and its cars are different from everything else on the market. The campaign was created by Iris and...
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This week, we’re shining our company spotlight on Ewan Burns, a one-man Swiss army knife when it comes to photography, videography and filmmaking. How was your company born and where are you based? It was born under a bright star, born out of...
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Drew McMillan, Director of Internal Comms & Engagement for Deloitte UK, gives us his ‘top five’ ways to ensure copacetic success with your creative agencies. As a Comms professional of 25+ years, almost always working in-house and...
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Templates are not exciting and they are certainly not creative. That, at least, is the pervasive narrative in ad land. Ask your average creative director what they think of the “creative potential of templates” and they’d likely...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns