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The last few years have thrown up a new kind of professional personality; the “YouTube celebrity.” These video bloggers (or “Vloggers”) make a living by posting short videos online that cover a range of topics from video games and films to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Arnie And The Meerkat Unless you've been on holiday to Jupiter, you'll have seen the current 'Compare The Market' work, wherein Alexander and Sergei run into trouble with the former Terminator. But what happened behind the scenes? Here's your chance...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
It was announced yesterday that this year’s Lions Innovation Festival programme will include a unique new Start-up Academy, developed in partnership with pioneering global digital agency R/GA. The academy has been designed to help innovative new...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A brand is the visual, emotional, rational, and even cultural image that people associate with a product or with a company. Brands are more important at this period in time than any time in the past century. Brands bring together psychology and...
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Say what you like about Facebook, but Mark Zuckerber's social media monopoliser has (for better or worse) become an integral part of our shared cultural heritage in recent years. Who amongst you, the media-savvy Creativepool reader, could honestly...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
A record number of 32 golden pencils were handed out at last week’s 36th annual AWARD Awards ceremony at Sydney's Town Hall, celebrating the most outstanding creative communications work in the Asia Pacific region. 96 silver and 127 bronze...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Las Vegas Sands Corporation has unveiled its latest advertising campaign starring global footballing legend and English national hero David Beckham for two of its Asian properties; The Venetian Macao and Marina Bay Sands. This is the first global...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
I am excited. And worried. And excited again. It’s now officially the afternoon and I’ve done next to no work. Naughty boy. But why? Well, on Tuesday, I acquired a new puppy, and he’s adorable (see above). But here’s the...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
A few years ago, the politician and journalist Matthew Parris made a film for Channel 4’s ‘Without Walls’ strand, in which he declared public relations to be an utterly pointless industry, without merit or use. He was forced to eat...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Quite a few important new hires and promotions this week, so we'll be splitting the usual weekly article into two (still rather hefty) halves. Enjoy! Ogilvy & Mather New York Ogilvy & Mather New York announced this week that Corinna Falusi has been...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Acclaimed artist Tom Burckhardt is certainly no stranger to the concept of making something out of nothing. In his paintings, a selection of which will be on display at a solo show taking place at the Tibor De Nagy Gallery in New York later this...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Depending on your point of view, Valentine's Day is either the most romantic day of the year, or a cynical ploy designed to separate gullible lovebirds from their hard earned cash, which was originally birthed for the sole reason that a group of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Finger licking fast-food chicken brand KFC is celebrating 50 years in the UK with a series of campaigns created by BBH London. The work will span the whole year, beginning with the multichannel “Families” campaign that launches today....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Jamie Casino - Casino's Law It's hard to overstate the importance of the Superbowl to Americans. Ostensibly a sports final, it's actually a televisual event which unites the country annually - and the commercial breaks are just as important as the...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Over the last weekend, tourists and passers by might have noticed the front door of number 10 downing street, the residence of Prime Minister David Cameron, looked a little different than usual. Specifically, that it's usually blank, black face had...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
2015 is slowly winding down as the weather appears to be doing likewise, which means it's time for the industry to cast its sights on the new year. It's also that busy time of year where we start to collate all the best work for the Creativepool...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) recently hired the creative graphic design studio Alphabetical to design a new “Self-care” pack to help teenagers manage their heart conditions. The “Transition Pack” is aimed towards 12-19...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
By now you will almost certainly have seen the front cover of today's landmark edition of Charlie Hebdo. Indeed, it might even be your Facebook profile picture by this point. But whilst the image in question might seem a little tame given the events...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Adidas has kicked off a year-long campaign to promote its Originals line in a big way, with a star-studded spot that aims to challenge the very notion of what it means to be a superstar. The renewed marketing push (one of the largest ever for the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Museum of Applied Arts in Berlin, which has been closed for three years, was reopened recently after a comprehensive renovation. The renovation has been underlined by Berlin-based design consultancy Double Standards, which has designed signage,...
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The London Design Museum is set to move to Kensington as part of a drastic £80 million revamp, which will see leaving its current home at Shad Thames near Tower Bridge, and setting up shop in its new skin by 2016. The museum will triple in size...
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What is it about British brand design that transcends borders and epitomises international branding? At R Design we have been enjoying a flurry of interest from overseas brand owners, which have come to us specifically for that international...
Posted by: R Design Ltd
Later today, a campaign will be launched in London at the House of Commons to attempt to cull the number of deaths related to occupational cancer. The campaign, organised by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (the IOSH), which is the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The social media monitoring and analysis software company Crimson Hexagon, recently opened its new European headquarters on London's South Bank within the “WeWork London” workspace. The new office is home to a team that's expected to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
JWT Amsterdam have launched a new integrated campaign for Nestle's KitKat chocolate brand, which aims to promote the new KitKat Double Chunky Caramel through “The first-ever nationwide break.” The campaign, which is entitled “Give...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Influential online news blog The Huffington Post recently announced an exclusive partnership with advertising network Leo Burnett, which promises to completely transform the relationship between creative agencies and publishers. This is the first...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The online music sharing platform SoundCloud has proven to be one of the great online musical success stories of the last few years, with an average of around 175 million users signing into the site to listen to and share their own music every month....
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
To celebrate the return of the perpetually popular zombie-drama series The Walking Dead, the 5th season of which debuts tonight on the FOX channel in the UK, creative agency WCRS and the internet television service Now TV have teamed up to bring the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
AOL and the Publicis Groupe announced yesterday that they would be expanding their comprehensive six-year partnership into programmatic video and linear TV in a move that will provide all agencies within the Publicis Groupe with greater access to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Smirnoff has launched its newest campaign ‘Smirnoff Double Side’, with a 3D movie experience at Silverbird Cinemas in Accra Mall. The campaign is aimed at giving young adults the opportunity to break free from their typical lifestyles. It...
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Papa John's, the internationally renowned pizza chain and official “Pizza Sponsor” of the NFL, has launched a new integrated advertising and social media campaign to coincide with the start of the 2014/2015 NFL season, which kicks off...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Brands have forgotten what being ‘social’ actually means and need to put more effort into ‘working the room’ on social media, says Rena Varsani, head of copy. Bear with me for a moment while I ask a patronising question: can...
Posted by: Rufus Leonard
The John Morrell Food Group and Arby's Restaurant Group have announced they'll be teaming up to support the “No Kid Hungry” campaign, a national initiative by Share Our Strength to end childhood hunger in America. The two brand's combined...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
News has been trickling in through the grapevine over the last 24 hours, suggesting that online retail giants Amazon have purchased the streaming site Twitch for over $970 million (, edging out Google, who have reportedly been in talks to acquire the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Haier India, the consumer durables and home appliances firm, recently named TBWA\India as their media agency of record, meaning the agency will be responsible for all creative communication in print, outdoor and TV/Radio, taking over the mandate from...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Marketing Evolution CEO, Rex Briggs presented new findings and new analytic capabilities at the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) Innovation Day hosted by Disney. Briggs' presentation, entitled ACCELERATING THE TRANSFORMATION AND INNOVATION...
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