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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
Isobel Following another year of record growth, creative agency isobel has appointed Rob Forshaw and Daryl Fielding as non-execs to support the agency’s senior team as they look to further accelerate their growth in 2017. Forshaw, who is an...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Karmarama - Kerrygold's Karmarama is launching a gleefully optimistic new TV campaign for Kerrygold’s spreadable butter range, which is set to go live this weekend. The inspiration for the idea came from the fact that the home of Kerrygold is...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
A replica landscape of the planet Mars was unveiled this week in London’s Trafalgar Square by the London-based creative PR agency Taylor Herring, as part of an ambitious campaign to promote the upcoming National Geographic docu-drama series...
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
A roundup of the most important news of the week in the advertising awards world. The 3% Conference This week, the 3% Conference held their 2016 edition. The event is growing and gaining support every year. The line of speakers was excellent and...
Posted by: TheNextGag
With the Christmas season fast approaching (the John Lewis ad runs on the 10th and Sainsbury’s on the 14th, so be sure to mark those dates in your calendar), ad land is starting to rev its engines. We're only one week into November, but we've...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Now - Leo Vegas Leo Vegas, the online casino, has launched the second installation in its campaign starring “Leo,” the 'Lion King' of mobile casino gaming. The campaign, created by Now, demonstrates how the brand's titular mascot is able...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The weird and wonderful world of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is arguably up there with Star Wars when it comes to potential applications in virtual reality, and of all the Marvel properties, the recently released Doctor Strange is perhaps the most...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Twitter shuts down Vine, but is it seven seconds too late? In hindsight, the death of Vine was already written in the stars. The seven second video app was the talk of the internet a few years ago, with the app even spawning a few online...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Never ones to miss a trick (or treat) when it comes to mining popular culture for opportunities when it comes to riding the cultural zeitgeist, agencies across the globe have spent the best parts of the last week creating 'spooktastic' campaigns,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Whilst Microsoft might have made a name for itself as a software company, in recent years it's really been striving to make a big dent in the hardware market. This was underlined in dramatic fashion this week during the company's event on October 26,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Space - Glenfiddich The Glenfiddich single malt Scotch whisky brand has launched a new global ad to support the Glenfiddich Experimental Series. The spot, developed by creative agency Space, aims to attract a new generation of whisky drinkers around...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
For those of us who love a good puzzle, but have grown tired of bog-standard brain teasers, a new puzzle from marketing lending platform Funding Circle could be the answer to our prayers. The puzzle takes the form of a boldly colourful collage, which...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Huawei and Isobar launch a smartphone livestream from space In a sensational PR stunt last week, Huawei’s newest flagship handset Honor 8 set a new world record for the “Highest smartphone livestream ever.” The stunt was part of an...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
When Nintendo dropped their surprise announcement yesterday afternoon, and finally gave us our first glimpse at the NX (now known as the “Nintendo Switch”), I was in two minds about it. First there was a sense of relief, as this reveal...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Faster Horses - Somerset House Faster Horses and Somerset House, the centre for contemporary culture in the heart of London, have released a film to launch Somerset House Studios. Somerset House Studios is a new experimental workspace for artists,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
As a young man there were no lengths I wouldn't have gone to in order to enter The Crystal Maze. Such was my enthusiasm for the cult Channel 4 gameshow in fact, that I often constructed makeshift games in my back garden and managed to coerce my poor,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Halloween is a holiday that, until recently, barely registered in the UK. Whilst many of us have fond memories of trick or treating in our youth, and there's always the tendency to stick a few scary movies on whenever the end of October rolls around,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Whilst the public transport system in London is amongst the best in the world (anyone who says otherwise is obviously deluded or has obviously never been to New York), it can prove pretty pricey. Mastercard are betting on this with their latest...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
J. Walter Thompson London - OXO OXO is returning to British TV screens this week with two heartwarming ads following the lives of a modern-day family, created by J. Walter Thompson London. In this new take on the classic work, which was made famous...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Anyone who has been watching AMC's “Halt and Catch Fire,” which takes place during the computer boom of the mid 1980s (and if you haven't you really should be) will have noticed that online retail transactions between users are actually...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The Ding smart doorbell launches on Kickstarter How many times have you missed the doorbell because you were either out of earshot or otherwise indisposed? And how many times have you wished you could simply tell that nuisance caller to jog on...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Our new City Guides feature is the guidebook you never asked for but always wanted. Conventional travel guides are all good, but they don't really offer you the opportunity to immerse yourself in a city's creative heart. We're changing all that, by...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
Google have reportedly spent five years developing the “One typeface to rule them all,” which will work not only across all devices, but across all languages. This holy grail typeface has been created as part of a collaboration with the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
To celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is slowly becoming as iconic a part of October as jack-o-lanterns and alcoholic abstinence, Havas Chicago has launched another attention-grabbing effort inviting those passing by their offices on...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It was only a matter of time. Google have been dipping their increasingly gigantic toes into the ever-widening smartphone pool for years now, but it's only now, when the market is arguably at its peak, that the tech giants have finally decided to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Peter Saville unveils interactive bus shelter in Manchester If you've ever spent time at an average bus shelter with a flat smartphone and found it to be a grim fate indeed, you'll be thrilled to learn that a new interactive, digital bus shelter...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Picturehouse Cinemas, in partnership with McCann London, is putting fledgling film talent on the big screen as it announces the winner of its film competition for Picturehouse Cinema Members; a contest that gave all Members the opportunity to write a...
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
Barnardo's is celebrating it's 150th anniversary this year, and whilst the way they communicate their message of helping vulnerable children has undoubtedly changed over the years, the underlying strength and legitimacy of that message has remained...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
CHI&Partners - Argos CHI&Partners and Argos are set to unveiled an incredibly fast-paced new spot this Saturday to promote the speed of the Argos “Fast Track, Same Day Delivery” service, which allows customers to choose from four...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
When I first stumbled across the concept of 4DX cinemas, to say I was sceptical would be something of an understatement. Whilst the idea of being bashed about from pillar to post in order to replicate the physical thrill of the action on-screen might...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Snapchat unveil video shooting sunglasses and rebrands as Snap Inc The social media app giants over at Snapchat have ventured into product design by launching a pair sunglasses that also take videos. The product, which feels for all the love in the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Whilst this might have been a controversial stance a few years ago, television has (in my opinion) long since overtaken cinema as the platform from which today's most exciting and forward-thinking creative minds are telling their visual stories. From...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
When we think of University Freshers, it conjures up images of glorious debauchery, taxi cabs doused in teenage vomit and Jägerbombs. What it doesn't bring to mind, even remotely, is the concept of responsible banking. It is, however, one of the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns