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Back in April, H&M hosted World Recycle Week, an initiative designed to promote sustainability in fashion and to ‘Close The Loop’ on the thousands of items of clothing that are cast aside on landfill every year. But whilst the campaign...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
I wasn’t exactly the target demographic when the original Mean Girls was released in 2004 but a former flame dragged me to see it and I’ll be forever grateful as it introduced me to the comic genius of Tina Fey. It’s the kind of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In 2012 Colorado became the first state to pass laws governing the legalisation, tax and regulation of marijuana. Washington, Alaska and Oregon followed soon after, and overnight the magical herb’s image and perception in American culture was...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
Run For the Hills, the award-winning design house specializing in interiors and branding, is now the go-to for edgy and cool branding. This month, they’re unveiling their branding work for a family law company, Burgess Mee. Typically, branding...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Jukin Media, a global digital media company founded on the belief that the future of storytelling is user generated, has released results from a research study exploring the effectiveness of the use of organic user-generated video (UGC) in...
Posted by: Jukin Media
A new study conducted by McCann Truth Central, McCann Worldgroup’s global intelligence unit, took an in-depth look at the changing dynamics of global brand marketing today, concluding that building global brands today requires a more nuanced...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Happiness is more important to UK teens than earning lots of money and being rich, according to a MediaCom study on the aspirations and worries of young people. The research showed that nearly three quarters (73%) of teens believe being happy is more...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
How do you make a brand timeless? It’s the million-dollar question in all branding conundrums. And folks trapped in the middle of the problem could do a lot worse than look to the Levi's 501 Case Study for inspiration. Levi's transition from...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
An approach to doing better work We’re often asked about the way we work. New clients understandably want to look behind the curtain to better understand our approach, process and culture. They want to know when we’re available, and what...
Posted by: ELSE London
Today’s Brand Case Studies celebrates not one but three different creative makers and craftspeople who are forging new paths in the spirit of the old ways. We’re a fan of highlighting smaller brands who contribute to - rather than add to...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
KARA takes its name from the Japanese word Karaoke, meaning ‘empty orchestra’. That piece of information isn’t immediately relevant to anything we’re about to cover in this Brand Case Study, but it gives you an insight into the inner workings...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
Our/Vodka is a super interesting case study. It's a global vodka, owned by Pernod Ricard Company and found in ten cities worldwide. The recipe stays the same, but locally sourced ingredients ensure that each city's drink is a collaborative product;...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
Moving with analogue into the digital age is a problem facing many brands who work within a well established craft. As productivity takes precedence over the traditional, many find themselves outwitted and outdated by technology that offers quick,...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
If somebody like how to spend it describes your t-shirt as "..the nearest thing I've found to my ideal...quality is supreme…” you are in a good position to turn heads when walking into a pub, club or office. I met the creators behind the...
Posted by: Harry Elonen
The Wildfang ladies describe themselves as a modern day band of Robin Hoods (or should that be Maid Marians?) and their aim is simple; to redistribute, recategorise and rebrand menswear for women. The Wildfang story is pretty rad, and it all kicks...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
It was a few short years ago that Chris Milk and Aaron Koblin founded Vrse, their premier platform for Virtual Reality content creation which enables the technologies needed to create the most innovative and immersive forms of human storytelling. At...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
“You don’t understand a city until you leave...”, said KREWE du optic’s founder, Stirling Barret, speaking about New Orleans to Forbes magazine; “...it always works here." Seeing his hometown through fresh eyes and...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
Diesel Living’s collaborations with fellow Italian craft folk has produced some interesting and highly diverse products away from the brand’s staple jeanswear. A lighting range with Foscarini created eclectic and incandescent lamp models...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
The brand mission of WATT A LAMP is to introduce modern high-end lighting concepts that inspire and surprise with innovative design products and challenging materials. Suspended within an authentic universe of design, art, craftsmanship and quality...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
The prinkshop team have issues and they’re the first to admit it. Really big issues, ranging from sex trafficking and education to homelessness and marriage equality. And what do they do about these issues? Well they make pretty cool...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
KITE is a UK-based optometry brand making waves with its innovative ‘eyewear’ and ‘eyecare’ products. Founder Asad Hamir was frustrated at optometry’s sterile marketplace and sensing that it lacked innovation or...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
In the last year, Casper have claimed a spot in Time’s Best 25 Inventions of 2015, won a Big Innovation Award, been finalists of a Fast Company Innovation by Design Award, and bagged a spot on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. These aren’t...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
In 2007, two Stanford Design Program graduates, James Monsees and Adam Bowen, came together and formed the company Ploom with the aim of innovating the portable vaporization market - an area which they rightly felt “lacked...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
When Sonos opened their first retail store in New York’s SoHo this summer, it was a pioneering moment for the brand. Having dominated the wireless speaker market, eclipsing other competition easily and steadily along its 14 year journey, Sonos...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
Duolingo has been enabling users to learn languages at the speed of their lives since 2011. Solving dead pockets of time with an addictive app and accompanying website which actively combat necessary but insufficient moments-such as waiting for an...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
Even in 2016, opening a dialogue that promotes, educates, reworks and sells a product for female menstruation is a bit tricky. Bodyform did a lot to fight the old stereotypes of blue liquids and active, smiling women in this excellent advert four...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
Vinaya is one-part design studio and one-part research lab, a brand cleverly positioned at the juncture between human experience and technology, interested in finding new ways to unite the two in a less absent-minded future. Kate Unsworth,...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
What goes best with a strong drink? A great tune of course. Something Copper & Kings know only too well. Copper & Kings are an American drinks brand from Louisville, Kentucky who specialise in (amongst other spirits) American Brandy enhanced with a...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
The A2 ethos is rooted around two core values; everything is designed and hand-crafted locally and family ties are important. The team is headed up by collaborators - and siblings - Sara Larsson and Anna Larsson. Walton The Swedish design duo...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
How do you take on two of the world’s biggest corporations and win? Well you start by saying "it can be done better". At least, that’s what Mirco Wolf and Lorenz Hampl told each other as they sat in their kitchen one day, eating a frozen...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
Will my work get seen by the "right" people is a key question when deciding on whether or not to enter any award. As a part of our commitment to making The Annual the "Most Award" we make sure that your entries are delivered to, and downloaded by,...
Posted by: Creativepool
The executive creative director (or ECD) is the head honcho as far as the creative team is concerned. The person behind the curtain engineering the creative identity of a company and facilitating the adoption of that identity throughout all media...
Posted by: Creativepool
Will my work gets seen by the "right" people is a key question when deciding on whether or not to enter any award. As a part of our commitment to making The Annual the "Most" Award, we make sure that your entries are delivered to and downloaded by,...
Posted by: Creativepool
Time is ticking! With the standard submissions deadline now out of the way, we are little more than two weeks away from the Annual 2021 final submissions deadline, on Thursday 10th June. The Annual is the Most Distributed creative industry award....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
We are exactly one week away from the Annual 2020 final submissions deadline. As you are starting to put the finishing touches on your entries, you might be wondering who will actually see the work you submit. Aside from being scored by our esteemed...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Design guru. Master mediator. Highly skilled multitasker and delegator. A good Creative Director is all these things and more. They are the calm head on top of the creative shoulders that bring focus and identity to a company. Job description,...
Posted by: Creativepool