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Inspiration

Awesome and Imaginative Food Packaging

In today’s market, brands and designers have to find increasingly innovative ways of staying ahead of the competition and making us buy their product. One great way to out do your competitors is through packaging. Generally we’re all used...

Posted by: Creativepool
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Features

The rise of the challengers

Purpose-driven brands are proving that businesses can be a force for good, while changing consumer behaviour and unsettling the incumbents. Our Brand Strategist, James, tells us more. In a world that’s rapidly changing and constantly...

Posted by: Better
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Inspiration

How do you sell a sofa in a box? #BehindTheIdea

Sofa-in-a-box brand SNUG launched its first out of home (OOH) campaign in March with the tag line ‘Sofas to fit big, little or awkward spaces’, created by krow Group. The campaign aims to show Londoners they don’t have to sacrifice...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Industry

The Top 10 Most Asked Questions About The Annual - Answered!

The next Annual deadline is just a few days away! To help you with your submissions we have collected answers to the 10 Most Asked Questions about The Annual. 1. How do I submit my work? It all starts on your Creativepool profile. Choose the work...

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Features

Sustainable Packaging: How to Do It Right #SustainabilityMonth

How we package our goods and services is more important than you might think. The packaging, aside from serving the practical purpose of protecting the goods inside, is the first opportunity we have to get an idea of the brand. It’s an...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Features

Will AI Own April Fools' Day? The Best Piss-Take Campaigns of 2024

April Fool’s Day has rarely been seen as the bastion of creative excellence. It’s not about pushing the envelope or creating something with emotional resonance though, it’s about giving people a quick belly laughs and reminding them...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

Inspiring Female Leaders: An Interview with RAPP CEO Gabrielle Ludzker

Gabrielle Ludzker is not just any CEO. The current head honcho at customer experience agency RAPP has spent her career breaking away from the traditional corporate CEO stereotype. and leads to inspire rule breakers. Gabby is an inspirational rule...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Industry

How to hire a Game Designer

With the gaming industry among the biggest in the world right now, game designers have never been more highly sought after. Whether you are a major gaming studio creating AAA games or a startup with a revolutionary idea for an indie game, the...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Proving that Pot Noodle is “real food” that fills a hole #BehindTheIdea

Pot Noodle, the Unilever snack brand, was positioned as filling a hole and a tongue-in-cheek film that takes that a step further showing the noodles in all sorts of holes such as a pool table pocket, a bird house and a washing machine drum. It also...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Workshop

Obsessing over the Story with Wardour #CompanySpotlight

This week, we sat down with Martin MacConnol, Founder and CEO at the Covent Garden-based creative agency Wardour. How was your company born and where are you based? We began life as a content marketing agency on Wardour Street, Soho, in 1996 - the...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Are Brand Mascots Still Relevant in 2024? #BrandMonth

When we think of the 90s, we often picture neon lights, garish colours, skateboards, “attitude” and POGS. But above all else, what the 90s represented to me was the dawn of the mascot. Of course, many entertainment franchises lived or...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Features

10 Brands Making Big Waves in 2024 #BrandMonth

In a world where thousands of companies are being born every day, the power of a strong brand has never meant more. There are, of course, always those legacy brands whose popularity will ebb and flow with changing cultural whims but for some brands,...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Inspiration

Beyond Radio

Throughout my career as a sound designer, I've witnessed rapid changes in the audio landscape. As I reflect on this, I realise that there has never been a better time to work in audio. Radio listenership is currently at an all-time high, podcasts...

Posted by: Chris Turner
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Industry

What is diversity washing and how can you avoid it? #DiversityMonth

To an extent, the creative industries have always dealt in smoke and mirrors. Obfuscation is, after all, part of what makes the whole thing so exciting. We live, however, in a world that increasingly values transparency, particularly given the age of...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Inspiration

Diversity isn’t just good for PR: It’s good business #DiversityMonth

Diversity is so much more than a trend-it's a strategic imperative. For agencies, the challenge is no longer just about being politically correct or ticking boxes for corporate social responsibility; it's about building a more diverse and socially...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Features

Do Brands Still Believe in Love? #ValentinesDay

Valentine’s Day is a holiday beloved by few. For many of us, it’s little more than a cynical stopping gap between Christmas and Easter to claw at our pockets. There appears to be a disconnect, however, between how much we care about...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Inspiration

The Transmedia Opportunity for Games

Written by the Strategy team at Waste Creative. Marvel, DC, Star Wars, Barbie, Lego… we watch their movies and shows, read their comics, collect their merch and in many cases, play their video games. They’re the epitome of something called...

Posted by: Teodora Miscov
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Features

Super Bowl 2024: Ad Roundup

While most of the media seem to have focused almost all their attention on the off-pitch romance between Kansas City Chiefs tight end (chuckle) Travis Kelce and most famous person on the planet Taylor Swift, last night’s Super Bowl was a...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Inspiration

Fellow creatives, here are five ways to start the year right

We’re three weeks into 2024, which means you have probably settled nicely into the new year and are making good progress with creative endeavours. Whether you’re busy with client work or broadening your horizons with personal projects, It’s...

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Features

Using AI to support your marketing

Sarah Evans, Head of Digital at PR agency, Energy PR, offers her advice on using AI to assist with your marketing work, freeing your team up to focus on the areas where you can add the most value. AI is not new. However, the launch of platforms like...

Posted by: Energy PR
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Inspiration

#MemberSpotlight on filmmaker Frederic Tschepp

How did you get into the industry? I started making films when I was quite young, maybe 10 or 11 years old. A neighbour worked at an adult education centre in Peckham and could borrow a VHS camera they had there for me and a few other kids on the...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Tearing loved ones apart for 40 years with Domino’s #BehindTheIdea

Domino’s, the UK’s most loved pizza delivery company, unveils the next chapter of its ongoing Domin-oh-hoo-hoo campaign. Revealing a new 30” spot which reflects a brutally honest take on sharing, Tearing Loved Ones Apart Since 1985...

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Features

How will 2023 be remembered by creatives? #YearInReview

2023 will hardly be remembered as a banner year for may of us as the cost-of-living crisis started digging deeper and the political spectrum on both sides of the atlantic started to devolve into a cynical and hateful mess. For creatives from all...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Industry

Why being bored can help you unlock your creativity

A recent article by Jessica Stillman, published by Inc. explains why boredom is not always a bad thing. In fact, it can actually be a great tool to enhance your creativity. 'When was the last time you were well and truly bored?...

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Features

The most creative campaigns of 2023 #YearInReview

2023 has been a lot of things. It’s been a year that saw great divisions widen and a year that seemed to almost revel in chaos, but it was also a year in which creativity continued to shine, even as it stood on the precipice of potential...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Inspiration

#MemberSpotlight on graphic designer Santa Vinklere

How did you get into the industry? It was a bumpy road. My education (since I was 7) has always been in Arts and Design, but I worked in Hospitality for a long time (and that gave me the opportunity to travel and live in different countries and...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Workshop

Sorting out Stilton’s image problem #CreativeCaseStudy

Packed with flavour and with all the heritage and history of a fine wine Stilton, has a lot to give. Unfortunately, it’s been perceived as stinky, old fashioned and too strong to handle beyond the festive season. This image problem resulted in...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns

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