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Merry Christmas Creativepoolers everywhere. As this piece arrives on Christmas Day, you'll have seen that Santa has completed his work. But, have you ever wondered what Father Christmas goes through every year? Well, we have. Which is why we set...
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Flying Duck Studio Lab is an ethical and inclusive creative studio whose goal is to share positive and inspiring story-telling by bringing top-notch productions to the world and working towards changing the industry for the better. They specialise...
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As the UEFA Euro 2020 captures the headlines across Europe (with much regret across England), the time is now to celebrate a different group of footballers: the amputees from the Salone Flying Stars. The Sierra Leone Civil War killed over 50,000...
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Liz Carlston had written a book. She wanted to self-publish it on Amazon but needed to make her book different from everybody else’s. Children’s books all look the same nowadays: arty-farty and scratchy. Loose creations that look more...
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The kit that transforms any household object into a robot Toymakers The Crafty Robot have launched a crowdfunding campaign for its latest design - a DIY robot that can follow you around the house and bring you drinks. Smartibot is an educational,...
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VCCP - Britvic J2O J2O, the iconic adult soft drink made by Britvic, is on a mission to help people make the most of any social occasion in its latest, multi-million-pound campaign by VCCP, with the help of a colourful cockney alpaca named Mojo. As...
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Flippy the robotic burger flipper takes first shift A robot named Flippy is now flipping burgers in the kitchen of a California fast food restaurant called CaliBurger. Flippy uses thermal imaging, as well as 3D and camera vision to sense when to...
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Uber and NASA to launch flying taxis in LA by 2020 Uber has partnered with NASA to develop an on-demand electric aircraft taxi service, which is scheduled to begin flights in Los Angeles in three years time. Speaking at a Web Summit in Lisbon last...
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Europe’s leading low-cost airline easyJet have announced a new Summer reading campaign to launch ‘Flybraries’ (flying libraries) following new research that suggests that the number of children reading for pleasure is at an all-time low. This...
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TMW Unlimited - INFINITI TMW Unlimited is launching a campaign for INFINITI, the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Nissan, which will offer 5 lucky winners the opportunity to test drive a real Renault Sport Formula One Team car this...
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MIT Self-Assembly Lab's Rapid Liquid Printing Tech Prints Furniture in Minutes Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a revolutionary new form of 3D printing that can produce large objects such as chairs in a...
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Google Earth Relaunches With Bold New Look Google has relaunched its exploration platform Google Earth after a two-year redesign project. The new version was launched to coincide with World Earth Day and comprises a range of new features, including...
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Dyson opens first research and development centre outside UK Dyson has opened a new Technology Centre in Singapore, its first research and development site outside of the UK. The £330 million investment will see 1,300 staff from the centre...
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In a move that will delight anyone who has ever seen Back to the Future 2 or The Fifth Element, Airbus is reportedly planning to test self-piloted personal aircraft by the end of the year, primarily as a means of reducing traffic on inner-city roads....
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London Pokémon face deportation Pokémon citizens of the UK faced deportation this week in a flyer campaign by creatives to raise awareness for immigrants' rights in the wake of the UK's vote to leave the European Union. The flyers, which...
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A vessel said to be the world's largest aircraft has left its hangar for the first time, in preparation for a test flight. Perhaps even more notably, the aircraft in question also quite closely (and hilariously) resembles a large, human posterior,...
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Paul Windle Design’s creative art studio have collaborated with the Virgin Atlantic design team to create the new ‘Birthday Girl’ flying lady illustration for the airline’s latest hi-tech Boeing 787-9 aircraft. The first...
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In the UK, we have the odd instance of a fringe school pressing for the right to teach archaic or arcane ideas to children. This is usually the desire to include creationism, or other religious notions, in their science classes. In the USA it's a...
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As the competition between the major transcontinental airlines becomes more fraught than ever, American Airlines have launched a new campaign that celebrates the aviation firms illustrious history. Created by globally renowned ad agency McCann...
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Daniel Bueckman, Senior Director for Paid Media at Intuit Mailchimp, explains why, for him, optimising digital is such an important part of the sustainable picture for marketers. Sustainability in digital advertising refers to the practice of...
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I would never pretend to be the most enthusiastic Halloween fan. I mean, I love a good horror movie and enjoy a good tooth-rotting bar of chocolate as much as the next person but the whole concept has always felt a little contrived to me. However,...
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For the first time this century, Eurovision is being celebrated on home turf. Of course, it’s a bittersweet experience as it should really be Kyiv that’s experiencing all the joy right now but these are dark times and in dark times we...
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Industry awards. Who needs them, right? Shows assembled by organizations who are building a business on the industry and its professionals. And with each one comes a set of doubts, disappointments, and sometimes misconceptions that tend to undermine...
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How did you get into the industry? Creativity and image making pulls at me like a magnet. I’ve tried out other paths but it’s the only thing that I feel like I truly connect with. When I was a kid I was obsessed with all the illustrated...
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This week’s member spotlight shines on Constantine Lourdas, a UK-based award-winning photographer, motivated and versatile creative professional that’s been working within the photographic and media industry for twenty one...
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A multi-skilled, creative-thinking photographer specialising in a wide range of content production. Jack Archer’s primary focus is on automotive photography working with both private and commercial clients. He is also, however, an experienced...
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What exactly are the benefits of new technology to the creative team? Productivity, workflows, defined processes - not necessarily something we would automatically associate with creativity. Yet, for Darren Evans, Design Director at The Engine Room...
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Art Directors are the masters of creativity and the ones responsible for steering the visual and thematic heart of a project. They are responsible for what commercial campaigns look like and guide the hands and imaginations of various creatives to...
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The Wild bills itself as a “social-first” creative agency, which sits alongside social-first publisher Jungle Creations. To learn more, we spoke to Tom McGirr, Executive Strategy Director at The Wild, a man who feels that brands have...
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“Mental health” has become something of a buzzword in recent years and I honestly have conflicted feelings about it. I’ve struggled with my on mental health throughout my adult life and I know for a fact that most of my friends and...
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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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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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Chrissy Levett trained as an illustrator and print maker before studying design + communications at the Royal College of Art, in London. She is an accomplished creative director and founder of Creative Conscience, a global organisation that...
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Last history month, we highlighted Sir Martin Sorrell as our 2021 “legend of advertising.” A divisive figure still operating from the sidelines after stepping down from WPP in 2018, Sorrell is very much the kind of person most people...
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The Platinum Jubilee (or “platty joobs” as many have regrettably taken to calling it) is finally behind us and we can all get back to the important stuff like getting rid of Boris Johnson and struggling to feed ourselves. Yes, while it...
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COVID might not be in the rearview mirror just yet but it’s at least starting to feel like it. So, with the first traces of sunshine now officially hitting our high streets, we thought it was about time to take a look at a marketing medium that...
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