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A personal pet peeve of mine is the popular advertising trope of making children act like adults or adults act like children in order to make a point or flog a product. It's been done to death and kids are just so much more appealing when they're...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Cannes Lions is upon us, and all week we’ll be bringing you the best of the backstage moments courtesy of Instagram users everywhere. La Croisette boulevard is heaving with creatives, and you can have a sneak peek at what’s going down....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Antiques Roadshow, Flog It!, Bargain Hunt, Cash in The Attic, Dickinson's Real Deal - there’s no doubt the BBC and ITV recognise the crucial role selling old stuff plays in the cultural fabric of the UK. Indeed, one cannot help but be impressed...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Women really like to be emotional. Oh women. However, we’ll let L’Oreal have a little free pass for this marketing stunt, because the film they showed to provoke the crying-fest (162 minutes of tears, no less) was Titanic. Obviously the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Think you have skills on your Apple Mac? Think again. UI designer Linda Dong has won. This cool little animation was made on Apple Keynote. Yup. We wish we could put something like this together, but alas we're stuck with are simple fade-to-black...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Effie Awards Ogilvy & Mather was recognised with top accolades this week as both O&M North America and the New York office were recognised as the most effective individual office and agency network of the year in their respective categories at the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
If you thought the selfie stick didn't take the idea of convenient distance snapping far enough, there is now a legitimate flying camera on the market, and it not only works (well in fact), but works without a remote control! Dubbed; “The...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Facebook is finally GIF friendly A point of contention for many Facebook users is that the site has never really got on well with GIFs. This week, however, the social media giants confirmed the site will now support animated GIFs in its News Feed,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
TBWA\Chiat\Day – Kenwood Vineyards TBWA\Chiat\Day has been named agency of record for Kenwood Vineyards, a brand that was acquired by wine & spirits leader Pernod Ricard USA last year. The agency was appointed to help lead a re-launch of the brand...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
LPA Futures is a division of the Lisa Pritchard Agency which supports and promotes the next generation of commercial photographers. We had a fantastic response to this year’s competition and the standard of entries was exceptionally high across...
Posted by: Lisa Pritchard
Following the introduction of new legislation for short term loans, annual losses of £37.3 million, and a festering reputation as a daylight robber, the loan company Wonga has rebranded and repositioned itself as a more “Responsible and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
ADC Annual Awards Quad Group announced this week that it has been named ADC Global's “Production Company of the Year.” In addition to Production Company Of The Year, The Quad Group also won a Silver Cube in Special Effects for Cartier...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
R2-D2 takes to the skies! Disney and Japan's All Nippon Airways have joined forces (pun obviously intended) to transform a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner into the beloved droid R2-D2 from the Star Wars movies, as part of the Star Wars Celebration event,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Facebook has begun the process of moving its 2,800 members of staff into the company's elaborate new office space in Palo Alto, California, which founder Mark Zuckerberg has been designed as the “Largest open floor plan in the world.” The...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Piracy is slowly killing cinema. That isn't an opinion, it's a fact. Torrent sites such as the Pirate Bay have made it so simple to download recent cinematic releases and enjoy them in the comfort of your own home, that even the technologically...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
I was reminded recently, whilst watching the various political party election kick-offs, of a book by Simon Sinek called “Start with why”. As David and Ed start kicking metaphorical lumps out of each other, it occurred to me just how far...
Posted by: BWP Group
Coke Zero teamed up with Ogilvy & Mather recently to develop the world's first drinkable billboard. The 26 by 36-foot, 23,000 pound billboard was built to celebrate the final four NCAA college basketball games in White River State Park in...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Live from the Advertising Week Europe St James's Church Advertising Week Europe has 200+ events including more than 180 seminars and workshops. World-class industry thought leaders take the Advertising Week stage to tackle the industry's issues and...
Posted by: Advertising Week
Creativity is multi-faceted and has many guises. Contrary to conventional belief, it is not only the realm of artists - we all need it in everyday life whether it's at work, figuring out how to frame the perfect pitch, or at home, cooking a...
Posted by: Jugular:Joining The Head and the Heart
Whilst in the western world we appear to shy away from anything small and cute (tries not to make an obvious dirty joke), in the East, smaller is always better. From technology and architecture, to food and even living space, the lack of space...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Whilst I already covered the two major players at the 2015 Mobile Web Congress, Samsung and HTC were not the only companies to unveil something of note at this year's mobile electronics trade show. As was expected given the precedent already set by...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Anton Corbijn might be more famous for his band photography and music videos (for seminal acts such as U2 and Depeche Mode), but his recent forays into film, which include the stunning Joy Division biopic “Control,” and last year's “A Most...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It's Monday morning. Email hell beckons. I've got my Creativepool blog to write but I do also need to try and whittle down the daily glut of Groupons, StumbleUpons, Voucherclouds, More Groupons, and LinkedIn's “congratulate Billy-Bob on his new...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Snoozebox, the portable hotel chain, recently enjoyed a complete redesign courtesy of Tangerine, the London-based design consultancy. The hotels in question are modelled (in part at least) on the portable hotels found in Japan, only these compact...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Oystercatchers Club Awards Marketing consultancy, Oystercatchers, held its annual awards at the Mayfair Hotel in London on Tuesday night (November 25), with winners including Saatchi & Saatchi, W&K, SapientNitro and Iris. Saatchi & Saatchi claimed...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
UGG Australia, the brand known for their ubiquitous sheepskin boots, hopes to “Transform the art and magic of gift-giving,” with a new festival, multi-channel campaign from M&C Saatchi LA. Dubbed, “Twinkling Lights,” the campaign seeks to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Karen Blackett OBE, chief executive of WPP's MediaCom, has recently been named “The Most Influential Black Person in Britain” by Powerlist magazine, but the 43-year old leader of the UK's largest media agency still thinks it's odd that...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Amazon are launching its first campaign in India for the Kindle Paperwhite, with the aim of finally making e-reading acceptable in India. The campaign from Leo Burnett agency Orchard Advertising, focuses on a 3-minute digital film called...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In a unique and impressive new ad from the Brazilian agency F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi for the beer brand Skol's new “Beats Senses” product, ravers are seen dancing, drinking and cavorting, whilst completely submerged in an underwater...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Anyone who has ever seen Back to the Future Part 2 has no doubt spent the best part of the last few decades longing for the day when the likes of self-tying shoelaces and hoverboards would become a tangible reality. Well the wait is almost over (at...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
A new campaign for Australian insurance firm NRMA Insurance, highlights its home and contents insurance policy with an amusing 30-second TV spot that shows a family of possums breaking into a family's home while they're away on holiday. The campaign...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Selfridges, the world famous upmarket department store has drastically stepped up online investment with a revamped website, which aims to “Future-proof” its multi-channel business. At £40 million, this marks the single largest...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
CBGB was founded on the Bowery in New York City by Hilly Kristal in 1973. The New York music venue became a forum for American punk and new wave bands such as the Ramones, Television and Patti Smith Group. In 2013, the former location of CBGB was...
Posted by: Creativepool
The leading global marketing services company, McCann Worldwide is partnering with Argentine creative Martin Mercado to start the new global creative agency hub in Buenos Aires with its name, Mercado McCann. With the strong talent capability behind...
Posted by: Creativepool
After eight years, the world’s leading drinks manufacturer Coca-Cola launched the first new cola drink, Coke Life, with a multimillion-pound ad campaign. The campaign, which comprises outdoor, print, digital and experiential, launched in the...
Posted by: Creativepool
Sony officially unveiled its latest flagship smartphone at the IFA 2014 in Berlin yesterday. Arriving only six months after the launch of the Xperia Z2, the Xperia Z3 retains many of the features that made the Z1 and Z2 so popular, but there are...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns