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Despite ongoing fears and speculation that robots could steal British jobs, new data reveals that the majority of industry professionals (63.3%) have never witnessed job losses as a result of the introduction of robots or automated processes....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day. Depending on your point of view, this is the point in the year when you make a special effort to show your affection and appreciation for the significant person in your life; or a cynical exercise in consumerism, carried...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
War is hell, they say. So perhaps it's not surprising the stuff of nightmares is funded by the military. The US military to be precise. Yes, the American Army is putting cash dollars into into a robotic cockroach. What's more, it's an intelligent,...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
by Magnus Shaw. The last time I worked on a major print campaign, we employed a piece of software to automate the production process. It was a clever bit of kit. Once the parameters had been set by a designer (ad sizes, logo clearance, calls to...
Posted by: Creativepool
Visa Europe imagine the future of wearable payments Visa Europe has been working with industrial design students from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design to develop concepts for new wearable payment devices. They were tasked with...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It’ll have escaped the attention of nobody that AI has been the chief disruptive trend of 2023. The way things are going, it might end up being the chief disruptive trend of the century. But while there are so many catastrophising the end of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
This is a question those in the creative industry have probably asked themselves in the past few years. Hugo Evans, senior designer at We Are Tilt has a decade-long career spanning branding, print and digital. The arrival of artificial intelligence...
Posted by: We Are Tilt
The robot that helps ill children keep up with their schoolwork Norway's installation at the London Design Biennale features a telepresence robot, which keeps kids in touch with the classroom if they're off school with long-term illness. Called...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The 3D printed ceiling made from sand A lightweight concrete ceiling with formwork 3D-printed from sand is among the innovations to feature in an experimental robot-made house built by university ETH Zurich. The “DFAB House,” currently...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The paper that could bring the bee population back from the brink A glucose-rich paper touted as an “energy drink for bees” could help prevent the endangered insects dying of exhaustion as they search for flowers. The aptly named...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The robotic smart plant/AI pet Japanese multinational tech firm TDK has created the wonderfully named “Bons-AI,” an artificially intelligent and interactive bonsai plant with the ability to “offer emotional support.” It...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The robotic installation lighting up Hull for UK City of Culture 2017 Jason Bruges Studio’s latest kinetic installation opened in Hull last Friday (1 December). “Where Do We Go From Here?” is the last major art commission of the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
As a child, Lego is something I never really connected with. It’s only as a young adult, oddly enough, that I really began to understand the appeal. If Algobrix would have been a thing during my formative years, however, as a self-professed...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
As arguably two of the most famous (and undeniably powerful) men in technology, whether you like them or not, what Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk think, matters. That's why, when they fundamentally disagree on something, it makes a lot of noise. Musk,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The ring that turns your hand into a smartphone Dubbed the “world’s first voice-powered smart ring,” the ORII ring enhances bone conduction technology to transform the hand into a smartphone. Unlike previous smart rings, such as...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The robots designed to annoy you Swiss-Mexican designer Nicole Pérez has designed a series of misbehaving robots that aims to mimic the annoying aspects of intimate relationships. Made from thermoformed plastic coated with flocking fibre, the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Google is everywhere, and it would be incredibly easy to wax cynical about the tech giant and its apparent goal to monopolise the tech industry, social media and the internet, but honestly, Google's rampant domination has never, personally at leat,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Note that if you want to hear our thoughts regarding this year's Consumer Electronics Show, you can check out our Top 10 Stories from the show and our examination of the Top Trends revealed at the event. The Empathy Bridge uses AR and sweets to help...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Kitchen of the future revealed in Milan Tapping into this retro fascination with the “Kitchen of tomorrow,” The Italian design studio Tipic has created the first full “Smart Kitchen” countertop, which integrates various...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Whilst the idea of sentient machines is gradually becoming more real and terrifying by the day, for now at least, they are effectively our slaves. To celebrate this fact, whilst also perhaps sharing a little of the creative credit with them, the V&A...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? I’m sure everyone says no day in my role is typically the same, but it’s really not! I’m the Client Services Director at 26PMX so my job is to oversee our Client...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
We’ve already looked back at the year that was 2023 and what a year it was. But what kind of magazine would we be if we didn’t also cast our sights on the next 12 months? Of course, there are a few trends you can expect to see pop up...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Dan Crowder is Founder and Managing Director of design recruitment agency Craft. Based in Manchester, Dan founded Craft in 2014. With its network of the best creatives in the industry, the Craft ambition is simple: to enhance the studios, careers and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
How did you get into the industry? I developed a passion for the 3D world after completing my degree in interior design, and it has been nearly a decade since then. Despite the passing of time, I still find it exciting and engaging. Throughout this...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
I am not a robot. Just to be clear before we start- I can spot lampposts in any picture. It’s getting harder to tell though isn’t it and the march of the robots that AI has caused has sent creatives running into the streets in a Black Monday,...
Posted by: Tony Pipes
Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? My day is anything but typical. When we founded the business, my time was spent on client-facing activity and project management. Fast forward 7 years, and now that we have scaled...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
What makes us humans creative? My generation (child of the 80’s if you’re wondering) seemed to talk about creativity like it was some kind of special gift or talent only a chosen few had. It was also always related to the arts. It’s...
Posted by: We Are Tilt
Unless you've been hidden away with your head down editing, animating, creating or filming, then you'll of seen the outpouring of mind-blowing creative AI tools across all of your social feeds, inboxes and events. At Tilt, we're very aware of how...
Posted by: We Are Tilt
Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? The VaynerMedia model is built for the speed of culture so there’s always a lot going on. I wouldn’t say there’s a “typical day” but most days involve...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Did you know that 46% of consumers in the US only buy from businesses they can trust? Only after they do research and read reviews to get familiar with the company do they consider buying. The first step in all this is finding out about your brand....
Posted by: Alina Tytarenko
For this week’s Getting to Know, we’re talking to Benedict Buckland, the Creative Director at alan. the B2B marketing agency that's a part of Raconteur. Benedict’s career path is far from a conventional, having started at the tail...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It’s always fascinating to talk to a department head about not only what they do but how they operate. Because there are rarely ever two creatives with a similar perspective or ‘typical day’. The only thing they really have in...
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In this week’s #GettingTo Know we catch up with Scott Lakso, Executive Producer at the New York-based creative branding agency loyalkaspar. Scott is an eccentric and dynamic creative who sees his role as “cumulative rather than...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Christopher Bicourt is a man with a lot to say and a lot of very progressive ideas about everything from how he approaches his work to the rise of the metaverse. On the latter point, in face, he considered himself something of an expert. Working...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The automation of specific functions has been met with two dominant barriers: one being the perception that only humans can do ‘creative’ tasks, and the other is the fear of humans being replaced by machines in a cost-saving exercise. If...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial