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The Barbican pushes the boundaries of Virtual Reality

Virtual reality is being heralded as this year's “IN THING,” so it was only a matter of time before the art world got involved in a more cerebral manner. Ever the forward-thinking London institution, The Barbican Centre is preparing a new...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Job Description: Brand Manager

Brand managers are concerned with creating a lasting impression among consumers and improving product sales and market share. This is achieved by making sure their organisation's advertising and marketing activities send out the right image. Key...

Posted by: Creativepool
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Iggy Azalea & Mother go Fancy for the 1920’s

Mother London has teamed up with Finger Music London and Leisure Cruise to re-imagine Iggy Azalea’s hit single “Fancy” (featuring Charlie XCX), as a catchy 1920’s ditty for London-based gin brand Tanqueray. The song was...

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The wobbly anthropomorphic illustrations of Karol Banach

Polish based illustrator and graphic designer Karol Banach sounds like the kind of guy we want to be pals with. He’s into hip-hop, tattoos and reading, but more than that, he creates lovely little worlds to get lost in. Coming from a small town...

Posted by: Jade French
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Workshop

Top 5 tips for successfully working from home

Here’s a little fact for you: contrary to urban myth, newsreaders aren’t just wearing underwear when they’re sitting behind their desks, reading off the autocue. Sorry to burst your bubble. I know this because I know somebody who...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Never mind the budgets, here's the Sex Pistols credit card

For an old punk like me, these are bemusing times. The Sex Pistols, those standard-bearers of all things noisy and anarchic, are back in the news. Or, to be more accurate, the graphics produced for them by Jamie Reid, have re-appeared. This should be...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Przemek Pyszczek: The Plattenbau is cool again

The Plattenbau has become cool again. These constructions of Soviet-era Communism, where colossal concrete slabs were assembled into a home are the ultimate chic addition to the lives of the young and upwardly-mobile of Berlin. These Plattenbauen...

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Agency of the Week: Leo Burnett

Bringing out the fun for McDonald’s Leo Burnett London unveiled the second ad in the new McDonald’s “Good times” brand campaign this week. The campaign celebrates the role the brand plays in the lives of their customers, and...

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The Week in Tech

The man with the Bionic eyes In yet another case of reality catching up with science fiction, an elderly man in the UK has had his sight partially restored thanks to a cutting-edge, bionic retinal implant which converts images from a miniature...

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Taylor Swift is the new face of the Keds rebrand

Kanye West caused mild outrage (but that is his raison d'être) at Glastonbury last month when he declared himself as the “Biggest rock star on the planet,” but the truth is, he isn’t even close. In fact, that mantle belongs to...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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What we've learned from the new James Bond: Spectre trailer

You saw it, right? How could you miss it? Even ITV's News At Ten ran the trailer for 'SPECTRE', the next episode in the most successful movie franchise ever - James Bond. Immediately the world took to social media (or at least the section of the...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Top Ads of the Week

Coca-Cola get into the spirit of the Rugby World Cup Coca-Cola Great Britain has launched its Rugby World Cup 2015 campaign, which looks to excite the nation ahead of the Tournament later this year. As official soft drink, water and sport drinks...

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Top 4 time management tips for Studio Managers

"Never enough hours in the day," it's a phrase we all repeat over and over. For those of us working in the creative industry it's something we face daily, with huge projects, large teams to manage and tight deadlines. So for all the studio managers...

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A barbed wire piano commemorates Korean independence

The Korean Ministry of Unification has joined forces with Cheil Worldwide, the advertising arm of Samsung, to unveil the strangely beautiful “Piano of Unification,” a project which commemorates Korea’s 70th anniversary of liberation from...

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Have you ever considered remastering an old tattoo?

I don't have any tattoos. Nor have I even seriously considered it. I have nothing against them, in fact I actually harbour a smidgen of jealously towards those who are bold enough to brand their bodies, but there's something so unbearably permanent...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Features

10 things which have disappeared from creative studios

I kicked off my creative career in an advertising agency on Fleet Street, twenty-odd years ago. Apart from the general excitement of actually being paid to write ads, I drew great inspiration from the very particular pieces of equipment around the...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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On Yer Bike: 10 reasons to jack in your job

When I was employed, rather than self-employed, there’s no doubt that I liked various things. Sure, the job itself was ok to start with, but the main thing I liked was the paid holidays. There wasn’t very much in the way of benefits. Paid...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Top 10 Hires of the Week

GPY&R Melbourne GPY&R Melbourne has promoted Jake Barrow to the position of creative director. Barrow has been with the agency for four years and has lead multi award winning projects for Schweppes, Public Transport Victoria and the Australian...

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Creative industry employment dwarfing other sectors

When people ask me what I do for a living, I often simply reply; “I write.” This response is often met either by furrowed brows, genuine interest or complete surprise, as it would appear that to some people, the concept of actually making...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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The BBC versus Apple in the battle for your ears.

For the first time ever, radio and music lovers will be able to download BBC radio programmes in full, to their smartphone or tablet for free, listen to them offline, and keep them for up to 30 days on the BBC iPlayer Radio app. The update, rolling...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Could London be losing its creative class?

Rohan Silva, a former senior policy advisor to UK prime minister David Cameron, has warned Londoners that the flow of creative people from New York to Los Angeles could be sign of things to come for the big smoke. He believes that the recent trend of...

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Spurs score the world's first sliding pitch

The rivalry between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal is one almost as old as the game of football itself, so when The Gunners moved from their home ground of Highbury to the high-tech Emirates Stadium back in 2006, Spurs fans were left feeling more than...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Chiaro reboots the Pelvic Floor exerciser in a sleek new wearable

Pelvic floor/kegel exercises have had known benefits for women for decades, especially post-child birth, for strengthening bladder muscles, reducing the risk of pelvic prolapse and improving sex. It’s the same core strength promise of popular...

Posted by: Chiaro Technology Ltd
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Scope & Grey end the awkward on National Kissing Day

Scope, the charity that strives to make the UK a place where disabled people have the same opportunities as the rest of us, is celebrating International Kissing Day (July 6) by releasing a heart-warming film by Grey London, showing disabled people...

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The Awards Roundup

APMA Star finalists announced The Communications Council has announced 61 campaigns from 27 clients and 22 agencies for final stages of the APMA Star awards. Running for ten years, the awards celebrate the finest promotional and experiential...

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Durex get Canadian with the Maple Cinnamon Twist

A rather saucy new campaign for Durex Canada attempts to reignite the passion between young couples who might have let their flames die down, or keep them in reserve for “Special occasions.” The “Why Wait” campaign encourages...

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Rolling Stones become Exhibitionists for Saatchi

The Rolling Stones are an anomaly in the world of rock and roll, an anomaly that many (myself included) would have seen put away in a museum around the turn on the 1980's, but have (against all odds and countless fickle trends) managed to survive and...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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The Lion Kings: Who dominated Cannes this year?

Ogilvy & Mather own Cannes. Again On the final evening of the Cannes Lions 2015 last week, Ogilvy & Mather was crowned as Network of the Year for the fourth year in a row. Highlights of Ogilvy & Mather's Cannes Lions 2016 included 1 Titanium Lion -...

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Cannes Lions Winners: Day 3

Leo Burnett Leo Burnett Worldwide won 10 Lions in total across the Cyber and Design categories yesterday, bringing its total award count to 54. Leo Burnett Buenos Aires won a Gold Lion in the Cyber category for the Samsung “Safety Truck”...

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Leash your Lion at Cannes this year

“Not everyone can win a lion, but anyone can lose it,” so states the first tweet sent on Monday morning from a mysterious new account that we're still not 100% sure is legitimate or not. Dubbed the "Lion Leash,” the project...

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How the Google algorithm stole a blogger's domain name.

You may remember, in the early days of the internet, some very smart cookies enriched themselves considerably by buying up the domain names they figured would be in demand, just as soon as major corporations woke up to the new technology. Smart...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Cannes Lions Winners: Day 1

It's that time of year again, when the advertising descends upon the south of France in a tsunami of designer shades and branded belt buckles for the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, and those who didn't get an invite are left with...

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Seymourpowell design the world's most ethical smartphone

It's a constant 24 month cycle we've all become sadly accustomed with. The semi-ritualistic shedding of one smartphone for another as our contracts expire and we look to the newest handsets on the market for our next technological fix. The Dutch...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Thames Capsule Inspired By Found Font

When you think of the things you might find in the River Thames, they’re all pretty much disgusting and a typeface isn’t one of them. But maybe you haven’t heard the remarkable story of the Doves Type font. In 1900 T.J....

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Carsten Höller Time Lapse, when art meets architecture

Everyone is talking about Carsten Höller’s new Southbank Centre survey show, as part of his exhibition with the Hayward Gallery. And with good reason.He’s installed a giant slide, a flash of silver curves over that famous Brutalist...

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