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Inspiration

The Colonie Editor Bob Ackerman Cuts Pytka’s New McDonald’s Spot

The Colonie editor, Bob Ackerman, and renowned director, Joe Pytka, recently paired up to create a dramatic spot for McDonald’s, out of Burrell Communications. Driven by realistic, gritty, cinematic style footage, the :60 commercial, entitled,...

Posted by: Robl + Sutta
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Leaders

The blurred legal lines between inspiration and stealing.

When does homage become theft? And when does inspiration tip into plagiarism? Can a creative endeavour ever be called completely original? These were the questions facing a U.S. court, which last week found in favour of the family of the late soul...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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AMV BBDO take the playground to the streets

A clever new outdoor campaign from AMV BBDO for the V&A Museum of Childhood reimagines the Tower Hamlets borough in London's east end as one gigantic playground. Running throughout this week, the campaign promotes the museum which houses a vast...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Meet JIBO: Robot Friend or Robot Slave?

Yesterday I reported on a protest taking part at the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, in which a small group of concerned citizens took to the streets to warn festival attendees of the potential dangers of sentient machines. Having seen the video...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Etihad Airways ropes in Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman is the new face of Etihad Airways, with the brand ambassador starring in a new campaign called “Flying Reimagined” for the luxury airline, which had its worldwide premiere in Abu Dhabi over the weekend. The premiere was...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Spotify gets a fresh lick of paint

The ubiquitous music streaming service Spotify is abandoning its trademark black and green for a bold redesign, which will see the brand injected with colour. The look was designed by the New York-based consultancy, Collins, and adds a number of...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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The Week in Tech

Twitter Twitter officially announced this week that it acquired the live-streaming app Periscope back in January, and several sources have hinted that it will shortly be launched as a separate app with the ability to watch both live and previously...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

Hires of the Week: Part 2

Jack Morton Worldwide Jack Morton Worldwide has appointed Keith Chamarette as the new director of digital at its London office. Chamarette has over 17 years of experience in digital, with time served at agencies such as Positive Digital, Publicis...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Hires of the Week: Part 1

BMF Nicole Hetherington and Simon Fowler, the award-winning creative duo, joined the BMF creative department. The Kiwi team moved to Sydney five years ago after winning New Zealand Young Lions competition, and have since created unique and effective...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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VCCP showcase a darker side to McLaren

It's become something of a cliché to “Go to the dark side,” in the media. Modern logic dictates that the second sequel in a trilogy should always be “The dark one,” and adding a touch of gritty realism to a TV show can be...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Google get physical on Tottenham Court Road

It was bound to happen eventually. Following in the lofty footsteps of Apple and even Amazon, Google have finally opened their first physical store. This time, however, it's us mere English peasants that are getting there first with the launch of the...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Industry

A Distinctly Creative Advertising Week Europe

There is most certainly much business going on at Advertising Week Europe. When one sees the great work from Karmarama for the week itself, you’ll see that this not your “typical” gathering of advertising folk. Yes, there will most...

Posted by: Advertising Week
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Designworks inspire some fresh connections in Australia

Australian design agency Designworks has created a bold new identity for the Centennial Parklands Foundation based around the concept of “Inspiring Connections.” It aims to raise awareness of the charitable organisation, which ensures the...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Apple's March 2015 Keynote

Apple Watch - The Watch Reimagined Yesterday's tech news cycle belonged to the Apple Watch, with the Californian giants finally lifting the veil on their much hyped wearable smart device, whilst also announcing official pricing and an official...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Open Table rebrand promotes “Openness”

The Californian consultancy Tomorrow Partners has created a new brand identity for the restaurant reservation service Open Table, which will be rolling out globally, and focuses more on the dining experience than the act of booking it. The rebranding...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

A symphony of one for everyone

Only four days after it was launched, the Kickstarter page for the Artiphon INSTRUMENT 1 noted that the goal of $75,000 had already been reached. In fact, at the time of writing, with 35 days still left to go, the remarkable looking instrument has...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

Hires of the Week: Part 1

Dalziel and Pow Former Household Design creative strategy director Paul West, has been named as strategy director at Dalziel and Pow, a role in which he will champion and nurture insights and creative strategy. The announcement forms part of an...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Account Wins of the Week

One Earth Farms - Transcend3 One Earth Farms has named Transcend3 as their national advertising agency of record and strategic partner in Canada. OEF is an umbrella housing many natural and organic food brands, including Beretta Farms and Sweetpea...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Holiday Inn teams up with IDEO to bring in SmartTech

Holiday Inn's Express chain of affordable hotels is undergoing an exhaustive redesign. The brand has been working with IDEO and Forpeople to develop brand new interior designs for its hotels that use “Smart technology” to make guests'...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Lema bring Italy to King's Road

The Lema furniture brand is opening its first company-owned flagship store in London this spring on Kings Road. The store, which is due to open in May, will cover 400 square metres over two floors, each encompassing Lema's two brands, Lema Casa (on...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Grolsch are celebrating a BIG birthday

I have a particular affinity for Grolsch. I'm not normally a lager drinker; it all tends to taste the same to me, and the gas is a by-product of heavy consumption that I could quite frankly do without. For that reason, I've always been a cask ale...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

New coin portrait of Queen unveiled today at National Portrait Gallery

Let's face it, if you're going to have your face on millions of coins, you're going to want to be pleased with the chosen image. So let's hope Her Majesty is not going to be ordering any beheadings after this morning's unveiling at the National...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Leaders

MWC 15: the best of the rest

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
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Leaders

MWC 15: Samsung vs. HTC

This weekend at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, 2000 exhibitors and more than 86,000 visitors gathered to revel in everything portable and electronic. Traditionally the annual show (which continues throughout the week) is all about...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

Hires of the Week

Razorfish London Razorfish London has named Jim Mason as executive director of strategy & insight. Mason joins the London team from the Razorfish Atlanta office, and will be formally leading the practice which unites strategy, insights, planning,...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Idean heads for the hills

Global experience design agency Idean, has announced the opening of a new studio in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, which will be led by newly appointed head of studio & creative director, Andreas Neumann. Neumann brings to the agency extensive...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

River Island experience a Happy Finish at Fashion Week

As part of their ongoing collaborative partnership with high street fashion brand River Island, White Lodge, the production company dedicated to creating premium content for fashion brands, has teamed up with VFX specialists Happy Finish to create a...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Inspiration

Introducing Mariana Rodrigues: jelly London's newest Future

Ever wondered what inspires the jelly talent? What drives them? What a typical day is like? jelly London's Head of Creative Comms Rachael Guiver went behind the scenes with jelly's newest Futures illustrator Mariana Rodrigues to ask how she starts...

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Leaders

26 shades of Grey for Ryman (for free!)

Ryman, the UK's leading stationer, has teamed up with Grey London to promote the sustainable Ryman Eco font through a new initiative called the “Alphabet Poster Project.” 26 leading British designers have created “Beautifully...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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MPC announce Parisian adventure

MPC, the creative studio that specialises in VFX, a sector in which it has been a global leader for over 25 years, recently announced the launch of a new VFX studio in Paris, which will be led by multi award-winning creative director Franck Lambertz,...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

The Black Cab Interviews presents Billy Faithfull

Billy Faithfull, Executive Creative Director at WCRS, talks with Creativepool founder, Michael Tomes. Hear Billy's thoughts on the book, whether creativity can be learned, and problem solving in advertising. Billy started his career in a design...

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Business Roundup

Royal Caribbean Norwegian cruise line brand Royal Caribbean International is thought to be reviewing its global creative agency business, with a decision expected to arrive by May. JWT, the incumbent agency, is expected to defend their title in the...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Boomerang spins a complete global rebrand

The global children's TV channel Boomerang, a subsidiary of Cartoon Network that specialises in classic cartoons (such as Tom & Jerry and The Flintstones) with a more family friendly approach than the alternative, modern cartoons featured on its...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Step into a new creative Garden

Former Zulu Alpha Kilo executives Shari Walczak and Shane Ogilvie have left their posts as executive planning director and executive creative director respectively, to set up a new agency simply called “The Garden,” which they envision as...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Apple Store overhaul on the cards

The minimalist Apple Store design is set to get a major overhaul by senior vice president of design, Sir Jony Ive. The redesign comes at a time when the company are poised to launch their new Apple Watch, and when there is rife speculation about...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns

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