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With technology advancing in new and diverse directions year on year, it can be difficult to take time to consider the wider implications of its growth on our civilisation. Lucky then, that for the last 29 years, Berlin’s transmediale festival...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
Jadye Perkins is something of a DIY flâneur, having moved from Devon to Bristol by way of Berlin putting together zines and exhibitions with her friends along the way. Out of all the stories of 'creative types moving to Berlin', we like Perkin's...
Posted by: Jade French
Founded in 2006, the art collective Slavs and Tatars have continuously created thought provoking, hilarious and politically charged work. Although taken under the wing of art establishments such as the MoMA, their work also speaks to a graphic design...
Posted by: Jade French
by Ashley Morrison Understandably, a lot of people hate graffiti, mainly because it takes the form of the pointless defacement of public or private property with little more than large and ugly "tags," carried out by people who are - usually -...
Posted by: Creativepool
For the opening day of IFA Berlin 2017, The Flash Pack partnered with HMD Global to create a totally unique installation, celebrating the launch of their new flagship Android smartphone, the Nokia 8; To do this, we created The Home of Nokia. Just a...
Posted by: The Flash Pack
How would you sum up ZEBU? ZEBU are an art and illustration duo from Berlin. Our work is bold, reduced and humorous. How did you guys get started in the industry? We have our roots in graffiti and urban art culture. Back in the day we were a...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
AHOY Studios are a design agency with a difference; dedicated to delivering culturally and socially relevant campaigns that impact the greater good of the world. We caught up with one-half of the agency’s founders, Connie Koch, to hear more about...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
Ruohan Wang makes beautifully simple illustrations that say more than at first meets the eye. She sometimes turns them into tongue in cheek GIFs, letting her style free from the static page to bring her thoughtful creations to life. Hailing from...
Posted by: Jade French
The Museum of Applied Arts in Berlin, which has been closed for three years, was reopened recently after a comprehensive renovation. The renovation has been underlined by Berlin-based design consultancy Double Standards, which has designed signage,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The online music sharing platform SoundCloud has proven to be one of the great online musical success stories of the last few years, with an average of around 175 million users signing into the site to listen to and share their own music every month....
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
by Ashley Morrison One of Berlin's most impressive buildings was actually British designed: the extraordinary glass dome sitting atop the Reichstag, built by Sir Norman Foster. I'll be honest, I was surprised to learn that the Germans asked a Brit...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Magnus Shaw Yesterday, all the blood, sweat and tears came to a shuddering climax. The London Olympic Games 2012 kicked off with a women's football match and a resounding blunder. Confusing one flag for another must be very easy to do. So many...
Posted by: Creativepool
How do you take on two of the world’s biggest corporations and win? Well you start by saying "it can be done better". At least, that’s what Mirco Wolf and Lorenz Hampl told each other as they sat in their kitchen one day, eating a frozen...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
A film and new typeface inspired by original graffiti from the Berlin Wall has been created as part of a campaign to mark the 30th anniversary of the structure coming down in November 1989. The film, created by HEIMAT Berlin, includes sirens, dogs...
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
Unlike advertising festivals, CICLOPE Festival focuses on the art of execution, rather than of the ideas. Whether it’s a TV commercial, a mobile app or an interactive installation, CICLOPE believes a the finished result is as important as the...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
Our new City Guides feature is the guidebook you never asked for but always wanted. Conventional travel guides are all good, but they don't really offer you the opportunity to immerse yourself in a city's creative heart. We're changing all that, by...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
For those of you not familiar with DMY Berlin, the annual contemporary design festival is hosted in the German capital, and each year it invites aspiring and established designers to present new products, prototypes and design concepts to an...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
Fascism is one hell of a buzzword, and if there could be one fascistic figurehead, it would undoubtedly by Adolf Hitler. Yes, many have accused Donald Trump of holding similar values as the man many still refer to as the most evil to have ever walked...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The Sammlung Boros private collection of contemporary art is a remarkable story of history, architecture and artistic curation housed in a former WWII bunker in Berlin-Mitte. The word ‘bunker’ is not used lightly here. The entire...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
The temperature may have dropped to a Baltic minus 9, but that didn’t chill the atmosphere in Berlin last week. Since Berlin Fashion Week first opened it’s doors in 2007, the fashionable elite have been flocking to Europe’s creative...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
The world inbetween copyright and 'copyleft' is the focus of Matthew Plummer-Fernandez’s exploration in his first solo show; Hard Copy at NOME, Berlin. Fascinated by the resilience of pop-icon shapes; Plummer-Fernandez has taken iconic images...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
For the last two years Berlin has been the home of CICLOPE Festival, the only international event fully dedicated to the craft of moving image. Since moving to the heart of Berlin’s über cool Mitte district in 2012, it has become THE place...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
The introduction to Grace Weaver’s Skinny Latte at Soy Capitán Berlin, promises to immerse you in the land of ‘milk and honey’. It’s an ominous assurance, there are emojis throughout the text and everything looks candy...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
Last Friday, Soto launched the hugely anticipated Converse X Stüssy collaboration. The only spot for such a clash of lifestyle brands was the shop Soto, with drinks provided by Bulleit and Clique Bier. A selection of hip hop hits filled the...
Posted by: Jade French
A new national US campaign from Airbnb, the website that allows users to rent out their own homes to tourists and vice versa, uses the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall to tell an emotionally engaging story about two men from opposite...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Will my work get seen by the "right" people is a key question when deciding on whether or not to enter any award. As a part of our commitment to making The Annual the "Most Award" we make sure that your entries are delivered to, and downloaded by,...
Posted by: Creativepool
Not every brand can be an icon and even those that achieve iconic status are not guaranteed immortality. Of course, changing consumer and economic trends are always going to play an important part in whether a brand sticks around for months, years or...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In the annals of cultural history, Punk stands as a testament to the power of rebellion and defiance. Emerging in the 1970s as a raw, unapologetic response to the stifling conservatism of the time, Punk music, fashion, and ethos shattered norms,...
Posted by: Marc Posch
A commitment to lifelong learning promises many prolific returns. Expanding knowledge allows us to better understand the world and our fellow humans while advancing our skills. In a constantly changing world, innovation enhances professional...
Posted by: The Darnell Works Agency
Finding so many extraordinary offerings to showcase in this creative calendar edition is a wonderful feeling. You are sure to recognize many of the social engagements taking pop culture’s center stage. Even if you can't hit the road to learn new...
Posted by: The Darnell Works Agency
Among dozens of momentous events set to play out in the weeks ahead, many are already underway, or will commence with the dawn of August. The list includes some of the world’s most famous cultural and creative-industry gatherings set to welcome...
Posted by: The Darnell Works Agency
How did you get into the industry? After almost 30 years as a graphic designer and art director I needed a change. I went to Portugal and began working on a photo book about the country; which was subsequently published, kickstarting my photographic...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Over the past three years, we have adapted together - and now, our ships are coming in. Comparatively, we may go less often, stay closer to home, and spend more time phoning things in … but new days are growing heavy with promise. In our...
Posted by: The Darnell Works Agency
How was your company born and where are you based? Back in the early 90’s the talented and ambitious copywriting and creative duo of Adam Wooff and Chris Tongeman decided to leave publishing and make the entrepreneurial leap into agency...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In a first for the UK, millennial travel company, WeRoad, is getting the nation to mingle with strangers - no keys in the bowl required. In its first ever international OOH campaign, the travel company is encouraging Brits to trade rush hour for the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial