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Complex Doesn’t Always Mean Complicated: 4 Best Practices to Turn B2B Communication Into Exciting Content
September is here and our studio will soon be celebrating it’s fourth year in business! Since our beginnings, developments in digital marketing have been happening faster than ever and we have learnt a lot on the journey. The most important...
Posted by: NuccoLeaders
London's Collective Old Oak is a co-living complex you never have to leave
In what will no doubt be wondrous news for agoraphobiacs everywhere (but mostly ones living in London), the Collective Old Oak co-living complex is set to open in the capital next month. The residential complex is the largest of its kind in the...
Posted by: Creativepool EditorialInspiration
#MemberSpotlight on freelance writer and director Katerina Sfaellou
How did you get into the industry? I started on the corporate side of things many years ago, working on events and marketing activation campaigns. But I always wanted to be hands-on and combine my communications degree with the more creative side of...
Posted by: Creativepool EditorialInspiration
Phillips #ShareTheCare for mums across the world #BehindTheIdea
Philips Avent, in collaboration with LePub, is launching an empowering new campaign called #ShareTheCare. This initiative aims to address the challenges faced by moms and put a spotlight on the importance of their well-being and self-care. To raise...
Posted by: Creativepool EditorialFeatures
Creative Freedom vs Cultural Sensitivity: The England Kit Controversy
As creatives, we’re always treading a fine line between letting our creative souls run free and pleasing not only our clients but our audiences. Never is this more apparent than when a piece of creative stirs controversy and we’re forced...
Posted by: Benjamin HiornsInspiration
What’s in a name? The subtle art of naming your brand #BrandMonth
Imagine if Apple was Pear or Coca-Cola was Cola-Coca. Would we still be celebrating them as some of the most popular brands in the world today? Of course, we have no way of knowing definitively but the sheer ubiquity of those names means it’s...
Posted by: Benjamin HiornsInspiration
#MemberSpotlight on freelance animator Peter Shaw
How did you get into the industry? From watching too many cartoons as a kid, honestly! As a teenager, I saved up for a Wacom tablet and started experimenting with making my own animation in Flash and Photoshop. Later, when I studied animation at the...
Posted by: Creativepool EditorialWorkshop
The anxiety attacking earplugs #CreativeCaseStudy
Design agency Matter has collaborated with University of the Arts London to develop a concept for a bio-inspired sustainable earplug using the natural form of a helix to reduce material needed to efficiently block out sound. The concept takes...
Posted by: Benjamin HiornsInspiration
Swift Creatives unveils personalised AI assistant #BehindTheIdea
AI is fast becoming a part of our everyday lives, making life easier in both our personal and professional lives. But what does the future AI personal assistant look like? With its new concept, Swift Creatives sets out what could be the next...
Posted by: Creativepool EditorialInspiration
Creative Activism: How Creativity Can and Has Been Used as a Tool for Societal Change #DiversityMonth
Activism is about standing up for your beliefs in a way that could prove detrimental to your own personal or professional life and it’s a stance that has catalysed some of the most important moments and movements in history. Activism has...
Posted by: Benjamin HiornsFeatures
A Brief History of Diversity in Advertising #DiversityMonth
Adland has not always been known as the bastion of diversity and inclusion it is today… mostly. Indeed, we only have to cast our minds back to the halcyon days of the Mad Men and the regrettable ads that now seem as outdated as blackface and...
Posted by: Benjamin HiornsLeaders
#MemberSpotlight on commercial director and filmmaker Martin Edwards
How did you get into the industry? I was living the dream of being an indie filmmaker in New York-in other words, struggling to pay the rent and eating a lot of iffy cheeseburgers-when a friend hooked me up with a gig at a SoHo ad agency....
Posted by: Creativepool EditorialFeatures
Why Diversity Tactics in the Creative Industries Continue to Fall Short #DiversityMonth
Diversity is more than just a buzzword to be wheeled out every time you need to prove how “progressive” you are and it’s time all creatives sat up and took note. The clarion call has been ringing out for years now but from film and...
Posted by: Benjamin HiornsFeatures
The Rise of AI in Design: A seismic shift is happening right now
I just hung up the phone. It was my friend Heather on the other end. Heather is not just any designer; she's an absolute wizard when it comes to navigating the world of AI in design. In fact, she's so good at it that she even teaches classes on the...
Posted by: Marc PoschWorkshop
What does it take to refresh a 64-year-old heritage brand? #BehindTheBrand
IMG is a global company heralded with founding sports marketing as we know it - founded by pioneering marketer and agent Mark McCormack, it all began with a handshake in 1960 and the world of sports changed forever. Last month, the company unveiled...
Posted by: Creativepool EditorialIndustry
What the second rise of Trumpism could mean for creatives
As we all know, the creative industries thrive on the principles of diversity, open expression, and global collaboration. These are not principles even the most ardent supporter of former president Donald Trump would ever align him with and with the...
Posted by: Benjamin HiornsFeatures
Diversity, Creativity, and the Assistive AI Revolution #DiversityMonth
With Artificial intelligence (AI) and its effect on the creative industries at the forefront of current debates, this article aims to take a step back to approach this complex but increasingly pertinent relationship from an angle that hasn’t...
Posted by: SphereTraxWorkshop
QR Codes: Your Pocket Portal in Education
Imagine a world where learning isn't confined to the four walls of a classroom or the pages of a textbook. Where boundless knowledge awaits, just a simple scan away. In today's dynamic educational landscape, QR codes are transforming this vision into...
Posted by: Creativepool PartnerInspiration
WWF go up in smoke with stop motion animation and Billie Eilish #BehindTheIdea
Featuring a reinterpretation of Billie Eilish and Finneas’s song "When the Party's Over", WWF and NOMINT launches "Up in Smoke" at COP28, a stop motion film that urgently addresses the global climate crisis driven by fossil fuel...
Posted by: Creativepool EditorialFeatures
What Will Adland Look Like in 6 Months? #PredictionsMonth
The world of advertising has always stood on unstable ground, such is always evolving nature of the creative landscape. However, this year promises to be a particularly lively one, as the dynamics of technology, culture, and economics start to...
Posted by: Benjamin HiornsFeatures
The Top 10 AI Trends of 2024 #PredictionsMonth
The exponential rise of AI is well and truly underway and there isn’t a tide big enough to stop it at this point. Rather than wax lyrical on the inevitability of my own career being forfeit, however, I’m choosing to live with the machine,...
Posted by: Benjamin HiornsIndustry
The Principles of Binary Options Marketing: A Closer Look at Broker Strategies
In the world of finance, binary options trading has emerged as a popular, albeit controversial, investment method. At its core, binary options trading involves predicting whether an asset's price will rise or fall within a specified time frame....
Posted by: Creativepool PartnerFeatures
The existential horror of virtual influencers #PredictionsMonth
If you thought the bog-standard former Love Island contestants and overly enthusiastic gamers that make up so much of the influencer space were bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet. This year, with AI entrenched in our culture in a way that would...
Posted by: Benjamin HiornsInspiration
What all Creatives Can Learn from Hayao Miyazaki
There are few creative directors in recent history as revered and beloved as Studio Ghibli mastermind Hayao Miyazaki. His name alone conjures dazzling visions of dream-logic wonder and colourful melancholy. He is, to all intents and purposes, the...
Posted by: Benjamin HiornsInspiration
Peopleway repositions as an AI-led human behaviour product specialist #BehindTheBrand
Charged with building an end-to-end rework of Peopleway’s brand identity to better reflect its positioning, Wipro-owned global experience innovation consultancy Designit sought to cut through the complicated conversations around human behaviour...
Posted by: Creativepool EditorialWorkshop
Is it possible to live in London as a creative on the London Living Wage? #PredictionsMonth
There’s something quietly Dickensian about the term “cost-of-living crisis” that’s given the news over the last few months a surreal air of uncanniness, at least in the UK. The concept that so many of us, even those such as...
Posted by: Benjamin HiornsInspiration
Samsung commit to UK skating with Sky Brown #BehindTheBrand
Iris London has worked with Samsung Electronics UK to launch an impactful campaign supporting the brand’s announcement that they are joining forces with Skateboard GB, the governing body for skateboarding in the UK. The partnership will form a...
Posted by: Creativepool EditorialFeatures
Creative Trends That Will Dominate 2024 #YearInReview
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 HiornsFeatures
How will 2023 be remembered by creatives? #YearInReview
2023 will hardly be remembered as a banner year for may of us as the cost-of-living crisis started digging deeper and the political spectrum on both sides of the atlantic started to devolve into a cynical and hateful mess. For creatives from all...
Posted by: Benjamin HiornsInspiration
Think boilers… think, boring? Think again #BehindTheBrand
Cat How, Founder & ECD at How Studio, takes us through how their rebrand for energy services provider Hometree saw us redefine their verbal, and visual identity as well as website; with a brand idea ‘Transition Companion’, that showcased...
Posted by: Creativepool EditorialFeatures
Will there be an AI-led renaissance in design craft in 2024? #YearInReview
There's a lot of buzz about how generative AI is streamlining processes and saving time in the creative tech industry. However, the aspect I find most intriguing is considering how creatives will utilise all this extra time afforded by these...
Posted by: Creativepool EditorialIndustry
5 Outsourcing Trends To Look Out For In 2024
In the ever-evolving world of business, the concept of outsourcing has become synonymous with adaptability and efficiency. As companies navigate the intricacies of a fast-paced global marketplace, they continually seek innovative ways to optimize...
Posted by: We Are AmnetWorkshop
Ten Red Flags to Look for When Hiring a Marketing Agency in 2024
UK businesses have been warned to look out for ten red flags when engaging with a digital marketing consultancy, such as guaranteed results, lack of transparency, a focus on vanity metrics and more. Despite current economic challenges, the first...
Posted by: outbloomWorkshop
Breaking boundaries: Embracing creative problem solving
In a world full of uncertainty with a rapid pace of constant change, businesses must do all they can to keep up. With constant technological, social, and economic shifts, change has become the only constant. Often businesses fall into the trap of...
Posted by: Born UglyFeatures
The important role of creatives in a post-truth world
Post-truth is, when taken on its own terms, is a pretty terrifying concept. Without the truth, the objective becomes subjective, and facts can be acknowledged or ignored based on personal bias. What you’re left with is the cultural and...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns