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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
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 Hiorns
2023 has been a lot of things. It’s been a year that saw great divisions widen and a year that seemed to almost revel in chaos, but it was also a year in which creativity continued to shine, even as it stood on the precipice of potential...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
While much of the online discourse this year has surrounded the rise of AI and its increasing relevance, social media remains the engine that keeps the fires of the internet burning. Of course, AI will shape the future of social media but how and why...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Keith Foggan, Founder of social agency System, on what 2024 has in store for us across social media and digital marketing. Although many people think that influencer marketing is a relatively new phenomenon, borne out of the social media boom,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Over the past year, it’s been hard not to notice some pretty spectacular and bizarre advertising-stunts - from Maybelline’s mascara brush on the front of tube trains to Jacquemus bags cruising the streets of Paris. The surge in AI...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
There was a time when the televisual Christmas beacon was lit whenever we first heard the “holidays are coming” Coca-Cola jingle, but for the past decade (at least) that torch has been passed to John Lewis and their annual festive weepy....
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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
Nate Camponi, a Director at Chief TV, made a series of beautiful short films for M&S with celebrity chef Tom Kerridge earlier this year. In this piece, Nate explores how to tell big corporate stories in a more digestible way and what you can do from...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
WeWantMore is an Antwerp-based, award-winning design studio that works across Benelux, France, UK and beyond. Its strong design thinking uses authentic storytelling across two disciplines at the highest level: branding and interior design, to create...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Dare I say, “From the beginning of time,” we’ve told, been told, and spun stories of “us and them.” For the most part, even at their most innocuous, those stories imply “versus.” These are the stories of good...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Brooklyn-based design agency Team have rebranded nonprofit youth-mentoring program, Empower. The rebrand signals an expansion of the organization’s initial mission, which focused on supporting young women who had experienced mother loss,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Without stories what are we really? Storytelling is at the root of so much of our shared culture and it winds its barbs into everything from the stories we ingest actively (be it through books, TV, games or otherwise) to those we ingest passively...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
This October, Smile Train launched a campaign called ‘Beauty in Every Smile’, which looks to celebrate the beauty and diversity in smiles - following research which found that a third of people in the UK with a facial difference have been...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Yard Creative is an award-winning evidential design studio based in London Bridge that offers research, strategy and design (branding, digital environments and physical spaces). They are a self-described “team of creative catalysts”...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Bulla Co is an early-stage Gen Z influencer agency who have recently closed their six-figure pre-seed round. It’s been an exciting time for Bulla Co, as they’ve had a year of significant transformations and expansions. These upcoming...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Each year, the Cannes Lions score the global branded communications and marketing industry on Reach, Communication, Craft, Experience, Innovation, Impact, Good, Health, and Entertainment. The latest Global creative calendar edition is designed to...
Posted by: The Darnell Works Agency
This week we spoke to Luke Brown, Composer & Sound Designer at The Soundery, a music and sound design studio that specialises in cooking up "tasty noises for visual media." How was your company born and where are you based? The Soundery is a duo,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Creative comms agency Innocean UK worked with long time client Kia on its most recent ad. The agency showcased the enticing design and class leading features of the Kia Sportage, with the help of a CGI firefly. In collaboration with director Lee J...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
While brand partnerships and sponsored product placements have been a major part of the entertainment game for decades now, sometimes, it’s counter intuitive or simply too costly to use a ‘genuine’ brand in a film or TV show. But...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
England and Chelsea footballer, Raheem Sterling, and industry icon and music video director, Carly Cussen, recently launched their own creative production agency - Playmaker Films. Sterling and Cussen have a track record of working together to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
When we think of Hollywood directors, we often envision them immersed in the world of film from the get-go. Directors like Quentin Tarantino and Christopher Nolan appear to have been born to entertain us with epic movies that push the boundaries of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
This week, we caught up with Mark Baxter, Founder at Baggi, to discuss his young agency’s beginnings and optimistic future. How was your company born and where are you based? BAGGI were born in the middle of lockdown. It felt like the right...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Over the past few decades, video games have evolved from simple pixelated pastimes into immersive interactive experiences with vast storytelling potential. Alongside this evolution, branding in video games has also matured significantly. Once...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Vabel, the property brand committed to elevating the standard of London living, partnered with strategic design agency AboundStudio to translate their personality, unique approach and ethos into a compelling narrative and distinctive design language...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
This week we caught up with Dan Keefe, Head of We Are Social Studios, to discuss what it truly means to be a specialist agency in 2023. How was Studios born and where are you based? Studios is based at We Are Social’s London office in...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
There are few brands as highly coveted as Disney. This year marks 100 years since Walt Disney first stepped onto the global stage with the iconic Steamboat Willy cartoon and heralded the birth of modern animated cinema and in those ten decades, to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
At first glance, Threads is an exciting new addition to the ever-growing social media landscape. Dubbed the Twitter Killer, the app may prove to be a serious competitor to what used to be Twitter and is now re-branded X, with sign-ups totalling over...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Wonder Vision is a creative production studio driven by design and obsessed with detail. Starting with powerful ideas, they solve content production challenges for some of the world’s most ambitious brands. This week, we caught up with...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
By Dale Barnett, Insights Editor at Influencer Intelligence Nostalgia Marketing is a common strategy used to associate the target audience’s positive emotions about the past with a product or service to boost sales. Marketers use references to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
This year's World Water Day, VCCP worked with Just a Drop to launch their biggest marketing campaign ever. ‘The Walk To The Well’ is a campaign to raise awareness of how a human’s potential to achieve in life is limited when they...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
By Matthew Parsons, Head of Gaming at Azerion The incredible diversity of gaming audiences is finally being taken for granted. According to online gaming statistics, over a quarter (26%) of UK adults played some form of online game in 2022 -...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In today's world of cutting-edge technology and visual storytelling, Visual Effects (VFX) play a vital role in enhancing the cinematic experience. Whether you are producing a movie, a television show, a commercial, or any other visual media project,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Storyboard artists play a crucial role in visual storytelling for various creative projects, including films, animations, video games, commercials, and more. Their ability to translate ideas into visual sequences helps directors, writers, and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Coley Porter Bell has embarked on a major packaging rebrand, telling the stories behind the food, and bringing consistency and clear navigation to over 1000 products for Tesco’s “Finest” range. This incredibly ambitious rebrand has...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In the fast-paced world of advertising, staying ahead of the curve is something all brands and agencies need to not only consider, but obsess over. Digitalisation has revolutionised how campaigns are conceptualised, executed, and distributed, leading...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns