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Ever heard of the Pretentious-O-Meter? Neither did I, until earlier today. There is a known reality in the film industry that sees film critics as being constantly disconnected from the end audience. Ratings from critics are often unforgiving and...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
You are having a stroll on the main high street, on your way to your favourite park in town. A few steps away from the main gates, you see a man running towards you. He looks scared. Click here to dodge him. Click here to stop him. You dodge the...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
One day, robots will inherit the earth. As machine learning and artificial intelligence make bigger leaps forward year on year, product design, UI and UX do so as well, by leveraging the power of machine intelligence to solve the world’s most...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
The future of work is hybrid - if you’ve been around the Creativepool Magazine for long enough, you’ve read this many times from me now. While remote work is definitely here to stay, there is still a significant percentage of the...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Summer 2021 has been an interesting one for the British public. With a Covid foreign travel ban, most of the British people resorted to one in four key holiday destinations across the country, leading to a series of traffic jams all over the United...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Virtual Reality is now. If most of the advertising industry hasn’t jumped on the VR ship yet, you can bet we will soon - or at least, as soon as those incredibly expensive headsets become a bit more affordable (or attractive?) for the general...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
The advertising industry has been in turmoil for a while, but particularly over the past 18 months, following the announcement that Google Chrome would block third-party cookies by 2022 (now delayed to 2023). This is a strong push towards more solid...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
In 2015, nearly 40% of the UK’s self-employed workforce did not file their taxes by the HMRC deadline. That accounts for over 890,000 freelancers in the UK, who all faced a £100 late fee. The mere thought of taxes is often nightmare fuel...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Sir Jonathan Paul Ive is one of those figures who will always be remembered for leaving an everlasting mark in the history of design, technology and creativity. Save for the late Steve Jobs, there is no one who had more relevance in the history of...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Customers are enjoying more and more digital experiences - touching everything from banking, shopping, subscription services and entertainment, the list goes on. Research shows that on average, a smartphone is installed with 80+ apps, and those...
Posted by: Sophia Charters
When you look at the history of product design and the greatest innovations of all time, it’s hard to ignore how a large amount of incredibly amazing inventions have all started popping up rather recently. The golden age of innovation and...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Did you think you knew everything about advertising? These top 25 historical facts about the ad industry will surprise you. It is History Month here at Creativepool, which is the perfect opportunity for us to be reminded that there is always...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Games pull their audiences into extraordinary worlds made of fantasy, deeply human stories and epic challenges. As the 'gaming' demographic reaches an ever so broad spectrum of audiences all over the world, gaming brands are finding new ways to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
We will forever remember the past 16 months as the moment in which mankind realised they could be as productive from home as they are in the office - if not even more. Sadly, it was also a time of pay cuts, layoffs and job losses. A time when a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
As the world opens up again, many of us will find ourselves in new and exciting working environments. And while exploring the world can be a great opportunity to find creative inspiration, it’s more important than ever to ensure that you take...
Posted by: Xero
To say 2020 was an eventful start to the decade would be a tremendous understatement. We've seen the industry come together even while apart, as a pandemic brought about one of the biggest social crises in the history of humanity and protests for...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Apple's new privacy update sent the world of advertising in somewhat of a turmoil. With the possibility for users to choose which apps track their data, a debate was started asto whether this was something Apple should do or not. First, Facebook...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Time is ticking! With the standard submissions deadline now out of the way, we are little more than two weeks away from the Annual 2021 final submissions deadline, on Thursday 10th June. The Annual is the Most Distributed creative industry award....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Dove has become an incredibly well-known brand for challenging the established standards of "beauty" and promoting natural beauty across all ages. With this campaign by Ogilvy, the brand reached entirely new heights. The video campaign below shows a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Shaun: “I really love that new tv series.” Laura: “Same” Mark: “I’ve always wanted to go to Borneo” Karl: “Same” Richard: “I can’t understand why competing brands want to look...
Posted by: Simon Manchipp
The latest ONS figures show GDP shrank by 9.9% in 2020, the biggest decline since 1709. While the statistics are shocking, they’re not wholly surprising given the scale and severity of the pandemic’s effect on the global economy. The...
Posted by: Creativepool
There’s little doubt that the pandemic has fuelled the adoption of virtual experiences across the retail sector. From clothing to eyewear, furniture to beauty, there are few categories that haven’t ventured into AR, VR, 3D, Gaming,...
Posted by: Creativepool
Just 10 years ago, some of the technological advancements which make entertainment more accessible were often related with some crazy science-fiction projects. Today, agencies like Something Different show that a lot of those concepts can now be made...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Right when you start thinking that creativity cannot be pushed any further, there will always be a campaign such as this one by Cheil Central America ready to amaze any advertising professional out there. The Nature of Plastic was born out of a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The story of amp Global CMO Uli Reese would sound incredibly inspiring to any musician out there. Forged by the scorching flames of TV composition in Hollywood, Uli entered the industry as a music composer and has found his own way through the music...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Being a creative professional isn't a job - it's a life commitment. We think creative, work creative, dream creative and sometimes even entertain us with creative hobbies. It's like a curse, but one we're much happy to have. Yet when Designer & Art...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
We’ve all witnessed the push to sustainability in the past decade. What were once talks in the realm of the ‘nice to have’ or some barely formed concerns about the health of our planet have now transformed into sheer fear for some...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Facebook made it quite clear that the company isn’t fine with Apple allowing users to opt out of personalised ad tracking with iOS 14. Of course, that shouldn’t come as a surprise to anybody. Some context first: Apple has officially...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Ten years fly when you're having fun. Ten years ago, in the middle of the 2010 financial crisis, Rob House was just getting started as a freelance illustrator - and even now, Rob knows that was probably the best choice of his life. Rob has worked...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Have you ever heard of a no-waste designer? Creative Director of Misfit Creative Pete Brady might be a first. Pete believes that everything in design must have a purpose. There is no room for wasted space, no way that any part of a design may be...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
There surely are some stunningly talented artists out there. 3D and VFX Artist Daniel Magyar is without a doubt one of them. A fan of 3D realism and clearly a skilled creative professional, Daniel has been playing around with 3D software since his...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A guide to freelance illustration rates, with tips and advice from experienced professionals in the industry Illustrators are the makers of dreams. By combining art, design and creative skills, illustrators work to produce original images for a wide...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
You could say that after this year, only a fool would attempt to predict anything about the future. But, foolhardy or not, we can look at the direction of travel of the biggest drivers of change and make some inferences from that. After all, as Bill...
Posted by: Imagination
If there's one thing you will learn from all of these Member Spotlights of ours, it is that ambition can get you anywhere. No matter where you are coming from, or where you want to go. This was the case of Corry Raymond. Born and raised in a seaside...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Barbara Gibson is a collage illustrator. You don't see many of those around, and it's certainly a quirky style the one she has. All her graphic designs feel quite unique, and the more you look at them, the more you love them. It works kind of like an...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
With a good portion of the world working from home or in lockdown, one can guess the events industry isn't doing too well right now. But you would be wrong to assume that the industry hasn't been working behind the scenes to envision new solutions,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial