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The future of the design industry?

Whether you’re already in the design industry or are a design student, you must have come across the news about government cuts within the arts sector. It’s been rumoured for a while, although right now, as we’re in the midst of it, there’s...

Posted by: Tony Clarkson
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Leaders

#GettingToKnow Sweathead CEO, Mark Pollard

Mark runs Sweathead, a strategy training company with a community of 18,000 strategists and a podcast with over 1.3 million listens. In recent years, he's consulted and trained companies like Wall Street Journal, Twitter, Complex Media, EA Games,...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Features

Pink vs Grey: Barbieheimer is the marketing stunt of the year

In 2023, a meme could quite literally make or break a campaign. Whether or not that’s exciting or profoundly depressing will depend on many things (including, of course, your age) but it can’t be denied the memes generated in the wake of...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

#GettingToKnow Martin Talbot, CEO of The Official Charts Company

Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? There is no typical day, but there is a fairly common structure. It kicks off walking Bobby (our puppy) round our local park, while answering a handful of early emails, sending a...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

The beer you can only drink if you’re 70+ | #BehindTheIdea

Beck's recently introduced Beck's 70+, a limited edition beer specially designed for more mature drinkers. As our taste buds age, we develop more resistance to bitter flavours, and Beck's has created a new formula that compensates for this change by...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Features

4 Hot Picks for Cannes Lions 2023

By Alex Jenkins, Editorial Director at Contagious. It feels like the last twelve months has seen the ad industry stuck in a creative recession. As someone who’s monitored the output of the global ad industry for over a decade, I can’t...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

#GettingToKnow Darren Sital-Singh, Managing Director @ Studio PI

Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? As MD of Studio PI, an artist management and production agency, no day is the same for me. Every day involves managing a number of projects, the content of which varies on a...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Burnout, Anxiety & Mental Health for Creatives

When we enjoy our work, and it's a part of who we are, it's harder to be mindful of sneaky burnout gremlins. So how can we make sure we look after our mental health when our creative minds never take a break? Creativity isn’t just a job we...

Posted by: We Are Tilt
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Industry

Adapt and Change: How did the internet change graphic design?

The internet has made a massive difference in the graphic design industry. The marketing landscape has changed a lot, leading to a change in consumer behaviour. And all of this has meant that designers have had to adapt and change to not only keep up...

Posted by: Tony Clarkson
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Industry

How to choose a graphic design company

Graphic design is an essential element in today's digital age, as it can help businesses communicate their brand message and stand out in a crowded market. However, not all businesses have the skills or resources to create high-quality designs...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Transforming Pentawards into a creative canvas for change | #BehindTheBrand

In 2020, Vault49 Co-Founder John Glasgow was invited to speak at the Pentawards Festival and joined the international awards jury. At the beginning of 2023, John was appointed Co-President of the jury, and the Vault49 team was asked to be Pentawards'...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

#MemberSpotlight on freelance graphic designer Matt Powell

How did you get into the industry? Soon after finishing college I was lucky enough to be hired by one of the most successful UK ad agencies outside London. They had a great list of clients including Jaguar Land Rover and Hyundai. I worked alongside...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

It’s time for boys to get periods

Uniform call on the nation’s boys to help support the effort in menstrual education. 72% of boys have never had a lesson about periods. So, is it any wonder that 1 in 5 women have felt period shame due to comments from a male friend? 21% of...

Posted by: Uniform
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Inspiration

Talking is healing campaign supports FGM survivors | #BehindTheIdea

Earlier this year, Leeds Health and Care Partnership, on behalf of NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board released a health campaign to raise awareness around the illegal practice of female genital mutilation (FGM). The campaign aimed to encourage...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Unlocking human stories with Synoptic Office | #CompanySpotlight

Synoptic Office is an award-winning design consultancy working globally with leading cultural, civic, and business organizations to communicate ideas, build experiences, and cultivate new audiences. Designers Caspar Lam and YuJune Park originally...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Putting the POP in pop culture with Hannah Gillingham | #MemberSpotlight

Hannah Gillingham is a UK based freelance digital illustrator and artist. Working with a conceptual approach to illustration, she creates painterly illustrations of her favourite characters from pop culture and design illustrated posters, exploring...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Preparing for the creative journey and #GettingToKnow Carsten Glock

It takes quite a lot of confidence to name an agency after yourself. But GLOCK founder and CEO Carsten Glock certainly doesn’t come across as arrogant. Indeed, he never even set out to create an agency at all. But how did he get there and where...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Features

Why You Need to Embrace Environmental Branding Ahead of 2023

Simply having your sign out front won’t cut it anymore. In today’s competitive landscape, branding takes on a much more comprehensive approach. This demand has paved the way for environmental branding - an immersive approach that helps...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Three headstrong people share their stories | #BehindTheIdea

A trans activist, a rapper and a comedian talk openly and frankly about their life, inspirations, achievements, challenges, and why their hair is such a huge part of their headstrong personality. All while getting their haircut in Bed Head’s...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Top 10 most exciting graphic designers on Creativepool

The best graphic designers inhabit that space between the creative and the business-minded; the tangible and the intangible. It would be quite easy (and reductive) to simply take the phrase literally and describe a graphic designer simply as...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Features

Why neurodiverse entrepreneurs are running the world

Some of the most famous and successful entrepreneurs of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have been individuals who consider themselves within one or more neuro identity groups. With this in mind, the team at Business Name Generator have...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

#GettingToKnow a London transplant with a bold imagination

Imagination is a wonderful thing. Without it, the creative industries would cease to exist and we’d be living in a world full of blank concrete slabs and beige uniforms. It’s also the name of a rather exciting agency with offices around...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Where do you go when you can't get going?

Back in September, I wrote about how comparison can be both a blessing and a curse for creatives. I talked about my own experience with ‘imposter syndrome’, and how we need to strike a balance between allowing other design professionals...

Posted by: Tony Clarkson

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