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I don't understand DJs. Or more accurately, I don't understand the idea of the DJ as a modern-day rockstar. The fact that glorified button-pushers such as David Guetta and Calvin Harris can command hundreds of thousands of pounds to essentially press...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
To celebrate the credit card brand's 19th year of sponsoring the Brit Awards, MasterCard have teamed up with celebrated producer (and BRIT Award winner) Mark Ronson to give six of his fans the chance to record a cover of his ubiquitous hit...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? I don’t think there’s ever a typical day. And I love that there isn’t. I started Tactical ten years ago during the early days of the iPhone and in the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
You might have seen BLVR’s Compton Cowboys campaign for Andis - ‘an unusually tender, insightful work for a barbering campaign’ - ECD Austin Lane led the creative vision on this. Photography, painting, drawing, and filming were all...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Nineties or millennials, noughties or baby boomers, it is no secret that all generations have their myths and prejudices and marketers have to overcome these to make sure they're tailoring their offer appropriately. We've had the chance to learn...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
From directing skeleton crews in the middle of Sierra Leone's jungles to creating abstract visuals for fashion shows, over the last decade Chris Light has spent making films, he’s had a lot of fun. As part of the film production company...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Taylor Herring - Thorpe Park Taylor Herring has subverted conventional out of home advertising by anchoring the living dead to an ad installation in East London and making commuters wish they were tucked up safely at home. This bizarre experiential...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Droga5 - Pizza Hut Kristen Wiig’s comedic genius for transforming into vast and varied characters, showcased for years on “Saturday Night Live,” has now been harnessed for a new Pizza Hut campaign created with Droga5. In two TV...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Ribena has partnered with J. Walter Thompson London, Brass and Diverse Interactive to create an interactive app called “Doodle Your World,” which allows users to literally ‘doodle’ on their surroundings, by using Ribenary characters that come...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
TMW Unlimited - Impulse Impulse has launched a TV and online campaign for its new Why Not? fragrance starring Leanne Lim-Walker, a YouTube fashion blogger who embodies the brand's “Live Life on Impulse” personality. Impulse challenged...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
We recently reported on the collaboration between Mark Ronson and Mastercard, which saw the producer teaming up with a few musical fans to record a unique cover version of his iconic “Uptown Funk” hit. Now it's the turn of BRIT Award winning...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Fingerpaint Marketing Fingerpaint Marketing has hired seasoned executive Bill McEllen to lead its ever-expanding New York office in Saratoga Springs. The news is a major win for the full service creative agency, with McEllen bringing with him over...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
No I'm not talking about the most dodgy young adult novel known to man here, but an interesting and frankly bizarre innovation from the Mumm Champagne House. The famous fizzy wine merchants unveiled the world's first connected smart bottle of bubbly...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Prompting is how you control or provide input to what Generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) programs use to create art. Single-word and longer descriptive prompts will produce beautiful images in Midjourney, DALL-E, and Stable Diffusion. Groove...
Posted by: Groove Jones
Aiesha Duncan is a designer and recent University graduate currently work as Digital Learning Co-Ordinator at the V&A Dundee Museum. Her experience includes web-development, UI/UX design and video/photography of conceptual work and products for a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The future is inclusive. Anyone denying that is either a bigot or something else that rhymes with the word. Every year we see brands from everywhere in the industry embrace the Pride rainbow in more or less cheesy ways - but there is still so much...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
When I was a kid, I used to consume a whole lot of animation. Disney was my favoured choice to fill a boring evening, but I would not disdain Looney Tunes, Pingu (big one for me) or the occasional Matt Groening stuff. To me, animation was a given....
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Most everyone has heard of Simon & Garfunkel, Penn & Teller and Dolce & Gabbana, even though they are in such different industries. At the heart of what brought these distinctively different duos such fame is how well they play to each other’s...
Posted by: OpenText Hightail
Corporate culture can make a huge difference in your career's success. For some people it can take a while to find the right fit when it comes to working at an agency. Managing director of Organic Ben Scoggins knows this first-hand, after moving...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
That’s a big question, but two recent exhibition visits have led me to ponder, and think about the essential Duchamp revelation that if you put a urinal in an art gallery, it becomes, art. The Stanley Kubrick exhibition at The Design Museum...
Posted by: JSR Agency
French agency We Are Social has created a series of logos based on the concept of creative teams being superheroes. To celebrate the talent, passion and superpowers that go into some of advertising’s most indispensable job titles, the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Tim Leary famously referred to virtual reality (VR) as "LSD for the 90s". And after my recent trip to the Virtual Cinema at SXSW, it became obvious why. Up until now, VR for me, had been a pretty shallow experience, rather like a ride on Space...
Posted by: Russell Schaller
London; it’s innovative, culturally diverse and up until last year (2017) had held on to its title of ‘World’s Most Influential City’ (according to the Global Cities Index). Clearly, London remains one of the world’s most important places,...
Posted by: Beyond The Book
Pi Studios - WeTransfer Pi Studios, the Amsterdam-based premium entertainment company and part of the WE ARE Pi family, has created a brand new global documentary series for WeTransfer. The four-part series explores the creative process of some of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It has been overwhelming to see the stream of positive emails, tweets, comments and pictures pouring in after our inaugural festival CONNECT 2017 and our notorious POOL PARTY. As connectors of the creative industry, it was a pleasure to see the...
Posted by: Creativepool
BBD Perfect Storm - The London Fire Brigade The London Fire Brigade has appointed BBD Perfect Storm to handle a new campaign to recruit firefighters that will be launched later in 2017. BBD Perfect Storm was selected to work on the two-year...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Karmarama - Kerrygold's Karmarama is launching a gleefully optimistic new TV campaign for Kerrygold’s spreadable butter range, which is set to go live this weekend. The inspiration for the idea came from the fact that the home of Kerrygold is...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Now - Leo Vegas Leo Vegas, the online casino, has launched the second installation in its campaign starring “Leo,” the 'Lion King' of mobile casino gaming. The campaign, created by Now, demonstrates how the brand's titular mascot is able...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Activision has teamed up with AKQA to launch a unique bot experience on Facebook Messenger for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. Through Messenger, COD fans will be given a guided tour through space; they’ll visit the awesome planetary environments...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Creativepool is established for hosting international events for agencies and brands, by bringing together the industry's best to hang out, share knowledge and embark advice with colleagues and friends. Pool Party London: 14 September 2016 The...
Posted by: Creativepool
FOREAL is a young German design studio with a creative focus on illustration and art direction founded by Benjamin Simon and Dirk Schuster. We love their style - it's intense, but super fun and eye catching as the duo strive to transform each of...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
Across globe, journalists are constantly under the threat of violence, and many unfortunately end up as victims, as simply researching authoritarian regimes or organised crime can be a life-threatening profession. In 2015 alone, 144 reporters were...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Fable - Chen Nguyen The Singapore-based consultancy Fable, has taken a simple design approach to a branding project for makers of Asian pastries, Chen Nguyen, which is distributed throughout Vietnam and China. Using elements inherent to the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
TalkTalk TV’s new X Factor sponsorship campaign launched over the weekend to coincide with the premier episode of the zeitgeist defining (for better or worse depending on who you ask) reality show's 12 series. “BopHeads” offers X...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Plattenbau has become cool again. These constructions of Soviet-era Communism, where colossal concrete slabs were assembled into a home are the ultimate chic addition to the lives of the young and upwardly-mobile of Berlin. These Plattenbauen...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Tiring of your glittering career as an advertising executive? All those expense account lunches leaving you unfulfilled? Maybe you should become a music star. It can certainly be done, as one high-flyer has proved by making that exact career move....
Posted by: Magnus Shaw