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What do you call a designer who can't draw or use a computer? That's right. An art director. I found that posted on a blog. Ouch. And yet it is true that the role of the art director has been transformed by technology. When I was the creative...
Posted by: Creativepool
There’s been a bit of a run on yellow in packaging (at least to my eye), with Asda’s own brand ranges leading a hue (apologies) and cry for the bold use of sunshine colour. It left me wondering if this is trend we should be watching for...
Posted by: Richard
Last week, I openly celebrated the brands that were sticking it to Putin by either pulling out of Russia entirely or even going further to outright condemn the actions of the mad tyrant through creative means. Today, however, I’ll be looking at...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It’s been almost a week now since Vladimir Putin did the unthinkable and plunged Ukraine into a war they didn’t ask for in a move that still feels like the megalomaniacal equivalent of throwing your toys out of the pram. It’s dark...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
To celebrate the clocks turning back an hour yesterday (October 30) and giving us all that merciful extra hour in bed, Saatchi & Saatchi London literally turned Piccadilly Circus yellow! The ambitious OOH activation was in support of the Marie Curie...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
From the beginning, Common Industry's mission was to build an independent communications company. One that blurred the lines of traditional disciplines and agency structures. Now the proud owners of a D&AD award as well as a client base including...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
Arla unveiled a colourful new TV this week ad as part of a new £7 million campaign to launch Arla Best of Both (BOB); the UK’s first fat-free skimmed milk that aims to match the taste of semi-skimmed. BOB is packaged with a distinctive...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
WPP certainly appear to be stepping into 2015 with both feet forward! Firstly, it's been suggested that WPP might be considering a £2 billion purchase of Tesco's Dunnhumby data division. This would mark yet another major technology purchase for...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Chances are, if you grew up in the 1980's and 90's, you're well aware of the Yellow Pages. For those of you too young to remember a time when it took 10 minutes to log onto the internet; the Yellow Pages was a vast tome, delivered free to each...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Since a young age, São Paulo-born artist Dalton Ghetti had a knack for tools. For his 9th Birthday, Ghetti received a set of metal tools for children. This is what he believes began his love of carving and hobby for carpentry. At 24, he moved to...
Posted by: Creativepool
For someone who now has one of his pictures hanging on a wall in the White House, thanks to a much publicised Cameron/Obama gift exchange, Ben Eine appears remarkably unphased by being catapulted into the limelight '“ even though the mass media...
Posted by: Creativepool
It’s the biggest event of the year. Five billion people are expected to tune in. Legends will be made. Yes, this… is the Advertisers World Cup, where sponsors and non-sponsors compete for attention on a global scale. Brands attempting...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Design guru. Master mediator. Highly skilled multitasker and delegator. A good Creative Director is all these things and more. They are the calm head on top of the creative shoulders that bring focus and identity to a company. They are, in essence,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
“Even the smallest of gates is more powerful than the tallest of walls” This is how The Gate introduces themselves and it’s quite the introduction. While they’re technically only 5 years young, they fancy themselves as an...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Probably the most successful art director of all-time is Rene Magritte. He has had more of a hand in more award-winning ideas than even Neil Godfrey. And Godfrey was named by D&AD as the most awarded art director in their 50-year...
Posted by: Patrick Collister
AnalogFolk Independent digital agency AnalogFolk, has announced the appointment of Fredrik Dahlberg as Creative Director. Dahlberg will be responsible for the development of the agency’s copy arm as well as bolstering the agency’s...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
WPP Lindsay Pattison has been named Chief Transformation Officer of WPP with responsibility for getting its agencies to work more closely together for its top 50 clients. Her appointment to the newly-created role comes at a pivotal time for WPP,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Last week, the Old Truman Brewery in East London opened its doors for the 2017 edition of the D&AD New Blood Festival. The festival showcased some of the best creative work from more than 1,000 students at design colleges and universities all over...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Last night at Cannes Lions, the winners of the Creative Data, Cyber, Direct, Mobile and Innovation Lions were announced, with big wins for DigitasLBi, David Miami, Dentsu and more prizes for the “meet Graham” campaign by Clemenger BBDO...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The 55th D&AD Professional Awards Ceremony took place last night (27th April) in London, where 5 Black Pencils were awarded - the highest accolade in the creative industry. We’re the Superhumans claimed two Black Pencils on the night, one each...
Posted by: D&AD
Saatchi & Saatchi Magnus Djaba has been appointed by Publicis to take on the newly created Global President role at Saatchi & Saatchi, with current global CEO, Robert Senior, departing to pursue personal plans. Djaba, the UK CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
This week marked the big reveal of the D&AD New Blood winners of 2016. The winners brought their A-game, wowed the judges with their creative prowess and tonight received their very special prize: a New Blood Pencil. With entrants from 58 different...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
MullenLowe Profero launch new Magnum with Kendall Jenner The Magnum ice cream brand is working with reality TV star and model Kendall Jenner to launch a decadent new variant at the Cannes Film Festival. MullenLowe Profero has helped to launch Magnum...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The 54th D&AD Professional Awards Ceremony took place Thursday night (19 May) in London, where two Black Pencils were awarded; the highest accolade in the creative industry. As well as being the most awarded design agency at the Ceremony, UK...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Pâté's strong, simple images and quick wit have served him well during his thirteen-year career with two of London's largest advertising agencies, earning him numerous industry awards including the coveted D&AD Yellow Pencil. We chatted with the...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
What do Nirvana, Guinness, Honda and Spike Jonze have in common? They all have work that stars in the 2016 D&AD Next Awards campaign. Here, some of the most iconic photographic and film works of all time have been creatively re-imagined by F/Nazca...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The winners of the 2015 D&AD New Blood awards were announced this week. The awards are given to design students, graduates of the last two years, and those under 23, with the aim of celebrating up-and-coming designers. This year, there were 288...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The results of the 2015 D&AD Awards were announced in London last night with Leo Burnett, 4creative, Made Thought, Marcel Worldwide and Colenso BBDO all scooping up coveted Black Pencil awards. This year's awards saw the most amount of Pencils won in...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It was announced yesterday that Leo Burnett London has hired the creative team of Matt Collier and Wayne Robinson from DDB Chicago, where they've worked together since 2011. The duo were originally based in London at Mother, but moved onto JWT where...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Ogilvy & Mather have enjoyed another big win, just weeks after winning Global Network of the Year at the 41st annual One Show Awards, taking home Agency of the Year nods at two of the top industry award shows. The two shows in question are the 18th...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
How did you get into the industry? My journey into this exciting industry began as a freelance Storyboard artist for an advertising agency. Armed with a degree in Advertising and Marketing, I was eager to make my mark. Back in 1996, online...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The 57th D&AD Professional Awards Ceremony took place last night (23 May) at a ceremony in London where six Black Pencils - the highest accolade - were awarded. Droga5 was awarded a Black prize in TV Commercial Campaigns and Furlined also picked up...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Pentagram - London Design Biennale This year's London Design Biennale will be devoted to the theme of emotional states and how design affects every aspect of our lives (the way we live and how we live) and influences our very being, emotions and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Thomas.Matthews - RCA Thomas.Matthews has worked with the Royal College of Art (RCA) on a book and exhibition that explore sustainable design solutions in the publishing industry. “A Guide to ______ing Sustainability” has been created by...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Hato - D&AD Festival London-based studio Hato has elected to involve the public in creating the “collaborative visual identity” for this year’s D&AD Festival, using the ‘Start with a Mark’ campaign to invite people to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Delete - Movember Foundation The Movember Foundation has partnered with digital agency Delete to deliver a branded content campaign to support Movember this autumn. Following a donation of free ad space from WeTransfer, Delete worked in...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial