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For most of my adult life I've been rather passionate about beer. It might have something to do with the fact my father used to work at a brewery, so there's almost certainly tinge of nostalgia behind it, but honestly, I think it's more to do with...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Cats and dogs are almost as popular on the internet as pornography, so it's only natural that a charitable organisation would use them to draw in potential donors, especially if said organisation's primary goal is to find homes for them. This...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Wieden+Kennedy - Bud Light The Bud Light Party is Coming American football confuses me. Quite honestly I just find the whole garish spectacle to be a little too much for my fragile British constitution to handle, so when it comes to The Super Bowl,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Helping North Korean defectors regain their mental health South Korean-North Korean Translator Cheil Worldwide have signed up with Samsung Medical Center and the Korea Hana Foundation to launch the ambitious and benevolent “Soulmate”...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
An ingenious new device from Proximity London hopes to revolutionise charitable giving. The “Hope Locker” marries a video display to a coin operated changing room locker in a manner I'm actually surprised hasn't been done before, but then...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
1. You’ll win awesome prizes This year we will not only send you a Limited Edition hardback copy of the Annual, but winners receive some extra wicked prizes. We give individuals a Creativepool Pro Account for up to 3 years, which gives you...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
'If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all' - or so the saying goes. Of course, in the age of social media, the chances of anyone saying nothing at all is very slim indeed. One only has to scan the average street for...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
After the Craft Awards rounded up 2015 by celebrating British Advertising’s unsung heroes, the British Arrows has now announced the Jury for the British Arrows Awards 2016. The awards, to be held on Wednesday 23rd March, celebrate the biggest...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Crispin Finn aka Anna Fidalgo and Roger Kelly, are a London based duo obsessed with creating beautiful bits of design, illustration and typography in red, white and blue. Check out thier iconic cocktail screenprints...we're obsessed. So first off,...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
Whilst the eyes and ears of the tech world are all set on Las Vegas for CES 2016 this week, there are plenty of other stories left to tell. If you want to check out my CES 2016 highlights, you can do so HERE, but in this supplemental article, I'll...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
We are delighted to officially announce the judging panel for the 2016 Creativepool Annual, which we hope exceeds the overwhelming success of the 2015 Annual, which not only contained some of the greatest creative work of the year but was all wrapped...
Posted by: Creativepool
2015 has been fierce. Creativity has been challenged by new realities, new mediums, new conversations, and a new Internet of Things. If you're an individual or agency that has your finger on this pulse then we would like to recognise you as...
Posted by: Creativepool
The Mars Agency The Mars Agency has begun its 2016 fiscal year with the promotion of Darren Keen from Managing Director, Europe to Chief Executive Officer, Europe. For 43 years the agency has operated under one Global CEO, and the addition of CEO,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
TBWA\Paris create a gender-free Christmas What worldview are we giving to our children? That's the question that food retailer Système U has tasked itself with answering over the 2015 Christmas period with an ambitious, and actually rather...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Our good friends at MassiveMusic have created a rather unique online activation that brings a liberal dose of festive cheer to pretty much any song imaginable (as long as it's available on YouTube). The musical agency's Amsterdam office has launched...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
MEC UK is launching a new data-driven campaign for Transport for London (TfL), in order to help reduce road collisions across the capital. Working in partnership with TfL and Kinetic, MEC has created an innovative OOH campaign, which uses real-time...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Nintendo confirm their Quality of Life initiative is not dead yet After much speculation to the former, Nintendo president and CEO Tatsumi Kimishima confirmed this week that the company's Quality of Life initiative is still in the works. Kimishima...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
RKCR/Y&R - BBC One In this imaginative new festive ad for BBC One, an unloved sprout rather aptly named Sprout Boy makes friends with a host of BBC stars including Doctor Who, Luther, Mary Berry and Sherlock. The campaign, which includes a TV trail,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
On Saturday night, I was at a party. (Yes, I do get out sometimes; it’s not all tracksuit bottoms in front of Grand Designs, you know.) Anyway, at said party, I was speaking to a guy about the Davis Cup finals - yay, Team GB! - and he said that...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Grey London - KOOVS Now this is something truly impressive. Many people balk at the idea of using a music video as advertisement, as they see it as some kind of infringement on artistry. That's largely bollocks though, as I'd argue that any music...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
BBH London - KFC Nothing says Christmas quite like fried chicken. OK, maybe that's a bit of a stretch, but if there's one time of year where it's socially acceptable to stuff our faces with fast food, then it's surely the November/December Christmas...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
So by now you’ll all have seen John Lewis’s #ManOnTheMoon ad. It’s probably also true that you’ve had your say on it - whether on social media, in lunchtime chats with office colleagues, or in heated discussions with family...
Posted by: We Love Digital
The recent history of London is a fascinating one indeed, especially when you factor in how the progress of transportation has transformed the city into a bustling, seemingly endless metropolis. The designs that underlined these changes appeared to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Halloween is big business in ad land, more so now than ever before, so every brand and agency under the sun is taking advantage of the seasonal madness by bringing a (temporary) spooky edge to their creative advertising work. Here I'll be examining a...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
“Don't let change leave you behind," is the sage advice offered by The Institute of Communication Agencies (ICA) and Publicis Canada as they unveil a new theme (underlined by an updated logo and digital and print marketing campaign) to promote...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The New York Festivals International Advertising Awards is now accepting entries for its 2016 competition, which adds three new competitions to its robust competition roster: Mobile, Media, and Activation & Engagement. Mobile advertising now accounts...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
DigitasLBi kicked off the IAB UK Digital Upfronts last Friday (October 16) with the DigitasLBi UK NewFront, which featured an eclectic array of speakers. The event also saw the unveiling of the “Periscope Periscope,” an interactive...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The burglar alarm finally steps into the smartphone age Dan Conlon, the founder of the tech firm that bears his name, have created a new home alarm overhauled for the internet age. Next year the Cocoon by Conlon will be launched for £299. A...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Saatchi & Saatchi London - Direct Line Some might argue that this campaign has already been run into the ground, but I've really enjoyed it, and that's not just because I have a particular fondness for Quentin Tarantino movies. The latest spot in...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Design Manchester is back, and this time it’s all about the Know How. With a manifesto built on celebrating creativity, Design Manchester aims to promote collaboration and inclusivity across the worlds of art, design, illustration, film,...
Posted by: Michelle Collier
..In short, you’re either very lucky or you’re not being very wise. Because I’ve now heard from at least three different sources that in order to keep the money rolling in, us freelancers need to spend 20% of our waking hours (or...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Microsoft beat their Californian tech giant rivals at their own game yesterday by holding a decidedly Applesque live event in which they unveiled a veritable cornucopia of new devices, each of which they seem to be using to push Windows 10 as the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam creative director Alvaro Sotomayor, has been awarded a rare and prestigious honour by the Amsterdam City Council in recognition of his creative contribution to the city over his 20-year career at the agency. Sotomayor was...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Live Stream: 9:00 - Pardon the Interruption: Advertising is Back Over the past several years, marketers have been finessing the technique of content marketing, the communication of choice for an always-on, newsfeed-based media world. But just when...
Posted by: Creativepool
There are few things more infuriating than when a celebrity suddenly decides to change lanes and try their hand at something else, just because they know they can. Every rapper thinks they can be an actor and ever actor thinks they can be a rockstar,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Allow me to let you into a little secret: I’m not very thick skinned. And yet people often assume I am, partly because some of my blogs range from being moderately tongue in cheek to bordering on acerbic. One thing they never are, however, is...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison