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This month many Londoners have been lucky enough to bear witness to British artist Lucy Sparrow taking an everyday cornershop and catapulting it into the art world with her felt FMCG creations. You can read all about it here. Clearly Lucy's skill...
Posted by: bluemarlin
Generally speaking, the classic front and back label pack design system doesn’t change much from one bottle of wine to another. Wine connoisseurs have the knowledge to select a good bottle of wine - the understand the difference between grapes...
Posted by: bluemarlin
Purpose-driven brands are proving that businesses can be a force for good, while changing consumer behaviour and unsettling the incumbents. Our Brand Strategist, James, tells us more. In a world that’s rapidly changing and constantly...
Posted by: Better
Hellmann’s believe fries and mayo belong together, but McDonald’s doesn’t offer mayo as a dip. To help Mayo fans everywhere, Hellmann’s are serving a simple hack. Customise your Mayo Chicken burger to remove the chicken,...
Posted by: Edelman
12 months, 79 spreadsheets, 85.6GB worth of page designs, 90 design templates, 682.75 hours of coding, 137 Google Hangouts and four flights across 34,000 kilometers later and Amys.com was born. Find out how we did it here. This post reflects on our...
Posted by: Superrb
The overall trend that surfaced in this year’s Fit For Purpose index was collaborative thinking; the top purposeful brands are collaborating with stakeholders and partners within and outside the company to embed purpose in authentic and...
Posted by: Radley Yeldar
What is it about British brand design that transcends borders and epitomises international branding? At R Design we have been enjoying a flurry of interest from overseas brand owners, which have come to us specifically for that international...
Posted by: R Design Ltd
In providing a healthy alternative to ice cream, frozen yoghurt sells itself. While the US has been indulging in froyo for decades, the UK is currently experiencing a market explosion with new shops popping up on high streets across the country. But...
Posted by: bluemarlin
Global brand consultancy bluemarlin has continued its partnership with Weight Watchers to design packaging for Love Fibre, the weight loss organisation’s new venture into the cereal category. The range, created in alliance with Weetabix, the...
Posted by: bluemarlin
Each year around this time, Pringles hits the US and UK shelves with new, limited-time-only, holiday-themed flavours. The flavours are festive and unexpected. They are flavourful and experimental products that are likely to be disgusting. White...
Posted by: bluemarlin
by Magnus Shaw. At this time of generosity and giving, who could resist the wide-eyed pleading of a little doggie, hungry for a simple bone? Well, alcopop brand WKD think their customers would quite happily ignore Fido if there was a blue drink in...
Posted by: Creativepool
"I treat every brief as if has the potential to be the best work I've ever done." - Brendan O'Reilly How long have you been a Freelancer for? Just over a year (having worked in ad agencies for over 20 years). Describe your work in one...
Posted by: Creativepool
Sophie Morice is a creative with a passion for sustainability and a brand associate at Reckitt - owner of household names such as Air Wick, Vanish and Finish Of Generation Z - a generation that shows the most concern for the planet’s wellbeing...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The pandemic has driven a long-term shift in consumer behaviour, says STB’s Lois Blackhurst - and brands must respond accordingly. Food shopping during the pandemic has been an ongoing source of stress and anxiety for many. While demand for...
Posted by: Stocks Taylor Benson
The news that John Lewis Partnership (including Waitrose) has created an in-house content agency was surprising - you mean they didn’t already have one? The best FMCG and retail brands think on their feet and make content that reacts to...
Posted by: Insiders
How did you get into the industry? After Uni, I worked a bit as an editorial illustrator for some sports magazines in Milan, when illustrators were still painting with brushes on paper - but was not the ideal scenario for me as I have always been...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
2023 will hardly be remembered as a banner year for may of us as the cost-of-living crisis started digging deeper and the political spectrum on both sides of the atlantic started to devolve into a cynical and hateful mess. For creatives from all...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In 2018, Richard Stanton and Toby Strangewood had a working hypothesis for a new agency. They wanted to build a marketing communication agency purposely designed for the unique needs of businesses going through critical periods of change. 5 years...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? My role spans most client accounts at Cream, so I’m usually multi-tasking across campaigns - switching my mindset between brands, target audiences, messages, and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? My day is anything but typical. When we founded the business, my time was spent on client-facing activity and project management. Fast forward 7 years, and now that we have scaled...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Black Friday, one of the year's undeniable major retailing occasions, returns on the 25th of November. This occasion encourages businesses to develop new marketing strategies and make better-informed business decisions to remain competitive and deal...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Richmond sausages recently announced the launch of its brand-new packaging by brand identity agency Bloom. The new design incorporates top-down, modern photography to inspire shoppers with recipes and show the many ways “the Nation’s...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Be The Fox is a production agency who works with Samsung, Huggies and Bulldog. Diana Ellis-Hill, ex BBC, who now is Co-Founder and Director at Be The Fox, is passionate about creative that challenge stereotypes, empowerment for women and offer real...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The fashion industry runs on the continuous change in taste and aesthetics. A cynical eye could see this as fickle and superficial. Most branding agencies, however (WMH&I included), like to think that they are not subject to any apparent design...
Posted by: WMH&I
With the war in Ukraine now well into its second month and news of fresh atrocities filtering through every day, it’s clear that the actions taken by Western governments and brands have done little to deter Russia. Originally designed to be...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Inspired by Mastercard and McDonald's in their respective sectors, Colgate saw a 'white space' in FMCG to tap into the realm of audio branding, and following their recent brand refresh, the time was right to start expanding the brand in this whole...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Specialised in print, video and digital media production and strategies, Senso Creative is an agency dedicated to developing creative and unique marketing communications for its clients. Coming all the way from Serbia, the team at Senso believes in...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
On the 24th of June, just around one week ago, the UK advertising industry suffered a rather hard blow by the hands of the government. It has been confirmed that, starting by the end of 2022, further restrictions will be applied to HFSS...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Packaging is often the first thing any consumer is bound to see when approaching a product for the first time. It is the most important touchpoint between a brand and its target consumers - the place where all conversations about sustainable values...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It is always Pitch Season for a busy and established agency. It is an excellent occasion to gain some prospective clients, or even some leads to develop the future of the business. Whoever’s been in the game for long enough knows that brands...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
After a quick chat and after reviewing the conversation below, we can see why Tony Hitchin was asked to take on the role as General Manager of Pro Carton. Tony believes that no marketing plan should be small, for there is no small plan able to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Purpose is a buzzword we've heard quite a lot in recent years. To some it's just a nice-to-have, a pleasant addition to the mission of your brand and a good complement for your products. For others, purpose is something else. It is direction,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Inclusive design. We double-dare you to find a more relevant term or concept today. With a globalised world and countless opportunities to reach all kinds of niches and communities around the planet, designing for your own needs is just another...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The coronavirus pandemic has brought a host of unimaginable changes into everyone's lives. Things that were ordinary have become temporarily extraordinary, and vice versa in some cases. Some, like retailers, have had to sustain more crippling blows...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It isn't hard to imagine that most creatives struggle with overcoming their imposter syndrome. That feeling of being inadequate and just pretending to be creative bugs most of us, pushing us further down when we probably have all the qualities to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
YouTube has revealed the top 10 six-second ads of 2019 as part of its annual Bumper Ads Leaderboard with food and confectionery brands stealing the show. FMCG brands including Doritos, Papa John’s and Cadbury all make a play for first place...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial