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CHI & Partners - Netflix (Bright) CHI & Partners has picked up the brief to launch Netflix's first blockbuster movie, Bright. The agency won the business following a pitch against undisclosed agencies. Bright is Netflix’s biggest ever movie...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Gamescom is, to all intents and purposes, very much the sexier, more refined European cousin to E3’s bold, brash American convention. If E3 is a Michael Bay movie (all big bucks, explosions and exposition), then Gamescom, which wrapped up this week...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Considering what a big year it had last year, VR was remarkably thin on the ground at E3 2017. Yes, VR has been largely absent from the show floor, save for a few niche booths and afterthoughts. Now that the three main gaming headsets are out in the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It would, perhaps, be unfair to say that the VR bubble has burst, because from where I'm sitting, it looks as though the bubble has barely left the niche market that spawned it. Yet, with so many headsets now sat gathering dust in closets and display...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
TBWA/RRAD - Amnesty International Current political tensions have led to Arabs and Muslims being mistreated at airports in the USA and Europe because of their passports. Behind this, there is a strong misconception that all Arabs and Muslims are...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
I must admit to being slightly addicted to books about how people are persuaded to buy things. Yet the very preponderance of such books indicates that there are very many competing opinions and theories of 'How we decide’ (also the title of one...
Posted by: Steve Osborne
Alongside my recent pieces, Tech Trends: AI in 2017 and Creative Opinions on AI, I also conducted a series of interviews with some varied and insightful industry figures about their own experiences, hopes, thoughts, feelings and fears regarding the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
By it's very nature, virtual reality can be an emotionally draining thing to experience if you're not prepared for it and the creative industries are starting to realise that, if they utilise this more immediate connection effectively, they can...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Advertising, design and digital agency Deutsch NY, visual content studio Ntropic and specialist VR company Tactic have launched an educational social good initiative called the “Hidden Dangers Project,” in conjunction with the nonprofit...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
You're all probably just as sick as hearing about Easy D (does anybody know what that really meant yet?) and his constant fear mongering, divisive hate speak and general incompetency. Historically, however, when in times of great political and...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
AB - Exeter University Leading South West digital marketing agency, AB, has formed a new partnership with Exeter University, which will see the agency help to deliver two digital marketing courses to the next generation of marketers. A total of 130...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
2016 was not, as many industry figures predicted, the year of VR. It was the year of political upheaval and celebrity death. 2017, on the other hand, already seems like a brighter prospect (forgetting politics of course) for the medium, with many of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
To say that video game adaptations don't have the best reputation would be a monumental understatement. Running the gamut from the vaguely watchable but brainless Resident Evil films (which bare little more than a passing resemblance to the original...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
AKU is a design consultancy based in Tallinn, Estonia, working with clients such as the The Huffington Post and The Estonian Parliament to deliver ambitious solutions across branding, experience, packaging, strategy and websites. Founded in 2012 by...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
September is a busy month, and we’re back covering the events at Spikes Asia in Singapore. We are continuing the Creative Debates series after its lauded success in Cannes. Also, we have scheduled more Black Cab Interviews so please stay tuned!...
Posted by: Creativepool
I was honoured to be asked to share a stage with a rather fabulous line-up: Tamara Ingram, CEO Worldwide, J Walter Thompson, Lauren Connolly, EVP, Executive Creative Director, BBDO New York, Nancy Hill, President and CEO, 4A’s, Kate Stanners,...
Posted by: Becky
After the horror and dismay of the Orlando nightclub shootings on June 12 2016, LGBTQ communities around the world needed a show of strength and solidarity in the face of unmeritable evil. A key role in this recovery fell on London. Pride in London...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
In a genuinely quite pithy piece of work that was no doubt created in order to cash in on the excitement surrounding the latest season of Game of Thrones and its game-changing final episodes, Indian digital agency Chimp&z has figured out who each...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Every June, the gaming industry converges on the Los Angeles Convention Centre for the Electronic Entertainment Expo, affectionately known to gamers worldwide as E3. The expo has, in parallel to the industry itself, grown from rather humble...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Hi, Thanks for your generic email regarding work. Unfortunately there aren’t any positions available at this time. If you’re open to suggestions then please see below for a less generic reply. But if you’re not ready to hear it,...
Posted by: The Big A
Fascism is one hell of a buzzword, and if there could be one fascistic figurehead, it would undoubtedly by Adolf Hitler. Yes, many have accused Donald Trump of holding similar values as the man many still refer to as the most evil to have ever walked...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Creativity vs. Profitability: Ten leading creative agencies brought together to hash it out It's a question that is as old as advertising itself: How does an agency put a price tag on creativity? How can you place a value on something as intangible...
Posted by: Tracey Shirtcliff
Earlier this year I was approached by Sarah Hill to write a piece on creativity in our agency, Hill+Knowlton Strategies, for a new book called #FuturePRoof and some of the things that we have learnt after launching our first *Global Center of...
Posted by: Simon Shaw
Whilst our very own John Boyega might have sky-rocketed from obscurity to become one of the most famous faces on the planet thanks to his starring role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it would appear he's not yet above low-level voice-over work....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Claiming a batch of Epica Awards for charming, but serious animation For the COP21 Climate Change Conference currently happening in Paris (until December 11), WIZZdesign produced a poignant film with director Leyla Kaddoura for Publicis Nurun and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Iv'e never been particularly intimidated by graveyards, but I think even I might balk a little and the prospect of spending a night under the Paris Catacombs, especially having recently seen the movie “As Above, So Below.” But Airbnb is...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Holman + Hunt - AMC UK Launch Even if you're one of the few remaining people who haven't seen Breaking Bad (and if so, get on it, trust me) you're undoubtedly familiar with the work of Bryan Cranston as the now iconic anti-hero Walter White. So it...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Stamp collecting has often been looked on as the kind of hobby favoured by window licking loners, but every once in a while, a set of stamps will be put into production that even the hippest hipsters might covet them, especially considering that, in...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Amsterdam-based agency WE ARE Pi have teased a brand new brand platform for iconic denim makers Wrangler. The cheeky social and OOH campaign is called “Wrangler Vs Wrongler,” and it aims to motivate people on how to lead a better life by...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The London offices of CHI & Partners have been given a surreal edge this week with the addition of some incredibly bizarre, and yet oddly beautiful images designed by Swedish artist Kristofer Ström. With a style that brings to mind (for me at...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Every morning, my inbox is littered with job ads. The Guardian, Brand Republic, Monster... Not that I’m especially looking for a new job - freelancing from the comfort of my own office at home makes me very happy - but it’s always worth...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
“Video games are the new cinema.” A common statement, especially in certain corners of the internet, and one that I don't necessarily disagree with. Irregardless of your stance on the gaming industry however, it cannot be denied that the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Nobody was prepared for the abhorrent series of events that befell the staff members of the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo yesterday in Paris. The vicious attack, brought on (once again) by nothing but harmless religious satire, shook the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Google has teamed up with the Swedish design and communication agency, North Kingdom, to create a new interactive browser experience for the final film in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy; “The Battle Of The Five Armies.” The...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
I don't know about you, but I don't play video games. I'd argue that they're a bit childish, but I like plenty of childish things: Bagpuss, Thunderbirds, The Muppets - I think they're all terrific, so that's not the problem. No, I think it's a...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
The Skylanders franchise brought the idea of connecting physical toys to video games into the mainstream, and the concept has been copied by everyone from Disney to Nintendo in the years since. As such, franchise publishers Activision have decided to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns