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YouTube Advertising
How fashion and style-focused brands can better connect with audiences on YouTube
As the popularity of fashion, beauty and lifestyle videos on YouTube continues to rise, brands are finding deeper, more meaningful ways to engage people.
How design and advertising is helping New York rebuild
Charles Fulford, ECD at teledentistry brand Candid, has created a campaign to encourage New Yorkers to keep smiling. Here he talks about how the city has been adjusting to life with Covid and the importance of design in hard times
Beazley Designs of the Year 2020 reflects on a pre-pandemic world
In a departure from its usual format, the Design Museum’s Designs of the Year show takes visitors on a chronological journey from early 2019 up to January of this year – when the full scale of the coronavirus crisis was just beginning to emerge
Creative Collaborators: How Burger King’s award-winning work gets made
Continuing our series on creative partnerships, RBI global CMO Fernando Machado and Pancho Cassis, global CCO at agency David, reveal how 5am WhatsApp chats, lawyers and healthy arguments go into Burger King’s award-winning work
Facebook’s Steve Hatch on dyslexia and diversity of thought
Facebook’s vice president for Northern Europe discusses his personal experience of being diagnosed with dyslexia when he was at school, and why he’s a vocal advocate for neurodiversity in the workplace
Creative collective Urge aims to help organisations fight climate change
Urge brings together creatives including Harry Pearce, Dougal Wilson, Sophie Thomas, John Grant, and Patrick Burgoyne to help organisations “stop fiddling in the margins” when it comes to climate change
Pinterest
Reimagining Christmas: positive vibes in tough times
How Pinterest’s festive talent search with The Dots gives hard-hit freelancers and furloughed creatives a boost
RA Summer Exhibition and Bloomberg New Contemporaries go digital
The two exhibitions, both key moments in the UK art calendar, have created unusual digital experiences to reach wider audiences this year
Google’s new Gmail logo says goodbye to the red envelope
Google has launched Google Workspace, a new umbrella name to house all of its productivity apps, and the rebrand includes an update to Gmail’s classic red envelope
Are creatives out of touch?
The advertising and design industries have long been criticised for not engaging enough with real people. But have growing geopolitical differences and national lockdowns made divides even more pronounced?
V&A goes virtual ahead of Alice in Wonderland themed exhibition
The museum has teamed up HTC Vive on a VR experience that takes visitors on a mind-bending trip into the world of Wonderland – all from the comfort of their own homes
Designing TV titles for the streaming age
As TV and streaming services fight for viewers in an ever-more competitive landscape, design matters. Here, we look at the role of opening sequences in the era of the ‘skip intro’ button, and examine their role in hooking in viewers
Olo Loco puts a playful spin on the classic game of shuffleboard
We speak to digital studio Sennep about creating the hotly anticipated sequel to its 2012 game Olo, which combines the game mechanics of air hockey, curling and shuffleboard in one phonescreen-sized package
Can design save kids from ‘bad’ screen time?
As apps for children proliferate, questions are being asked about the dangers of the screen. But new app OK Play is using design and creativity to build a more positive relationship between kids and tech
How Oxfam kickstarted Second Hand September
Oxfam has inspired people across the UK to swear off fast fashion and embrace a more sustainable approach. Here’s how the charity got its Second Hand September pledge off the ground