Creative Boom Magazine

Vimeo Film Festival celebrity judge announcement

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

9th Feb 2012 ⁄ Vimeo has announced its panel of judges for the 2012 Vimeo Festival + Awards. The exciting lineup consists of three judges per category across 13 categories, and includes actor and director James Fran...

Secret Garden Party -10th Birthday Initial Line Up

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

9th Feb 2012 ⁄ East of England ⁄ The Secret Garden Party is pleased to announce the initial music line up for its 10th birthday celebrations. Headliners include electronic pioneers Orbital, and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros who...

Capello Quits as England Manager

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

9th Feb 2012 ⁄ James Whitworth is a topical cartoonist. He has contributed to a number of newspapers and magazines, including Creative Boom...

Steelcase have been appointed official furniture suppliers for The Sharp Project Campus

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

9th Feb 2012 ⁄ North West ⁄ The Sharp Project, east Manchester’s digital content production complex, has appointed global office furniture specialists, Steelcase Solutions, as their preferred furniture supplier. Steelcase Solu...

Flipbook collaborate with TBWA\Manchester for new Carex ‘Touch’ TV ad

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

9th Feb 2012 ⁄ North West ⁄ Manchester based moving image, design and digital production studio, Flipbook, have been tasked by TBWA\Manchester to bring back the humorous squirt characters for the latest TV campaign for PZ Cusson...

New work from Award winning artist, Ian Monroe on Bus-Tops across London

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

9th Feb 2012 ⁄ London ⁄ Fresh from the opening of a solo show in St Louis, London-based American artist Ian Monroe has created a series of new works for Bus-Tops across the capital. ‘Equivalents’ presents a series of con...

We Are Social makes major New Year hires

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

8th Feb 2012 ⁄ London ⁄ Global social media agency We Are Social has made several major new hires and a promotion to kick off 2012, including the appointment of Skive’s Tom Ollerton as marketing director and the promotion ...

Munch exhibition to showcase rare print of The Scream at Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

8th Feb 2012 ⁄ Scotland ⁄ An outstanding private collection of lithographs and woodcuts by the celebrated Norwegian artist Edvard Munch will be shown in the UK for the first time this spring at the Scottish National Gallery of...

Cost of Funerals Could Rocket by 50%

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

8th Feb 2012 ⁄ James Whitworth is a topical cartoonist. He has contributed to a number of newspapers and magazines, including Creative Boom...

An exhibition of new pencil drawings by Rebecca Swainston

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

8th Feb 2012 ⁄ South East ⁄ Rebecca Swainston exhibits a new collection of pencil drawings at The Modern Artists Gallery. In a departure from her usual medium of richly coloured paints, Rebecca has transported her figurative sty...

PHG appoints Punch Communications

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

8th Feb 2012 ⁄ East Midlands ⁄ Performance Horizon Group (PHG), a leading provider of performance marketing technology, has appointed Punch Communications to handle its national, trade-specific and online PR. Established in May 201...

Suffering for their art?

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

8th Feb 2012 ⁄ South West ⁄ A strong wind and cold rain didn’t put a damper on the launch of a new art exhibition and digital hub in Weston-super-Mare recently. Almost twenty artists from Somerset and Bristol braved the elemen...

Zombie Game to start UK tour in Scotland

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

7th Feb 2012 ⁄ Scotland ⁄ The zombies are coming – and Glasgow is first in line. Hot on the heels of Brad Pitt and World War Z, gaming company, SlingShot, is bringing its thrilling zombie chase game, 2.8 Hours Later, to Glas...

Well-read Kingston students book themselves a spot on Channel 4

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

7th Feb 2012 ⁄ London ⁄ A short film made by two Kingston University students to highlight the plight of public libraries has been shown on Channel 4. Illustration and animation students Joe Sparrow and Grethe Bentsen made t...

200th Anniversary of Dickens' Birth

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

7th Feb 2012 ⁄ James Whitworth is a topical cartoonist. He has contributed to a number of newspapers and magazines, including Creative Boom...

Animators Dice Productions Celebrate Win at the London Short Film Festival

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

7th Feb 2012 ⁄ West Midlands ⁄ Dice Productions are celebrating their latest award win for their short film All Consuming Love (Man in a Cat) after picking up the Best Comedy Short award at the 9th London Short Film Festival. The B...

Cadbury Dairy Milk launches new communications platform

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

7th Feb 2012 ⁄ Cadbury Dairy Milk is set to launch a new long-term communications platform called Joyville. The move is part of an integrated campaign designed to strongly connect the magic of the Cadbury Dairy Milk...

North West Shines in Digital Entrepreneur Awards

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

7th Feb 2012 ⁄ North West ⁄ The winners of the UK’s only national awards dedicated to internet entrepreneurialism have been announced this week with four North West firms heralded as the best in the industry. Manchester-based ...

Common mistakes with press releases and how to avoid them

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000

6th Feb 2012 ⁄ Press releases are a presentation of facts, written especially for journalists in the hope of publication or broadcast. They are an opportunity for brands, businesses and organisations to reach their ...

Screen Yorkshire announces new £15m content fund for TV, film, games and digital sectors

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

6th Feb 2012 ⁄ Yorkshire/Humber ⁄ A new £15 million fund to invest in creative content within film, TV, games and the digital sector within Yorkshire and Humber has been announced by Screen Yorkshire. The Yorkshire Content Fund has s...

DCH relaunches Chrysler UK with a £10m campaign

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

6th Feb 2012 ⁄ London ⁄ Integrated advertising agency, DCH, is launching a new brand positioning for Chrysler in the UK, which draws on the American car manufacturer’s grittier, urban, no-nonsense reputation. The ‘Differ...

Culture at Coopers comes to Burton

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

6th Feb 2012 ⁄ East Midlands ⁄ This February, Coopers Square Shopping Centre in Burton Upon Trent is bringing the art gallery direct to you, with an exclusive pop-up exhibition, giving Burton shoppers the opportunity to view the la...

Heathrow Airport Closed by 3 Inches of Snow

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

6th Feb 2012 ⁄ James Whitworth is a topical cartoonist. He has contributed to a number of newspapers and magazines, including Creative Boom...

iCrossing UK appoints Chief Strategy Officer

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

6th Feb 2012 ⁄ London ⁄ Digital Marketing Agency, iCrossing UK today announces the appointment of Mark Iremonger as Chief Strategy Officer. Iremonger joins in mid-April to head up the UK’s strategy team, tasked with buildi...

Young blood in tune with the countryside at Borderlines Film Festival

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

6th Feb 2012 ⁄ West Midlands ⁄ A stirring new documentary rooted firmly in the Herefordshire landscape, Tune for the Blood, will screen for the first time on Sunday 26 February as part of Borderlines Film Festival’s 10th annivers...

Digital agency helps reality star go global

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

3rd Feb 2012 ⁄ West Midlands ⁄ A Stoke-based digital firm has been enlisted by one of the nation’s rising reality TV stars to ensure that the ‘desperate scousewife’ gets more than her fifteen minutes of fame. The latest regio...

Photography students go underground

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

3rd Feb 2012 ⁄ South East ⁄ Exit nine of Charing Cross underground station will be the unusual home to the photography work of students from Middlesex University for the next two weeks.

Photographs taken by students on the p...

Bloc announces 2012 lineup

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

3rd Feb 2012 ⁄ London ⁄ Bloc resumes its position at the forefront of the national consciousness with the world-shattering first announcements of the programme for the sixth annual Bloc festival. Titans of electronic music c...

Prince William Arrives in Falklands

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

3rd Feb 2012 ⁄ James Whitworth is a topical cartoonist. He has contributed to a number of newspapers and magazines, including Creative Boom...

North West is the ‘write’ place for inspiration

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

3rd Feb 2012 ⁄ North West ⁄ From Beryl Bainbridge to Anthony Burgess and William Wordsworth to Jeanette Winterson, the North West of England has been home to some of the country’s greatest novelists, screenwriters and poets...

Parallax Art Fair 16-18 February 2012

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

3rd Feb 2012 ⁄ London ⁄ A French artist who mixed his own blood with water in a vase of flowers to create an artwork of delicate, pink tinged blooms is just one of over 200 artists exhibiting at Parallax art fair, which runs...

Creative agency designs its year ahead

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

3rd Feb 2012 ⁄ North East ⁄ A Teesside-based graphic and web design company has appointed a new director after merging with an international web firm as part of a recruitment drive to kick off its expansion in 2012. Jamie Arthur...

Cecilia Paredes

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000

2nd Feb 2012 ⁄ Peru-born artist Cecilia Paredes creates photo performance-based works that have her seamlessly blended into backgrounds. Acting as both the photographer and the subject, she uses make-up, body paint ...

Creative England seeks regional experts to join its Board

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

2nd Feb 2012 ⁄ Creative England is inviting applications from entrepreneurs and professionals working in the digital and games sectors in any part of the English regions, to join its non-executive Board. The Creativ...

Readers' Studios: Jane French

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

2nd Feb 2012 ⁄ East Midlands ⁄ Readers' Studios is a lot like Readers' Wives, except we're talking about photos of some of the most stimulating creative workspaces instead of... well, you know. Today we're taking a peek at the stud...

Gwyneth Paltrow Tells Mums to Stay at Home

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

2nd Feb 2012 ⁄ James Whitworth is a topical cartoonist. He has contributed to a number of newspapers and magazines, including Creative Boom...

White Space & Itineris go into partnership

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

2nd Feb 2012 ⁄ East of England ⁄ A new partnership between two Ipswich-based creative agencies has resulted in five new national and international contracts. Full-service agency White Space Design and digital marketing firm Itineris ...

First international Student Film Festival London

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

2nd Feb 2012 ⁄ London ⁄ London College of Communication is proud to host the first International Student Film Festival in London (SFFL) with over 80 films showing from 38 countries. Three of the films have already won or bee...

Cambridge design innovation showcased at major Design Council event

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

2nd Feb 2012 ⁄ East of England ⁄ Cambridge’s position as an international hub for product design will be highlighted by a major Design Council-backed exhibition in February 2012. The Design Icons: Cambridge Innovation Festival demo...

Readers' Studios: PhotoRed

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

1st Feb 2012 ⁄ South East ⁄ Readers' Studios is a lot like Readers' Wives, except we're talking about photos of some of the most stimulating creative workspaces instead of... well, you know. Today we're taking a peek at the stud...

Global Children’s Charity Plan UK Hires BEcause for Event Campaign