Here is our round up of the news stories and industry articles that caught our eye during November 2025.
Illustration finally gets the London showcase it deserves
The illustration community in Britain is poised to receive what it has long deserved: a permanent home, following twenty years of preparation, false starts, and temporary locations. In May 2026, the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration will open in Clerkenwell, London, making it the world’s largest dedicated facility for an art form that permeates our everyday visual environment but is oddly neglected.
Find out more in Creative Boom.
Heinz’s souper new tomato soup campaign
With prints of vintage advertisements spanning more than a century, Heinz has produced some incredibly memorable campaigns over the years.
Three watercolour paintings of people lounging in baths are included in the King of Soups’ most recent promotion, which highlights Heinz Tomato Soup. The characters appear to be lounging in a warm bath of tomato soup because these photos were then printed onto ceramic bowls that were filled with soup.
Find out more in Creative Bloq.
Ten of the decade’s best designed magazines
It’s Nice That invited the founder of magCulture to personally select ten of the most attractive magazines from the previous ten years in honour of the publication’s tenth anniversary. He also discusses the past, present, and future of the small press sector.
Find out more in It’s Nice That.
New campaign to ‘demystify’ jobs in the creative industries
More young people from working class backgrounds and underrepresented communities outside London are to be encouraged to explore a career in the creative industries as part of a government campaign launching today.
A new report suggests a lack of information, understanding and support is preventing young people from working in creative sectors including film and TV, music, visual arts, advertising and video games.
Find out more in Creative UK.
Aldi’s Kevin the Carrot faces festive wedding chaos
Kevin the Carrot and his fiancée, Katie, are getting married, but their journey to the altar is anything but easy, as demonstrated by Aldi’s most recent Christmas advertisement. A joyful flurry of stag do mayhem is shown in the latest installment.
Find out more in The Drum.
Farrow & Ball bring London’s streets to life
This month, Londoners strolling around Wimbledon, Richmond, Battersea, or Notting Hill might have come upon something pretty unexpected: a hand-painted still life tableau that appears to jump off the wall. The installations are a part of JOY! Collective’s current creative campaign for Farrow & Ball, which launches the brand’s newest 12-color palette.
Find out more in Creative Boom.
What brands can learn from Coca-Cola’s terrible AI Christmas ad
This Christmas, people are making fun of Coca-Cola’s AI advertisement instead of chestnuts. Probably not what the brand was aiming for, the response feels even more intense than it did the previous year. Coca-Cola boasted about how much better this year’s advertisement was, perhaps desperate to make up for last year’s unsuccessful attempt. However, it was met with even louder criticism.
Find out more in Creative Bloq.
Ikea chaotically rewrites a Christmas classic
With a playful, contemporary touch, Ikea’s holiday campaign brings back the well-known carol The Twelve Days of Christmas. The firm wants consumers to understand that practicality always triumphs over gimmicks when it comes to gifts, as evidenced by the disorderly parade of birds that piles up on screen. It contends that a carefully selected Ikea staple is far more likely to elicit sincere gratitude than another novelty meant for the back of a cupboard.
Find out more in The Drum.
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