Ad of the Day: New York City Ballet Shows PlayStation Gamers a Proper Victory...
It's been a breakthrough year for ballet in advertising. It started off on the wrong foot with the notorious Free People ad, but it at least got people talking. Then the New York City Ballet did its...
View ArticleSanta Is Caught With His Pants Down in Poo-Pourri's Hilariously Inappropriate...
When you think of Santa Claus dropping loads all over the world, you envision bags full of gifts. But it seems jolly St. Nick leaves less happy presents in people's homes too, at least according to...
View ArticleMeet the Doll That's Proportioned Like a Real Woman, and Comes With...
She's just like the iconic Barbie, but normal.The Lammily doll has the proportions of an average 19-year-old woman's body, based on data from the CDC—unlike the Barbie doll, whose proportions will...
View ArticleFCB's Giant Eco-Civic Project Would Create a South African Flag Visible From...
FCB South Africa is running an idea up the flagpole. A really big idea. In fact, the idea is ginormous. And its main component is a South African flag so large, it will be visible from space, 30 miles...
View ArticleDiet Racism: The Official Drink of Brands That Just Don't Get It
The official drink of the Washington Redskins… and Dave & Buster's? College Humor created this fake ad a little while back for Diet Racism—the drink that has all the sweet ignorance of regular...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Rebranding: How a Veteran Creative Shifted Genders Mid-Career
Despite all their turnover and relentless pursuit of revenue, ad agencies often end up feeling like big families. And announcing any sort of life change to your family, especially a family of 500...
View ArticleAn Ad Agency Made Meghan Trainor's New Video, and It's Great
Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass" video, posted to YouTube in June, is nearing 300 million views. So, what did the singer do for an encore to her No. 1 hit? She got a brand, an ad agency and...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Lexus Sprinkles Magic Dust on This Year's 'December to...
Lexus's "December to Remember" ads, with the luxury vehicles done up in those famous giant red bows, have become as much a part of the holiday firmament as Santa Claus himself. And this year, Team One...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Fathers Are Thrilled Their Boys Are Men in Old Spice's 'Dadsong'
Distraught mothers became psychotic stalkers in Old Spice's epic "Momsong" musical, following their sons around and weeping about how they've grown into men too soon, thanks to the brand's...
View ArticleDads With Daughters Will Love This Christmas Ad from Dick's Sporting Goods
In this holiday spot from Dick's Sporting Goods, part of the chain's "Gifts That Matter" campaign, a father buys his young daughter a basketball hoop, presumably for Christmas. Through the years, it...
View ArticleThis Great Billboard for a Magic Festival Is Like Its Own Little Magic Show
Ever wonder what Harry Potter would do with an ad campaign? Have a look at this. The Quebec City Magic Festival wanted to make sure people noticed its billboard, so ad agency lg2 sprinkled a little...
View ArticleScrawny Arms Rob Lowe Is DirecTV's Freakiest Rob Lowe Yet
While shy-bladder sufferers debate the offensiveness of Painfully Awkward Rob Lowe, DirecTV is plowing ahead with all sorts of other less-than-ideal Rob Lowes—you know, the ones with cable and not...
View ArticleW+K Made a Giant, Amazing Cuckoo Clock Out of an Oregon Maple for Portland...
Wieden + Kennedy recently created a pretty incredible out-of-home tourism installation for Travel Portland: the tallest freestanding cuckoo clock in the U.S. Chainsaw sculptor J. Chester Armstrong...
View ArticleAd of the Day: The Potty-Mouth Princesses Are Back to Fight Domestic Violence
What's more shocking than adorable girls in princess dresses swearing? How about adorable girls in princess dresses swearing with black eyes and bruised lips? The Potty-Mouth Princess Posse is back...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Adorable Australian Ad With People Helping Ducks Goes Megaviral
We've become accustomed to animal rights videos that are so brutal and depressing, you feel like you've been hit by a bus. But this spot from Australia shows a little positivity goes a long way. The...
View ArticleHow the Music Company on Old Spice's 'Dadsong' Got the Ad's Twisted Genius...
Old Spice this week unveiled "Dadsong," its second lunatic 60-second musical via Wieden + Kennedy—the sequel to the award-winning "Momsong" from a year ago. Clearly, the music on a commercial like...
View ArticleThe 'Camp Gyno' Girl Is Back in a Remarkable Trailer for Her Father's New Book
You remember "Camp Gyno," the 2013 viral video for tampon subscription service Hello Flo in which the first girl to get her period at summer camp becomes a tyrant, dispensing products and advice like...
View ArticleAd of the Day: This Generous TD Bank Stunt Is the Perfect Ad to Watch on...
Here's $30,000. Now, go out and do something great for your community. And we do mean now. You've got 24 hours to bring your dream to life. That's the challenge TD Bank issued to 24 people in the U.S....
View ArticleThe Best Ad of 2014 Was Brilliant and Subversive, and It Wasn't Even Real
Technically speaking, the best ad of 2014 didn’t exist. Just ask Anna Kendrick. Last January, millions of viewers watched the Academy Award nominee deliver a two-minute, profanity-laden rant that took...
View ArticleIs Vagueness Killing Advertising?
The rise in popularity of mobile advertising, content marketing, native advertising and the continued focus on digital leads me to one question: Does anyone really know what they are? I’ve never woken...
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