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Ad of the Day: Ballantine's Publishes a Magazine About Whisky Entirely on...
Instagram publishing is all the rage. Earlier this week, we wrote about RPA's Jason Sperling releasing his new book on the photography app. And now, Ballantine's is publishing a new magazine about...
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Put Your Finger on the Screen, and This Music Video Becomes Delightfully Fun
If you want to see all the clever things your fingertip can do, check out this cool new interactive music video from Japanese pop star Namie Amuro. The video offers a pop-art cornucopia of wit and...
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Tiny Dolls Act Out Hilarious Soap Operas Over Single Pieces of French Toast...
Consumers bowled over by the recent return of French Toast Crunch after a nine-year hiatus should enjoy "The Tiny & The Tasty," a strange and silly soap-opera parody that casts dolls as actors to...
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Ad of the Day: W+K Gets Yoplait Back in Touch With Its Adorable French Side
Yoplait taps into its French roots to celebrate that it's now made with 25 percent less sugar—hurray! Two 30-second spots—Wieden + Kennedy's first work for the General Mills brand—use an unexpected...
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Watch 12 Famous Logos Evolve Before Your Eyes in These Mesmerizing GIFs
Unless you're hiking the Appalachian Trail, or staring at your walls all day, or living under a rock, or running ad-blocking software for your eyeballs, you're bombarded with brand logos all day long....
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Samsung Filled Its Frantic New Ad With GIF-Style Hiccups and Loops
Do you often find yourself compulsively stuck in GIF-style sequences where you're repeating the same everyday action in a continuous loop just for fun? If so, Samsung would like you to consider its...
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Throwback Thursday: Don't Know What to Do With Dad? Drug Him!
How do you calm grandpa down when he gets in one of his moods? Well, in the 1950s, you cooled him out with some heavy-duty amphetamines. This 1959 magazine ad heralded the wonder drug Thorazine, a...
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FedEx Can Help Your Micro-Business, No Matter How Patently Ridiculous It Is
No matter how absurd your small business has become, FedEx wants to help streamline it. BBDO New York is out with a handful of amusing new ads pitching the ways its shipping services can save you...
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Man Incredibly Plays 25 Jingles on Piano Using the Products They Advertised
Love 'em or hate 'em, jingles are effective for recall. In fact, I bet you can recall all 25 of the popular jingles that YouTube artist Grant Woolard has collaged together into this impressive...
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Ad of the Day: Subaru Just Made Another Great Father-Daughter Tearjerker
Does any advertiser do father-daughter storytelling better than Subaru? The automaker and Minneapolis agency Carmichael Lynch have been churning out emotional "Daddy's girl" spots for years. Most...
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Miller Lite Hits the Bodega for Indie-Style Ads About Neighborhood Characters
Silver Man—a dude in a top hat and glasses, every inch of him coated in silver paint—really shines in TBWA\Chiat\Day's new campaign for Miller Lite. But he's just one of many characters, oddball and...
View ArticleAdweek's Top 5 Commercials of the Week: June 1-5
Three beverage brands, including two beers, gave us some refreshing advertising this week. They were joined by a breakfast cereal and an automaker. Check out all five spots below, and vote for your...
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This Ad Kicks Off Pride Month With a Sweet, Sad Story of Forbidden Love
Far too often, repression and discrimination fester in an atmosphere of silence, which makes it essential for those who can speak up to raise their voices for equality and understanding. That's the...
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Ad of the Day: Hugh Jackman Wants Your Help Changing the World, One K-Cup at...
Here's one good way to get a celebrity pitchman for your ads: help turn his local passion project into a national brand. Keurig Green Mountain, the single-serve coffee company, is launching a new line...
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Ad of the Day: Harrowing Abortion Tutorials Show How to Violently End a...
Chile is one of only a handful of countries in the world where abortion is illegal in all its forms without exception. New legislation could ease that restriction in cases of rape or medical...
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Pro Athletes Go Way Back in Time to Hype the Ultramodern Sports Drink BodyArmor
BodyArmor fields an impressive lineup in "This Is Now," a cute commercial that positions the brand as an alternative to established players like Gatorade and Powerade. Director Brian Ford and...
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If Men Had Periods, These Are the Ridiculously Advanced 'Manpons' They'd Use
WaterAid wanted to draw attention to the 1.25 billion women worldwide who don't have access to a toilet during their period. So, the charity made an ad suggesting if men had periods, they would need...
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This Clever Billboard From Fiat Actually Helps Drivers Parallel Park
How easy would it be to parallel park if you always had a friend to help you—even when you were driving alone? A new Fiat billboard created by Leo Burnett Germany invites viewers to imagine just that....
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Housewives Get Hot and Heavy With Their Books in New Ads for Harlequin Romances
Desperate housewives enjoy illicit entertainment right under their oblivious husbands' noses in this campaign for Harlequin, the romance novel publisher, from BBDO Toronto and Someplace Nice director...
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Ad of the Day: Honda Stretches Your Face in Fun, Trippy Launch Spot for HR-V
Conventional wisdom says millennials don't buy a lot of new cars. They're too busy playing with their iPhones. Or they're ideologically opposed to gas-guzzling, pollution-spewing automobiles....
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