Proud Whopper and Obama's Between Two Ferns Among 2015's Grand Clio Winners
David, Crispin Porter + Boguksy and Funny or Die all won Grand Clios at the 2015 Clio Awards on Wednesday, for their work on behalf of Burger King, Domino's and the Affordable Care Act—at a ceremony...
View ArticleWatch Zappos Cleverly Punk Google by Ambushing Its Cupcake Truck
Google recently promoted its new photo app by setting up a food truck in Austin that gave away free cupcakes. That was cool. Then a giant cardboard Zappos box set up shop across the street. And things...
View ArticleCarl's Jr. Says This Provocative 'Border Ball' Ad Is About Sexy Women, Not...
Carl's Jr. likes being provocative, but not in the realm of politics. That's the message from parent company CKE Restaurants, which has gone on the record to deny claims that its latest ad with...
View Article2 Horrible Cable Companies Merge in DirecTV's Sequel to a Campaign From Years...
Grey New York goes back to the future for DirecTV, revisiting a concept the satellite broadcaster introduced seven years ago in commercials from Deutsch. Those original spots, directed by Christopher...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Packages Roam the Streets Looking for Their Owners in Cute...
Here's some cute, simple fun from Jung von Matt/Limmat for Swiss Post—an outdoor stunt in Lucerne, Switzerland, in which 30 modified packages were seen roaming the streets, looking for their intended...
View ArticleWhy Coca-Cola Hired This Man to Laugh Really, Really Hard on a Crowded Subway...
It's usually not a good sign when someone starts laughing maniacally on the subway. But riders in Belgium seem to take it pretty well in this new Coca-Cola ad. The agency, Gonzales in Brussels—working...
View ArticleCampbell's Cleverly Used Star Wars in Gay-Themed Ad, but the Comments Are on...
Campbell Soup Company's newest ad, featuring its Star Wars inspired soup, is centered around a popular line from the movie, although maybe not in the way that you'd think. The 30-second ad features a...
View ArticleBelize Offers a Free, Relaxing Vacation to Next Stressed-Out NFL Kicker to Miss
NFL kickers seem to be stressed out this season, as there's been a rash of missed kicks, including 18 this past week alone. But now, the country of Belize is here to help—offering a free bye-week trip...
View ArticleVictoria's Secret Ignored the Anger Over This Photo, So a Facebook Fan Fixed...
Is Victoria's Secret now trolling its Facebook fans with intentional Photoshop fails? Some seem to think so, after the lingerie brand posted a photo of a model who has clearly suffered the digital...
View ArticleYour Life Should Be This Dreamy, Say 6 Beautiful New Ads for the Apple Watch
Get an Apple Watch, and replace the ice cream cone your daughter just dropped without even having to free your hands. In the first of six new beautifully designed Apple Watch ads, a mother deftly...
View ArticleAl Gore's Stirring New Climate Change Ad Calls on World Leaders to Be...
Al Gore's Climate Reality Project tries lighting a fire under world leaders in this two-minute film directed by Hungry Man's Richard Bullock. Shot in 13 countries, the video features environmental...
View ArticleKids Are Given Toy Cars That Can't Crash in This Amusingly Mean Mercedes-Benz Ad
Mercedes-Benz's new ad doubles as a social experiment for children. The automaker installed heavy-duty magnets inside toy cars to highlight its Brake Assist System PLUS. The video then shows kids—who...
View ArticleThese Creatives Knitted Outfits for Street Signs as a Way of Asking for...
Wool is cool again, and yarn-bombing is a thing. In a nod to the trend, a group of Brazilian creatives started "Doe Agasalho," or "Donate Warm Clothes," a campaign that reminds people to offer...
View ArticleGoogle Used Clickable Paper in Posters Asking People Which Nonprofits It...
The nonprofits competing in the second Google Impact Challenge have some pretty innovative ideas for how to make the Bay Area a better place to live. And Google's method of soliciting votes for the...
View ArticleWhy Jolly Rancher and Anomaly Are Telling Frustrated Millennials to 'Keep on...
Some things in life unquestionably suck. Middle seats. Traffic jams. Rain delays. And young people, due to their limited means, are forced to put with even more things that suck. Student loans....
View ArticleThe Headless Horseman, His Pumpkin, Play the Odd Couple in Sweet, Creepy...
Imagine if the iconic Headless Horseman and his flaming pumpkin noggin had a bit of a love-hate relationship. They've been together so long that each knows just how to push the other's buttons. A new...
View ArticleLexus Built a Working Cardboard Version of a Car, and It's Incredible
You can't spell "cardboard" without "car." In the U.K., Lexus has made an impressive driveable replica of its IS model sedan, using 1,700 pieces of precision-cut cardboard—all to demonstrate the...
View ArticleBacardi Turns a House Relocation Into a Rolling Party in Rollicking New Ad
BBDO NY just dropped "The House Party," a new video for Bacardi that was, sadly, was not the glorious return of Kid 'N Play for which we'd hoped. Rather, the ad depicts a roving hipster gang that...
View ArticleHere's How Telemundo Plans to Help Brands Market to Millennials
Telemundo boasts one of the strongest reaches across social media, with roughly 60 million fans and followers. It now wants to share its expertise with brands. NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises'...
View ArticleKids Try Out 'Most Realistic' VR Game, Only to Discover It's Actually the...
In the latest installment of the Ad Council and the U.S. Forest Service's "Discover the Forest" campaign, the Barbarian Group puts fake VR headsets on a bunch of eight and nine year-olds and promises...
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