A Girl With a Disability Appears as Princess Elsa in Target's Halloween Ad
Not long after removing the gender labels in its toy section, Target has once again impressed the social justice wing of the Internet—this time by using a model with braces and arm crutches in a...
View ArticleDesigners, Can You Solve the Mystery Hidden Inside This Photoshop File?
Adobe and Edelman San Francisco had a surprise hit last Halloween with their "Photoshop Murder Mystery"—a crime hidden inside a Photoshop document, which designers could solve by sifting through the...
View ArticleJude Law Chases a Gorgeous, Classic Car in Johnnie Walker's Sequel to 'The...
Jude Law is back to make another luxe bet over a couple of glasses of Johnnie Walker. Last year, the British star literally danced for Italian actor Giancarlo Giannini in "The Gentleman's Wager," a...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Here Is the NBA's Stirring Spot for the Season That Tips Off...
It's a big night for sports. The World Series starts tonight. And so, too, does the 2015-16 NBA season, and the basketball league is celebrating with a new commercial from Translation titled "Joy"—a...
View ArticleHavas Chicago Set Up a Peep Show in Its Windows, but the Peepers Got a Bit of...
Havas Chicago is located at the busy corner of Grand Ave. and Wabash in the city's River North neighborhood, next to Eataly and across from the Nordstrom flagship store. Visitors to the area now have...
View ArticleIt Turns Out There Is a Cure for Zombies, and It's Zumba
These have to be the most coordinated zombies in the world. Even when they shamble, they do it in sync. Zumba, the popular dance fitness format, showcased its founder and a few employees—dressed up as...
View ArticlePets Rescue Their Humans in This Touching British Ad for Animal Adoption
One woman is less lonely while working from home. A teenager finds comfort while suffering from alopecia. A doctor's orders help a man battle depression. What do they all have in common? A loving pet....
View ArticleAd of the Day: Giphy Ludicrously Whips Up GIFs in This Comical Faux Cooking...
If you're in the GIF business, you'd better have some loopy marketing. Thankfully, Giphy does. Here's the GIF purveyor's latest commercial—a pleasantly off-kilter spot, styled like a cooking segment...
View ArticleThis Heartwarming Ad for Vintage Toys is Absolutely Not Going Where You Think...
In this spot for Dallas Vintage Toys by ad agency Dieste, a father helps his young son build a robot costume out of cardboard, old washing-machine hose, aluminum foil and other odds and ends.Cue the...
View ArticleDesperate Male Creative Directors Defend Status Quo With The 97% Conference
"Men influence just 20% of consumer spending yet 97% of advertising Creative Directors are dudes. Can we please just leave it that way?" That's the Twitter bio for The 97% Conference, a spoof of The 3%...
View ArticleStill Don't Understand Sexual Consent? It's Like a Cup of Tea, Says This...
Leave it to the Brits to perfectly explain sexual consent by comparing it to tea."Tea and Consent," a wonderful PSA by the Thames Valley Police featuring stick figures, initially seems like a gross...
View ArticleCarlsberg Infuses Beer Into New Shaving Products, Just in Time for Movember
Earlier this year, Carlsberg launched a line of male grooming products—shampoo, conditioner and body lotion—made with its beer. Now, the brewer is marking Movember by expanding the series with a...
View ArticleKitKat's New Billboards Are Truly Touching: They Give You a Free Massage
Talk about a touchy-feely campaign! To promote KitKat's launch in Colombia, J. Walter Thompson and Mindshare installed 20 billboards in the capital city of Bogota. That may sound like a typical move,...
View ArticleNike Welcomes Winter With Epic, Star-Studded, Two-Minute 'Snow Day' Commercial
After last year's brutal weather, folks in the Boston area might not be screaming "Snow day!" quite as exuberantly upon the arrival of this winter's first big storm. But New England Patriots hero Rob...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Supermodel Irina Shayk Blows Your Mind by Working Out in Jeans
You might not actually want to work out in denim jeans. But it's good to know (maybe?) that you could—and that the heads of anyone watching you in the gym might just explode with admiration (and/or...
View ArticleBritain Recruits Locals in Amusing Effort to Encourage Safer Driving in the...
Think!, the long-running safe-driving campaign from Britain's Department for Transport, has created some of the world's most creepy, shocking and gruesome PSAs. (Remember this dead kid? Thought so.)...
View ArticleHow Far Should Guys Unbutton Their Shirts? This Helpful Ad Shows You, On a...
Wolves are everywhere in manly man advertising like the Old Spice campaign. But there is such a thing as too much wolf, apparel company Johnnie-O claims in a new commercial from ad agency Ignited. At...
View ArticleBlue Balls, Happy Ending, Pearl Necklace. They're All Innocent Terms to Kids...
Remember when a "happy ending" used to mean something else? We do, too. And Torch is dedicated to keeping your kids in the dark (literally, when it's bedtime) as long as possible. An anthem spot and a...
View ArticleWomen Compare Their Stalkers in Bollywood-Style Throwdown in Dating Site's...
In this ad for Indian dating site TrulyMadly, two women have a musical battle to determine whose would-be suitor is the creepiest. Performing in the Qawwali style, a type of music originally used by...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Duracell Powers Epic Suburban Star Wars Battle on Christmas...
A long time ago, in a suburb far, far away ... Duracell powers a fantastical Christmas-morning Star Wars battle of epic proportions in this holiday commercial from Anomaly that breaks Friday...
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