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Volvo Finds Another Use for LifePaint: Keeping Kids Safe and Illuminated on...
Volvo's LifePaint—an invisible, spray-on substance—was invented to take some of the fear out of cycling at night. And now, it's being put to good use on the scariest night of the year. Volvo U.K. and...
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Asics Just Built the World's Biggest Selfie Stick, and It's 90 Feet Tall
It's time for the New York City Marathon again, which means another cool stunt from Asics. The running shoe brand and its agency, Vitro—whose prior marathon campaigns have included a treadmill from...
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Marshawn Lynch and Cara Delevingne Suit Up for Call of Duty's Latest Epic Ad
Kevin might just seem like a regular guy, but he's so nasty at Call of Duty that he gets to star in this ad for Black Ops III—complete with narration about his exploits from actor Michael B. Jordan,...
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George Clooney Is Finally Pitching Nespresso in the U.S., With Help From...
George Clooney has starred in Nespresso ads in Europe and other international markets since 2006. (We've covered a lot of those campaigns, which have often paired the Oscar winner with other actors,...
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Ad of the Day: Ikea Products Boogie Down in Great Music Video for a Store...
Ikea is opening its second store in Malaysia, and the retailer's products physically can't contain their excitement. That's judging by this fun new music video that the brand just released, from BBH...
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Poo-Pourri Just Dropped the Craziest Music Video About Pooping Away From Home
Poo-Pourri brings the big guns in its holiday campaign this year, having just dropped a perfectly cringeworthy music video—from "Uptown Funk" video director Cameron Duddy—about doing your business...
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Jack Daniel's Toasts Frank Sinatra on Instagram, and Hopes You Will Too
Start spreadin' the news. The next round of Jack is on Frank. Jack Daniel's celebrates the 100th birthday of its most famous fan, Frank Sinatra—who passed away 17 years ago, and would have been 100 on...
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Bentley's New App Uses Facial Recognition to Point You to the Ideal SUV
In what it's billing as a "luxury commissioning experience," Bentley has launched its Inspirator app with a compelling promise: To use your emotions to recommend you the perfect Bentayga SUV. VML...
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Provocative Christmas Ad Reimagines the Nativity, With a Handbag as the Baby...
Saying Christmas is a capitalist holiday is like saying the sky is blue—these are accepted truths that don't need to be pointed out. And yet, that's exactly what adam&eveDDB's provocative new spot...
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Winning an ADC Cube Is Rarer Than Having Quadruplets or a Third Nipple, Say...
Living to 110 years old, getting knighted by the Queen, becoming the Pope. They're all more common than winning the top honor—a Black Cube—at the Art Directors Club awards. A new call-for-entries...
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Walmart Is Urging People Everywhere to Do This One Simple Thing for Veterans
Former U.S. military personnel discuss the challenges of transitioning back to civilian life in a series of straightforward yet stirring short videos from Saatchi & Saatchi New York promoting...
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Ad of the Day: New York Lottery Says You'd Be a Better Rich Person Than Most...
The New York Lottery has turned 1,326 New Yorkers into Lotto millionaires since 1978, more than any other in-state lottery game in the U.S. And fresh-faced New Yorkers who become rich overnight are...
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A Woman on the $10 Bill Would Mean More If Women Didn't Earn $7.80 to Men's $10
Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Helen Keller, Rosa Parks, Susan B. Anthony. There are plenty of solid suggestions so far on who should grace the new female-fronted $10 bill, replacing Alexander...
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Ad of the Day: Water Is Life Steals Art From Kenya, So It Can Give Back...
Water Is Life "steals" from poor people in the destitute Kibera district of Nairobi, Kenya, in an effort to give them back a whole lot more in the humanitarian organization's latest innovative...
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This Paypal Ad Is Getting Hundreds of Complaints That It Spoils Christmas
Paypal has accidentally played the Grinch in Britain this holiday, according to several hundred viewers who have lodged complaints about its Christmas ad, claiming the commercial implies that Father...
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Google and Facebook Made These Posters to Illustrate the Unstoppableness of...
The 20th Annual Webby Awards has a pretty cool call for entries campaign—featuring 20 prior Webby winners creating posters inspired by the theme "The Internet Can't Be Stopped." We highlighted several...
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Watch People in Other Industries React Hilariously to Being Asked for Free...
People in other industries don't provide their would-be clients with "spec work" for free. That would be asinine. So, why do advertising agencies continue to do it? It's not a new question. (This...
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The Untold Story of This Bald, Toothless Baby and Her Adorable 1993 Print Ad
If you were the baby girl in the 1993 print ad below—by The Martin Agency for Healthtex baby clothes—you might have had reason to be a little miffed. You just got called bald and toothless in the...
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John St.'s Latest Merciless Satire Just Destroys the Dove Style of Marketing...
The trend toward female empowerment ads—or so-called "femvertising"—has been largely celebrated both within and outside the ad industry, with brands like Dove and Always earning plaudits and prizes...
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Christmas Is Really All About the Food, Says This Mouth-Watering Ad for a...
Last month, U.K. grocer Waitrose delivered a cheerful ad celebrating classic autumn meals and the warmth they bring to a chilly season. Now the supermarket is back with a similar paean to Christmas...
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