Is This Lane Bryant Ad With Ashley Graham and Other Curvy Models Too Much for...
In a scandal that may spark déjà vu among observers with a long memory, retailer Lane Bryant is accusing TV networks ABC and NBC of refusing to air a body-positive lingerie ad featuring plus-size...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Morphs Into Bernie Sanders in SNL's Latest Hilarious Fake...
A week after excoriating Donald Trump with a fake campaign ad decrying his followers as racist, Saturday Night Live turned its attention to Hillary Clinton this weekend—knocking the Democratic...
View ArticleHoney Nut Cheerios Mascot Goes Missing as Brand Addresses Declining Bee...
In one of the most obvious yet still cool examples of cause marketing, Honey Nut Cheerios in Canada is pledging to help find a solution to unstable bee populations—by launching a whole integrated...
View ArticleSXSW Attendees Can Paint Their Own Virtual Reality Happy Meal Box
A new virtual reality program McDonald's is debuting at South by Southwest this week has the crowds of tech and agency people immersing themselves into one of the brand's most iconic products: the...
View ArticleAmnesty International Unveils Incredible VR Experience Showing the...
It's been said virtual reality might be the ultimate empathy machine, allowing people to see through the eyes of others and better understand their struggles. A new campaign by Amnesty International...
View ArticleMindshare’s Content Guru on What It's Like to Be a Creative in a Media Agency
SpecsCurrent gig Co-president, Mindshare Content+ Entertainment N.A.Age 39Twitter @gymanagoAdweek: What was it like to transition from TV to becoming a creative guy in a media agency? Greg Manago: When...
View ArticleThis Digital Design Agency Creates User-Friendly Experiences for Big Brands
SpecsWho (L. to r.) Creative director Mark Jarecke, design director Mike Lee and strategy director Elizabeth StaffordWhat Digital design studioWhere New York Brands as diverse as Bobbi Brown, Bon...
View ArticleCristiano Ronaldo Takes an Unreal Number of Selfies With Fans in This...
Here's a weird idea. For ROC Live Life Loud, Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo worked with Shareability, which co-owns the speaker and headphone brand with him, to engage in an odd game, more or...
View ArticleNorton Explores Shady Data Havens Like This North Sea Platform in Amazing...
Anti-virus compay Norton has released a fascinating new documentary on the world of bulletproof hosting—providing server space to clients with little or no oversight on the content—and the hazards the...
View ArticleAd of the Day: PlayStation Vue Helps You Escape From the Evil Clutches of Big...
Forget about the Thought Police … here comes the cable company! Big Cable is portrayed as a dystopian, soul-sucking force (not a big stretch there) in "Escape," the first TV spot for Sony's...
View ArticleFTC Slams Lord & Taylor for Not Disclosing Paid Social Posts and Native Ads
The Federal Trade Commission's decision to crack down on Lord & Taylor today for failing to reveal its relationships with paid promoters may change native ads and influencer-driven social media...
View ArticleLowe's and BBDO Want to 'Make Your Home Happy' with Help From Talking Animals
Talking animals are a reliable comic advertising staple that Lowe's is embracing, with a twist, in its new campaign from BBDO New York, which introduces a new theme, "Make Your Home Happy," and hopes...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Guys With Comically Dry Skin Debut Dollar Shave Club's...
Guys suck when it comes to skin care. Either they do nothing for their skin at all—leaving it dry, chapped and cracked—or they try to use moisturising products on the market, which leave them feeling...
View ArticleGrown Men Make the Weirdest Sounds of Panic in This Hilarious Ad for Liver Pâté
Men, as a general rule, aren't exactly thrilled to eat green lunches. Denmark's most popular brand of liver pâté, Stryhns, runs with that stereotype in this amusing ad—in which male workers sit down...
View ArticleAdBlock Found Some Ads It Actually Liked, and Ran Them, for Amnesty...
AdBlock users were probably pretty surprised on Saturday to see actual ads appear—instead of the blank spaces they're used to—in the banner slots on webpages. That's because AdBlock found an ad...
View ArticleHennessy Tries to Capture the 7 Flavor Notes of Its X.O. Cognac in Visuals...
DDB Paris debuts its first-ever work with Hennessy, "Odyssey XO," a journey through the different notes of Hennessy X.O. Cognac, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, who also made the films Drive and...
View ArticleEver Heard of Sébastien Artois? Mother London Tells Fun, Secret History of...
It's funny. Yesterday for Hennesy X.O., executive creative director Alexander Kalchev of DDB Paris critiqued the premium spirits sector for its "clichés of success" and "dusty heritage stories." Now,...
View ArticleTwo British Creatives Posted Refugee 'Homes' on Airbnb to Raise Money for Relief
To bring attention to the awful conditions of the infamous refugee camp in Calais, France, colloquially called "The Jungle," London-based creatives Jason Scott and Joris Philippart listed examples of...
View ArticleHuggies Revisits the Baby Whose Ultrasound It 3-D Printed for a Blind Mom
Sequels are tough. Ultimately, they're rarely evaluated on their own terms. The mere existence of a sequel, in most cases, means something noteworthy, and oftentimes excellent, came before. So from...
View ArticleAudi Says 'Intelligence Is the New Rock and Roll' in Latest Ads for the A4
Would Iggy Pop drive an Audi? If the seminal proto-punk rocker got one free for lending his 1973 head-banger "Search and Destroy" to the soundtrack of the automaker's new campaign from Venables Bell...
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