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Coca-Cola Just Remastered Its Famous 'Hilltop' Ad From 1971, and It Looks...
Fans of Coca-Cola—and the Mad Men finale—are getting a nice treat today. The soda company just announced that it has remastered and color-corrected its famous 1971 commercial "Hilltop" for 4K...
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Gap Has Apologized for This GapKids Ad, but Did It Need To?
This GapKids ad, posted to Twitter on Saturday, ignited claims of passive racism from some viewers, who objected to what they characterized as a black girl being used as an armrest by a white girl....
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Converse Invites You to Climb, and Dangle Your Feet Off, a 75-Story Skyscraper
If you're afraid of heights, Converse's new mobile game is not for you. A new ad for the footwear brand features climbers Vadim Makhorov and Vitaliy Raskalov, who've made headlines in recent years...
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Domino's Debuts Zero-Click Ordering in Latest Effort to Make Your Life...
Domino's won't stop until its customers are able to simply think about Domino's pizza and suddenly find themselves magically munching on it. The pizza chain isn't quite there yet. But today it's...
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Thor Björnsson's Great April Fools' Ad Wasn't at All What We Were Expecting
I admit I was fooled. Sort of. When I saw Thor Björnsson (aka, the Mountain That Rides, aka the Strongest Man on Earth) selling his new sparkling water called HeavyBubbles in the spot below—released...
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Everyone's a Voyeur in Newport Beach Film Fest's Fascinating, Creepy New Ad
Submitted for your approval, "We're Being Watched," a Twilight Zone-ish slice of sci-fi paranoia from RPA, promoting the 17th annual Newport Beach Film Festival. With dazzling visuals and sharp...
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Ad of the Day: BBDO's First Humana Ads Show the Sweetest Side of Good Health
Last summer, Omnicom's BBDO scored a significant healthcare win by picking up lead creative duties for insurance provider Humana just a month after the client—which had been the world's fourth largest...
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How Refugees Used Radio Ads to Talk to Their Moms Back in Syria When Phones...
Here's an interesting campaign from Swedish agency Akestam Holst that turned commercial radio in Syria into a personal media channel for refugees looking to contact their moms back home on Mother's...
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Kevin Spacey Challenges You to a Staring Contest in Series of Connected...
Kevin Spacey is an accomplished thespian whose talents extend to the possibly related realm of staring contests. In a fun (though tenuously branded) E*Trade campaign from R/GA, the House of Cards star...
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Nike Just Made This Remarkable Farewell Ad to Kobe Bryant in China, Where...
Love him or hate him, Kobe Bryant is a legend. In China, they mostly love him—he's made a concerted effort, with Nike, to reach out to his Chinese fans over the past decade. And the Chinese have...
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Gym Billboard Angers People With Claim That Aliens Will 'Take the Fat Ones...
A billboard for a gym in England has upset passersby with its scientifically unprovable claim that when aliens invade our planet, "they'll take the fat ones first." Even in this comic context,...
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This Photographer Takes Fun Portraits of People After One, Two and Three...
What do you look like as you get increasingly buzzed from alcohol? Many of Marcos Alberti's friends now have photographic evidence."There is a saying about wine that I really like and it's something...
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How Volvo Stole Energy From Other Cars on a California Highway to Power This SUV
Volvo's new XC90 T8 hybrid is more than just a potential getaway car. It's a twin-engine thief that steals power from other vehicles. At least, that's how the seven-seat SUV is portrayed in this...
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Ad of the Day: How Ogilvy Berlin Fought Back After the Republishing of...
Adolf Hitler's notorious autobiography/fascist screed Mein Kampf (translation, My Struggle) was published in Germany this year for this first time since 1945—after the Bavarian government's copyright...
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A Girl Who Lost a Leg to Cancer Finds Hope in This Lovely, Touching Ad
The week's almost over. Have you wept at your desk yet? If not, have a gander at this powerful animated short for Scarlett Contra El Cancer, made by New York City animation company The Studio—with...
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A Skin Care Brand Bravely Stood Up for China's 'Leftover' Women Unmarried...
SK-II, a Chinese skin care brand, took over a so-called "marriage market"—where Chinese parents go to post elaborate personal ads for their daughters—to stand up for all the "leftover" women who...
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Ad of the Day: Kobe Byrant Spars With Michael B. Jordan in Hilarious Ad for...
As Kobe Bryant prepares to play his final NBA game this Wednesday, the tributes to the legendary Los Angeles Laker keep pouring in, including from brands. And while some of the Kobe commercials are...
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Ikea Creates a Photo App That Lets You Take Only One Picture Ever
Ikea Belgium wants to save what it considers the dying art of photography ... by creating an app that only lets users snap one picture. Titled "Klikk" (or "Click," in Dutch), it aims to force...
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Can This Man Convicted of DUI Manslaughter Scare Bar-Goers Into Not Drinking...
Prankvertising, which was all the rage a few years back but lately has been on the wane, returns with a vengeance in this potent drunk-driving PSA for nonprofit We Save Lives. Created by...
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Feeling the Munchies at Night This Month? This Snack Brand Has Got Your Back
Just in time for 4/20 (the unofficial holiday for lightin' a blunt), French biscuit maker Granola is taking on the munchies."Late Night Drama" is an ad for Granola Night Assistance, which will enable...
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