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If You're Scared of Clowns, Do Not Watch This Candy Ad. You've Been Warned
Texas confectionary Atomic Candy is getting into the Halloween spirit with a creepy new commercial that capitalizes on the current wave of clown mass hysteria. The spot, from Innocean USA, features a...
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Opel Is Showing Off the First Automobile You Can Start With Your Mind
The Paris Motor Show is taking place from Oct. 1-16, and Opel has a surprise for visitors to its stand—an Opel Astra you can start with your mind. Guests are invited to sit comfortably in a chair...
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BBH Made a Onesie That Explains the Steps of Baby CPR Right on the Front
A star is born! The infant in this BBH London campaign for first aid awareness group St. John Ambulance is quite the thespian. Little Lucy turns in a powerful performance, plugging the...
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These New Outdoor Ads in L.A. Capture the Insidious Nature of Domestic Violence
Here's a jarring disconnect—hearts and flowers, boxes of chocolates and hand-written love notes mixed with threats and violence. A new outdoor campaign from the Los Angeles Police Department and mayor...
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Nothing Says Home Improvement Quite Like a Naked Man Tumbling Through the...
Many people are familiar with the feeling of dread that accompanies Dad deciding to fix the sink, or build a garden pond, on his own. He crawls under the house, or he starts digging a trench in the...
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Ad of the Day: Kristen Schaal Is the Ultimate HR Director in This Startup's...
Do you know what your employer's human resources director does all day? No, really. Behind the emails, spreadsheets and Monday morning bagel spreads beats the heart of a real person who somehow...
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Ken Bone Is Now an Uber Pitchman
That didn't take long. Just four days after becoming an instant folk hero after asking a question during Sunday's town-hall presidential debate, Ken Bone has appeared in his first ad. For Uber! The...
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Maëva Berthelot Dances Around an Empty London in This Striking Ad for Bose
A lone dancer, Maëva Berthelot, gorgeously freestyles her way through London's empty streets. The sun is out, and the scene is bright—not quite desolate—as she twists and weaves across plazas, around...
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Ad of the Day: This Superb Stop-Motion Film Pleads Heartbreakingly for...
There are things we just don't see—remote places under the sea, in the savannah or covered in snow, whose joys, dramas and tragedies we aren't privy to. And yet we affect them. In "Dream," a...
View ArticleFrom Benetton to H&M, How Fashion Fueled Advertising's Coolest Designer
LAS VEGAS—Agency chief creative officers don't get much cooler than Pum Lefebure. The co-founder (with her husband) and chief creative officer of Design Army in Washington, D.C., is known for her...
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Your Agency Needs This Buzzword Jar You Pay Every Time You Spout Dumb...
This is not a swear jar, dammit! It is, in fact, a "Marketing Buzzword Jar," the latest industry innovation (and silly self-promotion) from Whit Hiler and his goofy gang at Kentucky ad shop Cornett....
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Ad of the Day: Here's the Mayhem That Won't Happen If You Use Canary Home...
While you're out on the town, or busy at work, do you obsess about what might be going on back at home? Perhaps you're worried the babysitter's skeevy boyfriend will show up for a makeout session, and...
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This Brewer Made the World's Most Expensive Potato Chips to Go With Its Fancy...
You sit down to enjoy a lovely, high-quality craft beer. And then you ruin the gourmet experience by shoving a bunch of Pringles into your gob. One brewer in Sweden is rectifying this...
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Lincoln Unveils Print Ads Shot by Annie Leibovitz, Her First Photos for an...
The Lincoln Motor Company is out with a new print campaign shot by Annie Leibovitz, the iconic portrait photographer's first ads for a car. The images feature musician Jon Batiste, artist Tali Lennox,...
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One of 2016's Coolest Anti-Trump Ads Has a Headline Most of You Won't Understand
You won't understand this anti-Trump ad, but a lot of gamers will. A billboard went up in Florida this month with a cartoon image of the Republican presidential nominee yelling at a desktop computer,...
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This Radio Station Made Fun, Clever Use of Album Covers in Ad for Its Morning...
Vancouver radio station Rock 101 has a TV spot for its "Willy in the Morning" oldies show, and it's actually good. No, really. Titled "Covers," it shows people lip-syncing '80s and '90s pop songs...
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This Ad's Hilarious View of Motherhood Comes From the Makers of Squatty...
Don't pity the matriarch of this chaotic household, even though her kids are jumping off the roof, shooting arrows through the living room and tossing silverware down the disposal. Just listen to her...
View ArticleThe Lasting Genius of Dove's 'Real Beauty,' and the Formal Daring of Jeep's...
LAS VEGAS—Dove's "Campaign for Real Beauty" is one of those legendary campaigns that changed everything, not just for the Unilever brand but for the category and, indeed, the industry as a...
View ArticleJay Benjamin Reveals His 3 Favorite Ads, and His Plans for Muh-tay-zik...
LAS VEGAS—At the end of 2009, Adweek picked Honda "Grrr," by Wieden + Kennedy London, as the commercial of the decade."It's not often that you see cynical ad mavens shuffling out of the Palais de...
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Ad of the Day: Duracell's Latest Star Wars Ad Spreads Cheer in a Children's...
A long time ago, in a hospital far, far away … Duracell returns to the Star Wars universe today, launching a holiday-themed tie-in to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ahead of that film's release in...
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