Agency Recruiting Creatives on Snapchat by Asking for 10-Second Pitches
You are a digital idea ninja, innovating where branding meets emerging technologies. That is to say, you are an aspiring ad creative who likes shooting videos of yourself with your smartphone. That is...
View ArticleCancer-Stricken Fan Thanks the Denver Broncos in Amazing Newspaper Ad
All the pre-game hype and multimillion-dollar TV buys can't put the Super Bowl and sports fandom in perspective as sharply as this newspaper ad from Kara Christian, a 58-year-old Denver Broncos fan...
View ArticlePepsi Gives the Grammys Its Own Halftime Show in Lengthy Song and Dance
Super Bowl halftime sponsor Pepsi decided to get an early start on Sunday night when the gridiron met the Grammys for an NFL-style extravaganza featuring the musical stylings of football stars."You...
View ArticleMutant 'Doberhuahuas' Attack the World in Audi's Super Bowl Ad
Audi's 2014 Super Bowl ad, like the mutant animal it imagines, is a bit of an odd beast. Following two teasers, the automaker on Monday released the full spot, from Venables Bell & Partners and...
View ArticleTrojan's New Ads Are Subtle, Playful and Even Safe for Kids
Colangelo's new TV ads for Trojan are refreshingly quiet and subtle, with adults and a male teenager alluding to sex without snickering or blushing. That said, the subject behind the dialogue-driven...
View ArticleCoca-Cola Visits Lambeau Field in One of Its Two Super Bowl Ads
While the Broncos and Seahawks battle it out Sunday at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, Coca-Cola will visit an almost completely deserted Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis.—in one of its two 60-second...
View ArticleLingerie Ads Star Plus-Size Model With Ovarian Cancer … Hair Loss, Scars and All
When a model's livelihood relies on her looks, what happens when her appearance changes? For Elly Mayday, the answer is to just keep on modeling. While undergoing treatment for ovarian cancer, the...
View ArticleA Real Woman Will Quit Her Real Job in GoDaddy's Second Super Bowl Ad
GoDaddy will try a real-world prank/stunt in the second of its two Super Bowl commercials this Sunday, as a woman will quit her job in front of the world to pursue her dream of starting her own...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Volkswagen Gets Its Wings in 2014 Super Bowl Commercial
Volkswagen of America's minute-long 2014 Super Bowl spot from ad agency Argonaut, released online this morning, sports a pretty lofty concept: Every time a VW vehicle hits 100,000 miles, a German...
View ArticleBudweiser Gives a Single Soldier a Hero's Welcome Home in Super Bowl Spot
Anheuser-Busch InBev is certainly personalizing its Super Bowl commercials this year. While its Bud Light work will depict an elaborate prank on a single unsuspecting person, the brewer revealed...
View ArticleKia, Toyota Push Out Their 2014 Super Bowl Commercials
Following Volkswagen earlier today, and Audi and Hyundai yesterday, two more automakers released their 2014 Super Bowl spots Tuesday—with Toyota rolling out its 60-second ad with the Muppets and Terry...
View ArticleSinger Is Photoshopped From Regular Girl to Pop Star in This Incredible Music...
Well, this is just all sorts of amazing. Taking the time-lapsed Photoshopping of Dove's "Evolution" to a new level, Hungarian singer Boggie has created a music video in which she is digitally...
View ArticleDream of Beer Delivery by Drone Is Closer to Reality, Thanks to Ad Agency
Lakemaid Beer, a beer created from scratch by ad agency Pocket Hercules and sold throughout the Midwest, put out a fun new ad that explains who their primary demographic is—ice fishermen wearing dorky...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Cheerios Brings Back Its Famous Interracial Family for the...
Sorry, knuckle draggers. If you couldn't handle the sight of a—gasp—interracial family in last year's famous Cheerios commercial, here's some bad news. You'll have to sit through a sequel during the...
View ArticleDelta's New In-Flight Safety Film Is One of the Most '80s-tastic Videos Ever...
Dudes, strap yourselves in and get ready for the most righteously rad 1980s-style flight safety video ever. Delta graces Gen X nostalgiasts with this five-and-a-half-minute opus from Wieden + Kennedy...
View ArticleBudweiser Set to Charm the World With Its 'Puppy Love' Super Bowl Ad
We hadn't seen any major breakout hits among the 2014 Super Bowl teasers and full ads this week. But this 60-second Budweiser spot from Anomaly, released Wednesday morning, is destined for great...
View ArticleQuietly Amazing Subaru Ad Is About So Much More Than a Girl Changing a Flat Tire
This new ad in Subaru and Carmichael Lynch's "Love" campaign opens on a scene we all dread—a car with a flat tire, and of course it's raining. We see a girl in a raincoat crouched down next to her...
View ArticleSee a Most Excellent Guinness Ad That Will Be Pulled Off YouTube at Midnight
BBDO New York is on a roll with Guinness. Following last year's "Basketball" spot, truly one of the best of 2013, here's a great new commercial starring U.S. biathletes Tracy and Lanny Barnes. If you...
View ArticleJCPenney Awesomely Remixes 'No Diggity' as 'Go Ligety' for the Olympics
Let's take a break from the pre-Super Bowl ad madness to take a look at a spot for that other big February sporting event—that's right, we're talking about the Sochi Winter Olympics—that might be...
View ArticleEllen DeGeneres Is a Dancing Goldilocks in Beats Music's Super Bowl Ad
Ellen DeGeneres will be among the parade of celebrities in this Sunday's Super Bowl, as she dances with bears and wolves in a stylish and amusing Goldilocks and the Three Bears parody for Beats Music,...
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