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GoldieBlox Apologizes to Beastie Boys, Saying It Was Naive Rather Than Malicious
Four months after it began, the legal battle between GoldieBlox and the Beastie Boys appears to be winding down, as the band has agreed to drop its lawsuit against the toy maker over the unauthorized...
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Ad of the Day: Afraid of Growing Old? This Beautiful Ad Could Help You...
Getting old isn't the worst thing in the world. In our youth-obsessed culture, that's actually a provocative statement, and it's one that's made in quite moving fashion by ad agency Karmarama in this...
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Sexist Ads Get Recast, With the Men Degraded Instead of the Women
As we saw in our December roundup, there's no shortage of sexist adsâthe vast majority of which are degrading to women rather than men. But what if the tables were turned? BuzzFeed's new video, "If...
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Chips Ahoy's New Ads Are Really Dumb and Kind of Perfect
Sometimes a little stupid is just right. Chips Ahoy delivers with a series of spots from The Martin Agency featuring an animated cookie prone to minor, entertaining mischief. The 30- and 15-second...
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Branding Behind Bars: Check Out These Ads Made by Federal Prison Inmates
There's an ad blog called Creative Criminals, but here's the real thingâfederal prison inmates who are trying their hand at copywriting and art directing thanks to a program called Concepting With...
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This Amazing Ad for Guide Dogs Makes You Realize How Much They Really Do
Out of nowhere, we're suddenly seeing some pretty incredible ads for guide dogs. Back in January, we had the Norwegian Association of the Blind's amusing PSA with the menagerie of non-dog guide...
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BBH's Stylish Ad for Dulux Paint Imagines a World Where Color Is Prohibited
In this new spot for paint brand Dulux, BBH London paints a charming, vibrant fantasy where colors, rather than alcohol, are outlawed during America's Prohibition days. Everyone's feeling as glum and...
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Ad of the Day: Walmart Surprises Everyone With a Truly Inspiring Ad
Walmart has been called many things in recent years. Inspirational has not often been one of them. But the retailer's recent pledge to buy $250 billion in products made in America over the next 10...
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Can This Ridiculously Fancy Glass Make Your Coca-Cola Taste Better?
Treating Coca-Cola like it's high-end wine is ridiculousâthe stuff of parody. And yet the world's most popular sugar-water brand has graciously partnered with luxury glassware maker Riedel for your...
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Gap Taps Wieden + Kennedy as Lead Creative Agency
Wieden + Kennedy's first campaign for Gap is set to launch in September, following the retailer's hiring of the agency this week. The shop will handle global creative responsibilitiesâa role...
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Ads From Deep YouTube: The World's Weirdest New Commercials
Beginning today, and every Friday, we're going to be slipping on our crampons, grabbing our pickaxe and carabiners and descending into the foreboding caves of Deep YouTube in search of the world's...
View ArticleSony Wants You to Pay Attention to the Details
Sony wants to let you know itâs the little things that make a huge difference. In its ad for the Xperia Z2, it showcases how paying close attention to minutiae can make you stand out in the dance...
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Here's the Last E*Trade Baby Commercial You'll Ever See
After six years of infancy, the E*Trade baby is finally moving on with his life. This week, the online brokerage began airiring what is said to be the last ad featuring the longtime spokeschild, a...
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Ad of the Day: Firestone Gets Impulsively Romantic With an Adorable Tale of...
You don't expect strong storytelling or cinematic filmmaking from tire companies. But that's what Leo Burnett has been delivering for Firestone in an ad campaign that continues with this gorgeous spot...
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Editor's Letter: Data, Native and Video Are Dominating Digital Strategy
As we march deeper into the wild and woolly media landscape of 2014, it has become clear that there are three issues the majority of Adweekâs readers are trying mightily to better understand. The new...
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Chipotle Really Goes Back to the Start in Its First U.K. Ad Campaign
Mother London has cooked up Chipotle's first British campaign with print ads and posters that explain how to pronounce the burrito chain's name. "Chi-Pole-Tay," "Chi-Pottle" and "Shi-Pot-Lay" are...
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Adorable Video Shows the Cutest, Least Efficient Way to Clean a City's Streets
A miniature bulldozer, a tiny log loader and a little yellow submarine. Those are some of the fantastical machines that a London visual-effects house believes get the city's streets clean. Created by...
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This French Ad Has the Most Unbelievably Gorgeous Food Shots Ever
If you like to cook, eat or look at pretty things, enjoy this gorgeously hypnotic bit of food porn from French coffee brand Carte Noir. Created by Proximity BBDO and two directors from Le Potager, the...
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Banksy Reworks 'Balloon Girl' in Campaign for Syria's Children
Banksy's "Balloon Girl" provides a fitting image for the children whose lives have been ravaged by Syria's civil war, which just entered its third year. The British street artist drew some criticism...
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Ad of the Day: Will the World's Second-Oddest Family Be a Winner for Sprint?
Dad is a hamster, voiced by Andrew Dice Clay. One son, played by new Saturday Night Live cast member Kyle Mooney, is supposed to be at college, except he's home most of the time. Another son is an...
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