Ad of the Day: Canon Reflects the World in People's Eyes in Beautiful New Spot
Ansel Adams famously said there are two people in every photograph—the photographer and the viewer. Canon offers its own, somewhat simpler take on that perspective in this beautiful new spot from...
View ArticleTom Hiddleston Shows You How to Be a Villain, Step by Step, in Jaguar's...
Tom Hiddleston was the best thing about Jaguar's villainous Super Bowl ad, and now, two months later, he gets to shine in his own two-and-a-half-minute online spot for the automaker. To promote the...
View ArticleMini Drivers Dream Up the Craziest, Coolest Test Drives Ever … and Then Go Do...
I'm positively floored by the fun series of Web videos by Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners and Tool of North America introducing the BMW Mini Cooper Hardtop. Client and agency asked real Mini...
View ArticleEnjoy Some Delicious Nuggets of Commercialism in This Week's Ads From Deep...
This week's ads from the depths of YouTube (and some that are bubbling up to the surface) are full of some of the weirdest moments you can make with an advertising budget. From a Pulp...
View ArticleStop-Motion Swans Are Rudely Interrupted in Refreshingly Frank Hotel Ad
Stop-motion artist PES, who's done a bunch of ads through the years, shot this amusing spot for the new citizenM Hotel in New York. It starts out all lovely-dovey between these two towel-swans, but...
View ArticleYou've Never Seen a Food Commercial Quite as Otherworldly as This One
"As we stand on the edge of possibility, we choose the path less traveled." Set to to the grandiose tune of Richard Strauss's "Thus Spake Zarathustra," aka the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey, this...
View ArticleCapitol Music’s Brand Partnership Director Talks About How Marketing and...
SpecsWho Zoë Sonquist KingNew gig Director, brand partnerships, Capitol Music GroupOld gig Account manager, Cimarron GroupAge 31Describe your role at Capitol. Our team does anything from product...
View ArticleU.S.'s Amazing New 'Don't Text and Drive' Ad Will Leave You Shaking
The most memorable safe-driving PSAs tend to be made overseas—in Britain,Mexico,Australia. But the U.S. adds a powerful new entry to the mix with this brutal spot from The Tombras Group for the...
View ArticleAdidas Puts 6 Cameras Inside Its World Cup Ball and Sends It on a Global Journey
Adidas would like to introduce you to the official 2014 World Cup stalker ball. The brand, with help from TBWA, has put six cameras inside a very special version of its official game ball for the...
View ArticleCan a Sustainable Font Help Save the World? This Ad Agency Has Made One
Ryman Eco, a new "sustainable font" from U.K. retailer Ryman Stationery and ad agency Grey London, uses 33 percent less ink than standard typefaces. According to Grey, if the world switched to Ryman...
View ArticleAd of the Day: British Supermarket Ad With a Young Gardener Couldn't Be More...
A British supermarket has turned to a superhuman director to radically shift gears in its advertising. Waitrose's new campaign from BBH London is its first to focus on the grocery chain's culture and...
View ArticleTaco Bell Sings 'Old McDonald,' Says the Egg McMuffin Belongs Back in 1984
Taco Bell's all-out assault on McDonald's breakfast continues in this 30-second spot, "Get With the Times," which posits that eating an Egg McMuffin isn't just uncouth—it's medieval. While the earlier...
View Article5 Things Wrong With These New Veet Commercials, From Minor to Egregious
Veet, the hair-removal brand, has a new ad campaign out from Havas Worldwide with the theme "Don't risk dudeness." Three ads feature women who turn into hairy, overweight men (actually, the same...
View ArticleHow a Music Company Made Some of the Year's Best Sports Ads
IDEA: People listen to music before playing sports to find rhythm, focus, inspiration. But elite athletes do so for more complicated reasons—not just to connect to positive influences, but to escape...
View ArticleDesigner Creates Delicious Résumé With the Winning Ingredient Baked Right In
It's not so strange for folks to bring cookies, cakes and candies to work and share them with colleagues. But for job applicants to prepare treats and serve them to prospective employers before even...
View ArticleHave Another Good Cry With Thai Life Insurance's Latest Beautiful,...
They've done it again. Thai Life Insurance has unveiled another masterful mini-film by Ogilvy & Mather Bangkok, the latest in a string of tear-jerking,...
View ArticleCrazy 3-D Newspaper Ad Brilliantly Hides a Whole Kitchen Inside a Classifieds...
Innovative newspaper ads are a rare beast. We've seen a few fun ones lately—the Game of Thrones ad with the dragon shadow; the ad for the movie The Book Thief with two almost completely blank pages....
View ArticleAd of the Day: GoldieBlox Spoofs 'This Is Your Brain on Drugs' in Egg Spot...
GoldieBlox is back, and this time, the brand's girl-power message is targeted directly at grownups. In a clever nod to the iconic "This Is Your Brain on Drugs" campaign (and right in time for Easter),...
View ArticleMeet Comic Neue, a New Version of Comic Sans That Might Not Make You Vomit
A heartfelt hatred of Comic Sans is required for every graphic designer and anyone who happens to have good taste. But while most people use it as a cruel joke or ironically, Craig Rozynski, an...
View ArticlePopSugar Launches Full-Service Unit The Bakery
If you are a company looking to target the ladies, PopSugar is serving something up for you. The women’s lifestyle company today unveiled The Bakery—a full-service, in-house team dedicated to helping...
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