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This Digital Agency Went From a Spare Bedroom to Winning Awards
SpecsWho Drew Ungvarsky, owner and creative directorWhat Digital agencyWhere Norfolk, Va. Ten years ago, a computer science major named Drew Ungvarsky who loved designing and developing started Grow in...
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Ad of the Day: Samsung's Sci-Fi Soccer Epic Reaches Its Final Chapter
Samsung Mobile's epic sci-fi soccer battle, which has been playing out in big-budget videos since last November, has finally reached its conclusion."The Match Part 2," released this week as a coda to...
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Nike Boosts Brazil's Morale After World Cup by Looking Ahead to the Olympics
Nike doesn't want Brazil to linger on its loss in the World Cup. Instead, the brand's new ad aimed is aimed at pumping up the passionate nation of sports fans for their next global event: the 2016...
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Fellas, Bill Kurtis Wants You to Go on a Mancation to Illinois With Him
Legendary anchorman Bill Kurtis is a man's man. Just ask Ron Burgundy ... or the Illinois Office of Tourism. A new campaign from JWT Chicago features Kurtis, a veteran Chicago journalist best known...
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Honda Targets Hispanic Millennials by Mocking the Way Brands Target Hispanic...
Young Latino consumers: They're hip! They're mobile! They lead active, on-the-go lifestyles! They're also, you know, pretty much like anybody else—though that's something marketers rarely want to hear...
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Ad of the Day: Neil Patrick Harris Doesn't Get Why He Can't Drink Heineken...
Most ad agencies that work with alcohol brands have a general loathing for the myriad guidelines that shackle them from showing much of anything, including someone drinking a beer. But in its new...
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Carlton Draught Is Re-Airing This Awesomely Cheesy '80s Ad to Go With Its...
Oh, the 1980s. Such quaint times. The tank tops. The big hair. The now-unsettling sense of enthusiasm. Even though the '80s revival was so 2000s, Carlton Draught is still dusting off a real ad from...
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Adman Is Selling More Than His Crappy Old Car in This Ridiculous Faux-Epic Ad
Entertainingly overblown homemade ads for used cars are now part of a burgeoning tradition. But an Australian adman, backed by his agency, is throwing his hat into the ring to good effect. The spot...
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Kimpton Hotels Fawn on Guests With a Half-Goat Who Keeps You Satyr-sfied
Join Kimpton Hotels' Karma rewards program and they'll fawn all over you. No, seriously, they’ll send a half-man, half-goat to surprise you in unexpected ways. Not that the goat is actually going to...
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'Emoji Among Us' Short Film Is Cute, Whimsical and an Advertisement in Disguise
"Since they first appeared on our shores early in this decade, these charming, versatile and intelligent figures have captured our hearts," an eloquent David Attenborough-esque voice narrates as Emoji...
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Ad of the Day: Dick's Sporting Goods Scores With Another Dramatic Salute to...
Like the everyday athletes it profiles, Dick's Sporting Goods remains a bit of an unsung hero in the sports marketing world. But that continues to change, thanks to its consistently strong advertising...
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Lars Ulrich Has the Best Line in the Outtakes From Metallica's SportsCenter Ad
Wieden + Kennedy's latest SportsCenter spot, featuring Metallica, has gotten lots of attention, and almost 800,000 YouTube views, since its debut a week ago. The veteran band visits ESPN HQ and jokes...
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Ad of the Day: Apple Feels the Love for the MacBook Air in Joyful 'Stickers'...
There's a lot to love about TBWA\Media Arts Lab's new Apple ad, a delightfully frenetic 30-second set piece—done in a stop-motion-like style—that sees MacBook Airs festooned by stickers reflecting...
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Lawyer Quits to Become an Illustrator With Brilliant Cartoon Telling the...
There's something particularly satisfying about a resignation letter that tells an old, boring career path to piss off in the very format of a new, fun one. A former corporate lawyer named Catherine...
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Rosetta Stone Says Learning a Language Is Good for You, and Great for the World
With millennials eager to travel abroad and a wealth of language-learning options available, Rosetta Stone doesn't want to get lost in translation. So the company teamed with Energy BBDO and content...
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Ad of the Day: The End Is Nigh in Brilliantly Bleak Ad for FXX's Simpsons...
The world is really going to have a cow when FXX enacts its insane plan to air every Simpsons episode ever, back to back, beginning Aug. 21. In fact, there may be no cows—indeed, no world—left by the...
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Put Away the Duff Beer and Pour Yourself a Glass of Simpsons Wine
Looking to stock up on beverages for FXX's 12-day, 25-season Simpsons marathon? Simpsons wine would do the trick—if only it were real. Russian designers Constantin Bolimond and Dmitry Patsukevich did...
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Samsung Dares People to Take Underwater Selfies in a Frigid Lake With the...
Selfie aficionado Samsung recently offered free phones to people loony enough to jump into Lake Zurich in Switzerland (which was a balmy 46 degrees) and snap an underwater selfie. Why? To show that the...
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'Better Call Saul' Billboard in Albuquerque Really Turns Back the Clock
Breaking Bad fans, this time you'd better call James! Those dying for a taste of AMC's Breaking Bad spinoff series, Better Call Saul, got a nice little present this week, as this billboard popped up...
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Japanese Toyota Ad With Dancing Gorilla Is So Preposterous, It's Actually Great
Imagine, if you will, "What Does the Fox Say." Now, picture Psy's "Gangnam Style" mating with it. Oh, and now throw in the Cadbury gorilla. Think adver-dance-ment. Got it? Good. Now press play. I can...
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