Meet the Couple Who Quit Their Ad Jobs to Take the Most Creative Trip Around...
You've dreamed about it. But Chanel Cartell and Stevo Dirnberger are doing it. After a decade in advertising, the South African couple—inspired by a talk by Stefan Sagmeister—recently quit their...
View ArticleOreo Welcomes the Royal Baby With a Message for Every Other Newborn Out There
As the world oohs and ahhs over Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, Oreo is here to remind you that all babies are special, whether or not they're born into royalty. A nice message from The Martin Agency to...
View ArticleThe Brands Awaken for Star Wars Day, but Which of Them Used the Force for Good?
If you're on the Internet, which you are if you're reading this, you know that today is Star Wars Day (because, May the Fourth be with you). It's the day where every Force-loving creature—droid, human...
View ArticleJustin Timberlake Plays a Lime Who Goes From Hero to Zero in This Hilarious...
Justin Timberlake is a chamelion of sorts, a former boy-bander turned solo pop star turned comedic actor turned serious actor. And he multitasks quite nicely—and hilariously—in this Sauza 901 tequila...
View ArticleHuggies Helped This Blind Mom See Her Pregnancy Ultrasound by 3-D Printing...
Seeing ultrasound images is a special part of most pregnancies, but women who are blind, of course, don't get that experience. So, Huggies Brazil approximated it for one visually impaired woman by 3-D...
View ArticleAudi Makes Fun of Women Drivers (but Not Really) in Curious Twitter Campaign
Audi Ireland has decided to directly address the stereotype that women are bad drivers in a Twitter campaign that aims to undermine that perception. The automaker last week posted a series of images...
View ArticleWaffle House Unracists Its Cinco de Mayo Tweet Just in Time
It's Cinco de Mayo, and here's a simple rule for all you brand social managers out there: Don't make puns using the name Juan.Dave and Buster's learned this the hard way. And his morning, Waffle House...
View ArticleDiddy's New Fragrance Ad Is So NSFW, It's Ridiculous (Seriously NSFW)
Diddy and his girlfriend Cassie Ventura basically have sex in this NSFW spot for his new fragrance, 3 AM. But he says it's actually not about sex—not really."I think if people hear about the video,...
View ArticleThis Is Surely the Most Strangely Beautiful iPhone Parody Ad Ever Made
What is the future of smartphones? Well, for one thing, they will reside inside your skull, not in your hand. And when they malfunction, your whole body will hiccup and crash—and you'll need to head...
View ArticleNice Guys on Tinder Turn Nasty in This PSA Campaign About Domestic Violence
We've seen a few different Tinder hacks from marketers, but here's an interesting one that gets at the heart of the dark side of relationships. An organization called Women in Distress created fake...
View ArticleTempur-Pedic Knows Exactly What Every Sleep-Deprived Mom Wants for Mother's Day
Hallmark's "Put Your Heart to Paper" campaign featured interviews with people who didn't know their moms were watching. Now, Tempur-Pedic has hit it big with the opposite—interviews with moms who...
View ArticleThis Long-Copy Ad for Condoms Is a 1,000-Word, Single-Sentence Orgasm
Everyone loves a good long-copy print ad. And here's a clever one from FCB Lisbon for Harmony Condoms that stretches out the phrase "Oh my God" into an impressive 1,000-word sentence. The tagline:...
View ArticleAnna Kendrick Will Gently Blow Your Mind With Her Take on Reddit's 'Shower...
Glamour magazine isn't known for it's Internet-savvy marketing. But when you put Anna Kendrick on the cover, you have to do something special to celebrate the occasion. So, they had the Pitch Perfect...
View ArticleCoca-Cola Demands You Choose Happiness in This Gritty Anthem Ad for Europe
Coca-Cola isn't just a soft drink. It's an essential part of the human experience—the key to true happiness—says a grand new ad from the brand in Europe. So, suck up your laziness and bootstrap...
View ArticleCocktail Bar's Gin-Bottle Swimmers Honored as the Year's Best Package Design
A tiny cocktail bar in Barcelona has won best of show at The Dieline Awards 2015, honoring the world's best packaging, for its gin bottles showing swimmers cavorting in the stuff. Barcelona design...
View ArticleMcDonald's Invented This Clever Takeout Bag That's Also a Tray
Here's a nifty invention for people brave enough to eat McDonald's—the new "BagTray" from DDB Budapest. It is, as it sounds, a bag that's also a tray. Just tear off a tab at the bottom of the brown...
View ArticleSamsung's #TextsFromMom Campaign Brings Welcome Laughs This Mother's Day
Mother's Day has become one big cryfest for advertisers—a time to see how choked up they can make viewers. That kind of sentimentality is fine, when communicated well, but there's definitely weep...
View ArticleMini Partners With a Towing Company to Give Test Drives to Stranded Motorists
Mini Cooper is out with an awesomely ruthless new ad, set in Singapore, that shows the automaker tricking people into test driving its product—by teaming up with a towing service and giving loaners to...
View ArticleMcDonald's Has Brought Back the Hamburglar, and It's All Anyone Can Talk About
McDonald's has resurrected the Hamburglar, and he might steal your heart. That's the view of half the Internet, anyway, as the chain unveiled the new version of the character Wednesday—a masked man...
View ArticleJames Franco Wrote a Long, Strange Ad for McDonald's in the Washington Post
"When I needed McDonald's, McDonald's was there for me. When no one else was." James Franco offered an unlikely endorsement of the fast-food chain Thursday—at a time when its treatment of employees is...
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