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Were Your Agency's D&AD Pencils Stolen This Week? Here's What's Up With That
Past winners of the prestigious D&AD Pencils freaked the hell out this week when they suddenly discovered their precious ornaments of self-worth had gone missing. Some 75 Pencils from nearly 30...
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Will Taco Bell's Big Super Bowl Reveal Be the Cheese-Engorged Quesalupa?
Taco Bell says it has a huge new product to announce in its Super Bowl ad, but the surprise might already be out of the bag. Earlier this month the brand released a redacted press release for its...
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Zoolander No. 2's Ads Brilliantly Mix With the Fashion World, Even While...
The sequel to Zoolander is probably going to be terrible, butālet us finishāthe marketing for it is actually pretty cool and inventive.Ā Zoolander No. 2 continues the adventures and foibles of...
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Here's What Your Dreams Will Look Like When Brands Finally Put Ads in Them
Ad creep has reached practically all surfaces of the Earth and beyond, both physical and virtual spaces. The one exception is your dreams. Sure, brands can show up there, but they're not paid...
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Clio Awards Urge You to Harass and Bribe the Judges of Its Super Bowl Ad Contest
The Clio Awards will be holding their second annual Super Clio contest during this year's Super Bowl, getting a handful of top creatives in the industry to vote for their favorite commercial from the...
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Mutants and a Talking Puppet Can't Believe Pizza Hut Is for Real in These...
Pizza Hut embraces absurd wordplay in a new campaign from Ogilvy & Mather Londonāand it's not a bad deal.Ā A series of 10-second spots and a 30-second wrap-up (below) pitch viewers on the...
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Oreo and Adam Lambert Kick Off the Cookie's Campaign About Diversity and...
Oreo is the latest brand to take a stab at making the world a better place, as it launches a global campaign urging people to "Open Up" to new people and experiencesāa message of diversity and...
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This Mother and Daughter Just Made Some Really Strange Yet Hypnotic...
DJ/fashionista Mimi Xu and her daughter Maily Beyrens (collectively known as XuBox) star in a series of self-consciously quirky videos promoting fashion brand Bjƶrn Borg's SS16 Limited Edition Sport...
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Peeps 2016! Candy Brand Campaigns to Kick Punxsutawney Phil to the Curb
Punxsutawney Phil makes his depressing prediction nearly every year: Keep the coats and snow shovels handy because there's likely to be at least six more weeks of winter. Isn't it time some other...
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Penningtons Has a Hit With a Full-Figured Yogi Who Puts Your Shaky Headstand...
Canadian clothing company Penningtons is the latest among a growing number of brands waving the body-positive banner. Its most recent activewear spot, created by lg2, showcases a bad-ass plus-size...
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Mercedes-Benz's Hilariously Fun Fashion Week Ad Stars Michel Gaubert and His...
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin is upon us. And in keeping with the flourish and expense of the event, it would be natural to expect beautiful ads showcasing beautiful people in beautifully abstract...
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Proud Mom Posts a 'Celebrations' Ad in the Newspaper for Her Son's Coming-Out
Houston voters recentlyĀ shot down an ambitious piece of equal rights legislation, HERO, which would have prohibited discrimination of gender identity, sexual orientation and 13 other characteristics....
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This Art Director Used Spotify to Build an Audio Version of His Portfolio
Advertising creatives are always looking for fresh ways to package their portfolios, and one Swedish art director has turned music streaming service Spotify into the latest vehicle for promoting his...
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This Company's Painfully Honest Help-Wanted Ad Promises the 'Worst Job in Town'
A company is advertising "the worst job in town" on Australian job site Seek, and promises that whoever is hired as its new senior producer will work in a "poor location" and spend his or her time...
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T-Mobile Masters Trolling With Its Verizon Earnings Call Drinking Game
There's no love lost in the cutthroat telecom world, as T-Mobile fights what it openly calls the "duopoly" of AT&T and Verizon. But this week, T-Mobile has raised its trolling game by coming up...
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Bernie Sanders' Stirring New Campaign Ad Is Set Solely to the Tune of Paul...
Often, the worst part of political ads is having to listen to them. Between the ominous muckraking about an opponent's past and the stilted rhetoric of sound bites from the stump, it quickly becomes...
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This Fashion Photographer's Ridiculous Instagram Selfies Are Brilliant,...
Selfie projects are a dime a dozen. But Mike Mellia's "A selfie a day keeps the doctor away" series on Instagram rises above the rest with great composition, playful creativity and a sly, knowing...
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Steven Tyler Rocks a Candy-Covered Microphone in Lead Up to Skittles' Super...
If you love Skittles and Aerosmith, have we got good Super Bowl news for you. The veteran rock band's iconic frontman, Steven Tyler, always had What It Takes, and now he's Back in the Saddle for this...
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This Scottish Poet's Ode to Laphroaig Will Tickle Your Ears Like Isle Rain on...
Listen to someone speak the Scottish dialect, and you'll quickly understand why poetry is part of that country's national heritage. In fact, every Jan. 25, Scotland celebrates Burns Night in honor of...
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Stella Artois Confections a Dazzling Zoetrope of Glasses to Raise Cash for...
Add Stella Artois to the list of zoetrope marketers, only its elaborate spinning take on the genre is for a noble causeāas seen in a new ad that builds on "Buy a Lady a Drink," a partnership campaign...
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