Amazon Plans 30-Minute Delivery via Massive Squadron of Unmanned Drones
It sounds like an April Fools' joke, but this is totally real. Amazon just revealed a shock-inducing plan to get delivery times down to a mere 30 minutes by using an army of aerial drones. The service...
View ArticleActivewear Maker Lucy Urges Women to Drop Into a Yoga Pose at the First Sign...
How do you deal with holiday stress? Activewear maker Lucy is humorously urging women to try something unconventional this year. Try dropping to the floor and adopting the "child's pose" from...
View ArticleAd for Ugly Loveseat Insists It's Not an Ugly Loveseat but a Piece of...
The canvas of Craigslist continues to inspire many a budding copywriter to create odes to objects most of us would dismiss as curb trash. Witness this latest advertisement—for an old loveseat offered...
View ArticleAdult Swim Crashes a Spaceship in NYC for New Show Rick and Morty
If you were wandering aimlessly around Manhattan last week, you probably saw lampposts with a flier showing a cheap, grainy-looking photo of a spaceship and "take one" pull tabs at the bottom telling...
View ArticlePace Salsa Twitter Debacle Was a Prank By Comedians on a Comedian
UPDATE 2: The truth (or as close as the Internet gets to the truth) is finally revealed. This whole fracas was a prank by comedian Randy Liedtke and (we're guessing) podcasting partner Brendon Walsh,...
View ArticleThis Brand Decided to Charge More on Black Friday, and People Loved It
Most Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals make sure that everyone's aunt gets her memory-foam slippers and reindeer sweater at 50 percent off. But Cards Against Humanity decided to do a completely...
View ArticleInstead of Pointing at Airplanes, Domino's Parody Billboard Points Out...
Remember British Airways' interactive "Look Up" billboard with a kid pointing at airplanes as they flew by overhead? Well now Domino's U.K. is spoofing the concept with its own "Look Down" billboard....
View ArticleStar Wars Launches Its Instagram Feed With the Best Selfie Ever
Star Wars has made its official debut on Instagram with one of the most stellar selfies of all time. In one of the brand's first shots on the photo-sharing site, Darth Vader is seen snapping a quick...
View ArticleLady Gaga Creates Life-Size Doll That Sings When You Press Your Face to Its...
Mother Monster has created her own monster clones. That's right, Lady Gaga has created a line of life-size real dolls of herself, hand crafted in Japan, experts in all creepy, real-life doll things....
View ArticleWant 1 Million Skittles Delivered to Your House? Of Course You Do
Canadians, you better be in a video-sharing frenzy today, because it's your last chance to be crowned a new Skittles Millionaire. The end of the day will mark the end of BBDO Toronto's crazy Get...
View ArticleThis Japanese Tire Ad Might Leave You With Skid Marks
While plenty of marketing stunts these days take great joy in scaring innocent people with everything from fake telekenesis to nuclear war, it's rare that the viewer is actually the victim. This...
View ArticleD.C. Metro Ad Says Women Care More About Shoes Than Train Reliability
The D.C. Metro's newest ad campaign, dubbed "Metro Forward," took a giant step backward recently with a sexist print ad that suggests women would rather talk about shoes than public transport...
View ArticleNew Attention-Grabbing Mannequins Are Modeled After Disabled Public Figures
It was Junot Diaz who said, "If you want to make a human being into a monster, deny them, at the cultural level, any reflection of themselves." So Pro Infirmis, a European advocacy organization for...
View ArticleHow a 1926 Print Ad Inspired One of Today's Fastest Growing Websites
If you needed proof that there's really nothing new under the sun, look no further than the explosively popular site ViralNova, which credits its addictive, highly clickable content to a famous...
View ArticleLiquid-Plumr Lets the Hot Faucet Flow With Its Sexy Plumber Calendar
The Liquid-Plumr marketing team is following up its innuendo-filled, sexually charged "Double Impact" and "Need it Now" spots—both by DDB California—with a 2014 calendar dedicated to sexy plumbers....
View ArticleCelebrities Strip Down and Snuggle Seafood to Support Sustainable Harvests
Here's one of the odder celebrity-centric campaigns out there. FishLove, a British organization that advocates for sustainable fishing practices, has just launched its third annual photo campaign in...
View ArticleSeason 2 Trailer for House of Cards Is Literally Just Robin Wright Smoking
Netflix's political series House of Cards got a rapid renewal on the heels of its watercoolery first season, and now it's taking the less-is-more approach to promoting season two. The first spot for...
View ArticleWatch the Most Shared Ads of the Past 8 Years on Unruly Media's 'Viral Spiral'
To get a sense of the scale of online ad-sharing growth since 2006, look no further than Dove. The Unilever brand had a major viral advertising hit that year, and again this year—"Evolution" and "Real...
View ArticleAd Agency Tries Letting Clients 'Pay What You Want'
Interactive design and branding company 8k in Poland is getting some visibility from its "Pay What You Want" pricing system ($1 minimum) that covers services including logos, slogans, letterheads,...
View ArticleBurger King Creates Pre-Roll Ads That Share Your Hatred of Pre-Roll Ads
Everyone who's ever tried to watch a video on the Internet knows that pre-roll ads are generally annoying. The Burger King marketing team also knows this. But marketers always want to have their cake...
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