Ad of the Day: HP Vows to 'Keep Reinventing' in Fun Series of Star Wars Ads
The Force is strong with this one. HP ties in with Star Wars: The Force Awakens in these fun, impressive commercials from BBDO New York and 180LA that introduce the technology company's "Keep...
View ArticleTate Britain's Striking New Ads Ditch the Artwork for the Stories Behind It
It's a pretty established rule of museum marketing that your advertising should show off, you know, what's inside the museum—particularly if you've got some famous artwork in there. But Grey London...
View ArticleThis Muppets Musical Kicks the Christmas Ad Season in Britain Into a Higher Gear
No self-respecting British advertiser wants to be left behind at this time of year, since the run-up to Christmas has become known as the U.K.'s version of the Super Bowl for commercials. And...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Netflix Shows You the Consequences of Being the Worst Kind of Rat
You've seen this kind of torture scene before. A man sits bound to a chair, preparing to feel unimaginable pain after crossing a line with his tough-guy boss. He seems to have leaked some sensitive...
View ArticleDanny McBride Soars in W+K's Brilliantly Bizarre Music Video for Southern...
If anyone can help make "ShottaSoCo" a word people actually say at bars, it's Danny McBride. Or rather, a flying version of Danny McBride who repeats the word endlessly, over a pulsating beat, while...
View ArticleLife Is Still (Mostly) Hell for These Two Testicles in Their Third Underwear...
After watching the third in a series of amusing ads for Australia's Bonds underwear, starring a pair of anthropomorphized testicles, it's becoming clear that things won't be getting much better for...
View Article72andSunny Wins Seventh Generation, Breaks Scathing Ad About Carefree...
Here's a fun send-up of live-for-the-moment advertising aimed at millennials. 72andSunny just picked up the ad account of Seventh Generation, the environmentally minded cleaning, paper and personal...
View ArticleDurex Is Lobbying Very Hard Indeed for a Condom Emoji
In anticipation of World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, and based on the frightening revelation that 80 percent of 18- to 25-year-olds use emojis for basic communication, Durex is demanding a condom emoji from...
View ArticleFord Is Using Instagram Perfectly for These 'Don't Like and Drive' Posts
There are many PSA campaigns out there warning people not to use cellphones while driving, but few are as wonderfully simple as this one—Blue Hive Brazil and Team Detroit's Instagram posts for Ford...
View ArticleThis Kids' Clothing Ad Might Be the Most Whimsical Depiction of Child Labor Ever
To support its new signature, "For Serious Kids," children's clothing company Petit Bateau has launched "The Mini Factory." This marks its first brand film since its charming child sailor ad of 2010,...
View ArticleVirgin America's Bus-Shelter Ads Use Google Street View to Take You Inside...
Travel often? Use Google Street View? Hell, maybe you'll love Virgin America's Seat View. It's exactly what it sounds like: You use the campaign to "stroll" through the Airbus A320 that flies out of...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett Star in Barnes & Noble's Charming...
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga make goo-goo eyes at each other and croon "Baby, It's Cold Outside" in this amiable holiday spot for Barnes & Noble."Tony and Gaga are a great mashup of classic and...
View ArticleSmart Car Tells an Instagram Story for Two, on a Pair of Devices Side by Side
We've seen a few clever marketing campaigns over the years that had to be activated by two people in order to work. Coca-Cola has done a lot of this, promoting its subtheme of togetherness with stunts...
View ArticleScion's Latest Weird Drivers Are Stock-Photo People and a Vampire With a Man Bun
Stock photo humor is the gift that keeps on giving, in this case thanks to Scion, which has rolled out two new spots in its "Weird, right?" campaign from Droga5—one of which features a group of...
View ArticleJulia Louis-Dreyfus Tries Robbing Snoop Dogg in Old Navy's Wacky Black Friday...
Julia Louis-Dreyfus scores some new co-stars in her latest for Old Navy, and the ensemble suits her well. The Veep and Seinfeld actress ties up rapper and marijuana poster boy Snoop Dogg in an attempt...
View ArticleThis Interactive Honda Ad Lets You Send a Couple on Increasingly Extravagant...
Great. Greater. Greatest. Those are your viewing choices in RPA's new interactive video for the Honda Civic, which lets you toggle between a couple's three date scenarios and check out vehicle features...
View ArticleThis Bike Maker Wants Videos of the Parts of Cities You Can Explore Only on...
Foldable bike brand Brompton Bikes has launched #MyUnseenCity, a worldwide effort to commission videos exploring the hidden parts of people's cities. Created for the launch of its limited-edition...
View ArticleAt Erwin Penland, CMO Will Replace Retiring Co-Founder Joe Erwin
One week after Erwin Penland co-founder and president Joe Erwin announced he will step down from his position and retire from the advertising industry at the end of the year, the agency announced that...
View ArticleSorry, Britain, but This Lovely Christmas Ad From Spain Is the One to Watch...
Britain was the country that turned Christmas into an advertising showcase. But this year, a Spanish ad from Leo Burnett Madrid might just beat anything the U.K. turns out. The holiday season in Spain...
View ArticleStove Top's Millennial Hipster Pilgrim Implores You to Eat Stuffing All Day...
It must be frustrating to be a brand whose product is so closely associated with a single holiday that it seems odd to have it any other time. Stove Top stuffing is in that boat, but it tends to take...
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