If You're Scared of Clowns, Do Not Watch This Candy Ad. You've Been Warned
Texas confectionary Atomic Candy is getting into the Halloween spirit with a creepy new commercial that capitalizes on the current wave of clown mass hysteria. The spot, from Innocean USA, features a...
View ArticleOpel Is Showing Off the First Automobile You Can Start With Your Mind
The Paris Motor Show is taking place from Oct. 1-16, and Opel has a surprise for visitors to its stand—an Opel Astra you can start with your mind. Guests are invited to sit comfortably in a chair...
View ArticleBBH Made a Onesie That Explains the Steps of Baby CPR Right on the Front
A star is born! The infant in this BBH London campaign for first aid awareness group St. John Ambulance is quite the thespian. Little Lucy turns in a powerful performance, plugging the...
View ArticleThese New Outdoor Ads in L.A. Capture the Insidious Nature of Domestic Violence
Here's a jarring disconnect—hearts and flowers, boxes of chocolates and hand-written love notes mixed with threats and violence. A new outdoor campaign from the Los Angeles Police Department and mayor...
View ArticleNothing Says Home Improvement Quite Like a Naked Man Tumbling Through the...
Many people are familiar with the feeling of dread that accompanies Dad deciding to fix the sink, or build a garden pond, on his own. He crawls under the house, or he starts digging a trench in the...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Kristen Schaal Is the Ultimate HR Director in This Startup's...
Do you know what your employer's human resources director does all day? No, really. Behind the emails, spreadsheets and Monday morning bagel spreads beats the heart of a real person who somehow...
View ArticleMaëva Berthelot Dances Around an Empty London in This Striking Ad for Bose
A lone dancer, Maëva Berthelot, gorgeously freestyles her way through London's empty streets. The sun is out, and the scene is bright—not quite desolate—as she twists and weaves across plazas, around...
View ArticleDeep Focus Names New U.S. Creative Leader, Looks to Compete With More...
Deep Focus has found its new creative leader after a long search. This week the Engine Group agency named former Wunderman executive vice president John Reid as its U.S. chief creative officer,...
View ArticleAd of the Day: This Superb Stop-Motion Film Pleads Heartbreakingly for...
There are things we just don't see—remote places under the sea, in the savannah or covered in snow, whose joys, dramas and tragedies we aren't privy to. And yet we affect them. In "Dream," a...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Here's the Mayhem That Won't Happen If You Use Canary Home...
While you're out on the town, or busy at work, do you obsess about what might be going on back at home? Perhaps you're worried the babysitter's skeevy boyfriend will show up for a makeout session, and...
View ArticleThis Brewer Made the World's Most Expensive Potato Chips to Go With Its Fancy...
You sit down to enjoy a lovely, high-quality craft beer. And then you ruin the gourmet experience by shoving a bunch of Pringles into your gob. One brewer in Sweden is rectifying this...
View ArticleLincoln Unveils Print Ads Shot by Annie Leibovitz, Her First Photos for an...
The Lincoln Motor Company is out with a new print campaign shot by Annie Leibovitz, the iconic portrait photographer's first ads for a car. The images feature musician Jon Batiste, artist Tali Lennox,...
View ArticleWieden + Kennedy Restructures Leadership Team, Names 15 New Partners
Today one of the ad world's largest and most prominent independent agencies announced a major restructuring of its organization as its 35th anniversary approaches. Wieden + Kennedy—which will...
View ArticleThe Lasting Genius of Dove's 'Real Beauty,' and the Formal Daring of Jeep's...
LAS VEGAS—Dove's "Campaign for Real Beauty" is one of those legendary campaigns that changed everything, not just for the Unilever brand but for the category and, indeed, the industry as a...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Duracell's Latest Star Wars Ad Spreads Cheer in a Children's...
A long time ago, in a hospital far, far away … Duracell returns to the Star Wars universe today, launching a holiday-themed tie-in to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ahead of that film's release in...
View ArticleTBWA's Media Arts Lab Has Its First New Creative Lead on Apple in 16 Years
TBWA\Worldwide announced today that Brent Anderson will be leading the Apple business as chief creative officer of the dedicated TBWA\Media Arts Lab unit. This marks the first change atop the account...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Sick Kids Are the Ultimate Fighters in Brilliant Hospital Ads...
A boy suffering from kidney failure isn't weak. He's a gladiator about to step into the ring for battle. So says a gorgeous, jaw-dropping new campaign from SickKids Hospital—or as it's more formally...
View ArticleJeep Seeks to Unite Americans With These New 'Free to Be' Ads for the Third...
Viewers tuning in for coverage of the third and final presidential debate on Wednesday night will see both sides working together for the greater good, blazing new trails toward a brighter tomorrow....
View ArticleVirgin America's Snazzy New Sneaker Has All the Amenities of Its First-Class...
Virgin America's First Class Shoe isn't just some plain old sneaker. Hand crafted in Milan, Italy, this snazzy high-top was assembled to reflect the amenities of Virgin's first-class cabins. White...
View ArticleGuns Don't Kill People. Toddlers With Guns Kill People, Says This PSA From...
McCann New York is taking a satirically Swiftian approach with its latest PSA for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. Titled "Keep America Safe," the ad highlights toddler gun violence by...
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