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Awesome Beer Cans Show the Pantone Color of the Brew That's Inside
If you always suspected that a pale ale would rate a shimmering, golden 604C on the Pantone color system, have a pint on me. Spanish agency Txaber matches brew types with their Pantone hues in this...
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How to Win a Clio Award
I was recently asked to be jury member of the Clio Awards. The Clios? An advertising award that my mother has actually heard of! But wait, it gets better. The judging was going to take place in...
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Old Spice's Man-Robot Sits Down with Drew Brees, and It's Awkwardly Amusing
If watching Drew Brees talk to a hyper-awkward robot for six minutes is your kind of thing, then Old Spice has an ad for you. The New Orleans Saints quarterback keeps his cool during "4th and...
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Ad of the Day: Gatorade's Epic Farewell to Derek Jeter Will Be Tough to Beat
Gatorade hits it out of the park with this epic 90-second salute to New York Yankees superstar Derek Jeter, breaking today. If the retiring Jeter is looking for a new career, he can get a job on...
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Travel Ad Features Singing Fart Bubbles, and That Might Be Its Least Crazy Part
OK, you world-wise travel people. Ever been to Wotifia? Never heard of it? It's right next to Freedonia, that fake country invented by the Marx Brothers in Duck Soup. Wotifia is actually the...
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Guinness Takes You Inside Its Storied Dublin Brewery in Almost Mystical New Ad
By celebrating its Irish roots, Guinness subtly sails into the mystic with "In Pursuit of More," a campaign that bows with this 90-second spot from Philadelphia agency Quaker City Mercantile. St....
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Cheerios Tugs at the Heartstrings Again With a Dad Working the Third Shift
Oh man, grumpy dad who's working weird hours in this new Cheerios ad from Saatchi & Saatchi. Don't get mad at your kid. Take a lesson from Peanut Butter Cheerios dad, and be cool. Hang out for a...
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Ad of the Day: Mary Todd Joins MiniAbe in Officer and a Gentleman Spoof for...
MiniAbe Lincoln has been screaming and whoa-ing his way around Illinois for over a year in ads for the state's tourism office. But he settles down in the latest spot from JWT Chicago—thanks to the...
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This Agency Gets 90% of Its Business Through Referrals
SpecsWho (from left) Izzy the dog, employee relations; Michael Dub, partner; Sandy Rubinstein, CEO; Benjamin Hordell, partnerWhat AgencyWhere Edgewater, N.J. Indie shop DXagency happily reports that 90...
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MLB Rolls Out Its Derek Jeter Tribute Ad, and It's Amazing in Its Own Way
This ad from Major League Baseball honoring Derek Jeter is perhaps the simplest, least epic tribute we've seen to the Yankees captain, who, barring an unlikely postseason appearance by the team, will...
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Gravity Award Winner: Nivea Sun Solar Ad Charger
Acouple of years ago, Max Geraldo and his team at FCB Brazil in São Paulo needed a fresh way to make Nivea Sun’s line of lotions and moisturizers shine. They wanted to create a fun and unexpected...
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Who Will Succeed Maurice Lévy at Publicis Groupe?
Publicis Groupe’s reorganization last week included the promotion of non-Parisian executives to help “lead the way for a new generation at the helm.” Most important of those roles, of course, is a...
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Ad of the Day: Budweiser Makes the Cutest 'Don't Drink and Drive' PSA Yet
Outside Shibuya Station in Tokyo, there is a statue of a dog named Hachiko. In the 1920s, the dog would greet his owner at the station at the end of every day. One day, the owner died suddenly and...
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How BBDO and Doug Liman Got Inside One of the World's Biggest Waves for Visa
IDEA: It might not be the smartest idea to order pizza via smartphone while surfing an enormous wave off Tahiti. But it's good to know you could. In advertising's latest crazy product demo, pro surfer...
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Ad of the Day: Diet Coke Can Even Make Air Travel Pleasant (in Your Dreams)
Why do people drink Diet Coke? Is it the caffeine? The lack of calories? The sheer convenience? Or do they actually enjoy the taste? Coca-Cola is banking on the latter on with its new "Get a Taste"...
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Rob Lowe Is Ugly, Creepy and Hilarious as a Cable Customer in DirecTV Ads
DirecTV has gotten lots of actors to poke some fun at themselves over the years—notably Charlie Sheen in the Platoon spot. Now, it's Rob Lowe's turn to look hilariously foolish. A pair of new ads from...
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Tim Hortons Surprised This Calgary Street by Taking Over a Residential Home...
Usually when you wake up and something weird has happened at a neighbor's house, you call the police and get the kids in the basement. But not Tuesday morning on a street in Calgary. People there got...
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Ad of the Day: Starbucks Cleverly Advocates for Meeting Up Instead of Texting
Starbucks wants to help you with your communication problems. Just spend more time sitting in one of its shops talking to a real live person instead of text messaging. In a series of new ads from...
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This Agency's Office Literally Disappears After Hours So You Can't Work Late
Employees at Amsterdam design studio Heldergroen won't be putting in much overtime. Not in the office, at any rate. That's because every day at 6 p.m., their desks, tables and other work surfaces,...
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Zipcar's New Ads Want You to 'Tap That' Wherever You Go
A quick and easy way to reserve a car? You'd tap that. The characters in Zipcar's new, innuendo-filled ad campaign certainly do a lot of tapping. In fact, they tap anything that moves—as long as it's...
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