Sydney Art Director Is Called 'Australia's Biggest Wanker,' but Is That...
Jarryd Zankovic, a senior art director at Play Communications in Sydney, Australia, earned the karmic wrath of Reddit, which seized upon a douchey (though apparently tongue-in-cheek) interview with...
View ArticleHere's How Samsung Gloatingly Responded to Apple's Larger iPhone Screens
This Samsung ad, which debuted over the weekend, teases the October release of its Galaxy Note 4—and also, more mercilessly, teases Apple for being late to the phablet game at its iPhone 6 event last...
View ArticleExpedia Has an Idea for Parents Who Travel Too Much for Work
Parents, Expedia wants to offer you a consolation prize for all the heartbreaking time you have to spend traveling for business rather than being at home with your kids. Instead of making them settle...
View ArticleCostumed Man Sexes Up a Giant Ear in Very Strange Ads for Headphones
After an inexplicable quite period, we have a resurgence of giant ears in advertising, thanks to this incredibly silly McKinney campaign for Sennheiser's Urbanite headphones. A scraggly-bearded guy...
View ArticleBlake Griffin Slams Poetry, Not Basketballs, for Vizio
Slam poetry nights can be awkward, but Los Angeles Clippers star Blake Griffin makes it look easy—his specialty in any environment—in a new series of videos for Vizio. The ads, by David&Goliath,...
View ArticleAwesome 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...
View ArticleStrange Prada Storefront in the Middle of Nowhere Can Remain, Texas Decides
It's the world's oddest Prada store. And now, it looks like it won't be torn down.Prada Marfa, an art installation 26 miles northwest of the West Texas town of Marfa—featuring a fake Prada storefront...
View ArticleBryan Cranston Acts Out Baseball's Greatest Moments in Fantastic Ad for the...
As the Baltimore Orioles became the first Major League Baseball team to clinch a division last night, baseball fans, fairweather and hard-core alike, are gearing up for the most exciting time of...
View ArticleSee How Droga5 Actually Made the Insanely Intricate Sets for Moto's New Ads
Who needs CGI when you can build your own outlandishly complex ad props by hand? Clearly Droga5 is up to the challenge, as illustrated by the behind-the-scenes video just released by the agency to...
View ArticleWoman Gets a Giant Reebok Tattoo, and Her Very Own Ad to Go With It
When Reebok urges its most die-hard fans to get a big tattoo of the brand's logo, it means a big tattoo. Last month, the sportswear company set up a pop-up tattoo shop at the Tough Viking competition...
View ArticleBenedict Cumberbatch Gets Wet, Mr. Darcy Style, for Charity Campaign
There are moments in cinema when a collective wetting of panties results in an advertising ripple heard through the decades, as marketers struggle to give the people what they want. One such moment...
View ArticlePeople in Japan Are Making Tiny, Adorable Beds for Their Wallets and Purses
Here's an odd slice of weird from Japan. As seen on Japanese blogs, people are putting their purses and wallets into tiny beds before going to sleep themselves. The resulting pictures are strangely...
View ArticleNaomi Campbell Loses Her Arms on the Cover of W's October Issue
W magazine has just released five different covers for its October issue, each featuring a woman dubbed one of "The New Royals" by the oversized fashion glossy. You'll find Kristen Wiig in a retro...
View ArticleOld 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...
View ArticleStunning PSA Shifts Time to Undo the Killing on a Syrian School Playground
Martin Stirling already directed one powerful PSA about Syria—Save the Children's incredible spot from last spring, which imagined if the crisis were taking place in London. But the Unit 9 director...
View ArticleThis Dog's Road Trip Stretching Routine Might Be the Best Reason to Buy a...
Citroen puts on the dog once again in this commercial with an anthropomorphized mutt who charmingly works out the muscle kinks and stiffness of a long drive when its owner pulls in to a desert gas...
View ArticleHow 9 Brands Used Twitter's Sign Bunny Meme to Make Little Billboards
Watching brands fail at Twitter has become cliché at this point. And just when you think they've gotten the idea, it's fail whale all over again. Still, they keep trying. Earlier this week, a fun meme...
View ArticleTravel 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...
View ArticleAs Scotland Counts Votes, Groundskeeper Willie Offers Himself Up as the...
Should today's vote lead to an independent Scotland, the country will need a fearless leader to represent it on the world stage. Obviously, Groundskeeper Willie of The Simpsons is that man. It's the...
View ArticleGuinness 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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