Learn How to Block Your Ex and More in Facebook's Cute, Quirky Tutorial Videos
Facebook, at long last, finally seems to be getting the hang of the whole advertising thing. In addition to the pleasantly whimsical "Say Anything Better" ads, which have been rolling out in recent...
View ArticlePhotograph These Ingenious Ads, and You'll Learn How to Save Kids From Eye...
If you take a flash photograph of a child, and one of his or her pupils looks white in the resulting image, it can indicate an eye tumor. In the U.K., a series of ads uses reflective ink to illustrate...
View ArticleSanta Is a Hipster, and a Pretty Funny One, in This Agency's Holiday Video
Is Santa Claus a hipster? He's got the unkempt mane and alternative lifestyle down pat. Yet he seems too obsessed with consumer goods and fourth-quarter commerce to qualify. It feels like hipster...
View ArticleThis Agency Will Get You in the Holiday Spirit With Its Anti-Christmas Song...
It's that time of year again—agency holiday card season. The pressure is high to come up with the funniest or coolest concept. Or maybe all you really need is lots of holiday spirit, staffers willing...
View ArticleInfographic: How Retailers Subconsciously Sway Your Senses to Make You Buy...
As you go about your holiday shopping, it's good to keep in mind that you're being manipulated in the extreme by retailers who've read every book and consulted every expert on the art of subconscious...
View ArticlePowerful 'Lockdown' PSA Marks a Grim Statistic: Nearly 100 School Shootings...
Classroom lockdown drills—at my first grader's school and every other school in America—have become the norm since the tragedy at Newtown, two years ago this Sunday. The powerfully sad PSA below from...
View ArticleThis Family Is Completely, Ridiculously Pumped to Be Shopping at Kmart This...
If you see this suburban family at your local Kmart, you'd better get out of their way. Mom just got an email confirming their online holiday order is ready, thanks to Kmart's free in-store pickup...
View ArticleSupermarket Surprises Shoppers by Playing 'Jingle Bells' Using the Checkout...
Like it or not, you can't escape holiday cheer everywhere you go. Maybe you've already taken care of your shopping, too. But have you ever heard Christmas music coming from the very machines...
View ArticleMichigan Police Pull Over Drivers and Then Surprise Them With Christmas Presents
It hasn't been the best year for the image of police officers. But the police force in Lowell, Mich., is ending the year on a high note by handing out Christmas presents to people they pull over for...
View ArticleIkea Gave This Theater a Cozy Makeover So People Could Watch the Movies in Bed
The worst thing about going to the movies is having to sit upright for a few hours to watch the film. Everyone knows lying down is the ideal viewing position for anything on a screen—or anything at...
View ArticleHollywood Director Kathryn Bigelow Unveils Achingly Sad PSA About Elephant...
The ivory trade isn't just killing elephants. Humans are the victims, too, because poaching helps to fund terrorist organizations like al-Shabaab and Boko Haram. That's the message of Last Days, a...
View ArticleThis Agency Wants You to Become a Christmas Tree by Putting Ornaments in Your...
Now that dudes are letting their Movember 'staches grow back into beards to warm up for the winter, here's a weird thing they can stick in them to celebrate the holidays. Introducing Beard...
View ArticleAir Wick Brings Scents of the Family Home to a Soldier Overseas in This...
It's no secret that scent can be a powerful emotional trigger. Air Wick uses that to memorable effect in this new long-form ad from Droga5—by capturing the scents of home, infusing them into...
View ArticleCheck Out This GoPro Footage of Ronald McDonald Leaping Out of a Plane in Dubai
When Ronald McDonald got his big makeover in April, he promised an all-out clown assault on social media—in an effort to broaden his audience, which had previously been family focused. Well, here's...
View ArticleClients Rejoice! This Elf on a Shelf Will Judge the Crap Out of Your Ad Agency
Arguably the most judgy of the Christmas characters, Elf on a Shelf sits on high and gauges the naughtiness and niceness of everyone who passes—then sends his intel off to Santa. Agency Plan B put...
View ArticleSnuggie Finds Cozier and Fancier Ways for You to Look Like an Utter Fool
We haven't heard much from Snuggie, the blanket with sleeves, in years. But no, they haven't gone out of business. Quite the opposite. They've been working on some stunning new designs and even cozier...
View ArticleEveryone in This Amazing Stock Photo Collection Is a Cancer Patient or Survivor
Nowhere is the world more carefree than inside stock photographs. The sense of normalcy they communicate is so pervasive, it's become cliché. Which is why it's such a stroke of genius that Isobar...
View ArticleJob Title Not Convoluted Enough? Try This 'Badass Advertising Job Titles'...
In this world of hybrid-multitasking-pivot-disruption, it's becoming crazy difficult to explain the work we do—not only to ourselves, but to others. Now, on the heels of the Hipster Business Name...
View ArticleWatch a Designer Who Really Knows What He's Doing Create a Logo From Scratch
If you've ever wondered how logos get made, who makes them, and where the people making them draw their inspiration—here's a great little glimpse into that world. Aaron Draplin, a freelance designer...
View ArticleOuttakes From the 'No More' Campaign Are More Powerful Than the Original PSAs
Sometimes, it's the unexpected things that happen on a commercial set that send the most powerful message of all. Case in point: the Joyful Heart Foundation's "No More" campaign against domestic...
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