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Ikea's Christmas Experiment Sweetly Shows That Kids Want So Much More Than Toys
Yo, grinches. I challenge you not to tear up, just a little, as you watch "The Other Letter," a holiday video from Ikea created by McCann Spain. Young children are asked to write two letters saying...
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Facebook Celebrates 2014's Most Shareable Moments in Its Year-End Video
Facebook wants you to know that a lot happened in 2014, and people shared it on Facebook. The social network is out with its year-end video looking back at major events. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge,...
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South Dakota's 'Don't Jerk and Drive' Campaign Rubs People the Wrong Way
If you thought "Don't Jerk and Drive" was less about sharply turning your steering wheel and more about fulfilling personal urges while on the road, you're not alone (pun!). South Dakota's attempt to...
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Get a LinkedIn Endorsement From Liam Neeson Through This Quirky Movie Promotion
When was the last time you saw a movie studio focus its social media efforts for a new release around LinkedIn? 20th Century Fox embraces the career-focused network in a contest around Taken 3,...
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Dogs Sniff Out Herpes and Other STIs in This Amusingly Gross Mockumentary
Next time a dog comes up to you and starts sniffing a little too close, it could be time to panic. He or she might be smelling your sexually transmitted infection. This mockumentary short for Randox...
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Cards Against Humanity Got 30,000 People to Buy Actual Shit for $6 a Box on...
Cards Against Humanity always does something fun on Black Friday. This year, it sold boxes of bullshit—actual bullshit—to 30,000 people, many of whom were surprised to receive a box of bullshit. It...
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The 13 Biggest Brand Fails of 2014
What were they thinking? That's about all you ask from the marketers on this list of 2014 brand fails, which run the gamut from arrogant to sexist to obscene to just plain stupid. Settle in and get...
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Airbnb for Gingerbread Houses? Fully Baked Parody Is a Sweet Fundraiser for...
Well, this is adorable. For its pro-bono holiday project, agency McKinney created Gingerbreadbnb.com, a site that mimics Airbnb but lets you book virtual stays at confectionary cabins instead. All...
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This 2014 Year in Review Video Starts Off Extremely Confusing, Then Gets...
It's that time again, when we take stock of the year—to revisit all the moments that passed, some we remember, some we've long forgotten. All of our favorite sites are releasing their year-in-review...
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You'll Love This Beautiful and Inspiring Holiday Ad, Particularly If You're a...
Field Notes, the paper products and accessories brand best known for its stylish notepads—designed by Aaron Draplin, whom you'll remember from yesterday—attempts to convey the intensity and magic of...
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14 Brilliant Outdoor Ads That Rocked the Real World in 2014
As usual, many of this year's most inspired and delightful advertisements weren't found on TV, in print or online. They were found outside, where marketers played off the real world to bring...
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Agency Pitches Christmas to a Focus Group, and Their Reaction Is Anything but...
So, you hate focus groups. Understandable. They can make a mess of anything. In fact, they can even hate Christmas. Ogilvy & Mather in Paris put together this entertaining little (fake)...
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Employees Get Pelted With Snowballs in Super Slow Motion in This Agency's...
Employees at Baltimore agency Exit10 get pelted with snowballs in slow motion in this flaky and—let's be honest—rather painful-looking holiday video. No one got hurt during filming. Not much, anyway....
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Sarah Koenig Buckles Under the Pressure of Serial's Final Episode in This...
Fans are already preparing themselves to be disappointed when Serial releases its final episode tomorrow, a fact that Funny or Die has captured masterfully in its new parody. In "The Last Episode of...
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Grammys Ads Show the Peculiar After-Effects of Loving Taylor Swift and Lorde
The Grammy Awards will make even a long-maned, bearded, hard-rock dude head bang to Taylor Swift, according to this new ad from TBWA\Chiat\Day. It's a preposterous conceit, even if Taylor Swift's long...
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Hootsuite's Holiday Video Is 40 Minutes of an Owl Perched by a Roaring Fire
Hootsuite knows how to celebrate the holidays. On the heel of its great Halloween ads, the social media aggregation site has now rolled out a simple, awesome Christmas ad playing off its owl mascot....
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Dumb Ways to Die Sings 'Deck the Halls' for the Holidays
Holiday safety is the theme of the latest "Dumb Ways to Die" video from Metro Trains and McCann in Melbourne, Australia. Tangerine Kitty, which sang on the iconic original PSA from 2012, performs a...
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If You Loved Aaron Draplin's Logo Tutorial, Here's More of His Design Wisdom
If you were on the Internet this week, you probably saw the video of Aaron Draplin building a logo from scratch. If not, go watch it—we'll wait. OK, are we all on the same page? Great. Now, as a new...
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This Beautifully Simple Site Makes It Easy to Create the Right Digital Color...
For the most talented designers, creating a palette of complementary colors comes easy. For the rest of us, not so much. Enter Material Palette, a site launched this week by European coder Matt...
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Meet the Two Singers Who Helped Make Apple's 2014 Holiday Ad So Special
Apple is back to take you behind the scenes of its sweet holiday ad about a musical recording that spans generations. Singer-songwriter Dana Williams, who stars as the granddaughter in the commercial,...
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