Clorox Explains Emoji Tweet That Many Thought Was Weirdly Racist
Some long-awaited racially diverse emojis were added to iOS today, and all the world is happy. Well, the world was happy until it saw this Clorox tweet. The brand sent out an odd message Wednesday...
View ArticleMexico Tourism Board Made Billboards Out of Snow in Chicago This Spring
There was enough snow this winter, and spring, that agencies started making ads with it. At least, Lapiz did in this fun campaign for the Mexico Tourism Board. After an unexpected springtime snowstorm...
View ArticleSnickers Got YouTubers to Post Terrible Videos as If They Recorded Them Hungry
For a campaign that's five years old, Snickers' "You're Not You When You're Hungry" is having quite the creative renaissance this year.The Super Bowl ad was fantastic (as was the New York City...
View ArticleDirecTV Ditches Rob Lowe for Hannah Davis and a Horse in Shamelessly Silly...
DirecTV doesn't want you to have to look at ugly cable wires and boxes. So, it's putting Hannah Davis on your screen instead (and saying goodbye to Rob Lowe). Sports Illustrated's 2015 Swimsuit Issue...
View ArticleThe Trick Copy on These Clever Ads Shows Another Side to Homelessness
Here's a clever outdoor campaign from Publicis London for the homelessness charity Depaul that manages to tell two different stories with the same copy. The ads are being placed on corners, with text...
View ArticleThis Watchmaker Does Not Care If You Pre-order a Damn Thing From Apple Today
Traditional watchmakers are in a bit of a bind with the launch of the Apple Watch. Do they just ignore it, or do they make fun of it—and in so doing, admit its buzzworthiness and give it that much...
View ArticleToyota Japan Goes Deep With One of the Most Delightful Baseball Ads in a Long...
Some people complain that modern baseball games last too long, but the one in this Japanese ad for Toyota's G cars will make you root for extra innings. Salarymen and businesswomen push fantastical...
View ArticleChrysler Goes Full Game of Thrones in This Ad Voiced by Peter Dinklage
Your life might not be quite like Game of Thrones, but you can still feel like a boss power broker if you drive a Chrysler, says a new ad from the automaker."Kings and Queens of America," voiced by...
View ArticlePETA Cuts Open Miley Cyrus' Little Sister for Ad Protesting Classroom Dissection
Miley isn't the only member of the Cyrus family with a knack for exposing herself. In fact, younger sister Noah takes things one step further by posing as a dissected corpse for a PETA ad protesting...
View ArticleIkea Is Replying to Questions on Facebook With Comical, Pun-Filled Memes
The viral success of Groupon's Banana Bunker post on Facebook appears to be rubbing off on other brands. See, for example, Ikea Singapore—which has started a whole new Facebook thread clearly with the...
View ArticleJames Corden Bickers With James Corden as Samsung Galaxy S6 Ads Flood In
Forget about pre-order day for the Apple Watch. It's also launch day for the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, which means ads for the smartphone are rolling out all over the world. The two most notable...
View ArticleState Farm Just Remade the 'Jake From State Farm' Ad Completely With Emojis
State Farm probably still can't believe how popular the "Jake From State Farm" commercial has become. It became a cult favorite almost overnight and has been parodied relentlessly on Vine and...
View ArticleA Kid Grows Up Really, Really Fast in BBH's Latest Cute Ad for Robinsons
BBH London has made some brilliant ads for British juice brand Robinsons over the years—notably, this Wimbledon spot and, of course, the famous "Pals" ad from 2013, which really is one of the great...
View ArticleIs Hillary Clinton's Campaign Logo as Bad as Everyone Is Saying?
It wouldn't be an election season without a full-on Internet-fueled art-school-esque critique of a candidate's logo. This week's victim: Hillary Clinton! I'm running for president. Everyday Americans...
View ArticleStihl Heads Into the Void to Show the Otherworldly Power of Its Leaf Blowers
Houston, we have a blower. French agency Altmann + Pacreau gets cosmic in this ad for Stihl leaf blowers, employing astronaut imagery and the 2001: A Space Odyssey theme to fine effect."Having done...
View ArticleGillette Innovation Explodes With Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America and Thor...
Maybe you've let your beard get a bit grimy—winter did seem to last forever—and you could use a nice, clean shave for spring. But gosh darn it, your beard has gotten too mighty. Could a...
View ArticleDumb Ways to Die, Game of Thrones Edition, Chronicles Show's Notable Demises...
"Dumb Ways to Die" could be the theme song of Game of Thrones. And now this parody, from Egor Zhgun, brings them together in celebration of the various gory, untimely deaths through the show's first...
View ArticleOld Spice Will Drop a Man in the Woods and Let Twitch Viewers Control Him for...
Old Spice is tapping into the gamer community, which clearly overlaps with its own target, with an interesting campaign on Twitch—the live social video platform for gamers—in which viewers get to...
View ArticleRingo Starr Couldn't Be More Chill in His First Campaign for Skechers
"Rock out in comfort" is a headline that will horrify rock 'n' roll purists—but Ringo Starr doesn't care. The Beatles drummer is relaxation personified in his first campaign for Skechers, as the brand...
View ArticleNike Turns Can't Into Can in Its Largest Women's Campaign Ever
Nike's newest commercial captures the inner dialogue of a woman stuck behind a row of models during spin class; a runner through a half-marathon; and a beginner yogi unsure of her surroundings. The...
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