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As Dove Debates Beauty, Ram Celebrates Women for Being Strong to the Core
"Have you ever thought, 'I could never do that?'" That's the question posted by a new minute-long Ram Trucks spot from The Richards Group, which shows women meeting challenges like mountain climbing,...
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Storage Company Unpacks a Surprise Viral Hit About Preparing for Parenthood
Extra Space Storage—which offers storage space for your old drum set and boxes of Beanie Babies, not your digital files—created this ad, believe it or not, about the joys and woes of parenting. In "10...
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VW's Passat Clean Diesel Will Keep You, and Your Horrible Boys, Out of Gas...
Is this any way to celebrate Mother's Day? A trio of unholy terrors—pre-pubescent boys, presumably brothers—wreak havoc in a gas-station convenience store in "Mom," an amusing Volkswagen spot from...
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Sad, Powerful Ad for Gay Marriage Shows You Wedding Memories That Were Never...
A wedding day is among the happiest moments in a person's life, a milestone to look back on for years to come—which makes it all the more strange that people are still denied the right just because...
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This Folk Song About Severed Fingers Is Actually a Gun Violence PSA for...
Grey New York makes a ton of gun violence PSAs—from the famously brutal (and award-winning) "Ed" spot in 2013 to this year's stunt in which it opened a gun store in the middle of New York City. But...
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Brewer Replaces Athletes' Missing Teeth With Implants That Double as Bottle...
Call it branded oral surgery. In a ridiculous, hilarious and, yes, very real campaign from Ogilvy Argentina, Salta beer has designed tooth implants for the country's rugby players who have lost teeth...
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Ingenious 'Fatal Car Crash' Video on YouTube Shows an Accident Only If You...
It's best to go slow, even on YouTube. BBDO Russia uses the YouTube interface brilliantly for the video below, which purports to show dash-cam footage of a fatal accident. (Such videos are popular on...
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Here's the Story Behind Those Idiotic 'Plastique' High-End Plastic Pants
Maybe you saw the billboard, or the documentary about Frank La Rant, or the lookbook. If so, you were probably disappointed to learn that Plastique, the high-end plastic pants supposedly designed by...
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3 Women Who Are Blind Say What Beauty Means to Them in Dove's Latest Ad
Dove has released another ad beauty, this time in Sweden and from the perspective of three women who are blind. From their perspective, beauty is a feeling brought on by actions and circumstances...
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Warren Buffett Played a Classic Coke Jingle on the Ukelele for the Company's...
Warren Buffett is known for many things, but singing hasn't been one of them—until now. Buffett played "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke" on a custom ukulele (presented to him recently by Wieden +...
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Powerade's Fun 'Workout Billboards' Will Really Make You Sweat
Billboards don't usually ask a lot of you, beyond a cursory glance. But these Powerade boards from Ogilvy Berlin put you right to work. They're more like exercise installations than billboards. One of...
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Quiksilver Is Now Making Business Suits That Double as Wetsuits
Surf's up—so let's suit up business-style and catch a wave! That's the thrust of a new project by TBWA\Hakuhodo and Quiksilver, which have teamed up to introduce True Wetsuits in Japan. These...
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This PSA About Police Brutality Is Told From a Particularly Unusual Point of...
Police brutality doesn't just affect its victims. It affects the moms of the cops who inflict it. And it's their responsibility to speak out against it, argues this hard-to-swallow new PSA. At the...
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Incredible Pedigree Film Profiles Ex-Cons Who Find Their Way by Adopting Dogs
"You save a dog. A dog saves you." That's the poignant message of "First Days Out," a four-minute online film for Pedigree by Almap BBDO in Brazil that follows Joey and Matt, two former inmates who...
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Fascinating Time-Lapse Videos Show How High-Fashion Retouching Is Really Done
It's become conventional wisdom that Photoshopping of models creates an impossible standard of beauty. But one retoucher seems inclined to vindicate the process somewhat by peeling back the curtain on...
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This Dutch Insurance Ad Has a Hilariously Skeptical Take on Smart Homes
A high-tech house proves to be far from a "smart home" when two burglars arrive in "Welcome," the latest amusing spot from Tribal DDB in Amsterdam for insurance company Centraal Beheer. The...
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Meet the Couple Who Quit Their Ad Jobs to Take the Most Creative Trip Around...
You've dreamed about it. But Chanel Cartell and Stevo Dirnberger are doing it. After a decade in advertising, the South African couple—inspired by a talk by Stefan Sagmeister—recently quit their...
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Oreo Welcomes the Royal Baby With a Message for Every Other Newborn Out There
As the world oohs and ahhs over Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, Oreo is here to remind you that all babies are special, whether or not they're born into royalty. A nice message from The Martin Agency to...
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The Brands Awaken for Star Wars Day, but Which of Them Used the Force for Good?
If you're on the Internet, which you are if you're reading this, you know that today is Star Wars Day (because, May the Fourth be with you). It's the day where every Force-loving creature—droid, human...
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Justin Timberlake Plays a Lime Who Goes From Hero to Zero in This Hilarious...
Justin Timberlake is a chamelion of sorts, a former boy-bander turned solo pop star turned comedic actor turned serious actor. And he multitasks quite nicely—and hilariously—in this Sauza 901 tequila...
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