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Is The Met's New Logo as Indisputably Wretched as Everyone Is Saying?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has done away with the beautiful da Vinci-inspired logo it's used since 1971 in favor of ... a double-stacked word mark made in kerning hell. Vulture calls the update a...
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BBDO Cleverly Engineers a Mosquito-Repellent Motorcycle Exhaust Pipe
Think of it as a citronella candle on wheels. Mosquito-borne illnesses are a growing issue in Thailand's slums, with the incidence of dengue fever tripling in 2015. To battle the glut of diseased...
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Buckle Up, Because Delta Is Coming for You With Another Intense and Lofty Ad
Edgy airline commercials. Who wouldn't want more of those?"Tell the World," the latest excursion in Delta Airlines' "Keep Climbing" campaign from Wieden + Kennedy New York, delivers an intriguing but...
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Damn, a Bunch of Brands Picked Up on the 'Damn, Daniel' Meme This Week
There's no solid way of predicting what might go viral on the Internet or when. So when a brand can hop on board in a moment's notice, the results can be rewarding—or at the very least, applause...
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Ellie Goulding Shocks Superfans With a Perfectly Played 'Priceless Surprise'...
There's one form of prank advertisement that will surely survive long after all the telekinetic coffee-shop surprises and sentient vending machines have faded away. And that is the...
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This Delightfully Weird Ad for Bread Has a Fun Yet Haunting Vision of a...
Turns out cockroaches won't be the only form of sustenance to survive the pending climate apocalypse. Decades from now, the survival of the human race may well rely on classic baked bread ......
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Skulls, Snakes and Warhol: Behind This S.F. Agency's Hardcore Self-Promo Posters
To emphasize its agency tenets—and reclaim the tactile graphic arts for ad land—Odysseus Arms is building a collection of self-promo posters worth framing. "We're using the posters to raise craft...
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Skulls, Snakes and Warhol: Behind This S.F. Agency's Hardcore Self-Promo Posters
To emphasize its agency tenets—and reclaim the tactile graphic arts for ad land—Odysseus Arms is building a collection of self-promo posters worth framing. "We're using the posters to raise craft...
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This Ad for Morgan Freeman's New Show About God Is the Answer to Our Prayers
TV promos are usually pretty straightforward, with footage cut from the shows they're pushing. But a new ad from National Geographic Channel puts original footage to great use in hyping The Story of...
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Agency Copywriter Finally Stops Defending Kanye West, Creates #HelpKenyaNotKanye
Kanye West and Donald Trump are two very different people who have dominated the media this month. The terrible twosome do, however, share several significant traits, including an uncanny knack for...
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Nadav Kander Photographed Faceless Portraits for These Powerful Suicide...
London-based photographer Nadav Kander, whose stunning portraits over the years have included President Obama and David Lynch, among many others, has shot a simple and powerful suicide-prevention...
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KLM Organizes Amsterdam Meetups Between Locals and Flyers With Long Layovers
Airline promotions are getting awfully chummy these days. First, JetBlue invited passengers on a coast-to-coast flight to "Reach Across the Aisle" and cooperate to win round-trip tickets. Now, Dutch...
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Hotels.com's Captain Obvious Is Running for President, and He's Already Been...
As if the 2016 presidential election weren't enough of a farce already, a new clown is throwing his hat in the ring: Hotels.com's mascot, Captain Obvious. In Crispin Porter + Bogusky's latest for the...
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Chevy Throws Facebook's Reaction Buttons Into Its New Malibu Commercial
Facebook's new Reaction buttons launch today, allowing users to go beyond a simple Like and choose emojis representing "love," "haha," "wow," "sad" and "angry" instead. Chevrolet celebrates this...
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This Voice Actress Really, Really Wants to Work for Jeep. Here's Her...
It's the kind of zealotry of which marketers—and employers—dream. Professional voiceover artist Kelley Buttrick is a lifelong fan of Jeep, but has never gotten to work on its advertising. So she made...
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Life Isn't Fair, but At Least This Coffee Is, Say Comical Ads From 180 Amsterdam
180 Amsterdam's new European campaign for Moyee FairChain coffee might not be everyone's cup of tea. It's an edgy brew flavored with wry wit, positioning the java brand as a caffeinated antidote to...
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Still Looking for a Presidential Candidate Who's Truly Likable? Meet Zoe
The presidential race sure could use a dose of cute. And here she is. Zoe is running for the nation's highest office. Or she might be—in 2064. And she is the star of Droga5's new ads for the Y, which...
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McDonald's Billboard Gives Ridiculously Lengthy Directions to a Burger King...
Here is 2016's most obnoxious (but fun) billboard so far. McDonald's has more than 1,000 drive-thru locations in France. Burger King has fewer than 20. So, McDonald's is using this fact to flame-broil...
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Lands' End Apologizes for Having an Interview With Gloria Steinem in Its...
Lands' End had been on a mission to shake its milquetoast reputation, but its latest effort might have just backfired—big-time—as the fashion house, known for its rather bland staples, issued an...
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LinkedIn Reaches for the Stars in Its First TV Spot, Airing on the Oscars
LinkedIn aims high in its first-ever broadcast TV spot. The 30-second ad from BBDO San Francisco, titled "You're Closer Than You Think," features footage shot from Earth's orbit and plays off the fact...
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