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Method Leaf-Blows a Birthday Cake and Makes Other Unholy Messes in These Fun Ads
Hand, dish and laundry liquids get surprisingly sexy in a new campaign from green cleaning brand Method. Call it haute soap. The brand's new "Fear No Mess" campaign, which might be less pithily...
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McDonald's Turns Placemats Into Little Music Production Stations Connected to...
Wasn't it fun when we were kids to doodle on restaurants' paper placements with crayons? Well, McDonald's has introduced a high-tech, musical version of that sort of play with McTrax—a snazzy placemat...
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This Agency's Mother-in-Law Cards for Mother's Day Are Sweet, Except When...
What do you get for a mother who is not really your mother, but is still kinda your mother, for Mother's Day? How about card that will make her feel special, or very uncomfortable? Humanaut, the...
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A Man Comes Back to Life, Almost Literally, in Duracell's Beautiful Ad About...
Mad Men ended a year ago, but John Slattery, aka Roger Sterling from the AMC agency drama, is keeping a hand in the ad game, providing a voiceover for this Duracell spot tied to National Hearing...
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Head & Shoulders Shaves Famous Faces Like Odell Beckham Jr. Into Real...
Today in Weird Things We're Glad Aren't Happening to Us, Procter & Gamble's Head & Shoulders brand has released "Scalp Brave," a campaign that goes roughly where you think it's headed ... just...
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Sprint Turned a Wrecked Car Into a Mangled Emoji for This 'Don't Text and...
April was Distracted Driving Awareness month, and Sprint saved one of the most eye-catching PSA for last—unveiling the sculpture above in downtown Miami last Friday. Titled "The Last Emoji," it was...
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Anyone Can Be Your Grandma in These Funny, Awkward Ads for Grandma's Cookies
The first campaign for Grandma's cookies from Goodby, Silverstein & Partners wrestles with a timeless question: "Are you my grandma?" This twisted take on the kids' classic Are You My Mother?...
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This Copywriter's Ad About Motherhood Was So Touching, It's Now a Children Book
In January 2014, Boba, a small Colorado company that makes baby carriers and accessories, posted a video online—created by Futuristic Films—that would prove to be one of the most popular ads ever made...
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Why Every Ad Space in This London Subway Station May Soon Have a Cat on It
It can be exhausting to travel by subway, especially when you work in advertising. Subways are home to some of the grabbiest, ugliest creative in all of existence, often in multiples. To wit:...
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Samsung Is Helping Preemie Babies by Making Incubators Feel More Like the Womb
Samsung is back to pull at your heartstrings again, this time with a campaign about premature babies. Infants born too early face a greater risk of language and attention disorders later in life. The...
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KFC Just Made Edible 'Finger Lickin' Good' Nail Polish That, Yeah, Tastes...
April Fools' Day was a month ago, but KFC is only just now announcing that it has made two edible nail polishes that bring the classic tagline, "Finger Lickin' Good," grossly to life.read more
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Pure Protein Bars Are There When Life Quickly Unravels in Droga5's Comic Ads
Taking care of yourself and eating healthy is all well and good when life is going smoothly. But when does life ever go smoothly? That's the message of a comical new campaign by Droga5 for Pure...
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Pepsi's Emoji Billboards and Instagram Photos Are Cool in Ways That the TV Isn't
There's no getting around the fact that emojis, whatever their social equity among young people, are quite literally cartoony. And if you're going to build a whole global ad campaign around them, as...
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A Man Rides His Favorite Number Into the Sunset in This California Lottery Ad
David&Goliath's new ad for the California Lottery focuses on a man who's quirkily obsessed with the number five—including waking up at 5:55 a.m., living at 555 5th Street, and basically designing...
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How Do You Get Bros to Drink Rosé Wine? Package It Like It's Beer
Rosé is great in giant bottles on the Carlton Terrace. But what if you're one of those average bros who's taken a liking to the pink stuff, which some have even taken to calling "brosé"? It's better...
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Forget the Ball Drop. Corona Is Organizing a Lime Drop at 5:55 p.m. for Cinco...
As completely invented, marketing-driven rituals go, Corona Extra has a fun one on its hands with the #LimeDrop, a campaign the Mexican brewer is running across social media for Cinco de Mayo.read more
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The Fish at This Grocery Store Are So Fresh, They're Still Rattling Around in...
Nothing says fresh fish quite like the anguished death spasms they exhibit upon being caught, which Y&R Poland recently simulated in amusing fashion for a grocery-store prank. The agency, working...
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Groupon Lets You Send a Life-Size, 3-D Version of Yourself to Mom for...
If you're planning to drop $30,000 on the woman who gave you life this Mother's Day—and she's the type of woman who would appreciate a 3-D-printed, life-size version of you—well, you're in luck....
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A Domestic Violence Message Is Hidden in This Clever 360° PSA. Can You Find It?
Lots of ads have used 360° video lately, but here's one where the VR technology really suits the message—and delivers a powerful coda for those who absorb it.read more
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This Art Director Put His Entire Portfolio and Biography on Instagram as Two...
"I had to get my portfolio together and I thought, what better way to spin it than to put the entire thing on Instagram?" Art director Castro Desroches had been working in digital marketing positions...
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