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Domino's Seeking Designs for Ultimate Pizza-Delivery Vehicle
Talk about reinventing the wheels. Domino's, which has famously been updating the way it makes its pizzas, now wants to do the same for how it delivers them. Working with ad agency Crispin Porter +...
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Condoleezza Rice Models Cleveland Browns Jersey in NFL Ad
Despite some brief yet fevered speculation a month ago, Mitt Romney did not choose Condoleezza Rice as his running mate. But that's OK, she got another gig—NFL fashion model. The former U.S. Secretary...
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Buy a Piece of Your Favorite City With Delicious Canned Air
Yet another joke from Spaceballs has become real, as photographer Kirill Rudenko has begun selling Canned Air at his Etsy shop. Each can is "100 percent organic" air, and meant as a sort of joke...
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Disney Cloning Human Faces for Theme-Park Robot Guides
We've long known that robots are out to subjugate humankind. They've found a potent ally in Disney, which likewise aspires to global domination. Of course, the company has already established...
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Diet Coke's Limited-Edition Can Is So Lovely, It's Here to Stay
"This new concept will only be around for a short time," William White, group brand director for Diet Coke and Coke Zero at Coca-Cola North America, told Adweek exactly a year ago—when a new Diet Coke...
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Slackliner Crosses Wire Between Two Speeding Trucks in Volvo Stunt
How, exactly, does one learn "slacklining"? The subject's not taught at my local adult-ed program (though microwave cookery sounds appealing). I imagine, at the very least, that you'd have to be able...
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Impress Your Neighbors With a 3-D Fantasy Garage-Door Mural
StyleYourGarage.com, a German company that makes "garage billboards printed with images that show exactly what every car owner would like to have in their garage," might not sit well with most people....
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David Beckham Looms Large as H&M Erects Silver Statues
David Beckham is bigger than ever, in almost every way, now that Spellbound Media and Zenith Optimedia have unleashed giant silver statues of the footballer around three U.S. cities for H&M....
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And Now It's Puma's Turn to Brag About Usain Bolt
All Usain Bolt-endorsed companies are exercising their vicarious bragging rights in the wake of the Jamaican sprinter's extraordinary triple repeat in London—winning gold again in the 100 and 200...
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The Week on AdFreak: Aug. 10-17, 2012
Here are the five most-read AdFreak posts of the past week: 5. McCann Says Farewell to the London Olympics With Ad 4. Hated the London 2012 Logo? You Might Like Rio 2016 Better 3. How a Fan Post on...
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Tony Scott's Final Commercial, for BBDO and Diet Mountain Dew
Tony Scott, who committed suicide on Sunday at age 68, directed hundreds of ads—many of them award winners—through RSA Films, his and brother Ridley's commercial production company. Here's his final...
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Rum Ad Pities the Catfish and Its Gazillion Wasted Taste Buds
Here's one commercial that sort of got away from its creators. And that's a shame, because the animated catfish in this Bundaberg Red spot by Leo Burnett Sydney is a nice catch. The creature is...
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A Day in the Life of an Ad-Agency Developer, in 101 Seconds
If you thought AMC's The Pitch was unglamorous, check out this clip of an ad-agency developer's typical day—condensed from 10 hours down to 1 minute and 41 seconds. The developer, Nick Zwinggi of...
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The Invisible Bike Helmet: A Collar That Inflates Into an Airbag
Two Swedish design students, Anna Haupt and Terese Alpin, decided to reinvent the bicycle helmet as an exam project, and the three-minute movie about their journey from initial concept to finished...
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Ads on Toilet Paper, for Marketing's Real Bottom Feeders
Are you brave enough to put your brand logo and advertising message right where you customer can, and surely will—let's be frank here—smear it with his own excrement? Jordan and Bryan Silverman trust...
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Androgynous Model Goes Topless for Toyota
Broadcast censors would have a tough time with this one: Should a man be allowed to go topless in a TV commercial if he looks pretty convincingly like a woman? Stav Strashko, 19, an androgynous male...
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Microsoft's First New Logo in 25 Years Is Pretty Damn Nice
Microsoft sees 2012 as a year of rebirth. And so on Thursday it unveiled its first new logo since 1987. From the Microsoft blog: "The Microsoft brand is about much more than logos or product...
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John Cleese Orders Strike on Iran in Israeli Ad for Chocolate Spread
We've already established that John Cleese will do anything for money when it comes to shooting ads. (Faulty showers, anyone?) He seemed to redeem himself just a little bit recently with the amusing...
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Man Pretends to Be a Celebrity, So People Treat Him Like One
Here's a candidate for viral stunt of the year: A 21-year-old student named Brett Cohen assumes the trappings of a reality star—bodyguards, paparazzi and a ridiculous striped button-down—and waltzes...
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Los Angeles Billboard Fits Pleasantly Into Its Natural Surroundings
Huge Roman numerals floating in the sky—the End Times are nigh! Actually, it's a billboard by artist Cayetano Ferrer touting an exhibition at the Hammer Museum titled "Made in L.A. 2012." The...
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