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Honda's Roomba-Style Robot Cuts Your Grass for You
Finally, a Roomba for your lawn! The Honda Miimo is a robotic lawn mower—the first of its kind, actually—with a self-charging lithium-ion battery, a "continuous cutting system" that keeps the grass...
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Passersby Supply the Artwork for Red Bull's Jessie Ware Billboard
To promote British singer-songwriter Jessie Ware's latest album Devotion, Studio Moross and Red Bull Studio London proved you don't need black-light paintings or expensive digital setups to make a...
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Jack Bauer Bakes the Hell Out of Cupcakes in Killer Laptop Ad
Kiefer Sutherland gives a fun performance, reviving his Jack Bauer persona from 24, as he bakes cupcakes in this 90-second spot punctuated by car chases, explosions, the actor's trademark intense...
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'Breaking Bad' Mentos Commercial Is Fresh, Full of Life
If a potent new supply of blue Mentos hits the market soon, you'll know why. Here are Walter White and his son, Walt Jr., from Breaking Bad in a hilarious Mentos parody that's all the funnier for its...
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Election-Themed Tostitos Ad Greeted With Bipartisan Ridicule
Here's the frontrunner for 2012's most inane election-themed ad brought to you by a brand that has nothing to do with politics. If Democrats and Republicans would just share a bag of tortilla chips,...
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Useless Product of the Day: A Spoon for Dunking Cookies in Milk
If you're looking for something to keep your Shake Weight and Comfort Wipe company while they sit, unused, in your closet, you might consider the Dipr, a spoon designed for dunking sandwich cookies in...
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New Audi A4 Is Just 2,500 Twitter Followers Away
Canadian ad agency Lowe Roche and its Toronto car client Pfaff Auto, last seen orchestrating a sneaky/cool direct mail piece for Porsche, are back with another buzzy project. This time, it's a virtual...
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'Bic for Her' Pens Deluged With Sarcastic Reviews on Amazon
The sarcastically adoring Amazon.com review is a time-honored bit of anti-consumerism dating back to the Three Wolf Moon T-shirt and surely further than that. Now, it's Bic's turn to get savaged, as...
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Louis Vuitton Plays Spot the Difference in Pair of 60-Second Ads
Fashion's not my thing. I own two pairs of pants, both tan corduroys. And I'm hopeless when it comes to Spot the Difference games. As a kid, I'd squint at the image on the left, then the one on the...
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Beck's Sheet-Music Album: A Marketer's Dream or Unsellable Gimmick?
From reprogrammed Nintendo cartridges to distribution by balloon, musicians have been endeavoring to release albums in the most novel form possible lately. In the world of slumping CD sales, these...
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Neil Armstrong Saluted in Denver Science Museum's Tribute Ad
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science put together this nice tribute ad this week to Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, who died Saturday at age 82. Simple, great print work by Carmichael...
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Ad Agency Uses 'Draw Something' App to Find Creative Workers
Dutch agency Muse Amsterdam has come up with the 21st-century equivalent of the Art Instruction Schools' free art test by using the social drawing app Draw Something to find creative interns....
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Las Vegas Ads Salute Prince Harry, Denounce the Traitors in His Midst
In a pretzel-like bit of exploitation masquerading as outrage, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has released a flood of marketing materials in the past week pretending to be angry about...
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Terry Crews Makes Muscle Music (and You Can, Too) for Old Spice
Terry Crews, the somewhat lesser known but infinitely louder and more muscle-y Old Spice guy, is back with a raucous new project for the men's care brand—Old Spice Muscle Music. In the Vimeo video...
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Mentos Are Great for Covering Up Your Naughty Bits
After the fake Mentos commercial we enjoyed yesterday, it's time for the real thing—a new print campaign by The Martin Agency for Mentos Pure Fresh gum. Four new ads have been produced for specific...
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BBH Challenges You to Restore Your Own 'Ecce Homo'
Ecce Homer. The patriarch from The Simpsons is just one image created by participants in BBH London's sarcastic Cecilia Prize competition, honoring the world's most infamous amateur art restorer,...
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How a Brick-Shaped Heineken Bottle Almost Changed the World 50 Years Ago
You may have never heard of Alfred "Freddy" Heineken, but he should be a hero to drinkers and kids'-toy enthusiasts everywhere. Laughing Squid has the story of how Freddy—the third-generation...
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How 'Ecce Homo' Could Prove Twitter's Worth as a Direct Sales Channel
We're all about the Ecce Homo today. The Wall Street Journal has an interesting story about how the ruined Spanish painting of Christ may lead to yet another unintended consequence—that of exposing...
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Meet the Voice of the Kool-Aid Man, Who Also Taught Madonna How to Sing
Professional voice acting seems to be a pretty fascinating career—or at least, it has been for Frank Simms, the voice of the Kool-Aid Man, among other brand characters. Simms's exploits have included...
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Campbell's Soup Creates Limited-Edition Andy Warhol Cans
Fifty years after Andy Warhol first displayed his seminal work 32 Campbell's Soup Cans, the marketer is celebrating the artist with a set of four limited-edition Warhol-inspired cans of the...
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