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Watch This Woman Become a Man to Protest Unequal Pay in Sweden
We've seen plenty of women get makeovers in advertising lately—either in pursuit of some market-driven ideal of beauty, or in critique of same. In this video, though, a woman is transformed for a...
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Agency Poaches Talent by Mailing Out Books With a Phone Hidden Inside
Ah, it's the old hollowed-out-book-with-a-phone-in-it trick! FP7 in Dubai got smart by taking a novel approach to avoid hefty headhunter fees. The shop placed cellphones inside die-cut, faux ad...
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Is Olive Garden's New Logo as Wretched as Everyone Says?
If you thought Olive Garden's logo couldn't get any worse, you were wrong. On Monday, the Darden-owned restaurant chain unveiled a brand refresh. The perplexing cluster of grapes that graced Olive...
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Woman's Newspaper Ad Calling Out Her Cheating Husband Is a Thing of Beauty
If you need any passive-aggressive copywriting done, contact Timeshia Brown, a Texas woman whose revenge ad on her cheating husband is an absolute classic of the form. The ad reads: "I would like to...
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'Wake Up and Smell the Bacon' With Free Alarm Gadget From Oscar Mayer
In case you haven't experienced the surreal delight of being guided from slumber by the smoky allure of "the nostril's north star," then Oscar Mayer might have the alarm clock for you. The brand's...
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Facebook's Most Heartwarming Ad Reminds Us, 'We Are Not Alone'
When we praised Facebook's new ad campaign the other day for being "down to earth," little did we know the best spot in the series would be anything but. The social network's newest ad, "We Are Not...
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Here's a Pretty Amazing Ad That Will Make You Feel Awful, Then Wonderful
This will be a particularly brief writeup, as it wouldn't be fair to spoil the ending of this ad. (The brand seems to know this, too, by keeping the video's title as vague as possible.) Yes, it's...
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Tennis Gets Quirky in USTA's New Ads From the Director of Napoleon Dynamite
Ever wonder what tennis can do for you? Well, for starters, it can make you smarter, stronger, happier, more attractive and pretty much invincible. The United States Tennis Association doesn't skimp...
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Better Than the Real Thing? These Diet Coke Ads Are Absolutely About Drugs
Sadly, these Diet Coke ads from Animal New York aren't the real thing, but they are pretty amusing spoofs of Droga5's new campaign, which is being interpreted by some as one big cocaine reference....
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Finally, a Japanese Ad That's Both Surprising and Surprisingly Awesome
Japanese ads, as a rule, are hard to predict. But while most of them just seem odd for the sake of being odd, this commercial has a twist anyone can enjoy. Since there's not a lot to it, I won't...
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A Woman's Day, Seen Through Glass, Ends Brutally in This Shocking Video
Google Glass videos are notable for their seamless first-person perspective, which puts you not only in someone else's shoes but in their eyes. You see what they see. No wonder, then, that the...
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Cool Summer Billboards Come With Removable Beach Towels and Flip-Flops
Wearable tech is so played out. The real future of wearables? Billboards! In this installment of "Things That Would Never Work in New York City, Because Eww," we travel to to the mystical land of New...
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Chevy Was Right to Curb This Dog Ad, Even If Everyone Seems to Love It
Here's a candidate for most mercenary ad of the year—a homemade spot that was among those entered into Chevrolet and MOFILM's Oscars competition. Thankfully, it didn't win. It opens on a young woman...
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Trailer for a Horror Movie Called Schizo Suddenly Becomes Something Else...
Here's a clever ad that starts off as a preview for a horror movie called Schizo and ends with Glenn Close talking about BringChange2Mind, the organization she founded. Watch the video for more. Since...
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Dapper Yacht Stuntman Climbs 30-Meter Mast for Hugo Boss
It would take a particularly buoyant mental state to decide that sprinting up the sail of a fast-moving yacht and then jumping off of it for no apparent reason (or even a large wad of cash) is...
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Watch This Miniature, 3D-Printed Subaru Race Against a Ton of Exploding Sticks
If you ever need to outrun an elaborately exploding array of wooden tongue depressors, a remote-controlled Subaru might just be the vehicle for you. The brand's two-minute spot, "WRX STI vs....
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Dog Sledder, Life Saver, Surgery Fixer: Dos Equis Keeps It Interesting
Considering that Dos Equis' "Most Interesting Man in the World" has become a meme with thousands of crowdsourced iterations, the bar is set pretty high for new official ads in the series. But this one...
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Dog Sledder, Life Saver, Surgery Fixer: Dos Equis Keeps it Interesting
Considering that Dos Equis' "Most Interesting Man in the World" has become a meme with thousands of crowdsourced iterations, the bar is set pretty high for new official ads in the series. But this one...
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Celebs Join Sheryl Sandberg's Campaign to Stop Calling Girls 'Bossy'
For all of Lean In's strongly phrased criticisms of the modern corporate world, author Sheryl Sandberg still seems to spark the most debate with one seemingly innocuous opinion: that we shouldn't call...
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Gun Ad Featuring Michelangelo's David Comes Under Fire From the Italian...
The Italian government is taking aim at Illinois gun manufacturer ArmaLite, who offended Italy's entire cultural ministry by using Michelangelo's "David" in an ad for the AR-50A1 rifle. Italy's...
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