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...
View ArticleBuckle 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...
View ArticleAd of the Day: 6 Emerging Talents Predict Their Future in Twitter's First...
Six content creators in music, art, sports, food and news—many of whom made their names on other platforms—have lined up to promote Twitter's native video platform, and its @video handle, with short...
View ArticleAd of the Day: JetBlue Asks Flyers to 'Reach Across the Aisle' in...
JetBlue invited 150 unsuspecting passengers to "Reach Across the Aisle" in this fun, election-themed stunt from longtime partner MullenLowe. Those travelers were given the chance to win free...
View ArticleEllie 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...
View ArticleSkulls, 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...
View ArticleThis 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...
View ArticleThis Agency Hires Improv Comedians to Brainstorm Your Campaign
SpecsWho (l. to r.): Kenny White, head of product; Paul Charney, CEO; Craig Mangan, CCOWhat Creative agencyWhere San Francisco Founded by ex-Goodby, Silverstein & Partners and BBDO creatives in...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Ford's Risky New Short Film About Divorce Is Beautiful and Sad
Divorce is a topic that's almost never explored in advertising. It's just too thorny and depressing. Yet it's also, of course, very relatable to plenty of people—and so Ford Denmark addresses it...
View ArticleNadav 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...
View ArticleHotels.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...
View ArticleChevy 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...
View ArticleDDB New York Grows Its Executive Creative Team With 2 Hires and a Promotion
DDB New York continues to expand its offering to clients with the appointment of three new executives in its creative department. Hannah Fishman has been promoted from group creative director to...
View ArticleLife 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...
View ArticleStill 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...
View ArticleWPP's Sir Martin Sorrell on the Future of Virtual Advertising
BARCELONA, Spain—Sir Martin Sorrell is a fan of virtual reality. So far he's driven a rover on Mars, been strapped to the side of the International Space Station, visited a Syrian refugee camp in...
View ArticleMcDonald'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...
View ArticleLinkedIn 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...
View ArticleUnwrapped Condoms Spell Out the Headlines on These STD Awareness Ads
Back in September, Get Checked Omaha created a zombie-themed TV ad in response to news that the city has exceptionally high STD rates. In Douglas County, infection rates are 30 to 50 percent higher...
View ArticleWhat Kills Creativity? This Video Explains the Biggest Mistake a Brand Can Make
DBD International, the strategic design and branding agency led by David Brier, has just released its own philosophy on what ROI represents: Return on ingenuity. It isn't the first time we've seen a...
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