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Step Right Up and Watch This Air Acrobat Attempt the Most Irresponsible...
One December day at the International Scene of Contemporary Dance in Stockholm, Sweden, a man named Olle, one of the best air acrobats in the world, did a triple-somersault jump. It was a jump like...
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New York City FC's First Brand Spot Is a Gritty Paean to the City It Calls Home
When Major League Soccer began play in 1996, those of us who lived in New York City had only one team to root for—the New York/New Jersey MetroStars. But despite their odd hybrid name, they were...
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Need a Little Sausage Support? Johnsonville Experts Are Now Just a Phone Call...
Sooner or later, everyone's sausage needs some support. If you find yourself in such straits between now and this Friday—say, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Central time—go ahead and call Johnsonville HQ at...
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It's fitting that Joan Creative's first bit of finished advertising was this Netflix spot, unveiled in social media during the Emmys, all about powerful women—presented as a parody of '50s...
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Columbia Sportswear Is Making Job Candidates Literally Climb Mountains for...
There's been no dearth of dubious job titles in the recent years, thanks in large part to the tech boom. But outerwear marketer Columbia Sportswear is reaching for new and awesome heights with its...
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Who Is Louise Delage? The Troubling Truth Behind an Overnight Instagram Success
We all know a girl like Louise Delage. You've been on Instagram for years and are scraping by with 50 likes on a good day—then she appears on the scene, with her fun little life, and cultivates over...
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A Lone Red Balloon's Journey Ends Joyfully in Latest 'Practically Magic'...
Among iOS 10's shiny new toys is a messaging feature that allows you to add effects to your message bubbles, send full-screen animations with your messages, add handwritten notes and more. Apple...
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Ad of the Day: Southwest Airlines Aims High in Mini Musicals From GSD&M
Who wants a song and dance from their airline? We'll soon find out, thanks to Southwest's glitzy musical ads from GSD&M, part of the carrier's overarching "Transfarency" campaign. Actual airline...
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Dove Straps Heart Monitors on Men to See How They React to Models, and Their...
Imagine you're asked to assess the beauty of airbrushed photos of professional models—and then regular snapshots of your spouse, or a close family member. A new Dove ad from Portugal does that to a...
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That Epic Audi 'Duel' Commercial? Here's What It Looks Like Played Forward
Audi's "Duel" commercial, by Venables Bell & Partners, which was made to air around the three presidential debates, is one of the most entertaining ads of the year—partly because of the compelling...
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This Brand Put 16 Cameras in a Family's Home for 2 Weeks and Made Ads From...
How do you shoot real, authentic, unscripted footage of a family for your advertising campaign? Set up a bunch of cameras around their house, and then go away for a long time—so the family can...
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Mother Snags Ogilvy & Mather Chief to Lead Its Creative Department in New York
Corinna Falusi will leave her position as chief creative officer at Ogilvy & Mather New York to take on the same role at the Manhattan offices of independent agency Mother, effective Dec. 1....
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Drones Try to Assemble a Layer Cake in This Nutty Norwegian Phone Ad
Finally someone has found a good use for drones: Making a cake. A team of little flying robots assembles a three-tier confection by airlifting genoise, splashing icing, firing candies out of a...
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The Martin Agency Solidifies New York Presence by Hiring Its First Managing...
IPG's The Martin Agency named Amber Guild, agency veteran and former president of brand consultancy Collins, as the first managing director of its New York City office. She began the new job last week...
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Ad of the Day: Tituss Burgess of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Gets Feisty for Downy
Comic actor Tituss Burgess invades the laundry room in Grey's latest work for Downy, which promises "a fresh too feisty to quit." Frankly, we don't want our clothes getting too feisty. Especially the...
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The Nike Mag Self-Lacing Sneakers Are Finally Here, but They're Only Making...
The Nike Mag self-lacing sneakers from Back to the Future II are finally a reality—27 years after the movie, five years after Nike built a Mag prototype, and seven months after it announced a...
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DDB Just Figured Out How to Boost Milk's Popularity: Give It a Special Glass
How do you improve a glass of milk? By improving the glass of milk. (Ba dum—tss!) With help from DDB Canada, the Dairy Farmers of Canada introduce The Milk Glass™. Because you don't want to drink...
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It Took Three Child Actors to Get This Scene Right in the New Garanimals Ad
Working with toddlers in commercials can be tough. Sometimes, the wee thespians just can't take direction. In these cases, alas, the kid most definitely does not stay in the picture. David Bernstein,...
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Chance the Rapper Meets Chance the Wrapper in Weird, Awesome Kit Kat Ad
In advertising's best pun so far this year, Chance the Rapper encounters Chance the Wrapper in this new Halloween-themed Kit Kat commercial by agency Anomaly. The 23-year-old hip-hop star is seen...
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Havas Chicago Filled a Room With Boobs You Can Play With for #CheckYoSelf...
Havas Chicago certainly knows how to stop pedestrians in their tracks with its office-window installations for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Last October it set up peep-show windows, but the peepers...
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