Demented Shampoo Ad From Japan Has Everyone Screaming, Including Viewers
When you think about all the people you need to appease in life, it can get pretty hairy. Your parents, your friends, your significant other, your boss, your co-workers—it's rough. Well, here's a...
View ArticleMatthew McConaughey Talks a Lot of Bull With Just a Few Words in First...
Matthew McConaughey takes his time in his first Lincoln ad through Hudson Rouge. There are almost more pauses than words of dialogue in the 60-second spot, as the Oscar-winning actor and new brand...
View ArticleEveryone Can Stop Making Billboards, Because These Guys Made One Entirely Out...
The greatest idea for a billboard has been realized: one made entirely of cake. Actually, 13,360 cakes. British confectionery brand Mr. Kipling and agency JWT London are the geniuses responsible for...
View ArticleAxe Gets Pumped for Mondays and Wednesdays in Flashy Ads From BBH
IDEA: Thank God it's Wednesday? Unless you're the Geico camel, you've never uttered those words. And Monday's even worse, particularly if you're not that into football. But Axe wants to redeem those...
View ArticleKmart Rolls Out Christmas Commercial That Insists: 'This Is Not a Christmas...
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Isn't it? Less than a week after Labor Day, Kmart has launched a cheeky holiday spot from FCB Chicago touting its layaway program. The spokeswoman says,...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Led Zeppelin's 'Immigrant Song' Drives Epic Live-Action...
Ad agency 72andSunny assembled quite the crew for its latest live-action trailer for an Activision video game—in this case Destiny, a new post-apocalyptic shooter game coming out Tuesday that's set...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Honey Maid Tackles Another Taboo, Celebrating Children of Divorce
Marketers seeking to celebrate diverse families have focused a lot lately on same-sex parents and interracial parents. But there's another type of family that's much more common, yet rarely named in...
View ArticleBeeping Boy Talks to Machines and Will Steal Your Heart in Charming GE Ad
We've seen plenty of ads that use kids to illustrate the power—and limits—of technology. But rarely does it translate in a way that doesn't seem hokey or freakishly dystopian.GE and BBDO are on a roll...
View ArticleCorona Brings Glorious Sunshine to a Shaded Patio in Clever Outdoor Stunt
The stars really aligned for Corona—well, one did, anyway—in this clever outdoor stunt from Toronto agency Zulu Alpha Kilo. Check out the video to see how the brand brought extra hours of sunlight to...
View ArticleHow an Oil Painting Two Centuries Old Inspired PlayStation's Latest Salute to...
IDEA: There would seem to be a large cultural gap between 19th century art and 21st century entertainment. But BBH didn't see it that way."The team came in with a super simple observation: The greatest...
View ArticleHow Nissan Beat Everyone With a Royal Baby Tweet in Just Seven Minutes
It was about as real-time as marketing gets. A mere seven minutes after the royal family's announcement Monday that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting again, Nissan U.K. posted the tweet...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Big Lots Does Focus Groups With Animals Because They're...
Attention, pet owners. Do you indulge in the perfectly reasonable habit of talking to your cats and dogs as if they could grasp human ideas? Of course you do. Does watching other people who engage in...
View ArticleYou Get Half Off Products If You Can Screenshot Them in Retailer's...
Here's a clever little social game—involving just Instagram video and your phone's screenshot function—from ad agency Forsman & Bodenfors for a Swedish department store. The retailer, Åhléns,...
View ArticleRight on Cue, Beats by Dre Smashes an Ace of an Ad With Serena Williams
It's a good time to make an ad with Serena Williams, and Beats by Dre has done a particularly good job of it. Hot off the tennis star's sixth U.S. Open win, her 18th major victory overall, the...
View ArticleTinder-Like App Helps Clients Find and Fall in Love With New Agencies
Relationship with your agency on the rocks? Looking for love with a new one? Just want to check out the playing field? A just-released app is like Tinder for clients seeking a connection with some of...
View ArticleIt's Worth Holding Your Breath, as This Kid Does, Until the End of This Great Ad
When I was a kid, my sister and I would play a car game where we would hold our breath in the back of our parents' minivan every time we went into a tunnel—and see who could hold it longer. Our faces...
View ArticleAd of the Day: NFL Fans Are Beside Themselves in Funny New Lowe's Campaign
Toward the end of a tough week for the league, Lowe's will break a new NFL campaign, themed "Make your football self happy," during Thursday's CBS telecast of the Baltimore Ravens game against the...
View ArticleSave the Children Follows Up Its Brutal Syria PSA With a Similar One About...
Attention, dads. If you take a nap instead of reading with your son, he will grow up to be the kind of illiterate, all-around failure who gets misspelled tattoos about having no "ragrets." At least,...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Grab KFC for Lunch, and You'll Quickly Meet and Marry the Love...
The KFC toasted burrito is all about getting more from your lunch break. Like, say, meeting, courting and marrying the love of your life. In a new spot from BBH London, the chain's fried chicken wrap...
View ArticleKotex Tells You to Be Gentle With Your Cat (What's Another Word for Cat?)
Cats are very sensitive. And when you apply sticky tape to them, they tend to walk funny. Just like when your pad won't stay in place and decides to adhere to your crotch. Ogilvy & Mather Shanghai...
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