Cam Newton Gets Primal for Beats by Dre, With Help From Kendrick Lamar
Beats by Dre is back to motivate you, and this time it's enlisted Cam Newton. The Carolina Panthers quarterback sweats it out in a new ad for the headphone maker's wireless offering from R/GA,...
View ArticleThis Agency Is Livestreaming a Virtual Tour via a GoPro Strapped to a Dog's Back
It really is the best way to see an agency: the dog's-eye view. Toronto animation, design and VFX studio Crush did it last year, attaching a GoPro camera to its dog Sadie and livestreaming her travels...
View ArticleStressed Out? This Kitten Therapy Office From Tidy Cats Will Cure You With...
Kittens are notorious advertising stars, and as it turns out, they're miniature therapists too. At least, that's one takeaway from this stunt in Los Angeles, where Purina Tidy Cats invited...
View ArticleLeo Burnett Motivates Employees by Making Them Do Shots and Slapping Them in...
Here's the last parody video we're going to post from Strategy magazine's Agency of the Year event in Toronto. It's Leo Burnett's entry, and it seems the agency has found a unique way to make its...
View ArticleMan Cleans Up the Hairy Apartment in His Pants in Schick's Manscaping Musical
If you have an animal, you can surely identify with having their dander all over your living space. It can be tricky to clean up after them and make the space presentable for guests. Well, what if...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Grandmas Know What Grown Princesses Want for Christmas, and...
Christmas creep is pretty much here, so it's time for an ad about opening gifts. Luckily, this one's good for some laughs. The spot, for Mulberry, is adam&eveDDB's first work for the high-end...
View ArticleTesco Puts On an Insane Christmas Light Show, Proves Commitment to Holiday...
The annual British Christmas ad wars are heating up, and Tesco wants people to know it's armed with lots of the obligatory bright lights and endearingly ridiculous ornaments. A new TV commercial from...
View ArticleWil Wheaton, Giant Beer Geek, Humorously Introduces Newcastle's Scotch Ale
Newcastle has tapped Wil Wheaton as its latest anti-advertising star, enlisting the actor and Internet folk hero for a couple of amusing online videos introducing a new Scotch Ale. Wheaton does an...
View ArticleAll of Britain Sings 'Let It Go' in Vodafone's Christmas Ad
"Let It Go" is so played out at this point, some might consider it a lump of coal in their stockings. But that hasn't stopped Vodafone U.K. and RKCR/Y&R from thawing out the Frozen anthem for this...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Sainsbury's Recreates Famous 1914 Christmas Truce in Stunning...
Monty the penguin has his first real competition for best Christmas ad of the year, as Sainsbury's just rolled out a remarkable long-form spot that couldn't be more different than the John Lewis...
View ArticleAdweek's Top 5 Commercials of the Week: Nov. 7-14
It's only mid-November, but it's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas—thanks to British marketers jostling for position in their Super Bowl-like holiday ad season. Two U.K. Xmas spots make our list...
View ArticleSwarovski Charms Women With Personal Ads in Craigslist's 'Missed Connections'...
Red Tettemer O'Connell + Partners placed some faux personal ads in the New York, Philadelphia and Chicago sections of Craigslist's popular "Missed Connections" department on behalf of crystal jeweler...
View ArticleWhy Everyone From Cameron Diaz to Gwyneth Paltrow Is Praising Two Random...
Proud of your dozens of LinkedIn endorsements? You're going to look like a right tosser next to Matt Roach and David Lawrie. The creative team at M&C Saatchi in London have secured testimonials...
View Article10 Ad Mascots You Probably Didn't Know Were Related to Kermit The Frog
Jim Henson creations have a storied history in advertising, going back to the 1950s, when a violent proto-Kermit pitched Wilkins Coffee with 10-second TV spots. Tappy, the latest creation from Jim...
View ArticleL.A.’s Diverse Creative and Tech Culture Energize New Agency President
Photo: Karl J. Kaul/Wonderful MachineSpecsWho Brian DunbarOld gig Managing partner, director of client services, David&GoliathNew gig President, David&GoliathAge 54What's been your Goliath...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Nike Warms Up to the Cold in Its 'Choose Your Winter' Campaign
Winter is here, people. And unless you're a baseball player passed out somewhere in the Caribbean sun, you're going to have to deal with it. Or rather, enjoy it. Wieden + Kennedy's new Nike campaign...
View ArticleInfographic: The Typical Life of an Agency Employee, at Work and at Home
What inspires agency people? How do they get to work? What's their favorite color? What animal would they be? What would they be doing if they weren't working in advertising. Shushu, a senior...
View ArticleKmart and Joe Boxer Go for Belly Laughs in Holiday Sequel to 'Jingle Balls'
Kmart and Joe Boxer's "Show Your Joe" ad (rechristened "Jingle Balls" by some) was one of the big hits of 2013's holiday season—to the tune of 18 million YouTube views. Now, here's the sequel,...
View ArticleThis Grocery Store's New Look Was Inspired by Everything From Pixar to BuzzFeed
Sure, megachains like Whole Foods and Trader Joe's can pull off a hip, millennial-savvy vibe. But what about those old-school regional grocers?Lowes Foods, with around 100 locations in the Carolinas...
View ArticleHere's What Jared Leto Had to Say to a Room Full of Tech and Advertising Leaders
Adweek recently gathered several creative and tech industry leaders at The Lot (home of Funny or Die) in West Hollywood for a frank discussion about the state of the ad business in the City of Angels....
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