Ad of the Day: Facebook Captures the Tumult of 2015 in Its Year in Review Video
It must be tough for Facebook, a social network built around the "liking" of things, to sum up a year like 2015, when there was so much in the world to dislike. But it gives it a shot in the video...
View ArticleThis Automaker Turned Its Owner's Manual Into a Beautiful Work of Prose,...
If your car manual were an entertaining work of fiction filled with pretty illustrations, you might be more inclined to read it. That, at least, is the hope behind a new marketing stunt from Romanian...
View ArticleCan't Decide What to Netflix Next? This Ad Has a Few (Dozen) Helpful Suggestions
Bingeing on your favorite TV shows and movies can be a blast, but the existential emptiness that follows after finishing a season—or a whole series—can be sheer hell. Need help? Netflix has the...
View ArticlePorsche Punks New Drivers by Making Them Take Their Test in a 911 Carrera 4
There's a reason your parents put you in a beater when you got your driving permit. To promote the opening of a new Porsche Experience Center in Le Mans, France—the fourth in the world, after Leipzig,...
View ArticleMiller Lite Dresses Times Square Billboards in Huge, Handwoven Ugly Sweaters
Here's a fun Christmas stunt from Miller Lite. Thanks to the brewer, a giant ugly-holiday-sweater billboard, handwoven out of actual yarn, now adorns a corner of New York's Times Square. Agency...
View ArticleAmazon Goes for Prime Cuteness in This New Commercial With a Super Tiny Horse
Amazon cutes its way into our hearts with this new spot, in which a tiny horse has trouble making friends. The story here is similar enough to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer that it qualifies as a...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Ali Fights Ali in This Epic Spot for the Porsche 911
Imagine if, in his prime, Muhammad Ali laced up his gloves and stepped into the squared circle against … himself. Cramer-Krasselt posits just this scenario in "Compete," a captivating 60-second spot...
View ArticleThe Barbarian Group Parts Ways With Its Chief Executive Officer
Sophie Kelly has left The Barbarian Group after serving as chief executive officer for two years. Korea-based holding company Cheil Worldwide, which bought a majority stake in the agency in 2009 and...
View ArticleScrabble Finds Christmas Cheer in Wordplay With Its Latest Cute Anagrams Ad
Christmas-loving word nerds will probably enjoy this new letter-shuffling ad from Scrabble. Titled "Anagram Christmas," the minute-long spot puts a holiday twist on the game's "There's Magic in Words"...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Audi Made One Hell of a Gnarly Skiing Ad Without Any Snow at All
Look out below! In this gripping Audi Quattro ad from agency Lowe Stratéus and production house The Boat, French ski champion and filmmaker Candide Thovex races down a mountain. There's just one thing...
View ArticleW+K Amsterdam Wants You to 'Give a F*ck' About the Refugee Crisis This Holiday
Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam is dropping more than a few F-bombs this holiday as it launches "Give a F*ck," a charitable platform designed to connect the creative community with social causes—beginning...
View ArticleMcgarrybowen Announces New Leadership Team, Naming Simon Pearce U.S. CEO
Mcgarrybowen today announced New York president Simon Pearce as its new U.S. CEO. The agency also named Chicago chief creative officer Ned Crowley as its new U.S. chief creative officer and global...
View ArticleAd of the Day: A Tween Pines for a Grownup Christmas in This Charming Dutch Spot
If you've ever been relegated to the kids' table at Christmas—despite knowing in your heart of hearts you were ready for the big leagues—you'll appreciate this sweet, simple ad from Dutch supermarket...
View ArticleAn Unborn Girl Reads a Loving, Pleading Letter to Her Father in This...
There's a kind of time-out moment in Game of Thrones when Cersei Lannister, who is generally a villain, asks an enemy of hers how her daughter—who now lives in his kingdom—is faring. He snappily...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Tony Hale Is Your Hungry, Obnoxious Subconscious in Subway's...
Tony Hale is a cubicle creeper, nagging white-collar workers to actually take their lunch breaks, in a new campaign for sandwich chain Subway. The Veep and Arrested Development actor lurks over—and...
View ArticleA Cat Walks Into a Bar, and Encounters the Unthinkable, in This Crazy Ad for...
If you're a cat, you have to be careful when using restaurant/bar review apps. You might just end up in the wrong part of town, at a horrifying bar straight out of your nightmares. That's what happens...
View ArticleYou Know You Want This Chicken McNuggets Vending Machine Made of Legos
Yet another Internet manchild fantasy has become reality, this time thanks to Astonishing Studios. Say hello to the DIY Chicken McNuggets Vending Machine, a fully functioning, miniaturized machine...
View ArticleHow This Brooklyn Agency Went Completely, Totally Nuts for the Star Wars...
Carrot Creative co-founder and chief experience officer Chris Petescia isn't just a casual Star Wars lover. He's a nerf herder-level fanboy. Don't believe us? Look no further than his Twitter profile...
View ArticleAd of the Day: This Sappy Christmas Love Story Suddenly Veers Hilariously Off...
Here's a very special love-at-first-sight Christmas campaign from Belgian cellular company Mobistar. Two spots, brought to you by Publicis in Brussels, tell the same story from different...
View ArticleHave Yourself a Bleaty Little Christmas With This Album of Holiday Songs Sung...
In the spirit of the holiday season, and to finally upstage that classic recording of dogs barking "Jingle Bells," ActionAid Sweden and the Wenderfalck agency produced an album of Christmas carols ......
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