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Ad of the Day: Apple Ends the Year on a High Note With Delightful Holiday Spot
They say Christmas is a time for miracles. And not to overstate it, but Apple picked a good time to deliver one of its own—a lovely holiday ad to finish out what's generally been a tough year for its...
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Harley-Davidson Revs Up the Holidays With 'Silent Night' Spot
Anyone who has lived next door to a motorcycle owner knows that "Harley-Davidson" and "sleep in heavenly peace" rarely go together. But this special holiday video for the brand creates a clever...
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He's an Angry Elf! Agency Pranks Its Own Employees for Holiday Card
What better way to cap off the year in which agencies were obsessed with prankvertising than with an agency pranking its own staff? Baltimore shop Planit created the amusing video below after luring...
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Q&A: Jerry Seinfeld on His Intentionally Bad, New-Old Acura Ads
Jerry Seinfeld has written eight new Acura commercials in collaboration with Boston ad agency Mullen as part of the brand's title sponsorship of his Web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. The...
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Intel Cleverly Hides Its Logo Inside the Jerseys of FC Barcelona's Megastars
Process this: The "Intel Inside" logo has made its way inside the jerseys of Spanish soccer team FC Barcelona in a reported five-year, $25 million deal. The emblem is visible only when players pull...
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GE Makes the Most Hypnotically Pulsating Video Ever About Intermodal Freight...
You may not have known that shipping containers can dance. To promote GE Transportation, agency The Barbarian Group teamed up with Reuben Wu of British electronic band Ladytron to create a song and...
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Google Zeitgeist for 2013 Reveals the Year's Public and Private Yearnings and...
Nelson Mandela was Google's No. 1 global search in 2013, followed by the late film actor Paul Walker, Apple's iPhone 5S (suck it, Samsung, how does it feel to be No. 8?), the late TV actor Cory...
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This Delightfully Sarcastic College Recruitment Ad Will Make You Want to...
Looking for a good way to spend the next few minutes? May I recommend … (looks at camera and grins cultishly) … this amazing recruitment video for Monash College? In a coup of ironic low-budget...
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Agency Writes Original Holiday Album, Pleads With David Bowie to Cover a Song
Speaking of Christmas miracles, The VIA Agency would like to make one of its own happen. The Portland, Maine, agency's house band recorded a six-track album of holiday music, and has launched a...
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Man Dresses Up Like Local Realtors and Plasters His Face on Their Ads
Sometimes, the combination of creative talent and too much free time can lead to some truly odd projects. Case in point: designer Phil Jones, who has been replacing realtor ads around town with his...
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Streaming Yule Log on Netflix Has Its Own Hilarious Trailer and Director's...
The original Yule Log television broadcast dates back to 1966, when WPIX-TV aired footage of a cozy fireplace to cheer up New Yorkers who lived in apartments without one. But Netflix really gives it a...
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This San Francisco Agency Celebrates Offbeat Projects for an Eclectic Client...
SpecsWho John Matejczyk (l.), ecd, and Matt Hofherr, president, director of strategyWhat Advertising and production companyWhere San Francisco offices Among the latest generation of Bay Area startups...
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Two Guys Make Arduous Journey to Middle of Nowhere to Give Third Guy a Molson...
The world-traveling Molson Beer Fridge became famous for being exclusive—when it visited European cities earlier this year, only people with a Canadian passport could open it. Now, the fridge is back,...
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Ad of the Day: Nokia Grows a Mullet in Oddest Tablet Spot Ever
In the long list of ways we've seen tablets marketed over the past few years, from highlighting their technical aspects to their family-friendliness to their excellent customer service, there's one...
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See Everything That's Beautiful About Advertising in Two Simple Print Ads for...
These are a couple of years old, but new to us—some amazing, beautifully simple print ads for a bookstore in Brazil. Delightful idea, gorgeous execution. It's stuff like this that makes people fall in...
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Wait, There's Still Time for One More Christmas Ad You're Going to Love
It's getting down to the wire, but we're still finding little gems of Christmas cheer in holiday ads on YouTube. This one's for Meijer, the superstore chain, and it should bring a smile to even the...
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Man Proposes to Woman Through Chivalrous Video Game He Built Himself
In recent years, we've seen guys propose marriage through infographics,banner ads and crowdsourcing. But Oregon 3-D artist Robert Fink outscores them all with this impressive multi-level video game he...
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Agency's Christmas Present to Friends and Fans: Custom Slogans in Two Hours...
This holiday, McCann Helsinki is seeking to make copywriters and creatives everywhere hate them with the fire of a thousand slightly burnt gingerbread men. They're offering free, tailor-made slogans...
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Microsoft Celebrates the Heroic Women of 2013 in Inspirational Bing Ad
Microsoft took a different approach this time with its year-end roundup for Bing. Instead of simply copying Google's Zeitgeist with its own year in review, it focused instead on the inspiring (and...
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Mercedes M-Class Survives a Demolition Derby Without a Scratch in Fiery New Spot
Mercedes-Benz USA puts the "demo" in demolition derby for this fun 60-second spot by Merkley + Partners touting the latest high-tech safety features of the automaker's M-Class vehicles. All hell...
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