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Dove and Twitter Team Up to Address Hateful Tweets About Beauty on Oscar Night
Coca-Cola didn't have much success turning nasty tweets into nice ones as part of its Super Bowl campaign. But now, Dove—in partnership with Twitter itself—will try to do something similar during...
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Coca-Cola Spreads Happiness Online With Emoji Web Addresses
Coca-Cola hasn't had much luck making the Internet a happier place lately, but maybe this will help—a fun campaign from Coca-Cola Puerto Rico that puts smiley-face emojis right in the brand's web...
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Everything You Never Want to Hear in a Radio Ad, in Two Very Funny Videos
Jim Elliott, the new global chief creative officer of Arnold Worldwide, and voiceover artist Paul Guyet made these two amusing videos (in what looks like Michael's house from GTA5) explaining how to...
View ArticleAdweek's Top 5 Commercials of the Week: Feb. 13-20
There was plenty of light mockery in this week's best ads—with bros, Jesus and men on blind dates taking the brunt of it. Throw in impressive spots for Adidas and Adobe, and we have our five top...
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Alan Cumming Shows You Suggestive Things to Do Besides Sex in Ad Targeting...
Saatchi & Saatchi uses suggestive visual humor, and deadpan delivery from actor Alan Cumming, to skewer the U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration's rules around donating blood. At issue is a recent...
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What Is Branding? This Thought-Provoking Video Tells You in Just 2 Minutes
What is branding? You could spent a thousand years reading a million books on the subject. Or you could watch the two-minute video below, which tries to capture its fundamental essence—with snazzy...
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Ad of the Day: Comcast Beautifully Shows How a 7-Year-Old Girl Who Is Blind...
Here's an ad that should be a show-stopper during the Oscars on Sunday night. The beautiful 60-second spot from Comcast tells the story of Emily, a 7-year-old girl who was born blind. Comcast asked...
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Brands Turn Back the Clock and Show Us the World #IfThe80sNeverStopped
The 1980s were a special decade. Disco was experiencing its death-rattle; Ronald Reagan was the president for almost the entire span; cell phones were as big as bricks; and fashion, oh the fashion was...
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Tiffany's Gorgeous New Ad Tells Many Love Stories but Asks Only One Question
A gay couple appears in this Tiffany & Co. spot from Ogilvy & Mather featuring various duos on the brink—or in the process—of getting engaged. (A print ad from the jeweler featuring a...
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Bill Lumbergh of Office Space Is Back, and Still a Clueless Prick, in Ads for...
Given how much advertising loves office humor, it's a bit surprising that characters from Office Space haven't been revived more often for commercials. Bill Lumbergh, in particular—the 1999 film's...
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Twerking Butt Cheeks Slap Out Phat Beats in Seriously Jiggly Ad for Headphones
My late grandfather once told me, "There's an ass for every seat." Not until today did I truly know what he meant. Just when you thought Miley had ruined twerking for everyone, the folks at Aiaiai...
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Sonic's Weird Drink Flavors Come to Life as Strangely Riveting Mouth Cartoons
Sonic is pretty serious about playing with its food. A new campaign from Goodby, Silverstein & Partners transforms actors' mouths into zany little characters using face paint, à la makeup artist...
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Agency Creatives Need to Shut Up About Entering Ad Contests, and Here's Why
Attention, creatives: You have actual paying clients, and shouldn't be pissing your time away working on briefs for some cockamamie ad contest. But if you do, at least keep it quiet. That's the...
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Apple Watch Gets Its First Advertising With a Stylish 12-Page Spread in Vogue
Apple Watch gets a 12-page spread in the March issue of Vogue, part of the run-up to the wearable device's launch in April. Rate-card value: north of $2.2 million. All three versions of the watch—the...
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Ad of the Day: Facebook Just Made Some of the Truest Ads Ever About Friendship
Facebook, in its advertising, used to get all caught up in lofty and tortured metaphors for friendship. But its latest ads—gritty, immediate, powerfully evocative—show how far the social network has...
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Mark Mothersbaugh Traces His Life From Blind Kid to Visionary in Great Google...
Google Play has been running a great branded content series from BBH Los Angeles called "California Inspires Me," featuring interviews—which are then set to animation—with famous Californians talking...
View ArticleAdweek's Top 5 Commercials of the Week: Feb. 20-27
It was an uplifting week in the week's best commercials, as Facebook, Apple and Comcast all delivered inspiring ads about friendship, passion and imagination. Those three spots are joined by a lovable...
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Ad of the Day: Epic Audi Spot With Marauding Mechanics Is Ridiculously Fun
Getting your car serviced by a dealer, rather than some random mechanic, isn't just a smart idea. It's a triumph of good over evil. That's the message of this entertaining, intentionally over-the-top...
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Every Brand Wanted a Piece of #TheDress, but Who Wore It Best?
What a day the Internet had yesterday. First we watched llamas on the loose. Then, just after 6 p.m., BuzzFeed posted what might be its single most-shared article ever: "What Colors Are This Dress."...
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'15 Sounds Nice?' Nike Golf Has Some Fun With 14-Time Major Winner Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods has been having a rough time for about half a decade. He's been stuck on 14 major championships since 2008, but it's good to know he can poke a little fun at himself. Tiger gives his...
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