Oreo Welcomes the Royal Baby With a Message for Every Other Newborn Out There
As the world oohs and ahhs over Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, Oreo is here to remind you that all babies are special, whether or not they're born into royalty. A nice message from The Martin Agency to...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Droga5 Cooks Up a Hilariously Skewed Take on Family for...
Most food brands prefer their family advertising to be wholesome, hopefully mirroring the product, and leave the quirkiness to candy brands on a sugar high. But Droga5's first campaign for...
View ArticleCoca-Cola Demands You Choose Happiness in This Gritty Anthem Ad for Europe
Coca-Cola isn't just a soft drink. It's an essential part of the human experience—the key to true happiness—says a grand new ad from the brand in Europe. So, suck up your laziness and bootstrap...
View ArticleMcDonald's Invented This Clever Takeout Bag That's Also a Tray
Here's a nifty invention for people brave enough to eat McDonald's—the new "BagTray" from DDB Budapest. It is, as it sounds, a bag that's also a tray. Just tear off a tab at the bottom of the brown...
View ArticleJames Franco Wrote a Long, Strange Ad for McDonald's in the Washington Post
"When I needed McDonald's, McDonald's was there for me. When no one else was." James Franco offered an unlikely endorsement of the fast-food chain Thursday—at a time when its treatment of employees is...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Uber Gets Into Food Porn in This Ad for Its Meal Delivery Service
If traditional food delivery is too slow or boring for you, Uber would like to deliver you fancy meals in minutes instead. The car-service app is in the process of expanding UberEats, its food courier...
View ArticleSnickers Found Amusing Fails All Over NYC and Put These Stickers Next to Them
BBDO New York continues its run of great work for Snickers with this irresistible out-of-home campaign, in which the candy brand found goofy mistakes all around New York City—and put stickers next to...
View ArticleAbsolut Lights Up the Night With a New Short Film and a Special Illuminated...
Absolut rolls out new advertising today from Sid Lee including a new short film and TV commercial, a never-before-heard song from Empire of the Sun, and a limited-edition illuminated bottle that...
View ArticleCoca-Cola Is Now Printing Cans and Bottles in Braille for Blind People
Two new campaigns from Coca-Cola feature cans and bottles printed in braille, so blind people can read them. In Mexico, ad agency Anónimo realized the hugely popular "Shake a Coke" names-on-cans...
View ArticleAd of the Day: W+K Dreams Up Another Quirky Ad Hero, the Cravendale Milk Drinker
Wieden + Kennedy specializes in oddball characters whose very uncoolness—their out-of-time styles and behaviors—is what makes them cool. The agency perfected this approach for Southern Comfort with...
View ArticleMax Greenfield Helps the Hipster Hamburglar Push McDonald's Sirloin Burgers
The Hamburglar got the Internet's attention last week—the jury is still out on whether he's hot or creepy—but he won't be pitching the Sirloin Burger on TV, at least not this month. That job has been...
View ArticleWatch Out, New Hamburglar, Old Hamburglar Is Out of Jail and on the Road Again
If you're underwhelmed by the new Hamburglar's antics so far—and are pining for the original criminal himself—you're in luck, thanks to a spec campaign from production company Whiskey Tongue. The...
View ArticleBombay Sapphire’s App Makes Custom Tonics For Your Gin
As the popularity of celebrity mixologists and bespoke cocktails grows, Bombay Sapphire wants consumers to make the gin and tonic their drink of choice. To encourage more drinkers to pick the staple...
View ArticleThis Outdoor Ad in Moscow Hides From the Police When It Sees Them Coming
Last summer, Russia imposed a full embargo on food imports from the European Union (as well as the U.S.) in retaliation for sanctions over Ukraine. This left authentic European food merchants in...
View ArticleDarrell Hammond Is Colonel Sanders in W+K's Big New Campaign for KFC
Boy, howdy, have things changed." That's Colonel Hardland Sanders, 35 years after his death at age 90—but reincarnated in the form of ex-SNL star Darrell Hammond—weighing in on modern culture in...
View ArticleThe Kids From SunnyD's Goofy '90s Rollerblading Ad Are Back, and They Never...
If you watch the ad below and conclude there's nothing new under the sun, you're half right. Sunny Delight rollerblades into '90s nostalgia with this delightfully deft parody of its own goofy, iconic...
View ArticlePizza Hut Takes Down Selfie Sticks in This Hilarious Ad for Its 2-Foot Pizzas
Have you taken a selfie lately? If the answer is yes, then you're the target audience for this new over-the-top parody PSA from Pizza Hut. The brand wants to warn you about the dangers of the selfie...
View ArticleMichael Jordan Waxes Poetic in Gatorade's New Paean to Sweat
Gatorade really does love sweat. Last year, the brand's hidden-camera ads with Peyton Manning and Cam Newton required customers at a convenience store to "sweat it to get it." If would-be consumers...
View ArticleHang On, Did Olive Garden Just Make a Really Good Commercial?
Olive Garden's advertising has long been distinguished by its unlimited blandness, which some might argue is a decent representation of the food there. But during NBC's Red Nose Day telethon Thursday...
View ArticleCoca-Cola Shows You How to Get 6 Million Views on an Ad Without Even Trying
Coca-Cola unveiled its first work from Ogilvy Amsterdam a couple of weeks ago—a rousing, visually rich pan-European anthem that tried to raise some political issues and surely cost a ton to make. It...
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