Chipotle Hits Hulu With Debut of Satirical Series ‘Farmed and Dangerous’


Chipotle is back with a new branded-content push, but this time it’s going all-out with a series to launch on Hulu. “Farmed and Dangerous” is produced by the fast-casual chain and New York-based production company Piro. The trailer introduces us to the PetroPellet, a petroleum-based animal feed that will help you cut out entirely the cost of growing and transporting feed.

Sound far-fetched? It is — but that’s the point. The four-episode series, which will air on Hulu and Hulu Plus starting Feb. 17, is a no-holds-barred look at the dark and twisted world of industrial agriculture, which goes to any length necessary to keep costs down and keep moving product. While it won’t outright feature Chipotle or any of its products or restaurants, the message is clear: Eat at Chipotle, because it doesn’t have anything to do with that scary world.

The series follows the brand’s successful content plays, the award-winning “Back to the Start” from 2011 and last year’s “The Scarecrow,” both produced by CAA. It stars Ray Wise of “Twin Peaks” and “Mad Men,” who plays fictional industrial giant’s Animoil’s spin master who must grapple with the fallout when a video purportedly showing the (hilarious) effects of PetroPellet goes viral. Eric Pierpoint (“Parks and Recreation”), John Sloan (“Grey’s Anatomy”) and Karynn Moore (“Water for Elephants”) also star. Chipotle CMO Mark Crumpacker, brand voice lead William Espey, Piro partners Daniel Rosenberg and Timothy Piper are executive producers. Mr. Piper, the former Ogilvy Toronto creative who wrote and co-directed “Dove Evolution,” also directs.

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DDB Chicago Names John Maxham Chief Creative Officer


In the latest change to the senior management ranks at DDB Chicago, John Maxham has been brought in as the shop’s new chief creative officer.

He fills a key position at the agency that’s been open since former CCO Ewan Paterson left the agency in August to head back to his hometown London with plans to hang his own shingle. Mr. Maxham will start in early February, working alongside former Tribal DDB head Paul Gunning; Mr. Gunning was named DDB Chicago’s CEO in July, replacing Peter McGuinness, who led the agency for two years.

Mr. Gunning said he had more than three dozen candidates for the top creative role, but decided on Mr. Maxham because of a mutual interest in and understanding of the archetypal American consumer. The agency, which works with blue chip brands like McDonald’s, State Farm, Capital One and Safeway, “is uniquely set up for very big enterprises” and that the shop “understand the everyday American consumer better than anybody,” said Mr. Gunning.

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Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff on Ezra Klein’s Plan to Re-Imagine the News


The parent company of tech news site The Verge and sports blog SB Nation has lured The Washington Post’s recently departed politics-and-policy wunderkind Ezra Klein to spearhead a new news-and-culture site.

The property will mark Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff’s latest — and highest profile — wager to become the next-generation version of traditional media companies like Time Inc. Last November, fresh off a $34 million funding round, Vox acquired Curbed.com to add real estate, food and shopping to the company’s three existing verticals. Mr. Klein’s new site will add a seventh to the company’s growing portfolio.

As with Nate Silver’s new site for ESPN, Mr. Klein’s new domain will take his penchant for explaining politics and economic policy news and apply it more broadly to categories like foreign affairs and culture. Mr. Klein will be joined by Washington Post colleagues Melissa Bell and Dylan Matthews as well as Slate writer Matthew Yglesias.

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Audi mistura Doberman com Chihuahua em seu comercial para o Super Bowl XLVIII

A Audi ganhou o prêmio de impaciente do ano e é a primeira a revelar seu comercial na íntegra para o Super Bowl, que acontece no próximo domingo, 2 de fevereiro.

No filme a marca mostra que prefere não fazer concessões de design, evitando assim criar aberrações. O conceito é representado por um assustador Doberhuahua, cruzamento de um Doberman com Chihuahua. Uma cabeça gigante em um corpo minúsculo.

Não consegue o impacto do comercial do ano passado, mas diverte, e fica melhor ainda com a decisão do casal de não mais comprar um cachorro, e sim adotar.

A criação é da Venables Bell + Partners.

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La designer Elisa Strozyk imagine de superbes compositions en combinant le bois aux motifs géométriques. Avec une texture appelée « Wooden Textiles », l’artiste nous propose des assemblages réussis, jouant entre rigidité et souplesse, et donnant ainsi un travail en 3D grâce au découpage des chutes de bois au laser.

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Campaign Spotlight: New Running Shoe Line Says, ‘Come Fly With Me’

The Great Society is the creative agency for the lighthearted Brooks Sports campaign, which is scheduled to introduce the Transcend line of footwear Saturday.

    



Scarlett Johansson SodaStream Super Bowl Ad Should Be Banned Not Because It Mentions Coke And Pepsi But Because It Sucks

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So FOX wants to “ban” the Scarlett Johansson SodaStream ad because Coke and Pepsi are mentioned? While Coke is denying it had anything to do with the decision and SodaStream CEO Daniel Birnbaum is pissed — though is capitulating by removing mention of Coke and Pepsi — the Humanaut-created ad should be banned for another reason. It sucks.

Johansson delivers her lines as if she just woke up from a nap. The ad is so infomercial-ish it makes one want to barf. It hauls out the 5-year-old “wish this would go viral” crap and gives us the most unsexy delivery of the very sexy Johansson anyone has ever seen.

And for those reasons, the ad should be banned. Not because it mentions Coke and Pepsi. Which, for the record, it has every right to do.

Old Spice: ‘Anthropomorphic Hair Will Get You Laid’

W+K Portland has been very, very busy for Old Spice. First it was body spray with the “Smellcome to Manhood” campaign aka “Mom Song.” Then last week it was the triumphant return of Isaiah Mustafa and the “Interneterventions” surprise online campaign. Now, breaking the consistency of strange portmanteau puns is “For Hair That Gets Results,” marketing Old Spice’s line of hair care and styling products.

The first 30-second spot, “Meeting,” finds a studly studs mop of hair jump off his head and get a girl’s number. The lesson? If, young man, you pull this move, you’ll get a phone number that connects to a voicemail message that says, “Hey, I can’t come to the phone right now. I’m either studying for my master’s degree or having a tickle fight with my friend, Consuela. (Giggles.) Stop it, Consuela, I’m going to get you!” Yep, pretty cool.

The second, “Boardwalk,” teaches young men another valuable lesson. You see, a lady wants your hair to tell her if you can put in baby in her. You know, through the means of sexual intercourse or via a mechanical claw. Credits after the jump.

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Agency Recruiting Creatives on Snapchat by Asking for 10-Second Pitches

You are a digital idea ninja, innovating where branding meets emerging technologies. That is to say, you are an aspiring ad creative who likes shooting videos of yourself with your smartphone. That is to say, you are an aspiring ad creative. Rejoice! Now your favorite hobby may actually bear fruit.

DDB Oslo invites you to Snapchat yourself talking about your own genius. You have 10 seconds to sell an idea. That is to say, you have 10 seconds to sell yourself. If a bunch of idea ninjas—i.e., the creatives at DDB Oslo—like your pitch, they will fly you in for a job interview. At one-third the length of your traditional elevator pitch, that may seem like a lot of pressure, or like it would invite a lot of simplistic drivel. But really, we have to credit DDB Oslo for figuring out a way to make sure the spiels stay brief. And if Miller High Life can do it in one second, you can do it in 10.

Then again, the agency is mostly selling itself here. As such, it probably should have followed its own rules. The video explaining the campaign is an exhausting 42 seconds long.

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Big Lots Selects OKRP as AOR

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Less than three weeks after we first heard that Big Lots was parting ways with Barkley, which handled creative duties for the 1,400-strong retail chain for barely a year, the Columbus, OH-based brand has found a new agency partner in Chicago shop, O’Keefe, Reinhard & Paul. No word on who else participated in the review, but Big Lots chief customer officer Andrew Stein, who most recently led the development of “Ship My Pants” among other things while serving as CMO at Kmart, says, “Big Lots is engaging with our customer in new ways, and we were looking for an agency that understood our challenges and needs in a fast-changing marketplace,” noted Stein.  “We presented OKRP with a project, and they came back to us in a very short time with terrific ideas that aligned with our vision while proving their executional excellence and speed to market. They are a great partner for Big Lots.”

OKRP, if you recall, was launched by Draftfcb alums Tom O’Keefe and Nick Paul along with former Amazon exec Matt Reinhard nearly a year ago. Expect first work, which will initially be digital, from the agency for Big Lots to break in early February.

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Coke Reunites Families for Chinese New Year


A 7-year-old girl in rural China says she’s not sure her mom can tell her apart from her twin sister. It’s been too long since their mother, a migrant worker, has come back home.

It’s a scene in a new 4-minute documentary from Coke that draws attention to the millions of Chinese children whose parents have left them behind as they seek jobs in cities and factory towns. Ahead of Chinese New Year, Coca-Cola reunited three families, building on its brand message about connecting people.

McCann Shanghai produced the video being shared on social media and shown on taxi screens before the holiday starts Friday. It’s prompting viewers to share their own regrets about being far from home for the holidays and generating social media discussion about China’s “left-behind children.”

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O problema com o @HistoryInPics

Aposto que você, de uma maneira de outra, já se deparou com um novo tipo de fenômeno no Twitter: fotos históricas.

Com quase 1 milhão de seguidores, o perfil @HistoryInPics publica dezenas de imagens do passado com breves descrições em 140 caracteres. Tais tweets já atraíram a atenção de celebridades, que ajudam a engordar a alta média de compartilhamentos das publicações. Cada foto é retweetada cerca de 1.600 vezes, e favoritada por 1.800 pessoas. O sucesso, obviamente, gerou clones, como @HistoryInPix, @HistoricalPics, @HistoryPics, entre outros.

Em uma recente matéria, o The Atlantic descobriu que o @HistoryInPics é mantido por dois adolescentes: Xavier Di Petta, 17 anos, que vive na Austrália, e Kyle Cameron, 19, um estudante no Havaí. E que esse não é o único empreendimento deles. Ambos tem pelo menos outros cinco perfis populares no Twitter, como o @EarthPix, com taxas de engajamento que muitas marcas matariam para conseguir.

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Essa tendência, porém, apresenta dois problemas. O primeiro é a questão da atribuição de autoria das fotos. Os tweets desses perfis históricos não trazem créditos, muito menos um link para quem quiser saber mais. Os criadores do @HistoryInPics se defendem dizendo que as imagens são de domínio público, que os autores que se sentirem lesados podem solicitar a exclusão do tweets, e que também não estão ganhando dinheiro com o perfil.

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É difícil comprar esse último argumento, já que Di Petta é dono de uma empresa que vende "soluções em mídias sociais", chamada Swift Fox Labs. E mesmo que as imagens não sejam mais protegidas pelas leis de copyright, colocar créditos não dói. Os críticos do perfil já fizeram até paródia: @AhistoricalPics.

O outro problema, na minha opinião, é ainda mais grave: muitas das fotos publicadas por esses perfis são falsas. Melhor dizendo: não correspondem com o fato mencionado no tweet. Como apontou Sarah Werner em seu blog, uma das imagens mais viralizadas pelo @HistoryInPics é essa abaixo, em que Nikola Tesla supostamente está trabalhando como instrutor de natação. Apesar da semelhança física, não é Tesla na foto.

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Matt Novak, do Paleofuture, desmente essa e outras imagens publicadas por diversos perfis e sites do tipo, nos posts 7 Fun Facts That Are Total Lies e 7 (More) Fun Facts That Are Total Lies, mostrando porque não podemos sempre confiar nessas curiosidades que se espalham como praga pelas redes sociais.

Precisaremos aprender a nos defender de tanta desinformação

Falta de crédito e inveracidade. O @HistoryInPics e seus clones exemplificam bem essas duas grandes desonestidades que atingem boa parte do conteúdo atualmente gerado na internet, seja por má fé ou incompetência, amplificadas pelo alcance e praticidade das ferramentas online.

Porém, não são questões restritas apenas ao fenômeno da contas históricas de Twitter, mas também na corrida por cliques que acaba fazendo jornais publicarem informações sem apurar a verdade, como os recentes casos do painel que exibe o pôr do sol na China, e do menino dormindo entre os túmulos dos pais na Síria. Sim, você viu isso no Facebook, compartilhado por pessoas que você admira e confia, que, por sua vez, confiaram em instituições jornalísticas.

O cenário me soa desolador, não importando se são adolescentes tuitando ou grandes jornais com milhares de funcionários. Com a oferta sem precedentes de conteúdo e a busca a qualquer custo por popularidade, precisaremos aprender a nos defender de tanta desinformação, já que compartilhar nunca exigiu tanta responsabilidade.

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Audi’s Super Bowl Ad Is Super Bowl Awesome

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As has become the norm, by this Friday we will have seen about half of the ads that will air during the Super Bowl this Sunday. And as is always the norm, some suck and some are great.

One such great ad comes via Venables Bell & Partners for Audi. The ad, directed by biscuit filmworks’ Noam Murro, has Super Bowl success written all over it. It’s silly. It’s over the top. It has a bleeding heart musician. It has undone sportscasters. And it has pets. But not just your every day pet. No sir. It has a Doberhuahua, a freakish combination of a Doberman and a Chihuahua which results in a scary looking dog with a gigantic head and a tiny body.

When a couple can’t decide what kind of dog to buy, the sales guy suggest the Doberhuahua compromise. The couple then envisions what life would be like with Doberhuahuas running around. And this is where the post shines. The antics are over the top with tongue in cheek humor and hilarious pet shenanigans.

We’re betting this spot will score well with viewers.

Ford and James Franco Try to Get a Jump on GM on Super Bowl Sunday


Ford Motor Co. is aiming to get out ahead of rival automakers on Super Bowl Sunday with a spot featuring actor James Franco that will break after the coin toss but before the kickoff.

After Ford’s pregame spot runs and the game begins, competitors such as General Motors’ Chevrolet, Toyota, Audi, Hyundai and Kia will run more expensive in-game spots.

It’s a calculated risk by Ford. On the one hand, buying in the pre-game spot saves money for the Detroit auto-maker. Commercials between the between the coin toss and kickoff cost $3 million to $3.5 million, estimated Adam Komack, chief client officer of MediaCom. Another media executive who declined to be named said spots in that window started as low as $2.5 million. That’s compared to an average price of $4 million for ads from kickoff to the final whistle.

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Top of the World’s Weirdest Tower

Focus sur le recensement des tours les plus étranges et loufoques du monde, sorties de l’imaginaire des architectes. Entre le Klimwand Climbing Tower, les tours San Gimignano ou encore l’Hôtel Ryugyong en Corée du Nord, voici une sélection en images à découvrir dans la suite de l’article.

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Klimwand Climbing Tower, Wunderland Kalkar, Allemagne.

Un château d’eau en maïs, Rochester, Minnesota.

L’Hôtel Ryugyong, Pyongyang, Corée du Nord.

Puffer Fish Tower, Chine.

La maison de Nikolai Sutyagin, Arkhangelsk, Russie.

Les tours Pigeon, Libye, Iran et Egypte.

La tour de Zizkov Télévision, Prague.

La tour Genex, Belgrade, Serbie.

La tour de Pise, Italie.

Les tours San Gimignano, Italie.

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55 McQueen Footwear Designs – There’s No Footwear Better Than a Alexander McQueen Shoe (TOPLIST)

(TrendHunter.com) An Alexander McQueen shoe holds a certain luxury and style unlike any other pair of designer footwear. This designer puts all his quirky creativity and elegant style into each beautiful creation….

Production Duo Celebrates ‘Gran Turismo’ 15th Anniversary by Honoring its Creator

Producers Tamir Moscovici and Paul Proulx, the creative production team behind Urban Outlaw and Painting Coconuts , decided to mark the 15th anniversary of Sony’s landmark Gran Turismo series (and recent release of Gran Turismo 6) with a documentary profiling “the single-minded genius behind Gran Turismo’s birth and breathtaking 15-year evolution,” Kazunori Yamauchi.

KAZ: Pushing the Virtual Divide is a one hour, 24 minute documentary examining the drive and devotion Yamauichi has put into Gran Turismo from its birth through its incredible evolution over the past 15 years. Since the first Gran Turismo game in 1997, the game Yamauchi had wanted to make since he was fifteen years old, he has always gone above and beyond expectations in creating the best games possible. Yamauchi has been one of the most important and interesting figures in gaming over the past 15 years, with a singular devotion to giving gamers the ultimate driving experience. His insane devotion to detail in his racing simulation series can be traced to his love for racing and all things automotive — he really races himself, and often wins. This offers him a unique understanding of what racing is all about, something he brings into each of his games.

If you’re a gamer, and especially if you’re a fan of the Gran Turismo series, it’s a really intriguing — and sometimes nostalgic — look at one of Sony’s most iconic gaming series and the incredible man behind them. Check out the trailer above, and, if you’re interested, head on over to Hulu for the complete documentary. Credits after the jump. continued…

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Super Bowl Map: Find All This Week’s Biggest Pre-Game Events


The New York/New Jersey Super Bowl is nearly here, bringing with it the expected avalanche of parties, promotions and events from marketers and media companies. Here’s your map. Drag around and click for details.

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Brits abroad and embarrassing tan lines the focus of Virgin Holidays ‘tanuary’ sale

The Brits’ uncanny ability to get dangerously sunburned on holiday is highlighted with a series of press executions showing embarrassing tan lines caused by snorkelling, getting hitched in Vegas and going on safari in Africa.

Old World Elegance Editorials – Boo George Captured Rosie Tapner for Vogue UK January 2014 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This Vogue UK January 2014 spread gives us common folk a look into the relaxing lives of the wealthy in ‘The Girl From Monaco.’ Photographer Boo George snaps up this shoot in multiple…