Jack Ziegler, Cartoonist at The New Yorker, Dies at 74

Mr. Ziegler set his cartoons nearly anywhere — in courtrooms or boardrooms, backyards or stadiums, barrooms or churches.

Alex Tizon, Filipino-American Reporter and Memoirist, Dies at 57

Mr. Tizon wrote the 2014 book “Big Little Man” and shared a 1997 Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on a federal housing program for Native Americans.

Did Tide's Super Bowl Stain Stunt Pay Off?


By the time the sales numbers come in, the buzz around the Super Bowl is long gone.

Tide spent an undisclosed amount producing a first-of-its-kind Super Bowl ad to launch the newest version of its detergent pod.

Did P&G’s big bet pay off?

Continue reading at AdAge.com

Meet the 2 Underwhelmingly Brilliant Creatives Behind Most April Fools’ Day Campaigns

There’s a new ad agency on the block, created by two of the most cutting-edge, forward-thinking creative geniuses that you’ve never heard of. The agency is called A.B.C.B.B.D.D.B.D. LLC and it’s run by creative innovator Michael Kreutz and experiential designer Karl Feldson. Between the two of them, Kreutz and Feldson have won “at least three…

April Fool's Day 2017: which brands found the funny this year?

It’s that time of year again, so Campaign has picked out the best April Fools work from brands, which tickle customers’ funnybones.

Did Tide's Super Bowl Stain Pay Off?

By the time the sales numbers come in, the buzz around the Super Bowl is long gone.

Tide spent an undisclosed amount producing a first-of-its-kind Super Bowl ad to launch the newest version of its detergent pod.

Did P&G’s big bet pay off?

Continue reading at AdAge.com

Best April Fools' Day Ads

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Best April Fools' Day Ads
Collection Items: 
Björn Borg: Performance underwear
Foyles: Boo!mark
3MillionDogs: Fetch by Fetch
Google: Nose
Google: YouTube’s ready to select a winner
Google: Explore Treasure Mode with Google Maps
Google / Gmail: Gmail Blue
Auckland Zoo: Tasmanian Tigers
Pedigree: Doggie Dentures April Fools Stunt
Dr Pepper: Chatroulette
Xbox: Alpine Legend
Depend: How CEO Ben Keeps Pooping All Day
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In honor of April Fools’ Day, agencies show off their creative side with the following April Fools’ Day ads.

For April Ryan, Clashes With the White House Bring a New Kind of Prominence

A run-in with the White House press secretary this week has thrust a veteran reporter into a debate over the Trump administration’s attitudes toward gender and race.

Geographical Fragrance Collections – These Boucheron Perfumes are Inspired by Famous Cities

(TrendHunter.com) These Boucheron perfumes are part of the jewelry brand’s signature ‘Fragrance Collection,’ consisting of scents that pay homage to the Middle East and other geographical regions….

Tecnicalidade 035 – Agora eu sei kung-fu

No episódio dessa semana, discutimos porque ninguém menos do que Elon Musk decidiu que seria uma boa ideia criar a Matrix. E 50% deste podcast está ok com a ideia. Além disso, a Samsung apresentou seu mais novo smartphone Android e nós temos opiniões bastante sinceras sobre eles. Junto com as notícias da semana, Rafael […]

> LEIA MAIS: Tecnicalidade 035 – Agora eu sei kung-fu

Mamilos 102 – Empatia e População de Rua

Bem vindos ao Mamilos, aquele lugar gostoso de encontro para debater temas polêmicos com empatia e respeito. Respira fundo, deixa a poeira da intolerância na porta e abre o coração e a mente pra explorar com curiosidade diferentes visões e argumentos. Essa semana recebermos Vitor Brumatti e Fe Duarte para conversamos sobre moradores de rua […]

> LEIA MAIS: Mamilos 102 – Empatia e População de Rua

Omnicom Will Sort Through YouTube Videos to Make Sure They're Appropriate for Brands


Omnicom has developed a safety program for YouTube that could reassure some of the major advertisers currently on hiatus from the video site.

The media holding company said the program could review hundreds of thousands of videos daily and ensure that they are appropriate for brands to advertise near. Omnicom Media Group represents clients like AT&T, Pepsi and Procter & Gamble, which were among hundreds of advertisers that froze spending on YouTube because of concerns about the type of content.

“We’re building this from the ground up,” said Jon Anselmo, Omnicom’s chief digital officer. “These are whitelisted pools of inventory that we can say with extremely high confidence are safe for clients.”

Continue reading at AdAge.com

Today will be different

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An alarm clock suddenly rings,

and its name is AC-#2341. This small contraption is unlike any other. The little robot has tiny feet, arms, electronic eyes and ears, and only a microscopic calculator for a brain. But in this universe, Time is more than a binary system used to add or subtract. It has a life of its own.

Time runs distinctly in 4-dimensions. For Example:

00:00

00:00

On any normal day, AC-#2341 spends most of Time assisting its owner with one important task: Remembering. But in its Free Time AC enjoys reading the newspaper, watching television, and reading up on post-modern philosophy.

“Today will be different.”

AC has been up all night, contemplating fundamental questions about its existence. They are not sure why, but they cannot shake a very important question from their very simple binary brain.

The time is now 0:01/00:00. AC stares 21 stories down from the window sill on the Owner’s apartment, thinking “Today I cannot fail. I must not fail. I cannot fail. I must not! I cannot!”

It is a long way down to the now empty streets which are about to be filled with the early morning commute and chaos of Work and routine, function and mechanical Time.

“Today is different.”

AC is so deeply imbedded in thought at this point, in a blind robotic contemplation, distracted by what they think can be interpreted from the movement of People in the streets below. All they see are tiny dots moving about in a million directions. A child was ever so distracted by the first discovery of a hill of ants in the spring. Today, the little machine attempts so hard to do something more than just count, that it completely loses track of Time. This little exercise has gone from distraction to obsession.

Rather than facing forward, AC had its back to Mr. Y. And, rather than standing closer to Mr. Y, on the nightstand, AC ventured dangerously onto the windowsill, to get a better view of the world outside. This subtle combination of alterations to the normal routine gave way to the following catastrophic chain of events. Mr. Y, reaching for his alarm clock accidentally knocks his little friend AC off balance, tipping them off the window sill, ultimately sending them to their death 21 stories below. He was only reaching for the “SNOOZE” button, he might later explain to the Metro Time Authority. “I could not believe my eyes!”

“Mr. Y says he could not believe his eyes! Mr. Y’s eyes! What a wise guy!”

“Accidents happen!”

AC’s last words were: “I must not fall! I must not fall! I am falling! I am falling!”

“Every hero needs a story.”

Story is Time. The read out on AC is 0:02/00:00 as they fall a great distance to the city streets below. Falling and bouncing alongside the round and yellow walls of the gigantic bee hive tenement housing building, screaming and buzzing the whole way down. “This is it! I am ready… I cannot fail! I must not fall, but I am falling! I can no longer fail! I cannot fail! So, I must be free! I am free!”

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Maresia Surfwear: Run away from routine

Print
Maresia Surfwear

Campaing for Maresia, a famous brazilian surfwear brand.

Advertising Agency:Delantero Comunicação, Brazil
Creative Director:Marcel Pinheiro, André Miyasaki, Pádua Sampaio
Art Director:Mário Hollanda
Copywriter:Mateus Cândido

Reivindica: #thevoicefromtheheart


Film
Reivindica

La Voz del Corazon (Voice from the Heart) was born as an act of protest where pregnant women with megaphones connected to their developing children heartbeats allowed them, for the first time, being the ones expressing themselves in favor of being born and against the abortion law being discussed in the Chilean parliament. The initiative started in Santiago and it has expanded throughout the world, becoming the most seen and shared pro-life demonstration in history.

Advertising Agency:Shackleton, Madrid, Spain

Renault: The Barbecue, The Ping Pong, The Sauna


Film
Renault

Advertising Agency:Publicis Conseil, Paris, France
Advertisers:Xavier Martinet, Valérie Candeiller, Hortense Isnard, Bénédicte Rouquette
Executive Creative Director:Marcelo Vergara
Art Director:Thomas Roques
Assistant Art Director:Léa De Angeli
Copywriter:Antoine Giraud
Account managers:Stéphane Gaillard, Gregoire Verdet, Marie Fourure, Aurelie Morin, Cécile Cuzin

PeopleCare: The revelation


Film
PeopleCare

Advertising Agency:Glory Paris, Paris, France
Creative Directors:Hugues Pinguet, Arnaud Le Bacquer
Art Director:Gabriel Bonnefond
Account Executive:Meriem Bouthiba
Assistant Account Executive:Fanny Kemp
Production Company:Raise Up Films
Director:Aurélien Sallé
Sound Production:Interference

Dulux: The Invincibles


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Dulux

To celebrate Dulux Weathershield’s most weather-durable paint, advertising agency Boys & Girls went in search of Ireland’s most weather-durable people – meet ‘The Invincibles’.

Shot in Myrtleville beach, Co.Cork, ‘The Invincibles’ explores the story of Tom Bermingham, Mairead Ni Mhaoileóin and Tom McCarthy, three open water
swimmers who are dedicated to the water all year round – rail, hail or shine. ‘The Invincibles’ gave us an opportunity to tell a story that could live beyond the confines of a traditional TV commercial,” stated Creative Director Laurence O’Byrne. “But even though it’s not TV, the same principles apply – find the idea, and craft it into something special.”

The short documentary is the first in its kind for Dulux and very different territory for Weathershield, telling the story of what in truth is a very functional product in a way that drives emotion & admiration.

Owned social platforms became the driving force behind the campaign using both Facebook & Twitter as the launch pads. Using video teasers and stunning imagery, the target audience were directed to a bespoke landing page which not only gave our Invincible’s a home, it also allowed Dulux tell the Weathershield story from another perspective, giving further merit to it’s product benefits and marketing leading product.

In order to complete the customer journey with a cohesive link between campaign and product, we took the creative idea in store with various POS elements across national and independent stores.

Advertising Agency:Boys & Girls, Dublin, Ireland
Executive Creative Director:Rory Hamilton
Creative Director:Laurence O’Byrne
Art Director:Paddy Thunder
Copywriter:Eoin Vonlon
Designer:Katie Kidd
Account Director:Chris Upton
Account Manager:Alicia Coyle
Account Executive:Allie Sheehy
Strategic Planner:Margaret Gilsenan
Director:Adam Patterson
Production:Tess Bunworth, Keith Bradley, Ross Kileen, Motherland
DoP:Naryan Van Mele
Sound:Graham Newcombe
Sound Design:Dean Jones, Raygun
Music:Jon Jon Mehigan
Edit:Joe Rigby

Renault: #EnterTheZone


Film
Renault

The film is for all sports enthusiasts, but also for those who’ve experienced or are looking to live in a certain psychological state, better known as ‘The Zone,’ which is reached during an intense experience revolving around gaming, music and sports, for example. The film was also inspired by Tibetan monks who were seeking to reach the specific state.

Advertising Agency:We Are Social, Paris, France
Creative Director:Thomas Guilhot
Art Director:Paul Grange
Copywriter:Alexandre Foucray
Director Of Strategy:Helen Duvoux-Mauguet
Strategic Planner:Fabien Gaëtan
Group Account Director:Thomas Laydis
Account Director:Margaux Pietri
Tv Producer:Alexandra Marik
Director:Thibault Grevet

Snickers: FuriousSmiling, DeliriousSane, CluelessSmart

Outdoor, Print
Snickers

Snickers posters remind customers that satisfaction begins where hunger ends.

You’re not you when you’re hungry.

Advertising Agency:BBDO, Toronto, Canada
Svp:Todd Mackie, Denise Rossetto
Executive Creative Directors:Todd Mackie, Denise Rossetto
Copywriter:Matt Hubbard
Art Director:Mike Schonberger
Account Director:Rachel Selwood, Ariel Vinizki
Vp:Ariel Vinizki, Matt Eves, Sgl Studios
Account Executive:Jamie Faltl
Print Production Manager:Jennifer Wong
Director:Matt Eves, Sgl Studios