Hasta La Creative!

When the mood is right but you’re all out of condoms, most amorous adventurers would simply run to the 24-hour pharmacy. But in France, the back-up plan seems to be a tad more mundane.

In a series of new anti-AIDS ads from TBWA Paris, the participants in a would-be threeway end up interlocking jigsaw puzzle pieces rather than limbs, and several couples find equally bland ways to spend their naked time together. 

“No condom, no sex,” is the tagline for these spots for AIDES, the advocacy group behind a wide range of enjoyable videos.

While the premise is rather silly, it’s a charming way to tackle a decades-old message that usually feels like a high school lecture. And hey, a naked puzzle party doesn’t sound all that bad. 

Via Osocio.

UPDATE 4: (3:56 p.m., Dec. 22): Justine Sacco has written a public apology, noting, "Words cannot express how sorry I am, and how necessary it is for me to apologize to the people of South Africa, who I have offended due to a needless and careless tweet." 

UPDATE 3 (5:35 p.m., Dec. 21): IAC says it has fired Justine Sacco.

UPDATE 2 (12:24 a.m., Dec. 21): Justine Sacco's Twitter account appears to have been deleted. Meanwhile, her tweet had become a trending topic of global discussion, with brands and Web celebrities alike joining in the fray.

UPDATE: A rep for IAC tells Valleywag: "This is an outrageous, offensive comment that does not reflect the views and values of IAC. Unfortunately, the employee in question is unreachable on an international flight, but this is a very serious matter and we are taking appropriate action."

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If Justine Sacco is on a flight to Africa right now, I don't envy her the notifications that will be waiting for her when she lands. 

Sacco, senior director of corporate communications at the massive digital holding company IAC, apparently tweeted the following earlier today: "Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS. Just kidding. I'm white!"

The tweet has since attracted scorn and disbelief from Silicon Valley and far beyond. IAC is no small player in the digital realm. The company owns many popular websites, including About.com, Match.com, Vimeo, CollegeHumor, OkCupid and Urbanspoon.

Of course, this is the Internet, where things aren't always what they seem. The @JustineSacco Twitter account appears to be legitimate, though anyone could theoretically have gotten ahold of her phone and posted the message.

That said, many have been digging through her earlier tweets and pointing out messages like this one from January of this year: 

I can't be fired for things I say while intoxicated right?

— Justine Sacco (@JustineSacco) January 30, 2013

We've reached out to Sacco for comment and will update this item if we hear back.

A ONG AIDES tem um histórico de boas campanhas – sempre no período pré-Cannes, é claro – sem esquecer o bom humor para conscientizar as pessoas sobre o combate à Aids.

Nesse ano, a instituição tira sarro dos homens. “Estudos” apontam que, a medida que tira as roupas, o QI do homem cai drasticamente. Sendo assim, as mulheres devem assumir o controle e pensar pelos dois.

O divertido vídeo demonstra diversas situações até o QI zero, com a música “The Baddest Man Alive” do Black Keys e RZA como trilha sonora.

A criação é da TBWA Paris.

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Voici une campagne très réussie pour AIDS Council et HIV Foundation qui vient d’être lancée en Finlande pour sensibiliser les populations sur les réseaux sociaux. Avec 2 spots vidéos détournant avec talent le principe de la géolocalisation, cette campagne signée McCann Worldgroup Helsinki est à découvrir dans la suite.

Para promover o sexo seguro entre os jovens no verão, o governo de Estocolmo criou uma rede social. E a intenção não era apenas divulgar o programa de prevenção contra a AIDS, mas também obter dados e estatísticas com relação a vida sexual nessa época do ano, formando assim o The Sex Profile.

Através de um QR Code nas mais de 50 mil camisinhas distribuídas, era possível fazer download de um aplicativo para ser usado na hora H. Com o smarthpone colocado na cama, o app mede o ritmo, duração e sons da sua performance sexual.

Essas informações podem ser compartilhadas online, permitindo a comparação com as noites/dias de “amor” de outras pessoas, seu freak.

Está tudo em sueco, mas você pode acessar o site kondom08.nu e fazer o download do aplicativo para iPhone e Android se quiser testar.

A criação é da agência Ester, de Estocolmo.

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Like or dislike President Obama, there is one thing certain: His plate is FULL. Dealing with two wars, Gitmo, health care reform, a recession, and the largest corporations in the US filing for bankruptcy on a weekly basis, it is doubtful that the President will notice another crisis until it hits him in the face.

The Aids Healthcare Foundation (AHF) will launch a public service campaign this week comparing the extremely high rate of AIDS in Washington, DC, with the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. The number of cases from last year to this have increased by 40%, a fact that has not been addressed by the media or the government. The AHF has used a series of print ads, a 30-second television spot, bus kiosk ads, and a website, ChangeAidsObama.org as part of the month-long campaign. Sixty bus shelters are slated for the new effort.

The campaign, “AIDS is DC’s Katrina,” points out the Bush administrations seeming indifference to Hurricane Katrina was detrimental to his Presidency. When the news broke that Washington, DC’s aids rate was higher than that of developing African nations, the AHS criticized President Obama for his silence. This campaign is meant to push him into action. The AHF is not placing the blame on the Obama administration, but rather the Center for Disease Control (CDC) for implementing a plan three years ago to prevent the spread of AIDS that has failed miserably as the epidemic has worsened.

The PR Newswire issued a release today from the AHS with the criticism;

To address the growing epidemic, the CDC issued revised guidelines for HIV testing in September of 2006. It its revised guidelines, the CDC recommended the testing of all people ages 13-64 in routine health care settings such as emergency units, community clinics, etc.; unfortunately, nearly three years later, these testing guidelines have not been widely implemented nationwide at the same time when our rate of new HIV infections has increased 40% from 40,000 new infections annually to 56,000.

The video, seen below, is already on YouTube and is going to be released on other online video channels before hitting the airwaves.

One thing is certain: Pleasing all the people all the time is impossible. For the President, pleasing anyone at this point seems like unlikely.

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