Birth of Twitter, Mac Conversions, Remembering Lee King

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– AdGabber members remember Lee King.

FirstBank Makes Ski Mask Joke. Oh, How Gauche!

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Colorado’s FirstBank hopes to nail younger customers by pushing its mobile banking product.

Kia Soul Makes Strangers Stare

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The new Kia Soul is so compelling you will want to look deeper. And to depict this in the most obvious way possible, Publicis/Toronto came up with “Peer Into a Soul.”

Asics Appropriates Chinese Legend for ‘Made of Japan’

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Continuing Asics’ campaign/pop culture tribute “Made of Japan” for Onitsuka, Amsterdam Worldwide developed “Zodiac Race,” a by-land-and-sea battle between future members of the The Jade Emperor’s Zodiac Calendar.

‘Look at that Detailing. That is a Sweet Ride, Right There.’

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Last week we reviewed a St. Lukes ad for IKEA’s PAX wardrobe, which wordlessly depicted women being jostled about in an ongoing quest for safe haven.

‘Behind every detail … there’s a detail.’

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In “House of Cards,” Lexus showcases its buttery engine and vibration absorbing capabilities with not one but many houses (and towers and turrets and a single Parthenon) of cards.

Quick Dry Still Life, De-Classed Coke, Analytics Dig Deep

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– TIME’s Super Bowl best and worst. If that feels a little constricting, see what the Twittersphere thought.

Coke Super Bowl Spot, Surveillance Beetles, Ingestible Syke

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– Creatives Chris Yi and Jesse Epstein spent a month and $2000 producing three spots for that Doritos Super Bowl ad contest.

IKEA Gives Every Girl Her Space

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You just need to battle its hordes, brave the lines and spend a weekend alone with a Philips and a hammer to claim a little Pax for yourself. =P

Nike Channels Transformative Sister Magic

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Nike shoots for sporty-chic in “Be Transformed,” a fresh campaign for a line of trainers called Nike Zoom Sister One +. (We half-expected lotto numbers after that, but alas there were none.)

Recharging Dead Voltage, Inspiring Ads, SocNet Cannibalism, Pubfatico

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– Mountain Dew brings the DEWmocracy slogan back for its new flavor, Voltage, which sadly brings to mind the vintage Volt, a green carbonated drink with a funny aftertaste.

Katarina Van Derham Named St. Paulie Girl For 2009

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Back in October, we wrote about St. Pauli Girl’s promotion during which people, for the first time, could vote for one of four contenders for St. Pauli Girl 2009.

Katarina Van Derham Named St. Pauli Girl For 2009

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Back in October, we wrote about St. Pauli Girl’s promotion during which people, for the first time, could vote for one of four contenders for St. Pauli Girl 2009.

Coke Brings Strange Love to Library

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OK. Let’s analyze this new Coke commercial, part of the new Wieden + Kennedy-created Open Happiness campaign.

American Apparel Hooks Up With Chictopia Bloggers

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American Apparel has teamed with fashion blog social network Chictopia to feature the site’s member’s in a new advertising campaign.

Given the Chance, Could YOU Conquer Either Finish Line?

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Hoping to take the euphemistic “special” out of “Special Olympics,” TDA ADVERTISING & DESIGN/Boulder developed a print campaign that focuses on the sporting similarities between the event you watch and that other one.

The Hudson Crash: Just One More Reason to Fly Virgin

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Not one to miss an opportunity, the Virgin ad at left seizes inspiration from the crash landing of a US Airways Airbus A320 in the Hudson River this afternoon.

Skittles Loses the Plot.

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In the latest of its “_______ THE RAINBOW, TASTE THE RAINBOW!” ads, Skittles gives us the perplexing “Tailor.”

Dunkin’: You Don’t Have to Be Bright to Be a Go-Getter!

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You kin’ do it!” Dunkin Donuts exclaims in the 2009 debut of its new ad campaign, where people like you! power through everyday life with the will and guilelessness of Special Olympics athletes.

Virgin Atlantic: Still Red-Hot After All These Years

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To celebrate Virgin Atlantic’s 25th anni, “Still Red Hot” brings us back to June 22nd, 1984, when London’s Gatwick Airport changed forever.