Hasta La Creative!

Gotta love the UK. This Sure Girl deodorant spot was banned because it depicted girls dancing in a van without seatbelts on.

Liverpudlians adopt fragments of Spanish culture in “Turning Spanish” by 72andSunny for Nike. They won’t be reading any Don Quixote, though.

With the debut of “Handmade,” Orangina joins the stockpile of brands that’ve already used flexy fingers (and that wildcard of a thumb!) to further their agendas.

Perhaps worried about Lexus poaching the literary crowd, BMW released an ad where Kerouac’s On the Road is the star.

Derek Sewell of Blink, Toronto and Josefina Nadurata of Reginald Pike have started their own Toronto-based production studio, Holiday Films. The studio has eight directors already, and its objective is to “provide original creative solutions” for clients, says Nadurata.

Highlighting the fact 500,000 girls are sold into the sex trade each year, this Amnesty International commercial likens the process to a cattle auction.

Check out the new tool off E-Trade’s freak-of-nature assembly line

A futuristic spot from Lacoste to celebrate its 75th anniversary and its founder’s extraordinary inventiveness.

Can you imagine how tennis will be played in the future, 75 years from now? You, new technology and a wall.

A simple and futuristic ad that works on many levels from the art direction to the computer animation.

More on their mini site.

Studio: Akama
Production: Wanda

This spot is created by O&M Amsterdam and MTV (whose names does not appear on this sport) as support for peace in Burma. Spot uses footage of warplanes bombing Burma with flowers as an impressive call-to-action, inviting viewers to visit a new Burma Arts Board website, noneofusarefree.org.

Here at the new Burma Arts Board website, you can send messages of support to the people of Burma in honor of their continuing struggles against the notorious practices of their oppressive military government, learn more about the devastating effects caused by the recent cyclone, and find ways to contribute to relief efforts.

“This spot somehow talks directly to the emotions we feel about the current humanitarian crisis in Burma. We know that people desperately need help and we also know it is not reaching them. The narrative conjures up a task force that brings a powerful message of support to the people of Burma, and an urgent appeal to donate to the international relief effort.”

said John Jackson, Director of Social Responsibility, MTV Networks International.

This spot let me silent…

MTV Director of Social Responsibility: John Jackson
Burma Arts Board Founder: Suki Dusanj
Advertising Agency: Ogilvy & Mather (Amsterdam)
Executive Creative Director: Carl Le Blond
Director: ShiloProduction
Company: Shilo (New York, USA)
Creative Director: Andre Stringer
Lead Artists: Andre Stringer, Tamir Sapir, David HillMatte
Painting: Mathieu Reynault and Rodeo FX, Andre Stringer, Marco Giampaolo, Cassidy Gearhart, Noah Conopask
3D Animators: Henning Koczy, Richard Cayton, Ohad Bracha, Bren Wilson, Eugen Sasu, Kiel Figgins
3D Artists: Christina Ku, Richard Kim, Warren Heimall, Craig Kohlemeyer, Scott Denton
Compositors: David Hill, Andre Stringer, Tamir Sapir, Cassidy Gearhart, Noah Conopask, Stieg Retlin
Typography: Evan Dennis
Miniature Design: Willi Patton
Editor: Nathan Caswell
Sound Design: Dante Nou
Coordinator: Danielle Smith
Producer: Lindsay Bodanza
Executive Producer: Tracy Chandler
Executive Producer (UK): Mark Hanrahan
Music production and arrangement: Good Sounds Amsterdam

It’s hard to imagine an ad like this would compel you to buy seats to an Indians game. But you have to admire the players’ focus in such uninviting conditions.