Gap has a rich history in denim. In 1969, it opened its first store in San Francisco, shipping blue Levi’s, before it launched its own range. Fast-forward to May 2024, when actress Da’Vine Joy Randolph arrived at the Met Gala in a custom Gap denim dress. Now Gap is celebrating its deftness for denim with…
Solo Stove and Snoop Dogg, the duo behind one of the buzziest campaigns of last year, are back together again with an even bigger effort in which the rapper doesn’t blow any smoke. Hot on the heels of his gig as an NBC special correspondent at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, Snoop stars…
Remember MySpace? If the memory proves to be a bit hazy, don’t fret. Filmmaker Sean Wang vividly brings the user experience to life on the big screen (angst feelings and all) through his coming-of-age film, DiDi. DiDi marks Wang’s first feature-length directorial debut, first making waves at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival where it won…
Remember MySpace? If the memory proves to be a bit hazy, don’t fret. Filmmaker Sean Wang vividly brings the user experience to life on the big screen (angst feelings and all) through his coming-of-age film, DiDi. DiDi marks Wang’s first feature-length directorial debut, first making waves at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival where it won…
After days of battling it out with Jimmy Fallon to earn the next hot Beats collaboration, Kim Kardashian announced on The Tonight Show on Wednesday that she came out on top, revealing the Beats x Kim headphones. Of course, it was never really a competition. Since Monday, the Apple brand has pitted Kardashian against Fallon…
Randy Johnson is a very reluctant, and somewhat mean, coach of a youth baseball team in the latest work for Sizzler by Mischief @ No Fixed Address. The MLB Hall of Famer is brought out of retirement for the new campaign, “Hungry for the Win,” which cements a new tagline for the California-based chain of…
In a new ad from Bodyform, the Essity-owned U.K. feminine protection brand, a doctor tells a woman: “It’s just a period.” His words trigger a collective sigh from the chorus. As any woman or person who menstruates knows, it’s never just a period, which is the overarching message of Bodyform’s campaign. Bodyform (known as Libresse…
Trash day isn’t typically an occasion that conjures up nostalgic memories or inspires one to bust a move, but Glad’s latest campaign paying homage to the girl groups of the 90s and Y2K era while celebrating the launch of its newest trash bag scent hopes to invoke those feelings and more with a little help…
Uber is hoping for a big win at the Summer Olympics in Paris as it launches a global brand campaign during the Opening Ceremony that will introduce a new tagline and sonic identity linking its delivery and rideshare apps. Created in-house, the 90-second film opens with Lou Reed’s “Perfect Day” and scenes of people bummed…
If anyone knows a thing or two about sweet dance moves, it’s Jon Heder. And the star of beloved indie hit Napoleon Dynamite–whose awkwardly joyous freestyle routine became an iconic movie moment–has notes for some young proteges after watching them skip, hop and grapevine. “We need to crustify it,” Heder says. Maybe no one understands…
As brands activate their Olympic sponsorships with ads featuring athletes competing in Paris 2024, Apple is looking toward the future of the Games with the latest entry in its long-running “Shot on iPhone” campaign. “2036 Hopefuls,” by agency TBWAMedia Arts Lab, spotlights aspiring athletes from around the world who are all under age 10. The…
Apple’s Underdogs, the scrappy but lovable team of coworkers turned entrepreneurs, are back in the fifth installment of a journey that now finds them on their first overseas business trip. In “The Underdogs: OOO (Out of Office),” created in-house, the crew is in Thailand, racing against the clock to launch a new product by the…
When eaten in moderation, ice cream can boost serotonin and energy levels while providing a decent dose of protein, hydration and calcium. Noticeably absent on the effects list is existential dread and abject terror, unless, of course, the dish served up included some classic advertising in the category from Halo Top and Little Baby’s. The…
Digging deeper into gaming–and continuing to wrap its arms around chart-topping musicians–Beats by Dre debuted co-branded headphones with Minecraft, announced via a quirky animated video with an Imagine Dragons soundtrack. The short film, from Paris-based creative agency Golgotha, uses the single “Wake Up” from the Grammy Award-winning band’s new album for a fast-paced peek into…
Apple. Coca-Cola. Nike. McDonald’s. OREO. Liquid Death. These brands have built design systems that have seamlessly woven from product to campaign through the funnel. The systems have wedged into our minds, refrigerators, closets, desks, emails and TikToks. The need for comprehensive design thinking is undebatable in a world that has become increasingly global and digital….
The plane lands in Paris, and you immediately point out the Eiffel Tower to your seatmates and anyone within earshot, after you’ve cheered the pilot’s flawless touchdown. Dr. Rick is so disappointed in you. “No clapping,” says the exasperated yet ever-patient character in a new Progressive Insurance ad. “It’s the end of a flight, not…
Samantha slips from a ladder while reaching for a book in the library, but just at the right moment, John steps in to catch her. It’s a classic meet cute moment, reminiscent of countless sentimental scenes from romantic comedies. But this meet cute didn’t happen in real life. As Samantha fumbles over her words, it…
Comedy is a powerful marketing tool, and many ad world mavens have long understood its intrinsic value as a clutter buster, brand builder and attention grabber. And in 2024, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity finally got hip to the rib-tickling genre, after at least a decade of handing out hardware disproportionately to weighty,…
Legendary rapper and cannapreneur Snoop Dogg is steeped in all things Olympics at the moment–even his latest ad for BIC is themed to the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Snoop reunites with his close friend and longtime costar Martha Stewart for a commercial that has him awarding her a “10 out of 10″…
In recent months, there’s been a series of notable private equity investments in up-and-coming advertising agencies. Last month, Svoboda Capital Partners invested in creative agency Highdive. In October, Keystone Capital invested in Barkley, which then merged with OKRP. In September, the London and New York-based independent agency Brainlabs nabbed funding from another private equity firm,…
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