Hasta La Creative!

It’s not every day that an automaker launches a new, brightly colored car based on social media demand. Or names the model after the hashtag that helped bear it.

The 2017 Special Edition Volkswagen #PinkBeetle (its official name) hits showrooms this fall, and the brand is celebrating with a blatantly magenta ad from agency ISL, running exclusively through marketer-owned channels like Facebook.

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Prostitution has always been fraught with the risk of violence, but today the internet provides broader scope and anonymity. Alongside the sense of entitlement that some people get when they pay for something, this both strengthens the industry while making it harder to see its victims.

That’s why French organization Le Mouvement du Nid launched its own escort website, with help from McCann Paris.

Wait, what…? 

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If you don’t know jack about the townsfolk of Lynchburg, Tenn., that’s about to change.

Lynchburg’s most famous resident, Brown-Forman brand Jack Daniel’s, puts the spotlight on some of its less-renowned neighbors in new ads from Arnold Worldwide created for the distillery’s 150th anniversary.

An anthem spot breaking today opens on a sun-kissed field of tall grass, with locals popping in and out of the frame as a Southern-fried fiddle plays in the background.

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There’s one thing almost everyone watching Monday night’s first presidential debate will be able to agree on—that this new Audi commercial, “Duel,” airing during the telecast, is a brilliant bit of perfectly timed entertainment.

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There are lots of current applications of drone technology, but not many of them are very useful to the average consumer. But what’s this? A drone that allows you to literally snack nonstop? Now that’s something plenty of Americans can get behind.

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Never mind goji berries, chia seeds and kale. On Sept. 9, Suja Juice, a trendy entry in the ongoing battle for our superfood dollars, released Midnight Tonic, an all-black, limited-edition beverage that it spent weeks seeding, without explanation, to health-conscious celebrities with active social media lives. 

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Job hunting is balls, especially when you’re fresh to the industry and have little more to your name than some spec work and a wild hope. Where do all those LinkedIn job submissions go, anyway? Nowhere you can follow, my friend. 

The worst, though, is when you finally do get the recruiter’s name and it’s like trying to decrypt the Riddle of the Sphinx just to get them to look at you. That’s why designer and maker Cassondra Bazelow is coding up Responsive Recruiter Bot, a Facebook Messenger bot that, if nothing else, will at least give you the time of day. (Just don’t expect to get many words in edgewise.)

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“Odd, isn’t it? For a man to run when technically he shouldn’t even be walking?”

We live in a magical time, when disability doesn’t have to spell the end of an active person’s journey. And a fascinating new Adidas campaign from India draws attention to something that has never occurred to most of us: Why should a blade-running athlete with only one foot—or anyone else—have to buy expensive athletic shoes for both feet?

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There’s an Airbnb for everybody—classy desert dwellers, would-be Mowglis, horror buffs … and even compulsive TV show-bingers.

But if “Netflix and chill” isn’t your thing, and you’re a high-fidelity fiend who’s really bummed about the untimely end of the record label heydays, Sonos has the bed for you. 

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Basketball jerseys might seem like an odd medium for honoring historical figures or making political statements, but maybe the post-Kaepernick sports era is more woke than the one before it. It’s certainly made for better designs, if these images of the Memphis Grizzlies team jerseys are any indication.

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