The Consumer Electronics Show is meant to display the future of humanity. There’s a certain optimism in looking at how technology advances society; how we can take an ordinary refrigerator and make it “smart.” But for a small band of operators, there’s a bigger mission: getting people to look to the heavens and get excited…
Donut, the Los Angeles creative agency launched last year by indie filmmakers Mark and Jay Duplass, is already expanding to the East Coast–setting up shop in New York. The agency hired Sarah Dale to lead the New York office, naming her chief commercial officer. Dale was formerly the vice president of digital and content at…
Wait, we’re not done with the 2017 lists yet! Here’s an intriguing one from research firm System1 ranking the 10 most emotionally engaging spots of the year–based on testing of 705 award-winning or viral global TV ads and digital films among 56,400 consumers. Coming out on top was a little-known British ad with less than…
This is a real offer: Try a healthy snack that tastes like some combination of hyena crap, garbage, resentment and sawdust. Bring it on, you say? The marketer Kind feels confident that its new protein-packed bar is considerably more palatable than that. But you–the first 10,000 consumers to step up, that is–can be the judge….
Remember that one time Business Insider ran an article on what dishwashers look like on the inside while they’re running? There’s a market for that. In partnership with Frog, Heatworks has launched the Tetra, a delightfully diminutive countertop dishwasher that actually lets you watch goods get clean. Think of it as the perfect accompaniment to…
Facebook has placed a great deal of emphasis on Facebook Live and groups in recent months, and the newest feature it is testing combines the two. Vice president of product Fidji Simo announced in a Facebook post that the social network started testing a feature “with a handful of groups” Wednesday called Watch Party. Watch…
Pringles has released a short teaser to its first Big Game ad, revealing Trainwreck actor Bill Hader as the star. He’ll be showcasing “flavor stacking” in the Super Bowl LII 30-second spot on Feb. 4. “More people will see me in this than they have in the past three movies I’ve been in,” Hader jokingly…
Ever wonder why Taco Bell doesn’t sell fries? That question sets off Josh Duhamel on a epic quest in the brand’s new faux movie trailer for a thriller called Web of Fries, which looks like the perfect plane movie. The 90-second spot, from Deutsch, hits every thriller trope with aplomb, and making the big bad…
Mars, the confectionery, pet care and food conglomerate behind brands like M&M’s, Snickers, Orbit and Pedigree, is placing its global media business in review as it looks to consolidate all planning and buying duties, currently handled by three agencies, with one entity. Since 2014, WPP’s MediaCom has handled global media planning for Mars, with the…
Scripps Networks Interactive launched an HGTV Facebook Messenger bot, designed to help users discover design inspirations that they can implement in their own homes. The bot, named Hazel, allows users to access decorating tips related to specific rooms, browse trends based on style type and project and save galleries for easier access later on. Users…
Every great king eventually gives a great wartime speech. Think of Henry V at Agincourt. Or William Wallace at Stirling Bridge. Or … the Bud Light king in Wieden + Kennedy’s “Dilly Dilly” campaign? Well, he tries. The Bud Light monarch isn’t quite as eloquent as his forebears, but to be fair, he does get…
Screenvision Media has revealed its lineup of jurors for its first annual Hegarty ACE (Advertising in Cinema Excellence) Awards–the winner of which, to be announced at the 2018 Cannes Lions festival, will receive $1 million in media consideration in Screenvision’s Front + Center cinema program, for any pro-bono work from June 2018 to June 2019….
President Trump’s comments referring to certain nations, including Haiti, as “shitholes” provoked widespread anger and outrage. But one agency creative in the Caribbean nation is working on a more lighthearted response–raising money to run out-of-home and print ads in Washington, D.C., that aim to use Trump’s words against him to boost the image of Haiti….
Snapchat’s ad-tech pipes are getting a little deeper. For advertisers that run ads that promote app installs (by prompting users to swipe on the screen to download an app), brands can now deep link their campaigns that prompt consumers to re-engage with specific features of the app. Used by various app marketers on platforms like…
Air Raider. Arctic Angel. King Quad. Storm Tamer. Winged Wonder. These are some of the “superheroes” appearing in mcgarrbowen’s new United Airlines campaign ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, next month. We’re not talking about marvels (or even Marvels) who leap tall buildings in a single bound, spin…
GoDaddy, the online brand, which was a Big Game staple for years, is sitting out Super Bowl LII, although in another way the brand is returning to its roots. After skipping Super Bowl 50, GoDaddy turned to new agency Bullish for last year’s effort which kickstarted a yearlong campaign built around a character designed as…
Apparel brand Life Is Good pours on the power of positive thinking in an unusual stunt that harnesses happy thoughts–well, brainwave patterns, actually–to turn on a tap and fill a glass of water. Hey, people. Advertising might not be rocket science. But sometimes, it’s neuroscience. Or something. Anyway, the brand, renowned for its T-shirts emblazoned…
To get a whole bunch of people to change their habits and do the right thing, it helps to make the right thing sexy … or at least provide a sexy incentive. That’s the logic behind Adidas’ limited-edition EQT Support 93/Berlin shoe, the fruit of an unlikely partnership between the brand and the city’s public…
Toyota-owned luxury carmaker Lexus will return to the Super Bowl on Feb. 4, a company representative confirmed to Adweek. The spot will be tied to the release of Marvel Studios’ new superhero movie, Black Panther, which is slated to hit theaters on Feb. 16. The company said additional details will be revealed later. Last year,…
With the Winter Olympics just three weeks away, NBC has made a surprise-yet-familiar pick–Katie Couric–to co-host the opening ceremony in the wake of Matt Lauer’s departure from the network. The network also announced that the Feb. 9 opening ceremony in Pyeongchang, South Korea will be livestreamed for the first time, ahead of its time-delayed linear…
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