Diesel’s Five on Fifth: the Rabbit Hole You’ve Always Wanted

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For better or worse, Diesel knows how to seize attention.

CURB Uses Magic Rainwater Spray to Push Soul in UK

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Kia’s takes its Soul to the streets with help from UK-based CURB, a company whose modus operandi it is to develop nothing but eco-friendly ads.

WB Catvertising for Fear 2 Video Game

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On Friday the 13th, Warner Brothers corralled a bunch of black cats together, covered them in Fear 2 swag and let them loose in London.

…and Would You Like Sprinkles on that Star-Spangled Animal Fat?

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“Muscovites have been puzzling over a series of vaguely Warhollian posters appearing in subway stations.

If It Doesn’t Seem Very Bright, That’s Because It’s Not.

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Then again, LA Gear has never been the sharpest tool in the marketing shed.

Extreme Makes Its Mark in the Snow

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And it’s neither hot nor yellow.

(More) Mannequins Invade Manhattan

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Last Friday, with help from 180LA, Sony deployed an army of “living” mannequins across Manhattan.

Here’s Something You’ve Never Seen Before.

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Escalator advertising! How novel.

Massad Hits Its Readers Where They Like It

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To generate buzz for Netherlands-based S&M rag Massad, agency New Message enlisted dour-faced porn star Sofia Valentine to wander fetish parties and brand ass, The Story of O-style.

T-Mobile Flashmobs Liverpool Street Station

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On January 15 at 11AM, a flashmob-style dance broke out in Liverpool station courtesy of T-Mobile.

IKEA Wants the White House.

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More specifically, it wants its couches and desks and bedroom sets and carpets and oblong dishware inside the White House.

Grassvertising at Wimbledon, Green Patriots in Cleveland, SAG Deluges Idaho, Coca-Cola Rents-a-Blog

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– To jazz up its Wimbledon sponsorship, HSBC commissioned two artists to make photographs out of growing grass. Brings a freakish new angle to “watching grass grow.”

You Mean it Builds Buzz AND Kills Plaque?

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Check out the Aquafresh interactive mobile, complete with virtual tooth-brushing games and free teeth cleaning duds.

K-Swiss Drops the Ball on Roland Garros, Paris

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“Dude … I think that ad just totaled your car.”

Image Fulgurator Could Slip Ad Messages or Mascots into Picturesque Statues, Portraits, Landscapes

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I knew this webmaster who was out in the forest one night with her digicam, taking shots of the landscape, when suddenly she realized there was something in the picture that didn’t appear to be there in real life.

Because Why Inhabit Dish When You Can Live in Jolt Central?

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Remember when Half.com and the DISH network got two towns to rename themselves after their brands?

Hallelujah, It’s Raining American IOUs!

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To promote its clothing line, fledgling brand NEWYORKESE poured American dollars* onto attendees of Pitti Immagine Uomo, a major fashion event.

Theatre Ticket Site Brings Broadway to You!

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Did you ever watch the musical episode of Buffy? The one where people randomly leap into choreographed song-and-dance, betraying all their innermost thoughts and secrets, before bursting into flames?

Newsflash! Flash Mobs Return!

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What? Wait? Flash mobs? That’s so…four years ago.

Ashanti Copies Dexter With News Story Murder Ploy

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Showtime did to promote Dexter. Now Universal Motown is doing it to promote Ashanti’s new CD.