Durex Knows About Your Balloon Animal Thing.

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We all hit an age where our innocence is lost and we should be kept away from balloon animals at all costs.

Slendertone Will Make You Blow.

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Check out “First Time,” the first-ever online video attempt by a company called Slendertone.

Human Rights Ain’t Much without Human Intervention

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Here’s an Amnesty International ad that depicts footage of ordinary people sticking their noses where they don’t belong — and stopping injustice, sometimes even death, as a result.

Doritos Narrows ‘Crash the Super Bowl’ Finalists Down to 5.

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Having long ago concluded it never has to finance another agency-produced ad EVER AGAIN, Doritos announced the five finalists of this year’s “Crash the Super Bowl” contest.

For Every Woman with a Walk-In Closet, a Man Out There Needs a Big-Ass Fridge

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You might have seen a walk-in fridge on TV or in movies. Typically they’re used for storing dead bodies or hiding from a giant blob monster until you suffocate and/or freeze to death.

‘High-Profile Client’ Puts Brand in the Hands of WTF.

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This morning we got a press release announcing the launch of a riotously ironic! ad agency called WTF & Associates, spearheaded by president/CEO John Bristol.

Niche: Toys for Grown-Ups.

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No, not three-prong vibrators and gag balls. Actual toys.

Become a Mastermind in Advertising.

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Ontario College of Art & Design puts Masterminds on the pedestal in this complex formula composed of the Executive Masters of Design in Advertising.

Microsofts Terrible Songsmith Debacle

This is supposed to be bad, right? Dear heavens. Sweet Jesus. We’ll steal one readers quote and wrap this hot mess up with, “It makes me hope for a nuclear holocaust.”

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‘You Got Him in the Jugular!’

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@tim_nolan introduced us to The Fist of Oblivion, a bizarre web series directed by Roman Coppola for Scion Broadband.

Everyone Has a Song Inside. But Few Should Give Birth to It.

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Microsoft channels Dr. Horrible with this scary new ad for Songsmith.

McCain’s Country First Fails to Ignite Evangelical Spark

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John McCain hopes to reignite its base of supporters — and the Republican party — using the same social media tools that betrayed their obsolescence.

Scion ‘Samples’ Puts Individuality Back in Play

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In ’07, Scion seduced us with dark wit and gothic charm.

Thumbnails Reduce Checkout Anxiety, Gatorade’s Mysterious G Spots

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If you can make sense of this Digitas video “created to showcase the [Indian] office team” during the company’s Global Team Meeting in June, you’re smarter than we are.

New England Aquarium Invites You to See Turtles … EVERYWHERE.

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The New England Aquarium’s “See Turtles” campaign is an appealing exception to the no-pun rule.

Not to Be Rude, But This Cupcake Tastes Suspiciously Like a Wi-Fi Hotspot

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After setting up its first-ever 4G wireless broadband network in Portland, Clearwire tapped Secret Weapon Marketing to promote its merits: better internet speeds, broader coverage.

Buy Better Bulbs; WWF Will Do the Heavy Lifting.

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The industrial pollutants in the World Wildlife Federation’s “Light Bulb” ad are only tired toys.

Buy Better Bulbs; WWF Will Do the Heavy Lifting

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The industrial pollutants in the World Wildlife Federation’s “Light Bulb” ad are only tired toys.

Make Love, or Don’t.

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Sunil Shibad, the brains behind this whole debacle, just linked us to his new year greeting card.

Because Who’s NOT Trying to Get into a Disco Queen’s Pants?

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For its Grease-tacular Disco Pant, American Apparel slays another guileless chick on its altar of unrepentantly exploitative ad banners. Meet Shermine, who loves! disco!