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Ad of the Day: Ikea Welcomes You to the Dollhouse
The premise of Ikea's "One Room Paradise" music video seems straightforward: As a little girl plays with her dollhouse (doll apartment complex, to be precise), the dolls come to life and give us a...
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David Fincher Directs Rooney Mara in Calvin Klein Fragrance Ad
David Fincher's Calvin Klein commercial starring Rooney Mara exists in a dreary, dreamless dimension beyond banality and cliché. It occupies a zone so soullessly stylized that "style" loses all...
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Grey's Michael Houston Takes Air Guitar to New Level
Since joining Grey New York in 2007 as director of marketing, Michael Houston has been on a fast track, landing his latest promotion—to North American CEO. The 41-year-old has been a key player in a...
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Kung-Fu Farmer Beats Pesticides With More Cowbell in Trippy Spot for...
In this strange ad by Made Movement for Stonyfield, a woman with an Oompa-Loopa-ish complexion and a deeply annoying voice asks her lunchroom friend if she ever wonders about pesticides. Stonyfield...
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TaylorMade Golf Taps Eleven Inc.
Eleven Inc. is the new global creative agency for TaylorMade Golf Co. after a review that included 12 agencies, including incumbent NYCA in Solana Beach, Calif. TaylorMade, the No. 1 seller of golf...
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Heineken Dares JFK Travelers to Ditch Their Plans, Press a Button and Board a...
Here's an airport stunt from Heineken that truly embodies the brand's adventurous spirit. Twice this week, Wieden + Kennedy in New York set up a board at JFK's Terminal 8 and dared travelers to play...
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Spotify Thanks Customer With Custom Playlist Featuring a Secret Message
Here's a customer-service story that will be music to your ears. Someone on the Spotify team created a custom playlist yesterday thanking user Jelena Woehr for some positive feedback she gave the...
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'We Spoke to Each Other and Said "This Has to Be Conquered"'
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'I've Had the Cannes Experience, as a Suit It's Not Something You Get the...
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'I've Never Been In Front of a Bigger, Louder Audience'
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Waxing Salon Invites You to Rip Wax Strips Off a Human Tear-Off Flier
The fur flew, painfully, in Lowe Roche's recent street promo for Toronto's Fuzz Wax Bar. A guy almost completely covered in wax strips walked around town and invited people to tear them from his skin....
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Incredible Tiny Device Finds Your Keys, Busts Car Thieves and Saves the Universe
It's no NeverWet, but as new products go, Tile has a wow factor that's helped it attract plenty of funding, if somewhat mixed reactions to its core concept. "It has never been easier to find your keys"...
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Spirit Airlines Begins Advertising Search
Spirit Airlines is contacting agencies about its creative and media business, according to sources. The carrier, which spends most of its marketing dollars online, has a budget of more than $5...
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Architect Sweats, and for Good Reason, in Old Spice's Latest Bar-Soap Ad Parody
Old Spice had a couple of hits back in April with its "Shower" and "Watermelon" ads for its Fiji Bar Soap. Now, the brand's Swagger Bar Soap gets some play in this amusing spot from Wieden + Kennedy...
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Martin Agency Finds New Business Chief at BBH
The Martin Agency has filled its top business development role with an executive from Bartle Bogle Hegarty. Julie Levin, head of business development at BBH in New York, becomes chief growth officer...
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The New York Times Names New Ad Chief
Back in March, The New York Times Co. announced a new structure, recognizing a need to speed up its operations and boost its digital operations amid a slump for print newspapers. The company created...
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Men's Wearhouse Ads: Do You Like the Way They Look Without George Zimmer?
George Zimmer, who founded Men's Wearhouse in 1973 and served as its CEO and ad spokesman until two years ago, was fired in June by the company's board of directors from his new role as executive...
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Ad of the Day: OnStar Keeps You Cosmically Connected
Ads about technology can leave you cold, particularly when they try to explain what the technology does. Often, humanity gets lost in the equation, and you end up feeling disconnected from the...
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Ads for Pittsburgh's Warhol Museum Wish You a Very Uncomfortable Summer
Up for a hot-dog bun full of worms? A pair of firecracker Speedos? How about a skewer through the nipple? You can get them all at Pittsburgh's Warhol Museum—in its summer 2013 ad campaign from MARC...
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