Advertising & Branding
:Automotive
Ric Van Sickle’s an ad man who bleeds gasoline. This weekend, he and a handful of his employees at Chicago agency Plan B will put their pedal to the metal in…
With underemployed millennials buying a lot fewer cars today than kids in the '80s did, auto blog Jalopnik came up with a bold solution: Sell them vans. The reasoning is…
We've written before about print ads that don't just sit there looking pretty. Here's the latest one: a Lexus ad in the Oct. 15 Sports Illustrated that suddenly becomes animated—the…
It looks like one of the great spokescharacters of recent years has met an ignominious end. Sony is suing Jerry Lambert, the great commercial actor who has played Kevin Butler,…
While augmented reality (AR) adoption in America has dawdled compared to markets like Brazil and Germany, Budweiser’s test last month targeting Nascar fans suggests the U.S. is catching up. The brand…
Ad agency Fitzroy Amsterdam gets a kick out of making the most provocative Hyundai ads it can. Its latest offering is the bizarre spot below for the Santa Fe, featuring…
Toyota believes heavy metal enthusiasts get a raw deal when it comes to being stereotyped as young, uneducated and prone to violence. In fact, the Japanese carmaker sees the heavily tattooed,…
Professional freestyle skaters Kilian Martin and Alfredo Urbon share a board for this visually engaging Smart car ad, from agencies AMV BBDO and Weapon7 and director Ben Newman of Pulse…
You know what's really freaking cute? Laughing babies. You know what's also cute? Laughing old people. You know what's not quite as cute, but still pretty heartwarming? Laughing anyone. And…
