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Partners & Spade Helps Brands While Creating Its Own Creative studio for fashion and film

Specs Who Co-founders and co-creative directors Anthony Sperduti (l.) and Andy Spade What Creative studio Where New York offices When Andy Spade teamed up with Anthony Sperduti, a former colleague at Kirshenbaum Bond &…

May 16, 2013, 6:41 AM EDT

Ad of the Day: Volkswagen A man whose luck runs out makes his own in Deutsch's latest Passat spot

Not being a big Emerson Lake & Palmer fan, I had to look up the lyrics of "Lucky Man" to gauge how the song's original meaning compares to that put…

May 15, 2013, 2:18 PM EDT

Nearly Half of Second-Gen Hispanics Feel Like Ads Don't Target Them Ethnicity influences brand decisions

By now, it’s obvious that targeting Hispanics in the U.S. means more than just translating an ad into Spanish and casting ethnic stereotypes as spokespeople. For one thing, the first…

May 15, 2013, 6:22 AM EDT

Ad of the Day: Old Spice Terry Crews is back, and multiplying, in W+K's work for the brand's new shave gel

He's the man your man could shave like. Terry Crews, the most notable Old Spice guy these days—last seen in the amusing Muscle Music interactive campaign last fall—is back in a…

May 14, 2013, 1:25 PM EDT

The Ad Smackdown: Facebook Vs. Google Which brand turns people off?

Can Facebook make a commercial for itself without turning people off? While not every response so far has been a thumbs down, the social site’s messaging certainly appears primed to draw…

May 13, 2013, 10:34 PM EDT

How BBH Perfected the Twist Ending for the Year's Best Beverage Ad Careful clues for Robinsons

IDEA: Twist endings aren't always the best idea for commercials. Ads need staying power, and relying too much on a surprise can ruin them after the first viewing. BBH London…

May 13, 2013, 10:25 PM EDT

Adweek Project Isaac Celebrates the Coolest, Smartest, Most Inventive Ideas Winners in Marketing and Advertising, Media, Digital and Best Practices

As technology roils and transforms media and marketing, innovation, while essential, has become basic table stakes. Iterative tactical thinking is evolutionary, as technology forces a revolution. To stay truly relevant…

May 12, 2013, 11:22 PM EDT

Traction Puts User Experience at the Core Includes work for Adobe, Walmart, Bank of America

Specs Who (l. to r.) Paul Giese, technology director; Adam Kleinberg, CEO; Theo Fanning, executive creative director What Interactive and advertising agency Where San Francisco offices When Adobe wanted to reach college kids about…

May 9, 2013, 6:57 AM EDT

Ad of the Day: Volkswagen Not everyone loves the automaker's fuel-saving Start/Stop technology

When done right, wryly positioning a product benefit as a potential liability can be a great formula for comedy. So it is with this new U.K. Volkswagen spot, which promotes…

May 8, 2013, 11:54 AM EDT

YouTube's 10 Most-Watched Ads in April A pair of megahits led the way in a staggering month for online video

It's shaping up to be an astonishing spring for ads on YouTube. In March, Pepsi MAX's Jeff Gordon spot screeched its way to 33 million views, or about 13 million more…

May 8, 2013, 7:14 AM EDT

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