Creating a great ad campaign isn't brain surgery. Or is it? Surely it's a complex, demanding operation, and many well-intentioned efforts flatline. Barton F. Graf 9000's recent work for Kayak.com,…
The transformation of bus stops into advertising laboratories continues this week in London, where an Oxford Street shelter will be fitted with facial-recognition technology that allows women to view a…
Love hurts. Sometimes it stinks. Lots of folks have been holding their noses this week, thanks to a relationship-themed spot from PETA that seems to make light of violent sexual…
An Argentinian startup has launched The Social Radio for Twitter, a free Android app that, according to the company, reads tweets to you—in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, German and…
These low-budget "Truth in Beervertising" spots from Denver's Breckenridge Brewery via Cultivator Advertising & Design do a so-so job of spoofing well-known commercials from a pair of industry giants. Corona…
For Valentine's Day, College Humor aims its arrows at hearts all aquiver, reworking famous public-service campaigns as cautionary warnings about relationships. A goofily grinning guy serves his sweetie an eggy…
In Hill Holliday's new Safeco Insurance spots, an uber-complain-y mom—introduced in a popular ad a while back—bitches about her grownup kids' affinity for stuff like motorcycles, RVs and ultra-modern homes.…
Employing what sounds like a far-fetched idea, Bakers dog food, a Purina brand in Britain, has embellished one of its commercials (in which pooches hijack a delivery truck filled with…
It's fitting that Chipotle's stirring two-minute "Back to the Start" film—released last summer on the Internet and in theaters, supporting sustainable farming practices—will make its national TV debut during this…
Ushering in the new year at the Smoking Deaths billboard above Santa Monica Boulevard in West L.A. has become a somewhat morbid yet surprisingly meaningful tradition. Each year, just before…
