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Puma's Dance Dictionary Will Leave You at a Loss for Words Out of step with the brand?

The Puma Dance Dictionary, created by Grey London to push the brand's new Sync fragrances (yes, Puma makes fragrances), allows users to select words and phrases which are then translated…

May 22, 2013, 9:37 AM EDT

Samsung Presents Advertising's Most Idiotically Primitive Husband Ever But can he change?

This new ad for Samsung televisions is precipitating foul rumblings across the cyberverse for depicting men as gassy, unkempt, couch-bound louts. Sounds like truth in advertising to me. Especially the…

May 22, 2013, 9:14 AM EDT

Introducing Beardvertising: Tiny Billboards That Clip on to Your Beard This could work, right?

I'm not sure which is more disturbing—the hirsute images that adorn the Beardvertising site from Kentucky ad agency Cornett-IMS, or creative Whit Hiler's use of the work "mancessory" to describe…

May 21, 2013, 9:44 AM EDT

Oily Bohunk Josh Button Makes Landfall in Ad for Diet Dr Pepper Yet another one-of-a-kind

Damn you, hot hunks of advertising! Damn you to hot, hunky hell! Your Grecian glutes mock me as I polish off another nacho platter, and your six-pack abs shame me…

May 20, 2013, 12:10 PM EDT

Microsoft Hammers Google in Leaked Parody of a Chrome Ad 'Chrome has you commercialized'

Microsoft takes a break from perfecting its blue screen of death to ape Google's ad style—abundant white space, bouncing Chrome ball, Beethoven's Fifth on the soundtrack—in this anti-Google video that…

May 17, 2013, 9:19 AM EDT

Ad of the Day: Getty Images AlmapBBDO weaves 105 video clips into one beautiful story in this sequel to its beloved photo montage

Creating evocative narratives using the vast archives of Getty Images is becoming AlmapBBDO's stock in trade. Getty's stock video footage provides the raw material for the Brazilian agency's new "85 Seconds"…

May 16, 2013, 11:15 AM EDT

Hyundai Remixes Bob Marley's 'Three Little Birds' for New Ad But every little thing isn't quite all right

Hyundai is getting a lot of coverage for putting Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds" in an ad for its Assurance Connected Care in-car customer-service program, largely because the late reggae…

May 15, 2013, 9:26 AM EDT

JCPenney Says Thanks for Coming Back, but Isn't It a Little Soon for a Victory Dance? What a difference two weeks makes

Is JCPenney stocking up on slacks with extra room in the crotch? I'm inclined to think so, judging from its ballsy move of releasing a feel-good commercial from Young &…

May 14, 2013, 10:28 AM EDT

Can You Hear the Tone Hidden in This 'Vision Test'? Ad tricks viewers into seeing need for hearing test

Don't believe everything you see and hear in Draftfcb Toronto's deceptively clever TV and interactive poster campaign for Union Hearing Aid Centre. Known for its tricky advertising, the client's new…

May 10, 2013, 8:02 AM EDT

Chalk Billboard, Redrawn Twice Daily, Highlights Freshness at McDonald's DDB Warsaw partners with graffiti artist for hand-crafted ads

If the crowds seem larger than usual at a certain McDonald's in Warsaw, Poland, chalk it up to the menu. We're talking about a billboard-sized menu, hand-drawn in multicolored chalk…

May 10, 2013, 7:41 AM EDT

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