Parents Will Love This Sweet, Heartbreaking Ikea Ad With a Kid Picking Out Furniture
Creativity
The first trip a person makes to Ikea is often with his or her parents. Buzzman Paris brings that bittersweet visit to life in "My Son," an ad that opens [...]
Burger King Had a Pretty Good Comeback to That Big, Insulting McDonald’s Billboard
Creativity
Last week, we wrote about that obnoxious and ludicrous (and OK, pretty entertaining) McDonald's billboard in France that displayed absurdly lengthy driving directions to the nearest Burger King drive-thru. The [...]
In France, Burger King Lines Are So Long That the Chain Has People to Wait in Line for You
Creativity
At Burger King in La Defense, the Paris business district, in-the-know users can get a "personal queuer" to wait in long lines for a Whopper.
How Ikea Used This Ad Full of Naked People to Sell Tables
Creativity
Some 79% of important decisions are made around a table. With that small and seemingly innocuous factoid in hand, ad agency Buzzman illustrates how choices made around an Ikea table [...]
Ad of the Day: A Heroic Dweeb Doesn’t Quite Get the Girl in This Funny French Breakfast Ad
Brand Marketing
If you like a good twist ending, check out this French action-comedy spot for Mondelez's Tassimo coffee and Belvita breakfast cookies. It plays on classic (hackneyed) tropes—a nerdy guy makes [...]
John Malkovich Makes a Pretty Damn Good Vampire in This Fun French Ad
Creativity
John Malkovich plays a vampire in this amusing, cinematic spot from Buzzman promoting French streaming video service Canal Play. His character is also a bank manager. The fangs work either [...]