PR Giant Edelman Apologizes for Calling Robin Williams’ Death an ‘Opportunity’
Brand Marketing
Edelman is usually tapped with helping brands avoid or disentangle themselves from public backlash, but the global PR firm instead found itself in the hot seat this week.
Suicide: yeah, still not the best topic for ads
Creativity
The line between provocative and tasteless is always thin, but it's safe to say the topic of suicide turns a lot of people off. Yet advertisers continue to return to [...]
Suicidal feeling might be something you ate
Creativity
Scotland has unveiled a new anti-suicide campaign. It centers on the TV spot below, by ad agency Frame, in which a man trudges through his bleak Scottish life in silent [...]
That’s an odd scarf you’re making, Grandma
Creativity
"Over 50% of all suicides are committed by senior citizens" says this ad by Shimoni Finkelstein Draftfcb for Israeli charity organization Adam LeAdam. The visual almost overwhelms. Still, it's impossible [...]
Suicide: still not the best advertising theme
Creativity
Oh goody, another suicide ad. What is it about cars that leads people to the suicide theme? You'll recall that Volkswagen disowned a rogue suicide-bomber spec commercial four years ago. [...]
Keep depressed food alive so you can eat it
Creativity
Hinting at suicide in ads is always risky, even when the potential building-jumper is an animated head of depressed cabbage, as in the Draftfcb spot above for RescueFood.org (an initiative [...]