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The Spot: Angels of Death The story behind McCann Australia's adorably grim viral megahit about train safety

IDEA: Safety PSAs are gloomy and tedious and largely ignored by young people hardwired to resist them—except when they're irresistibly fun and impossible not to share with friends. McCann Australia…

December 4, 2012, 7:09 AM EST

Ad of the Day: McDonald's DDB commiserates with those who'll have to stay up late to watch the London Olympics

The time difference with London will be exhausting and exasperating for people in some parts of the world as they try to watch the Olympic Games this summer. But instead…

July 11, 2012, 11:20 AM EDT

Ad of the Day: Volkswagen DDB Sydney delivers another quirky winner with its great-outdoors spot for the Tiguan crossover

There are two types of people in this world: those who like to "rough it," and those who don't. Well, who says you can't do both? DDB Sydney's new Volkswagen Tiguan…

October 31, 2011, 8:01 AM EDT

Ad of the Day: Johnnie Walker Leo Burnett Sydney mixes up the most shameless Old Spice ripoff yet

Johnnie Walker and Leo Burnett Sydney would like to present: the man your man could steal like. Plenty of advertisers—mostly notably, Dairy Queen—have shamelessly co-opted the style of Wieden + Kennedy's…

October 26, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT

Ad of the Day: Toyota A man and his truck—and their epic tale of love, loss, and redemption

There's nothing manly men love more than enormous, stuff-hauling pickup trucks, if advertisements are any indication. In its latest spot for Toyota, Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney pokes a bit of…

September 23, 2011, 2:26 PM EDT

The Spot: Fighting in Technicolor An ancient Hindu tradition inspires a music festival's multicolored modern promo

GENESIS: Summadayze, an Australian music festival, chose "Colourfornia" as its theme for 2012 and needed a colorful promo to match. The Drop Studio in Melbourne pitched the idea of having…

August 23, 2011, 6:41 AM EDT

Ad of the Day: Ikea Bloodthirsty hordes make war on boring interiors in Australian 'Braveheart' parody

They may take your life, but they'll never take your Framstå. Sydney ad agency The Monkeys—known as Three Drunk Monkeys before a sobering name change this month—has launched this epic, Braveheart-esque…

August 12, 2011, 11:23 AM EDT

Ad of the Day: Bundaberg Tom Kuntz gives an Australian white rum a lunatic singing spokesman

Australia's Bundaberg Rum had a nice little campaign last year featuring the brand's posh yet insane late-1800s founders, an exploding crocodile, and a sarcastic apology to animal-rights activists. That work…

July 29, 2011, 11:54 AM EDT

Ad of the Day: Sydney Opera House Artists come together to craft a love song to one of the world's great buildings

Opera houses aren't known for their promos. But of course, the Sydney Opera House is different—one of the world's most glorious and beloved buildings, it now has a transcendental piece…

July 27, 2011, 3:46 PM EDT

Ad of the Day: Volkswagen If you wake up every morning in your Touareg, you have a problem

The guy in this new Volkswagen Touareg ad from DDB Sydney has it all—a roomy house on a tree-lined street, a beautiful family, daily newspaper delivery, and, of course, a…

July 12, 2011, 12:43 PM EDT

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