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VW Advertises on Knockoff YouTube Videos to Tout Original Auto Parts Banners on 'homage' clips click through to real thing

To promote Volkswagen's original auto parts, Brazilian ad agency AlmapBBDO slapped banners on popular homemade YouTube clips—mostly spoofs, parodies and wacky foreign interpretations of songs—directing viewers to the original songs…

May 25 2012

Getty Images Uses 873 Pictures to Tell One Amazing Story AlmapBBDO's moving montage

Brazilian ad agency AlmapBBDO uses 873 stills, all from the archive of Getty Images, to tell the story of a life in this 60-second film. The pictures—of different people and…

May 24 2012

AT&T Serenades Hundreds of Fans in Real Time on Facebook Brand reaches 2 million mark and feels like singing

The new thing on Facebook is brands singing to their Facebook fans. Last month, Kraft Macaroni & Cheese personally thanked 4,632 fans who had "liked" a status update with a…

May 23 2012

Guinness QR Cup Reveals Scannable Code When Full Another reason to choose the black stuff

QR codes have been exhibiting an uncharacteristic characteristic lately—they've been not sucking as much. We had the Korean retailer's 3-D sunlight-activated QR code, which was scannable only at lunch, when…

May 17 2012

Hewlett-Packard Confirms Agency Selection Taps roster shop after looking outside

For once, familiarity bred contentment. Hewlett-Packard, after considering a bevy of non-roster shops to handle global advertising for its personal computers, has selected BBDO, a roster shop that already creates ads…

May 14 2012

See Your Favorite Advertising People Get Blown Away in Super Slow Motion Wind portraits promote GE's holographic project

For Creative Week, GE and BBDO New York created a nifty holographic installation called "Throttle Up" that invites visitors to build a jet engine piece by piece. To promote it,…

May 09 2012

BETC Euro RSCG Wins Agency of Year at ADC Awards BBDO takes Network of the Year

BETC Euro RSCG led the pack at the 91st annual Art Directors Club awards Tuesday night, winning the organization's Agency of the Year honor after collecting the most cumulative trophies…

May 08 2012

Athlete Outruns the Wreckage of Injury in Canadian Paralympic Spot Stunning ad from BBDO Toronto

This BBDO Toronto spot for the Canadian Paralympic Committee takes the gold for inspired visual storytelling. Amputee runner Alister McQueen races around a track at night, initially dodging stray wheelchairs,…

May 08 2012

Ad of the Day: Orbitz The travel site's new anthem urges you to actually take those vacation days already

Don't worry gents: Orbitz thinks you look great in that skirt. Along with its website redesign, the online travel agency is out with a new campaign encouraging all Americans to "Take…

May 08 2012

Smart Car Is So Responsive, You Can Play Pong With It Great gaming stunt from BBDO

Here's a brilliant little outdoor stunt by BBDO Germany for Smart Car. To emphasize that the vehicle is both responsive and fun—the latter not being a quality that's really associated…

April 20 2012

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