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Topic: Ddb

The Spot: Flirting With Disaster Playboy wonders what would happen, or not, between a man and a woman stuck in an elevator

IDEA: Playboy is introducing a line of men's toiletries worldwide—shower gels, body sprays and fragrances—and kicking off the advertising with a stylish and sexy (some might say sexist) 60-second launch…

May 23 2012

Ogilvy Names Head of Content Strategy Jonathan Sackett to fill new position

Jonathan Sackett is taking his digital chops to Ogilvy & Mather. After 14 months as chief digital officer at DDB in Chicago, Sackett is assuming a North American role at Ogilvy:…

May 16 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

Ad of the Day: Volkswagen In auto-safety advertising, nothing beats a good father-daughter team

We featured Volkswagen work from Deutsch Los Angeles in this space as recently as last Wednesday, but this new VW spot from DDB London has pushed its way to the…

May 14 2012

Volkswagen's Winter Offer Lasts Until Hibernating Bear Wakes Up Another natural wonder by DDB Stockholm

DDB Stockholm always comes up with fun ways to promote winter offers from Volkswagen. Last year, it advertised the Passat 4Motion with a billboard placed directly on a lake of…

May 14 2012

Ad of the Day: Kingsford Charcoal Grill a nice meal, and avoid having an all-around wretched Mother's Day

It's not really grilling season yet. But Kingsford Charcoal wants to push the traditional beginning of summer up a few weeks—to Mother's Day. The spot below, from DDB San Francisco, paints…

May 11 2012

DDB Inverts Apple's 'Crazy Ones' Copy in Tribute to Ordinary People Not everyone can be a genius

We can't all be Gandhi or Picasso or Bob Dylan—or Steve Jobs, for that matter. That's the message delivered in this cheeky print ad (full image after the jump) from…

May 09 2012

Volkswagen's Tiny Car Comes With Glove-Box Book About Tiny Roads Explore 'The Narrow Roads of Britain,' if you dare

Auto dealers long ago mastered the art of putting the squeeze on consumers, but DDB London cleverly tightens the vise in a campaign introducing Volkswagen's Up! small car to the…

May 03 2012

Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head Still Frisky After 60 Years Parts suggestively scattered in anniversary ad

When I was a kid, I thought Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head were brother and sister. I'm hip to their marriage now, though, and it's a good thing too, because…

May 01 2012

Radio Ad Uses Stereo Tracks to Reveal Two Sides of Genghis Khan Barbarian or innovator? Depends on your balance settings

Here's a pretty interesting radio spot from DDB Chicago for the Field Museum's Genghis Khan exhibit. To illustrate the two very different sides of the Mongol leader, the agency used…

April 26 2012

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