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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

The Spot: Thick as Thieves CP+B evolves its Kraft Mac & Cheese campaign with the pilfering parents and the knowing kids

IDEA: After running the same Macaroni & Cheese ad campaign for a decade, Kraft shook things up in 2010, shifting the target from children to parents. "We needed to give…

May 15 2012

The Spot: High on the Hogs 'The Guardian' huffed and puffed and made one of the year's best ads. Did it sell papers?

IDEA: Newspapers aren't known for their compelling self-promotion. Yet in the grip of their existential crisis, that's what they need—a riveting argument for their own value, evolution and place in…

May 08 2012

The Spot: Brown-Bottle Blues A college grad breaks out of his beer rut in Goodby's rhythmic, musical debut for Corona Light

IDEA: Guys who've just left college can fall into a rut when they start working. "You were in this unstructured environment, and now you have this job," said Nick Spahr,…

May 01 2012

The Spot: Beauty and the Beast DDB's PSA about facial disfigurement exposes the ugly face of prejudice

IDEA: DDB in London has worked for years with Changing Faces, a U.K. charity that assists people with disfigurements. Recently, the agency noted a disturbing phenomenon: In films, people with…

April 24 2012

The Spot: Pain Beyond Words Children hint at abuse, in their own inimitable language, in this powerful PSA for Britain's NSPCC

IDEA: Britain's National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children had a pressing issue: People were waiting months, even years, to report suspected child abuse. This is partly because…

April 17 2012

The Spot: Crosstown Rivals New Era's trash-talk ads move to Chicago, as Nick Offerman and Craig Robinson square off for the Cubs and White Sox

IDEA: Sports-cap company New Era had a big hit last year with Alec Baldwin and John Krasinski trash-talking about the Yankees and Red Sox. For an encore, agency The Brooklyn…

April 10 2012

The Spot: Heaven on Earth BBDO puts the allure of chocolate in an everyday setting with its stop-motion gem for Dove

IDEA: Dove chocolate had a few goals for its new ad campaign—introduce bigger chocolate bars, give the brand a fresh look, and spur more everyday purchases by customers. For its…

April 03 2012

The Spot: Sony's Inner Child How McCann's new global Xperia ad, directed by Wes Anderson, sprang from the mind of an 8-year-old

IDEA: To relaunch Sony Ericsson globally as Sony Mobile, McCann Worldgroup chose the theme "Made of Imagination." The point was to emphasize that Sony Xperia phones are designed imaginatively and…

March 28 2012

The Spot: Fish Out of Water A sustainable sushi restaurant crafts a sweeping meditation in miniature on the tragedy of today's fishing practices

IDEA: After hearing Kristofor Lofgren speak on a panel about sustainability, Joe Sabia wanted to help him tell his story. Lofgren, 26, is the founder of Bamboo Sushi in Portland,…

March 20 2012

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