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Inside Oreo's Adorable Triple Play for Father's Day Live action and animation bring original song to life

IDEA: Oreo is the ultimate bite-size content—in your hand and in its marketing. Following Draftfcb's "Daily Twist" and Wieden + Kennedy's "Cookie vs. Creme," the Mondelez brand has joyfully segued…

June 10, 2013, 10:49 PM EDT

Mike's Hard Lemonade Gets Poetic in Quirky Rhyming Ads From Grey Martin Landau, Coolio lend a hand

IDEA: Alcohol ads aren't usually very poetic, but Grey's new work for Mike's Hard Lemonade is literally so—if heavy on the doggerel. The alcopop is evolving its positioning from an…

June 3, 2013, 9:55 PM EDT

Tempur-Pedic Turns That Crazy, Vicious Animal Back Into Your Mom Again Carmichael Lynch sleeps easy with 'Bear'

IDEA: Mattress ads usually promise you the best eight hours of sleep you've ever had. Tempur-Pedic's new campaign looks at the other 16 hours. "You've got sheep trying to put…

May 27, 2013, 9:57 PM EDT

PETA's Incredibly Lifelike CGI Ape Begs You Never to Use Real Ones in Ads Again BBDO, The Mill, Adrien Brody deliver stunning spot

IDEA: PETA's new ad manages an uncanny trick. It frames a harrowing problem, and at the same time literally embodies the solution. The problem is the use of chimpanzees and other…

May 20, 2013, 7:02 AM EDT

How BBH Perfected the Twist Ending for the Year's Best Beverage Ad Careful clues for Robinsons

IDEA: Twist endings aren't always the best idea for commercials. Ads need staying power, and relying too much on a surprise can ruin them after the first viewing. BBH London…

May 13, 2013, 10:25 PM EDT

A Philips Sonicare Ad That Was 5,000 Years in the Making Still using that old toothbrush, caveman?

IDEA: You're an intelligent, civilized human who enjoys all the efficiencies of modern life. So why do you use knuckledragging technology to clean your teeth? That's Philips Sonicare's question to…

May 6, 2013, 10:18 PM EDT

Vodafone Goes Time Traveling in Its Raw Tribute to Everlasting Love Grey tracks a couple through the years

IDEA: "Good things should last forever." The core idea dramatized in Grey London's new Vodafone ad couldn't be simpler. The spot has a relatively mundane offer to make—unlimited talk and…

April 29, 2013, 10:08 PM EDT

Is This the Most Horrifying Film-Festival Ad Ever? RPA and Tool's gruesome seven minutes for Newport Beach

IDEA: "It's only a movie." That was Alfred Hitchcock's line to actors who took themselves too seriously. But it's also literally true for viewers. What feels like a lived experience…

April 22, 2013, 9:21 PM EDT

How AT&T Got Kids to Make Some of the Year's Best Ads BBDO spins comic gold from their crazy brains

IDEA: Bigger. Faster. More. You know you have strong product benefits when they can be boiled down to simple value propositions even kids can appreciate. Children, and simplicity, are at…

April 15, 2013, 10:11 PM EDT

How Subaru Fell in Love and Never Looked Back The automaker rides the relentless optimism of its Carmichael Lynch ads to record sales

IDEA: Subaru owners knew it almost before the company did. It was always about love. "If you ask a Subaru owner what they think of their car, more times than…

April 8, 2013, 10:08 PM EDT

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