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The Spot: Bond's Favorite Beer 007 trades his martini for a cold one in W+K's new Heineken ad

IDEA: James Bond doesn't always drink beer. But when he does, he prefers … well, Heineken. With apologies to Dos Equis, 007 is the original "most interesting man in the…

September 25, 2012, 6:10 AM EDT

The Spot: Frequent Fliers Southwest Airlines knocks people around to illustrate the perils of business travel

IDEA: You are now free to move about the obstacle course—but be ready to get punched and pushed into a sea of grubby water or a pit of scorching foam.…

September 18, 2012, 3:27 AM EDT

The Spot: Shapeshifter in Love Intel and Toshiba build an interactive social film around a man who wakes up as someone new every day

IDEA: A man wakes up as a different person every morning—and one day, against his better judgment, he falls in love. It's an intriguing premise—not quite right for Hollywood, perhaps,…

September 11, 2012, 7:29 AM EDT

The Spot: The Bottle Boy Andes beer uses over-the-top melodrama to pitch basic innovation

IDEA: What's the point of a wide-mouth bottle? It makes beer easier to drink. But that's … kind of boring. Couldn't someone think of a more exciting purpose for it,…

September 4, 2012, 6:29 AM EDT

The Spot: Sitting Pretty A British ad agency crafts an elegant and touching commercial … for furniture

IDEA: British furniture maker DFS has traditionally used its massive ad budget—some $130 million a year—mostly to annoy people. Its obnoxious, price-led, hard-sell messaging bludgeoned viewers into submission. "They had…

August 21, 2012, 6:19 AM EDT

The Spot: Saving Breakfast Leo Burnett sends a superhero on a mission for Kellogg's Crunchy Nut cereal

IDEA: Bored by breakfast? The Crunchy Nut is here to save you. Dreamed up by Leo Burnett for Kellogg's Crunchy Nut cereal, the zealous masked faux superhero—outfitted in skin-tight yellow…

August 7, 2012, 9:29 AM EDT

The Spot: The Girl Who Got Away Axe gets stylish, with help from Kiefer Sutherland, in BBH's 'Susan Glenn' ad

IDEA: For its new Axe spot, BBH in New York wanted to dramatize the idea of the girl who got away—and warn its young customers not to let it happen…

July 24, 2012, 12:03 AM EDT

The Spot: AT&T's Techno Thriller BBDO weaves the client's products into a multi-part series spun off from Fox's 'Touch'

IDEA: AT&T had an idea two years ago to create some kind of long-form content that would embody, not just relate, its commitment to innovation and highlight plenty of AT&T…

July 10, 2012, 12:02 AM EDT

The Spot: Justin Bieber's Girl Power BBH launches his new fragrance with a network spot stitched together from fan videos

IDEA: To launch Justin Bieber's second fragrance for girls, called Girlfriend, his manager's marketing company could have spent millions on a traditional media rollout. "But why?" said Brad Haugen, CMO…

June 26, 2012, 8:17 AM EDT

The Spot: Chewing Is Believing A guy finds the confidence to be cool with his ex in W+K's first Stride ad

IDEA: For years under JWT, Stride was "the ridiculously long-lasting gum." Wieden + Kennedy in London, which took over U.S. ad duties in December, felt that positioning had lasted a…

June 19, 2012, 12:04 AM EDT

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