View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | What The?? FiberOne Opens Eyes, Stomachs, Senses of Humor to ‘The Truth About Diets’ By Jordan Teicher on Oct. 31, 2013 - 2:25 PM You know that feeling you get when watching something that is supposed to be funny: now there’s pressure on the creators to make you laugh, and since you’re aware of it, you’re harder to impress. FiberOne’s ...
View Post Ad Biz | Campaigns | People | Social Media #StealBanksyNY Site Promotes Theft, Artistic Freedom, Awkward Hashtags By Jordan Teicher on Oct. 30, 2013 - 12:26 PM Stealbanksyny.com does not exactly have a ring to it, but the new site created by two NYC digital ad folks – Derek Evan Harms & Damjan Pita of Razorfish and AKQA, respectively by day – is an interesting bit of cont ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | People | Sports | TV LeBron Kicks Back with Family, Friends for Samsung Galaxy By Jordan Teicher on Oct. 30, 2013 - 9:05 AM We are now in the season of LeBron James commercials. He’s like Victor Cruz, only taller, better, richer, and not a Time Warner Cable lackey. If you happened to watch the opening night of the NBA season, you saw three differ ...
View Post Ad Biz | Agencies | Brands | Campaigns Mercedes-Benz Mashes Up Engine Sound Effects and Music By Jordan Teicher on Oct. 29, 2013 - 9:12 AM From B-Reel and AMV BBDO, Mercedes-Benz’s Sound with Power experiential campaign brings music and video together by letting users create mash-ups that incorporate, among other things, the roar of a Mercedes engine. The pro ...
View Post Brands | Campaigns | TV State Farm Gets Animated with Scooby-Doo Shenanigans By Jordan Teicher on Oct. 28, 2013 - 1:24 PM Fresh off of LeBron James Sprite duties, Translation is back with a new 30-second State Farm spot that includes the Scooby-Doo Mystery Gang and one lucky animated insurance agent. A far cry from the days of slackers triumphantly ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | Digital Hiscox Reactor Spins Out Generic LinkedIn Animations By Jordan Teicher on Oct. 25, 2013 - 8:35 AM The Hiscox Reactor? Gee, that sounds fancy. Sounds like something a character from The Big Bang Theory would reference. It turns out that it’s not all that fancy, save for some elegant animation reminiscent of a Rube Goldb ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | TV Draftfcb LA Continues Full-Court Press for Nabi By Jordan Teicher on Oct. 24, 2013 - 2:35 PM Just two weeks ago, we were covering the first wave of Nabi spots from Draftfcb, a pair of 30-second ads that favorably compared kid-friendly Nabi tablets to Kindle devices a la Microsoft vs. Apple. Our Erik Oster found them to be ...
View Post Agencies | People | What The?? Workwankers: A New Site for Creatively Venting By Jordan Teicher on Oct. 23, 2013 - 12:31 PM Joe Sayaman and Peter Cortez have spent the last year churning out clever tech projects. In September, they gave the world the Citypricks biking PSA. Last spring, there was Citydoping NYC, and unofficial travel guide for tourists ...
View Post Campaigns | Social Media | Sports Muh-Tay-Zik Hof-fer Lets Fans Take the Court Against Golden State Warriors By Jordan Teicher on Oct. 22, 2013 - 2:47 PM #WeAreWarriors, the latest social and broadcast Golden State Warriors campaign from MUH·TAY·ZIK HOF·FER, shows what would happen if NBA fans got to take the court with their favorite team’s NBA players. The sentiment is ...
View Post Agencies | Campaigns | Sports | TV NBA on ESPN Crew Bunks Up for New RV Spot By Jordan Teicher on Oct. 22, 2013 - 9:23 AM Another day, another team-up between ESPN and W+K. “Inner Monologue,” the latest 30-second NBA on ESPN RV ad created by W+K New York, answers very important questions about the crew’s sleeping arrangements. Yes, ...