View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | Sports Lionel Messi Reconfigures a City for Samsung in ‘The Developer’ By Jordan Teicher on Oct. 9, 2013 - 12:05 PM Question: What would a contemporary soccer-related version of “Les Miserables” look like if we replaced all the singing actors with kids and threw in the craftiest living man in cleats? Answer: This tw0-minute Leo Burn ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | Sports Nike Taps LeBron, Piqué, Bradley Cooper’s Voice for ‘Just Do It’ 25th Anniversary By Jordan Teicher on Aug. 21, 2013 - 11:55 AM At this point, Nike and AOR W+K are just showing off. Their latest spot, “Possibilities,” is a fat, splashy kick-off to the 25th anniversary of its ubiquitous slogan, “Just Do It.” These type of Nike ads ha ...
View Post Brands | Campaigns Sony Shows Off New 4K Ultra HD TV By Ella Riley-Adams on Jun. 24, 2013 - 3:21 PM To be fully experienced, this spot has to be watched at your nearest Sony Store or Magnolia Home Theater at Best Buy. That’s because it’s made specially for the 4K Ultra HD TV it advertises, which raises definition to four tim ...
View Post Ad Biz Monday Morning Stir By Kiran Aditham on Jun. 24, 2013 - 9:56 AM -Following a one-month review, TDA_Boulder has succeeded San Francisco-based Mortar as agency of record for Denver-based Regis University. TDA will handle both strategy/creative and media. -Mullen is apparently targeting Ma ...
View Post Ad Biz | Brands | People | Social Media Could the New Myspace Really Be Cool? We’re Almost Convinced By Ella Riley-Adams on Jun. 13, 2013 - 2:47 PM I’m sitting in Salt Lake City Airport, shocked at the number of people wearing flip flops, and I want nothing more than to be in Myspace’s fun room of young, beautiful artists grabbing at one another amidst fluorescent confett ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns Commonwealth Drives Out New Chevy Campaign During Grammys By Jordan Teicher on Feb. 11, 2013 - 11:30 AM John Cusack wants to know: “Why just go from A to B when imagination can take you everywhere?” It’s a valid question, especially coming from the guy who played Lloyd Dobler. Would the boombox move from Say Any ...
Digital Guy Behind ‘1000 Memories’ Returns with ‘Shoebox’ App By Kiran Aditham on Oct. 27, 2011 - 12:04 PM Rudy Adler, who you might remember from his days as a copywriter at W+K Portland (where he last helped create the Levi’s “Go Forth” campaign), has launched a follow-up to his rather interesting labor of love, ...