View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | Digital | What The?? BBDO Unveils ‘Struck By A Rainbow’ Mockumentary for Skittles By Erik Oster on Dec. 11, 2014 - 11:21 AM BBDO Toronto continues the absurdist tendencies of Skittle’s advertising with one of the brand’s strangest ads in recent memory. Entitled “Struck By A Rainbow,” the ad is a mockumentary about a man named Da ...
View Post Ad Biz | Agencies | Campaigns | Digital | TV Grey Toronto Examines ‘Lockdown’ for Moms Demand Action By Erik Oster on Dec. 10, 2014 - 12:36 PM In a new PSA, Grey Toronto (with production support from Untitled Films, Saints Editorial, Eggplant Music & TopixVFX) examines a school “Lockdown” drill in the wake of the tragic Sandy Hook Elementary School shoot ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | Digital | TV john st. Presents ‘The Lazy Environmentalist’ for WWF By Erik Oster on Sep. 24, 2014 - 3:32 PM Toronto agency john st.’s latest campaign for World Wildlife Fund Canada is based around the insight that people are lazy. Or, as Stephen Jurisic, co-ECD at john st. puts it, “This idea comes from the rather depressing ...
View Post Brands | Campaigns john st. Revives ‘Wiserhood’ Campaign, with Covertly Dickish Boyfriend Theme Intact By Erik Oster on Oct. 16, 2013 - 10:56 AM Back in 2011, john st. unveiled this spot for Corby Distilleries Limited, part of their “Wiserhood” campaign promoting Wiser’s Whisky brand, in which a dickish guy makes a big deal over holding his girlfriendR ...