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 ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | TV McGarryBowen Shows Off Verizon’s Tech Solutions with a Little Help from Philip Glass By Kiran Aditham on Jan. 11, 2013 - 3:02 PM We’ve been told by those in the know that this new effort from McGarryBowen NY for Verizon called “Powerful Answers” actually marks the wireless carrier’s first ever corporate branding campaign. Set to the ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | People What Happens When Some of the NBA’s Best Celebrate the Holidays? By Kiran Aditham on Nov. 21, 2012 - 2:02 PM As part of Goodby Silverstein & Partners’ ongoing “BIG” work for the NBA, we leave your this Turkey Day with this double-dribble-galore tune brought to you by Dwyane Wade, Dwight Howard, Carmelo Anthony and R ...
Ad Biz Monday Morning Stir By Kiran Aditham on Oct. 15, 2012 - 9:31 AM -VFX studio MPC promoted Ed Koenig to US EP of Color Grading and signed Adrian Seery as colorist in its New York studio. link -Bacardi turns 150 and celebrates its liberation from Cuban confiscation 52 years ago (above). link -S ...
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, ...
Brands | Campaigns Family, Friends, Elements Won’t Stop Nike’s Running Girl By Kiran Aditham on Oct. 24, 2011 - 10:54 AM It took the joint efforts of W+K’s Portland HQ and Sao Paulo branch to come up with this new sport for Nike, which arrives just a week after AKQA launched its own running-themed piece for Nike+. Maybe it’s that time of ...