View Post Ad Biz | Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | People | What The?? Vanilla Ice Rocks Out in New Kraft Mac n’ Cheese Spot from CP+B By Erik Oster on Feb. 18, 2014 - 1:14 PM Vanilla Ice appears as a grocery store worker stocking shelves and rocking out to his own “Ninja Rap” in a new spot from CP+B promoting Kraft’s ubiquitous macaroni and cheese-like food product, now with Teenage M ...
View Post Ad Biz | Agencies | Brands | Campaigns Ant Farm Unveils ‘Call of Duty: Ghosts’ Gameplay Launch Trailer By Erik Oster on Oct. 22, 2013 - 12:11 PM If you’re a fan of the Call of Duty franchise, then you’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of Call of Duty: Ghosts while witnessing an all-out advertising assault for the game that began all the way back in May. Th ...
View Post Brands | Campaigns | What The?? What The Hell is Going On in This Vodafone Ad? By Erik Oster on Sep. 10, 2013 - 11:55 AM Jung von Matt/Alster Werbeagentur GmbH go for the “just throw a bunch of crazy shit together” approach over the “actually makes sense” approach with their “Add Power” spot for Vodafone. The 1:38 spot, directed by Radic ...
View Post Ad Biz Tuesday Morning Stir By Kiran Aditham on Nov. 20, 2012 - 9:35 AM -Former Campaign India editor Anant Rangawsami wrote his own tome on advertising in his home country called The Elephants in the Room. Take a gander and download here. -The IAB unveiled its second annual list of top mobile shoppin ...
Ad Biz Tuesday Morning Stir By Kiran Aditham on Nov. 6, 2012 - 9:37 AM -Director/Fulbright Scholar Marco Gentile joined the roster of Michael Bay’s The Institute. -Ogilvy Chicago helps Kimberly-Clark brand Huggies make a political statement of its own via Facebook (above). link -Bi-coastal musi ...
Agencies | Events Your Day 2 Cannes Report By Kiran Aditham on Jun. 19, 2012 - 9:02 AM While we’re stuck Stateside, we’ll give you quick Cannes Lions field reports from our roving reporter, Yunilda Esquivel, an executive producer at Michael Bay and Scott Gardenhour’s commercial production company, ...
Ad Biz | Brands Universal Studios Transforms Staples Center in Publicity Stunt By Bob Marshall on May. 29, 2012 - 4:54 PM In an outdoor marketing stunt more creative and inspired than the last three Transformers movies combined, Universal Studios and agency David&Goliath morphed L.A.’s Staples Center into a scene of intergalactic destructio ...
Ad Biz Tuesday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Mar. 27, 2012 - 4:28 PM -Leo Burnett and the One Club have teamed up for a “Creative Boot Camp” in Chicago. link -Even elephants dig the new Samsung Galaxy Note according to a new clip from the Viral Factory (above). -BBH Labs explains where ...
Ad Biz | Campaigns | People Hill & Worthington: Your New ‘Call of Duty’ Action Heroes By Kiran Aditham on Nov. 7, 2011 - 8:53 AM Three months after snagging Call of Duty duties from TBWA\Chiat\Day LA, 72andSunny has rolled out its new work for the Activision franchise, which from the looks of it, doesn’t drift too far from the gonzo, celebrity-driven ...
Campaigns Hyundai Rolls Out ‘Anachronistic’ Hybrid By Bob Marshall on Jan. 27, 2011 - 9:21 AM Remember those huge cellphones? There was one point (maybe after watching Zoolander or something) that I thought phones would just keep getting smaller and smaller. Then I got an HTC Evo for Christmas, and wow, that thing is giant ...
