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Is This Lawyer Billboard Some Kind Of Joke?
Via Ontario. This distracting at Hell "public service" billboard is brought to you by the counselors of Findlay Personal Injury Lawyers (website — warning a video ad autoplays) of Ontario.It begs...
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All The Great 1960s Volkswagen Ads
Consider this the best advertising course you’ll ever take. 50 ads in chronological order, more or less. Via brandstories.net Above are the two main ads that launched the Volkswagen brand in...
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20 Beautiful Color Photos Of Tsarist Russians
Travel back 130 years to when Communism was just a Manifesto. The shots were by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, one of the early pioneers of color photography who studied under Dmitri Mendeleev.These images...
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What Clients Say Vs. What Clients Mean
There have been a few of these infographics. This one is pretty accurate, without being too hyperbolic. The last one is especially true, I bet. Via advertisingsuitsecrets.com Via...
View ArticleNew Philips-Norelco Groin Groomer Video Is Painful
I don’t understand the words coming out of the nude model’s mouth. I'm assuming this is a commercial for one of the Philips Norelco BodyGroom shavers, though it is not ID's in the ad. But the video is...
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What It's Like Being The Oldest BuzzFeed Employee
I am so, so lost, every workday. My official corporate BuzzFeed ID Photo. My name is Mark Duffy. I am a 53-year-old married New Yorker.Before coming to BuzzFeed, I worked as an advertising copywriter...
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10 Dating Tips For Single Women (From The 1930s)
These are all still 100% applicable today. Unless it's sex stories. Please share those. Wait, does he have a date with twins? HOTT. Well, yeah, don't caress his ear hairs. ONLY BORING WOMEN ARE EVER...
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10 More Great Ads That Are Just Copy
Who needs a visual? Volkswagen (Don't Text and Drive) Great PSA campaign via South Africa for VW.Ad agency: Ogilvy & Mather Cape Town. Via adsoftheworld.com Volkswagen (Don't Text and Drive) Via...
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Robert Pattinson Stinks Up The Screen For Dior
Finally, a love story worse than Twilight . This Dior Homme "Unceonsored" video ad has, as of this posting, 3.5 million views in less than three days.And the reviews have been glowing:ABC News —...
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Brilliant Award-Winning Romanian Tourism Campaign
A perfect response to negative comments about Romanian immigration by the British government. Back in January, news spread that Britain was considering running an anti-immigration campaign in Romania...
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The Awesome World Of Advertising!
Working as an advertising “creative” is a mind-, body-, and soul-crushing experience. It's the account executive's job to fucking pay attention. Don't worry: after about the 50th time it happens, you...
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Fun KitKat Ads From Around The World
The brand owns “Have A Break.” "Confectionery Perfectionery" — KitKat mocks Apple's presentation videos. Yesterday, the world learned that the name of the next Android operating system will be...
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And The Winner For The Most Sexist Ad Of The Summer Is...
Borders Books in Malaysia. LOL, six husbands. Quit yer bitchin' and get in the kitchen! That's all I have to say, except: Please don't try to explain this away as culturalism. Ad agency: McCann...
View Article"Offensive" Blackface South African Commercial Banned
A white actor plays a corrupt black dictator in a spot for the Cape Town Fish Market. The Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa last week ruled that the ad, titled "Fresh, Part One," was...
View ArticleNew Guinness Commercial Will Give You The Chills
It did me. The song is: "To Build a Home" by The Cinematic Orchestra.As of this morning, I don't know for sure if this is an official Guinness ad.If not, the brewer would be stupid to try to get it...
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8 "What Were They Thinking?" Ads
Smfh. From the ground up...underage skirts! Via one the world's largest airplane manufacturers (at the time, 1960). Via mangodebango.tumblr.com The last place, Triscuits? Via i.imgur.com Well, if he's...
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New Ads Target Dangerous Makeup-Applying Lady-Drivers
Is this really such a big problem that it requires a campaign from a major auto company? Via ibelieveinadv.com "Applying Makeup While Driving Can Be Deadly"The new PSAs are via KIA...
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Italian Restaurant Insults The Entire Town Of Amarillo, Texas (Updated)
They posted a rather harsh going-out-of-business sign. Here's their website. It appears Amarillo is (was) their only location. Maybe they should change their name to "Burning Bridges?" Via reddit.com...
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Don't Use Dead Dogs In Your Ads
Sports apparel company Pearl Izumi just learned that lesson. Via urbanrunninggirl.wordpress.com The ad for Pearl Izumi running shoes is running in the latest edition of Canadian Running magazine.If...
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The Best Of The Worst Of Kenneth Cole's Pun Ads
The fashion CEO is taking heat this week for his unfunny punny Syria tweet . But his past crimes against the English language have been much more egregious. Cole's contribution post-Hurricane Katrina....
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