• 27, January 2012

    Moe’s Southwest Grill - Microwaves ruin everything - (2012) (USA)

    Moe’s Southwest Grill doesn't want you to try this at home. Really, don't. "Especially if you like to see, smell, hear, touch, talk and breathe...." Then they microwave pretty much anything you've ever considered microwaving, from an egg to a lightbulb and a big watermelon that explodes all over the place.

    While all the fire, flashes and squirting tomatoes are fun to watch, Moe’s Southwest Grill actually has a USP to tack on to this destined for viral video. They don't microwave their...

  • 27, January 2012

    Condom08 - QR code condoms + app promote safe sex (2011) case study, Sweden

    There's a lot of ways to remind young people to wear a condom during sex... But has a QR code ever been considered before? Actually the QR code itself is just a shortcut to the real meat (pardon me) of this campaign, the app. The smartphone app that measures the length, noise and rythm of your sexual encounter as well as the location it is in and uploads the results to a website. Fun statistics can now be had from these results, such as "dog lovers are louder than cat lovers" and "musicians...

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  • 27, January 2012

    UPDATED! Super Bowl XLVI Commercial 2012 *Spoiler Alert*

    Super Bowl of Advertising 2012 - SPOILER ALERT - UPDATED 1/26

    UPDATED! 1/26 More goodies have been released. We expect even more to come. Look out for another couple updates of the most complete ad bowl spoiler on the net.

    Super Bowl XLVI is just around the corner. This year NBC is charging an average of $3.5 million for each 30 second spot. Here’s a peek at what you’ll see in addition to a ton of NBC self-promo and most likely considering this is an election year, some...

  • 27, January 2012

    Ferris Bueller for the Super Bowl

    So far no one knows what it will be for, although there are rumors (via the Hollywood Reporter Priceline is going to reveal a new spokesperson to replace William Shatner as the spokesperson for Priceline after he blowed up in the ad below.

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  • 26, January 2012

    Steel Panthers poster banned for having balls.

    The Guardian reports that Steel Panthers posters promoting the "Balls Out" album are banned for being "overtly sexual". The ASA received four complaints about the poster which shows a barely dressed woman caressing herself while holding a pair of silver balls.
    The record label Universal Island used the "we're mocking stuff from the 80s" defense and said that the ads were meant to...

  • 25, January 2012

    Why your digital ad is a ‘fart button’.

    A rant about digital and the future and that kind of stuff.
    Or why your digital ad is a ‘fart button’.

    Lately I’m meeting more and more people who ‘know about digital’ and to be honest I think I’ve uncovered a latent tendency to self-harm. Or Tourette’s.

    Time was when we (that’s not the royal we btw) could impress people with our digital magic. “And when you click this here, tadaaaaa that thing happens…” Sigh.

    Not now.

    Advertising has caught up....

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