One cyclist in four rides without a bike light in Brussels (I believe the numbers are even higher in Portland, OR), putting themselves and others at risk of serious accidents. To tackle this problem, independent agency mortierbrigade came up with an innovative experience for their client Bike for Brussels: the first “Bike Light Lane”. https://youtu.be/ef7LA9rxUBw When cyclists without lights entered the …
Martin Agency Makes Custom Crafted Set To Showcase Mass Produced Butter
Butter is everything at Land O’Lakes. Award-winning advertising is everything at Martin Agency. Combine the two and commercials like this happen: https://youtu.be/83IEXXGYGvc Martin's creative team tapped artist/designer/director Kyle Bean and the team at Hornet to get meticulous for the dairy. Bean and his team hand-crafted, seamless stop-motion animations. Every single set element was custom made, …
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Big Chicken Small Movie
The citizens of Marietta, GA take fried chicken seriously. In 1963, Georgia Tech architectural student Hubert Puckett designed the town's BIg Chicken landmark for what was then called Johnny Reb's Chick, Chuck and Shake. According to the Atlanta Constitution Journal, KFC considered tearing down the bird structure in 1993 after high winds damaged it, but people protested. Today, the Big Chicken is bigger and …
A Child’s Pain Is The City’s Pain Is The Nation’s Pain
The kids who rely on Youth Ambassadors in Kansas City are in the line of fire today. In other words, the kids are not currently living a storybook childhood. Perhaps, that's why these animated tales from VML contain such awesome power. The agency is presenting some of the harshest truths about our culture in a way that makes the content accessible and incredibly compelling. Is there any doubt that poverty …
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Project Arachnid Is Wiping The Dark Web With A Vengeance
The Canadian Centre for Child Protection has released Project Arachnid, a groundbreaking tool that detects and helps remove images of child sexual abuse on the Internet. The centre, which operates in partnership with police forces across Canada, recently posed questions to 128 adults who had been sexually exploited as children and whose abuse had been recorded on camera. Almost three-quarters of respondents said …
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Mike Diva Makes The Impossible Possible: The Donald Can Dance!
https://youtu.be/ZbM6WbUw7Bs Art Net News calls it, "a hypnotically-brilliant video." The New Republic says, "It makes the end of the world seem as sweet as bubble gum." All high praise for North Hollywood-based Mike Diva, the director behind one of the best political ads of the season, hands down. If Trump's team knew what they were doing, they would embrace this ad at once. The fact that the ad is a …
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Lexus Offers Animated GIFs to PopKey Community
PopKey is a smart phone keyboard application where you can find, send and store animated GIFs via text. Lexus and Team One have placed a group of holiday-themed animate GIFs on PopKey to inspire and motivate people who would play with such things to drive a Lexus. Puppies and kids. This is advertising today, yesterday and tomorrow. …
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You Rule, G.I. Joe
RPA and Honda have conjured up some terrific animated videos to help promote three worthy causes this holiday season. The videos feature favorite nostalgic toys such as Gumby and Pokey and Skeletor and He-Man singing their renditions of familiar or newly created holiday tunes. Each video has a charity associated with it. The video that garners the most views through December 21 will win a grand prize of …
The Little Black Cookie Now Filled With Wonder
Oreo ran a 90-second animated spot during the airing of Mad Men on Sunday night. The new anti-vampire/pro-cookie spot was created by the Martin Agency. It features music from the band Owl City. According to The New York Times, Jorge Calleja, the group creative director at the Martin Agency who serves as the global creative director on the Oreo account, said he believed that the concept of wonder is …
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Colman’s Is Bullish On Instant Gravy
Yes, Colman's bull just Moonwalked on international TV. …
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