21 May 2013
The Mondelez-owned biscuit brand Oreo has released a print ad to celebrate opening its Sheffield factory the company s first in the UK. DraftFCB created the ad, which references the city s football teams Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United. The work was written by Dan Shone and art directed...
21 May 2013
Moonpig.com has released a TV campaign to promote its Father s Day range of products. The ads paint dads as movie action heroes striding through an aircraft hanger when a suspended crate crashes open to reveal Moonpig products. The ad was created by Angy Williams and directed by Mark Wordley through...
21 May 2013
Peta has released an ad aimed at stopping primates being used as actors. BBDO NY teamed up with Mill+ to create the spot, which shows a CGI primate in room while a voiceover describes the plight of apes used in films. At the end of the ad, the primate puts a gun to its head as the voiceover asks: "Could...
20 May 2013
Canon has launched a TV ad running across the EMEA region until August, created by Mcgarrybowen London. The ad, directed by Thomas Hilland and appearing in 30- and 60-second versions, shows Canon users challenging themselves with image capture and production, including shooting using zoom while canoeing...
20 May 2013
Forbes has released a series of print ads to promote its Rich List. The ads show how even stars such as the singer Madonna and the footballer Cristiano Ronaldo earn a pittance compared with the world s richest people. For example, one ad shows Ronaldo as a robot, and tells us that he would have to play...
20 May 2013
Foot Locker has launched a spot featuring an installation that lets people mix music with their feet. The ad, which was was created by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, shows Foot Locker employees, or "Stripers", using the "sneaker mixing deck" in one of the company's stores. Marshmallow Laser Feast created...
20 May 2013
The Army has released an ad as part of its "step up" campaign, with the aim of recruiting 10,000 soldiers and officers over the course of 2013. The 60-second spot, created by JWT, was shot from the perspective of a new recruit s boots, showing the soldier going through training, parades and combat....
17 May 2013
4Creative, Channel 4 s in-house agency, has launched a TV spot to promote a series of documentaries and dramas for the broadcaster s "mating season", which begins in June. It stars an old Gal pagos tortoise called Arthur whose wife has just died. The spot follows Arthur as he re-enters the confusing...
17 May 2013
Polycell is releasing an ad by 18 Feet Rising to promote its new Quick Drying Polyfilla Spray product. In the spot, a son is instructed how to fill a crack in the wall by by his father, who, it turns out, is literally talking out of his arse. The spot will initially be released online with plans...
16 May 2013
Creative
Gerry Moira
Chairman and director of creativity, Havas Worldwide London
Can you imagine anything more disgusting than waking up next to an older woman? Like most reasonable men steeped in the Western liberal tradition, I would rather cut my cock off. This universal truth is harnessed...