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Queer creatives unite to make a youth campaign for world’s first LGBTQIA+ social media app: Jong&Out

United by personal experience - having lacked a safe space to connect as teens - an entirely pro bono team created ‘pure queer joy’ for Jong&Out a

Maybelline's CGI-stunt with London buses with lashes and New York mascara buses has gone viral.

Maybelline has released two creative CGI films, one showing a silver mascara driving through New York, and the other showing London buses with eyelash

Planned parenthood billboard: "Virginity is a social construct"

Well, that's a surefire way to get attention.

Pattie Gonia celebrates "pride season" sponsored by North Face for second year

Just like in 2022, North facehired Drag Queen Pattie Gonia
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Heckler & Koch tweet out against gun bunnies, in reply to fresh controversy over Miller Lite women's history month ad.

Heckler & Koch tweet out against gun bunnies, then lock down and clean controversial tweets from the account.
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Anthropologie uses dancer Harper Watters to show off dresses on their Instagram, backlash ensues.

In what seems to be an increasingly common occurrence, a brand hires a male to show off products targeted at women.

LGBTQ group The Human Rights Campaign urges Bud Light to reaffirm support for trans community amid backlash over Dylan Mulvany partnership

Anheuser-Busch gets called out for weak response to trans influencer backlash - HRC says 'be more than just liquid courage!'"

Ascot unveils “The Ascot You” in a campaign by Dark Horses

The stark juxtaposition between their normal situations and the elevated elegance of the race-goer brings to life the idea, “There’s you you, then the

"Ukrainian Witness" has been fighting a cyber war since the day of the Russian invasion - on Wikipedia.

On February 24 2022, Russia invades Ukraine. Days after the first shock, Ukrainian Witness started to fight back digitally.

Hilton - Am I paying for this? - Hilton and TBWA\London launch ad campaign ‘Hilton. For The Stay’

The integrated campaign, which launches Hilton’s new “Hilton.

How about a personalized pink Toblerone for Valentine's day?

What do you give for Valentine's day? Traditionally, chocolates and flowers. Well, Toblerone wants you to give a little more this time around.

Dark Horses captures the world’s-first all-electric North Pole to South Pole driving adventure in a digital campaign for Nissan

The Ramsey’s will be travelling over 27,000km, across 14 countries and 3 continents with predicted temperatures ranging from -30⁰C to 30⁰C.
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Burberry pulls ad showing model with a double mastectomy due to pushback: ‘B:MINE’

Burberry pulled an image from its latest campaign after heavy criticism A double mastectomy?

Facebook Marketplace Achintya & $15 / Ricotaquito & Headband from Anomaly

“From flaunting newfound skills online to making authentic relationships in real life, we wanted this campaign to reflect authentic content on Faceboo

Facebook Marketplace - Diego & Jayden + table = love / Jeffery & Cameras

Everyone loves a bargain. Including Gen Z.

Meta partners with BETC Paris, Havas Play, Havas Events and Unit9 for the Rugby World Cup 2023

The next Rugby World Cup will take place in France in 2023.
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Jägermeister turned its BeReal account into an advent calendar in Spain

"Real Adviento" has turned the brand's BeReal channel into an advent calendar.

Dacia and heaven found Santa.

According to a mysterious source, the real Santa Claus lives in Lapland.
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Dylan Mulvany confirms that Tampax donated tampons to them.

After countless emails and phonecalls to Procter&Gamble's press department, who apparently don't do any work at all else they would have
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Tampax attempts to apologize for offensive tweet that triggered he #BoycottTampax hashtag

An update on the #BoycottTampax trending topic, Tampax tweeted on Saturday an apology.

#BoycottTampax trends after ill-advised tweet, as brand Tampax doubles down on it.

This is the story of how Tampax torpedoed its own brand.

KFC Germany apologizes for Kristallnacht promotion

KFC Germany sent an app alert on Wednesday: "It's memorial day for Kristallnacht!

OPPO and Sid Lee Invite Fans to Show Off Their Own UEFA Champions League Tricks in TikTok Challenge

Sid Lee has taken to TikTok to activate the technology brand’s sponsorship of the UEFA Champions League and connect the partnership to OPPO’s new bran
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Will there be an investigation into the claim that $15K bought you a verified Twitter account?

As the saying goes, any headline that is posed as a question can be answered with "no".
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Dylan Mulvaney has a paid partnership with Haus Labs, Lady Gaga's brand.

Dylan Mulvaney has a paid partnership with Haus Labs, Lady Gaga's brand.

Lucky Generals and Stonewall reunite to “Lace up to keep it up” with rainbow laces

Nine years after launching Rainbow Laces to make sport more inclusive, Lucky Generals is back with a new campaign
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Adidas fan make it very clear that they have dropped Ye with this ad

A very simple image, just saying BYE

On World Pasta Day, Barilla teams up with Publicis Italy/Le Pub and TikTok to launch #SecondLifePasta

The activation engages TikTok community to show off their best prowess and inventiveness towards food leftovers through the involvement of creators

Heinz Tomato Blood - Vegetarian Vampire Recruitment Film (2022) 1:30 (USA)

This Halloween, Heinz encourages all vampires to make the switch.

KFC Canada has changed its tagline to It's Freaky Finger Lickin’ Good’

To celebrate Halloween, KFC Canada is making a bid for the top spot on one of the biggest food-ordering nights of the year, officially changing its ta

Hospitality Rising creates campaign to demonstrate the fun and opportunity to be had in hospitality

Hospitality Rising creates the BIGGEST advertising recruitment campaign that the UK has ever seen to change the perception of working in hospitality f
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While Iranian women risk their lives protesting the compulsory hijab, Mathem in Sweden runs ads with a hijab-clad model.

Adding a bit of diversity in your ads by choosing models from minorities has been a go-to move by most brands for the past decade, but it's begin

TBWA\Belgium and Telenet launch the Metadorm: the first student house in the Metaverse

The metaverse is a global network of virtual reality worlds where you can roam freely as an avatar.
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"Zoom in on that" Ulta

Ulta releases David Lopez interview discussing "Girlhood" with Dylan Mulvaney - receives prompt backlash and #BoycottUlta hashtag

When you are the leading brand with the largest market share of your niche, it makes sense to expand the market.

DryRobe - Not every robe is a DryRobe - (2022)

Tackling with trademark creep in a fun way.

Telecentro - Qatar 2022 World Cup: "Your house is the headquarters” - Argentina

Dandy, an independent communication studio, specialist in Digital, Design and Advertising, presents the mega campaign developed for Telecentro, an Arg
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Major advertisers flee platform due to Twitter's child porn problem

Major advertisers including DirecTV, Dyson, Forbes, Mazda, and PBS Kids have suspended or canceled advertising campaigns on Twitter because their ads
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Virgin Atlantic unveils "updated gender identity uniforms" with social ad from Lucky Generals and PR agency Tin Man

Virgin Atlantic, Lucky Generals and PR agency Tin Man have teamed up to launch an updated gender identity policy removing the requirement for colleagu

Vice - The Unfiltered History Tour (Digital)

The Unfiltered History Tour is a guerrilla tour of the British Museum's stolen artefacts.
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Giffgaff - Fixed prices until 2023 / Turnips are really turning up (2022) :30 (UK)

Mocking the weird things that are happening around us Giffgaff predicts the future: where the biggest social media influencer is a plant named Paul
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Chipotle - Wait for it ...."It's corn!" (2022)

Who knows how this went through the approval process so quickly, but kudos to the team that managed that!

OPPO - Inspiration Ahead / Wimbledon Francesca Jones / Heroes (2022) :30 (France)

WTA Professional Tennis player Francesca Jones who despite being born with ectrodactyly ectodermal dysplasia syndrome, a rare condition that causes de

Burger King is hiring a clown for its birthday - nod to Ronald McDonald

For its 5th anniversary in Belgium, BURGER KING® is hiring a clown for a 24 hour fixed term contract to host its birthday day on Wednesday, June 29th.

timeTo highlights the fear of sexual harassment at this year’s Cannes festival in new ad campaign

timeTo highlights the fear of sexual harassment at this year’s Cannes festival in hard hitting ad campaign… ……And calls for senior a

Liquid Death & Hey Wonderful Director Sam Cadman's Unforgettable Blind Taste Test

To kick off the summer, Liquid Death put its new flavors head to head in blind taste tests, against the most expensive, premium liquids on planet Eart

BMO lets you deposit rainbows like you deposit cheques - For every rainbow deposited, BMO will donate $1 to Rainbow Railroad

BMO Financial Group has announced its new Pride campaign, inviting anyone in North America to “deposit rainbows” during Pride into BMO’s virtual Rainb
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Calvin Klein Thailand partners with virtual influencer Katii

Calvin Klein Thailand has partnered with Katii, a virtual influencer created by Plan B Media Public Company, Thailand.

Rio Carioca Beer. - Weird news of the week - social media campaign (2022)

New campaign for Rio Carioca Beer. Every Friday we will post a carousel on social media with the absurd news of the week.

The Meta Daisies ignite Rock'n'Roll in the metaverse

In a world first, new metaverse rock band The Meta Daisies has released its debut single and accompanying meta-cinematic ‘Radiance’, propelling the mu
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Dove : Toxic Influence / Dove Self-Esteem Project (2022) 3:48 (USA)

Dove has come up with a new experiment, and as an experiment I decided to watch this with my teenage daughter, to see how she reacted to the ad.

Lacoste - Unexpected encounters while wearing the universal brand.

Since 1933, the Lacoste crocodile has transcended time, style and genre – it roams over a limitless range.
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Did Tampax really reach out to Dylan Mulvaney for a collaboration on TikTok?

I'll just preface all of this with the fact that I never use Tampax.
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Using Snapchat 'Jeep Code' Campaign by Publicis Toronto turns world into a Jeep showroom.

The average Jeep buyer is typically a Boomer or a Gen Xer.
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Publicis Luxe and Cartier invites everyone to explore Cartier’s vision of time.

At Cartier, time is not only what we measure but what we treasure, something to make the most of - in how it is filled and how it is represented.

So, your dog chewed-up your remote? Don't worry - Milk-Bone gives you chewpons.

That thing your dog chewed is now a coupon for Milk-Bone dog treats. A chewed up remote? Table leg? Your kid’s toy?

Pizza Hut creates ‘Join The Dark Side’ promotion in support of Earth Hour.

Pizza Hut is always seeking to connect with its fans on topics close to their hearts – this time with its ‘Join The Dark Side’ promotion in support of

Giggle app's billboard at University of Pennsylvania state "female spaces are necessary" for Women’s History Month.

Women's app "Giggle" has impeccable timing, as they booked a billboard at the University of Pennsylvania state for the entirety of Wome
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The Vagina Museum tweets about trans women on International Women's Day, say they're now harassed for it

The Vagina Museum decided to create a thread about Trans Women for #InternationalWomensDay
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A 60-year-old Kerala daily wage laborer turns model in photoshoot gone viral

60-year-old Mammikka from Kerala worked as a daily wage labourer before being discovered by a creative agency.

Jack Astor’s celebrates ‘bromance’ with Palentine’s Day

It may be Valentine's Day, but Toronto-based The Garden is launching Palentine's Day (Feb 15th), a day dedicated to bromance, for Canadian r

Kärcher - Matter of fact Vacuum Cleaner - case study (2022)

Vacuum Cleaner

KAYU Bakehouse - Chocapologies - on behalf of the internet.

Cyberbullying is a problem. The internet is the cruelest playground in the world.

Blanguage asks: Is Tiffany & Co really ‘About Love’ in their latest campaign?

The creative and cultural agency, Blanguage is founded by two best friends, Daniel Amoakoh (Head of Creative) & Junior Olomowewe. 

Rubies in the Rubble "It's Ketchup - but gooder"

Rubies in the Rubble, the sustainable condiment brand stocked in supermarkets across the UK, is launching its first above-the-line advertising campaig

The Boston Pizza Weighted Napkin

Does the idea of dinnertime decision-making leave a pit in your stomach? Relax. Boston Pizza has not one, but two solutions.

Kruger Products and Broken Heart Love Affair Unleash the Scotties®’

Scotties, Canada’s top facial tissue, and creative shop Broken Heart Love Affair have unleashed a new campaign, which will mark the first brand campai
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Lynx pays people for putting billboards in their homes, just as Hedvig home insurance did.

This is an interesting Badlander, it's the media itself which is the idea badlanded here.

St. Patrick's Day Social Campaign from Tullamore D.E.W. and RTO+P

With St.

Cervejeira Sou Eu/"Cervejeira" Is Me - Case Study (Brazil) 2021

Cervejeira Sou Eu/"Cervejeira" Is Me
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Uber Eats - Wayne's World & Cardi B's Shameless Manipulation (2021) :60 (USA)

Uber eats wants you to "eat local", without going anywhere, of course. 

Häagen-Dazs and Wonder Woman 1984 global creative campaign

Häagen-Dazs and Wonder Woman 1984 team up with an empowering call to arms: “Don’t Hold Back”, spreading joy and hope around the world

New BMO campaign stars Canada’s Drag Race winner Priyanka

BMO Influences at scale, with one of the first campaigns to use influencer generated videos and YouTube Director Mix, to launch its millennial-first c

There will be no Budweiser ads in super bowl - but this ad will run online.

Budweiser will not be running an in-game Super Bowl ad, this is the the first time in 37 years that the audience will not see Clydesdales or puppies f

Don't Kill Your Grandma

As COVID cases rise in Ontario (and everywhere else) Toronto-based Open has launched an awareness campaign, Don't Kill Your Grandma

Barilla and Publicis Italy have created a Pasta Playlist Timer on Spotify

Music playlists which double as kitchen timers, lasting as long as the cooking time of different shapes, designed to guide us during the preparation o

Burger King France use their Instagram channel to promote other eateries to help during lockdown.

A social media campaign that will run on Instagram until January 21, 2021.
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Adland's twitter account has been suspended.

Adland's Twitter account has been suspended.
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Patrick Quinn, co-founder of ALS Ice Bucket challenge has died

Quinn co-created the challenge that became a viral sensation with celebrities taking part, died Sunday, age 37.

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