Albert Einstein was such a smartypants. When he wasn't forging the theory of relativity, or generally reshaping our perception of the universe, the dude was tossing off pithy quips like "Imagination is more important than knowledge." Now, to promote its show Genius, about Einstein's life, National Geographic Channel is launching fresh online content informed by...
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Advertising & Agency Daily
May 30, 2017
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Intriguing content play by Pereira & O'Dell
By David Gianatasio
Albert Einstein was such a smartypants. When he wasn't forging the theory of relativity, or generally reshaping our perception of the universe, the dude was tossing off pithy quips like "Imagination is more important than knowledge." Now, to promote its show Genius, about Einstein's life, National Geographic Channel is launching fresh online content informed by...
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Zain's branded spot earns praise, and some criticism
By Gabriel Beltrone
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Dave Blackhurst goes even more low-fi
By Tim Nudd
The Henry Ford Museum looks back on more than 20 years of unusual inspiration
By Robert Klara
7 executives hired or promoted, plus 2 new offices
By Patrick Coffee
Arc Worldwide, the shopper marketing division of Leo Burnett Group, announced plans to expand its presence by opening new offices in New York and Northwest Arkansas and adding new names to its leadership team. The press release positions this expansion as an attempt to make the most of recent new business wins and to promote...
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Mortality and the grocery aisle
By David Kiefaber
Agency BMF explores the tyranny of choice in this ad for Aldi Australia, part of the supermarket chain's "Good Different" ad campaign. The campaign, their biggest fully integrated effort to date, explains that the quirks in Aldi's product offerings and shopping experience are precisely what elevate them above their competitors. This ad focuses on the...
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Controversial work asks, 'Who is the King?'
By Patrick Coffee
In the immortal words of Omar Little, "You come at the king, you best not miss." Over the weekend, Burger King sought to promote the late June opening of its first Belgian outlet with a campaign poking a bit of fun at Belgium's King Philippe. The royal family was very much not amused. "We told...
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Following preroll stunt, 'Prickly' jumps to television
By Tim Nudd
Television ads are rarely interactive in any meaningful way. But a recent Canadian campaign for Scotts-owned weed killer Weed B Gon was a notable exception--cleverly urging viewers to follow a garrulous weed from one TV channel to the next in real time, the campaign spreading much like a weed itself. The work, by agency Rethink,...
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180LA won the account in 2010
By Patrick Coffee
Mitsubishi Motors has launched a creative review for its U.S. advertising business. Incumbent 180LA will not participate. The news comes approximately one year after a mileage scandal rocked the Japanese company and just under seven years after its last review, which saw 180LA beat out Cutwater and Barrie D'Rozario Murphy for the business with Schematic...
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