A telecom ad that aims to battle terrorism with song has gone viral in the Middle East, delighting audiences while also sparking controversy over its depictions of bombing victims, its use of the issue to promote its brand, and its vision of Islam's role in preventing violent extremism. The three-minute commercial, created by marketer Zain...
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Adfreak
May 30, 2017
Today's highs and lows of creativity
Zain's branded spot earns praise, and some criticism
By Gabriel Beltrone
A telecom ad that aims to battle terrorism with song has gone viral in the Middle East, delighting audiences while also sparking controversy over its depictions of bombing victims, its use of the issue to promote its brand, and its vision of Islam's role in preventing violent extremism. The three-minute commercial, created by marketer Zain...
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MullenLowe's Tim Vaccarino picks his three favorite ads ever
By Tim Nudd
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Graffiti versus Frank and Claire
By Tim Nudd
Following preroll stunt, 'Prickly' jumps to television
By Tim Nudd
Dave Blackhurst goes even more low-fi
By Tim Nudd
Earlier this month, we wrote about an English pub's most excellent ad that went viral and was celebrated as a genius bit of brilliantly lazy design. The ad showed what appeared to be a text-message conversation between the client (Tom Hughes, owner of the Friars pub in Bridgnorth) and the designer, Dave Blackhurst. Their text...
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Yet another cool packaging innovation
By Tim Nudd
No one does packaging stunts quite like Coca-Cola, and here's another clever idea from the soda giant--bottle labels that detach and become working wristbands that young people can use to access music festivals. The wristbands, developed by McCann Bucharest, came in eight designs. Not every one granted access to a festival--you had to scan it...
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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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Mexican lawyer's project will help migrants
By Angela Natividad
Remember all that nasty stuff Trump said about Mexicans? Antonio Battaglia, a lawyer in Guanajuato, Mexico, took it to heart. And he decided to do something about it. "It was a nuisance for me so I started looking for a way to make an impact, not in a mocking or vengeful way, but in a...
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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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Yes, that Seal
By Tim Nudd
No seal is safe during Shark Week. Not even Seal himself. That's abundantly and amusingly clear from Discovery's new Shark Week promo, from Los Angeles creative agency AV Squad, in which Grammy-winning singer is rudely interrupted as he performs his iconic song "Kiss From a Rose" on a jetty. AV Squad used director Peter McKeon,...
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