At nearly 173,000 square miles, the country of Sweden is a little bit bigger than your average apartment or mountain house. But true innovation knows no physical or virtual boundaries, and the official tourism group Visit Sweden proved that point this week by listing the entirety of Scandinavia's largest country on Airbnb. Curious globe-trotters with...
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May 22, 2017
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Campaign invites all to sample the 'freedom to roam'
By Patrick Coffee
At nearly 173,000 square miles, the country of Sweden is a little bit bigger than your average apartment or mountain house. But true innovation knows no physical or virtual boundaries, and the official tourism group Visit Sweden proved that point this week by listing the entirety of Scandinavia's largest country on Airbnb. Curious globe-trotters with...
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A plea to 'Live for the Story'
By David Gianatasio
Promoted Content by Merkle
Addressability, personalization and loyalty
New work from Havas agency The Annex
By Katie Richards
Behind-the-scenes storytelling trumps taking the leading role
By Molly DeWolf Swenson
Say hello to S.Q.U.I.D (Shared Quests Uniting Individual Dudes)
By Tim Nudd
Want to spend 15 hours this weekend teaching a giant eight-tentacled robotic Kraken sea beast how to navigate the squishy steps from adolescence to adulthood? Old Spice has a game for that. It kicks off at 4 p.m. ET (1 p.m. PT) today at OldSpiceTwitch.com. The game, called S.Q.U.I.D (short for Shared Quests Uniting Individual...
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A brew even the Log Lady stands by
By Angela Natividad
The two-season show Twin Peaks first launched in 1990. And--thanks to its compelling weirdness, some ace acting from Kyle MacLachlan, characters like the Log Lady, and its appeal to our prurient interest in small-town life--fans have gone on loving it, and wanting more, for nearly 30 years. As of Sunday night, thanks to Showtime, they've...
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Coloring in shades of 'Turdly'
By Angela Natividad
Colors can affect our feelings and behavior in ways so profound that studies have been conducted on how we can better use them in life, and in society, to "hack" culture. This covers subjects from what colors to wear to a job interview ... to the ideal shade for prisons. Because of this odd relationship...
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Kelly Munson had a very productive sabBATical
By Patrick Coffee
You can blame Bruce Wayne. Or Dracula. Or even the Weekly World News's favorite mascot, Bat Boy. Whoever's responsible, one thing is for sure: when asked to name a "brand" in sore need of a refresh, very few would choose myotis septentrionalis, the North American long-eared bat. Yet Kelly Munson of Minneapolis creative agency mono...
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'Field Trip to Mars' and 'Gravity Cat' also win big
By Tim Nudd
Clemenger BBDO Melbourne has won Best of Show at New York Festivals for "Meet Graham," the PSA campaign for Australia's Transport Accident Commission (TAC) that involved the model creation of a human designed to withstand car-crash forces. Automobiles have evolved much faster than humans. Graham was created by artist Patricia Piccinini, with help from a...
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A message in the medium
By Angela Natividad
One of the unfortunate side-effects of getting older is that life starts to retract. With time, age and the cinching-down of careers and financial responsibilities, doors slam shut. The consequences of our actions resound louder. Adulthood is one long series of problems to solve, and fires to put out, and it's easy to look at...
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