We've made it through the first six months of 2017 more or less intact, so it's time to look back at some of our favorite advertising produced over that time. See below for some of the most clever, beautiful, interesting and entertaining TV, video, print, outdoor, digital and social ads from the year so far....
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July 12, 2017
Today's highs and lows of creativity
A summertime look at our favorite work from the year to date
By Tim Nudd
We've made it through the first six months of 2017 more or less intact, so it's time to look back at some of our favorite advertising produced over that time. See below for some of the most clever, beautiful, interesting and entertaining TV, video, print, outdoor, digital and social ads from the year so far....
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David takes hands-on approach for 'Stacker Day'
By David Gianatasio
Promoted Content by Clear Channel Outdoor
Insights from UM, Twitter, Edelman and PMX
A taste of French goods
By Angela Natividad
A cautionary tale from the year 2136
By Katie Richards
Nope, that's not a turkey baster
By Angela Natividad
Meet Eve. She's super-pregnant. And everyone she knows and loves is about to freak her out. "Solution"-based maternity brand Fridababy, best known for the NoseFrida Snotsucker, whose name will forever erase any doubt in your mind as to its purpose, is launching its first-ever brand campaign. And in true millennial style, it's banking on an...
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Matthew Bull picks his three favorite ads
By Tim Nudd
It's become common practice for advertisers to acknowledge and celebrate all forms of human beauty, not just the stereotypical standards. But Nike, as it so often is, was ahead of that game long before most. In 1999, a full five years before Dove launched "Campaign for Real Beauty," Nike and Wieden + Kennedy broke the...
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Lion of St. Mark speech centers on the value of caring
By Tim Nudd
"There goes my facade of being a rock." David Droga choked up several times during a heartfelt and surprisingly emotional speech at Cannes Lions last month--in the end, it was one of the highlights of the festival--as he accepted the Lion of St. Mark award for creative excellence across his storied career. The Droga5 founder...
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Hilarious parody of female-targeted products
By Tim Nudd
In a savage parody of women-targeted products like Bic for Her pens, and Cosmo and Seat's car for women, Cards Against Humanity has released Cards Against Humanity for Her. It's the exact same game as the original, but comes in a pink box and costs $5 more. The press release is a gold mine of...
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But perhaps there is a glimmer of hope
By Tim Nudd
The world, it seems obvious, is generally becoming a stupider place. It's getting hard to dramatize this in new ways, but this award-winning campaign from ad agency The Community does so in amusing fashion--with two stories of humans ignoring common sense entirely in pursuit of rather idiotic goals. See the spots here: Granted, the link...
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Partnership with Refinery29 pushes the UltraBOOST X
By Tim Nudd
Adidas and Refinery29 get geographical in a fun project for the UltraBOOST X sneaker, getting women artists to design a "BOOST the Nation" collection, featuring one-of-kind sneakers that are being auctioned off for charity. Refinery29 chose the artists--including Meagan Morrison, Maria "Too Fly" Castillo, Bree Poort, Lizzie Darden, Jenny Kiker, Sophia Chang, Mari Orr, Jen...
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