Mars candy brand Twix has built a whole campaign around a patently absurd concept--that there is such a thing as a "left Twix" and a "right Twix" in a Twix pack; that they're somehow different from each other; and that they're actually bitter rivals. That campaign, silly as it may be, has been running for...
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Brand Marketing Daily
March 20, 2017
Mars brand's loopy conceit extends to packaging
By Tim Nudd
Mars candy brand Twix has built a whole campaign around a patently absurd concept--that there is such a thing as a "left Twix" and a "right Twix" in a Twix pack; that they're somehow different from each other; and that they're actually bitter rivals. That campaign, silly as it may be, has been running for...
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By Erik Kiaer
The digital revolution has exploded over the last 20 years, and it's created an incredibly interesting irony: The impact technology has on how products are planned, produced and promoted seems to be growing smaller, not bigger. Erik Kiaer Illustration by Alex Fine That may sound crazy, but stay with me here. For most of history,...
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Hornbach's latest gem
By Angela Natividad
There's a weird pleasure that always comes from watching a new ad from German home improvement store Hornbach, and this time is no different. The delightfully titled "Regret Nothing. About the Grandeur in Failure" tells you (almost) everything you need to know, but an added element of unhinged insanity burrows under your skin over its...
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The greenscreen ambushes of Zebra Corner
By David Gianatasio
For Ali Shahriari and Dave Irwin, advertising is a funny business. Under the name Zebra Corner, they've earned their stripes with a series of outrageous online parody videos, frequently zinging Chevrolet's "Real People" commercials. Their latest work is approaching 1.6 million YouTube views since it dropped last Thursday. It features the hyper-sarcastic Irwin, aka "Mahk,"...
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By Tim Nudd
It's a great paradox of the internet that it makes a lot of real-life things seem better than they actually are. Swedish telecom company Telia plays wonderfully on this fact in a new campaign from Forsman & Bodenfors. Don't get a cat and watch it hoping for something interesting to happen, as it always does...
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Brand's first pan-European campaign
By Angela Natividad
While we're on the subject of the modern merits of literature, Milka has released its first cross-European Easter campaign, "All for One," a name inspired by The Three Musketeers. Created by Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam, the ad features a trio of kids engaged in one of the funnest and most vicious activities of childhood--the annual...
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Appropriately cool stuff from Swisscom
By Gabriel Beltrone
The execs at Swiss telecom provider Swisscom and agency Heimat wanted to find a unique way to cheer on the country's athletes at this year's FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. So they decided to write a giant love letter from fans--in the snow. Robotic snow-blowers carved out a specially designed font and single-line artwork in...
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