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Bacteriads are literally bacteria-filled ads, posters created by agency The Electric Factory to remind people to wash their hands more often. Via Adweek: The Electric Factory Group co-founder and CCO Juan Ciapessoni will tell you that you can disrupt any medium, even a traditionally static one like out-of-home posters. “All that matters is the idea, […]
Selected for Sundance this year, Black Holes is a satirical animated series about space conquest, featuring Dave the Astronaut and his melon. Via Short of the Week: What is unusual for films of this kind though is to have amazingly intricate 3D animation paired with it. I mean Black Holes is grotesquely gorgeous, and the […]
The inside scoop on how the people behind the upcoming Lego Batman film animated it, creating blocks that look just like real lego. More about the film via the Guardian: It doesn’t have the heart, the depth or the novelty of the first Lego movie, but it is relentlessly, consistently funny – which excuses everything. […]
Can Hollywood valets, who normally know cars inside and out, identify a Kia Cadenza blindfolded? The brand tries to find out. Via Adweek: “Valets are well-trodden as far as advertising goes, especially in the luxury space, but we found a nice little insight,” D&G creative director Basil Cowieson tells Adweek. “They probably drive more luxury […]
Sport England’s latest This Girl Can instalment celebrates a broader range of athletes training exuberantly in a range of sports. Via AdAge: Created out of FCB Inferno and once again directed by Kim Gehrig via Somesuch, the ad rhythmically cuts together more euphoric scenes in which women young and old get their gear on, throw […]
Andreas Fabian, who has a phD in spoons, thinks that his Goûte spoon can make food taste better. It’s shaped like a teardrop glass wand. No doubt this will soon make the rounds in avant garde/hipster restaurants, but for now, we have our doubts. How do you… eat soup? Via Dezeen: Design studio Michel/Fabian has […]
The Ad Council’s new Love has no Labels campaign for this year is “Fans of Love”, and features a kiss cam at an NFL game in Orlando. Via the Sydney Morning Herald: While some NFL players made their progressive political views front and centre last season, the NFL, or at least most of its team […]
Fulfilament is a charming stop motion short film with no dialogue by Rhiannon Evans, about how ideas pop into life as “lightbulb” moments. Via Short of the week: A key appeal of stop-motion work for us is attention to its craft, and Evan’s does not skimp on detail. The production lasted a staggering 15 months […]
Keeping up with the Kattarshians is Iceland’s new reality tv show… about the life and times of a set of adorable, adoptable kittens. Via TIME: Move over Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, and the rest of the Kardashian/Jenner/Disick/West gang. There’s a new reality show in town and its adorable quotient rivals that of even North and Saint […]
Santa Fe Animal Shelter and Humane Society have a hilarious new ad parodying The Bachelor, featuring a dog, Stewart, and an adoption competition. Via CNET: Stewart is available and looking for love in a committed relationship. Stewart also happens to be a dog. He’s the star of a video posted by the Santa Fe Animal […]