Gary Barlow teams up with meerkats in Comparethemarket.com ad

Gary Barlow teams up with meerkats in Comparethemarket.com ad

Gary Barlow has teamed up with Comparethemarket.com’s meerkat mascots in an ad campaign, ahead of the launch of the singer’s latest album. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A__RJy_HU8 A 30-second teaser spot airs on November 18 on ITV during ‘Coronation Street’ and will be followed by a second ad later in the month. In the ad, Aleksandr Orlov – the […]

Wes Anderson creates Castello Cavalcanti for Prada

Wes Anderson creates Castello Cavalcanti for Prada

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWnKRJ4c8xY Wes Anderson is a guy who loves his vintage fashion and the affection appears to be mutual. Prada has partnered with Anderson to create a branded short called Castello Cavalcanti about a brash race car driver played, of course, by Jason Schwartzman. In the tale set in 1955 Italy, Schwartzman is unsurprisingly funny as […]

Jean-Claude Van Damme does the splits between two Volvo Trucks in latest ad for ‘Stunt’ campaign

Jean-Claude Van Damme does the splits between two Volvo Trucks in latest ad for ‘Stunt’ campaign

Jean-Claude Van Damme has starred in Volvo’s latest ad for its ‘Stunt’ campaign, performing the splits in between two moving FM trucks. Titled ‘The Epic Split’, the ad follows on from other viral hits from the campaign, which has this year seen a Volvo truck out manoeuvre bulls through a Spanish town, Claes Nilsson (president […]

BT Sport launches new TV ad

BT Sport launches new TV ad

BT Sport is launched a new TV advertising campaign with creative that shifts from focusing on the channels’ presenter lineup and brand ambassadors to highlighting the passion fans feel for live sport. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQoOteF2dhs The ad, which aired November 12, still features presenter Jake Humphrey but sees him exiting the studio and walking through a pub, […]

Puma Inspires the Love of Running in Japan

Puma Inspires the Love of Running in Japan

Puma Running wanted to inspire runners by putting joy in everyday running, so they approached Beacon/ Leo Burnett Tokyo. Other sports brands look to running technology to provide data, to track distances as well as times and even advise on form to athletes. But, for those runners who are not athletes, who simply enjoy the […]

Shakira kicks off Smile Story campaign for Crest and Oral-B 3D

Shakira kicks off Smile Story campaign for Crest and Oral-B 3D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEGTUTqaA2k#t=48 Crest and Oral-B 3D kicked off a ‘Smile Story’ campaign with a film telling the story of pop star Shakira’s smile at an event in Barcelona on November 11. The Procter & Gamble brand followed up the launch with a call to action for fans, encouraging them to share their own Smile Stories via […]

Tesco shuns “airbrushed” Christmas ads in festive effort

Tesco shuns “airbrushed” Christmas ads in festive effort

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_4AOpcBwZ4 Tesco is attempting to portray the reality of Christmas for families not the “perfect, airbrushed one” depicted in some ads in its 2013 festive effort. The 90-second ad, created by Wieden+Kennedy, features cinefilm and videocam footage of a family enjoying Christmas from the 1970s to the present day. It is soundtracked by Rod Stewart’s […]

Nissan unveils direct mail campaign for new Juke models

Nissan unveils direct mail campaign for new Juke models

Nissan has unveiled a new direct mail campaign to promote its new Juke models: the Nismo and the n-tec. Created by TMW, the DM pack opens to reveal a double-sided card with dual challenges ‘Are you Juke enough?’ for the 200hp Nismo and ‘Test your limits’ for the n-tec, accompanied by a sensor that turns […]