Winners for the 2023 AICP Show: The Art & Technique of the Commercial, the AICP Next Awards and the AICP Post Awards premiered earlier in the week at MoMA. The top prizes in each competition – the AICP Show’s Advertising Excellence and Advertising Excellence/Campaign winners, the Next Awards’ Most Next winner and the Post Awards’ … Continue reading “Apple, FCB, Smuggler top winners at AICP Awards”
The AICP Awards today released the Shortlists for the 2022 editions of its three competitions: The AICP Show: The Art & Technique of the Commercial, the AICP Next Awards and the AICP Post Awards. The Shortlists are the results of a bifurcated judging system that began earlier this year with a series of panels with … Continue reading “Droga5, BBDO, Chiat, SMUGGLER lead AICP Shortlists”
On Saturday, September 19, Sandy Hook Promise, Smuggler Productions, and BBDO New York were honored with the prestigious Emmy Award for Outstanding Commercial of 2019 for “Back-to-School Essentials,” the short film that gives voices to students’ fears that school shootings have become the new normal. The Television Academy of Arts and Sciences selected this PSA over … Continue reading “BBDO, Smuggler win Emmy for ‘Back to School Essentials’”
SMUGGLER has announced the signing of New-York born Allie Avital. Avital’s work has a reputation for being both visually arresting and conceptually bold and original. She is an ambitious and exciting film maker that the company believes will bring a clear voice and an assured and definite talent to their roster. SMUGGLER has always been … Continue reading “Music video auteur Allie Avital signs with SMUGGLER”
The prestigious AICP Awards tour is set to make its way to the vibrant city of San Francisco on October 11, promising a captivating panel discussion and screening event. Hosted at the renowned Exploratorium in San Francisco, the occasion will bring together luminaries from the agency, brand, and music sectors to analyze and celebrate the … Continue reading “AICP Awards tour moves to San Francisco”
Chatter and excitement over the US Women’s National Team (USWNT) may have been eliminated from our lips the same way the beloved team was shockingly eliminated from the FIFA World Cup competition last week, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t creativity still worth talking about. This includes a recent Volkswagen Atlas & Atlas Cross Sport … Continue reading “Volkswagen’s clever US Women’s National Team spots kick ass”
The 2023 AICP Awards is set to kick off its National Tour in Los Angeles later this month. The event, taking place at The Ebell on July 27, will feature a panel of Curators from the AICP Next Awards, AICP Post Awards, and the AICP Show discussing the winning works and industry trends. The evening … Continue reading “2023 AICP Awards arrives in Los Angeles”
In the final Awards Show of the week at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the following Lions were awarded: Film, Glass: The Lion for Change, Sustainable Development Goals and The Dan Wieden Titanium Lions. Special Awards were also announced, and after a strong performance by Apple across the Lions in 2023, the brand … Continue reading “Day 5: Final Lions announced”
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced the winners in the second Awards Show of the week. In the Entertainment Track: the Entertainment Lions, Entertainment Lions for Gaming, Entertainment Lions for Music and Entertainment Lions for Sport were honored, and in Craft: the Design, Digital Craft, Film Craft, and Industry Craft were awarded. … Continue reading “Day 2: Entertainment and Craft Lions announced”
VMLY&R New York and MullenLowe US New York had stellar nights at the ADC 102nd Annual Awards ceremony, held this evening at Terminal 5 in New York during Creative Week 2023. The esteemed global jury awarded this year’s coveted ADC Black Cube for Best of Show to VMLY&R New York for “I Will Always Be Me” on behalf of Dell Technologies and Intel. The work also … Continue reading “VMLY&R, MullenLowe big winners at 102nd ADC Awards”
The AICP Awards released the Shortlists for the 2023 editions of its three competitions: The AICP Show: The Art & Technique of the Commercial, the AICP Next Awards and the AICP Post Awards. The Shortlists are the results of a bifurcated judging system that began earlier this year with a series of panels with experts … Continue reading “AICP announces shortlists for Show, Next and Post”
Late last month, Behr, along with creative partner TBWA\Chiat\Day released the first spot in a new campaign titled, “Should’ve Used Behr.” The campaign expertly tapped into real, relatable anxieties around home decor and exaggerated them with humor. The insight being reflected is one that is seen across social media: “housebarassment” – our homes are a … Continue reading “Behr is back with the Domino Effect”
Have you ever been uncomfortable when someone pops by your house and the walls are in need of some tlc? Does that voice we all hate in our heads start chipping away? Yeah. We’ve all been there. And Behr expertly taps into that insecurity in a humorous improv-based ad called, “Should’ve Used Behr” from TBWA\Chiat\Day … Continue reading “New Behr ad looks at “housebarrassment””
No one has a to-do list quite as endless as a small business owner, and when it comes to the incessant tasks, there’s one that can seem especially daunting and time-consuming: shopping for insurance. Progressive and creative agency Arnold Worldwide bring small business owners’ monster to-do lists to life in a new campaign released today. … Continue reading “Progressive helps small businesses fight monster to-do lists”
AICP will kick off 2023 with new faces in leadership roles at two of its largest chapters, as the Association reports on the membership of its National and Regional Boards. With results of its recent leadership elections finalized, the makeup of the National Board remains the same. Yvette Cobarrubias of Cosmo Street, Gloria Pitagorsky of … Continue reading “AICP reveals election results for National, Regional Boards”
American Family Insurance has just released the latest commercials in its long-running “Insure Carefully. Dream Fearlessly” campaign. The campaign, which has been on air since 2015, demonstrates how any dream is possible with the right support. The two new spots, “Champions” and “Marching Band,” tell the stories of two young girls – each with their … Continue reading “American Family Insurance’ s end of year spots”
From the advent of electricity and automobiles to mobile phones and computers, humanity has always pushed forward when it recognizes some entrenched facet of life is now obsolete. The latest campaign from the world’s work marketplace, Upwork, and lead creative agency Alto New York address what is arguably the biggest change in how we work since the … Continue reading “Upwork tells us the old ways of working are dead”
On Saturday, The Television Academy presented the first of its two 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies honoring outstanding artistic and technical achievements in television at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles. In what looked more like the VMAs or the Grammys, the ceremony, which kicked off the 74th Emmys, awarded many talented artists … Continue reading “Emmys: Beatles and Sandy Hook win big on Night One of Creative Arts Awards”
When you change the iconic color of your bottle like Sprite, you hire the best colorist. I know this because I just worked with Apache on my short film, Storage. They are wonderful. Shout out to Jennifer Gaida! Anyway, I digress. For this Reel Ad of the Week, Apache’s Quinn Alvarez worked on the new … Continue reading “Sprite delivers a slam dunk with Apache”
This morning, the 74th Emmy nominations were announced during a live virtual ceremony was hosted by JB Smoove (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and Melissa Fumero (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) along with Television Academy Chairman and CEO Frank Scherma. Succession holds this year’s top spot with 25 Emmy nominations followed by Ted Lasso and The White Lotus (20), Hacks … Continue reading “Succession, Ted Lasso, Euphoria lead 74th Emmy noms”
