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I recently came across this heartwarming Christmas ad for IKEA Italy. Created in 2018 by STV DDB Milan, the ad captures the holiday spirit as two men find themselves trapped in a lift with their IKEA shopping.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I recently came across this heartwarming Christmas ad for IKEA Italy. Created in 2018 by STV DDB Milan, the ad captures the holiday spirit as two men find themselves trapped in a lift with their IKEA shopping.
#advertising
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Today, December 3rd, is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, established by the UN in 1992.
This 2005 ad for EDF imagines a world where ramps replace stairs, libraries are filled with braille books, and bank staff use sign language.
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This 2005 ad for EDF imagines a world where ramps replace stairs, libraries are filled with braille books, and bank staff use sign language.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Today, December 3rd, is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, established by the UN in 1992.
This 2005 ad for EDF imagines a world where ramps replace stairs, libraries are filled with braille books, and bank staff use sign language.
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This 2005 ad for EDF imagines a world where ramps replace stairs, libraries are filled with braille books, and bank staff use sign language.
#advertising
Every Christmas, Apple offers a seasonal film that occasionally hits the jackpot Here’s their 2025 offering, a delightfully childish film called ‘A Critter Carol’, with hand-made puppetry shot entirely on the iPhone 17 Pro.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Every Christmas, Apple offers a seasonal film that occasionally hits the jackpot Here’s their 2025 offering, a delightfully childish film called ‘A Critter Carol’, with hand-made puppetry shot entirely on the iPhone 17 Pro.
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Back in 1989, this is what Cyber Monday would have looked like. Before online shopping (or online anything), BT was encouraging people to use their phones when shopping to reserve items and beat the in-store rush. Agency was JWT.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Back in 1989, this is what Cyber Monday would have looked like. Before online shopping (or online anything), BT was encouraging people to use their phones when shopping to reserve items and beat the in-store rush. Agency was JWT.
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Hot Dr Pepper? Not sure about that one.
November 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Hot Dr Pepper? Not sure about that one.
Wishing all my American family and friends a very happy Thanksgiving today.
In 1953, food business Swanson was left with a huge surplus of turkeys. Inspired by the airline industry, they turned the turkey into packed pre-prepared meals and the first ‘TV dinner’ was born.
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In 1953, food business Swanson was left with a huge surplus of turkeys. Inspired by the airline industry, they turned the turkey into packed pre-prepared meals and the first ‘TV dinner’ was born.
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November 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Wishing all my American family and friends a very happy Thanksgiving today.
In 1953, food business Swanson was left with a huge surplus of turkeys. Inspired by the airline industry, they turned the turkey into packed pre-prepared meals and the first ‘TV dinner’ was born.
#advertising #thanksgiving
In 1953, food business Swanson was left with a huge surplus of turkeys. Inspired by the airline industry, they turned the turkey into packed pre-prepared meals and the first ‘TV dinner’ was born.
#advertising #thanksgiving
I’m not always a huge fan of retailers’ Christmas ads but I have to admit Tesco have made some lovely ‘slice of life’ films this year.
Here’s a perfect example - the grandfather who “expressed an opinion”.
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Here’s a perfect example - the grandfather who “expressed an opinion”.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I’m not always a huge fan of retailers’ Christmas ads but I have to admit Tesco have made some lovely ‘slice of life’ films this year.
Here’s a perfect example - the grandfather who “expressed an opinion”.
#advertising #supertalent
Here’s a perfect example - the grandfather who “expressed an opinion”.
#advertising #supertalent
I’m not always a huge fan of retailers’ Christmas ads but I have to admit Tesco have made some lovely ‘slice of life’ films this year.
Here’s an example that made me laugh out loud - the son who’s lost his accent down south.
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Here’s an example that made me laugh out loud - the son who’s lost his accent down south.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I’m not always a huge fan of retailers’ Christmas ads but I have to admit Tesco have made some lovely ‘slice of life’ films this year.
Here’s an example that made me laugh out loud - the son who’s lost his accent down south.
#advertising
Here’s an example that made me laugh out loud - the son who’s lost his accent down south.
#advertising
Now with extra large snack sack.
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Now with extra large snack sack.
Your latest squeeze?
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Your latest squeeze?
In 1999, Saatchi and Saatchi created one of New Zealand’s most iconic ads to promote the Toyota Hilux. The ad attracted 120 complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority, who ruled that the word “bugger” was unlikely to cause serious offence.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
In 1999, Saatchi and Saatchi created one of New Zealand’s most iconic ads to promote the Toyota Hilux. The ad attracted 120 complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority, who ruled that the word “bugger” was unlikely to cause serious offence.
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In 2014, exactly 100 years after the start of WW1, DDB Toronto created this beautifully simple print ad for the Historica Dominion Institute‘s Memory Project, featuring real Canadian Veterans.
#wewillrememberthem
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November 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
In 2014, exactly 100 years after the start of WW1, DDB Toronto created this beautifully simple print ad for the Historica Dominion Institute‘s Memory Project, featuring real Canadian Veterans.
#wewillrememberthem
#wewillrememberthem
The fabulous Terry Thomas appeared in this fun 1970 ad for Gilbey's Gin, along with a very young Rula Lenska.
Born the son of a Finchley butcher in 1911, Thomas often portrayed “disreputable members of the upper classes, especially cads, toffs and bounders.”
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Born the son of a Finchley butcher in 1911, Thomas often portrayed “disreputable members of the upper classes, especially cads, toffs and bounders.”
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November 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The fabulous Terry Thomas appeared in this fun 1970 ad for Gilbey's Gin, along with a very young Rula Lenska.
Born the son of a Finchley butcher in 1911, Thomas often portrayed “disreputable members of the upper classes, especially cads, toffs and bounders.”
#advertising
Born the son of a Finchley butcher in 1911, Thomas often portrayed “disreputable members of the upper classes, especially cads, toffs and bounders.”
#advertising
I love this ad for Blue Band margarine, likely from the 1920s. The brand was originally Dutch, developed by Van den Bergh and introduced into the UK in 1916 as the war created huge demand for butter substitutes. As the ad states, it's "Just like best butter".
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November 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I love this ad for Blue Band margarine, likely from the 1920s. The brand was originally Dutch, developed by Van den Bergh and introduced into the UK in 1916 as the war created huge demand for butter substitutes. As the ad states, it's "Just like best butter".
#advertising
#advertising
This 2007 ad, called ‘Fired’ for obvious reasons, was created by TBWA/Chiat/Day New York for Nextel Communications, an American mobile operator.
Looks dated but remember it was ‘only’ 18 years ago - the same year that the iPhone was introduced.
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Looks dated but remember it was ‘only’ 18 years ago - the same year that the iPhone was introduced.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
This 2007 ad, called ‘Fired’ for obvious reasons, was created by TBWA/Chiat/Day New York for Nextel Communications, an American mobile operator.
Looks dated but remember it was ‘only’ 18 years ago - the same year that the iPhone was introduced.
#advertising
Looks dated but remember it was ‘only’ 18 years ago - the same year that the iPhone was introduced.
#advertising
I bloody love this, featuring celebrity immigrant Farrokh Bulsara.
"Thank God for Immigrants” was originally used in an art project by British conceptual artist Jeremy Deller during the pandemic to highlight the contributions of immigrants.
#advertising #thankgodforimmigrants
"Thank God for Immigrants” was originally used in an art project by British conceptual artist Jeremy Deller during the pandemic to highlight the contributions of immigrants.
#advertising #thankgodforimmigrants
October 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I bloody love this, featuring celebrity immigrant Farrokh Bulsara.
"Thank God for Immigrants” was originally used in an art project by British conceptual artist Jeremy Deller during the pandemic to highlight the contributions of immigrants.
#advertising #thankgodforimmigrants
"Thank God for Immigrants” was originally used in an art project by British conceptual artist Jeremy Deller during the pandemic to highlight the contributions of immigrants.
#advertising #thankgodforimmigrants
