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IKEA Accidental Environmentalists - A Better World Starts at Home

IKEA Accidental Environmentalists - a better world starts at home (2019) :60 (The Netherlands)

IKEA is in pursuit of an audacious ambition: to help 1 billion people live better lives within the limits of the planet by 2030.

Axe Ice Chill - WHOA, WHOA, WHOA (2019) :35 (UK)

Produced by Independent Films, London, this new Axe Chill ad tells guys to chill out when they are trying to impress the ladies.

Crunch - Fatima loves Crunch (2018) :15 (USA)

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@Sweden on Twitter shuts down after seven years of being curated by random Swedes

After seven years, @sweden the twitter account will tweet for the last time on September 30.

Nike - Dream Crazy (2018) 2:00 (USA)

Don’t ask if your dreams are crazy. Ask if they’re crazy enough. #justdoit

Clearblue® Connected Ovulation Test System: The day after the proposal (2017) :30 (USA)

Clearblue® Connected Ovulation Test System is the first and only test system to track two unique hormones and connect to your phone via Bluetooth® tec

“ACT BEYOND BORDERS. Soaring Crane Project" to promote multiculturalism in Japan

Jomo Shimbun's newspapers have turned into origami that could be folded into a paper crane. 上毛新聞創刊130周年記念【 ACT BEYOND BORDERS 】~鶴舞う者たちプロジェクト F
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Lola, the model in the "Racist Dove ad" defends original concept

Lola Ogunyemi is a model who has unwillingly become the face of "racist ad" after she appeared in a Dove body wash campaign.

SheaMoisture's growing pains as they expand market - social media backlash for ads

A funny thing happened on SheaMoisture's way to expanding their market share...

Shea Moisture - Hair Hate is Real (2017) :30 (USA)

This ad and other edits of it was very shortlived on the air as Shea Moisture pulled it after receiving a massive backlash on social media and blogs f

Dare to be diverse when you hire people in advertising

When I wrote ”Våga anställa annorlunda – på riktigt” for Sweden's leading advertising & media paper Resumé, it came hot on the heels of anoth

iZettle - Big things start small (2016) :30 (Sweden)

“Big things start small' is the basic premise that’s dramatized in the TVC, where a barber runs a super tiny salon that specializes in voluminous
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Banjo, Sydney ad agency, apologises for alleged 'racial' incident

"What is it with advertising agencies this week?" asks Twitter down under as the news spread that Banjo Advertising had said to a candidate
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Momondo – The DNA Journey (2016) 5 minutes (Denmark)

Momondo asked 67 people from all over the world to take a DNA test.

Chase - 'Worth Waiting For' (2016) :30 (USA)

Inseparable since they were kids walking to school together, this couple plans with Chase.

SheaMoisture - Break the walls #Breakthewalls (2016) :60 (USA)

The wall is coming down, but our work has just begun. See why we are breaking down the wall in our short film. #BREAKTHEWALLS

ICA - Welcome "Abbe" Abdullah - (2016) :30 (Sweden)

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Cheerios "Just Checking," (2013) :30 (USA)

This is the ad depicting a mixed race couple with a perfectly adorable child, that apparently got on some trolls' nerves
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Mountain Dew "Part 1" (2013) 1:00 (U.S.A.)

Starring Tyler the Creator as a goat beating up a woman for Mountain Dew. This ad wasn't banned by Pepsi Co. or part 2 but Part 3 was. Jesus.

Samsung Galaxy S III - Olympic Games / David Beckham - (2012) (Korea)

It embraces all races as an expression of humanity.
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Where are all the black ad men in Mad Men?

Season five of AMC's Mad Men is soon here and fans are eagerly awaiting it, while others are still asking the question: Where are all the black m
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Fortnight Lingerie - Super Sexy Abdominal Thrusts - (2010)

I think they mean "heimlich maneuver", but who cares at this point?

Absolut No Label celebrates diversity (with no labels)

Omg! The bottle is nekked. Absolut No label is the famous silhouette bottle we all know and blame our hangover on, but without the label and no logo.
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Sprite - Blow job - (SPEC WORK) - (2009) :30 (USA)

Not a German ad. Not a banned commercial. Instead this is simply spec work directed by Max Isaacson at Greencard Pictures.
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Sean John - Unforgivable Woman - long (2007) :60 (USA)

Sexy celebrity times
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Minority Forum - Soccer Player (2006) 0:45 (Brussels)

Campaign Goal: Make people think about the consequences of the growing inequality between people of foreign origin and the rest of the Belgian populat
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Ice cream names cause debate - are the names racist or Nazi codewords?

GB Glace launched a new flavor of a classic ice-cream the other week, and were promptly accused of racism.

Tricks of the trade

So according with Time Magazine these are some of the "Marketing 2004 hot spots": Cool Co-Branding (H&M Lagerfeld, Fred Perry Comme Des
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Target - Give Target - Get Snappy (2004) 0:15 (USA)

JOY TO THE WORRRRRLLLD
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Just hanging on the cross
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Ad pioneer Vince Cullers moves to big agency in the sky

Vince Cullers founded Vince Cullers Advertising in 1956, the first black-owned agency, with the daring idea to tailor ad campaigns marketing specifica
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British Airways - Bringing people together / Face - (1989) :90 (UK)

Also known ass British Airways "Globe" This ad was partly shot in Utah and aired worldwide but came out of a London agency.

McDonald's - Hot McChicken (1981) - 0:30 (USA)

Pond's Cold Cream - Used by the most beautiful women in the world (1980) :30 (USA)

"This jar is in almost every country in the world.
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Coca Cola - Hilltop / I'd like to buy the world a Coke - (1971) :60 (USA)

As legend goes, Bill Backer was on a flight to London, that was diverted to Shannon, Ireland due to heavy fog.

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