Who is Zesty Guy really targeting; gay men or a million offended moms?</h1> <article> <h1>Who is Zesty Guy really targeting; gay men or a million offended moms?</h1> <p>dabitch — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:30:10 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-storyimage"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/adnews/who-zesty-guy-really-targeting-gay-men-or-million-offended-moms/1371573010" class="imagecache imagecache-frontpage_image_300x200 imagecache-linked imagecache-frontpage_image_300x200_linked"></a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Ladies... Can we talk?</p> <p>You know how I say <a href="http://adland.tv/content/boys-girls-not-competition-sexist-ads-are-bad-everyone">sexist ads are bad for everyone</a>, and <a href="http://adland.tv/commercials/kraft-zesty-italian-zesty-guy-says-hey-bedroom-voice-2013-30-usa">that there's a balance of humor and emotion that needs to be reached for the character to evolve beyond the rock-hard abs, now he's just an object</a>, so you know I'm not a fan. I'm not working for the type of equality where both genders have it equally bad. </p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-storyinsidebottom"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> <div class="field-item even"> </div> </div> </div> <script src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~s/adland/?i=http://adland.tv/adnews/who-zesty-guy-really-targeting-gay-men-or-million-offended-moms/1371573010" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script><p><a href="http://adland.tv/adnews/who-zesty-guy-really-targeting-gay-men-or-million-offended-moms/1371573010" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Dumb ways to die starts winning everything in Cannes.</h1> <p>dabitch — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:09:50 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-storyimage"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/adnews/dumb-ways-die-starts-winning-everything-cannes/1371503390" class="imagecache imagecache-frontpage_image_300x200 imagecache-linked imagecache-frontpage_image_300x200_linked"></a> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/adland/status/345740849562411008" rel="nofollow">As predicted</a> <a href="http://adland.tv/commercials/metro-trains-melbourne-tangerine-kitty-dumb-ways-die-psa-2012-300-australia">Dumb Ways To Die</a> is raking home the lions in Cannes, it took the Grand Prix in the Direct Lions <em>and</em> PR Lions. It also got a nice Gold Lion in the Promo & Activation Lions category. Trust me, it ain't over until the fat fireworks blow up on Saturday, there will be more. How do I know? Have you seen anything else memorable in 2012? That cleaned up at both D&AD and One Show? </p> <p>Of course, this is Cannes, we can always hope for a dark horse from an exotic country .. :)</p> <script src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~s/adland/?i=http://adland.tv/adnews/dumb-ways-die-starts-winning-everything-cannes/1371503390" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script><p><a href="http://adland.tv/adnews/dumb-ways-die-starts-winning-everything-cannes/1371503390" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Duolingo proposes to user in special exercise set up by boyfriend.</h1> <p>dabitch — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:28:41 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-storyimage"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/adnews/duolingo-proposes-user-special-exercise-set-boyfriend/1371500921" class="imagecache imagecache-frontpage_image_300x200 imagecache-linked imagecache-frontpage_image_300x200_linked"></a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Duolingo are romantic saps. When Flavio asked them to help him do a <a href="http://blog.duolingo.com/post/53207277316/a-duolingo-proposal" rel="nofollow">a duolingo proposal</a>, they did. See, Flavio knew that his girlfriend was taking Italian lessons with Duolingo so that she would be able to speak to her beau in Italian. He asked Duolingo to set up an exercise just for her that would lead to the big question. It began innocently enough, with "Lui ti ama" to translate. "He loves you". Then "Lui ti adora", <em>he adores you</em>.. and then it got personal: “Will you marry Flavio Esposito?”</p> <script src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~s/adland/?i=http://adland.tv/adnews/duolingo-proposes-user-special-exercise-set-boyfriend/1371500921" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script><p><a href="http://adland.tv/adnews/duolingo-proposes-user-special-exercise-set-boyfriend/1371500921" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Jonathan Ive redesigns Apple: a.k.a colors, gradients, everywhere.</h1> <p>dabitch — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:20:23 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-storyimage"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/adnews/jonathan-ive-redesigns-apple-aka-colors-gradients-everywhere/1371489623" class="imagecache imagecache-frontpage_image_300x200 imagecache-linked imagecache-frontpage_image_300x200_linked"></a> </div> </div> </div> <p>There's a new tumblr in town called <a href="http://jonyiveredesignsthings.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow">Jony Ive Redesigns Things</a>. He puts an orange-red gradient <a href="http://jonyiveredesignsthings.tumblr.com/post/53204192330/jony-ive-redesigns-marlboro-credit-hugomesmo" rel="nofollow">all over Marlboro</a>, he makes <a hef="http://jonyiveredesignsthings.tumblr.com/post/52983224454/jony-ive-redesigns-apple-logo-credit-michelli">the apple logo like a purple-pink pill</a> and my personal favorite: Jonathan Ives redesigns the facebook timeline and Apple logo below. </p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-storyinsidebottom"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> <div class="field-item even"> </div> </div> </div> <script src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~s/adland/?i=http://adland.tv/adnews/jonathan-ive-redesigns-apple-aka-colors-gradients-everywhere/1371489623" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script><p><a href="http://adland.tv/adnews/jonathan-ive-redesigns-apple-aka-colors-gradients-everywhere/1371489623" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>NASCAR placement fail.</h1> <p>kidsleepy — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:12:02 +0000</p> <p>USA Today NASCAR writer <a href="https://twitter.com/jeff_gluck" rel="nofollow"> Jeff Gluck </a> was quick to post (and credit the AP photographer Luke Brodbeck) this wonderful bit of contextual fail, courtesy of the Michigan Lottery.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Um...are you sure, Michigan Lottery? (AP Photo/Luke Brodbeck) <a href="http://t.co/tQqLQKz6Mg" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/tQqLQKz6Mg</a></p> </blockquote><script src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~s/adland/?i=http://adland.tv/adnews/nascar-placement-fail/1371442322" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script><p><a href="http://adland.tv/adnews/nascar-placement-fail/1371442322" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Behind the scenes: fleecing the client for mo' money mo' budget</h1> <p>dabitch — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:00:40 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-storyimage"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/adnews/behind-scenes-fleecing-client-mo-money-mo-budget/1371322840" class="imagecache imagecache-frontpage_image_300x200 imagecache-linked imagecache-frontpage_image_300x200_linked"></a> </div> </div> </div> <p>It's no secret that I despise the "behind the scenes" ads that seem to accompany every ad, from your run of the mill cereal shoot, to your celebrity laden fashion ad, and every single kind of ad in between. I scoffed at the idea of making <a href="http://adland.tv/content/making-ad-creators-rockstars">ad creators as rockstars™</a> already back in 2001, so this is not a new snark. </p> <script src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~s/adland/?i=http://adland.tv/adnews/behind-scenes-fleecing-client-mo-money-mo-budget/1371322840" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script><p><a href="http://adland.tv/adnews/behind-scenes-fleecing-client-mo-money-mo-budget/1371322840" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Singapore Red Cross Rapid Rescue Mobile Application - (2013)</h1> <p>dabitch — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:27:17 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-video"> <h3 class="field-label">Video</h3> <div class="field-items"> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-credits"> <h3 class="field-label">Credits</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Hemoba Blood bank & E.C.Vitória - My blood is red and black - Case Study (2013)</h1> <p>dabitch — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 01:36:36 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-video"> <h3 class="field-label">Video</h3> <div class="field-items"> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-credits"> <h3 class="field-label">Credits</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Red Bull: Felix Baumgartner's supersonic freefall from 128k' - Mission Highlights</h1> <p>dabitch — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 01:23:05 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-video"> <h3 class="field-label">Video</h3> <div class="field-items"> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-credits"> <h3 class="field-label">Credits</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://adland.tv/commercials/red-bull-felix-baumgartners-supersonic-freefall-128k-mission-highlights" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Busted: the don't bother Cannes App</h1> <p>dabitch — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 01:00:44 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-storyimage"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/adnews/busted-dont-bother-cannes-app/1371258044" class="imagecache imagecache-frontpage_image_300x200 imagecache-linked imagecache-frontpage_image_300x200_linked"></a> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.bustedapp.xxx/site" rel="nofollow">BustedApp</a> is the not-must-have Cannes app this year, unlike that brilliantly useful <a href="http://adland.tv/adnews/hungry-cannes-after-midnight-deutsch-la-rescue-cannes-has-pizza/1370996125">Pizza after midnight spotting App</a> that Deutsch LA made. </p> <p>Busted App hangs bling-chains, leather-bondage-gear and beards on people as you snap pictures of them, a tech so old that Google perfected Rudolf-noses tracking your face live in hangouts. So that you may "expose the decadence and depravity of the worlds largest ad festival" while you're there.</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-storyinsidebottom"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <script src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~s/adland/?i=http://adland.tv/adnews/busted-dont-bother-cannes-app/1371258044" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script><p><a href="http://adland.tv/adnews/busted-dont-bother-cannes-app/1371258044" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> </main></body></html>