Inside That Ad's Favorite "Ads" from the 2012 Cannes Lions Festival

Here are a few of Inside That Ad's favorite ads from this year's Cannes Lions festival. The featured ads below were among the top print ads—the Grand Prix and gold winners from the Press Lions contest. Once, again in this post I only display four ads and the agencies that created them—staying true to Inside That Ad's mission.

Agency: JWT, Shanghai, China

Client: Maxam, A Chinese toothpaste Brand

Copy on Ad: Don't let germs settle down

 

Agency: JWT, Shanghai, China

Client: Maxam, A Chinese toothpaste Brand

Copy on Ad: Don't let germs settle down

Note: The second shows more detail in the ancient ruins created on this tooth.

Agency: BBH, London

Client: Axe

Agencies: Fabrica, Treviso, Italy, and 72andSunny, Amsterdam

Client: United Colors of Beneton

Campaign: "Unhate"

I hope you enjoyed some of my favorite ads

You can read and see more about these ads at: http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/worlds-best-print-ads-2011-12-141661

Best,
-A.B.

Super Bowl XLIII Commercial 2009

Well as most of you know, yesterday was the Superbowl and what comes with it, the multi-million dollar ads. Below are some of my favorites and I was hoping to get some feedback from you guys by having you vote on what ads you thought were the best out of the ones I thought were good. "You can vote by choosing your favorite ad from the poll on the far right. Also, below are the spots and the agencies that created them.

You can see all the Superbowl spots by going to this AdAge article.

E*Trade: Talking Baby

Agency: Grey, New York

Coke: Coke Heist

Agency: Wieden & Kennedy

Coke Zero: Mean Troy

Agency: Crispin Porter & Bogusky

Taco Bell: Speed Date

Agency: Draft FCB, Irvine

GoDaddy.com: Baseball

Agency: In-house

GoDaddy.com: Shower

Agency: In-house

Well enjoy the spots everybody.

Best,
A.B.