Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017

The Epica Awards jury decided to award two film Grand Prix honors this year--one for Sandy Hook Promise’s “Evan” from BBDO NY, the other for online retailer Allegro.pl’s “English for Beginners” from Poland agency Bardzo.

At this evening’s (11/16) Epica ceremony in Berlin, Grand Prix...

Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017

BBDO New York won agency of the year honors while Smuggler earned the production company of the year mantle, and Henry-Alex Rubin was named the year’s best director at the recently wrapped CICLOPE Festival 2017 in Berlin. All three wins were tied in large part to Sandy Hook Promise’s “Evan,” one...

Friday, Aug. 11, 2017

It's a simple message: Beware of racism in the United States.

But Procter & Gamble took a calculated risk with its ad that features black mothers speaking to children about racial bias through the decades. The company says it knew there might be a backlash — and the ad has been...

Wednesday, Jun. 7, 2017

The AICP Show: The Art & Technique of the American Commercial premiered this evening (6/7) at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City. Earning Best in Show distinction were the winners in the Advertising Excellence/Single Commercial and Advertising Excellence/Campaign categories...

Tuesday, Apr. 25, 2017

The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences (IADAS) has announced the winners of the 21st Annual Webby Awards, with BBDO New York taking home the top honor of “Webby Agency of the Year.” With six Webby Award and Webby People’s Voice Awards, including for Sandy Hook Promise’s “Evan...

Monday, Mar. 27, 2017

A live commercial gone awry on the Super Bowl is the latest Big Game chapter for Snickers’ advertising out of BBDO New York. Starring Adam Driver, the cowboy western-themed spot is fraught with miscues and mistakes—but intentionally so to show that like most of us, Driver, his colleagues and the...

Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2016

The fact that Lawrence Chen’s directorial career is progressing nicely is hardly a revelation to SHOOT which included him in its 2012 New Directors Showcase on the strength of the online spot “Little Things” for The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB).

What’s...

Friday, Jul. 22, 2016

The first primetime commercial Emmy Award was bestowed in 1997 upon HBO’s “Chimps” directed by Joe Pytka of PYTKA for BBDO NY. Since then, the spotmaking Emmy has grown in prominence and become increasingly coveted, taking on an added importance spurred on by changes in the business over the...

Friday, Jul. 24, 2015

The Road To Emmy is being traversed by a wide ranging field of select commercials--from an agency in-house-produced piece to three Super Bowl spots, as well as a lauded viral phenomenon breaking gender stereotypes, and the undisputed king of the Derek Jeter...

Thursday, Jul. 16, 2015

While the swan song season of Mad Men earned 11 Emmy Award nominations, including for Outstanding Drama Series, the real-world ad industry continued to make its mark on the competition with TBWA\Chiat\Day leading the way with two Best Commercial...

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