We love

HBO’s latest campaign is a riff off its famous static opener, getting an impressive range of stars (including Game of Thrones) into the bag. Via AdAge: According to Chris Spadaccini, exec VP-consumer marketing at HBO, the decision to debut the campaign now was not sparked by increasing fray of original content from streaming services like […]

This gun control PSA by the Illinois Council against Handgun Violence argues that children’s toys would be less regulated if they were guns. Via Adweek: Everyone knows that teddy bears aren’t as dangerous as firearms. But these classic toys have to satisfy a wide range of safety standards before they make their way into a […]

Andrew Rea’s Binging with Babish recreates iconic (and less famous) dishes from tv and films, including the key dish from Ratatouille. Via DesignTaxi: Ever wondered how the food on TV shows or films would taste? Like the famous French dish that Disney and Pixar’s animated film Ratatouille was named after, or the ‘Big Kahuna Burger’ […]

An ostrich tries to fly in this amusing new ad for Samsung’s Virtual Reality gear when it accidentally puts on a headset, one that (like many ads) only works with a suspension of belief. Via the Verge: Samsung just concluded its Unpacked event and it was light on virtual reality news, but the company is […]

What did we just watch? Skeletor has never looked this good in this hilarious, 80s inspired ad for MoneySuperMarket, jamming to Fame. Via Creativity Online: Skeletor, the ’80s villain and arch-enemy of He-Man from “Masters of the Universe,” is the star of the latest spot from Moneysupermarket.com, which continues to score YouTube hits with its […]

Strange Beasts is a sci-fi short about a world where an augmented reality game allows you to create your own pet… to odd results. Via Short of the Week: Director and VFX artist Magali Barbe’s Strange Beasts is a bite-sized bit of twisted genre fiction that would make Charlie Brooker blush. Like the best episodes […]

A Chanel Bag causes all sorts of problems in this editorial Harper Bazaar film about the bag and its role in a friendship between two women. Via Adweek: These kinds of films succeed best when they’re both aspirational and relatable—as in this one, where women can afford buying each other $3,600 handbags yet still fight […]

Matt Bollinger’s Apartment 6F is a hand-painted stopmotion thriller that takes inspiration from the artist’s life and from 60s horror. Via It’s Nice That: “I wanted to combine the mundane everyday with something heightened that seemed to burst through from the character’s imagination,” explains Brooklyn-based Matt. In the animation, a freelance web designer in New […]

Futuracha is the most successfully crowdfunded font in history, by Athenian studio Høly. And no, it doesn’t look anything like Helvetica. Via FastCo Design: “The transition from the old version to the new one proved to be truly demanding,” says Odysseas Galinos Paparounis, designer of Futuracha and CEO of Høly. “In order to make Futuracha […]

Future Boyfriend is about the deeply creepy, somewhat charming and sort of hilarious perils of dating a surprise time traveler. Via Short Film of the Week: The clever writing of this screenplay by A. Vincent Ularich manages to involve an immense amount of this depth in a mere 10 minutes. A film with a narrative […]