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Mog the Cat, a children’s book character, was featured in 16 books by writer and illustrator Judith Kerr. Mog returns in this hilarious ad for Sainsbury, where it both destroys and saves(?) Christmas. Coinciding with the ad, Kerr is also releasing a new Mog book, “Mog’s Christmas Calamity”, which will sell for 3 pounds, and […]

Bladeless windmills: is this the future of wind energy? Another great idea in the world of clean energy. Let’s all wean off fossil fuels already! A Spanish company called Vortex Bladeless is proposing a radical new way to generate wind energy that will once again upend what you see outside your car window. Their idea […]

Marie Wilcox, the last fluent speaker of the Wukchumni language, creates a dictionary to keep it alive. Like most Native Americans, the Wukchumni did not write their language until recently. Although several linguists documented the grammar of the Wukchumni language in the 20th century, Ms. Wilcox’s dictionary is the longest work of its kind. Ms. […]

Great Autism PSA by BBDO New York for Autism Speaks imagines the real life story of Jacob for autism awareness. According to Autism Speaks: Approximately 1 in 68 children is on the autism spectrum—an increase in prevalence of more than 100 percent in a single decade, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. […]

In case you missed it – Amazon opened its first brick-and-mortar store in downtown Seattle. Typical online reviews ranged from: I entered Amazon’s first brick-and-mortar store completely convinced it was a terrible idea. I already had a snarky headline ready in my head: “I went to the Amazon store in Seattle. It was just as […]

Coca-Cola has gone back to the hand-drawn look with this adorable spot, ‘Man & Dog’. Created by W+K Portland with production company Psyop, the short film is about a depressed human and his excitable pet. Via the Inspiration Room: “Sure, occasionally one dials 911 or wins America’s Got Talent, but for the most part, dogs […]

Blizzcon took place last week. What was it, and why should you care? It’s a convention hosted by Blizzard – one of the world’s major brands – but one that you might not have heard of: unless you’re a gamer. Blizzard, also known as Blizzard Entertainment, is one of the world’s most successful computer games […]

Hallmark has gone for amusing rather than for the heartstrings in its Christmas ads these year. More curiously: It’s the first time Hallmark has taken an all-digital approach for Keepsake during this high-stakes time of year for sales. But the brand is betting big with its shift away from traditional TV time, investing in not […]

Happy Monday! Have this gorgeous music video directed and animated by Hideki Inaba, titled ‘Slowly Rising’, the official music video for ‘BEATSOFREEN’. Via Hideki: “‘Slowly Rising’ suggested to me the image of the sun. A seed was born beneath the sun, the source of all existence. The seed absorbed the light. It created more seeds […]

SapientNitro has debuted its 10 week paid pilot ‘Returnship’ program, for people looking to return to adland after leaves of absences for family/other careers/breaks and so on, to help people like Sue Vering: Sue Vering was an associate creative director at DDB Chicago when she left in 1998, ultimately taking seven years off from the […]