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This 2014 Year in Review Video Starts Off Extremely Confusing, Then Gets...
It's that time again, when we take stock of the year—to revisit all the moments that passed, some we remember, some we've long forgotten. All of our favorite sites are releasing their year-in-review...
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Here's What Happens When Stoners Try Actual Coffee at an Amsterdam Coffee Shop
Amsterdam is known for its famous "coffee shops," but coffee is not the main attraction. Amsterdam-based coffee brand Moyee hopes to change that—and make the city better known for coffee as well. But...
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This Dutch Insurance Ad Has a Hilariously Skeptical Take on Smart Homes
A high-tech house proves to be far from a "smart home" when two burglars arrive in "Welcome," the latest amusing spot from Tribal DDB in Amsterdam for insurance company Centraal Beheer. The...
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This Remarkable Ad Shows Just How Science Can Improve Real People's Lives
If you think rigorous scientific research is boring or self-serving, this short film from the Netherlands just might change your mind. Amsterdam-based agency 1Camera and director Hugo Keijzer employ...
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McDonald's Billboard With Heat-Sensitive Paneling Doles Out McFlurries in...
Heat-sick Dutchmen rejoice! McDonald's in the Netherlands teamed up with outdoor ad company JCDecaux to create a billboard with heat-sensitive paneling that contained 100 free McFlurry cups. When it...
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VW Designed a Baby Stroller With Automatic Braking After Joking About It in...
Volkswagen Netherlands aired a TV spot in April in which VW owners had great expectations for their other possessions—including one mother who couldn't understand why baby strollers don't have...
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TBWA Designs a Bike-Lock Poster From Pieces of Competitors' Broken Locks
To introduce AXA's Victory bicycle lock, TBWA\Neboko scoured the streets of Amsterdam looking for other companies' broken bike locks, and used pieces of them in this memorable poster and billboard...
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If You Can't Leave Your Agency Job at Night, at Least Get Yourself a Proper...
Everyone knows that ad people, along with other white-collar employees everywhere, are working longer hours and losing productivity to fatigue. But what's the solution? Some have suggested letting...
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The 'Ugliest Building' in Rotterdam Is Transformed Into the World's Coolest...
A building that was once voted the ugliest in Rotterdam, Holland, has been transformed into a striking McDonald's that some are likening to an Apple Store. The original structure, from the 1960s, was...
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Here's What Happens When Kids Pick Between Toys and Household Chemicals
This Dutch PSA offers a striking reminder that brightly colored bottles are appealing to children—even when the bottles are filled with toxic liquids. In the Netherlands (not to mention the U.S.),...
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A Translation Site's Clever Recipe Taste Test Shows How Wrong Google...
BERLIN, Germany—When you have a free competitor as hugely popular as Google Translate, your only valid option is to make the most of it. That's exactly what translation service ElaN Languages decided...
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KLM Organizes Amsterdam Meetups Between Locals and Flyers With Long Layovers
Airline promotions are getting awfully chummy these days. First, JetBlue invited passengers on a coast-to-coast flight to "Reach Across the Aisle" and cooperate to win round-trip tickets. Now, Dutch...
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McDonald's Turns Placemats Into Little Music Production Stations Connected to...
Wasn't it fun when we were kids to doodle on restaurants' paper placements with crayons? Well, McDonald's has introduced a high-tech, musical version of that sort of play with McTrax—a snazzy placemat...
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This Clever Cannes Badge Hack Helps Young Creatives Show Off Their Best Work
CANNES, France—The back of a conference access pass is generally pretty worthless, except as a place for organizers to sell ads. But what if that space could be used to advertise yourself? That was...
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Inside 'The Next Rembrandt': How JWT Got a Computer to Paint Like the Old Master
CANNES, France—Rembrandt van Rijn finished his last painting in 1669, the year he died. So it was enthralling, and a little unsettling, to step on to a boat at the Cannes Lions festival for a private...
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