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It’s like somewhere in the mid-XXV’s Super Sunday evolved from a football game into America’s Official National Television Holiday. A celebration centered entirely around the TV set. A high holy day for the influence industry’s most ineffective media buy. The one day a year when we all get to sit around and play Clio judge.

A Brand Manifesto For America

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Somewhat overlooked and somehow underappreciated in all the way more than well deserved adulation for President Obama is his uncanny ability to see a big idea and elevate it with the fine art of language.

No, Chevron, we will not join you.

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Part of making advertising a force for positive change in the world is calling out our industry at its most disingenuous and destructive. Case in point, Chevron's  Will You Join Us? campaign.

Piling On

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Did advertising kill a man at a Wal-Mart holiday sale? Yesterday a lawsuit was filed implicating a retail store’s marketing campaign as at least partially culpable for the death of a security guard trampled at the opening of a Post-Thanksgiving Sale.

BOWLING FOR DOLLARS

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A Cynical Semi-Serious Critique of This Year’s Super Bowl Ads. This was, admittedly, a tough year to review Super Bowl ads. For one, the game was actually pretty good.

Video Samples

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YOUSENDIT The Idea Cooperative helped YouSendIt reposition itself with a campaign centered around the concept of What Moves You. To bring the idea to life we took a small film crew to the South by Southwest Music and Film Festival to interview emerging artists about their inspirations, and how YouSendIt helps them create and collaborate. [...]

Recent Samples

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YOUSENDIT The Idea: Launch the new YouSendIt brand position (What Moves You) with a social campaign at South By Southwest.   BCCI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY The Idea: Establish a leadership position for BCCI that expands the role of builder beyond vendor and contractor to collaborator and trusted confidant.   NEST FAMILY ARCHITECTS The Idea: Create a name and a [...]