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Ogilvy and Mattel drive home an important message

Ogilvy & Mather Mumbai teamed with Mattel to create this wonderful anti-drunk driving message aimed at late-night partyers. 

Here's how it worked:

Via Ads of the World

And, now, the best of 2012

20 Top Commercials from 2012 according to GB Creative Blog

20 Most-Viral Ads of 2012 according to AdWeek

2012 VIP (Very Innovative Product) Awards awarded by Good Housekeeping

Best Political Ads of 2012 (as of 9/25/12) according to the Washington Post

 

Click here to see the Worst of 2012.

Image via Campus Times

BlueStacks creates outrageously insulting icons for its infographic

This infographic from BlueStacks illustrates the average female Mac user.

It's cute and fun. Until you get to the part referring to average ages. Let's look at a close up.

Okay, it's kind of a blurry close up. And I can't fix it because my husband is the Photoshop wiz in our family and he's not here to sharpen the image. But you're smart. You can see what's going on here.

The icon for women aged 51 to 60 years looks like Queen Elizabeth II. It even includes the monarch's ubiquitous handbag. Trouble is, the Queen of England is not 51 to 60, she's 86.

The icon depicting women over 60 looks like England's beloved late Queen Mother. She was 101 years old when she died.

F*ck you and your ageist icons, BlueStacks.

P.S. This is what 50+ looks like. And, yes, I use a Mac.

The Worst of 2012

Here are a few of my favorite from this year's crop of 'worst' lists.

Worst Product Flops of 2012 from 24/7 Wall St.

6 Ill-Advised Marketing Campaigns that Backfired Hilariously from Cracked

5 Worst Political Ads of 2012 from USA Today

52 Worst Photoshop Mistakes in Magazines from Hongkiat

And my personal vote for Worst Celebrity Endorsement of 2012 Ever

Image via Campus Times

Wicked good truck

Pepsi understands New Englanders.

Via my friend Jane Carey

A mere technicality

Via Graphic Design and Web Design Blog

Ribbon animals from artist Baku Maeda

Via Sjoesjoe

Happy Holidays

A priest, a rabbi and a muslim go to dinner...

A wonderful spot from home furnishings retailer Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams.

Click here to see the TV commercial.

Celebrity Saturday: Blake Lively for Gucci Premiere fragrance

                                                                        Via Pursuitist

No. Absolutely not.

The "Kawaii Not?" dress.

I can think of a million reasons.

If you insist, you can buy it at ModCloth

Twelve Days of Christmas

Letterpress Christmas card by designer Erin Jang of The Indigo Bunting.

Via iainclaridge

Romeo Beckham appears in inane Burberry spot

Burberry hired David and Victoria Beckham's progeny, 10-year-old Romeo, to star in a TV commercial. 

I think it's silly.

Click here to watch Romeo Beckham in a Burberry commercial.

Via Mashable