badland

The new Sauvage, le Parfum - A dialogue between cultures & The song that changed rock n' roll

These are the two "behind the scenes "clips released to tease the new Sauvage campaign with Johnny Depp.
3 Comments

Dior launches new ad for Sauvage with Johnny Depp and Native Americans - get called out for appropriation.

A new teaser ad for an upcoming perfume fragrance called “Sauvage” that designer fashion house Dior bills as “an authentic journey deep into the Nativ

"The vagina bible" has social media ads blocked, because of the word "vagina"

Let's see if that headline survives in our Twitter and Facebook pings, shall we?

Mercedes Canada has stirred up controversy with line "the values that unite us all" in short Twitter ad

Careful with your Pridewashing, brands, or you may get the same reaction as Mercedes-Benz Canada just got

Coca-Cola features gay couples kissing in Hungary, an online petition calls for a boycott and ban of such ads.

At least one leading politician from Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party and conservative media outlets have called for boycotting Coke products or banning
2 Comments
Praia Macas

Billboard that celebrates low birthrates gets cheeky reply from Portuguese family

The Great Decrease - aka de grote krimp in Dutch - is an organisation that wants to open up to have a discussion about the global population growth.
none
6 Comments
none

Reactions to Campaign's Nigel Farage article.

The advertising world was rather taken aback by Campaign's choice of putting Nigel Farage on the cover.
1 Comment

Spotify launches "Dance like nobody's paying" campaign that annoys unpaid musicians.

In another chapter convincing us yet again that Spotify really hates musicians, these ads almost seem to antagonize on purpose.

Australia’s consumer watchdog sues Samsung for 'misleading' water-resistant claims on Galaxy phones

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) today launched legal proceedings against Samsung.

Jamie Windust for HSBC tweet is deleted after pushback

On 23rd of May HSBC tweeted a clip showing Jamie Windust talking about how being too much is actually just enough.
1 Comment

Channel 4 in Sweden refuses political party ad that promotes "Swexit" before EU elections

Just as we learn that Facebook refuses to allow the Christian Democrats to air their campaign ad, we now hear that TV4 refuses to air Alternative For
1 Comment

14 Hands Unveils New Canned Wine Line by Spoofing Iconic Beer Ads

Rather than fighting against beer, Seattle-based creative agency Copacino+Fujikado is pulling up a cheeky stool to the bar with its “Grab a Wineski” d
56 Comments

Katarina Stegnar's performance art poster #hatebetter shocks

Katarina is a performance artist in Slovenia, but her outdoor poster in Ljubljana advertising her upcomping piece #hatebetter, may have turned into an
3 Comments

Chips Ahoy celebrates Mother's Day with a drag queen

Coffee By Design says coffee shops advertising CBD are violating their trademark.

Is CBD coffee from Coffee By Design or is it coffee with CBD?
3 Comments

AIB & Women’s Aid - the abusive tellar machine (2019) :90 (Ireland)

AIB ATMs Reveal the Shocking Truth of Financial Abuse AIB, Women’s Aid and ROTHCO seek to raise awareness and improve support for thousands of

Ancestry.com apologizes and deletes ad after critics say it romanticized slavery

Ancestry.com apologized Thursday for a controversial advertisement published to its YouTube channel earlier this month.

Alex Schulman posts "At last!" on an image of burning Notre Dame, his sponsor Mat.se bears the brunt of it

The danger in sponsoring influencers' social media has always been the same as sponsoring a celebrity, they may mouth off and say something stupi
12 Comments
KETUTUS — A story of being seriously pissed off

Hornbach - So riecht das Frühjahr / This is what spring smells like (2019) :45 (Germany)

Hornbach knows what spring smells like. It smells like sweaty men doing difficult landscaping jobs, and fixing up the house.

Air Asia had to remove ads after accusations that they were promoting sex tourism in Thailand

A group of activists fighting against the objectification of women posted photos of Air Asia’s latest campaign in Australia, which advertised flights
6 Comments
Åhléns, ha det fint, nattning

Åhléns new ad in Sweden, showing a father reading Pippi Longstocking in Dari, gets backlash on social media

Åhléns has released a short video on their social media and selected TV-slots where man reads Astrid Lindgrens classic Pippi Longstocking book for his
1 Comment
Kondomeriet - 30 years of naughtiness

Kondomeriet - 30 years of naughtiness (2019: 40 (Norway)

When it comes to advertising condoms, the old trope of food that looks like sex is trotted out once again. Well done though.
11 Comments

Prada Pradamalia Otto & Toto characters pulled after accusations of "blackface", Prada apologises

Prada's Pradamalia is accused of being "Sambo-like imagery" and blackface on social media. Prada decided to pull the carachter.
13 Comments
Jenny Nyströms "tomten"
3 Comments

@Sweden on Twitter shuts down after seven years of being curated by random Swedes

After seven years, @sweden the twitter account will tweet for the last time on September 30.
5 Comments
none
1 Comment

Pepe the Frog creator sues Infowars

none
10 Comments
none
1 Comment

L'Oreal UK's hijab-wearing model Amena steps down and apologises after discovery of anti-semitic tweets.

L’Oreal UK’s latest advert features "influencer" star Amena, along with other women across the UK.
none
none

Man dressed as Shark mascot fined in Austria under new anti-Burka law

Warda Network, and Austrian ad agency shared on their facebook page that a man in a Shark Mascot suit they created was fined for running afoul of the
none
1 Comment
2 Comments

Lola, the model in the "Racist Dove ad" defends original concept

Lola Ogunyemi is a model who has unwillingly become the face of "racist ad" after she appeared in a Dove body wash campaign.

Ford's Saudi comment on women drivers looks just like Lynx award winner from 2016

As soon as Saudia Arabia announced that women will be allowed to drive, Nissan, Ford and Volkswagen hurried to publish topical ads commenting on the h

Lidl airbrushes cross from Greek food packaging

Citing the desire to remain "religiously neutral," German budget supermarket chain Lidl found itself receiving backlash after it airbrushed
1 Comment

Transgender former L’Oréal model Munroe Bergdorf defends "all white people are racist" comments

Model Munroe Bergdorf was part of a recent campaign created by L’Oréal that champions diversity, but after posting "all white people are racist&q
none
1 Comment

Dodge #RoadkillNIghts accidentally took a wrong turn

1 Comment
none
2 Comments
none
1 Comment
none
none
none

Sarah Palin sues the New York Times for defamation

2 Comments
none

Beers named "Drink Responsibly", an idea so good it's been done four times

Naming a beer "Drink Responsibly" is such a good idea we were kicking ourselves for not thinking of it first when we first shared the UK cam
none
1 Comment

Protein World underground ads with Khloe Kardasian not banned by the ASA

Khloe Kardashian and Protein World

SheaMoisture's growing pains as they expand market - social media backlash for ads

A funny thing happened on SheaMoisture's way to expanding their market share...
1 Comment
1 Comment

Catholic groups bus ad stating biological reality is investigated for "possible hate crime"

The bus belongs to Catholic group, Hazte Oir, which translates as "Make yourself heard." Ignacio Arsuaga, the president of Hazte Oir, argues
none

Der Spiegel cover: Trump beheads statue of Liberty - twice

This Der Spiegel cover caused a lot of reactions today, it practically filled my entire Twitter feed all morning.
none

What happens when ads don't prove what you want them to?

none
none
5 Comments
3 Comments

Kenzo world "the new fragrance" (2016) 3:48 (USA)

END CAMPUS RAPE - women are now notches on a helmet.

none
4 Comments
none

Banjo, Sydney ad agency, apologises for alleged 'racial' incident

"What is it with advertising agencies this week?" asks Twitter down under as the news spread that Banjo Advertising had said to a candidate
none
1 Comment

Lena Dunham wants to remove guns from film billboards

none

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has banned all adverts which portray "an unhealthy body image"

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has moved to ban from the city’s transport network adverts that promote unrealistic expectations about body image and
3 Comments

Chinese detergent company apologise & blame media for over-amplification of 'racist' black man ad.

Shanghai Leishang Cosmetics, who created the washing powder ad that went viral, says "sorry” for harm caused by foreign media's "over-a

Häagen-Dazs makes psuedo-code headlines for San Francisco posters

Anyone traveling with BART in San Francisco is likely to spot these posters for Häagen Dazs , where the 'headline' is meant to be some sort
1 Comment

180 LA's Snapchat geo-poaching vs the #FilterInfiltrator

Copywriter Juan Davila Morris is probably not all that impressed with 180's recent poaching tactic which uses Snapchat's geofilters to tap t

Pages

Subscribe to badland