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How IKEA Rewired Its Storytelling to Turn Your Emotions into Sales

In its new campaign "Wherever Life Goes”, IKEA builds "emotional furniture" by shifting from selling furniture to narrating life to drive emotional connection.

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Jacquemus Just Turned Every Joke About Jacquemus into Creative Currency

How a luxury house turned its loudest clichés into a quiet engine for desire.

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When the Promise is Flawless, The Ordinary Asks to See the Evidence

The Ordinary’s latest campaign dismantles beauty myths by exposing the empty science behind industry buzzwords and redefining beauty through proof, not promise.

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Uber Eats Keeps the Joke Running, and the Results Coming

Uber Eats and Special U.S. are proving that the bravest move in advertising is staying put.

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Halloween Goes High-Tech as Brands Turn Rituals into Real-Time Games

In the 2025 Halloween season, brands trade scares for spectacle, turning traditions into glowing, playful, and gamified experiences.

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Adidas Makes the 2026 World Cup Ball Became the Message

Adidas is unveiling Trionda, the 2026 World Cup ball, with a spectacle-first playbook that turns product heritage into pop culture.

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A Premiere Instead of a Runway? Gucci Says Yes

Gucci opened Milan Fashion Week by swapping the runway for a red-carpet movie premiere, unveiling a short film that doubled as the season’s master ad.

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No Tickets, Just Clues as Diesel Turns Milan Into a Runway

A citywide egg hunt gave Diesel the loudest voice on Milan’s opening night and a blueprint for public-first fashion.

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Skate. Returned, Let Locals Film, And Now Pros are Racing to Keep Up

A skate classic returns with the cameras turned outward, asking the scene that guarded its legacy to help build what comes next.

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The Birkin You Couldn’t Win Still Won NYFW

A rigged claw machine transformed desire into a public spectacle, proving that in luxury, saying “no” can be the most persuasive “yes.”

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Heinz Wants the World to See Ketchup in Every Fry Box

Heinz’s new global campaign turns a tiny visual truth, with the silhouette of the fry box, into a borderless branding device.

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Doja Cat’s Lipstick Bite Puts MAC on Every Feed

A pop star eats a lipstick, a chocolatier engineers the trick, and MAC shows how to turn one gasp into a go-to product.

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