Fun new campaign from National Trust

A tongue-in-cheek campaign for the National Trust was launched in the East of England late last month. 

The posters, which are placed in strategic locations across the National Trust sites, encourage visitors to enjoy their natural surroundings, using lines like 'Keep on the Grass' and 'Please Do Touch'.

The signs are designed by The Click Design Consultants and also encourage people to use the hashtag #NaturesPlayground as part of the light-hearted campaign which will feature in print ads, posters and promotional literature.

Kmart continues down the almost rude route

After their 'Ship my pants' advert, Kmart and agency DraftFCB have created a new borderline ad.

This time promoting fuel prices, they use American expressions to create a rude sounding commercial with their 'Big Gas Savings' spot.

Perhaps not as funny as the previous advert, mainly as you have an idea what to expect, but it still has some funny moments and does lead you to wonder where can they take this next. 

Watch the advert below.

Wacky Races returns in new ad

A great new ad from Peugeot has brought the Wacky Races to life.

The advert features live versions of the characters from the famous Hanna-Barbera cartoon, including Penelope Pitstop and Dick Dastardly.

The purpose of the advert is to show off the features and handling of its latest car, and does it with some great comedy moments.

Watch the advert below and relive your youth.

New Audi ad goes where no add has gone before

In a new advert Audi has brought together two actors who have played the same character. Both Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto have played Spock in the Star Trek movies, with Nimoy portraying the character in the original series and movies and Quinto taking the reigns for the new 'rebooted' movies.

So it comes as no surprise that Audi is asking the question, which Spock is better? In the advert we see the two playing chess online, then a new challenge is laid down.

The commercial is comical, showcasing their latest car, but drawing on some past achievements of Nimoy with an interesting ending.

Created by the same team that produced the viral dollar shave club commercial, Paulilu and agency PMK*BNC.

Watch it below.

The 26 most annoying things about working in an office

To almost brighten up your day, Buzzfeed UK has compiled a list of the 26 most annoying things about working in an office.

The list spoke to us at The Think Tank so much that we had to share it with you.

Buzzfeed built the list from this BBC article and this thread on Facebook.

Some of our 'favourite' points are:

• People leaving the kitchen in a mess
• Endless Birthday whip-rounds (and when it's your turn)
• Stupid Buzzwords

Take a look at the full list here, and let us know which speaks to you the most.

Irn-Bru penguins invade Russia

In an attempt to increase their market share in Russia Irn-Bru has created a new campaign involving penguins.

The campaign for the soft drink, which was released in Russia back in 1998, currently comprises of two videos.

The videos show the penguins getting up to no good in a shopping centre and underground rail station. The campaign is similar to the 'Gets you through' campaign currently running in the UK.

Take a look at the wacky videos below.

Renault gives speed dating a new meaning

In a new video from Publicis Brussels, we see a new style of speed dating. The ad has been made to promote the new Renault Clio RS.

In the video we see a group of people attending a speed dating event, only for one guy to be left without a date, see what happens when he is taken outside to meet Caroline.

Watch the video below.

Scratch-and-Sniff banner ad

From the company that brought you 'the man your man could smell like' comes a new kind of banner ad. Old Spice, who are becoming renowned for their crazy ad antics has produced the internet's first scratch-and-sniff banner advert.

Unlike Google's April Fools joke, this one won't have you pressing your nose up to the screen, instead you fill in a form and they will send you "the smell of the Internet".

Another clever and amusing campaign from the brand, promoting their Wolfthorn line of products.

Take a sniff for yourself here or see it in action over on the Onion's Sport Page.

Evian's dancing babies make a comeback

Evian is back, and so are its dancing babies.

The bottled water company's adverts have become synonymous with dancing babies since 1998, working along side their slogan of "live young".

This new ad, created by BETC Paris, see's adults catching their reflection and seeing themselves as a baby, a dancing baby.

Whilst this is in no way as entertaining as the previous outings for the talented tots, it has it's moments.

Watch it and the previous ads below.

Gnomes go on the rampage

Ikea has asked you to retake your home from clutter, now they want you to retake your garden for the summer.

In a new ad from Mother, we see a couple trying to spruce up their outdoor space only to find they face opposition from some diminutive foes.

A clever and entertaining advert, worth the 2 minutes of your time,  watch it below.

Dove ad receives unflattering parody

Recently a new advert for Dove has been taking the Internet by storm, no not that Dove Men+ Care shampoo advert, a new one from Ogilvy Brazil.

The video has women talking to a criminal sketch artist, describing themselves, they are then described by a stranger and the 2 sketches are shown together. 

However in the name of equality New Feelings Time Comedy has produced one featuring men.

See the results of both below:

Cheese brand's ad girls mock diet adverts

Most diet food products try and sell themselves as a route to a better life, not this Irish cheese brand. 

They decided to break the mould and poke fun at traditional advertising with it's ironic 'girls from adland' video. The advert from Kerry Low Low features the standard three types of ad girl, the smug girl, the ditzy girl and the muffin girl. Each has a trait you may recognise from a number of diet food ads. 

Clever and humorous whilst also obvious - it even has a catchy song.

Have a look at the video below. Enjoy!

Kmart ad borders on profanity

In an unusual stance, American chain Kmart has released an ad on YouTube that plays on a certain phrase. The idea of the advert is to promote the concept of having your purchases delivered to your door direct from the store, including clothing and furniture.

The concept, created by DraftFCB Chicago, uses American colloquialisms of shipping instead of delivery, and of course pants instead of trousers.

Whilst only currently being shown on YouTube, the video has in a short time gained close to 10 million views, which could be enough for the company to decide to give it some air time on main-stream television.

The whole add is very much a clever play on words, all the while bordering on profanity, so be careful about putting the volume too loud!


Take a look at the ad below and let us know what you think.

70's style beer adverts for a soft drink?

The new ads for Dr Pepper Ten look more like a beer commercial from the 70's, featuring a rugged woodsman living off the land and at one with the animals.

In reality it's a comical remake to advertise a low-calorie version of the popular drink. Continuing on from their previous strap-line of 'it's not for women' (very similar to the UK's Yorkie slogan) they introduce a character who can only be described as a 'man's man' in a series of ads by agency Deutsch.

Funny and part of a current trend hitting the U.S to make ads that mimic the style of old ads.

Watch the series below.

Sheep breaks away from the herd for new ad series

Corona Light has produced a series of new ads with an unusual spokesperson; Sully the Sheep.

The character Sully first appeared in a spot for the brand last year, called "Stan", where he was part of a dream sequence, however his brief cameo was a hit with YouTube viewers and so the team at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners decided to produce four 15 second videos making him the star.

Take a look at how he gets on below.

Why men need their own shampoo

It appears that in Brazil  using a woman's shampoo can have strange side-effects, at least that's what we gather from this ad for Dove Men+ Care made by Ogilvy & Mather Brazil.

In this humorous commercial see what happens when a work colleague uses the wrong shampoo.

Definitely an odd one but worth a worth below.

Enjoy!

Goat is new brand ambassador for Mountain Dew

Mountain Dew has released a new and strange ad featuring the star of a recent viral craze; the goat.

The viral craze in question was the funny but slightly disturbing "Goats yelling like humans" which was then mashed into a number of pop songs.

Thankfully this ad doesn't feature any singing, but the goat is screaming like a human, although more like an irate customer than a pop star.

The American commercial is directed by Tyler, The Creator, the leader of hip-hop collective Odd Future, and he also produces the vocal talents for Felicia.

Not completely sure what the messaging is here but the crazy nature of the advert is in line with what the company normally produces and it promises sequels.

Watch the advert below and let us now what you think

Fiat's 'The Fatherhood' follow-up is new romantic music video

In a follow-up to their 'The Motherhood' video, Fiat has released 'The Fatherhood'.

Similar to it's predecessor, The Fatherhood focuses on a father in a musical fashion, singing about the trials and tribulations involved with being a new dad.

This time around though, the concept is that the father is taking his young twins out in the car to try and get them to sleep, whilst doing this he reminisces about his youth and being "a new romantic" cue the Human League style music, and video, complete with outdoor settings, smoke and a unicorn.

One of the best lines would definitely be about him dancing at their wedding as way of revenge.

Once again the idea of the video is to promote the family friendly nature of Fiat's 500L series.

Watch the video and let us know what you think, but be warned it is rather long.