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widened a few eyes today. The lingerie and sex-toy retailer collaborated with TBWA\London and fashion photographer Rankin to create a racy piece that will run online and in cinemas.
Speaking at the launch, Rankin told ±±¾©Èü³µpk10:
[It's] definitely the best thing that I have done in film […] It has layers of meaning and to get that in advertising is rare.
Rankin on his advert "X" for Coco de Mer
, but fair warning, it is not safe for work – even if you work at an edgy, progressive agency (we imagine).
Vote now: YouTube's greatest ad poll
As you may now be aware, YouTube is celebrating ten years this May, after a sort of birthday in March – they're a bit like the Queen in that respect.
But May is the official celebration and while they're celebrating many memes, they're also looking back at the ads that made waves.
YouTube have picked 20 and are asking for the public to decide the winner. In our humble opinion, deserves the top spot, but there's also a place in our hearts for Dollar Shave Club (probably because we still giggle at rude words). Enjoy the spot below, and head over to YouTube to vote for .
Spoilers: Mad Men finale
If you're waiting for the UK finale of Mad Men, look away now. Sort of. We haven't watched it and don't really know what happened in the end so we can't reveal too much.
But we do know that the finale made ! Or so says Clickz. It's "the equivalent of nearly two weeks of typical online consumption for the brand," they say. We imagine Coca-Cola's UK social media team are braced for a busy Thursday evening.
Elsewhere, ±±¾©Èü³µpk10 US have a neato collection of . Here's our fave.
Pepsi's marketing team after watching the
— Cort Gatliff (@cortgatliff)
Virtual Reality: Google gets serious
ReadWrite alerts us to the fact that , pointing to Google taking this field seriously.
Back in April, Google launched "Works with Google Cardboard," a new certification system for hardware and software makers to help ensure their own cardboard VR designs are consistent with Google's ideas. Even more telling, the Wall Street Journal reported in March that Google had plans to build a new, virtual reality-focused operating system based on Android, presumably in concert with its Cardboard initiative. Those two details show Google’s interest in pushing Cardboard into new, more ambitious territory; Wiley’s addition all but confirms it.
Watch this (cardboard framed) space.
Careers advice: Four surprising CVs
Pity the poor designer. The standard text-based CV is not good enough these days. To help, Mark Davis, director of a creative design agency me&dave, discusses four inspiring CVs, including the Amazon page pastiche pictured above (complete with 37 people rating him one star) and this QR code enabled talking CV.
from on .
Read for two more great examples.
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