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Karmarama, La Senza present “The Twelve Boobs of Christmas” (okay, fourteen)

The holiday season is in full swing, and you know what that means — non-stop Christmas music. I swear, if I hear that godawful Paul McCarrney “Simply Having A Wonderful Christmastime” song again, murders shall transpire. Of course, I might have a change of heart if the tune was sung by beautiful women in their bras.

TBWA\Vancouver puts together a Sweet Sixteen for VIFF

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Year after year, the people at TBWA\Vancouver have been creating impressive campaigns for the Vancouver International Film Festival. In fact the one they did last year won Bronze at Cannes back in June.

This year’s campaign requires a little more effort and imagination from viewers to get the full effect. Entitled “The Warden”, the campaign consists of a short film divided into sixteen scenes, one for each day of the festival. Each day, a new scene is screened before festival audiences, so a big VIFF buff will get to see the whole story… only problem is, the scenes aren’t in a particular order.

Something’s fishy with Fallon’s latest Cadbury initiative

From drum playing gorillas to eyebrow twitching haunted kids, Fallon London certainly knows how to call attention to its Glass and a Half Full Productions projects for Cadbury. This time around they’re taking the action under the sea for a little aquatic contest.

180 Amsterdam has adidas on a World Cup “quest”

The 2010 World Cup begins tomorrow (Rafik from ihaveanidea probably has a countdown going on down to the very last second) We’reguartanteed to see some amazing team matchups over the course of the whole tournament, but 180 Amsterdam has everyone geared up to see some phenomenal one-on-one matchups, as their long term “what every team needs” campaign for adidas Football culminates in… The Quest.

Ogilvy NY: dire consequences for disrespecting Capri-Sun

I remember when I was a kid and I used to see Capri-Sun ads during Saturday morning cartoons. You see, we didn’t have Capri-Sun in Canada, but we did have kids shows beamed in from New York State. And I remember being absolutely blown away by the concept of juice in a bag. Oh how I wanted this mystical, magical drink!

Step into Extreme Group’s seedy underworld of ‘Black Sunshine’ trafficking

I’ve never been a big coffee drinker. I don’t think I’ve brewed a pot at home once so far this year, and between Starbuck’s, Tim Horton’s and the office coffeemaker, I think I’ve had fewer than a dozen cups of java in 2010. The rest of the ihaveanidea team, well they’re a different story. Rafik loves his brew, and the only thing that keeps Ignacio from accidentally burning the office down by leaving the espresso machine on is him going back to the machine for another espresso.

Now YOU can give it a ponder with Y&R NY, LG

Remember when The Inbox revealed that Ignacio Oreamuno — ihaveanidea’s esteemed founder and president —sported a fake beard? Well the boss has been kind enough to lend us his facial hair for the day.

Getting on TV is no Picnic, says GPY&R Melbourne

In recent years, a lot of advertisers have been going the “user generated content” route, and one of its most popular forms has been the “create an ad and the best ideas get on TV” technique that has worked so well for Doritos and the Super Bowl.

But the people at GPY&R Melbourne have come up with a little twist for Cadbury Picnic — a pretty hefty chocolate bar for those who don’t live in the parts of the world where it’s sold.

All that’s old is new again: BBH’s “Levi’s Modern Vintage” campaign

Levi Strauss & Co. has been around since 1853, and while the brand’s popularity may rise and fall with the trends, it’s still a major US cultural icon in many areas of the world. Besides, you can’t last for more than 150 years without having that certain caché, and Levi’s has enough of that to last several more decades.

Y&R New York, VLM are a bunch of Ungrateful Bastards

I think the Inbox needed one of those “We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties. Please Stand By” sign thingies for the past few days while my computer recovered from the digital sniffles. Then again, that wouldn’t have stopped the cool stories from coming in. Ah well, time to clear out our actual inbox and put it all up here!

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