10 of the Best Ads from June: Boomerang, Bugs, and a Perfectly Useless Chatbot. Instead, I ended up with a weird chatbot, a novelty phone, and several ways to kill bugs. Regardless of seasonal appropriateness, this month's ad roundup showcases some inventive ad formats and new concepts from agencies around the world. With the ad world fawning over Domino's pizza tracking tool, Arby's teamed up with Minneapolis-based agency Fallon to create a high-tech chatbot of their own: The Arby's Pizza Slider Chatbot. Check out my conversation with the bot below. Unfortunately for novelty phone aficionados, Howler only made one soccer phone. The ad -- created in-house at Showtime -- perfectly captures the title character's duality. Caption Settings Dialog Beginning of dialog window. But if you can't afford to travel to an exotic locale for the selfie opportunities, Delta has you covered. Presented in slick, futuristic packaging, the products seem innocuous at first: an apple wrapped in a silver bag, a canister of sunscreen, a bottle of water.
It’s finally, finally summer.
To celebrate the sun emerging (and the temperature in our offices dropping to subarctic extremes), I attempted to find some summery ads to feature in this month’s roundup. Instead, I ended up with a weird chatbot, a novelty phone, and several ways to kill bugs.
Regardless of seasonal appropriateness, this month’s ad roundup showcases some inventive ad formats and new concepts from agencies around the world. Check them all out below.
10 of the Best Ads from June
1) Bufdir (The Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs)
This heartwarming ad from Oslo-based agency Kitchen (Leo Burnett/Publicis) racked up 120 million views in just one week — and the hype is completely deserved.
To emphasize the importance of community in raising a child, “The Lunchbox” tells the story of a young boy who finds himself without a lunch at school. After wandering the halls of his school to kill time, he returns to his desk to discover each of his classmates have pitched in an item for a complete meal.
2) Arby’s
Chatbots are shaping up to be an inescapable trend in 2017, and it seems like every brand is jumping on the wagon — regardless of industry.
With the ad world fawning over Domino’s pizza tracking tool, Arby’s teamed up with Minneapolis-based agency Fallon to create a high-tech chatbot of their own: The Arby’s Pizza Slider Chatbot. Despite the name, this little Facebook Messenger bot will not actually help you order a pizza slider (or anything) from Arby’s. In fact, it’s designed to do absolutely nothing helpful.
Check out my conversation with the bot below. (Unsurprisingly, the Arby’s Pizza Slider bot has no time for vegetarians.)
3) Howler Magazine
Back in the late 80’s, Sports Illustrated released an exciting new offer: Buy a subscription to the magazine, and you got a free football shaped phone. If this ad was any indication, people were psyched. The kitschy little device convinced literally millions of people to shell out $55 for an SI subscription.
Fast forward to 2017, and the folks at Howler, an American soccer magazine, teamed up with Kovert Creative to produce a delightful, celebrity-studded spoof on the classic campaign. Their version features — what else? — a soccer ball phone, and includes appearances from comedians Sarah Silverman, Will Arnett, and Jack Black, among others.
Unfortunately for novelty phone aficionados, Howler only made…
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