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Forests Without Names

Hyundai Motor Company and BBDO New York are highlighting sea forests, underwater ecosystems like kelp beds that are critical for biodiversity and carbon absorption, yet largely absent from maps and climate policy.

The campaign is built on this idea that what isn’t named is often ignored. By naming and mapping these ecosystems, we make a place for them in global conservation frameworks.

Impressively, they’ve created a unified global map that merges fragmented datasets into a shared, living resource for scientists, NGOs, and policymakers. In other words, they’ve built real infrastructure to make a change.

Ben x Ben’s

MLB Yankee Ben Rice is working with Ben’s Original because sometimes things do work out the way they’re supposed to.

The campaign doesn’t try too hard or overcomplicate the message, which helps it stick. It’s Ben… for Ben’s.

Plus, the partnership includes a commitment to donate meals through No Kid Hungry, so it’s a home run.

Lump Lottery

Young men already know they should check themselves for testicular cancer. They just don’t do it.

So instead of more education, the “Lump Lottery” campaign by Testicular Cancer NZ and Colenso BBDO introduces a behavioral trigger: the chance to win a ute.

Leaning into Kiwi masculinity and humor, participants are guided to learn how to check themselves, report whether they’ve found a lump, and enter to win.

You know what to do if you want that truck.

Snug as a Mayo Jug

Crochet, in Brazil, symbolizes care, tradition, and grandmotherly love.

So, Heinz is dressing mayo jars in handmade crochet covers to signal warmth and homemade quality—a move that makes it feel culturally approved before you even try it.

The campaign is lifted by tutorials and UGC to encourage people to co-create with their families.

Additionally, it’s just frickin cute.

Space Jam Turns 30

Pizza Hut’s new collab with Space Jam is nothing but net.

It’s been 30 years since the movie premiered, and NCAA March Madness is the perfect time to celebrate the 1996 classic.

Pizza Hut is dropping a limited-time “Space Jam x Triple Treat Box,” which bundles two pizzas, breadsticks, and cinnamon sticks in deliciously Looney Tunes-themed packaging.

It’s a multi-channel effort that also integrates the Hut Rewards loyalty program with exclusive merchandise drops and interactive digital games where you can win prizes like free pizza for a year.

Don’t Sleep on Snooz

Sleep-friendly ice-cream brand Snooz noticed that, even though most people eat ice cream in the evening, the category is dominated by daytime imagery like bright colors, sunshine, and playful summer visuals.

So for a new “Burn the Bunting” campaign, designers intentionally rejected those tropes for a brand identity inspired in nighttime culture.

Darker color schemes, moon-inspired shapes, and relaxed visual cues better align the product, which contains calming ingredients associated with relaxation and sleep.

The result is any entirely new positioning that helps Snooz stand out in a sea of pastels and sunshine.

The Fan Is Out There

X-Files is making its streaming debut over on Pluto TV.

To build excitement, the platform launched an experiential marketing campaign called “The Fan Is Out There,” a search for the show’s ultimate superfan.

For the grand prize, one winner and a guest will be sent to an undisclosed, off-grid facility in the Joshua Tree Desert for nine days to binge-watch all 11 seasons of the series in a fully themed environment.

Inside the bunker, they’ll track storylines and conspiracies using a living “case board,” snack on sunflower seeds and black coffee (IYKYK), and record daily confessionals documenting their viewing experience.

That’s pretty dang immersive.

Tatted Like a Chipotle Bag

Chipotle’s Friday the 13th campaign is inspired by the Internet, which has decided that heavily tatted people look a lot like a Chipotle bag.

And because Friday the 13th is a hallowed holiday for tats, the “Ink for Entrees” is offering BOGO entrees from 3 to 4 p.m. for customers who flash their tattoos in-store.

Notably, this includes permanent, temporary, and drawn-on ink, too.

Chipotle also partnered with Swae Lee for a limited-edition flash sheet of temporary tattoos inspired by the doodle-style artwork on the bags.

Social listening pays off again.

Is That Rhine Reynolds?

We happen to love the find-a-guy-in-the-phone-book strategy for building a campaign.

And Consumer Cellular (with THE MAYOR agency) has called up a guy named Rhine Reynolds, a real store manager (and a homophone for competitor Mint Mobile’s Ryan Reynolds).

The campaign debuted with a Super Bowl commercial, “Dirt Road,” referencing the rivalry between major carriers like AT&T and T-Mobile that often advertise on dusty roads while competing over coverage claims.

In the follow-up spot, “Orange World,” Reynolds is back in a simple orange environment to reinforces the brand’s identity: authenticity over spectacle.

Good for Rhine.

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