02.05.12
super bowl xlvi

Century 21 “Smarter. Bolder. Faster.”

Real estate company Century 21 makes its Super Bowl debut with an ad trumpeting the skills of its agents. A cool and collected redheaded agent is shown facing down three individuals intended to represent Smarts, Boldness, and Speed. Record-holding Olympic athlete Apolo Ohno is definitely fast, and Deion Sanders probably qualifies as bold, but something tells me the choice of Donald Trump as a symbol of intelligence might not sit well with some viewers.

See the next spot.JB

Video

Ideas

Can Connecting Rent To Income, Not Market Rates, Change The Affordability Of Cities?

Can Connecting Rent To Income, Not Market Rates, Change The Affordability Of Cities?

This Pizzeria Makes Blue Corn Pizza And Gives Homeless Youth A Second Chance

Becoming A Benefit Corporation Is Complicated: This Startup Wants To Help

Entertainment

Not Everyone Found Tina Fey’s “Sheetcaking” Funny, And Here’s Why

Not Everyone Found Tina Fey’s “Sheetcaking” Funny, And Here’s Why

Always #LikeAGirl Returns To Fight The Fear Of Failure

Toyota Shames Teen Drivers, Ikea Goes “Game Of Thrones”: Top 5 Ads Of The Week

Co.Design

The Hardest Working Office Design In America Encrypts Your Data–With Lava Lamps

The Hardest Working Office Design In America Encrypts Your Data–With Lava Lamps

How Pentagram Helped Samsung Rethink Its Design Language

Google Is Using The Eclipse To Improve Its Machine Learning

Fast Company

Four Reasons You Might Regret Taking That New Job Or Promotion

Four Reasons You Might Regret Taking That New Job Or Promotion

Apple and Hollywood studios could be heading for a big game of chicken against theater chains

Can Connecting Rent To Income, Not Market Rates, Change The Affordability Of Cities?