• TOP DOGS: 125 CANINE POP CULTURE ICONS

    TOP DOGS, WE CROWN THEM ALL THE TIME. BUT WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR THE COLD-NOSED, CUDDLY KIND. HERE ARE THE TOP 125 CANINE POP CULTURE ICONS

    Miami Ad School has been a dog-friendly institution from the very start. Founders Ron and Pippa Seichrist had the help of their pack--chocolate lab Fudge and golden retriever Applesauce--when they first opened the doors in 1993. Today the founder's pack Includes Top Dog chocolate lab Smudge, yellow lab Moose, labradoodle Applesauce and German Labra-shepherd Chunk (Chunk prefers that to the more colloquial "mutt".

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    Top Dogs: 125 Canine Pop Culture Icons
  • AD AGENCIES CREATING CONTENT: CREATING A LEGACY BEYOND ADS

    AD AGENCIES ARE MAKING MARKS THAT WILL STAND THE TEST OF TIME WITH APPS, GAMES, AND MUCH MORE

    This article from AdAge.com brings to light a big part of what we're talking about here at Miami Ad School when we speak of Pop Culture Engineering. The job of today's creatives goes far beyond the simple promotion and communication of other people's products and ideas.

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    Ad Agencies Creating Content: Creating a Legacy Beyond Ads
  • 10 TOP GEICO TV COMMERCIALS: GECKO, CAVEMEN, AND BEYOND

    WE LOVE THE GECKO AND THE CAVEMAN, TOO. HERE ARE SOME OF THE BEST GEICO TV SPOTS.

    If the phrase “an embarrassment of riches” can be applied to any advertising campaign, it can certainly be applied to the long running series of GEICO TV commercials. In the past 15 years, GEICO has made the pedestrian line “Fifteen minutes could save you 15 percent or more on car insurance” memorable through a shrewd combination of good, old-fashioned sheer repetition and one of the most prolific and varied advertising efforts in living memory.

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    10 Top GEICO TV Commercials: Gecko, Cavemen, and Beyond
  • UPDATED: PLEASE VOTE TO HELP SELECT OUR LATEST GLOBAL TOP DOGS

    HELP US CHOOSE WHICH MIAMI AD SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WILL BE THE LATEST GLOBAL TOP DOGS.

    The polls are now closed. The winner(s) will be announced soon.

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    UPDATED: Please Vote to Help Select Our Latest Global Top Dogs
  • TAYLOR SWIFT'S NEW GREETING CARD LINE, WITH AN ASSIST FROM OUR OWN MELISSA CORNET

    TAYLOR SWIFT MAY BE GETTING ALL THE PLAY ON HER NEW GREETING CARD LINE, BUT MELISSA DESERVES HER FAIR SHARE TOO

    Taylor Swift’s new greeting card line is in stores now--and it’s a hit. But while the 20-year-old singer/songwriter wrote all the cards herself (no mean feat, by the way), she received a very big design assist from Miami Ad School graduate Melissa Cornet.

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    Taylor Swift's New Greeting Card Line, With An Assist From Our Own Melissa Cornet
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