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teardown · 8/31/2026
Apple — Crush!

A hydraulic press crushes a mountain of beautiful creative tools — a piano, paint, cameras, lenses, records, speakers, an arcade machine.

deep-dive · 8/24/2026
The Clock is a Lie: Inside the Billion-Dollar World of Fake Countdown Timers

That ticking clock on your favorite e-commerce site? It's probably fake. We're pulling back the curtain on manufactured urgency, the billion-dollar dark pattern that uses phantom clocks to trick you into buying now. Learn how to spot the lie and reclaim your wallet.

teardown · 8/24/2026
Pop-Tarts — The First-Ever Edible Mascot

A giant, anthropomorphic Pop-Tart descends into a giant toaster on a football field, is toasted, and then devoured by the winning team.

teardown · 8/17/2026
CeraVe's Super Bowl Troll

Is CeraVe a skin care brand or a feature-length improv bit starring Michael Cera?

teardown · 8/10/2026
La-Z-Boy — We The Lazy

A 100-year-old brand sprints to relevance by declaring "We The Lazy" and appointing a "President of Laziness."

deep-dive · 8/5/2026
The #Ad You Don't See: How Brands and Influencers Dodge the FTC (and Get Caught)

The FTC is cracking down on influencers and brands who hide paid partnerships. We dissect infamous cases from Lord & Taylor and Warner Bros. to show how they deceived consumers and what the fallout was. The lesson: hiding the #ad is a losing game.

deep-dive · 7/29/2026
The Phantom Clock: How 'Limited Time' Became a Billion-Dollar Lie

That ticking countdown timer on your favorite e-commerce site? It's probably fake. We're exposing the psychology behind manufactured urgency and showing you how to create real deadlines that don't treat your customers like idiots.

teardown · 7/27/2026
Airbnb Icons — Turning IP into IRL Stays

What if you could sleep in the X-Mansion? Or float away in the house from *Up*? Airbnb’s Icons campaign hooks you by making beloved movie fantasies a bookable reality.

tactic · 7/18/2026
Your SaaS Headline is Boring. Fix It.

Ditch the corporate jargon. Your SaaS landing page needs a clear villain, a concrete promise, and specific details to stop sounding like every other tool on the market.

teardown · 7/13/2026
Dumb Ways to Die — So dumb it's smart

A catchy, upbeat folk song about cute, jelly-bean-like characters dying in incredibly stupid ways.

teardown · 7/6/2026
McDonald's — Just say it with your eyebrows

A whole office communicates their shared desire for a post-work McDonald's run using only a synchronized flick of their eyebrows.

teardown · 6/29/2026
Barbie — Come on Barbie, Let's Go Marketing

A hot pink billboard with nothing on it but a date: July 21.

teardown · 6/22/2026
Heinz — Ketchup and Seemingly Ranch

A blurry fan photo of Taylor Swift eating chicken tenders at a football game.

teardown · 6/15/2026
TUMI x Lando Norris — Nothing is everything

A gravity-defying Lando Norris floats above the track, tethered only to his ultra-lightweight TUMI luggage.

teardown · 6/8/2026
McDonald's — The 'As Featured In' Meal

A global meal composed entirely of menu items that have appeared in famous movies and TV shows, from Seinfeld to Loki.

teardown · 6/1/2026
CeraVe & Michael Cera — Trolling the Super Bowl

A celebrity with a serendipitously similar name to a brand starts a rumor that he founded it.