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You've probably seen the pictures of it already and read all about Banksy's new project - Dismaland.

If you haven't, it's his 6 week pop-up exhibition in the form of an apocalyptic theme park with some very provocative artwork, unhelpful staff and depressing theme park games. My favourite bits from all that I've seen online is: Hook a duck from the muck (covered in oil of course to make it nearly impossible) to win a fish finger in a bag and a pocket money loan shop with 5,000 per cent APR.

I only saw the ad for it the other day which makes it more depressing than you can imagine.

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Sorry, it's been a while. I only got back from a big holiday recently, but now I'm back and catching up with the latest ads to share with you. I've got some new work to share soon too and I'm also working on a new design for my website, but that's a bigger project.

But this week it's an ad for John Lewis Insurance, staring a young girl dancing around the house to the song that fits perfectly with the ad (Elton John's Tiny Dancer). She pulls curtains and twirls around the living room, as it nearly all falls apart. It's a pleasure to watch, enjoy.

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This week I'm not sharing an ad, but a short film from the 25th year of the Saatchi and Saatchi new directors showcase at the Cannes Advertising Festival. This short film is about a photographer and his dog who have an incredible bond that almost becomes broken when each suffer life-threating illnesses. It's an emotionally rollacoaster, but a lovely watch.

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There aren't many ads that make my laugh this loud. These crazy ads for crazy domains (the domain and web hosting site) have recruited Rhys Darby (from flight of the concords), who plays 5 crazy characters in 5 business scenarios to help communicate Crazy Domains' 5 easy steps to creating an online presence for small business. All 3 are worth a watch.

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A lot of advertising agencies are now creating products and new tech and here's another interesting one by Leo Burnett. Who have created this tech for Samsung to make roads safer in Argentina, which has a high car-accident fatality rate.
Trucks are always hard to over take especially on these roads, so on the back of trucks they put a digital monitor that would show vision from the front of the truck via a wireless camera, so you could overtake the truck safely. Do you think it will work?

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I've worked on briefs for cars genuine parts in the past and this ad is a nice approach from Land Rover, that uses the insight that cheap imitation parts might look the same but won't be capable of the same performance.

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How many times have you seen that annoying and rubbish ad on a YouTube pre-roll?

Well D&AD have an answer, created the 'The Ad Filter', a free extension that will only show you the best advertising ads (that can be watched again), compared to some of the ads that appear. I'm about to instal min now. Download it for free.