Mazda's "Defy Convention" advert wins TED award!

03-09-2012, 11:20 AM

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Mazda's "Defy Convention" advert wins TED award!

Wow! An award from TED (http://www.ted.com/).

http://motoring.iafrica.com/newsbriefs/783395.html

"Mazda's "Defy Convention" advertisement has been chosen as one of the ten winners of the second annual "Ads Worth Spreading" campaign, organised by TED, a non-profit organisation bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment and Design."

The Ad (uncut version) for those who missed it:

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03-09-2012, 11:56 AM

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Awesome commercial.

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03-09-2012, 12:04 PM

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Awesome.

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03-09-2012, 01:55 PM

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Excellent....our feeling too..

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03-09-2012, 08:49 PM

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03-09-2012, 10:15 PM

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That was an outstanding commercial!

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03-10-2012, 01:11 AM

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Thanks for sharing the video.

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03-10-2012, 07:21 AM

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Great commercial

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03-10-2012, 04:40 PM

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Well done. Nailed it.

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03-10-2012, 05:31 PM

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What car does he get out of at the end?

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03-10-2012, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by soulfish5

What car does he get out of at the end?

Shinari.

Great commercial! Maybe I haven't done enough looking around, but none of the other car companies seem to be able to create such an emotional appeal with their commercials.