Here's the latest from Smith Roberts, Toronto for Ontario Colleges. The "from the makers of WhyBecauseISaidSo" at the bottom is the perfect cherry on top of this great campaign. If you want more Smith Roberts, check out their work for the United Church. Yep, great creative for a church. Full credits for Obay are here.

As part of their March Hollywood issue, Vanity Fair, together with 21 actors, has recreated 11 of Alfred Hitchcock's most iconic scenes (love love love Hitchcock). There is also a making of video and a behind the scenes feature.

I know the sexual imagery is a little cheesy, but I like a little cheese now and then. Check out this Durex ad from McCann Erickson, Milan. The print portion of the campaign is here. Scooped from I Believe in Advertising. Oh, and can someone please explain the priest with the monkey on his head?

Director Eran Creevy has just completed this great video for Utah Saints' 2008 remix of Something Good (love the original Kate Bush song too). Pro co is Between the Eyes (London) and Sleeper (Los Angeles). Full credits are posted here. Long live the running man.

A little over a week ago, the Gap's soundofcolor was launched (see post way down below). Los Angeles-based Blip Boutique created the Red spot for DNTEL's "Turning Red" using a series of projections. Learn more about the Red project in this interview with Blip Boutique here.

In The Pyrotechnic Imagination, director Yael Staav documents the work of artist Cai-Guo-Qiang, who "paints" with gunpowder. Client: New York Times; Production Company: Soft Citizen, Toronto; DP: Ken Seng; Line Producer: Jacqui Wilkinson; Editor: Ross Birchall, Bijou Editorial, Toronto; Music: Tom Third.

In select locations across Toronto, a new campaign from Travel Alberta puts transit riders into chair lifts climbing high into the Rockies. Agency is Venture Communications. Scooped from Freddy at Advertising/Design Goodness.

I love this call for entries spot for the D&AD awards in London. Ideas are Like Fish was created by Saatchi & Saatchi, London and directed by Andras Ketzer of Joyrider, London. Scooped from Boards.

Jérôme Sudan over at AdPawn sent me this link yesterday to this thorough round up of the depiction of gays in advertising. The informative post includes some great work including spots from Virgina Atlantic, MTV, Absolut and TBWA Paris' AIDS campaign (love the latter).