New Ad for the Standard Hotel Is Sure to Make You Look Twice

Don't try this at home.

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Now that we have your attention, this ad, which features a woman nonchalantly pissing on a rug, is for The Standard Hotel. It's part of a new campaign that plays on acceptable hotel behavior, grabbing attention by figuratively slapping people in the face—or peeing on their rug, rather. 

According to the Times, other ads feature a woman drooling into a bowl of soup and a man's head down a woman's shirt.  They're reportedly the work of Austrian artistErwin Wurm, and here's how The Standard explained their new marketing technique:

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That, or they just want to shock people. Expect a spike in carpet pissing.

[via LAist]

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