Reset’s work in 2021 reflects the world's emotions and sentiment as it moves further away from pandemic living. Adam Hashemi’s work for Anheuser-Busch and Wieden+Kennedy celebrates not just the good or the bad moments in life, but the community that gets one through them. The spot shows friends, family, coworkers and even strangers gathering over a beer as they are bond over events beyond their control—their joy, frustration, sorrow and discomfort palpable throughout.

As for the thing the world needs most after the past years—rest—Ian Pons Jewell helmed spectacular work.

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A holiday ad from director Trey Edward Schults for agency Lucky Generals and Amazon is like an expansion on that theme. A young woman, part of a trending uptick in anxiety caused by the pandemic, feels the pressure and difficulty of everyday life in the modern age. But her wise neighbor knows that she’s in need of support and mails her a gift, a touching reminder of the community that’s sometimes only a knock away, set to the tune of Adele's "Hold On."

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As for the thing the world needs most after the past years—rest? Ian Pons Jewell helmed spectacular work for Apple Watch that finds a young woman sinking into her bed as if it's made of sand, sending her into a celestial wonderland of spectacular effects and visceral sensation.