Written By Brian Hoff
Here is a list of 50+ Advertisements that have caught my eye over time that I’ve found throughout magazines, websites and anywhere else I could scoop them up. Although I love seeing good ol’ fashion design, there’s nothing like seeing a clever advertisement or promotional piece that catches my eye and makes me pause what I’m doing.
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Some good ones, thanks!
Great round up. The durex one is pretty hillarious.
I’ve seen a lot of these before but there are some new ones that are really cool! Thanks for posting.
These are just the most radical ads round ups I’ve ever seen and I’m so much in love with the total creative madness in each of them! ;) Great job!
I love seeing ads that get creative with not just the message they convey but with the form they use to convey that message. Thanks for sharing.
These are totally rad ads.
Nice! What’s even greater is that I used many of those as piece of inspiration at one of my company’s team meetings!
Hi, some classics here. The Coke one troubles me though…ergh…who would want to join the two brands together like that. A scam ad?
Post-it is my favourite. killer concepts, blessed with a very simple execution!
I loved the Ariel billboard 100%
And the always+cocacola is a bit too nasty for me :P
The security glass one is always my favorite. Next to that is the dropped calls. Both are really inventive.
really creative works..
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The Coca-Cola ad does draw quite a response, which was one of the reasons I included it. Wanted to see everyone else take on it.
I just figured out that pink one with the abstract black shapes: it’s a stiletto footprint. That one was bothering me all yesterday because I couldn’t read the copy and had NO idea what the hell it was. :)
The always one kinda makes me want to retch, but it is a pretty clever idea. Some of the others are genius, particularly like the post-it, durex, 3M, fitness and ariel ones.
Some very great intelligent ad’s here. Am liking the coffee cup and the street vents. Would be good to see some of these get the “real world” treatment
In addition to my earlier post, how about adding this one http://brandstrategy.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/goodbye-bush-says-veet-in-cheeky-ad/
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Great collection, haven’t seen most of these before.
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That is quite a list, a veritable feast for the eyes.
These are awesome! Thanks for sharing!
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Great post, thanks
photo shopped
Amazing post. The 3M one with all that cash piled up behind the glass is definitely creative !!
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That milk power one is probably the cheapest ad Ive ever seen that doesn’t completely suck. You can buy those cups anywhere.
also, that always coca cola ad is deeply disturbing.
Concept is the idea which sells the products.
The images are enough to describe so many things but you may try to add some description also.
Need to stumble and tweet this informative post. :P
nice collections and my friend these are not photoshoped to look like this these are real ads ! i love the 3M money box ;)
Fantastic ones. What a pity them all are photoshopped.
Great stuff…Thanks
This is funny. I like the “Rent A Costume”
The post-it note one is great
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love them – thanks for the post.
Inspirational, yes. But most of these are student ads or spec work done for their books. Not real world advertising. It would probably be for the best to indicate that in your post when you are mixing real and fake ads.
love the durex extra large one!
great pics there.
very creative.
The “Always, Coca-Cola” ad made my jaw drop. So funny!
the security glass and the vending machine ads are inspired. i wonder how many people have had a crack at breaking that glass?
This is awesome! I love it! some are pretty funny
Brian again your list is impressive. The Always CocaCola ad it is nasty but definitely created the buzz for the brand. Most of them are very creative.
The best ones for me are Folgers and Durex, great ones!
awesome! very creative