Creative Ads, Issue 8

"QUANTUM SHOT" #302
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Commercial Weirdness Showcase

Pure commercialism aside, there are some visual and conceptual masterpieces out there; this next installment in our highly popular series covers print, urban, and viral advertisements, chosen for originality and lasting impression.

Water Dress




(images credit: Gigazine, Japan)

Truly multi-lingual:



This could be a good addition to our page about dedicated photographers:



True, true:



Chupa-Chups good visual:



Another effective use of sea-creatures:



Check your sight! -



Send a letter!



Spooky stuff:





Deliver pizza anywhere...



For less irritable babies:



The "Sad Demise of a Skier" Ad:



As usual, PS2 ads were probably the weirdest:






You almost feel like that in the morning, sometimes... -



The Perfect Man has arrived:


(image credit: Vincent Dixon)

This "human parts" theme seems to be popular:
(both images are creations of Gregor Collienne)





(images credit: Gregor Collienne)


Some seriously skewed interior design:





it could get worse:


(image credit: Gregor Collienne)

Don't spend your life at work:
(chainsaw ad)



More chainsaws:



This is definitely not sanctioned by Nike:



Lee Jeans Australia:







Anti-smoking campaigns:


(image credit: Gregor Collienne)





"If you don't preserve nature by installing solar panels, who will?"

Here is a fragment of that ad, click to see full version:



Same little guys star in this ad for the "World's Oldest Zoo":




Here is a puzzling one:




Headphones Engineered to Inspire:






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Good Vehicle Ads



New Audi makes everything else go pale:















Poor bathroom plant... Great ad for "Land Rover":



New way to make roads:


(image credit: Frank Uyttenhove)


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Urban & Viral Advertising

Need ideas to sizzle up your love life? Read FHM:





















in WC:

Promotion for "Spiderman" movie:






Schizophrenia can be treated. Seek help! -



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Billboards & Highway Ads



Really boring ad:



Sun dial:



















Here are some obviously fake, but still funny billboards:


(image credit: Worth1000)




(images credit: Dribbleglass)

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Food & Drink

This is simply genius:


(original unknown)



















Eat more fish (poster from 1910)



and then, "Root out disgusting fungi" -



Dreaming of a Mediterranean cruise?



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So after all this commercial visual bliss, let us finish with a few anti-advertisement pictures:

Starbucks in Pakistan?



Never eat Doritos again!
(do not worry, these are not bugs, just strange sea creatures)



Sources: Ads of the World, Adme.Ru, Knuttz, Advertka, Exler, Kuteev, Pantherhouse

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