Check out these creative and unique advertisements from around the world:
3M Security Glass Advertisement
3M was so sure their Security Glass was unbreakable, they put a large stack of cash behind it and shoved it in a bus stop. [gizmodo]
Radiant Gym “Running” Advertisement
Obesity finds it hardest to catch up with those who are running. [lemonflip]
YKM Bag Advertisement
Where’s your child?
Yodobashi Camera Store Bus Advertisement
Premiere “Spiderman” Advertisement
Your TV program takes a break when you do.
Personal digital TV with delayed viewing. [adsoftheworld]
Creative Adidas Advertisement
Funeral Services Advertisement
Stop’n Grow Bag Advertisement
German product that stops nail biting. [flickr]
Denver Water Advertisement
Use Only What You Need.
Sharpie Permanent Markers Advertisement
Samsung “Express Yourself” Advertisement
“Reserved for Drunk Drivers” Advertisement
Dettol Instant Hand Sanitizer Advertisement
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Justin Hernandez
Great list. I particularly like Adidas ad. At first I thought it was the stripes but I realized it was shark-like gills.
May 27th, 2008
Paul Crowe
That Samsung ad is horrible. What is it doing in the list?
Reminds me of Sesame Street. Which one of these is not like the other one’s, which one of these just doesn’t belong….Samsung because it is shit creative.
May 27th, 2008
Matthew
Wow! Awesome list!! Dugg :)
May 27th, 2008
Ren Bostelaar
Strange that “Canon” would feature a Nikon D100 in their ad.
May 27th, 2008
Sarah
I don’t get the sharpie one
I get they are being arrested but why are they drawing the thumb print?
Is it to show how fine the markers are?
May 27th, 2008
Scott
That is not a “Canon” ad it is a “Yodobashi Camera” ad, a huge camera chain in Japan.
May 27th, 2008
tweety
Also dont get the sharpie one… and the samsung one….
May 27th, 2008
Stewie
The “Canon” ad is really an ad for a Japanese electronics chain (Yodobashi Camera).
May 27th, 2008
nrhk
Sharpie is showing that its markers are permenant much like your fingerprint
don’t know about samsung…
May 27th, 2008
Bob
The Samsung one is a rock/metal hand symbol. The Sharpie I think to show how fine they are since you can draw the finger print.
May 27th, 2008
Bill
For those who don’t get it, the Samsung one is a hand making the devil sign or whatever you call that thing that people do at metal concerts.
May 27th, 2008
Radio
Very nice advertisements.
May 27th, 2008
Luiza
The funeral one is my fav =)))
May 27th, 2008
bob
Obviously the samsaung is a hand gesture, and the sharpie is about how fine the tip of the marker is
May 27th, 2008
tweety
ahh i get the samsung one now, but the sharpie one the hands look weird, not very clear message
May 27th, 2008
David Greiman
Nice collection… Real money between that security glass?
May 27th, 2008
arun kamath
Even in the age of youtube and TV it is great to see such creative ads.
May 28th, 2008
Ash
Funny comments you guys posted here. I think I read the same thing about the samsung and sharpie advertisements so many times.
The funeral one made me laugh the most, and the one with the bench made absolute sense.
Good list.
May 28th, 2008
Valerie
It would be interesting to put up a video camera at the money/security glass one and watch what people try to do.
May 28th, 2008
Rej
I Still didnt get the adidas ad :((
May 28th, 2008
O geez
granted, the Samsung ad took me a half second, to get cause I was looking at the top too closely and then i looked down and AH a hand..
but you people and the Sharpie.. ugh
1. Fingerprints are not permanent..
2. It’s a guy holding the hand to be ‘printed’ and implying the ability to draw the fingerprint with the fine sharpie. GEEZ
3. Loved them all only thought the Spiderman ad was weak really.. + Spiderman’s a movie not tv taking a break heh.
May 28th, 2008
mark
Haha, all are nice.
May 28th, 2008
Manish
I Like the most
“Reserved for Drunk Drivers” Advertisement
awsomeee!!!
May 28th, 2008
O geez?
3
the spiderman. they were talking about it airing on TV
and some channels have commercial breaks during the movie showed on TV.
May 28th, 2008
Kate
Great list. My favorite ads: the funeral, adidas shark, samsung hand signal
May 28th, 2008
Ken
Great list of collections! I particularly like the 3M ads. Pretty daring and confident..
May 28th, 2008
al
how strong is the metal used on the sides of the 3M glass?
May 28th, 2008
calum
the sharpie one is also showing how versatile sharpies are. and the spiderman one isnt about commercials, its about pausing the broadcast tivo style, it ‘takes a break when you do’, not the other way around. !
May 28th, 2008
Zagler
That’s not an ad for Canon, it’s an ad for Yodobashi Camera, a chain of electronics stores. PLUS, just to rub it in your face, the camera pictured is a Nikon, not a Canon. Noobs!
May 28th, 2008
ali
Awesome
May 28th, 2008
Jeff Kee
I can’t believe some people didn’t get the Sharpie one right away.
Sharpie Permanent Markers - They’re sharp at the end, so fine enough to draw fingerprints. Also very permanent, hence good enough for such important documentations such as a fingerprint record. Wouldn’t want that piece of paper to have faded ink, right?
May 28th, 2008
Fubiz
Impressive selection!
May 28th, 2008
Gren
Remember the ads are meant to be different and generate conversation. Look at these notes, and the Samsung one gets the most comments - even though they are negative, we’re all talking about it. That means in some ways, they win, they have the best ad. Ironic.
May 28th, 2008
Bruno
There was only $500 of real currency, the rest is fake. A security guard was present for the duration of the promotion. People were told they could only use their feet and would not get to keep the money if they were successful.
May 28th, 2008
GO
justin, ure an idiot. The gills one was the worst.
May 28th, 2008
Rej
I didnt get the adidas ad.. Did anyone get’em
May 28th, 2008
fifty1
the 3M one was done with all real cash but a security guard was posted near by at all times.
doesnt say much for secuirty glass if you also need a secuirty guard though does it.
May 28th, 2008
ChinaMustBurn
I love the “Check around Water” add, I really go a kick out of that one, and also the funeral services one, that one is hilarious.
May 28th, 2008
mcdj
the Sharpie ad is for their extra fine point marker. It’s so fine, the person is drawing a fingerprint freehand.
May 28th, 2008
2 cents of polarizer
The addidas stuff reminds of startrek aliens. kewl.
polarizer
May 28th, 2008
Marc Savoy
Please add this and repost as 15 Creative Advertisements
Fedex Delivering UPS Truck Ad
http://i22.tinypic.com/1582ltt.jpg
May 28th, 2008
Computerden
Great selection!
May 28th, 2008
Klint
The Sharpie and Samsung ones shouldn’t be in there.
Otherwise, great list.
May 28th, 2008
abim
great site i in particular love the funeral advertisement. as sometimes people just don’t think any more, before they do things. and in that case the closer their funeral.
May 28th, 2008
schmexplosives
The watch around the water one, with the kid in the bottom of the pool, is probably, speaking as a lifeguard, a terrible idea. if that was in my pool it would be a minor heartattack to look at each time i scanned that area! granted, it would probably do a good job stressing parents out enough to make them watch their kids better, but the added stress to the lifeguard would just be dumb.
May 28th, 2008
aminhers
great guy
May 28th, 2008
Lyana
“Funeral Services Advertisement” it’s awesome!!
May 28th, 2008
tehs
I enjoy all of these…
May 28th, 2008
John Slater
The funeral services advertisement is clearly photoshoped. CLEARLY. Apart from that the list is pretty sweet.
May 28th, 2008
Ilia
WoooW great stuff! Very creative yet so simple.
May 28th, 2008
manolito
Funny that “the Canon ad” is featuring a Nikon camera… A digital D100 or film F80 (the former is based on the latter), hard to say right now but a Nikon anyway…
May 28th, 2008
Toxel.com
Thanks to everyone who pointed out that it was not a Canon ad. The post has been corrected.
May 28th, 2008
Squirrley1414
The Sharpie ad may be used to advertise its fine width, but more likely it is used to show its permanence. Although not in the way you might think.
If you were using a marker, what would you do to get the fingerprint? Try to draw a clumsy picture? Wrong! You would simply color the finger and press it against the paper. In this case though, you can’t do that because a Sharpie Permanent Marker is so good it won’t smear, smudge, or copy onto anything else after it has been printed onto the finger. Thus, the person is relegated to drawing the print since that’s all they can do!
This makes a lot more sense from Sharpie’s point of view, since their main substitute is the black marker. Think about it.
By the way, great set of ads!
May 28th, 2008
Regina
Actually that funeral ad is real. I was in New York in 2006 and I saw it for myself.
May 28th, 2008
Xetheare
You have two pics of the yellow bench.
May 29th, 2008
Bill
All of these ads are pretty good. And the comments here confirm my suspicion that 50% of internet users are complete morons.
May 29th, 2008
Emily
Wow these ads are fantastic!!!
Although I do have to agree with some people that the Samsung ad seems to be out place, otherwise fantastic list - I even laughed at some of them!!
May 29th, 2008
Jerms
Has anyone seen my keys
May 29th, 2008
Sheeraz
Hi all,
Apart from adidas, all adds are good. I hope they are trying to shave the coustomers pockets by showing shaved head……………?
May 29th, 2008
Allan
Hey ! I particularly liked the 3M & YKM ads…got a smile with ofcourse the ‘Funeral’ one.
Allan
May 29th, 2008
Alex Cantu
These are really clever. The jump-rope was awesome.
May 29th, 2008
SARAH
Great collection of advertisement collection. I have already seen some of them but the collection is awesome.
Thanks
May 29th, 2008
sheyda
oh my god!
they are gods of advertisement!
really nice…
May 30th, 2008
Sara
The kid at the bottom of the pool is a little disturbing. At least he appears like he could be conscious. As a lifeguard I might have found it to be distracting in a crowded pool. It would take some time to get used to it.
May 30th, 2008
last hokage
I liket the funeral Advertisement the most.
May 30th, 2008
final last hokage
I liked the funeral too,hehe
May 30th, 2008
Robin
Love it! Way way way outside the box.
Savoy - the simple FedEx UPS ad speaks volumes.
My three favs are the top two and the Adidas ad.
May 30th, 2008
Fred
I just Love the funeral services ad!
May 30th, 2008
parisa
very nice and goooooooooooooooooooooodd
May 31st, 2008
Will Mckay
These are Really good. Liked them all.
May 31st, 2008
sego
Use Only What You Need.
I LIKE THIS ONE MOST.
Jun 1st, 2008
arash
very nice
tanx
Jun 1st, 2008
Al
two thumbs up!!!
I so much cuirious about agencies that created them!
Jun 2nd, 2008
Keira
The camera shop ad does feature a Nikon camera. However, the mouseover tooltip says “Canon ad” so maybe the author of this blog would like to correct that.
Jun 2nd, 2008
Toxel.com
Keira, thank you for posting that. We corrected the error.
Jun 2nd, 2008
Sarah
Great Ads!
Jun 2nd, 2008
rosita
Hi,
Really great ads, specially the “Denver Water Advertisement”, I think it must become a rule for all to “Use Only What You Need”
And it’s very hard to satisfy all people with so much different interests, so some opposite ideas are normal.
Jun 3rd, 2008
Wexford
Nice, liked the “Use only what you need” one most, comment 56 made me laugh too, and the bench is orange, not yellow(55)
Jun 4th, 2008
Luca
Awesome :D
Jun 4th, 2008
Luke
Read somewhere that there was a 24 hour security guard on the 3M ad so that people didn’t smash it with their car or any of the other 100 ways to break into it
Jun 4th, 2008
Luis
The 3M ad only had like 500 bucks at the top. The “money” at the bottom is only paper. So, any attempt to break it would result in not much gain. The case itself is a lot more expensive.
Jun 5th, 2008
Michael
Loved the 3M ad
Jun 5th, 2008
Unko
it’s so cool ya!!
Jun 7th, 2008
FireFrenzy
they are all made of WIN and OWN!
Jun 8th, 2008
Jenny
Hi, could u please help me to describe the Dettol ad??
Plz!!
Jun 8th, 2008
ابليس
very nice
Jun 8th, 2008
chantix
very creative ads!
Jun 11th, 2008
Sansmind
“Reserved for Drunk Drivers” Advertisement — Nice One
Jun 16th, 2008
Indian
The Sharpie ad, is a guy holding the thumb up and drawing the lines using a sharpie
Jun 17th, 2008
Shafakat
The Denver Water Advertisement & nail bitter …are the best ones…… excellent!!
Jun 18th, 2008
naviz
Dettol ad, there are so many activity is done by hand,u can wash ur hand by using it….
Jun 20th, 2008
Harry Roberts
The funeral directors one is my favourite!
Jun 26th, 2008
designerdisasters
the drink driving ad is an excellent example of an subtley humourous yet powerful message delivered for the cost of a couple of spray cans. nice work!
Jun 29th, 2008
mochamad ismail
thanks 4 good ads. I copy the ads to my library for reference. THX
Jun 29th, 2008
Ashish
Hi,
Dear All, these are good ads, I would like to know these type of more website, which provide the creative ads without any subscription, if u know any other website, please let me know at my email (kumar.ashish.ak@gmail.com)
Thanks & warm Regards
Ashish
Jun 30th, 2008
Riya
Really!!..Its a very nice creative examples.
Jul 1st, 2008
John Smith
Same Same. I’ve seen these same ad’s soooooo many times…
Jul 7th, 2008
The Quick List Formulas
Hahaha, I love it. Great list you put together!
Jul 10th, 2008
kigblebsilia
It’s amazing
Aug 2nd, 2008
Melissa
Fascinating site and well worth the visit. I will be backs
Aug 3rd, 2008
john
Your site is very interesting and useful/
Aug 3rd, 2008
matt
the 3m add is stupid. if you click on it you will see there are rules a security gaurd and you cant even keep the money if you break it open. not very confident in there product.
Aug 7th, 2008
Alireza Borzui
Great collection!
Very nice advertisements
Aug 22nd, 2008
kirtasiye
The funeral services advertisement is clearly photoshoped. CLEARLY. Apart from that the list is pretty sweet.
:S
Oct 1st, 2008