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.
Radiant Gym “Running” Advertisement
Obesity finds it hardest to catch up with those who are running.
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.
Creative Adidas Advertisement
Funeral Services Advertisement
Stop’n Grow Bag Advertisement
German product that stops nail biting.
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
ingilizce
oved the 3M ad
Oct 14th, 2008
Evan
I really like the one about the Denver water ad. So Great!!!
Oct 17th, 2008
baba
loved the 3M ad
Oct 17th, 2008
Kevin Young
Very sweet collection. I like the gills on the swimmer – very subtle.
Oct 27th, 2008
Jim Nolan
I came across your blog looking for articles about marketing and advertising.
Congrats for the topics you´ve been posting. I´ll include a link from my blogroll.
All the best,
Jim Nolan
Nov 12th, 2008
Future Wealth
Brilliant advertisements. I like this one mostly “Dettol Instant Hand Sanitizer Advertisement” . It seems that all hands together would bring a victory. Unity is Strength
Nov 25th, 2008
URaNal Kitty.
Devil sign? It’s just a sterotypical thing that we do nothing to do with the devil… ;/ I..I xD
Dec 12th, 2008
Nikki - Logo Design Guru
Fantastic and so incredibly creative. Selling a product is hard with so much competition in the world. You really need to have some great ideas out there to be remembered. Very nice.
Dec 16th, 2008
Lesus
Its really nice collection and noice picture
Jan 30th, 2009
badooo
i like the drunk driving one and the camera one was sick
yeaaaaaaaaaaa
Feb 4th, 2009
Ashley
i used one of these ads for my english 104 class.
now i get to write three pages on it. woo. ha.
but very good ads :)
thanks for the help!
Feb 4th, 2009
bharti
now thats creativity..
i’m lovin it!!
Mar 10th, 2009
Shovon
Unforgettable! Extra-ordinary! Specially Denver Water,3M Security Glass, 2 bags and Reserved for Drunk Drivers are excellent.
N H Shovon
Pathway
Bangladesh
Mar 13th, 2009
raj chawla
nice, So Great!!!
Mar 23rd, 2009
Melissa
creative…simple…effective. Anyone looking to market or advertise their business should follow the above examples!
Apr 1st, 2009
Cassidy Elias
Great list ! Looove it. I really really love the Coke Ads. All of them. It’s soooo cool. Whooot ! Party with Coke !
Apr 16th, 2009
Morten foto lærred (Denmark)
These are amazing!!
Apr 25th, 2009
rundalavista :)
This ads are SUPER creative!
The poeple who created these are AMAZING!
I really like the one with the child in the pool
And the drunk driving one
Those ads may have saved a life!
May 11th, 2009
admad
hmm…….so addidas ad seem to have been creating confusion……i think it is trying to convey the the message “attacking the youth” as primary targets or buyers of there products……watsay…
May 17th, 2009
Satyandhar
All ads are ok, nothing is great.
Jun 3rd, 2009
Ahmed
very good ideas
Jun 3rd, 2009
krutika
all ads r very nice and creative..like them
Jun 19th, 2009
krutika
the samsung ad could b dne more better ….
Jun 19th, 2009
R.Gunasekar
YKM bag add is excellent. its and excellent creativity output… very nice
Jun 26th, 2009
Avery
That’s really funny advertisements.Thank you for sharing.
Jul 7th, 2009
jitterbug
Wow that drunk driving ad really got me.. hilarious!
Jul 13th, 2009
Bolo
Great ads, i like most of them except the Stop’n Grow Bag Advertisement.
Jul 19th, 2009
rimis.net
Creativity at its best
Jul 21st, 2009
diversity
Radiant Gym “Running” Advertisement
My friend and I didn’t get this one, anyone care to explain?
Thanks
Jul 22nd, 2009
Amanda
lol the samsung one is making the rock and roll sign with the cell phones. i didnt get it at first either.
Jul 28th, 2009
hash
it helps me a lot
Jul 30th, 2009
e
are you people thick or just over 40? the samsung ad rocks… literally. its the universal sign for rock and roll. i kinda even feel like i want to listen to rock music with a samsung now when before i had no interest in samsung. oh and if you didn’t get the sharpie ad, you really truly are thick/inbred.
Aug 16th, 2009
medyum
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
Aug 21st, 2009
loz
lol, great list!
poor little kid in the water. i think the ‘wheres your child’ ad scares the hell out of him.
Sep 12th, 2009
telefon dinleme
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…
telefon dinleme
Sep 21st, 2009
navitha
Camera Store Bus Advertisement and Reserved for Drunk Drivers is damn good ya!!!
Sep 22nd, 2009
Chumpy
Lolz, I makes better security glass in my sleep. Hell, I’ve broken through a couple of panes of security glass in my time, with nothing but my head. Still hurts, but hey…. Not that hard to rob malls and stuff, just incapacitate the guard and use his gun to blow the glass >:)
They should put blood spatters on the funeral ad. Adds to the visual effect =]
Oct 12th, 2009
Mubeen Khan
It’s really awesome work done. These guys are brilliant. I love their work.
Oct 16th, 2009
Karen
Ok read a few of your comments and want to help straighten it out a little… the sharpie one, which I was very impressed with, has a DUAL meaning. What’s more permanent than your finger prints? What also is more complex and defined? ever try to draw your finger print? Fine tipped AND permanent my friend. And as for samsung, who hasn’t thrown up the horns at a concert? The kind of people that do are the kind of people who are gonna jam out on their phone when they’re bored. Play to the audience :D
Oct 28th, 2009
rami fawaz
I love the first one. I would have broke that glass!
Oct 30th, 2009
Chumpy
Lolz, Chuck Norris is so tough, when he looks in a glass it breaks, because even a mirror won’t get in the way of Chuck Norris and Chuck Norris. That security glass doesn’t stand a chance =]
Nov 15th, 2009
suman
reserved 4 drunk drivers was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!! mind blowing
Nov 19th, 2009
yjc
Awesome ads! I would have broken that glass as well. o_o (Or take the whole bus stop)
Nov 30th, 2009
medyum
this is very nice blog,thank you for all
Dec 1st, 2009
choudhary waqas
i like that pictures.
amezing pictures.
Dec 15th, 2009
Ankara Parke
it helps me a lot
Dec 19th, 2009
lalacan
Awesome, very creative
Dec 20th, 2009
katrina kaif
didnt get the adidas and funeral. anyways good collection of ads
Dec 27th, 2009
Flare
I really think the funeral one near the subway is dangerous. They decide to write ‘Come a Little Closer’ in huge letters, then they put their company name on the bottom in tiny letters. They could get in serious legal trouble if a little kid decided to follow that.
The Samsung one is a bit hard to tell at first, so I don’t think it’s that impressive.
The Where’s Your Child One is kinda creepy. I would hate to be that little kid that’s staring at the ad.
My favorites are the 3-M and Gym ads. Those are quite clever, except I doubt the money is real.
Dec 30th, 2009
mohammad
very good. tnk alot
Jan 16th, 2010
Dinleme Cihazları
i really like the drunk driving one and the camera one was sick
Jan 17th, 2010
Al!D
very nice
thanks
Feb 14th, 2010
medyum
i really like the drunk driving one and the camera one was sick
Feb 19th, 2010
Ebrahim
All Image Is Very Good . I Am Enjoy .Thanks alot
Adidas The Best
Mar 28th, 2010
r eza
very nice
Apr 16th, 2010
punnarao.dvsn
ad means any time dare me UMASILKS PUNNARAO
May 9th, 2010
Phoenix
Idea’s that some people think about!!! And others that are daring enough to advertise them like this. Impressive and funny
Jun 12th, 2010
ace
good ideas, really catches on your mind, effective signs
Jun 16th, 2010
medyum
i really like the drunk driving one and the camera one was sick.. Medyum Niyazi
Jul 8th, 2010
sushant
“reserved for DRUNK DRIVERS”…..ooh what a exceptional mind ?
Aug 27th, 2010
Mat
LOL.. Some of these are pure genius and made smile. So glad I stumbled accross this article.
Oct 8th, 2010
Dyohna
That funeral service ad creeps me out…
Nov 14th, 2010
khin wah wah
very nice and creative.
Mar 7th, 2011
deb
I was blown away by the dettol hand sanitizer ad! It made me think about all the things I touch on a daily basis that have already been touched numerous times. Just think of all the germs that represents!;)
Apr 12th, 2011
Amnah
Wow.. just loved all the ad. They are so creative.. I just crossed by to find some pics for my lesson tomorrow as I’m gonna enhance the students’ opinion intereting in different issues (as am an English teacher in ESL/EFL classrooms in UAE).
Oct 24th, 2011
alex conrad
gorilla advertising is the most effective advertising in today’s society
Nov 5th, 2011
medyum
Actually that funeral ad is real. I was in New York in 2006 and I saw it for myself..
Jun 21st, 2012
Alexander Silva
The most important thing is creativity and imagination.
Jul 17th, 2012
Magnaa
it’s amazing! reserved for drunk drives, hahaha =))
Nov 6th, 2012
sajjad ahmad
very very creative
Feb 28th, 2013