45 Advertisements You Will Never Forget
Advertisements are everywhere. Consumers have a need and advertisements direct the consumer to the company that has a solution for their need. For years, we have tried in vain to escape advertisements, but aggressive advertisement companies have stepped up their creativity. These days, instead of relying on the simple goodness of lemonade and children’s laughter, ads have taken a decidedly more provocative turn. Gone are the nostalgic days of skipping through wheat fields. These days, ads venture on the irreverent. They cater to your physical senses and bend your mind to what is possible. Here are some of the most insanely good advertisements of recent memory, broken down into ambient, billboards, commercials and print.
Ambient
1. Skin Cancer Towel
2. WINZIP Compressed House
3. WPPED Cream Elevator Award
4. Neglected/ Invisible Children
5. McDonald’s Pole
6. Piano Stairs
7. Human Meat
8. Life Is Too Short for the Wrong Job
9. Kleenex Soap Dispenser
10. Elm Grove Police Department: Slower is Better
11. Unicef Land Mine
12. 2012. We Were Warned
13. Nikon D700: Papparazzi
14. Pantene Anti-Breakage Shampoo: Rapunzel
15. Swiss Skydive Elevator
Billboards
1. Panasonic nose trimmer: Fatty
2. Nestle Billboard
3. Sign from God
4. Formula Toothcare Bite
5. Imodium AD Toliet Tissue
6. Allstate Auto Insurance
7. Zimbabwean Money Billboard
8. iPod and iTunes
9. Powerhouse Gym
10. Get Organized with Peter Walsh
1. Findus FraichíFrites: Granny Fries without the Granny
2. International Vegetarian Union: Vegetables Are All Your Body Needs
3. Bose Noise Reduction Headphones
4. Clorets: Fishy Breath
5. Gun Central Alliance, South Africa
6. The Joy of Pepsi
7. Utopolis: Reality Sucks
8. Fortis Bank: Plastic Surgery Loans
9. Target Dri Bots Nappies: No One Likes a Bed Wetter
10. McDonald’s Baby Ronald
Commercials
1. Honda Cogs
2. Adidas/ FIFA Women’s World Cup 2003
3. Yellow Pages
4. Jack in the Box/ Meaty Cheesy Boys
5. BMW/ Theo Jensen
6. Apple Macintosh/ 1984
7. Dove/ Evolution
8. Heineken
9. Traveler’s Insurance/ Prized Posession
10. Vizzavi/ Pixar
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Nov 30, 2009
Great collection, Jacqueline. Thanks for sharing.
Bookmarked with pleasure.
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Greetings from Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa
Nov 30, 2009
Astonishing collection. Indeed can’t be forgotten.
Nov 30, 2009
Yes! This is awesome! I’m also having some ideas in my head for Pixmac so hopefully we’ll be in lists like this soon
Nov 30, 2009
Really cool post, lots of powerful advertisements.
Thanks.
Nov 30, 2009
A nice read, there are some very good entries.
Thank you making this post.
Nov 30, 2009
thats a great collection! thanks for sharing
Nov 30, 2009
Cool collection.
Nov 30, 2009
Very cool collection, very funny ads!
Nov 30, 2009
Nice collection.
Reminds me of a campaign I did a couple years ago for a regional personal injury law firm.
http://jaredfitch.com/portfolio/advertising/
All the contact info was on the back window. The images were placed on both sides of the vehicle—the rest of the car was plain yellow.
It got SO much response from the public. People telling the drivers at stop lights how they thought this girl was trying to get out, or that the door had come open, etc.
Lots of calls into the office too.
Fun stuff.
Nov 30, 2009
Totally awesome. Very creative thinking.
What’s the deal with clowns btw?
The Baby Ronald ad is just creepy/anoying.
Maybe it’s just me, but McD should really ditch the clown some day. Just stick with the cofee serving streetlights
That was awesome.
Dec 1, 2009
I’ve seen some of these before – thanks for the reminder!
Dec 1, 2009
Love it…….
Dec 2, 2009
Thanks for the great list. I’d like to also add the famous Sony Playstaion “Double Life” ad. It’s one of my all time favorites!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bqq38WZctA
- Greg
Dec 3, 2009
Powerful ads by great companies.
Dec 4, 2009
All these ads were fantabulous but McDonald’s one is the best. Here is another interesting collection you would surely enjoy
“30 Typographic Print ads… Hard to ignore!!”
http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/typographic-print-ads/
Dec 6, 2009
Baby Ronald is one creepy baby! I remember seeing the Cream Elevator Award at the AAF Addy award show a couple of years ago.
Dec 13, 2009
Really hot! thank you
Dec 17, 2009
Really nice collection , thanks
Dec 22, 2009
as in awesome!! i love it!!
Jan 4, 2010
Excellent! Thanks! Awesome Collection!
(I have to agree with NooT about McDonald’s clown. It is creepy, like Burger King’s King – now THAT’S creepy.)
Jan 11, 2010
Great advertising that is artistic, funny, cute and grabs attention.
Firas
Jan 29, 2010
Nice collection!
Just a small correction on nr. 5 BMW/Theo Jensen.
The man telling his story is Theo Jansen, Dutch artist famous for his Stranbeesten (Beach Animals) See: http://www.strandbeest.com
Jan 29, 2010
Awesomely Wonderful post
Thanx u so much from Mexico