Creative Criminals

Everyone knows the legend that eating carrots improves your eyesight. With this billboard the advertising agency is implying you need to eat more carrots from HAK if you can’t read the message. The billboard probably isn’t that effective for by passers but the idea is great.

The last few months we’ve seen some really creative stuff done with billboards. First there was the billboard carved in wood, after this we found a billboard that was completely drawn by hand. And now again we have a hand-drawn billboard, the backlight gives a really good touch to the concept.

The following busstop advertisement is made for Swedish Tennis Veterans. Advertising agency Volt in Sweden came up with this nice idea to shave a tennisball bald, only leaving hair on the sides, like it is an old man.

German glue manufacturer UHU created this amazing billboard. They started with a 50’s style billboard and added torn up layers on top of it, this creates the illusion that the poster has been there for years. Like said in the copy: “If it sticks forever & a day, it must be UHU anyway. The everlasting glue.”

Speedy Gonzalez, the animated cartoon Mouse from the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes, came all the way from Mexico to the United Kingdom to promote the broadband of Virgin Media. And yes, what else than the speed of the internet would Speedy be emphasizing..
Not only this TV-spot was created for Virgin media but also a billboard out of cheese..
Check it out after the jump!

This is a billboard that actually cries, if it would have been a statue of The Virgin Mary they might consider it to be a miracle. It’s nicely done, but it reminds us a lot of this one we’ve posted over a year ago.

The London International Awards got awarded last Monday at the Troxy in London. The following weeks we will give you all the results starting with the awards for the best billboards.

Watch all the winners after the break.



ING Direct is a popular web bank. They pioneered a new way to handle relationship with their clients by providing on an easy to use digital platform. They used the following tagline “our clients are our best advertising” in a pretty direct way. The bank built human interactive billboards to let real clients dialogue with potential clients passing by. This is a Gold LIA Award winner.

This student work dates back from 2006, it’s obviously not a real billboard but a photoshopped version. For a quick pun this is definitely not bad, that’s why we are sharing it with you.

Unfortunately we could not find a high quality image of this billboard but we do want to share this humorous advertisement with you. For those of you who don’t understand it, have a look at this 30-second commercial made for Old Spice. It was an instant hit.

Shelter is an organization in the UK that creates awareness of issues surrounding homelessness. The campaign is called House of Cards, most important part of the campaign was an exhibition and auction of the work by 53 artists who each created a playing card. To promote this exhibition a unique ‘live poster’ campaign was created. Blank card templates were placed at poster sites in London to be filled in by street artists or by passers. Hit continue to see a selection of these great pieces of art.