Creative Criminals

This is one from the archives, released in 2010. Band-Aid adhesive bandages are made out of flexible fabric. This means they are able to stretch. This is illustrated to the extreme by a Band-Aid around the finger of The Hulk, implying it was already there before Dr. Robert Bruce Banner changed into the monstrous Hulk.

There’s an interesting approach to this print campaign. It depicts all kinds of sound waves each representing a different animal in the zoo. The last sound wave is something special though.

A brilliant set of print ads for Save the Children. Apparently 70% of abused children turn into abusive adults themselves. This is illustrated in a very strong way in the three circles below. This is most definitely award winning material.

Harvey Nichols is an international luxury, fashion, beauty and food shop. To promote their summer sales advertising agency DDB created these 3 print advertisements with the tagline: daylight robbery starts 15th June.

This is a print ad for a training course organized by Heineken. In the course, pub owners can learn tapping techniques useful to serve their beer perfectly. A smart approach to make the beer glass look like a book with the slogan “a beer has a lot to teach”.

To promote the air show in Salvador at Barra’s Lighthouse they placed these sequential print advertisements in a newspaper.

Goodby, Silverstein & Partners created 3 print advertisements for Google with the tagline: “maybe the best ads are just answers”.

What could be better then breastfeeding for a baby? That’s right, being breastfed but with an Oreo cookie in hand. Funny print ad from Cheil in Seoul.

This is one for the advertising freaks. You will probably know most of these images. They are all advertising campaigns compared to famous pieces of art. Now you can see where they got their inspiration.

Each poster is a brilliant mash-up of two stories: Snow White/Sherlock, Harry Potter/Troy, Little Red Riding Hood/Moby Dick, playing off of the exchange’s “Come with a story and leave with another” tagline.