Creative Criminals

This campaign is from the Opvoedingslijn, a Flemish advice hotline for parents with out of control kids. Problem: Belgian parents still think they can handle their difficult kid alone. But what to do if your kids starts singing Christmas songs like these ones..

TiJi, Lagardère Active’s preschool channel, is aimed at children from 3 to 6 years old. It accompanies the littlest ones and helps them to develop by offering them amazing programs that stimulate their imagination and answer all the questions that they might be asking.

Today we present you something completely different. When advertisers put out billboards there are also some risks involved with it. People can alter them, some call it vandalism others call it street art. The last few years this new art form popped out on streets all over the world. One of the most influencing artists in this world is without a doubt Banksy. The Londoner has been inspiring artists all over the world. In this example you can see how street art can influence outdoor advertising. An artist called Monotremu glued a message on this billboard resembling a warning on a cigarette package. The translation says: “Santa Claus Doesn’t Exist”. The message was probably removed after a couple of hours, but the pictures are timeless.

This is an anti-smoking campaign that is spot on. All the excuses people are using why they shouldn’t quit are just childish, so why not let children make these excuses in a commercial? It’s pretty confronting. The ad is in Russian but when you hit play and then click on CC at the bottom of the video you can get English subtitles.

In this television spot the class called G8 get’s a homework assignment. The assignment concerns the water development goals. The world leaders that are member of the G8 are represented as little kids. The resemblance with reality is really funny.