Creative Criminals

I’ve posted this ad because I really love the graphical efforts they put into this one. Make sure you look at the enlarged version of the image, you can see the incredible amount of details. And ofcourse the idea behind this campaign is not bad at all!

This is an old but very effective advertisement. They twisted the words. We are all familiar the slogan ‘Smoking causes cancer’ but the other way around ‘ Cancer cures smoking’ is very provocative. Even the most die-hard smoker will think twice before he lights up another cigarette.

This campaign was made for Greenpeace to save the oceans and everything that lives in it. These sea animals are all made out of pencils. The slogan reads: “Every signature helps save our seas.” It was awarded a Silver Lion at Cannes this year.

Today the 56th edition of Cannes Lions started and will last untill the 27th of June. It is the biggest advertising event in the world, where the best commercials are awarded by a jury that consists of member from the best advertising agencies.


Cannes Lions is divided into eleven categories:
Films, Press, Outdoor, Lions Direct, Media Lions, Cyber Lions, Radio Lions, Promo Lions, Titanium & Integrated Lions, Design Promotion and PR Lions (new since this year)



Despite the popularity of this prestige contest, the entries descended with 20% this year due to the economic crisis.
To give you an idea, last year 28.284 entries were sent in, this year only 22.652..

But less quantity doesn’t mean less quality..
Some made a list of the favourites and yes, in the 3 months Creative Criminals is online, several of our ‘chosen ones’ are potential award winners.

Here are some examples:
Everybody is against Everybody
The T-Mobile Dance
Get it on
Sprint: Useless facts
Philips Carousel

Here’s another funny entry..
Ever busted your partner cheating on you, by sniffing somebody else?
No? Well this man does..

The balconies of an appartement building in one of the busiest streets in Frankfurt (Germany) were redesigned with giant-shaped storage boxes of Ikea. With this campaign the Swedish home products retailer targets people that live in apartments and obvious have not that much space, so these storage boxes are very useful.

Nike believes in the performances of women in top sports. They are not that far behind men!

Click on the two small images below to see the image in real size.

BP claims you can drive an average 28 miles per tank with their new Ultimate fuel. They demonstrate this in a funny pretty literal way. I especially love the soundtrack of this ad.

The boardgame “Scrabble” celebrates it’s 60th birthday with this new ad. But the main purpose is to change the image of the game. The penetration of scrabble in France is already really high, they now want to recruit new and young families. That’s why scrabble want’s to lose the image of being a boring and outdated game.

Watch the other two commercials after the break.

When I first saw this ad I thought ‘What kind of commercial is this?’! But actually it is pretty funny, even if it doesn’t make any sense.. If it were for me, they could show a lot more of these kind of ads on TV!

Volkswagen’s prices are lower than ever, and they want to let the whole world know about it!!
How? By not only placing large ads, but also advertising on places only bugs can reach…