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Hundreds of photos of funny billboards and crazy outdoor ads found throughout the world: Nike Bus Shelter  A bus shelter billboard for Nike showing Mexican national soccer team waiting for a bus. Nifty. Source: BriefBlog Earlier: Transparent Billboards Self Centre Spa Bus Shelters Museum Poster from Estonia  A poster advertising a museum in Estonia. -- urod.ru (rus) This Billboard Talks Too Much  This billboard talks too much. Which is exactly the point. Either keep reading this billboard when you are stuck in traffic jam, or tune into KNX 1070. -- via AdRants Billboards As Tents  "In Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, recycled advertising billboards serve as rain covers on the tents of earthquake refugees." -- SF Gate "Fitness" Outdoor  An ad for a fitness company in a German bus, by Leo Burnett. Source: Frederik Samuel. Lamar Builds Hurricane-Resistant Billboards  "Lamar Advertising sustained $14 million in hurricane damage to its billboards in Louisiana and Mississippi, according to the company. CFO Keith Istre said the storms would allow the company "to replace existing inventory with wind-resistant structures that are much more durable and have a much higher wind-resistance rating." Some of the existing billboards could withstand winds of up to 110 mph, Istre said. The new designs will be able to handle winds as high as 140 mph to 150 mph, he said." -- Nola.com Flashback: Burma Shave Roadside Poetry  Image's original location "In 1925, The Burma-Vita Corporation of Minneapolis began producing signs for a campaign that would soon propel the company into the position as the number two seller of men's shaving cream. The signs were placed where motorists would see them in a staggered sequence usually along a rural, monotonous stretch of highway. Each series of signs contained rhyming lyrics, always ending the last sign with the words "Burma-Shave." Teams of employees fanned out across the country to erect the signs. By the mid 1930s, sets of signs stretched from coast to coast; only Arizona and Massachusetts lacked representation. With the development of the interstate highway system motorists began driving faster. Consequently, road sings became larger and farther away, making the small Burma-Shave sings unreadable and thus obsolete. The Burma-Shave signs came down in 1963 and product sales plummeted, so much so that in 1966 the line was discontinued." -- Eisner Museum Here are some of the Burma Shave's rhymes and more fun trivia from Backwoodshome. You can even order a DVD collection of 120 jingles and signs. Iranian Billboard Greets Iraqis  "Apparently, this Iranian billboard faces Iraq at the border." -- The Arabist Network Billboard For Mice Bait  One of the campaign billboards for Reckitt Benckisers' mice bait by The Jupiter Drawing Room (South Africa). Source: Loerie Awards. Somewhat similar to a McDonalds billboard that also won a Loerie. Virgin Airlines Billboard on Grass   "This massive billboard painted on the grass between the main runways greeted passengers arriving and departing from Johannesburg International Airport. A world first, this 5000 sq.m billboard required 1000 liters of paint and 9 separate permits from different regulatory authorities due to the sensitive nature of the site." Agency: Network BBDO. Source: Loerie Awards (silver). WWF Billboards  Source: Loerie Awards (bronze)  Source: Frederik Samuel Branded Bus by National Geographic  From the archives, so no details except that it was done for National Geographic. Absolut Outdoor   (source)  (source)  (source)  (source)   (source)  (source)  BOOK AD: Advertising Outdoors : Watch This Space!  focuses on the history and development of outdoor advertising since the beginning of the nineteenth century.
Yamaha Shopping Cart  Yamaha's ad on a shopping cart in a supermarket in Sweden. Source: Reklamfeber. Smelly Floor Sticker by Pedigree  "Pedigree made stickers in the shape of a dog barge with the scent of delicious Pedigree dog food. They placed them on floors in front of pet stores and supermarkets so passing dogs could go nuts and show their owners what they really want. Made by Tequila Amsterdam." -- AdHunt Here's a similar smelly billboard for Affinity Petcare: 
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"Don't Drink and Drive" Outdoor Campaigns  A table-top cover illustrating the consequences of driving under influence. Or at least that's what I think this is. Source: AdHunt.  Labatt's "Know when to draw the line" campaign by Axmith McIntyre Wicht, Toronto. Source: Frederik Samuel.  No details. VW Toureg Billboard  Click to enlarge. Source: Frederik Samuel. Nestle Billboards   Source: Creative Criminal. Hyundai Billboard  Hyundai billboard at the luggage claim area at Ataturk Airport (Turkey). Billboard Turned Into Raincoat  Some guy turns vinyl signs into nice raincoats. Evil Signtist knows more. "Quit Smoking" Bus Billboard  A bus billboard for Nicotinell. Click to zoom in. Source: Marketing Causa Efecto. Outdoor Stencil for Ariel  Outdoor work for Ariel by Saatchi & Saatchi London. Source: Adverbox. "See You Tomorrow" Bathroom Poster  A poster for Kellogg's cereal on the inside of a bathroom stall door. Source: Adverblog. Nike's "Faster" Billboards    Billboards from "You are faster than you think" campaign by Taxi Toronto for Nike. Source: Adverblog. "Liberals Hate It" Billboard  I might hate the radio, but the billboard I love. Source: taomenina. Billboard Hunting in New York So, I went on this long-weekend trip to New York, which was mostly about business, but also wandering around looking for cool billboards in what's supposed to be the billboard capital. Or so it claims.  The center of the universe, also known as the Times Square, was pretty disappointing: lots of razzle-dazzle, but very little substance, and overall very forgettable. The only exception was this animated Coke billboard,  which on one night showed silhouettes of construction workers putting it together, welding and all. Mesmerizing. This subway poster reminded me of a recent story about British night clubs not letting people wearing Prada in because apparently Prada is what British "chavs" wear.  Here's a pretty weird subway poster for some storage. Are there lots of doll-collecting New Yorkers?  The same storage company is running a "butt" billboard somewhere in downtown. Copy: "Does my butt makes this room look small?" Our answer is a resounding yes.  There's something about New York and big butts:  A smart way to mount a city map - this one actually hangs on UPenn's campus in Philly. 
Basketball Billboard  "Eletrobràs. Official Sponor of Brazilian Basket Team." -- Adverbox Sears Snow Globe on Times Square  Sears encased an entire family into a giant snowball set up on Times Square last week. Too bad I missed it. Here are some pics and videos (and a bit more). "Bulb" Billboard for The Economist   A bulb goes off on this billboard for The Economist, triggered by a motion sensor. -- London International Awards Zombies Outdoor  Zinema Zombie Second Season / Bogota Museum of Modern Art -- London International Awards Absolut Outdoor, Part II  source: absolut  source: werbeblogger  source: janberlin, tbwa.de Earlier: Absolut Outdoor Bubble Gum Billboard  A billboard for bubble gum somewhere in Bombay. Sleeping Beauty Outdoor  Don't wait for the love of your life, find it on Match.com. -- Marketing Alternatif Old Joke Billboard  A billboard for the Newcastle beer, which, in all fairness, isn't quite as stale as this joke. -- mafleen "Slice of House" Billboard  This one has been sitting on my desktop for a few weeks now, but I don't have any details other than that it used to hang in New York's Crowne Plaza and apparently advertisers a furniture store. French Billboard with Fake Construction Workers  All I know about this billboard is that it came from a Flickr user john, says "You must mistrust words" in French, and features fake construction workers, a trick we've seen on a Mini Cooper billboard. Billboards as Social Commentary  "This billboard is inane on so many levels, it's hard to know where to start. The camera she's holding? It has the shutter button on the right-hand side. She can't even work that camera until she puts down that bottle of Skyy Blue." Keep reading. Coke's "Global Cooling" Billboard  Coke finds solution to global warming. Credit: Beige Alert. "Coke Contains Coke" Billboard  A billboard for a competing "Dolly Guarana" drink that reads: "Federal Police Report CONFIRMS: Coca-Cola contains Coca Leaves." Expect Coke's prices to soar. Credit: d.r.lynch. "Tampax Dam" Poster  In all my ignorance, I always thought this Tampax Dam ad was a spoof, but no, it was a poster that Leo Burnett placed in the bathroom stalls. It was an OBIE Awards finalist back in 2003 (source: AEF, OAAA). Billboard Photoshop Contest  "Billboard ads just don't put in the same creativity that they used to. In this contest you will help ad companies think of some clever ideas to help distract drivers while they are going 70 mph." -- Worth1000.com "Wear" Billboard  Kenneth Cole: "Hurricanes aren't ending. And bird flu is now coming. But wear?" Uh? -- FishDrinkWater Matrix Billboard  I'm working on a paper about advertising in computer games and came across a screenshot of this billboard in Matrix Online. Lovely. "Bulletin Board" Billboard  This "Variable Message Sign" billboard in Cardiff provides "an opportunity for members of the public to post messages using a mobile phone" during Cardiff Festival on Creative Technology. More info here. -- via information aesthetics Hot Mario Brothers Billboard  A subway billboard for what's apparently a new Mario Bros. game for Gamecube in Japan (source: sanchome). Truck Art These trucks are    -- Media Bum via Bifurcated Rivets "Real Business" Billboard  This Russian billboard reads, "Strategy and tactics of success. The real business." The billboard is hanging on the wall of the city jail in Rostov. Source: advertka. Dripping Billboard  This installation works like a flat shower that shoots out water droplets with different frequency. The difference in distance between droplets results in an image. Billboards From GTA San Andreas, Part I I went sightseeing to San Andreas, so here are some billboards from the game:  Crowex: when you are too rich too care what time it is.  Drive-Thru Confessions, Park-n-Pray.  Making fun of True Crime: Streets of New York, a GTA wannabe.  Zip is like Vice City's Gash, only cooler...  ... and apparently more upscale. 300 - 350 of 494 « < 5 6 7 8 9 > Note: The content of this site is licensed from Ilya Vedrashko.
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