192 Creative, Smart & Clever Advertisements

Published on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 – 9:00 am

Here are 192 of the best creative, smart and clever advertising messages that I have found across the web in recent times. They have used some great techniques and ideas in all of these ads and I think they are brilliant!

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152 Responses to “192 Creative, Smart & Clever Advertisements”

  1. gamermk on Jul 30, 2008 said:

    Use only what you need (the park bench one) is in there twice. Cool list, a lot of ideas.

  2. ferdinand on Jul 30, 2008 said:

    this is such a great post. I just wanted to point out that some of the ads are twice in the post: use only what you need - denver water with the bench, tie on the underground as well as the beer cans on the underground.
    I know I sometimes put a pic up twice whith only a total of 20 so this is more than natural :) keep the great work up!

    ferdinands last blog post..Great Video: Supergrass - Bad Blood

  3. Brian Yerkes on Jul 30, 2008 said:

    Wow, what a reeeediculous post Jacob! Very cool to see them all. I’ve only seen about 20 of those prior.

    The Samsung / Music / Cell Phone one is probably the most perfect poster you could make. It is everything an ad needs to be.

    Cool post, will be back to spend more time on it.

  4. Bryan Hughes on Jul 30, 2008 said:

    Awesome; that was the first time I’ve seen a good third of those. Right into the inspiration folder it goes!

  5. Katy on Jul 30, 2008 said:

    Love looking at ads. Thanks! =)

    Katys last blog post..Travel, Art and… Eyelids.

  6. MikeWhoBikes on Jul 30, 2008 said:

    Terrific post, Jacob - thanks for sharing!

  7. drew on Jul 30, 2008 said:

    thanks, these are great!

  8. liam on Jul 30, 2008 said:

    When you mentioned this on Twitter 14 hours ago I was expecting great things, and you delivered, nice stuff. Too many favourites to list but really like those first two, very clever!

  9. Michael Martin on Jul 30, 2008 said:

    Brilliant post Jacob! Usually when I bookmark something, it’s incase i “might” go back to it later. This time, I know I’ll be back. Brilliant collection! :)
    Michael Martins last blog post..The Perfect Hands-Free Database Backup

  10. Ben on Jul 30, 2008 said:

    A lot of nice advertisements on here. Definitely shows there are some creative marketing teams worldwide.

    You’ve collected a great set of photos, just wish I could see some of the catchy tag lines more clearly, some are a bit hard to read at the current size.

    Bens last blog post..Work-In-Progress: Barack Obama Caricature

  11. Jacob Cass on Jul 30, 2008 said:

    GamerMK,
    Thanks for the heads up about it being in there twice. There is probably one or two more in there as well.

    Ferdinand,
    Thanks for the heads up, I will remove the duplicates soon.

    Brian,
    Hehe yeah there are always ones you have seen before (such as the ever so famous Business Card post) but it is great to see new ones.

    Bryan,
    Inspiration heaven I’ll say! Pity you can’t read all the tag lines.

    Katy, Mike, Drew, Liam, Michael,
    Your welcome!

    Ben,
    Yeah it is a shame the sizes of some are too small, you really lose the message of the ad.

  12. Zhu on Jul 30, 2008 said:

    Yeah, some pics are posted twice… no big deal, really, considering how much effort you put in showcasing the best!

    Thanks a lot, these ads are all but boring!

  13. Alex Charchar on Jul 30, 2008 said:

    I have such a love/hate relationship with advertising. On one hand I hate the idea there being so much junk thrown at us throughout the day, trying to sell us things we don’t need or teaching us to be fearful (too fat, too slow, too old, too poor) because of who we are.

    .. on the other hand, I loooooove a good idea, and advertising can be the playground of some brilliantly clever ones, which you’ve shown us quite a few of here, thanks Jacob!

    some good places to waste a few hours looking at some great ads;
    http://adsoftheworld.com/
    http://www.bestadsontv.com/main.php
    http://www.bestrejectedadvertising.com/html/
    http://library.duke.edu/digita.....ss/browse/

    and of course, how can an Australian blog mention advertising and there not be a mention of the Gruen Transfer somewhere in the comments? Anyone else been enjoying this show?

  14. Fox on Jul 30, 2008 said:

    WOW,awesome.
    These are very beautiful and intelligently.

    Foxs last blog post..Over thousand mini pixel icons! All Free!

  15. Jacob from JobMob on Jul 30, 2008 said:

    I’ve seen a lot of these before but they’re still good and it was fun scrolling for new ones.

    Jacob from JobMobs last blog post..20 Best-ever Web Comics About the Job You Want to Leave

  16. Sander on Jul 30, 2008 said:

    Wow, incredible long list full of creative advertising, thanks for compiling.

    I just missed the “Adidas: Vertical soccer billboard”, also a fabulous way of advertising.

    Sanders last blog post..SignSphere: July 2008

  17. rosanna on Jul 31, 2008 said:

    It a really cool list!. It’s a good source of inspiration.

  18. http://delicadosconfiltro.blogspot.com/ on Jul 31, 2008 said:

    Nice post!

    Can someone explain to me the (I believe it says) Groupe ads? Its says something about energy. I can\’t get to read the fine print and I really don\’t get the message.

    Loved the sharpie ad! n_n

    http://delicadosconfiltro.blogspot.com/s last blog post..Totón Adventures II. El taxista y los pubis de oro (vol. 2)

  19. diedfamous on Jul 31, 2008 said:

    Pretty extensive list! I would have liked it better if I could click them to get bigger versions for the ones I couldn’t quite read….

  20. Not A Niche on Jul 31, 2008 said:

    Great list, just three days ago I put a list of 67 creative ads together. You might like them as well. http://afrison.com/creative-fun-ads/694/

    Enjoy!

  21. Yukiko on Jul 31, 2008 said:

    Wow! very interesting and funny :)
    By the way do you have been in Japan?
    There are some Japanese ads.
    I live in Japan so, they are very familiar.
    Thanks nice post!

    Yukikos last blog post..orange

  22. Marnie Bergan on Jul 31, 2008 said:

    Fabulous! Don’t even want to know how long it took you to find all of those. Keep ‘em coming. :)

  23. Jacob Cass on Jul 31, 2008 said:

    Your welcome everyone :)

    Yukito, no sorry I have not been to Japan but I would really love to!

    Not a niche, thanks for more creative advertising, they were great!

  24. kristarella on Jul 31, 2008 said:

    Dang! That’s a lot of ads!
    Don’t understand the cow ones, but otherwise very cool. I also like the ones (seen elsewhere) using steaming potholes to advertise coffee shops.

    kristarellas last blog post..MYC 2008: So You Think You Can Worship?

  25. jason on Jul 31, 2008 said:

    those are really great advertise….i love the idea the eurostar….

  26. Lucinda - Eightyone Design on Aug 1, 2008 said:

    Wow, what a show of ads! Some of them quite literally made me laugh out loud! It must have taken you ages to compile!

  27. Not A Niche on Aug 1, 2008 said:

    Hey Jacob,

    glad you liked the list. There are more coming next week. :)

  28. Viagra on Aug 2, 2008 said:

    These are incredible. I love most of them however there are a few i dislike.

    Break Glass in case of revolution is great for v for vendetta.

    I saw a similar approach when star wars was aired on spike. The sign read break glass in case of sith attack.

    BRILLIANT!

  29. bmx on Aug 3, 2008 said:

    Super cool!! :-)
    bmxs last blog post..X-games 2008 video

  30. bmx on Aug 3, 2008 said:

    realy briliant katalog!

  31. lucas on Aug 5, 2008 said:

    What do you think about this: http://www.labber.pl/londyn-sie-zmienia/ ???

    lucass last blog post..G24 Innovations

  32. Jacob Cass on Aug 5, 2008 said:

    They are great Lucas… the Big Ben didn’t look out of the ordinary for me at the start however I am sure it would have been more obvious if you live in the UK.

  33. Joey Wit on Aug 11, 2008 said:

    A pretty inspiring post. The only thing is, most of the ads dont have any obvious product associated with them. Maybe I’m missing something but most of them seem to be a punchline rather than an ad for a specific product.

    BTW…where did you find all of these? I find that searching out interesting pictures is harder than interesting information because you cant use google

  34. Jacob Cass on Aug 12, 2008 said:

    Every ad has to be advertising something, usually you will look in the bottom right corner of an ad to find out what the product is selling. I used StumbleUpon to find the ads :)

  35. Shane on Aug 21, 2008 said:

    Awesome post!Ive seen most of these ads before but you did include some gems that I haven’t encountered. My favorite ad has to be for Clorets…the message is so clear by use of amazing art direction.

    Shanes last blog post..Nandos Likes it Saucy

  36. jack p on Sep 3, 2008 said:

    wow,what i nice post. thx a lot. it will help in my job :)
    sry for my bad english :D

  37. ordersomabuyg on Sep 22, 2008 said:

    Wow Cool !
    Super Man
    Nice Site

  38. k8jo on Sep 23, 2008 said:

    …so nice and really creative advertisements…

    k8jo’s last blog post..Whos.amung.us v novom šate

  39. Paula on Sep 30, 2008 said:

    this is really funny and stupid

  40. fabio couto on Oct 8, 2008 said:

    Wow… My brain is about to explode. Great job reuniting all of these ads.

  41. Davey J on Oct 14, 2008 said:

    Wow great ads… people sure are getting more clever with their ways in which to force us to see their products. Where did u find all these?

    http://www.santaletterz.com/

  42. Jan Houser on Oct 15, 2008 said:

    Thought you might enjoy these. :)

  43. Amy on Oct 19, 2008 said:

    I just want to say how amazing this collection is! I see other posts and they have around 20-50 but they are all repeated. Yes I have seen about one third of these but most of them I havent and loved them all. great job honestly!

  44. Shannon on Oct 21, 2008 said:

    Wow, these are pretty cool.
    You’d never see (atleast I havent)
    Any of these ADS in america.

    My dream of going to malaysia
    will help with my graphic design career, i bet.

  45. nicetrustshop on Oct 21, 2008 said:

    very good!!!!!!!!!!!!

    welcome to http://www.nicetrustshop.com shopping thank!

  46. Sara on Oct 29, 2008 said:

    The best site about ads I’ve found. =)

  47. ErikJ on Nov 5, 2008 said:

    Great to give me a little inspiration and ideas for my upcoming marketing campaign

  48. kelsie and dom on Nov 11, 2008 said:

    these are the funniest advertisments ever!! we roflol

    thanks haha

  49. Lilly on Nov 26, 2008 said:

    Ha ha these ad’s are brill! Such good uses of ambient media which is designed to grab a persons attention - this could be slightly dangerous in the case of the Duracell battery ad as it might be slightly distracting to other drivers!

    Also the fact that most ppl posting have seen at least a couple of these ad’s before shows that great creative ideas stick around.

  50. raj on Nov 26, 2008 said:

    pretty cool ads …was fun going through it.

  51. RAJANI on Dec 5, 2008 said:

    hey jacob,

    gr8 effort, I must say !!!
    keep up the good job.
    I am very much interested in creative ads. I consider myself to be a creatve person too. But i must confess that i was not able to understand all the messages these creatives carried.
    Thanx for making me realise that there is a lot to be understood and a lot to be improved so far my creativity is concerned.

    Thnx buddy

  52. Muthupandian on Dec 23, 2008 said:

    Ya! Its all very creative things…..

  53. JHG on Dec 27, 2008 said:

    Just fantastic set of creatives! I really enjoyed watching them, and would definitely recommend it! Great stuff!

  54. Ben on Jan 15, 2009 said:

    Well, I do like the water ads from denver. I do not so much like the “obesity is suicide” thing with the explosive belt kinda thing. Having lived in the Middle east for quite a while, I must say, it’s kinda tasteless.

    Anyway, the creativity of some people surely is amazing.

  55. trizman on Jan 30, 2009 said:

    trizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!
    wonderful,excellent, splendid, marvelous

  56. sushil jain on Feb 6, 2009 said:

    great collection. dimage ki batti jalade.

  57. keshav divate on Mar 2, 2009 said:

    really superb ads .some of ads i have seen first time it was great.

  58. Shiva on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    Great collection of creative ads.

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  60. Lucy on May 25, 2009 said:

    Wow, it’s really fantastic and funny :)
    I just wondering what display cabinets they will use for such a great ADs, I have one recommendation for our light-weighted/thin and water proof uniform cabinet size;480*480mm.
    Haha, if need can check our website and back to me for details lucy@onlyled.com Thanks!

    Regards,

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  61. ad on May 27, 2009 said:

    That’s a long list of creative ideas. I have a small creative design company and I am thinking of using some of the concepts. Do you think it is illegal? I mean my own photographs and graphic design, but the same idea.

  62. ad on May 27, 2009 said:

    I really like some of them!

  63. Raj Chadha on May 28, 2009 said:

    excellent,Its all very creative things

  64. snowdream on Jun 4, 2009 said:

    great.
    i like it very much~

  65. Vikas.G on Jun 9, 2009 said:

    Hi Very nice work

  66. sanoop on Jul 5, 2009 said:

    very nice ads

  67. Gerard on Jul 10, 2009 said:

    It is so nice to take a look at advertise around the world. Give me laugh and sometime idea come up.

  68. general bussiness tips on Jul 10, 2009 said:

    only 1 word : AWESOME….

  69. sugandha on Jul 16, 2009 said:

    amazing ads ………….thanks for compiling them ………..

  70. Jeff Swanson on Jul 21, 2009 said:

    Inspiring post. There’s a great book that has many more examples, similar to these. It’s called Creative Advertising. I bought it years ago, but I think they update it every year or so. Thought some might be interested in it.

  71. diotima on Aug 7, 2009 said:

    Hey I loved those ads! Now I gotta create one about myself for my marketing class…asi if I we’re the product, taking advantage of my pros and conts, using lateral markting. ANY IDEAS OR EXAMPLES PLEASE??
    thanks.

  72. Abdus Salam on Aug 12, 2009 said:

    Ve……….Ver…….Very…..VeryVeryVery Good

  73. Fuad Ahasan Chowdhury on Aug 16, 2009 said:

    Nothing to say!!

  74. Qaiser Khalil on Aug 20, 2009 said:

    Just marvelous!

  75. Hurmus on Sep 3, 2009 said:

    Wow, great selection. Very good.

  76. Hannah on Sep 8, 2009 said:

    Haha i loved the 3M glass full of money and the axe ads!

  77. Cool Ideas on Oct 28, 2009 said:

    Awesome compilation. I love the Porcshe ads

  78. Mustufa Shah on Nov 6, 2009 said:

    I love this post.. really creative

    Keep up the great work

    you can also visit http://www.adagencyworld.blogspot.com for some more creative ads

    Feedback and critique is welcomed

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