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Beware of "cheap creep" says The Ordinary

New OOH & print by Soursop launches ‘Slowvember’ - a campaign to encourage us to Shop Wisely from the skincare brand

Heinz pulls their ‘It Ha-Ha-Has to Be Heinz’ campaign after accusations of racism

Heinz's "Smiles" Campaign: A Ketchup Conundrum or A Marketing Masterstroke?
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"Men in heels wigs and tights"

RuPaul’s Independence Day ad compares the founding fathers to drag queens.

"Men in heels, wigs, and tights"

Butterkist has ingeniously transformed billboards into gigantic microwaves.

Butterkist has ingeniously transformed billboards into gigantic microwaves that emit a gratifying "ping" sound to promote their brand.

Doritos and Burger King - Flame grilled billboard (2023) :30 (UK)

Teasing a potential collaboration, a Doritos billboard was seen up in flames outside a Burger King restaurant in Middleborough.
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Surreal cereal teases the UK with fake sports celebrity endorsement poster campaign

"We're Dwayne Johnson's favourite cereal"
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Toys’R’Us Canada is campaigning to bring back imaginary friends

They’re not as common as they once were, but this new campaign from Broken Heart Love Affair shows how the retailer is bringing back imaginary friends

Uncommon media creates a very ambitious campaign where no two ads are the same for British Airways.

A year after Uncommon Creative Studio won the advertising account, battling against WPP in the end, they release the new British Airways campaign that

Spy Family - Anya appears in Shinjuku!

This is shot from a not-so-great angle, as the 3D effect isn't clearly visible here.

Sweden Democrats covered a train with ads - and were reported for "inciting hatred against ethnic groups"

Sweden Democrats don't generally do well when they advertise in the subway-underground-metro system of Stockholm.

Netflix teases "Resident Evil" with scary 3D billboard in NYC

I'm a fan of well-executed 3D animated billboards, like when Nuke paid homage to the “Shinjuku east exit cat” in their 3D billboard that showed o

Otherworldly billboard from Little Moons gives commuters a little lift in this handy OOH activation by Lucky Generals

Otherworldly billboard from Little Moons gives commuters a little lift in this handy OOH activation by Lucky Generals

LG Announces Upcoming Star Wars™ Collaboration on NY Times Square Billboard

LG Electronics USA and Disney used the recent “Star Wars Day” - “May the 4th be with you” - to launch a clever out-of-home teaser campaign in New York
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Oops! Lawyers stealing concepts = jailed in Badland.

Intellectual property is a tricky field, it's far easier being a divorce lawyer.
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Lowe's poaches pros right outside of a Home Depot in Atlanta

Outside a home depot in Atlanta-- home depot's headquarters -- Lowe's erected a temporary billboard, advertising their better deal for profe

The Heineken blackout

To raise awareness and invite Brazilians to participate in its Green Energy Project, Heineken Brazil and Publicis Brazil created an ad that was aired

James Squire “Ordinary Be Damned” billboards

award-winning photographer Ian Butterworth shot the images for these ads
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TESCO runs Ramadan billboard that has empty plates - until sundown. (UK)

Tesco’s new work celebrates Ramadan by focusing on Iftar, only filling up plates with delicious food once the sun goes down.

CANAL+ billboard campaign for "This Is Going To Hurt" by BETC uses poor handwriting to get message across.

First a successful book by Adam Kay that got turned into a brilliant TV series that aired on BBC, THIS IS GOING TO HURT, the extraordinary story of an
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Time to Badland the code cracking recruitment campaigns. Again.

Alright! Time to Badland this properly!

OUIGO - The Snow cam takeover (2022) case study (France)

5 TAGLINES IN TOTAL: 10€ will get you to this side of the screen. (the Alps, from 10€) Are you grounded or what? Go on, do it.
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Southern Progress wants your help to plaster Florida with "Gay" billboards.

The Florida “Parental Rights in Education” bill has been boiled down to a simple slogan "Don't say gay", so Southern Progress wants you
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Nike - Air Max Day 2022 3D animated billboard in Shinjuku, Tokyo wows passers by.

When I first saw the Nike Air 3D billboard in Shinjuku debut, I couldn't really find the words... other than - wow.

Philadelphia non-profit North Broad Renaissance and independent creative agency Red Tettemer O’Connell + Partners launch new OOH

It’s always the right time to show off people and businesses working hard to strive through everything and anything.

Giggle app's billboard at University of Pennsylvania state "female spaces are necessary" for Women’s History Month.

Women's app "Giggle" has impeccable timing, as they booked a billboard at the University of Pennsylvania state for the entirety of Wome

The New York Times is now 'Independent' in new ad campaign.

The New York Times and Droga5 are back.

Nissan presents a Christmas gift to the 3D giant cat “Shinjuku east exit cat”

A giant cat gets on the “Nissan Light Car for Cats” “Nyassan Days”

The "Don't get vaccinated" truck was a PSA from Boone Oakley

A "Don't get vaccinated" truck has been driving around Charlotte, North Carolina, causing a bit of a stir on social media.

Rubies in the Rubble "It's Ketchup - but gooder"

Rubies in the Rubble, the sustainable condiment brand stocked in supermarkets across the UK, is launching its first above-the-line advertising campaig

Hershey Removes its Most Iconic Asset, the Peanut Butter Cup, in New Campaign

There are lots of well-known rappers, but how many wrappers are instantly recognizable to consumers?

Not Washing Your Face Before Bed is a Big Problem. So Bioré® Created a Big Reminder

Forgetting to wash your face before bed is the ultimate skin sin. Yet so many of us do it.

Heinz Ketchup - "It has to be" - Heinz turns burgers, fries and hot dogs into it's logo. Print (2021)

"It has to be." The word Heinz does not appear.

ITV skip all ads after Prince Philip's death to bring uninterrupted obituary coverage

As news came out, ITV bosses decided to scrap all adverts after Prince Philip's death on Friday at the age of 99, to allow for uninterrupted news

Small Beer: In the world of extremes, drinking doesn't need to be!

In its first work for Small Beer Dark Horses shows that even in a world of extremes, drinking doesn't need to be The campaign also sees the agen

Twitter celebrates Halloween in London with glow in the dark OOH tweets

In London, Twitter is getting into the Halloween spirit of things decorating the city with gloriously Halloweeny glow in the dark spooky tweets.

'Puberty is not a medical condition' billboard appears in Los Angeles

A stones throw from West Hollywood, at La Cienega and Rosewood in Los Angeles, this billboard asserts that "puberty is not a medical condition.&q

Fred & Farid and JCDecaux launch an uplifting campaign in US

#WeKeepGoing 150 slogans promoting positivity and resiliency in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Boston.
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The "I ❤️J K Rowling" billboard tour reaches Los Angeles

The "I ❤️J K Rowling" billboard campaign has now embarked on a North American tour, with a digital billboard spotted in Los Angeles today.

Outfront wants your billboard artwork: "Out of love" call for entries

Exhibit your art nationwide with OutFront media's OUTFRAME art competition, giving ad creatives an opportunity to be featured on digital billboar
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The "I ❤️ J.K. Rowling" billboard made a brief appearance in Vancouver, Canada

In the evening of September 11, a billboard in Vancouver Canada spelled out: "I ❤️ J.K. Rowling", but it has already been removed.

JavaScript billboard headline tells you to mask up against covid - forever.

Santa Clara County have come out with a very odd choice of billboard headline as Covid information.
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The "I ❤️JK Rowling" billboard has been removed by Network Rail Scotland

Well, that didn't take long.
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"I ❤️JK Rowling" billboard goes up in Waverley train station, Edinburgh.

The founder of Standing for women, Kellie-Jay Keen, has a new billboard that has just gone up in Scotland.
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Kellie-Jay on Adland's podcast

The Adland Podcast ep 8: Kellie-Jay Keen "Woman" campaign creator on why it's so controversial.

Kellie-Jay, also known as Posie Parker, speaks with Dabitch on this episode of Adland's podcast about the "Woman" billboard campaign th

With COVID-19, You Are Your Safest Sex Partner

“Stay home” billboard promotes Womanizer sex toy. March online sales in Canada more than double

Ghana pallbearers go viral again, appearing in Brazilian PSA billboard

Professional pallbearers in Ghana, who operate under the name Nana Otafrija Pall-Bearing services have appeared in a billboard in Brazil.

Brämhults - "Reclaim February" abri bus poster (2020)

Did you know that in Sweden, sick-leave is the highest in February? Every year. Every single year. You'd think we'd learn, but nope.
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Tesco relaunches dark skin tone band-aids with a bloody double entendre

"It's about bloody time" reads the cheeky headline.

Coca Cola and Publicis Italy runs a campaign without the iconic coke bottle

As Juliet, the PR contact explains: "The bottle is not there but you can still feel it!"

Nubian Skin wins TFL's diversity in advertising competition, Mayor Sadiq Khan gets backlash on Twitter

The Nubian Skin billboard above was this year's winner of the TFL's competition to improve ethnic diversity in advertising.

Pizza billboard stating "Fat people are harder to kidnap" removed after complaints.

Banned ad of the week, sort of.

Zoopla launches major marketing campaign as it unveils new brand positioning

Zoopla, the UK’s most comprehensive property destination, is set to launch a major marketing campaign on Boxing Day.

Drink and Bike! – Carlsberg Sweden targets road cyclists in latest ad campaign

Because boozy bikers is all we need. :)

No Logo, err... Doritos, does new campaign with no logo, launched with :60 "Anti-Ad"

In order to appeal to the brand new extra cynical generation known as "Gen Z", Doritos are redesigning their looks and using this opportunit

Cactus Launches Statewide Effort in Colorado for Opioid-Antidote Naloxone

Advertising agency Cactus and the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention are launching a multimedia campaign this week to educate
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Stella Artois - Great Beer Travels (posters) - (2019) (Belgium)

Stella Artois is a Belgian beer with more than 600 years of brewing tradition. And you know how it goes with great ideas: They travel.
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Katarina Stegnar's performance art poster #hatebetter shocks

Katarina is a performance artist in Slovenia, but her outdoor poster in Ljubljana advertising her upcomping piece #hatebetter, may have turned into an

Street Grace Stop Traffick 72 bus billboard (USA) Case Study 2019

A kick-ass idea for a great cause.

72 school buses make a mile long billboard - stopping traffic to stop trafficking

This is such a great idea.
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Buzzman creates a carefully reflected billboard

After hacking the Bordeaux marathon last March, easyJet once again settles in the “Sleeping beauty” town and unveils a stunning event designed by Buzz

Liverpool’s "Woman" billboard is taken down by ad company after trans activists complain

A billboard with the dictionary definition of "woman" has been 'banned'.
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Blush Lingerie - For every woman. We mean every. - OOH Germany 2017

"For every woman. We mean every." reads the Blush lingerie billboard featuring a bearded man in silky secrets.

Protein World underground ads with Khloe Kardasian not banned by the ASA

Khloe Kardashian and Protein World
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Catholic groups bus ad stating biological reality is investigated for "possible hate crime"

The bus belongs to Catholic group, Hazte Oir, which translates as "Make yourself heard." Ignacio Arsuaga, the president of Hazte Oir, argues

Digital poster in Shoreditch for O2 is written entirely in code - win a OnePlus 3

Want a OnePlus3? I DO!  Well, alls I hafta do is decipher this code, and I might win one.

‘Text and Drive’ billboard from Walthan Funeral home is a bait and switch.

‘Text and Drive’ billboard
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Cheeky Warsteiner in Times Square - German beer

In the last few days US beer drinkers have had reason to doubt if their German beer is really from Germany...
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Bomb Threats and Protests - The Protein World Story Continues

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If "grow up Harriet" becomes a meme, blame Protein World

Social media in general and Twitter in particular has become increasingly difficult for brands to find the right tone of voice to use in.

Cheeky Warsteiner in Times Square - German beer

In the last few days US beer drinkers have had reason to doubt if their German beer is really from Germany...

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