Creative Brand Communications

100 Brilliantly Creative Outdoor and Ambient Marketing Campaigns.

By James Herring

Nobody tweets a picture of a poster or a billboard. Well rarely.

Marketers are having to come up with increasing bolder, creative and innovative news ways of getting the message out there.

Here are some of our favourite bits of creative and unusual media of recent years.

1. Nationwide Insurance

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2. Drunk people sleeping on the streets of Japan are turned into human billboards for a new alcohol awareness campaign.

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3. The Economist

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4. Dengan Nose Hair Trimmers

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5. O’Donovans Irish Pub

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6. Silberman’s Fitness Center

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7. Adidas

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8. Bic Razors

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9. Mini

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10. Frontline – Flea and Tick Spray

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11. Newcastle Brown Ale hijack Stella

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12. Nike

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13. BMW vs Audi

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14. Fitness First – Bus Stop Scales

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15. Folgers Coffee make good use of steam vents

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16. Aim Plumbing Servoces

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17.  Brandstik USB

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18. Tefal

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19. Nike Escalator sabotage

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20. National Geographic Channel

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21. HBO – Game Of Thrones

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22. BBC World

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23. Smart car

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24. Joffrey Ballet School, Chicago

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25. Mondo Pasta

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26. Kansas Public Library

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27. Japanese camera ad

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28. Australian construction site

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29. Yahoo

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30. Colorado road safety campaign

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31. Anando Milk

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32. Australian Childhood Foundation

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33.  Belt Up

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34. Cadbury Dairy Milk

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35. Heineken

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36. Hot Wheels

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37. Law and Order

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38. Martor Razor Blades

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39. McDonald: Sundial Billboard.

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40. Quitplan.com

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41. Environmental Awareness: Swimming Pool.

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42. Iberia

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43. Venice Casino

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44. Lego

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46. Oral B

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47. Australian Public Transport Authority

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48. Kung Fu Panda – Dreamworks

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49. Imodium

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50. Alice In Wonderland

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51. FedEx Kinkos – Office Products

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52. Australia Post

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53. Kill Bill  (New Zealand)

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54. Absolut

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55. The Day After Tomorrow (Mumbai)

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56. Newcastle Brown Ale

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57. Batman

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58. Dutch Stutter Foundation

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59.Benjamin Moore Paints

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60. CNN

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61. Science World

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62. Old Timer Restaurants

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63. Smart

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64. McDonalds Fries

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65. Allstate Insurance: Marina Tower

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66. Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

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67. Check The Gas

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68. Pedigree dog food (and poop bag dispenser)

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69.  Lays Potatoes

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70. Calgary Film Festival (crying billboard)

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71. Powerhouse Gym

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72. Peter Walsh Office Supplies

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73. DHL Online Tracking – Beijing

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74. Clearex (Israel)

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75. The Guitar Store

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76. Nikon

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77. IWC Watches

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78. Rock Radio

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79. Kit Kat

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81. Rimmel Quick Dry

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82. Hyundai

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83. Duracell

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84. Jobsintown.de

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85. Calgary Zoo

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86. Fedex

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87.  Copenhagen Zoo

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88. Walking Dead: Zombie Truck

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89. Mad Men (New Zealand)

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90. IBM

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91. Grand Theft Auto

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92. Father Bobs (Homeless Charity)

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93. WonderBra

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94. IAMS

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95. AOK (German Health Insurance)

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96. MTV Switch

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97. McDonalds

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98. Smart

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99. KarstadtQuelle: Dental Implant Insurance

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100. Nivea: Good-bye Cellulite Sofa

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For a really great archive and resource of advertisements visit Ads of the World or Trend Hunter for a great source for inspiration.

If you’re looking for a creative solution we can help with viral video productioncreative outdoor advertisingexperiential eventsnews generation and newjacking and publicity stunts.

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