50 Extraordinary and Attractive Billboards
| I always like the creativity found in advertisements. Let us check out the large billboards this round. Most of them will capture your attention, whether driving on the road or walking along the train station. Some will even change themselves according to weather and time! Which one do you think is the best? |
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Outsading Billboards! You have put me in a spot to beat all above with my billboard for my upcoming business. Great minds does great things.
Awesome creativity and nice idea generation………like there is no need for words,good job
this is amazing
There are no pop-ups. Unless you ask for them.
These are awesome.
Thank You.
Nice pictures, seen a lot of them before…
But did anyone else think those pop-up ads on EVERY picture, are really fucking annoying???
Why do people do that, I never read them. I just look at the picture before I scroll so they don’t popup.
Thanks for sharing bro…i liked the above images.
I am really astonished for watching this scenery.
nice ideas and perfect input every were.
I have an original Coke Max Appeal #86-27-sr billboard poster
still in package sent to me in 1986 by Perry/Gugler size 125×272″.
I have not been able to find another for sale or on display anywhere,I believe this the last one remaining that wasn’t put up and striped down.I am going to call it the” ONLY ONE LEFT IN THE WORLD” untill some one can dispute this by producing another one .IT is still in the package with the shipping label
loooooooooooooooooooser
Sorry…I meant to say YOU HAVE NO LIFE
Heya i’m for the first time here. I came across this board and I find It truly useful & it helped me out much. I hope to give something back and help others like you helped me.
a lovely set of pics you have displayed here – did you really take them all with a standard camrea?
That one with what looks like a person behind a white screen is near my house. No one around here knows what it means or what it is for? Any ideas?
very interesting billboards.will like to connect with you
Such a nice collection. thanks for sharing.
The Billboards were serious eye candy! What a creative world this is..thanks for sharing this with me..
Some quality ideas here, very original. Can see a few people running into the Nike park advert.
Amazing Bill Boards, Wats the technology used. Need to discuss.
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Fun boards. I imagine most are Photoshopped concepts rather than actual real-world billboards?
Thank you I was looking for some inspiration!!! Great collection.
I love your blog! Let me know if you need any writers I can work for free.
grate collections thanks
Ultimate billboard commentary.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XJseql2u5l0/S_NxGHn93EI/AAAAAAAAHIc/g0gwZSo6qk0/s1600/american-psycho-billboard.jpg
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all images are looking like 3D images, Grate. Thanks for sharing
I love these! I’m looking to make my own and saw this idea. Here’s a link http://bit.ly/dhM318 – Does anything like this exist? Thanks for your help/advice.
Awesome billboards advertisements great for inspiration
all the images are cool
Nice images, all images are looking like 3D. thanks
It is very good article & nice.
All pictures are looking grate. thanks
Is the photos are real or graphics, any way all are very nice. Thanks
Very nice collections. all are very nice
Here are 10 controversial/ interesting ones:
http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Family-Lifestyle/10-Controversial-Billboards.html
High sense of creativity displayed there. Will like to partner with you.
amazing! *-*
loves it.
This is terrific, my son loves star wars lego and consistently bugging me over it – this post has cleared some of my queries. Time for additional browsing!
Thx for the valuable information.
very good
Oliver Kahn from billboard (hungryforads.com) – super! If passed, it would have stopped
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Very interesting ADs
I love your collections
My favorite one is the giant goalie. I believe it’s from the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Awesome pics!!
The Quitplan billboard with the cigarette butt was on I-94 east of Rogers, Minnesota. Very cool!
i knew i’ve seen it before!
Great collection, as usual!I especially like the Nike billboard.
Great selection! Though I think some of these are fake…
NO they are not. “Fake” and “shopped” seem to be the catch phrase for the cynical. Just because its looks really good does not mean that its to good to be true. Many man hours, lots of money, and the creativity of some very clever artist went into all of these. If you think that one is fake then google it first before you post your skeptical disapproval. I think that you will find that most of these can actually be traced to the ad agency or even the actual designer.
Except for the PSP ones those have been going around for a while. They were done by a PSP fan. Sony does not take credit for them.
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Has anybody checked out the other stuff from the author of this site?
He has a great beginners tutorial on photoshop and a bunch more stuff.
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I’m trying to figure out the dead lady
at the bottom of the stairs.(#30?)
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/article72/32.jpg
What is this an ad for?
Look close up.
She is lying next to a sign that appears to have a picture
of her lying next to the sign- white rectangle=stairs and
a blue circle.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2634/4023778655_a116d4e3e7.jpg
I guess she fell down the stairs due to her left heel being broken off.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2730/4024535140_b50fa1c1c2.jpg
What the heck is it an ad for?
It is to caution people to wear proper shoes and to be careful going down the escalator. Heels can be dangerous and can get caught in the escalator, causing a fall.
(Why did the Texas-themed one have to contain a punctuation error?)
Im new here and i enjoy music and movies alot , Hope lots of ppl like me here
you need to get out more
I’m going to explore Taxes
IMPRESSIONANTE, criatividade como eu nunca vi!!!
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YES, WE CRÉU!
just let love be
Isn’t the English language great? It preoccupied all the above people with the corrections issues, rather than comments on the subjects. Nit-pick as you must all you perfect English majors, but try to lighten-up. Geez I hope I spelled everything and phrased everything correctly…
With ya Jymmi. This is a great site, lotsa fun, but the English Language Nazis need to lighten up. They’re billboards for cryin’ out. Most are about fun in advertising and half (?) of them are from other country’s (I know – “countries” is correct, I just did that to piss them off). Relax and enjoy, grammar-heads!
It just makes no sense to me. Why spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on a billboard when you can’t have someone who knows how to write take fifteen seconds to proofread it? It’s lazy and distracting for the “English majors” (or, you know, people with decent educations), not to mention a bad example for kids. Using proper punctuation wouldn’t annoy or put out anyone.
I’m with Brad on this. It’s just sloppy and a waste of an otherwise good advertisement.
Though besides the obvious punctuation error on the Texas billboard, what’s extraordinary about it apart from showing a nice female?
These are very good, but you should see the ones hanging on the walls of the Congressional Gay Caucus! Wheeeeeeee!
GREAT collector!
Those are good
While some of these are, indeed, very cool, (how did you get permission for some of those 3D boards?) the one that really speaks to me is the simplicty of the Denver Water board – a lesson we could all take to heart. Thanks.
What’s with the girl at the bottom of the steps? What is that advertising?
It was for the American Red Cross to promote first aid classes.
The moose’s bower? My geese’s feathers?
What about her’s, hers, the pet bird’s?
Don’t do the I before E or I will get weird, neighbor.
So strange. I take the kids to school and I go to church. If I am picking up pamphlets I am going to “the” school or going to “the” church. You never go to hospital or library, pamphlets or not.
Is there really green paint in that parking lot?
Rob, you are so ignorant…other languages or countries have different speech patterns. If you had spent ANY time listening and out your corner of the world, you might be aware.
Little of your comments make sense.
Yes they painted the van and the lot. They did this in several cities.
Can somebody explain why the ad for Leclerc is in this list? It’s the ad showing a lady showing her legs and the french text “why spend more”. What’s so original about this?
because it looks like shes ripping the sign with her razor.
That’s ridiculous, because it’s nothing more but an old advertisement. So it is in this list because of a coincidence, not because of ingenuity…
Did he Died?
The Nationwide billboard is in downtown Columbus,Ohio! They always have really creative signs up. We also had the mini cooper billboard too.
Apologies to Meredith et. al.
“It” is the only word that is the exception to the rule. It only has an apostrophe as a contraction. A Meredith I haven’t seen in 35 years invited me on Facebook shortly after my last post.
She always was good at feeding me humble pie. There are no coinsidences.
Actually, “its” is not the only exception. No pronoun takes an apostrophe in the possessive case. For example, the possessive of he is his, not hi’s; of she is hers, not her’s; and of you is yours, not your’s.
They are some pretty cool billboards and then some. The Mexican violence one bothers me though. If it is a picture of a billboard on a pillar than his toe can’t be sticking out. If it is supposed a real guy then muggers can levitate. You can’t have it both ways. Yes, they use photoshop. A graphic of Texas does not normally float in the sky. Once more it’s “it’s” is correct.
Just read the name of this website.
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/using-apostrophes-to-show-possession.html
Wrong, my illiterate friend. Those rules don’t apply to “it”. It’s = it is. Its = belonging to it.
http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/english/guide/its.html
Worrying. If we referred to Texas as “she”, presumably it would be “he’r” or “her’s”?
I think we’d all get the wrong message if the Texas billboard showed the girl’s ass and advertized “her wide open spaces”.
On the other hand, commas and periods go inside quotation marks.
Actually, as far as punctuation pertaining to quotation marks goes, it depends what style of English you are using. Typically, in British English, punctuation is included inside quotation marks only when it is part of the quoted material. For instance, if you end a sentence with the title of a song, you would leave the period outside of it unless there were a period in the title, like “Three Blind Mice”. This little detail is just one of many ways that the British style of English differs from the American style.
The one for Texas has “it’s” for its.
The PSP adds are BS. The Star Wars one shows a shadow for the uprights but not for the board itself. I would guess the one on the roof also has incorrect shadows.
And also the poles in which they are on don’t look real.
Great list! The McDonald’s board must have taken some tedious planning to figure out the shadows!
Totally agree
Some very cleaver spots here. The only one I have any issue with is the Smart billboard.
Citizens of Canada, Mexico, and the various nations of South America are all “Americans,” also. Even if only U.S. citizens find it offensive, it isn’t very “smart” to offend potential customers.
Before I get accused of not having a sense of humor, does anyone think the Germans or Swiss (or any other country) would not be offended if the nationalities were reversed and the board ran in the U.S.?
Come on… show some maturity.
Canadians and Mexicans have never had an affinity or kinship to the phrase “American”; the people of the United States OF America claimed that moniker for themselves looong ago. Now, if it said “NORTH American nothing”, we *might* care. But I wouldn’t, seeing as I know American car manufacturers are crap anyway.
Did American auto manufacturing contribute nothing in the way of design and components used in those vehicles? Highly unlikely. Blanket statements are difficult to support and always wrong (a joke).
@Greg:
Quite a few American (as in U.S.) manufacturers outsource assembly to Canada or Mexico (or Korea, or…well, you get the idea). Which manufacturers don’t you like, and where do they REALLY build?
How come we haven’t seen this one in “America”?
The Texas billboard should say “its,” not “it’s.” But I guess the men that designed it were too busy focusing on the daisy dukes to worry about proper grammar.
No, it’s is corect. It’s refers to “wide open spaces” which belong to Texas. Just like saying “get in my car, sit on it’s seats” for example. The apostrophe can dictate that an item or attribute belongs to a person or entity, not just be used as a conjunction.
Good catch on the “its/it’s” issue, but as long as we’re scrutinizing the grammar, it’s “…the men WHO…” not “…the men THAT…”
Meredith,
It is a possessive pronoun.
They would be correct
Actually Lucas, you have that backwards, I afraid.
(I used to think it was that way too for a while)
See: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/its.html
Meredith,
you are correct, indeed. It’s would be “it is.” its is the possessive form of it.
well “it’s” fake anyway. look at bottom right corner.
dumbass
Thank you!
It drives me crazy when people mix that up. It should be its, not it’s.
Drives me crazy too, especially when people argue that “it’s” is the possessive form when it’s (!) really the contraction for “it is.” I’m only an editor; what do I know?
“Visit Texas and Explore All It Is Wide Open Spaces.” Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.
Nice pics but the Texas and the PSP feel fake. Like they were photoshop….
Yes George, the texas was fake. look at the bottom right hand corner. photoshoped.
Nice stuff! This stuff gets passed around quite often and are some great examples of creativity. same goes for “best posters” or “best promotions items”.
It should be noted however, that many, if not most, of these have never seen the light of day. They are concepts and spec works designed by great people, great agencies, and a few great students.
They look great and you would think that companies would see this and give the green light…but sadly this more often not the case.
The Cadbury billboard is real. It was up at Dundas Square in Toronto for several months. The building in the background is at the Eaton Centre.
I believe the billboard of the woman lying at the bottom of the stairs is from the Scotia bank theatre in Toronto as well.
I really wish that Texas one was real. It would have been fantastic on my blog with a post title of just, “Really, Texas?” But alas, there is a copyright note in the bottom right corner of the picture crediting photoshoppix.com, which turns out to be a pretty cool site itself. I’m surprised everyone was quick to point out the grammar problem but not the fact that it very clearly credits Photoshop. Sorry, kids! Texas is not my favorite state either, but we’ll have to keep finding other reasons to detest “it’s” Daisy-Duked population.
GOOD! Please don’t ever come here. The last thing we need are more folks like you.
Seriously, how can you dislike a whole state?
All of them were amazing; some pretty disturbing. Very creative and artistic, both the billboards themselves and the photography. Thanks.
Some of these are obviously photoshopped. The one from Texas even has “photoshoppix.com” at the bottom. The typo pretty much gives it away….
Amazing, provocative; who says ads can’t be public art? I do agree with the comments about the gunmen – on the poster, and on the billboard – and the child on the bottom of the pool. Unnerving. But they do serve their purpose of drawing attention. Thanks for sharing -
That Texas one is embarrassing — there should be no apostrophe in “it’s.” Makes the state look illiterate. Did not one Texas tourism official catch that mistake before it went up on an enormous billboard? Hmmm. Maybe it is an illiterate state.
Not just illiterate but also, and worse, apologetic to women sex exploitation…
The Texas one is not real. It’s photoshopped. It says so right there on the lower right hand corner of the image. Hmmm. Is this the point to make a joke about “Who’s calling whom illiterate?”
If you are correcting grammar before noticing the fine booty, then you need Jesus and a dose of straightness.
I think that that’s a photoshop rather than a real ad. Spelling mistake + a sexy message = something not from a Texas tourism board.
If you noticed the apostrophe…. You might be gay.
There was writing on that billboard?
And then there’s all them out ‘o state dummies who think that just ’cause they seen it in a pitcher on the innernet that it’s fer real and then they ferget that half ‘o this stuff is just student portfolio and agency pitch werk. Hmmm. Maybe some folks just ain’t too shure about what’s real and what ain’t.
Um, that’s pretty clearly a Photoshop. It’s even tagged with a link to a site about altered images.
http://photoshoppix.com/
Actually, “its” in the possessive form doesn’t have an apostrophe. Only when it is a conjunction.
Oops, I misread your post! I thought you said there should be an apostrophe. My mistake!
I really doubt the Texas billboard is legit. Take a look at the photo – the sky and billboard frame is far too dingy in comparison to the image. Got to be a fake.
Plus there is some ‘photoshop’ link in the lower right corner of the picture. Amateur photoshopper for sure. I could create a better fake using microsoft paint.
the “it’s” is showing possession, so the apostrophe is needed
Sorry Cab, you’re incorrect, but who can blame you after seeing the same mistake plastered all over the internet (and real life, for that matter)
Good stuff. However, the ad of the kid underwater…not so cool.
Excellent collection of Fine Art Works. Innovative Minds. Some rather frightening. I would not want to be the child in the pool looking at someone face-down on the bottom. What about the parking garage and accidentally thinking that guy with the gun is for real.
Do the PSP ‘transparent’ billboards need to be washed every day?
The MacDonald sun-dial is quite innovative.
Debby
Here you can see more examples:
http://masquebtl.espacioblog.com/post/2009/07/30/la-publicidad-exterior-tambien-innova
And more innovate outdoor advertising:
http://masquebtl.espacioblog.com/post/2009/09/30/la-publicidad-exterior-sigue-innovando
Creativity at its best. I have never seen any such ads in my country.
The McD board is nice, but the nationwide insurance is the best.
Love the Mcdonalds one – clever!
Excellent post. I really had a great time .. keep it up and looking forward to see more soon.
Some great innovative examples. I also like the classic (and very old) massive bulls advertising Osbourne cognac in roadsides Spain. They are such cultural icons that they are now protected by law.
Really nice collection.. There’s a good example of marketing.
Congratulations!!!So funny and creative!!!Fantastic Idea!!!
very, very goooooooooood!
LOL McD ads is cool. in fact, all of them who use the board itself are brilliant idea.
That one of the spilled paint is from downtown Columbus, Ohio. Or at least an exact copy of it.
That’s the real one, in Columbus — not a copy. Leveque Tower is at the right-hand side of the frame. And yes, it’s pretty cool to see in real life.
oh thank you bellering. i obviously wasnt paying very close attention
I think MaterialBITCH is gay…and should take off those stupid white glasses. Cool ads for sure. Dork.
Is the Texas one advertisiing that all Texan women are constantly available for sex? Because that’s the message I got there.
Broken link previously… http://www.traveltex.com
The PSP and iPod boards are my favorites. Excellent collection.
Re. “it’s” on the Texas billboard… that board itself is obviously fake; there is no “Texas Tourist Dept.” as at the bottom. Tourism is handled by the travel division of the state DOT (http://www.traveltex.com).
However, living here, I can tell you that everything else on the billboard *is* real…
Awesome! Thx for sharing & to Guy from Alltop for posting
Some of those look photoshopped. Like the PSP ads and the lego one.
I thought the McD’s billboard was brilliant….
Some really cool billboard ideas! Here’s perhaps another useful addition: http://blog.socialmaximizer.com/innovative-billboard-rescues-people/ – This is a billboard which was actually used to rescue people!
Texas: Celebrating all “it’s” rich cultural heritage with a grammatically incorrect billboard. A credit to the United States.
Brilliant works (“,) Although I don’t quite get the Cadbury’s. I love the vacuuming hot air balloon’s idea the most!
kj: the left eye (with the advertised mascara) is not running =)
i really liked all of them… except i dont understand what was going on with the last one? am i just an idiot? what i mean is i dont understand why the mascara is dripping and what that advertises about the mascara.
The Nationwide one (with the spilled paint can all down the wall and over things in the parking lot is located in downtown Columbus, Ohio (hometown of Nationwide Insurance). I’ve parked in that parking lot, right under the yellow wall, in fact. It’s a pretty immense canvas with which to play!
Triumph makes me smile but I just love the advert for texas. must visit!
Great ideas!! LOVE the one with the LEGO!! MaterialBITCH sounds like an idiot, what a dumbass….
One of the best collection of creative billboards on the net. Thanks.
Honestly, I thought the McDonald’s one was nasty. In my opinion, it recommends what you should eat every hour. All that food that is shown on their billboard carries enough calories to give you a heart attack. Then again, it can also be translated as their menu in the morning. It’s probably the latter.
Dude, some of those could seriously scare someone! Like the lady at the bottom of the escalator, or the child in the pool. I get creative advertising, but Jesus, think about the consumer first.
As usual, the webmaster correctly published!.
Yeah … life – like driving a bicycle. To maintain a balance, you have to move..
i loved those psp ads
Can I host a blog, a few of your quotes will take?.
I wouldn’t say extraordinary really but they were out of the ordinary … oh wait, no no, let us go with your wording.
Agreed. The McDonald billboard stood out the most to me. Clever!
Verry creative and very enjoyable.
The “paint” design is brilliant! So is the McDonald’s one!!
There’s loads of great creativity in this post… I instantly imagined someone running into the Nike one, and thought that the soccer one was way over the top.
i like it..:D
eye tricking billboards!
Awesome collection! Thanks
These are all gay. ::sip:: <3 mB
What does that mean? They all like the same sex billboards? And how do you tell which is which?
Intelligent input.
Nice ideas
Thanks guys! Yea I think that McDonald’s board is totally awesome too
Recommending us what to eat at certain times!
Many of them are new to my eyes. Splendid work buddy.
The McDonald’s board took me a moment, but blew me away once I realized what was happening