You’ve probably already seen our huge list of World’s Strangest Buildings, and now it’s time to see how buildings can be creatively used in advertising.

It’s been a long time since we had our last post on advertising, so it’s a perfect time to look into the world of bus shelter ads. However, before jumping to the real world examples, let’s talk about it first…

It may be hard to believe, but an average North American sees 3,000 ads per day. They are everywhere – at the gas pumps, in a bathroom, in the movie theater, on a bus and in the bus – advertising is impossible to avoid. When traditional advertising mediums are loosing their effectiveness the answer is – ambient advertising.

Food Flags is a series of ads promoting Sydney International Food Festival in which national emblems were made out of edibles indigenous to the country it represents. They’ve creatively used these images to advertise the international aspect to their festival which took place in October 2009.

Although advertising is often seen as the biggest evil of all, it probably involves more creativity than any other job. Enjoy this collection of 31 cool and creative ads from McDonald’s. They know what they’re doing and I’m loving it!

We are used to think that advertising is something that gives us some time to go to the bathroom while watching a TV show or a movie. But should all advertising be so? Not at all! I bet advertising could be so cool and creative that you would better pee your pants than miss it.