On average, Americans spend 10 hours and 50 minutes per week in their car, the 2019 Daily Ride Index suggests. That means we've all got plenty of time on our hands to look through the window and let our eyes rest on the landscape... until they settle on a billboard.
Zoom in, zoom out, these two seconds are where brands get the opportunity to convince you that you can’t live without trying a new bacon whopper. But while most of these so-called ‘out of home’ ads are tacky, way too bright, and plain boring to get us thinking about the thing they're selling, a few of them are the exact opposite.
So, this time we are off to a walk in the smart, creative, and ‘this is just brilliant’ billboard park where ads are like artworks themselves. Mind-bending, interactive, dimensional, reactive to weather, light or darkness, they totally mess with our senses. Let’s give a big round of applause to all the creatives drained from brainstorming benders and advertising agencies who managed to pitch their ideas to the clients, thanks to whom billboard advertising has now been made great again.
Psst! After you’re done, don’t forget to check out Bored Panda's previous post with 50 excellent examples of ingenious bus advertising and some more creative billboard ads at part 1.
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These McDonald's Billboards Double As Bee Hotels To Support Biodiversity
Excellent Billboard
BBC’s Dracula Billboard Confuses People During The Daytime But Grabs Attention At Night
This Tiny Ant-Man Billboard At A Bus Stop
BBC World - See Both Sides O The Story
Corona Oceans Week Billboard With Wave Made From Plastic Gathered In UK And Chris Hemsworth On The Surfboard
Coca-Cola Hand Knitted Billboards In Serbia Using Traditional Knitting Techniques
Sick Legend Of Zelda Street Art
LEGO 3D Billboard
Capsico Sauce: Burning Hot. Dabur, India
Denver Water Billboard
3m – Tape Holds Billboard
Save Some Money And Save The Environment
Clever Weather Billboard
Red Hat - People-Powered Billboard
Hotwheels Loop
The Billboards That Came From Nature And Went Back To Nature For Toyota Prius Ad Campaign
Sea Shepherd Switzerland
Haste Passes, Consequences Remain
Brazil is one of the recordist countries in motorcycle accidents in the world. Therefore, the importance of producing creative, impactful and efficient advertising campaigns have the goal of raising awareness, to educate bikers about traffic growing. After all, a thousandth of a second can have consequences for the rest of your life.
An Ad In Warsaw, Poland
"See, I Can Draw The Sky..."
Saw This Sign Advertising A Black Hole Planetarium At The Liberty Science Centre. Definitely The Best Billboard I’ve Ever Seen
Coke Billboards That Point You To The Nearest Recycling Bin
The Milwaukee Brewers Have An Opening Day Billboard That Unravels A Little Each Day As The Season Approaches
Billboard In Houston
The Most Incredible Billboard Collaboration I've Ever Seen
Ad For Panasonic's Nose Trimmer
No Caption Needed
Ipod Billboard Ad
Designers Used McDonald's Arches As Direction Markers To The Restaurants
The Way This Billboard Uses Its Pole To Make A Really Big Straw
Double Grill & Bar Creative Billboard Advertising
Brilliant Ad
Coca-Cola - Refresh
KitKat Break Slogan
TV Rain (Russian TV Channel) - Rain Will Wash Away The Lie
Dozhd means rain in Russian. That’s why we placed this simple message on a billboard: Dozhd washes away the lie.
We just had to wait for the lie to be washed off - literally.
For one month a web camera was streaming a video of the billboard on the main page of the channel’s website. When it rained, everyone would get a 50% discount on a subscription.
Not a single national news media outlet mentioned the billboard.
Naval Museum Billboard
Earth Day's 2019 Theme Is "Protect Our Species". Even The Ones We Are Afraid Of! How Are You Respecting The Planet Today?
This Companies Campaign Utilizing Only Half A Billboard To Get Their Point Across
Funnel Campaign
When Leaving Early For Happy Hour Doesn’t Go As Planned
Carnival - Current Temperature - This Billboard Ran In NYC From January To March
Pond's Facial Wash
The New Mini Incredibly Safe Billboard
Rust Free Knife Ad In Vienna, Austria
Calgary Stampede 3D Ad
Chilled Mars Billboard
Bojangles' Flour
For a brand-building idea that would create some online buzz and engagement during last week’s NBA All-Star Weekend, LGA created an eye-catching billboard for Charlotte-based Bojangles’ Famous Chicken n’ Biscuits that simulates one of basketball’s most popular pregame rituals and the famous biscuits’ most important ingredient. The billboard celebrates the chain’s stars of breakfast – Master Biscuit Makers – by showcasing the dramatic image of a real biscuit maker tossing flour in the air like an athlete. To add to the action, the billboard periodically shoots simulated flour, using a fog machine, to signify that Bojangles’ bakes its made-from-scratch biscuits every 20 minutes.
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