This billboard for Berger Paints is very clever - the board is actually a cut-out, so the "paint strokes" show through to the sky behind. I somehow doubt this ad would work as successfully in the UK though...the default sky colour here couldn't really be described as blue.

Via My Modern Metropolis.

UniRoyal used the Nauga mascot during the 1960s to advertise their naugahyde products. The campaign, created by George Lois and Kurt Weihs, humourously suggested that naugahyde came from the hide of an animal known as a Nauga, which was shed annually to create the leather-like furniture material.

"Want to write something good for the cinema?"

An advert for the New York Film Academy by Red Cell, found via I Believe in Advertising.

This innovative ad was made by BBDO New York for BBC Connect - it depicted current news and was made from cables, leading into apartments.

Seen on Sujata's Blog.

Saw this over at the fabulous Neatorama - a stunning ad to raise awareness of the effects of global warming, by Indian advertising agency Ogilvy and Mather.

Based on the drawings of two famous Polish illustrators, the Krzywy Domek ('Crooked House') is a shopping centre in Sopot, Poland.


For some reason it reminded me of the Softmints advert, such is the way my mind works...

Saw this over on Boing Boing Gadgets - an amusing breakdown by "Real Simple" magazine of a slightly patronising Blackberry advert, bringing to mind the excellent Look Around You Petticoat 5 - the computer for women.

Nice any-way-up ad from Marmite by DDB London, illustrated by Al Murphy.

Spotted via adhunt.

With a new Harvey Nichols store soon to open in Bristol, home of Aardman, who better to model their clothes than Wallace and Gromit?

Seen on the Creative Review blog.