Do more creative ads like these really encourage people to buy the product? Or do they just smile, take a picture of the ad, thinking, ‘Heck, this is cool!’, post it on a blog and forget about the main topic: the product?

Manila is one big Billboard City, but they’re all of the same young celebrities or models smiling or pouting back at me. Rarely do I see ads that really push the limit, grab you by the neck, shake you up and scream, ‘LOOK AT ME AND BUY WHAT I’M SELLING!!!‘

Advertising is the field I really want to get into when I get out of college–that is, until I become financially stable enough to set up my own business. From there, hopefully, I can grow to become not just any business woman, but a social entrepreneur. But before all that, I want to make ads that will incomparably stand out from all those generic ones all over the metro today. And wow, how are these for inspiration?

They Really Took ‘Sky’s the Limit’ Seriously

My favorite one would have to be the soccer billboard for Adidas, and the tongue stretcher for Mars (I’m biased ’cause that’s my favorite chocolate bar).

If you want more extreme billboards, then take a look at these:
Strong Tape - Strong enough to hold the billboard!
Papa John’s Pizza - Look! There’s pizza at the door! Well, there will be if you call Papa John’s. Smart.
Group E’s Electric Boards - Billboards that actually generate electricity! Not.

There are a lot more optical illusions at Virtual Fun House, so you might want to hop on over there. And this imaginative streak isn’t stopping at billboards; check out Valerie Morrison’s blog for photos of super cool, mind-boggling truck designs!