Advertising Is Good For You

Mermaids in advertising

And advertising's best-known mermaid creation, the Chicken of the Sea logo:

 

Retro ads for Stella Artois

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Advertising Agency: Mother, London

Illustrator: Robert McGinnis

Source: Ads of the World

This would be a great campaign -- for Energizer

Our most powerful battery ever.
Duracell Ultra

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Advertising Agency: Ogilvy, Paris

Source: Ads of the World

Trippy ads for Lesieur oils

Magnifies every flavour.

Imagine how cool this concept would be translated into digital ads, with the graphics moving like a kaleidoscope.

Advertising Agency: Fred & Farid, France

Source: Ads of the World

Halloween Week: Heineken ads

 

Halloween Week: Ad for a Swiss dentist

Time is up for Bacteria and Plaque

Advertising Agency: Euro RSCG Zürich

Source: Ads of the World

Halloween Week: Ad for Chronic'art Magazine

Does Internet reveal all our perversions?

Advertising Agency: DraftFCB, Paris

Source: Ads of the World

Halloween Week: Harvey Nichols ads

Advertising Agency: Y&R, Dubai

Source: Ads of the World

That illustration style looks familiar

Saw this in today's paper:

Last time I flew, I saw this in the seat pocket in front of me:

Now if I could only figure out why Neuragen thought this illustration style was appropriate for its ad.

Halloween Week: Hot Pockets ads

I don't think anything can rescue Hot Pockets from Jim Gaffingan's stand-up Hot Pocket bit.

Advertising Agency: Casanova Pendrill, Costa Mesa, USA

Source: Ads of the World

How the Sydney Morning Herald prepared readers for the paper's new smaller size

Source: I Believe in Advertising

And that, children, is how Happy got his name

Disney is a bit miffed about this ad for Australia's Jamieson's Raspberry Ale.

Read more at the New York Daily News.

Perplexing Skoda ads mix drinking with driving

Yeti. Love it on the rocks.
Skoda. Simply clever.

Advertising Agency: Cayenne Milan

Source: Ads of the World