Billboardom: funny billboards and billboard creativity

Billboard with Skier

2009-01-20T22:13:00.000-05:00

"A billboard that David&Goliath created for Mammoth Mountain ski resort."
-- thanks, Kristen

Giant Crossword Puzzle On Side Of Building

2009-01-08T23:48:00.000-05:00

A 100-feet-tall crossword puzzle on the side of a building in Lvyv (Ukraine). The puzzle is empty by day, with clues spread around the city's landmarks. At night, special lighting reveals answers.
-- via English Russia

Arby's Hijacks Billboards with Thought Balloons

2008-12-15T00:30:00.000-05:00

Arby's (a fast-food chain) flies balloons with its logo in front of others' billboards in Atlanta. The chain's current slogan is "I'm thinking Arby's", naturally.
-- ads of the world

Billboard With a Hanging Man

2008-12-12T17:52:00.000-05:00

Chinese samaritans were outraged when they saw this billboard for a local mall featuring a hanging body and copy "It's better to invest money here than put it into the stock market."
-- Ananova

McBillboard: Starbucks Takes It On the Chin

2008-12-11T10:11:00.000-05:00

McDonald's has erected a billboard in sight of Starbucks headquarters in Seattle declaring, "four bucks is dumb." -- full story

Painting iPods

2008-12-07T00:16:00.000-05:00

Painters create iPod nano wall mural ad.
-- top left pixel

Billboard of the Future: Subsidized Urban Living Module

2008-10-29T08:26:00.000-05:00

Artists who came up with Aeroform think existing billboard structures can carry more than just corporate propaganda.

Bush Billboards

2008-10-28T08:11:00.000-05:00

To mark the approaching end of a political era, Billboardom presents a collection of billboards featuring Our Leader (Orlando, 2004).

A billboard for Animal Planet in Buenos Aires.

Anti-Bush billboard in Phoenix.

A billboard for a liberal radio network (via lvb).

A billboard by Naked (NZ).

One of many anti-Bush billboards in Havana (see the fangs up close).

New York, 2004

Bush-Cheney campaign billboard, 2004

Georgia welcomes Bush, 2005

A billboard by the Obama campaign in Minneapolis-St.Paul, 2008.

A bit of culture jamming in Australia.

... and in San Francisco.

Little Brother is Watching, Boston

A billboard outside Crawford, Texas.

A billboard in Toronto.

A billboard for an Australian real estate company.

Hell Pizza in New Zealand.

"Just Kill It" Billboard

2008-10-27T08:43:00.000-05:00

Wtf, you may ask? A theater play in Beijing.

Interactive Billboard With Game for Nokia

2008-10-26T18:42:00.000-05:00

An interactive bus-stop billboard promoting Nokia N95 with a memory game.

McCain-Bush Hug Billboard

2008-10-26T10:28:00.000-05:00

A billboard by the Obama campaign in Minneapolis-St.Paul. More campaign billboards shortly.

Interactive Billboard for Adobe Photoshop

2008-10-25T18:38:00.000-05:00

A cool interactive billboard for Adobe Photoshop CS3 from last year.

Creepy Alien Billboard

2008-10-25T10:21:00.000-05:00

A creepy billboard in Ann Arbor, MI.

"Sell Jericho" Billboard

2008-10-24T18:34:00.003-05:00

Fans of the canceled TV show Jericho erected a billboard near offices of CBS in LA last May.

Obama's Ad on McCain's Campaign Bus

2008-10-24T18:25:00.000-05:00

Would've been funny, no? From Onion.

Godless Billboards

2008-10-22T16:17:00.000-05:00

Guardian in the UK helps to raise money to fund atheist adverts.

Billboard for Google Video in Berlin

2008-04-15T23:41:00.001-05:00

A see-through billboard for Google Video in Berlin.
-- YouTube

14 Billboards with Butts

2008-04-04T23:40:00.018-05:00

There must be something culturally significant about all those billboard butts you stare at during your morning commute. Sly admen playing on national insecurities? An avantgarde celebration of the posterior? Whatever it is, here are our picks.

Taken in New York. (archive)

- AdRants. What's face buffet?

- archive

Say no to crack and go to the gym. (archive)

A billboard for American Apparel in New York (gothamist).

Yass is a city in Australia. (archive)

Billboard for Toto Washlet toilet maker; butts have smiling faces on themm. Its unfortunate placement on the top of a church building on the Times Square led to the butts being covered following a court deal.

Extra points for putting the billboard on a church property and Perez Hiltonesque drawings.

A bathroom poster for, what else, breath mints. (archive). Extra points for placement.

Billboard for Joe's Jeans. mojoey on flickr. I never get ads for jeans that feature naked people. Is the dude feeling uncomfortable about the girl staring at him?

A billboard for a lingerie store Bustop. (archive) Love the interactivity here: the skirt lifts up when the wind blows.

Don't import fuel from the unfriendly Venezuelan government. There's a video, too. Given the demand, though, chances are that we'll be buying gas from this ass, too.

Extra points for the copy, though. I like poetry that actually rhymes.

Got a shitty job? A billboard for a recruiting agency (see more). A strong contender for the top (erm... bottom?) spot.

And the winner is....

drumroll...

This billboard urges Chinese citizens to protect the environment.

Huge Billboard for BMW in Moscow

2008-04-01T15:53:00.002-05:00

Definitely the largest billboard in Russia, and perhaps in Europe. Right in the center of the city, too -- see the Kremlin behind it?

Billboard Made of Bottles for Carlsberg

2008-03-05T13:30:00.001-05:00

Lots of bottles. So now you can have beer and soup, too.

Billboard As A Giant Napkin Dispenser

2008-02-29T23:22:00.001-05:00

For McDonalds in Sweden.
- Commercial Archive

Billboard: King of Jews, King of Beers

2008-02-29T23:19:00.002-05:00

Not. Photoshopped.

"Someone covered up a billboard on La Branch at Winbern with a poster featuring a picture of Jesus Christ holding a Budweiser can. The company that leases the billboard believes vandals made the poster at home and then pasted it on top of the ad that's supposed to be there."

AT&T Billboard Liberated

2008-02-28T14:01:00.003-05:00

"The Billboard Liberation Front today announced a major new advertising improvement campaign executed on behalf of clients AT&T and the National Security Agency. Focusing on billboards in the San Francisco area, this improvement action is designed to promote and celebrate the innovative collaboration of these two global communications giants."
-- Billboard Liberation Front

"Fat Chance" Billboard

2008-02-27T01:17:00.002-05:00

There was a lot of press around these "Fat Chance" billboards in Boston 'burbs last year. Me? I like how it's right above the pizza joint.

This Billboard Is A Sign From God

2008-02-27T00:56:00.003-05:00

When not busy sending signs, God listens to Slayer.
--Flickr