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While design is too often used as a means to persuade us to buy, buy and buy some more, it is less often but more importantly used what we do as a means to communicate positive messages and encourage action. Here we showcase 23 examples where graphic design has been used not to sell us products we don’t need, but instead, to fight poverty.

1. Red Cross

The Red Cross foundation in Pakistan used this ad to encourage donations for those who needed support during the winter.

2. Red Cross

This is a general ad from the Red Cross aimed at trying to get the younger generation to help those less fortunate.

3. Child Labor

To help raise awareness about child labor, the Dutch House of Parliament created these ads on revolving doors.

4. Homeless in Portugal

Here is a creative advertisement that was placed on the underside of trash can lids that reads; “Help. So that no one has to come here food.”

5. Homeless in United Kingdom

These stickers were placed around the United Kingdom and read; Your Trash is someone else food.

6. Brazil’s Children

In order to help get kids off the streets these floor advertisements look as though there is a child stuck under the street. The ad reads; Help a child escape the streets. Donate to our children’s villages in Brazil

7. Focus

Here is a cool ad designed to look like a large cardboard sign like that used by many a homeless person.

8. Homeless India

A billboard used in India to help raise awareness of the rising growth of homelessness there.

9. Salvation Army

Another super creative ad by the salvation army to help gain support for their fight on homelessness in Brazil.

10. Homeless in the United States

Homelessness isn’t just in other countries. This ad was placed on trash cans around the US.

11. World Food Program

This ad reads; Freeing them from malnutrition and poverty is in your hands.

12. Brookeline Community Foundation

This origami jacket is made out of a personal check. The ad reads; Clothing. Just one of the many things your money helps provide to those in need.

13. Berlin Child Hunger

This is a unique bag advertisement in Berlin to promote the need for support with child hunger.

14. UN High Commissioner for Refugees

An advertisement design to help raise money for refugees.

15. UNICEF

An ad that tackles the issue of bad water. Ad reads; Bad water kills more children than war.”

16. Father Bob Maguire Foundation

Another trash can ad to help raise awareness about the homeless. The ad reads; For the homeless, every day is a struggle. Donate today and help us feed the homeless.

17. Homeless in Denver

The ad is actually made up of pictures of homeless people in Denver. The images were removed once each person was helped.

18. WSSCC: Babies

An advertisement aimed at help improve water sanitation.

19. National Coalition for the Homeless

A creative advertisement the uses a coffee cup lid to look like a homeless persons change cup.

20. Association Against Poverty in Belgium

A startling ad used in Belgium to raise awareness of poverty. Ad reads; Having to count your pennies every day isn’t fun.

21. Amnesty International

This advertisement is designed to get people to donate money to help build refugee camps. The ad reads; This is where I was when I helped building a refugee camp in Pakistan.

22. Salvation Army

The goal of this advertisement was to get people to donate their old clothes for the homeless. The ad reads; Any old clothes will do.

23. Israeli Food Bank

Another advertisement to promote homelessness. The ad reads; Too many people eat on the streets.

1. Anthony Dart

Representing: Johannesburg, South Africa

“Ontwerp is a multi-disciplinary Design & Animation studio based in Johannesburg South Africa, founded by Designer / Director Anthony Dart. Ontwerp’s philosophy places design at the forefront. Design is the emphasis. We perceive design as problem solving, we are obsessive with craft and detail, We believe in the formidable communication of imagesand type and their inherent narrative ability. Our interests extend toArt Direction, Motion Graphics, 2D & 3D Animation, Sound Design, Graphic Design for Print and Screen.”

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2. One Horse Town

Representing: Cape Town, South Africa

The creative illustration work and great color schemes are what really caught my eye when checking out One Horse Towns portfolio of work. It is no doubt that this retro look and feel is one that brings them a lot of business. But, they are not limited to only that style. If you check out some of their illustration work, you will find a wide variety of work.

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3. Brandt Botes

Representing: Cape Town, South Africa

Brandt Botes really is an artist without a style. While many of the samples below might lead you to think that he is limited to just a basic illustrator type style, you would be wrong. His portfolio is filled with a wide variety of styles and types of works. Everything from rough sketch style illustration to simply complex patterns can be seen in his portfolio.

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4. Bison

Representing: Cape Town, South Africa

“Bison is the work of Linsey Levendall and Daniel Orme who form a creative studio based in Cape Town, South Africa. They service big to small businesses, musicians, the
arts and culture sector and ad agencies with a range of skills including illustration, graphic design, branding and art direction.

Bison holds the belief that experimentation is the key to discovery and thus find ways around the tried and tested approach producing a fresh and unexpected
result.

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5. Ryan Atkinson

Representing: Johannesburg, South Africa

“Im a young south african designer who loves good design. I love typography, print design, photography, motion graphics and illustration. My icons include, Non-Format, Build (Micheal C. Place), Massimo Vignelli, Jospeh Muller-Brockman, Wim Crouwel, David Carson (Interestingly different I know, but I have my reasons). I am interested in furthering myself and my skills as often as possible, so give me a shout if you think a piece of work is not cool, and you have some ideas why ”

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6. Islam Zayed

Representing: Cairo, Egypt

While Islam Zayed has some really nice typography work in his portfolio, I was more impressed with some of his graphic design work and photo manipulation stuff. There are also of course, his works that combine the two for a truly outstanding finished piece, some of which is very Desktopgrahy-esque.

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7. Mohamad Moftah

Representing: Cairo, Egypt

“Mohamad Moftah is an Egyptian born painter, graphic designer and illustrator based in Cairo, Egypt. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University in the summer of 2008 with honors. Since then he has been working in advertising and design.

Mohamad has focused primarily on painting and design, working with diverse local and international clients like Coca-Cola and McDonald’s, producing logos, corporate identities, brochures, TV ads, print ads and most other forms of print.”

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8. International Nomads

Representing: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

“We like to describe ourselves as a Collective, an internationally present collective of professionals & creatives from around the globe, and this team of fine individuals is called International Nomads.

International Nomads specializes in Marketing & Digital Advertising. We provide a full suite of integrated marketing and advertising services, broken into 3 main areas of work; Consultation, Creative, and Production services”

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9. JayDz

Representing: Dammam, Saudi Arabia

“My name’s Jay, a Graphic Designer from the Mid-East.. My Passion is My Art.. and My Inspiration’s My Fiance..
I design, I screw up, then I do good.. its how I do it lol … my Senses are my tutorial tools… I observe and learn new techniques by analyzing others’ graphics!
o to all great Designers and Illustrators out there…. Keep posting your great work! =D
Addin’ me/ Applaudin’ or Criticizin’ my Work… Sharin’ ‘em thoughts with me.. iS What Builds Me =)”

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10. Younes Badi

Representing: Rabat, Morocco

“I am Younes Badi. I am a young graphic designer from Rabat in Morroco. Here is my graphic design portfolio from school. I am actually studying graphic design at a local design university. I hope you enjoy looking at some of my artwork and designs.”

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11. Younes ze

Representing: Algiers, Algeria

Younes Ze is one of the younger artists on this list. According to the artist profile, they are only about 21. Whats cool about their profile, is that they have done a nice job at taking rather popular trends and turning them into a more unique style. This combination of mixing popular trends with a unique style is how new trends are born.

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12. Clement de Bruin

Representing: Cape Town, South Africa

As I was checking out Clement de Bruins blog, I noticed that his most recent post was of a blank figure he painted. Anyone who has the skills to do those well gets props in my book. Toys aside, it is Clement de Bruins illustrative work that really stands out. From what i can see, it has really progressed over the years and Im sure it will only get better.

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13. Disturbance

Representing: Durban, South Africa

“Disturbance is a graphic design studio based in Durban, South Africa and one of the continent’s leading design practices. disturbance’s work has been recognised both locally (Loeries awards) and internationally(D&AD, ADC, One Show, Comm Arts, Society of Illustrators).

Over the last decade disturbance has variously won awards for their clients, published a ‘zine, released a music CD, designed and operated a restaurant, a gallery and a design store and launched (and collapsed) the much hyped design brand, “Home Industries”.”

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14. Karen Mc Dade

Representing: Johannesburg, South Africa

“I specialise in designing online and print media from conception to completion. I have a passion for photo-manipulation and will often stay up late at night experimenting with new techniques. I’m especially partial to the surreal and fantasy-esque style and my art has a general tenancy in this direction.
I conduct the majority of my work via the internet as many of my clients reside internationally. I have designed for companies from the United Kingdom, to South Africa to the USA. Clients include the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, National Geographic, and Pegasus Spiele, among others.”

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15. MissYucki

Representing: Johannesburg, South Africa

“MissYucki is an art and design project conceived by Kat Cameron and Alba Poretti. Inspired by the frenzy of down town Johannesburg, we have created a character named Missyucki and employing a range of mediums we create scenes and themes from her mythology as well as curiosities and novelties inspired by her way of life.”

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16. Sam Moshaver

Representing: Tehran, Iran

There are no shortage of, for lack of a better term, gothic type artists out there. But few really have the creativity to take their work to a state of originality. Sam is not one of those few. He is one of the ones who can create dark images to stir emotions without being over saturated with dark cliches and stereotypes. On top f that, he can also use these design skills to create work that is a little more public friendly for ads, websites, etc.

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17. Ahmed Othman

Representing: Egypt

“I’m Ahmed Othman from EGYPT, I was born in 1987 in Mansoura city. I got interested in drawing when I was young so I decided to learn about Art and that’s when I joined the faculty of Art education and this is helped me greatly to improve my talent in graphic design.”

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18. Amr Tahtawi

Representing: Cairo, Egypt

“at designs is a small design studio with a big attitude in web, Print, Graphics, Logotype, and illustration. Relax, watch & enjoy selected work from Amr Tahtawi designz.”

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19. Ahson Rafiq

Representing: Sanaa, Yemen

“My name is Ahson Rafiq, I’m the creator of Gurilla Skateboards and I do freelance web design right here at designatomy. I’ve done over 5 years of Graphic and Wordpress Blog Designing and now it’s time for me to make a portfolio so here’s the site and my work is showcased here officially.”

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20. Mikias Hailu

Representing: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

“Currently I’m a freelance worker with graphic design in Ethiopia. I have a good background with drawing and paintings that I have been practicing since child hood,and now I’m working with Web Design, Graphic Design, Digital Art, Illustration, etc”

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Thirty excellent logos, sure to inspire the logo artist in you!

Critically acclaimed tattoo artist, Scott Campbell, recently showed his work at the O.H.W.O.W. gallery in Miami, FL. The highlight of the evening was a series of laser-cut etchings, each on a stack of $1 bills. The collection is entitled “Make It Rain” and shows a sampling of the artist’s dark and beautiful undertones.

Scott Campbell was born in rural Louisiana and began his career illustrating before mastering the art of tattoo. In 2004, he opened Saved Tattoo in Brooklyn where he perfected his signature style. More at scottcampbelltattoo.com.

Photo by Norman Lendzion

Photo by Norman Lendzion

Photo by Norman Lendzion

Additional scenes from the show:

Photo by Norman Lendzion

Photo by Norman Lendzion

Photo by Norman Lendzion

Source: scottcampbelltattoo.com & O.H.W.O.W. Gallery

Check out this brilliant World Wildlife Fund ad campaign in the form of bathroom towel dispenser! Demonstrating that Saatchi and Saatchi is the undisputed king of transforming advertising into an art form, this genius PSA integrates a crucial environmental message into the built environment. Shown above is the latest example of clever marketing concept ingeniously integrated into the most banal space: a public restroom. These paper towel dispensers have a cut out the shape of South America through which a stack of green paper towels illustrates the green rain forest canopy of the continent. As the paper towel dispenser is slowly emptied of its green paper towels, we see the greenness slowly drained out of South America, symbolizing the nasty environmental impact of disposable paper towels.
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This eco-ad utilizes the movement of shadows on a billboard to demonstrate how global warming will lead to rising water levels with a shaped canopy and the shifting sun.
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Prolam Y&R , Santiago produced this large-scale billboard showing refugees fleeing from a flood in Asia, with dozens of air conditioners peeping out from a refurbished building. It was produced to raise conscience regarding global warming. The line ” El aire que enfría tu hogar, calienta el mundo” (THE AIR THAT COOLS YOUR HOME HEATS UP THE WORLD), was used to help convey that climate change is also due to excess of carbon dioxide in the air.
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“Look how much carbon monoxide you’ll keep out of the air we breathe by not driving for just one day.” That’s the message that was displayed on the giant black cloud attached to a car’s tailpipe after being inflated with a day’s worth of exhaust. This guerrilla ad by WWF appeared in China in 2007.
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WWF France presents a visual reminder of the importance of trees to the atmosphere in “Lungs”, a print advertisement developed by TBWA\Paris. The tag line: “Before it’s too late”.
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According to some sources, the WWF did not commission this ad. It was a South American firm called DDB that was attempting to land an account with the animal non-profit NGO. According to the National Enquirer, after the ad was outed by the site AdFreak.com, WWF immediately issued a quick denial of purpose. Calling the ad “offensive and tasteless”, the World Wildlife Fund claimed it didn’t authorize the ad. “SUMMARILY REJECTED” was what WWF told the creative team behind the print terror concept.

While DDB Brazil apologizes for the ad’s creation, they still claim it was approved for publication by the local branch of the WWF.
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Creative WWF series of print and online advertising. The design is great and the idea is even better! The message is “You can’t afford to be slow in an emergency”.
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Diesel, the Italian clothing manufacturer, has been raising the heat with a provocative advertising campaign, “Global Warming Ready”, launched at the end of January. A series of newspaper, magazine and billboard advertisements shows models posing in Diesel clothing in a world affected by raised water levels and temperatures. A desert surrounding the great wall, tropical gardens in Paris, London and New York submerged under water, and macaws in Venice, how much worse could it get? While it is hard to take the Diesel campaign entirely seriously, it still packs quite a punch.
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For over 70 years now SAFE has been the voice for all animals, helping expose animal cruelty and abuse as well as fighting against animal testing across the world. The organization mainly uses public awareness campaigns (and advertisements) and political lobbying to expose and question the needless use of animals in cruel experiments and commercial exploitation. The ads above specifically target the latter, provoking questions about the use of animals as scarves, boots and other leather goods, and so on.
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Use electricity wisely, another clever environment ad. This one is from the national power company Eskom in South Africa.
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The Greenfamily Youth Association of Environment Protection and their advertising agency came up with this idea of pollution awareness. The scheme was to erect a board on a drainage hole, meaning dirty water is like egesta. They wanted to arouse people’s caution about environment protection through strong visual impact of psychological or even physical aversion.
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Denver Water Authority’s excellent marketing has no plans of slowing down. The company’s new campaign, from Denver’s Sukle Advertising & Design, frames TV and outdoor placements around the tag line, “Grass is dumb. Water 2 minutes less. Your lawn won’t notice”.
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“Think about what it consumes before buying “. For the Belgian federal climate change section, in collaboration with the product policy section – DG Environment – Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment. Humoristic images of oversized appliances or radio spots draw attention to a website which allows to calculate the energy consumption of actual appliance.
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“Fashion claims more victims than you think.” By Agency O&M, India
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Ski Jump Toilets for Georgia Max Coffee (Japan), allows everyone to feel like a ski jumper at the top of the ramp

Schizophrenia awareness: “Schizophrenia can be treated. Seek help.”

This paper towel holder was used for the Save the Trees awareness campaign (Shanghai).
They changed the covers on these holders every other day to show the damage begin done to trees by using paper towels.

ESPN: “Soccer is good everywhere, but it is much better on ESPN channels.”

Natan Jewelry Shop (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Axe: “Turn nice girls naughty”. The stickers were placed in the main discotheques’ bathrooms of Montevideo (Uruguay).

Mini Cooper: “Test your handling skills”

Wash Your Hands: “92% of guys say they washed. 34% were lying.”

Skateboarding Lessong

WWF: Tree Toilet roll

in one of the most expensive streets in Europe, La Croisette in Cannes, in front of Famous Carlton Hotel

Translation :

“We, at least, are honest
- For spliff and sweets
- For wine and beer
- For cigarettes”

Every day, we are bombarded by thousands of ads, most of which are boring, thoroughly irritating or both. Every now and again, however, an ad comes along that is so powerful, due to the originality of its content or the way that it conveys its message, that it inspires us to change our behaviour: it might make us find out some more information about a product, donate money to charity or even cut down on drinking alcohol!

With in excess of $385 billion spent annually on ads, it’s unsurprising that admen give life to veritable masterpieces of visual communication from time to time. These truly brilliant ads can be found on TV, on the internet and on billboards too. But the most engaging ads of all appear in traditional print media, as people reading newspapers and magazines have time to absorb a sea of information as well as creative subtleties.

Below, you’ll find 30 examples representing the crème de la crème of recent print advertisements.

Major Brands

Since the dawn of mass production, in the early 19th century, major brands have used advertising to promote their goods and services. The amount of money spent on advertising worldwide grows considerably year on year. By 2010, it’s predicted that investment in advertising will top $450 billion annually.

1. Fun Up Your Home [Microsoft]

Images: The Uninvited Blog & Neurosoftware

2. Goodbye Bush [Veet]

Image: Miragens

3. 360° Wide Angle CCTV [Samsung]

Image: kuteev

4. More Volume [Schwartzkopf}

Image: kuteev

5. Optical Zoom [Olympus]

Image: Elastique

6. French Kiss [Pepsi]

Image: I Believe in Advertising

7. The New Expression of Fun [Miragica Theme Park]

Image: I Believe in Advertising

8. No Drowsiness Gum

Image: kuteev

9. Arcor Bubblegum

Image: Sauce

10. Whatever The Delay We’ll Text You Straight Away [Connex]

Image: Ads of the World

11. Hands Are Everywhere [Dettol]

Image: The Inspiration Room

12. Shirt Straw [Perrier]

Image: DesignSitesUp

Charity Campaigns

There was a time when charities relied solely on shock tactics to raise money. Most charity ads seemed to feature a starving child or otherwise ailing individual. These ads worked for a time, but people started to find them so upsetting that they simply switched off to the ad altogether. Things have changed. Charities now recognise that, like major brands, they can inspire their audience most successfully by taking an original and creative approach.

13. Verbal Abuse Can Be Just As Horrific [Aware Helpline]

Image: The Inspiration Room

14. Guantanamo Bay [Amnesty International]

Image: KikiPulse

15. Animals Are Not Clowns [LPDA]

Images: Ads of the World & Ads of the World

16. Bad Water Kills More Children Than War [UNICEF]

Image: Ads of the World

17. Stop Gout Patients’ Suffering [EULAR]

Image: Ads of the World

18. Nature Can’t Be Recycled [WWF]

Image: Ads of the World

19. Second Hand Smoke In The Home [The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation]

Image: Frederik Samuel

20. Cigarettes Smoke People [Cancer Patients Aid Association]

Image: Space Invaders

21. Don’t Buy Exotic Animal Souvenirs [WWF]

Image: Ads of the World

22. Stop the World Record of Executions [Amnesty International]

Image: I Believe in Advertising

TV Channels

For obvious reasons, TV channels tend to advertise on TV, but when they do opt for print media ads instead, the results can be rather stunning. The BBC have run many inspirational televised advertising campaigns in the past, but none of them have connected with viewers in such a subtle way as the World News ads below. These ads were designed for commuters, who have plenty of time, en route to and from work, to absorb the hidden images.

23. Dirty Jobs [Discovery Channel]

Image: Frederik Samuel

24. Authentic Wildlife Documentaries [Animal Planet]

Images: Ads of the World & Ads of the World

25. Olympic Games [ESPN Brasil]

Image: Frederik Samuel

26. Formula 1 GP – The Fight Begins [Sky]

Image: The Inspiration Room

27. News Beyond Your Borders [BBC World]

Image: Frederik Samuel

Pharmaceuticals

In the immortal words of Peter Parker: “With great power comes great responsibility”. Pharmaceutical companies often walk a fine line when it comes to the morality of their ads and must ensure that they don’t prey on the “weak” or the desperate. The ads below use comedic rather than shock tactics to pedal their wares.

28. Fight Your Sore Throat [Mebucaine]

Image: I Believe in Advertising

29. Blocked Nose? [Otrivin]

Image: Igor Kovic

30. Root Out Disgusting Fungi [Tolnaftate]

Image: Ads of the World

Building wraps have been used for decades to hide construction work and other eyesores from public view, but only recently have admen noticed the enormous potential of these giant pieces of fabric. What better way to promote products and services than with huge pieces of advertising, printed onto gigantic canvases of up to 15,000 square feet (in the case of the Coop’s Paints wrap below) and draped over pieces of prime real estate?

While ads that are printed on paper and plastered onto billboards fade and age within a matter of weeks, those printed onto building wraps (normally made of vinyl) stand up to the elements far better, remaining bright and eye-catching for 18 months or more. Below you’ll find 20 eye-catching printed build wrap designs from around the world. Most bare adverts, of course, but a couple are simply artistic endeavours on a massive scale. Take a look at the wonderfully wobbly designer drape adorning 39GeorgeV, for example.

1. Coop’s Paints

Image: Bluemedia.com

2. Unknown

Image: Bill M

3. 39GeorgeV

Image: Mr~Poussnik

4. Final Fantasy XIII

Image: Blind Society

5. 2002 Olympics

Image: Panoramio

6. Criss Angel

Image: luxorlv

7. Unknown

Image: pac-van

8. Calvin Klein

Image: Chris Stephenson

9. Levi’s 501

Image: Panoramio

10. Maker’s Mark

Image: USA Image

11. Heineken

Image: Anepco

12. Penn & Teller

Image: Zimbio

13. Kellogg’s Special K

Image: vantagepointconcepts

14. Nokia 8801

Image: vantagepointconcepts

15. Doha 2006

Image: jungle_boy

16. Doha 2006

Image: jungle_boy

Image: jungle_boy

Image: jungle_boy

Image: jungle_boy

17. Pepsi

Image: Advertisingmiami.com