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Bugs Eat Away At This Ad To Show The Dangers Of Crack Cocaine
In an attempt to illustrate the harmful effects of using crack cocaine, Talent, a Brazilian ad agency, created a series of posters featuring images of addicts that are slowly eaten away and destroyed by Flour beetle larvae — or mealworms. The posters were actually made of thin sheets of dough instead of paper, to encourage the larvae to thoroughly consume them.
Drive Awake iOS App Can Tell When You’re Drowsy, Directs You To Coffee
Is there anything wrong with a chain of cafes trying to drum up a little extra business while they’re ensuring drowsy drivers don’t end up swerving off the road? Thailand-based Cafe Amazon certainly hopes not.
Domino’s Makes Awesome DVDs That Smell Like Pizza When They’re Played
How’s this for a brilliant marketing campaign? To help sell the notion that there’s no better way to spend an evening than with a pizza and a movie, Domino’s in Brazil created custom DVDs with a heat-reactive flavoured varnish that actually smelled like pizza once they were played.
This Clever Bug Spray Billboard Is Actually A Giant Insect Trap
What better way is there to advertise the effectiveness of your insecticide spray than with a billboard that also happens to double as a gigantic bug trap?
This Ad Has A Secret Anti-Abuse Message That Only Kids Can See
In an effort to provide abused children with a safe way to reach out for help, a Spanish organisation called the Aid to Children and Adolescents at Risk Foundation (ANAR) created an ad that displays a different message for adults and children at the same time.
8 Totally Bizarre Celebrity Apps With No Reason To Exist
Celebrities endorsing products in weird, non-sensical combinations isn’t anything new. Ozzy Osbourne, for instance, hocked I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, and Kiss wanted you to rest for eternity in your very own Kiss Kasket. But those were the dark ages. The dawn of the smartphone gave celebs an even easier, more intimate way to make sure we never forget who they are and that they’re still famous, so help us god.
10 Best-Selling Infomercial Products
We’ve all been there: It’s 3am. After hours of tossing, turning and bad television watching, sleep deprivation and consumer curiosity get the best of you. By the third time that WaxVac commercial airs, you realise that the pitchmen are right — Q-tips are a danger to your eardrums! So you dial the toll-free number, rattle off your AmEx digits, and play a key role in what has become a $150 billion industry: infomercials.
The First He-Man Toy Commercial: Master Of The Universe, Master Of Marketing
Fresh off Star Wars, which taught the corporate world how to overmarket any property to kids, the 1980s was one of the greatest decades ever when it came to toys — and toy commercials. Originally shown at the Mattel Booth at Comic Con last year, this is believed to be the very first He-Man and The Masters of the Universe toy commercial that originally aired back in 1981 or 1982.
Watch LG Use IPS Displays To Make Men Stop Peeing At A Urinal
After pranking lift passengers to think they were falling with its IPS displays, LG has moved on to trick even more vulnerable suckers: males trying to pee at a urinal. This time, LG put its IPS displays right in front of a urinal and let two attractive women tease the restroom goers. It’s hilarious.
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