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Category: Guerilla Ads & Marketing

Guerrilla marketing has become all the rage these days but it is nothing new – it is simply a twist on delivering a message, communicating a concept and selling something in a way that engages an audience. The best part about good guerrilla advertisements and clever guerrilla marketing campaigns is that people know that there is a commercial interest but still approve of the installation or innovation – even despite its corporate nature.

Bikers First: Mobile Pop-Up Bicycle Parking Shed Wanders Amsterdam

Spending what feels like forever cruising around a crowded downtown area looking for parking can be highly frustrating, but there’s an obvious solution: take alternative transportation. Decades ...

None of Your Beeswax: Urban Anti-Hives Designed for Solitary Bee Species

Talk of bees usually conjures images of buzzing hives acting in concert, but most species around the world are actually lowners, hence this series of chic abodes for less social bees. Honey bees ...

Skate or Buy: Skateboard Shop Rolls Out Clever Skateable Sidewalk Signs

Most urban designs are at best useful for skaters as an afterthought, or more typically: specifically created to foil skaters, but not this set of signs. The Drive Skate Shop in Vancouver ...

Lizard Men at Work: Denver Airport Construction Signs Confirm Conspiracy Theories

The Denver International Airport has long been a hub of conspiracy theories, a number of which seem to be confirmed by signs put up by the DIA on walls blocking off areas under ...

Mercedes-Benz Encased in Resin Gives a New Meaning to ‘Fossil Fuels’

Millions of years from now, will aliens visiting an earth free of humans (or future humans, on the off chance we survive that long) find a puzzling ‘amber’ fossil of a 1979 Mercedes-Benz ...

Urine for a Surprise: IKEA Invites You to Pee on an Ad to Get a Discount

“Peeing on this ad may change your life,” reads the text at the top of a new IKEA advertisement in a women’s magazine. That text alone, devoid of context, might understandably make you ...

That’s a Wrap: Critics Pan Leather Skirt that Looks Like a Car Floor Mat

It's easy to pan high fashion for being expensive, impractical and out of touch with reality, and all the more so when a fashion item resembles an upcycled everyday item like a car's floor ...

Messages in the Sand: 12 Great Guerrilla Ads at the Beach & the River

The beach is one big billboard for companies looking to surreptitiously market their products, from Game of Thrones to Jim Beam, which would be annoying if most of these guerrilla installations ...

World’s Largest “Car Vending Machine” Dispenses Real Bentleys & Ferraris

Combining architecture, advertising and technology, this car dealership lets users punch in numbers to bring their vehicle of choice down a 15-story showroom looming above in full view. The tall ...

City Hack: Cyclists Create DIY Bike Lane with 120 Glued-On Plungers

When the government fails to meet the needs of its citizens, the citizens will go around them and produce their own solutions, whether they’re legal or not. That might mean occupying an ...

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