Ad Campaigns That Inspire

Great ads can inspire us and elevate the image of an organization and its brands. Unfortunately, in this era of heavy advertising clutter, “inspiring” ads are too rare. 🙂

So, let’s look at several inspiring ads, as presented by Jami Oetting for the HubSpot Blog:

“A great idea can inspire. But it can also make you jealous of its simplicity, humor, emotion, and elegance. And no other event in the marketing and advertising industry brings so many jealousy-inducing ideas together as the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The event recently wrapped at the end of June and this year’s top winners — the Grand Prix recipients — provide us with another list of interesting and inspiring work.”

 
Here are inspiring ads in five different categories. [Click here to see 21 Cannes-winning ads.]
 
 
Film: “A new Leica ‘100’ advertisement, relating to the Leica 100 year centennial and celebrating the opening of the Leica Gallery in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It recreates 35 historical Leica photos.”

 
 
Cyber: “Gisele Bündchen – I WILL WHAT I WANT.” “Gisele knows what it means to live under the microscope, amongst the noise of contradicting opinions. But will beats noise.“

 
 
Radio: “To mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Soundcloud and Grey Berlin created an acoustic reconstruction of the Berlin Wall.“

 
 
Product Design: “Geometry Global created a no-tech, simple product to help the people of Cambodia prevent iron deficiency. The fish-shaped piece of iron, which symbolized hope and good luck in the community, is cooked in the person’s meal for 10 minutes and can contribute 75% of a person’s daily required iron intake.”

 
 
Media: Y&R Istanbul created an app for Vodafone that allowed women in a domestic abuse situation to seek help from three pre-selected friend. But the app couldn’t be mass marketed, so it was promoted within makeup tutorials, on clothing tags, and when the person copied and pasted an offer code.”