Our creative business cards post went down very well so I decided to take a look at some more print-based design today. I scoured the net looking for creative examples of advertising. Some are funny, provoke discussion or are just damn clever. Enjoy these examples this fine friday …

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ASPE Crime Stories - Not sure of the story behind this carrier bag but its a clever design

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Stop n Grow - Another clever carrier bag aimed at you nail biters!

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Casino Di Venezia - A Luggage carousel mocked up as a roulette wheel

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Adidas - Transforming a bridge into German goal keeper Oliver Kahn, scarey stuff indeed

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United States Postal Service - An R2D2 mail box, love it

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City Pulse - Great advert for a cablew news channel

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Lego - A lego crane - excellent!

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BIC Razors - I love these adverts which tamper with the environment they are in

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3M - A million dollars encased in 3Ms security glass

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Ann Summers - Guerilla marketing for sex shop Ann Summers

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St Matthews Church - Advertiosing animal blessings

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Amnesty International - Excellent advert - check out the rest in this series as well

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Creative Advertising that makes you look twice - Another collection from the Pronet Advertising People

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Creative Advertisements - Hemmy provides another collection of great adverts

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Creative Advertising - Another collection from Hemmy

A print of a cup of Folgers coffee was placed on top of manhole covers in New York City, USA. Holes on the print allows the steam to come out. Wordings around the cup reads ‘Hey, City That Never Sleeps. Wake up.” from Folgers.

An innovative idea on a large billboard in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It really makes you want that ‘Heineken’.

This is a great advertisment campaign at Unicenter Shopping Mall in Buenos Aires, Argentina for Valentine’s Day. It magnifies the romantic ambience with a simple idea.

Life-size stickers of people were stuck on automatic sliding doors at a mall in Mumbai, India. When someone approaches the doors move apart and it feels like the people on the door are moving away. The person enters to find the message ‘People Move Away When You Have Body Odour’.

A sticker has been placed on the high voltage box depicting that Duracell’s batteries were used. Cool advertisement found in Malaysia.

An ambient exercise to promote Eatalica burgers. A ‘Caution Wet Floor’ board was placed near an Eatalica burger signboard. The copy on the board reads ‘Oogling at the burger may involuntarily cause drooling which may in turn lead to a wet floor. Issued for your safety by the management of Eatalica restaurant’. Eatalica is an American-Italian Food Joint in Chennai, India.

A life size sticker for the horror movie ‘The Maid’ in Singapore placed near the toilet round the corner. The kind of advertisement that makes you pee in your pants.

A giant mirror was built that allowed passersby to stop and look at themselves wearing Indivi clothes at a shopping mall in Tokyo, Japan

An advertisement for a job recruiting company in Berlin, Germany. Depicting people working in the vending machines, ATMs, it delivers the message that ‘Life is too short for the wrong job’.

Stickers were placed in selected car park locations and car workshops where the product is sold in Malaysia. It delivers the message that M-Tech Plasma HID Lights are 300% brighter than regular headlights. The burn effect sticker from the headlights really leaves an impression.

This controversial idea was done in Dubai by Sandeep Fernandes and Husen Baba Khan for the male deodorant, Axe. The mouse pad that every guy needs.

This is an advertisement found in Vancouver during the National Non-Smoking Week. The car was placed at the Vancouver Art Gallery and the message reads ‘Death from car accidents: 370, Death from smoking-related causes: 6,027, Quit now before it kills you.’

Life size images were stuck on glass doors at shops, airports in South Africa for the advertisement of glass and window cleaner I.C.U. The expression on the face is priceless.

Another creative idea by The Fitness Company. Heavy Weights were placed at various subways in New York City which creates an illusion that the person holding the safety bar is doing weights.

A very cost-effective advertisement in Hong Kong for a yoga school. It showcases the prowess of a yoga practitioner on the flexible stems of drink straws. A surge of enquiries and enrollment went after up this promotional stunt.

This is a creative ad by Mini Cooper placed at the Zurich, Switzerland train station. It gives the perception that the Mini Cooper has a large space.

Our editors have compiled a list of the five most creative advertisements that we've come across in recent time. If we happened to miss any, please leave us a comment. "Continue reading" for the list.

5. Jobsintown

German job finder site Jobsintown got the most for their advertising dollar with these creative posters.

4. 3M Security Glass Advertisement

What better way to test your Security Glass than by creating a display loaded with cash and telling people to kick. That's exactly what 3M did.