So Who's Up For Creative Advertising?

There's this one website which I always fancy to go to, which is Toxel.com (link on the left of my blog). What I like to see is the creative advertisements created across the world. Simply amazing and mind blowing! I have nothing but respect towards those behind the scenes of creating this advertising 'art'. One thing which makes me, a lil bit curious (you can't help it but to wonder), why are all these adverts found only in the Western and more developed countries? Why isn't there much adverts of such calibre here in Malaysia?

I'm not saying none, as I've seen some interesting adverts here in Malaysia (the one that I can think of right now is Maxis's football advert with the tagline 'By being a better man, you can be a better fan'). I'm not just talking about TV adverts. We're talking billboards, adverts at public transportations, and many more. If you happen to check on Toxel.com, there are some really, really sick adverts; adverts with that 'wowww' factor.

Of course there are some adverts which is not really suitable for our country and will stir some great amount of controversy (like the Axe deodorant commercials you can check out on YouTube). There is however a lot of room to explore the imagination and seek the creative inspiration without being, you know...pervy. So, why can't we see more of these creative adverts in our local scene? Could it be that we're not just...quite there yet? Let me just share with you some example of bus adverts with a simple premise, yet delivers the message very clearly.

Prepare Yourself To Say 'Whoaaaa...'

Another interesting found, courtesy of ZTH.

The premise is simple: two F1 fans hack a McLaren RC car to run off Bluetooth, using their Blackberry Storm to control it. They run the “Office GP” over the weekend, instead of the “important work” they were supposed to do.

The two working lads, Simon and Steve, are supposed to look like two normal guys who have a good time and upload the fun to YouTube. Then McLaren bosses see the video, and decide to have a word.

McLaren decides to adapt the video full-scale, by installing Bluetooth receivers on Lewis Hamilton’s car. Much to the amazement of Simon and Steve, Hamilton himself shows up to the track in Portugal and takes the car for a spin, remotely using his Blackberry Storm to control the McLaren MP4-24 racer.

So is it real, or not? Well, considering BMW did the same thing with Hewlett Packard and there are countless videos and demonstrations of driver-less cars driving around, we don’t see how this could not happen.

by Zack Newmark of World Car Fans

So, sounds too cool to believe it? I'll let the video decide it for you. Roger and out!