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I've received numerous request from ad professionals to provide research material for specific industries, regions or brands. First we launched the browse feature here on Ads of the World, which enables you to search about 18 thousand ads. But now we have a much bigger offer to give you.

Ads of the World Research is a new service offered from Ads of the World and GlobalAdSource. Ads of the World Research will provide you with instant access to global advertising content with an easy-to-use database.

Whether you are researching an industry, brand or specific campaign, our search engine provides you with up-to-the-minute sources from all over the world.

We provide you with instant access to high resolution advertising content as well as simple metadata that helps you sort through content to find what you need, when you need it.

We have over 2 million advertisements from over 40 countries at your disposal. You can begin using the database immediately by creating searches.

What if there were no stop signs and a major corporation was charged with inventing one?

I complete more than 10 years of passion in
advertising this month as a teacher and as an ad professional...This piece was written by Ram of Mudra communications - Chennai -India when he felt that nothing was wright there in advertising.. he still is in the line but the feeling ,I guess is true to most ad professionals...so here we go...

Two days back I just felt that advertising is not happening and I haven’t done anything solid that I can talk about…. While this thought was running on my head for quite some time…it just burst out and I felt, I should take a break …… then that million dollar question came and struck my head ,’ if not advertising what then? ‘

Two days prior to the kick-off of UEFA EURO 2008™, adidas presents the tournament’s stars supersized. A 17-meter-high huddle of players welcomes fans at the Zurich train station. At the Vienna Prater, a Petr Cech likeness 42 meters in size sporting eight arms holds even the most impossible shots – and in front of the MuseumsQuartier in Vienna, fans can marvel at giant-sized football boots which are the bigger than life versions of what some of Europe’s best players will be wearing during the tournament.

Zack Snyder is offering you the opportunity to create "Veidt Enterprises" TV commercials that could end up in the feature film WATCHMEN, scheduled to be released in theaters on March 6, 2009.

To get started, download the standard definition and/or high definition assets from the links below, and then shoot your own original TV commercial that advertises one of the products! Remember, the movie is set in 1985, so TV commercials should be in 4:3 aspect ratio (so it looks like standard TV, not widescreen) and they should be either 15, 30 or 60 seconds in length. The products are all made by "Veidt Enterprises," and you can download the product logos for your use as well.

Make your TV commercial in NTSC standard definition (720x486) or higher resolution, upload it, and then others can vote on your work. The contest ends on June 2, 2008. The 40 finalists will win signed posters from Zack Snyder. The top five finalists from user votes will win High-Definition Canon Vixia HG10 camcorders. Up to 20 of Zack's favorite finalists will win $1000.00, and have a chance to be included in the WATCHMEN feature film itself.

Contest Website: http://youtube.com/watchmenmovie

About Watchmen
A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, the film is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the “Doomsday Clock” – which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union – is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion – a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers – Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity…but who is watching the Watchmen?

For more information visit: http://watchmenmovie.com/

Check out the stop motion video for Get-out-and-play. And here are the making of images and the video too.

We've made a very slight update on the way content is displayed on the site. If you notice anything incorrect please let us know here in the comments. Hope you like the updated look!

Check out this collection of business cards that feature a bunch of great ideas! Here is part one on the same topic of creative business cards.

If you liked it, digg the story: http://digg.com/business_finance/Cool_business_card_designs_Part_2

Hillary-ious and strangely addictive to watch game. Kudos to the Obama fans, who have done this viral. ;) If she gets stuck, you can help her out by dragging with your mouse to fall further.

Here are a few invitations you may use to join:

LinkedIn Ads of the World group
http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/60649/2D32F507E322

LinkedIn Advertising Professionals group
http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/60700/72C35A6D7531

Ads of the World members who have registered at least 30 days ago are all pre-approved to these two groups!

Intrusive and in-your-face, ambient ads are set to sweep the advertising world and consumers off their feet with highly contextual ads found everywhere in public places, from store and street floors, to restrooms, escalators and buildings.

For its new book on outstanding ambient ads, Page One Publishing is now looking for projects that successfully bring together ingenuity, interactivity, execution and effectiveness. The book offers a platform for the creatives behind brilliant ambient ad projects, while bringing wider publicity for the featured ads.

We welcome all designers, creative agencies and companies to submit their creative and eye-catching ambient ads, and to be part of a publication that will entertain and inspire consumers and advertising professionals alike.

Submissions deadline is 15 March 2008. We look forward to seeing your projects!

Selected works will be featured in a full-colour, 240-page, 210 X 280 mm hardcover book entitled ADapt, which will be published and distributed worldwide in September 2008.

Please send a brief write-up of the ad along with a few sample images to:

Melody Tan

E-mail: melody_tan@pageonegroup.com

Or

Li Jen Tan

E-mail: lijen_tan@pageonegroup.com

Coca-Cola: Bill Frist and Jam

Semi-Pro Super Bowl Ad w/ Will Ferrell as "Jackie Moon"

Universal Pictures Wanted Movie

Bud Light

Huh! I have a hunch this would not get approved today!

Is this video going too far?

Ads of the World gets mention in Macworld magazine! Thank you! :)

Ads of the World: This site has been around for a while, but I overlooked its usefulness for a while before I realized what an incredibly inspirational design resource it is. Ads of the World is sort of like an online version of the Communication Arts magazines you’ll see floating around every design shop and ad agency in the world. AOW puts on display some of the most unique and creative ad agency work from around the world. While the work is all user-submitted, it must pass through a tough panel of judges in order to end up on display. Of particular interest to American designers is the visual freedom designers have in other parts of the world. Something we could only dream of, or not, as the case may be.