This Week’s 10 Most Talked About Pieces Of Advertising

So once a week, we share the best ads that people are talking about and that have been getting lots of attention. As you would expect, there is a lot left over from the Olympics this week with brands like Adidas, Puma, Volvo and Listerine featuring. Don’t forget to comment on or share any other great ads that you have spotted over the last 7 days.

David Beckham Statues

Just when you thought that marketers around the world had come up with every way of getting their pound of flesh from David Beckham, H&M comes up with the idea of silver statues in the world’s biggest cities.

Bolt Puma Jamaica

Fresh from being the star of the Olympics, the Jamaican sprinter has wrapped himself in a flag for a great ad that instills national pride.

Volvo Tight Rope Trucks

Volvo was always seen as the safe brand, but this video captures it organising a pretty insane trick for their new trucks.

Apple Piss Take

Apple make some pretty cool inspirational videos, but it’s the butt of the joke this week as a chewing gum company mock their videos.

Smart Oreos

The cookie brand have a new site that is doing lots of fun things with cookies. They keep getting lots of coverage and the design is stunning.

Landrover On Mars

The cars that are known for covering all terrain was quick to use the mars trip to their advantage.

Arizona Science Center

We like this advert simply because of the brilliant placement and how it gets you thinking. Very smart!

Siesta World Cup

As a way of launching comedy central in central America, Siesta created this wonderful piece of content around the sleeping world cups.

“Siesta” Comedy Central from ID on Vimeo.

Listerine Bad Breath

Hong Kong was the setting for this piece of smart marketing from Listerine as they wanted to highlight just what an issue bad breath can be for dating.

Team GB Adidas

Fresh from winning so many gold medals at the Olympics, it was only a matter of time before team GB had a lip dub song out.