Awesome Billboards and Outdoor Advertising

Billboard With Empty Toilet Paper Roll

2009-11-20T08:00:00.000-05:00

Haven't we all been there -- about to take a comfortable dump under a billboard only to realize that the toilet paper hasn't been replaced. FML.

Self-Destructing Billboard

2009-11-19T08:11:00.000-05:00

We have once wished for billboards that you could just turn off, but this one is even better -- after enough pissed off motorist complain, the billboard simply explodes. How awesome is that? Caught on video, too.

"The Pot of Gold Is Here" Billboard

2009-11-18T08:06:00.000-05:00

One thing that we like more than billboards is rainbows, and one thing that we like even more is a billboard with a rainbow -- now, how often do you see that? (This one is for some kind of lottery).

Holes'R'Us Billboard

2009-11-17T08:00:00.000-05:00

A billboard for Makita drills made out of a whole bunch -- 20,562, we counted -- of holes.

Billboard In Which a Boy Moves Part of a Building

2009-11-16T07:45:00.000-05:00

Kids. They can never take anything from the top of the pile. No, it always has to be that one in the middle. Wonder how many parents cringe when they see this billboard for milk, although you'd be forgiven to think it's for Lego, as we did.

Photographs Taken From Behind Billboards

2009-11-14T03:07:00.000-05:00

Stephen Gill

Photographs Taken From Under Billboards

2009-11-14T03:02:00.000-05:00

Branislav Kropilak

Shout-Out to Awesome Billboardom Reader

2009-11-13T19:59:00.000-05:00

Your enthusiasm, sir, is contagious.

Billboard Glued Over Child

2009-11-13T02:44:00.001-05:00

Neglected children are made to feel invisible. Children who don't eat their veggies get glued to the freaking wall.

Billboard Made of 7,563 Dice

2009-11-12T02:20:00.000-05:00

When God doesn't play dice with the universe, he arranges them into awesome bus shelter billboards that then get written up in Make.

Phuket On a Billboard

2009-11-12T02:16:00.000-05:00

Very phunny.
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Billboard Promotes Facebook Page

2009-11-11T02:04:00.001-05:00

- It's time for us to build a robust social media strategy.
- Hm. Let's build a Facebook page?
- Awesome! And buy some social ads to drive fans, too!
- Nah. Social ads don't drive clickthroughs. Unlike billboards.

Actually, this one is pretty awesome.
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Cute Billboards From the 50s

2009-11-11T01:07:00.000-05:00

Chevron Supreme Gasolene must have been so good that these dudes are, like, sniffing it. Either they, or whoever drew this billboard. Lots more here. There are retro billboards around Billboardom, too, if that's your thing.

Really Bad Billboards

2009-11-10T01:55:00.002-05:00

You know how there's a blog full of nothing but awesome billboards, right? Well, we've found our evil twin - The Bad Billboard Project. And by bad, we (and they) mean pretty crappy.

"Play With Doggie" Interactive Wall

2009-11-10T01:00:00.000-05:00

Sniff from karolina sobecka on Vimeo.

A simple 3D camera that detects your "location, proximity, motion, speed" can do some serious magic, it turns out.
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Awesome Billboards, Now on Twitter

2009-11-09T11:23:00.000-05:00

If Twitter is how you keep up to date with stuff, then let us invite you to Billboardom's very own brand spanking new @billboardom. So brand spanking new, in fact, that it still smells of fresh paint and its counters are still at the pristine zero. And how often do you get to be the first subscriber?

We promise very little noise -- just the headline updates and a free bonus track every now and then.

Could You Live in a Billboard?

2009-11-09T01:34:00.001-05:00

More and more people affected by the mortgage crisis are moving out of McMansions and into remodeled billboards vacated by the recession-hit advertising industry. (As irony would have it, this house above used to be a billboard for a mortgage broker.) The lucky ones find urban spots with excellent commutes. Others -- not so much. Yet others are upgrading to a more modern design.

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Law and Order Interrogation Billboard

2009-11-09T00:56:00.000-05:00

Billboard promoting Law and Order in New Zealand.
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Cool Billboard for Ravensburger Puzzle

2009-11-08T00:35:00.001-05:00

We feel like they should've made the concrete debris look more like puzzle pieces, but whatever. Still pretty awesome.
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Billboard for a Bread Hole

2009-11-07T01:28:00.000-05:00

There are two things in Switzerland: banks and holes. Some holes, like cheese holes, are famous, recession-proof, and enjoy brisk sales. Other holes, like the bread hole on this billboard, aren't doing so great and could use some publicity. Business as usual.

Turn This Billboard Off

2009-11-07T00:29:00.000-05:00

Don't you sometimes wish all billboards (except the ones featured here, of course) came with a light switch? Well, this one does. Here's to the start of a trend.

Cuban Propaganda Billboards

2009-11-04T01:24:00.000-05:00

Billboardom has just reached its 666th post. Without any connection whatsoever, we are bringing you a collection of political outdoor propaganda from Cuba (in Russian, but understandable).

"Nice Headlamps" Billboard for Auto Company

2009-10-30T16:38:00.000-05:00

Banned. *Sigh*. Added to the growing collection of billboards that are too NSFW.

DHL Billboard in a Giant Box

2009-10-30T01:36:00.000-05:00

Cute. If you have a billboard you need to ship somewhere, call 341-7400.
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Playboy Billboard: Boobs of Light

2009-10-30T01:24:00.002-05:00

Look at this. What are you seeing? If you are seeing what the billboard's authors think you should be seeing, then you are on a wrong blog; you need to be on Fleshbot or something.

No, seriously: "We use a poster, the full impact of which only becomes clear once night falls. During the day, you can only see the Playboy logo on a gold background. At night, the poster is lit so that the circles of light form two breasts."

This old wet t-shirt Playboy billboard below? Classic. The light boobs? Kinda meh.