1. PlayStation Console - "rebirth"
This ad, showing a woman giving birth to an adult man, won the Grand Prix for best press and poster ad at Cannes. Continuing a long line of attention-grabbing ads for PS2, it certainly fits with TBWA's "disruption" philosophy - someone who isn't even slightly disturbed by this ad must boast a cast-iron stomach.
Country: France
Agency: TBWA\Paris Boulogne-Billancourt
Writer: Eric Helias
Art director: Jorge Carreno
2. Red Cross Mozambique - "Joao"
A doorway has scribbles where Joao has marked off his height with the passing years. At age 21, his markings suddenly go down, not up. He's now in a wheelchair having lost his legs because of a landmine. Simple and powerful.
Country: Mozambique
Agency: Golo Publicidade Maputo
Writer: Tiago Fonseca
Art director: Nuno Vasco
3. Family Plan Medical - "Van Gogh"
This is part of a series of ads where the message is: "Don't forget the family." So we see Van Gogh's self-portrait with the family you never realised he had. James Bond and Che Guevara receive similar treatment with their wives and children crawling out of the woodwork. An entertaining idea which perfectly communicates the brand's message.
Country: Spain
Agency: Contrapunto Madrid
Writer: Fernando Perez
Art director: Ruben Navio
4. Coca-Cola - "man in the shadow"
This spot for Coca-Cola looks more like a simple photograph rather than the bright and breezy advertising which is more usual for Coke. It shows a man sleeping in the shade of a few Coca-Cola crates on a very hot day. It manages to portray the brand in a friendly, affectionate light, no mean feat for a brand anti-globalisation protesters love to hate. A second spot shows a barber using an empty Coca-Cola bottle for his water spray.
Country: India
Agency: McCann-Erickson India
Writer: Prasoon Joshi
Art director: Akshay Kapnadak
5. Buenos Aires Zoo - "polar bear"
The cost of entry to Buenos Aires zoo to see real polar bears is better value for money than buying a stuffed one. Giraffes are given the same treatment in a second ad. Witty, cute and to the point.
Country: Argentina
Agency: Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi
Writer: Mariano Serkin
Art director: Inaki Gonzalez Del Solar
6. Medicos sin Fronteras - "earthquake"
The devastation of an earthquake is softened by the gentle cartoonish nature of this ad. Our hero in the top-left corner is trying to cope with chaos and save lives, but he needs more volunteers to help him. A gentle way of communicating a serious message.
Country: Spain
Agency: McCann-Erickson Madrid
Writer: David Moure
Art director: Victor Aguilar
7. Canadian Film Centre - "toilet"
This series of ads for Toronto's short film festival places the emphasis squarely on the "short" factor, while poking fun at the corny cliches synonymous with film plots. So we see a screenplay written on a single piece of toilet paper: "A bank robber attempts to hold up a bank. He discovers the bank is closed for a national holiday. The end."
Country: Canada
Agency: Taxi Toronto
Writer: Jonathan Careless
Art director: Lance Martin
8. Julian Wolkenstein Photography - "bowls"
All three spots in this campaign show images that have been chopped down the centre to give a disorientating effect. So we see a bowls team that've won a trophy, split into two, with one half dejectedly holding one handle. Next is a class photo with a huge chasm down the middle. The third is a wedding photo with a stroppy bride pulling a face, a million miles away from her groom.
Country: New Zealand
Agency: Colenso BBDO Auckland
Writers: Toby Talbot, Leo Premutico
Art directors: Leo Premutico, Tony Talbot
9. Super Pages - "Chinatown"
These spots promote the Canadian telephone directory Super Pages in a novel way. Instead of concentrating on the information within the directory, "Chinatown" shows a street with all the Chinese shopfronts. But instead of having the name of the business, there is a page number in Chinese-style fonts. A second spot shows a signpost for a mall boasting page numbers instead of business names.
Country: Canada
Agency: Palmer Jarvis DDB
Writer: Joseph Bonnici
Art director: Daryl Gardiner
10. Diesel - "psychoanalysis"
This print campaign for Diesel would make those good people at Millward Brown foam at the mouth. It makes a mockery of the endless research that can precede an advertising campaign with fictional and uninformative facts such as how you can psychoanalyse a Diesel individual by the way they put their hands in their pockets. A confident type, for instance, hooks one thumb into the pocket. Two other executions take the joke further, with one referring to those Diesel individuals who clean their glasses by licking the lenses. Nowt so queer as folk.
Country: Italy
Agency: KesselsKramer
Writer: Lorenzo De Rita
Art director: Pim Van Nunen
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