In a world full of marketing clutter, some ad agencies argue that the best way to get your product noticed is to be as offensive as possible.
This can come be achieved in many ways, from being grotesque to sexist. The important thing to remember is to retain that shock inducing quality that will get someone to feel an emotional connection to your ad. Sometimes that means taking the risk you could induce severe anger or nausea.
This slideshow represents some of best of the worst in advertising, from missing limbs to re-edited porn clips.
17 Examples of Offensive PR
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Poorly Placed Advertising
American Ad Bloopers
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Offensive Advertising Mistakes
Mega Logo Blunders
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Pushing Gross Packaging
New Images on U.K. Cigarette Packs
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12 Sexist Axe Advertisements
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Scandalous Beer Commercials
Is Guinness 'Good Times' Sexist, Indecent, or Both?
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Sexist Ads To Appeal to Men
Axe Cottage Ads
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Sexist Ads
Pretty Women as Shoe Brushes
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Radical Advertising
Provocative Exhibit About Advertising (Adbusters, Banksy, LaChapelle)
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Skinned Animals as Advertising
Skinless Argentina 2008 Shows The Other Part of a Fur Coat
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Murder Realism as Advertising
Print Campaign for '13th Street Murders'
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Share Burgers
BK Six Pack + Sexist Commercial
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Bloody Urinals as Advertising
Dexter Guerrilla Campaign
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Grossvertising
Extended Stay Glamorizes Flatulence
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When Bad Ads Attack
Biopiscinas
Related Ideas
MySpace Inspired Fashion Ads
Diesel Intimates Campaign
Runway Holograms -Â The Deisel Fashion Show Brings Grungewear to Otherworldy Dimensions
Poorly Placed Advertising
American Ad Bloopers
Chocolate Sexy
Axe Dark Temptation Ads Have Gone Guerrilla in the Streets
F-ck the Environment
Diesel's Global Warming Ready Campaign
Naughty Superman Vision?
Axe 'Bullet' Lets You See Through Clothing (Ad)
18 Unique Ways to Enjoy Cigarettes, Slowly Killing Yourself
Hot Women Washing Naked Men
The Axe Detailer Guy Wash
Fake Sexy
The Axe Towel
Shocking Cigarette Labels
UK Follows Canada With Graphic Attempt to Discourage Smoking
Assvertising Your Number
Che Magazine Ad
Diesel Website (and Salesman) Hijacked by Two Lingerie Models
VitaCig
Healthy Cigarettes?
Farty Pants
Designed To Mask The Smell Of Flatulence
Scandalous Beer Commercials
Is Guinness 'Good Times' Sexist, Indecent, or Both?
Smoke-Free Cigarettes
NicStics
World's Dirtiest Film
Axe Ad
Sexist Ads To Appeal to Men
Axe Cottage Ads
Cartoons Against Cigarettes
"A Magical Amount" Truth Campaign
Edible Business Cards
Arigatou Co. Prints on Nuts, Pasta and More
Diesel Disco Dance Lessons
Footwear Ad is The Next Viral Video
$100 000 For A Pack Of Jeweled Cigarettes
Sexually Confused Ads
Axe Gets “So Cute” With Disney-Style Commercial
Top 8 Axe/Lynx Ads + Lynx Effect
Ketchup Phone Numbers
Axe's Flirty Sauce Commercial
Diesel fashion label launches wines
Butt Out Electronically
Ruyan Battery-Powered Electronic Cigarettes
Lungs Made of Cigarettes
"Stop Consuming Your Body" Anti-Smoking Campaign
Sexist Subways
Women-Only Transit In Seoul
Electronic Cigarette Helps You Stub Out The Habit
Cigarettes and Alcohol Used to Market Fashion
Diesel Pushes Limits
Advertising Bloopers
International Ads Lost in Translation
Sexist Days?
Move Over Pirate Day, Here Comes 'Bitch Day'
Cigarette Drawings
Smoking Kills More Than Hitler & Bin Laden
Fart Pads
The Subtle Butt Gas Absorber
Fake Websites
Pretty Women Lure You to Fake Sites, and Sixt Gets Your Attention
3 Shocking M & M Ads
Mother Horrified That M & M is Licking Himself
The Smoker's Bib
Fall Asleep With Your Lit Cigarette and Live
Political Parody Ads
Axe's Hillary Clinton Spoof
Cigarettes as Lipstick
Anti-Smoking Ads Target Self-Conscious Females
Painted Peanuts
Short Films Go Nuts
Tracking Your Vices
Cigarette Counter Tallies How Much You Smoke in a Day
Luxurious Lodging
Extended Stay Apartments
Candy Sunflower Nuts
Sunny Seed Drops
An Ode to Axe
Thanksgiving Video Appreciates Intimate Encounters
Famous Portraits Made of Sushi
Ken Kawasumi's "Sunflowers"
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