Billboards Trends

Seeking to maintain relevance, traditional marketing tools like billboards are turning to more abstract and engaging techniques for consumer allure. Incorporating installations, immersive visuals and live-action elements into their marketing techniques, billboards are going beyond traditional print strategies to reinvent how large-scale campaigns are perceived.
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Testosterone Replacement Therapy Programs
Testosterone Replacement Therapy Programs
Rugiet Expands Its Health Offerings
Rugiet — a men's health company that surpassed 100 million dollars in revenue in 2025 and has treated over $400,000 — has launched a testosterone replacement therapy program that includes... MORE
Activity Gear Billboards
Activity Gear Billboards
Ocean Spray's Reclaim Happy Hour Activation Got Australians Up & Moving
As more adults embrace mindful drinking and nightlight shifts in accordance, happy hour is being reinvented, as seen in Ocean Spray's Reclaim Happy Hour activation. Rather than positioning... MORE
Wrestler-Inspired Lollipop Ads
Wrestler-Inspired Lollipop Ads
Chupa Chups Promoted a Packaging Update with a Lucha Libre Campaign
Chupa Chups recently introduced easier-to-open wrappers so that fans can get at its lollipops with less effort, and to celebrate the end of the fight to open packaging, the brand launched an... MORE
Road Safety-Focused QSR Campaigns
Road Safety-Focused QSR Campaigns
McDonald's Türkiye Launched a Campaign Called Drink & Drive
McDonald's Türkiye has launched a campaign called 'Drink & Drive,' which creatively reinterprets the standard road safety warning against drinking alcohol by applying it instead to coffee... MORE
Inaugural Vodka Billboard Campaigns
Inaugural Vodka Billboard Campaigns
ALB Vodka Introduces Its First Billboard in New York City
The spirits brand ALB Vodka has expanded its New York City out-of-home advertising campaign with its first billboard. Located above the Lincoln Tunnel, this marketing center complements existing... MORE
Interactive Embrace Billboards
Interactive Embrace Billboards
giffgaff's Huggable Poster Conveys the Feeling of Being Valued
April 1st marks Price Hike Day in the UK, a date when various price increases for household bills come into effect, and mobile provider giffgaff, which protects its members from mid-contract price... MORE
Kebab-Inspired Restaurant Totems
Kebab-Inspired Restaurant Totems
KFC Calls Attention to Its New Döner Menu via its Totems
KFC has introduced its new döner menu in Spain through a campaign that physically repurposes the brand’s iconic restaurant totems into functioning, giant-scale kebab rotisseries. This was made... MORE
Interactive Advertising Installations
Interactive Advertising Installations
Intimissimi's 'Feel the Billboard' Uses Tactile Advertising
Intimissimi’s Feel the Billboard campaign introduces a tactile approach to outdoor advertising by integrating a real cashmere swatch into street‑level billboards. The installation was placed in... MORE
Live-Printed Billboards
Live-Printed Billboards
HP Showed Off the Power of Its Smart Tank Printers One A4 Sheet at a Time
It can be captivating to watch a billboard come to life in real time, and HP's campaign for its Smart Tank printers transformed a format people usually glance at in passing into a live, unfolding... MORE
Pick-Your-Own Bouquet Billboards
Pick-Your-Own Bouquet Billboards
5,000 Tesco Mother’s Day Tulips Formed an Interactive Display
For Mother's Day in the UK, grocery and general merchandise retailer Tesco promoted Tesco Mother’s Day Tulips with a dynamic installation at King's Cross Station. This activation spelled "Need... MORE
Experiential Poster
Physical, touchable media is being reintroduced to deepen sensory engagement
Trend - Brands are incorporating tactile elements into billboards and posters to create immersive, multi-sensory experiences. From textured surfaces to interactive materials, these physical formats invite touch and smell, transforming passive ad spaces into memorable, hands-on brand encounters.

Insight - As consumers grow increasingly desensitized to purely visual, screen-based advertising, tactile displays offer a powerful way to break through by engaging senses of touch and smell—emotionally resonant and memory-linked triggers. Therefore, by introducing physical or olfactory interaction into public media, brands can spark moments of surprise, curiosity, and deeper cognitive imprinting while encouraging organic sharing of these novel encounters.
Workshop Question - How can your brand use physical interaction to create more memorable consumer touchpoints?
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Athletic Event-Timed Tech Campaigns
Athletic Event-Timed Tech Campaigns
TCL Ran a Comprehensive Ad Campaign During the Olympics
This year, TCL — a worldwide Olympic and Paralympic partner and consumer electronics brand — launched a comprehensive outdoor advertising campaign and series of public brand activations across... MORE
Unfiltered Review Campaigns
Unfiltered Review Campaigns
Dove r/eal reviews Shares Positive and Negative Customer Opinions
Dove's Intensive Repair 10-in-1 Serum Mask—2025's most awarded hair repair mask—is the focus of the Dove r/eal reviews campaign, which features honest consumer reviews, positive and negative,... MORE
Snow-Accented Beer Ads
Snow-Accented Beer Ads
These Stella Artois Ads Create the Illusion of a Frothy Chalice
Recently, Toronto recorded the snowiest single day in its history (Toronto Pearson Airport recorded 46 cm of snow and up to 56 cm was observed downtown) and Stella Artois ads at the Ontario capital... MORE
Privileged Cookie Campaigns
Privileged Cookie Campaigns
Born of Two Icons Positions OREO Creme Egg as a "Nepo Cookie"
To bring attention to the new and limited-edition OREO Creme Egg Cookie, Saatchi & Saatchi and Mondelēz International launched the Born of Two Icons campaign, playfully celebrating the mashup... MORE
Fragrance Scavenger Hunts
Fragrance Scavenger Hunts
Lancôme Created a Peachy Scavenger Hunt Around Its Newest Perfume
For the launch of its latest fragrance, Idôle Peach N’ Roses Eau de Parfum, Lancôme teamed up with Olivia Rodrigo for a multi-city Peachy Scavenger Hunt that invites fans to explore, discover... MORE
Culinary Tradition Food Campaigns
Culinary Tradition Food Campaigns
The Merchant Gourmet 'Yes Chef!' Campaign is Running Now
The Merchant Gourmet 'Yes Chef!' campaign has been created by the Insiders creative studio to encourage consumers to embrace their inner chef as well as culinary tradition. The campaign is... MORE
New Year-Focused Car Campaigns
New Year-Focused Car Campaigns
Kia Boasts the Redesigned 2027 Telluride SUV in a Festive Campaign
Kia is running a promotional event centered around the debut of the redesigned 2027 Telluride SUV. As part of this marketing initiative, the brand is running a prominent visual display in New York... MORE
Data-Driven Digital Experiences
Data-Driven Digital Experiences
Samsung Unveiled a Color-Changing Installation in London
Samsung unveiled a data-driven digital experience in Piccadilly Circus, inviting people in London to see the collective mood represented by a color-changing display. Created with Cheil UK, the... MORE
Pet-Finding Billboards
Pet-Finding Billboards
Hrvatski Telekom Created Scented Billboards That Attract Lost Dogs
Croatian telecom company Hrvatski Telekom collaborated with creative agency Bruketa&Zinic&Grey to create scented billboards that are useful for locating missing pets. More dynamic than the average... MORE
Heritage-Driven Boot Campaigns
Heritage-Driven Boot Campaigns
The Red Wing Made the Hard Way Goes Against Sneaker Drops
The Red Wing Made the Hard Way campaign is being launched by the footwear brand as a way to dig in deeper into its heritage and take things in a different direction within the shoe industry. The... MORE
Stay-Put Beauty Ads
Stay-Put Beauty Ads
Maybelline Used Its Grippy Serum Primer to Paste Up Posters in NYC
Beauty lovers want grippy primers that stay put and lock makeup in place for long wear, and Maybelline New York is putting the power of its Grippy Serum Primer to the test in NYC, using the product... MORE
Festive Scratch-and-Sniff Billboards
Festive Scratch-and-Sniff Billboards
Subway's Interactive Ad Shares the Aroma of Stuffing
To celebrate the arrival of a new festive sub sandwich, Subway set up a scratch-and-sniff billboard in London made with stuffing-topped bread. The interactive billboard provides passersby with a... MORE
Wishlist-Spotlighting Billboards
Wishlist-Spotlighting Billboards
Sephora Canada Features Customer Wishlists on Holiday Billboards
Sephora Canada turned customer wishlists into public declarations with a holiday campaign that puts beauty product hints on billboards. Canadians were invited to DM the brand with their most-wanted... MORE
Comfortable Aesthetic Tech
Comfortable Aesthetic Tech
Peninsula Medical Group & Boston Aesthetic Embrace Engineered Comfort
Peninsula Medical Group and its U.S. partner, Boston Aesthetics, are working to position a new category of aesthetic technology centered on the principle of 'Engineered Comfort.' The core... MORE
Anti-Black Friday Chocolate Campaigns
Anti-Black Friday Chocolate Campaigns
This FATSO Black Friday Campaign Claps Back at the Industry
This FATSO Black Friday campaign has been created through a partnership with the Lowkey Creative Studio as an initiative that cheekily goes against the retail grain this fall. The out of home... MORE