Less is More on Water Conservation Billboard
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto
on 08.12.08

Another clever billboard telling the public to use only what they need, even as it sucks electricity to deliver its minimalist message to the people of Denver. via ::Adfreak
Summary of other billboards we have admired below:
David Ogilvy, the founder of Ogilvy and Mather, wrote: "I have a passion for landscape, and I have never seen one improved by a billboard. Where every prospect pleases, man is at his vilest when he erects a billboard." To an earlier post on billboards, commenter Todaystoptrend wrote: "There are no acceptable billboards! Please rethink your position!" There is a survey in this for another day, but one must admit that some of them are clever. As McLuhan might have said: Hate the medium, love the message.
Billboards with a Green Message
Solar Powered Billboard Wins Prize feeding power to its neighbours.

It's Not A Billboard, It's a Power Plant although many of our readers think its neither, but a photoshop job.

Pedal Power Lights LED Billboard -a campaign to show how energy-efficient LED lights are.

Billboard Made of Lettuce Grows On You but it is still McDonalds.
Hacked Billboards

The Billboard Liberation Front smelled opportunity here. Quote of the Day: David Ogilvy on Billboards
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