AdMirror

On these pages we’ll introduce you to a collection of ads created by different agencies but based on similar idea or image. We don’t claim these ads to be stolen or plagiarised — it almost never can be justified. The only people who know for sure are the authors themselves. So we are just drawing your attention to the fact of these mysterious coincidence.

Print: Serve: Manhole cover

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Released:	January 2008
Brand name:	FAMILY VIOLENCE HELPLINE
Agency:	Serve
Country:	USA
Category:	Public awareness messages
Tags:	Manhole Social Advertising Creative outdoor Creative review Public awareness advertising: child abuse

Credits:

Don't let child abuse remain unseen.

Advertising Agency: SERVE, Milwaukee, USA
Creative Director: Gary Mueller
Art Directors: Laure Arthur, Jody Spychalla
Copywriters: Morgan Kuchnia, Jon Krill
AEs: Sara Dahmen, Heather Aldrich
Photographer: Jeff Salzer
Printing: BP Graphics

Print: Amnesty International: Manhole sticker

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Released:	September 2007
Brand name:	Amnesty International
Agency:	TBWA\
Country:	Poland
Tags:	Prints PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY Guerilla Social Advertising Work Creative outdoor Manhole

Credits:

Thousands are held prisoners for their beliefs in places worse than this. Write until you free them all.
Amnesty International

Advertising Agency: TBWA, Warsaw, Poland
Creative Director: Pawel Borowski
Art Directors: Sunil Nair, Malgorzata Koterba
Copywriters: Tomasz Gazda, Sunil Nair
Photographer: Szymon Swietochowski