The Metropolis

Bad Men: Five offensive adverts from the ad industry's super-offensive Chip Shop Awards

Mike Pollitt | Tuesday 1 May, 2012 11:22

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The Chip Shop awards are held in London next month. They reward advertising creativity regardless of whether the adverts concerned were published, commissioned, or fall within the bounds of acceptable social discourse. As such, they are a repository for some of the baser instincts of the advertising world.

Here are five of this year’s finalists.


Considerate Suicide by Elvis Communications, theoretically for TFL (big image here)


Bucket by Big Communications, theoretically for KFC


No Jewish Passengers Allowed by Elvis, for the History Channel


The Face of JD by Marketecture, theoretically for JD Sports


Same Shit Different Day by Not News International, theoretically for the Sun on Sunday

See more here.
The winners will be announced on June 13 at a ceremony at Ministry of Sound.

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