30 Powerful and Compelling Public Awareness Print Ads

Public awareness print ads are presented to maintain or improve the understanding of a community. They can persuade people to either contribute a dollar or change lifestyles altogether. For most organizations, raising consciousness is one of the most difficult tasks. Therefore, imaginative minds, who can come up with intriguing concepts, are always in demand.

If you are embarking on a mission to create public awareness prints, remember that your designs must have a sense of urgency and encourage people to ponder on the subject. The effectiveness of your ads is only proven when they start appealing to people’s emotions and are retained in their minds; so before you start on those provocative designs, try to get an idea of what you really need to do. This post showcases 33 public awareness print ads that will give you a taste of what is truly compelling!

Don’t forget to click each image to view its full size. Enjoy!

Fossil – Help us to clean the ocean

Print Ad - Fossil

Fan and Tsunami Painting – If not in use, turn it off

Print Ad - Fan and Tsunami Painting

Don’t kill blockbusters. Choose original DVDs over pirated ones.

Print Ad - Shrek Under Pirated DVD

Save lives. Stub it out.

Print Ad - Stub

The planet is brutally powerful. Respect it. Preserve it.

Print Ad - Airplanes

Help before it’s too late

Print Ad - Graveyard

Exploiting the ecosystem also threatens human lives

Print Ad - Disappearing Shark

A spark is all it takes

Print Ad - Match

Indifference kills

Print Ad - Social Grave

Over 50% of all suicides are committed by senior citizens

Print Ad - Hangman Crochet

2.7 million children in Egypt don’t have a childhood

Print Ad - Egyptian Boy

Education is the only way out

Print Ad - Tea Estate Maze

Don’t treat Diabetes to your heart

Print Ad - Melting Ice Cream Heart

If the tree falls, we all fall

Print Ad - Tree Carrying the World

After the coral reefs completely vanish, humankind will be next

Print Ad - Human Arms Corals

We can’t do it ourselves

Print Ad - Child on a Toy Backhoe

Without your support, his fight is already lost

Print Ad - Old Man Carrying a Bazooka Carpet

Sleepiness is stronger than you

Print Ad - Droopy Eye Accident

The faster you go, the faster you arrive there

Print Ad - Coffin Pedal

If you want a stronger marriage, work on it together

Print Ad - Me to We

Children can be cruel. Teach them that animals have feelings, too

Print Ad - Injured Animal Lego

European Car Free Day

Print Ad - Bicycle with Panda

Make time for your kids while they’re still kids

Print Ad - Grown Man on a Baby Carriage

Today is the World No Tobacco Day. But it shouldn’t just be today.

Print Ad - Burnt Calendar Dates

Old clothes still can warm many people. This winter, donate.

Print Ad - Stacked Clothes Fireplace

Your hands can be dangerous

Print Ad - Monster Hands

All the birds returning again

Print Ad - Captured Birds

Ashes to Ashes: Philip Morris and Philip (Non Smoking Generation)

Print Ad - Ashes

Today 85,000 Belgians won’t remember what they read in their newspaper

Print Ad - Erased News

Rebuild the children

Print Ad - Haitian Children

Looking through bars hurts

Print Ad - Bars

Still there are countries that punish internet free expression

Print Ad - Imprisoned Emoticon

Potty train your e-waste

Print Ad - Robot Potty

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Joan Esperida is a blogger who loves only two things: digital art and cupcakes. She enjoys surfing the internet for the most awesome graphic designs to inspire other design enthusiasts. She is especially delighted by creative and effective marketing and awareness ads. She writes about tips on how to design and print vinyl banners at the UPrinting Blog.

  • http://blog.rethink-design.com Daniel Winnard

    Really great set of adverts. I didn’t like the WWF one with all the planes diving into NYC, thought that was a bit of a tasteless add in respect of what happened.

  • http://www.harmonicemotions.com Massimo Nastasi

    Amazing Adv, thanks

  • http://www.thebrisbaneline.com Evan Skuthorpe

    some great designs here. a couple though, you had to really think about to get what they were conveying, not so good.

  • Victor Makota

    wow.. these are wonderful. a brilliant compilation of great design posters… i’m inspired for sure.

  • http://www.cgvector.com cgvector

    i like this very nice i have also 1 wordpress blog can i use this whith your name on my page

  • http://www.dzinepress.com Dzinepress

    awesome print ads inspiration. thanks

  • http://k-win.fr kevin

    Excellent list! Some trully amazing adds.

  • Henzorator Regulator

    eWaste is the only good one

  • http://www.1stwebdesigner.com Dainis Graveris

    Fantastically inspiring and very educational. We should have more of these!

  • http://www.literaryspring.com Rebecca

    There are some excellent ones in there.

  • http://www.velvetant.net/blog Antonea Nabors

    There are really great. Very effective print advertisement!

  • http://blog.uprinting.com Joan Esperida

    Thanks for all the awesome comments!

    @cgvector: Sure, you’re free to share. :)

  • http://smillamagazine.com benedetta.s

    Absolutely awesome collection! they are all wonderful. thanks a lot!

  • MGDE

    hats off to creative minds with social responsibility…inspiring print ads indeed! thanks for sharing this nice collection.

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  • maria

    Really great ads wow amazing i will use them for sure thank you !

  • Sandman

    I love what the human imagination can achieve. If only we didn’t need these ads. Daniel W: The point is we are ALL destroying ourselves by destroying the planet. Where’s the taste in that? Evan: You’ll find that thinking is actually good. Think about it.

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  • http://mijanmyrmidon.blogspot.com mijan

    lovely entry!love all the picture..
    -from malaysia

  • Dzineblog360

    There are some very interesting ads….make me act positive

  • http://arp-idontcare.blogspot.com/ Arpan

    hey awesome