Brilliant adverts praised for their creativity – including Belfast restaurant Thai Tanic, where food will ‘go smoothly’

A good advertisement should make you think and think, and that certainly applies to these striking designs.

People from all over the world have taken to social media to share photos of the most ingenious advertising campaigns they’ve come across Bored Panda collected the best in an online gallery.

They include a thought-provoking campaign from Germany’s World Wildlife Foundation, which used the evolution of the Twitter logo as a metaphor for birds on the brink of extinction.

Meanwhile, a spicy Thai restaurant in Belfast, Ireland, is called Thai Tanic, with the slogan ‘food that goes down easy’.

Elsewhere, another clever Live Green litter campaign, in Toronto, made a splash with their latest ad.

People from all over the world have taken to social media to share photos of the most ingenious advertising campaigns they’ve come across, and Bored Panda has collected the best into an online gallery. Includes this Canon Camera advertisement on the back of a Suzuki Jimny

The Mississippi Department of Transportation launched a shocking ad campaign against distracted driving that got people talking.

Meanwhile, an IKEA advertisement for an upcoming store opening on London’s Oxford Street has been attracting attention for months.

Here, FEMAIL takes a look at some of the world’s most ingenious advertisements…

Elsewhere, a thought-provoking World Wildlife Foundation, from Germany, used the evolution of the Twitter logo as a metaphor for birds on the brink of extinction

Elsewhere, a thought-provoking World Wildlife Foundation, from Germany, used the evolution of the Twitter logo as a metaphor for birds on the brink of extinction

Meanwhile, a spicy Thai restaurant in Belfast, Ireland, is called Thai Tanic, with the slogan 'food that goes down easy'.

Meanwhile, a spicy Thai restaurant in Belfast, Ireland, is called Thai Tanic, with the slogan ‘food that goes down easy’.

Elsewhere, another clever Live Green litter campaign, in Toronto, made a splash with their latest ad

Elsewhere, another clever Live Green litter campaign, in Toronto, made a splash with their latest ad

Meanwhile, an IKEA advertisement for an upcoming store opening on London's Oxford Street has been attracting attention for months

Meanwhile, an IKEA advertisement for an upcoming store opening on London’s Oxford Street has been attracting attention for months

The Mississippi Department of Transportation launched a shocking ad campaign against distracted driving that got people talking

The Mississippi Department of Transportation launched a shocking ad campaign against distracted driving that got people talking

Meanwhile, an advert for Uber trains, spotted in London, attracted attention for its clever marketing and very large billboard

Meanwhile, an advert for Uber trains, spotted in London, attracted attention for its clever marketing and very large billboard

Irish TV channel TG4 ran this ad to mark the start of the women's Gaelic Football season

Irish TV channel TG4 ran this ad to mark the start of the women’s Gaelic Football season

Meanwhile, IKEA's early 2014 Christmas sale campaign hit the nail on the head with this simple poster

Meanwhile, IKEA’s early 2014 Christmas sale campaign hit the nail on the head with this simple poster

Scotch Whiskey J&B's 1990 Christmas ad was simple but effective: 'the holidays aren't the same without J&B'

Scotch Whiskey J&B’s 1990 Christmas ad was simple but effective: ‘the holidays aren’t the same without J&B’

The National Library of Singapore has released this very clever campaign image of a book that resembles speed lines and the tagline 'Travel faster with a good book'

The National Library of Singapore has released this very clever campaign image of a book that resembles speed lines and the tagline ‘Travel faster with a good book’

A powerful women's helpline campaign by Toronto-based agency G&G won advertising awards for its The House with No Escape campaign

A powerful women’s helpline campaign by Toronto-based agency G&G won advertising awards for its The House with No Escape campaign