Look around and you might think there’s no space money can’t buy. Spending on ambient advertising, which includes often mundane, sometimes odd out-of-home media like pizza boxes and movie tickets, grew an estimated 6 percent in 2011 to $630 million, per PQ Media. Creatives scrambling to cut through the clutter have gotten increasingly inventive.

“Forms of media [that physically make people stop and look up] are more powerful than ever because everything else has been diluted,” said Roald van Wyk, group creative director at Draftfcb New York. “If you can make it interesting or put a smile on people’s face, it’s more rewarding.” Here’s a look at some unusual ads of late that amused, annoyed or grossed us out.

Metro Ceiling

Mirror bald of shame

Hey, you there: middle-aged guy with the paunch. Feeling self-conscious about losing your hair? No? How about when everyone around you is staring at it? Now, will you pay to fix it? Agency Rethink for Panorama Hair, in Canada.

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