My fascination with advertising and graphic design in general dates back to who knows when. Nowadays, pretty much everyone and their mother fancies themselves a graphic designer, myself included. But installing Photoshop and editing your Facebook pictures or adding “funny” text to a picture of a cat does not make you a good graphic designer.
And when it comes to the world of advertising, well, you have two options. Create stuff that anybody could do (almost everybody), or be a creative genius. Here are some examples of creative advertising I managed to find on the web.
My personal favorites in this particular gallery, judging on creativity alone, are the Koleston billboard, the Folgers manhole cover (although I doubt the smell helps), the Mr. Clean one and the dental insurance one.
Oh! And this is only Part One. There’ll be more coming.
The Iceberg.
August 26, 2009 at 11:29 am
[...] What do you think? My personal favorites this time around are the BMW and the Jesus ones, because of their play on another sign (as opposed as I am to the catholic church, I’ll admit their sign placement made me laugh), the office products one with the Liquid Paper™, the yoga straw, and well, it doesn’t get any more genius than the McDonald’s one. The “depletion of the rainforest so you can dry your hands” one, by the WWF, was cool, as well. The one with the guy washing his hands in the bathroom is for some psychiatric institution, hence the other guy in the mirror. And the Spiderman one was pretty clever, I guess. And according to what I read, the one with the paint isn’t an ad for a paint company, but for Nationwide Insurance. Still, it’s a classic. I’ll be on the lookout for another 20 clever/funny ads. In the meantime, I hope you liked these, and the previous gallery which can be found here. [...]