Favorite print ads, series 5

below:  Chanel 

 

above and below:  Sicis tiles

above:  Armstrong  

below:  Holly Hunt 

Favorite print ads, series 4

Blue and red from SoyJoy:

A girl carried away on a balloon from Moodstreet.

Colorfully braided hair from Roberto Cavalli:

Black, white, and yellow from Yellow Cab:

Black, white, detail, design, color - it comes together perfectly... by Urban Decay:

Favorites: Print ads, Series 3

Great colors from Banana Republic:

This doens't translate as well on-screen, but it's a close-up of the texture of a Cole Haan purse:

I like all of Lacoste's flying people ads - but this one of the company founder is the best:

I not only fly with Donald Pliner, I like his ads, too.  The shoes are hideos, but the ad is well-done.

For the Ralph Lauren ad below (one page of a two-page spread), the same as above.... don't like the purse, but the ad definitely catches my eye.

The small scale of this Vera Wang ad image doesn't do it justice - it's a beautiful muted palatte:

Almost tacky, but colorful and eye-catching!  Dog food from Cesar:

This Natural cosmetics ad gets the Close But No Cigar award - great concept but it doesn't quite come together.  The text color and layout don't mix well:

Jones New York....  colors: ick!  and the model looks like a mannequin:

It's tough to create a good ad with an ugly product - toilets have the problem as well.  Although this ad tries admirably, I still hate Crocs and this ad even admits how hideous they are:  "It's hard to believe the parents were ugly..."

Favorites: Recent print advertisements, Series 2

Above:  an ad introducing the newest branch of the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

Below:  an origami cow in a Whiskas cat food ad.

Below are a series of ads for a cable station following the Pope on his recent visit.

All of the above images are courtesy of Ads Of The World.

Below:  images from the Powerful Beefscapes campaign. The valley is broccoli and the mountains are pieces of steak:

Favorites: Recent print advertisements

Diamond rings on a ribbon from Tiffany:

Eye-catching and amusing Florida Grapefruit ad ("It has less than 100 calories per serving.  I burn that off just standing here staring at you.")

Claudia Schiffer modeling a Chanel dress (the pink and blue tints come from the other side of the page I scanned - if anyone knows how to prevent this bleed-through, let me know!):

An homage to Moulin Rouge – watches by Piaget:

I don’t know who designed these glasses, but the ad is simple and beautiful:

Jewelry among eye-poppingly luscious strawberries from Sazingg:

The ad design is nothing special, but referring to themselves as a Chocolatier is a clever move by LeVian:

I like the colors, the fading, and especially the palm tree detail at the bottom of this Cadillac ad:

And from Dr. Martens, this is the worst ad I’ve seen in a while - unoriginal, uninspiring, and totally blah: