Advertising billboard hacking is probably my favourite form of street art. The project “Don’t forget…”, photographed in a subway station in Berlin, is a good reminder of how fake the advertisements you see in your streets and magazines are. The artists simply pasted some photoshop interface boxes and tools to remind that the photos were […]

“Same same, but different!” Anyone who has travelled to Thailand heard that short sentence dozens of times. It is what the sellers in the street shops will tell you to explain that what they are selling is the same thing as what’s in the next shop (which is obvious), but a little better. This sentence […]

When I was a child in the 1970s, beer commercials were not particularly interesting. Obviously, I was far too young to drink so they weren’t really aimed at me, but, even with the benefit of hindsight, it is apparent that they were produced with a very specific customer in mind: A young, working class male […]

This is a guest post by JP Jones, who is currently the Creative Director at Kenneth Hagin Ministries in Broken Arrow, OK, USA. She is also the owner of Paige1Media, a joint venture with Collipsis Web Solutions, LLC. You can also follow her observations of the market and musings on her designer’s resource blog, www.insearchofdesign.com. […]

I may be too lazy to write a long post today, so I’ll just link to this huge list of creative ads compiled by Jacob Cass. He must really have spent a long time putting this together, so take a look at it if you have some time on your hands.

Cube, creative font on Behance Network Beautiful vinyl art Mondo Pasta advertisement Giant Book sofa Photography of Moriyama Daido In Graphics We Trust Clever Heinz advertising Illustrations by Tomi Ungerer James Dawe Illustrations Nice t-shirt If you don’t want to miss any of the links shared, you can of course follow me on my Tumblelog […]

I just happened to stumble on this funny Museum of Anti-Alcohol Posters, a gallery of anti-alcohol soviet propaganda (did you notice how the word propaganda is quickly used to describe russian or chinese advertising, but hardly ever for american stuff?). One thing that always strikes me in these vintage russian ads is the graphic power […]

Fatal attractions Smart contextual advertising Cute little typographic illustration Pixel style graphic design layout Photoshop HDR tutorial Beautiful vinyl turntable Design is thinking made visual Great wall-painted animatio If you don’t want to miss any of the links shared, you can of course follow me on my Tumblelog if you are a Tumblr user.

The baby giraffe is here Daily drawings from the New York Times crosswords SEO guide for designers Zebra striping, does it really help? Brilliant ad for knives The most dangerous species in the mediterranean You can of course follow me on my Tumblelog if you are a Tumblr user.

If you are a social bookmarking sites fan, you should already know this creative poster for Russian Bear vodka. When you look at this poster normally, you’ll just see some random communist propaganda and may not even notice that it is not russian if you can’t read cyrillic characters. If you look at it in […]

The following bad commercials are what saves me when I feel down. I just watch a few of those and I immediately feel better. Bad design, shitty actors, wacky typefaces, everything is so bad in it that it just makes you feel good about yourself. Enjoy! The best of all, an old polish ad that […]

Very strong image for this campaign. Via Ads of the World.

Nice collection of vintage beer labels. Via Coudal.

A cool and relaxing ad.

Creative stuff… via Elmanco.