Sexuality has been employed in advertising since the beginning of advertising itself. Many forms of sexual appeal are used in adverts and they generally utilises a variety of risky elements. They often portray varying degrees of nudity and suggestiveness through the use of attractive models and adult-themed props. Over the past three decades, the use [...]
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Past and future famous logos
The guys over at Stock Logos have been displaying the past and present logos of well known companies along side some predictions of how their future logos may turn out. It’s great to see where current-day logos used by Apple and Starbucks for example originated from. Funnily enough, some of the future predictions seem to [...]
Anamorphic Medusa
Do you remember the ‘Anamorphic typography‘ by Joseph Egan? This Anamorphic Medusa was created by a studio called ‘Truly Design’ using the same eye-deceiving technique. Located in the factory hosted by Sub Urb Art, this mystical piece was created by two talented artists, Ninja1 and Mach505. According to Greek mythology, a single look at Medusa [...]
Day vs night in a single photograph
Photographer Stephen Wilkes spent a minimum of ten hours taking hundreds of shots to create each one of his ‘day vs night’ photographs. Weaving and blending thirty to fifty parts, the photo-collagist extraordinaire created seamless, surrealist scenes of New York City life. For example, The Flatiron Building splits the urban landscape from AM to PM; [...]
Photorealistic BIC pen drawings
At a glimpse they may look like some pretty sharp photos, but actually all these pictures are hand drawn with a humble BIC ball-point pen! Can you believe that? Spanish artist, Juan Francisco Casas uses up to four 14p ball-point pens to create his stunningly photorealistic drawings, measuring up to 10ft (3 meters) high. The [...]
The greatest brandversations
Brandversation, the idea is similar to brand reversioning which is a subject we covered only last month. It probably doesn’t take much explanation (especially for those that caught the previous article) but the concept is simple. You take two competing brands and create alternative logos using the design techniques of the the opposing company. The [...]
60 creative logos
They say a picture speaks a thousand words, and that is definitely true when it come logo design. A well thought out logo design can effectively use a simple icon to leave a deep enough impression for the public. Most logos communicate ideas to people, for instance the kind of quality services a company can [...]
15 impressive billboard ads
Billboard advertisements are designed to catch a person’s attention and create a memorable impression very quickly, leaving the reader thinking about the advertisement long after they have driven past it. As well as targeting a specific audience according to location, billboard ads are also on 24 hours a day. Compare the 24 hour a day [...]
20 creative street ads
The main difference between street art and street advertising is that one can land you to jail, while the other can earn you money. This seems slightly unfair seeing as graffiti artists have to deal with the risk of getting caught over something they produce for free. However, if a company sprays their logo on [...]
17 creative double page magazine ads
About a week ago during the ‘20 minimalist print ads‘ post I mentioned that I wanted to showcase my favourite double page creative magazine adverts. I said I would add this article “in the next few days/weeks (depending on how unreliable I am…)” and here I am six days on keeping to my word. I [...]
