21 Beautifully Designed Ads for your Inspiration
Here at WDL we understand that inspiration can be found in all media, including print, tv and online ads. A great website to browse to keep the juices flowing when you need inspiration in that area is Ads of the World. For this post I gathered only a few examples of the amazing pieces they have in their galleries. Here you will see creative and beautiful ads that get our attention for it’s typography, images, concept or just by being inspiring. It’s always good to see good designs in other media to keep our mind open to new ideas.
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I love communication, technology, web, design, movies, gastronomy and creativity. Web writer, portuguese/english translator and co founder of @refilmagem & @mentaway Twitter: @gismullr
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31 comments
kim harrison
October 13, 2011Amazing, beautifully designed well thematic also.
David Radovanovic
October 13, 2011Don’t know where in the world did you find these ads, though they’re very cool. Thanks for sharing.
Hiren Modi
October 13, 2011Tomato sauce ad is really cool! Who can eat pasta without tomato sauce? We can’t and designer know it very well. But, transferring in design is really great.
Aaron @ iamcreative.me
October 13, 2011These are some very fine examples.
Gisele, you always provide some of the best graphical posts. Thanks for inspiration.
❝ The world as a gift ❞ is my favourite.
web agency brescia
October 13, 2011really good! thanks!
aledesign.it
October 13, 2011ADV by Wolkswagen with rollercoaster and the sea with Yamaha are the best for me…a great collection!
yves
October 13, 2011“Let’s change the nature of e-waste”
The image of that tree is a stock image. I used it myself for a hoodie design about a year ago. That’s pretty cheap for a an “excellent” add imo. Ohterwise really cool ads!
Jenn Staz
October 13, 2011A truly brilliant ad from Audi- works on so many levels!
Shannon Noack
October 13, 2011This is a great roundup, love all the ads you included here! It’s always fun to see what’s out there, these are great!
Natalia Robba
October 13, 2011Fantastic ads! So creative
Love the 3rd one down promoting Alerj good stuff.
Joe
October 13, 2011Great artwork, but at the top, “inspiration can be found in all medias …” Has usage evolved to the point where “media” is a SINGULAR noun requiring an “s” to make it plural? Am I being old fashioned?
Gisele Muller
October 13, 2011Thanks for pointing the error
Lynn
October 17, 2011No you’re not being old fashioned, Joe. I caught that too and hoped it was not an indication of the education level at Linked In.
Helen
October 18, 2011oh dear….i’m sorry but you, Joe and Sindigo really need to get over yourselves!!! did you all re-read your own posts multiple times just to make sure your grammar was correct?
Sindigo
October 13, 2011“Here at WDL we understand that inspiration can be found in all medias”
“Medias” Come on, you can proof-read better than that, surely.
web design hull
October 13, 2011Very inspiring round up, I love the Google maps ad… thanks for sharing
sue-ella
October 13, 2011Great examples of diverse creative.
Harish
October 14, 2011“Without tomato sauce there is no pasta” is very creative ad. Inspiring design and creative thinking.
Toronto Girl
October 14, 2011I love the Google Map ad. We all snoop on Google maps
The suitcase ad is also very clever!
Dzinepress
October 16, 2011attracting everyone, love to learn from these kind of adverts.
vrushank
October 17, 2011All are attractive designs!!
I like Volkswagon and Mercedes-Benz’s designes.
All are cool!!!
Linda
October 17, 2011Yes, all great examples, thanks for compiling. As a busy mom & grandmom, I especially liked the VING ad w/ the kids cutout…can definitely relate to that!
adam
October 17, 2011another awesome collection, thanks!
Helen
October 18, 2011A great selection of Ads.
Rick Feit
October 18, 2011I love the Volkswagen Tiguan “rollercoaster” ad, they always come up with such creative marketing ideas at Volkswagen, another good example is the Audi ad, same company, both great marketing ideas.
Awesome Collection too! Thank you for sharing!
Jojo
October 18, 2011cooool ideas and very inspiring indeed!….thanks for sharing.
Rachna Singh
October 20, 2011Very Inspiring , Tomato sauce AD was the best
nadeem a
October 22, 2011amazing & superb ideas for the ads i like that
Dev verma
October 23, 2011I realy like the “Lets Change the Nture of e-waste”
Iris
October 24, 2011Vert inspiring!I love it!Thank you!
Terri
November 2, 2011I love the STIHL ad with the shaggy dog. I laugh harder every time I look at it. The message is so clear. Very appropriate. I imagine the person holding the uselessly small scissors saying, “Okay, I’ll start here…er, no..maybe here..uh…well, maybe…hmmm…”