Advertising Design Showcase

By Steven Snell | Published May 18th, 2009 in Inspiration

With CSS galleries and other common sources of web design inspiration, it’s easy to overlook the opportunities to be inspired by other types of great design. Advertisements often feature excellent design. Sometimes it’s creative, sometimes it’s funny, and sometimes it’s just a well-designed piece that may spark some ideas of your own.

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33 Comments
  1. Craig on May 18th, 2009

    You’re spot on Steven, with the web being so saturated these days, sometimes to find something a little different from the mainstream you need to seek inspiration from other places.
    Thanks for the collection.

  2. Chaitanya VRK on May 18th, 2009

    Great Steven, Nice collection. When talking about advertising designs, I specially like the works of Peter Jaworowski.

  3. Callum Chapman on May 18th, 2009

    Some lovely collections there! I never see any posters like this around though (on the actual street and in shops – where posters should be!). I love all the vector style illustration ones, but they’re all excellent!

  4. katty on May 18th, 2009

    Awesome designs. Great list

  5. AtSmith on May 18th, 2009

    Great collection – keep it up.

  6. Marc Kuiper on May 18th, 2009

    Really beautifull;)

  7. aravind on May 18th, 2009

    Great Collection!
    Really inspiring..

  8. Jamal Ahmad on May 18th, 2009

    Love every single one of them, particularly the Ray-Ban ad. Reminds me of the old Batman movies – the one where they walk on the floor & looks their climbing up the wall.

  9. joão on May 19th, 2009

    brilliant article, love the illustrations :)
    too many shoes, though.
    delicious’d it!

  10. Philippe Gauthier on May 19th, 2009

    What a crazy selection, the’re all great concepts!!

  11. Victoria Web on May 21st, 2009

    There are some amazing pieces of work, like “Green peace” “Lost?” “VW” all with brilliant concepts, executed to a high level which is communicated to the audience clearly and effectively.

  12. Nora Reed on May 21st, 2009

    These are some really nicely designed advertisements. Companies need to be competitive with these to sell good products, so it’s nice to see that they hire good designers.

  13. Fernando Bergamaschi on May 23rd, 2009

    Awesome work for an awesome public.

  14. Ian Alexander Wood on May 23rd, 2009

    Loving this list, I’ll RT.

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  16. José Carlos Pirralho on May 24th, 2009

    Very criative works.

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  18. Andre on May 30th, 2009

    Awesome Ads. I especially digg the first pic.

  19. ideamashups.com on June 2nd, 2009

    I love looking at good quality creative ads, so much inspiration!

    Thanks.

  20. T-Law on June 2nd, 2009

    Awesome collection, well done.

  21. versevorm on June 4th, 2009

    wouw!! great and inspiring!!Thanks

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  23. jimborock on August 18th, 2009

    Awesome work, very good!
    Keep the inspiration coming.

  24. alterego on September 2nd, 2009

    I am not sure if I like any of these advertising creatives, except the dunkin doughnuts one.

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  27. daddydesign on February 28th, 2010

    nice collection! thanks for sharing

  28. lv bags on August 8th, 2010

    these are great photoshop tips.