Design 2024, April

Stop Singing in the Shower: Music Festival Advertisement

Stop Singing in the Shower: Music Festival Advertisement

Creative advertising is not only entertaining but also enlightening. It turns out that songs can be measured in liters consumed. But consumed not inside, but during an impromptu concert in the bathroom. The posters remind us that while we are singing in the shower, water flows down the pipe at a rate of 9 liters per minute. And if ash-two-oh is a matter of everyday life (with one "Thriller" more, others less - trifles), then how not to throw out your singing talent with her. Therefore, a funny ad suggests not to let your

A book feast for the whole world: advertising the fair in Porto Alegre

A book feast for the whole world: advertising the fair in Porto Alegre

For some, the book is a feast for the spirit, and for others, a feast for the belly. It is about others that a funny advertisement for the fair, which has been held since 1955 and annually attracts 2 million visitors, tells. Creative posters call for donating books to those who truly love them (but not in a culinary sense): “Feed the culture, don't feed the moths”. Meanwhile, insects sincerely love fine literature: at a picnic they will overpower larger volumes, and for a date by candlelight they will choose

Garden gnomes upwind: a funny advertisement for a leaf remover

Garden gnomes upwind: a funny advertisement for a leaf remover

It is hard for garden gnomes to live: people strive to turn dubious plantings near the house into a Garden of Eden. Eternal greenery and eternal youth should reign here, which means there is no place for fallen leaves and other signs of wilting. Garden gnomes also come under the hot hand with a leaf blowing machine. The authors of the funny ad presented several scenes with the blowing off of clothes, one more erotic than the other

We are losing - brushes are collecting: advertising anti-hair loss products

We are losing - brushes are collecting: advertising anti-hair loss products

Hair stores the vitality of a person, the ancients believed. And it's a pity to give this power to a piece of plastic, the original advertisement develops the idea. The anti-hair loss remedy will prevent the bristling "energy vampire" from taking over the most precious things. Meanwhile, the brush on each poster gathered material into a nice wig and became like a man. Why feed your doppelganger with hair? An advertisement for an anti-hair loss product does not know either

And they know how to seduce glands: non-standard advertising of hand tools

And they know how to seduce glands: non-standard advertising of hand tools

Can a hacksaw blade look sexy? Maybe non-standard advertising answers confidently. And for this you don't even need to make up, you just need to place it in the familiar scenery of the "Basic Instinct". The same applies to other devices, seemingly far from the sphere of seduction. Custom ads recreate scenes from 9 1/2 Weeks, Flash Dance, and American Beauty to make viewers more pleasantly associated with the tools depicted on the posters

Intoxicated by beauty: original non-alcoholic beer ad

Intoxicated by beauty: original non-alcoholic beer ad

As you know, there are no ugly women, there is little vodka. But here you also need to know when to stop, warns the original advertisement. If, looking at the "Miss World", pour balls, then you can get fed up with perfection and burn out. "If the average Czech girl looks like this, who cares for alcohol?" - asks the original advertisement. Rhetorical question: such and such girls get drunk harder than alcohol

Removing stains like a tag game: creative laundry ads

Removing stains like a tag game: creative laundry ads

Despite the fact that the words "stain" and "spots" are not related, the original laundry advertisement presents cleaning stained clothes as a game of spots (the message of creative posters - "We remove stains playfully" is something like that). An excellent message, but I would like to add that, judging by the drawings, the spots will not disappear alone, but together with the hollow shirt and a piece of the leg. What can you do, these are, apparently, the rules of the game of tag with a laundry bias

Magnificent illustrations by Marc Aspinall for The New Yorker

Magnificent illustrations by Marc Aspinall for The New Yorker

Marc Aspinall, aka The Tree House Press, is a brilliant illustrator from the UK. His works are distinguished by rich textures, excellent color processing and lively dynamism. Mark's style is reminiscent of the work of artists of the mid-twentieth century - the golden period of modern illustration

Cool lettering from different things from London designer Ethan Park

Cool lettering from different things from London designer Ethan Park

We all know that sometimes there is nothing stronger than a word - it can hurt worse than a knife. But let's not talk about the sad, because the London designer Ethan Park, who folds inscriptions from clothes, leaves, paints them with ice cream on the asphalt and much more, tries to write only about good things

Advertising agency "Side by Side" answers questions with A4 posters

Advertising agency "Side by Side" answers questions with A4 posters

It's nice to talk to an intelligent person about an interesting topic. So the two Sheffield-based designers do a short interview each week, turning the answer into a fun and quirky poster

Double Optical Illusion: The Real NOT-A-CAMERA by Olivia Barr

Double Optical Illusion: The Real NOT-A-CAMERA by Olivia Barr

Inspired by the conversation with her 101-year-old grandmother, artist Olivia Barr decided to make her own, lightweight and easy-to-use camera. The result was "NOT-A-CAMERA", which looks like a wooden pendant with an illustration of an old "Leica"

Typefaces from Typefaces: Office Typography in Fold Yard by Benoit Challand

Typefaces from Typefaces: Office Typography in Fold Yard by Benoit Challand

French 3D artist and illustrator Benoit Challan likes to take a break from commissions for Ogilvy, Nike and Cartier from time to time and play with fonts. The task that he set for himself in the last such project is relevant for many in-house designers - to spur the creativity and team spirit of employees in a boring office

Font Anatomy: "Hair Alphabet" Shurong Diao

Font Anatomy: "Hair Alphabet" Shurong Diao

Shurong Diao, an artist from New York presumably of Chinese descent, has developed a very personal display typeface, where the strokes of letters are formed from the artist's long black hair, and her naked body becomes part of negative space

Flying office Lorenzo Damiani

Flying office Lorenzo Damiani

Italian designer Lorenzo Damiani is known for his style of combining not only beauty, but also functionality in his products. One of his most popular creations is the stocked office model. The wooden structure consists of a table, chair and bookshelves

Edible or inedible? Bread furniture "Panpaati"

Edible or inedible? Bread furniture "Panpaati"

If you are hungry, I do not advise you to get acquainted with the work of the Spanish artist and designer Enoc Armengol. His new art project "Panpaati" or "Edible Design" cannot but make you smile. Because his works are made of bread

"The snakes are attacking Copenhagen!" or creative advertising from Denmark

"The snakes are attacking Copenhagen!" or creative advertising from Denmark

Although we quite often touch on the topic of furniture and modern technology, cars, architecture and utensils, this is not all that relates to design. It is simply impossible not to talk about some ideas, although this does not belong to any of the listed categories

City decoration for the New Year

City decoration for the New Year

How to decorate the city for the New Year? Every day we see that more and more posters, signs, advertisements appear on the streets, announcing the approach of a wonderful holiday. However, you can remind of the holiday in many other very different ways

"Faces of the City" - an art project by designer Fauxreel

"Faces of the City" - an art project by designer Fauxreel

We love when portraits are drawn from us. Then it's so nice to take beautiful pictures, admire them, show them to friends and acquaintances, or even hang them in your own apartment. However, sometimes portraits can be made far from being on paper or canvas, but also on … a wall

How to bring back the popularity of knitting? Advertising

How to bring back the popularity of knitting? Advertising

In recent decades, knitting and sewing have not been very popular among young people, the older generation and even the elderly. Although many grandmothers probably still knit or sew something, the benefit of technology makes it possible to create miniature and convenient sewing and knitting machines

Lessons from Indonesians in Good Advertising

Lessons from Indonesians in Good Advertising

Quite rarely, we touch upon the topic of advertising, but we cannot pass by something interesting. In large metropolitan areas, the streets are full of advertisements, but not all agencies bother to make advertisements unusual, not boring

Soap advertisement: "We eat what we touch"

Soap advertisement: "We eat what we touch"

Advertising is not as easy as it might seem at first. Not only that, for your product you need to come up with a beautiful and eye-catching slogan. In addition, the pictures should be … bright

Iraq War Poster Design

Iraq War Poster Design

Only the lazy is not talking about the war in Iraq. For how many years it has been going on and on and on and on … It's not that we really want to touch on the issue of politics, but we still need to talk about an interesting project. After all, even if the poster is dedicated to the war, we cannot fail to note an interesting idea and design?

Fine Arts Lessons: An Inspirational English Language Poster Series from Britanico

Fine Arts Lessons: An Inspirational English Language Poster Series from Britanico

The Britanico English Institute has dedicated its new series of posters to the problem of mastering correct pronunciation. With restrained English humor and beautiful visuals, these works make it clear how improper articulation can turn singer Cher into a chair and ash into a donkey

"Life is Endless": Japanese Funeral Home Nishinihon Tenrei Advertisement

"Life is Endless": Japanese Funeral Home Nishinihon Tenrei Advertisement

In Japan, as in most other countries of the world, the color code of the funeral includes muted shades of black, white or gray, and any step away from these rules is perceived as a violation of the taboo and a manifestation of a disrespectful attitude towards the ritual. Therefore, the Nishinihon Tenrei Funeral Home took a huge risk by releasing its bright and bright advertising poster

“Shoes are boring. Wear sneakers. " New advertising campaign for Converse

“Shoes are boring. Wear sneakers. " New advertising campaign for Converse

The Converse company, which, by and large, is the "fault" for the love of youth from all over the world to sneakers with a rubberized toe, has launched a new advertising campaign. In the best traditions of teenage maximalism, their new slogan reads: “Shoes are boring. Wear sneakers "(Shoes Are Boring. Wear Sneakers)

Trust no one all April: elephant dung beer, canned pizza and smartphone bed in Japanese posters

Trust no one all April: elephant dung beer, canned pizza and smartphone bed in Japanese posters

Despite the fact that the celebration of April Fool's Day has no deep roots in Japan, the creatives of the Land of the Rising Sun have timed a series of incredibly witty and ironic advertisements to coincide with this date. Products on offer include elephant dung beer, canned pizza and a smartphone bed

Anatomy of Genius: Infographic by Giorgia Lupi

Anatomy of Genius: Infographic by Giorgia Lupi

Information visualization specialist Giorgia Lupi presented her ambitious project dedicated to the study of the phenomenon of genius among literary men. Georgia does not answer the question "who is the best writer?", But offers an alternative view of the phenomenon of great writing

Kick the wedge out by the wedge: a clever way to raise awareness of pollution from the Reflection Project

Kick the wedge out by the wedge: a clever way to raise awareness of pollution from the Reflection Project

Reflection Project, a small organization that collects small debris on the streets of Tokyo, has carried out an ingenious campaign to raise public awareness of its activities. The famous proverb "wedge by wedge knocked out" fits best to illustrate this action: in one of the central districts of the capital of Japan, activists scattered a hundred enlarged copies of cigarette butts, inside which they placed garbage bags

Architecture plus design: minimalist posters from the Portuguese Andr é Chiote

Architecture plus design: minimalist posters from the Portuguese Andr é Chiote

Portuguese-based artist Andr é Chiote successfully combines two of his professional interests - architecture and design - in a new series of prints. Designed in a minimalist style, the design works explain to the audience the very essence of graceful buildings that are part of the treasury of world architecture

How does a country cottage look like in which the soloist of "Night Snipers" Diana Arbenina lives with her twins

How does a country cottage look like in which the soloist of "Night Snipers" Diana Arbenina lives with her twins

The stars of the domestic show business, making millions, as a rule, try to emphasize their status and financial position with elite real estate, building luxurious mansions in the style of "expensive and rich". But still, there are such celebrities whose houses look very simple and cheap against the background of the castles of their colleagues, but no less stylish and cozy. And we invite you on a tour to one of these houses. This is a country cottage on Pyatnitskoe highway, where rock diva Diana Arbenina lives with her twins

New forms of Barbie: three new dolls made Barbie closer to people

New forms of Barbie: three new dolls made Barbie closer to people

After many years, when girls all over the world tried to be like Barbie, the time has finally come when the doll itself began to strive to be like people. After 57 years, since the first Barbie hit store shelves, the doll has finally taken on more human forms. Three new dolls are now available - Tall Barbie, Petite and Body Barbie

What the labels of Russian and Soviet sweets looked like before and after the revolution

What the labels of Russian and Soviet sweets looked like before and after the revolution

Almost a hundred years ago, the October Revolution took place, which radically changed the ideology and the course of history of a huge country. The changes have affected every field of activity and every person. We decided to compare the labels of Russian and Soviet sweets before and after 1917 to find out if the revolution even touched sweets

Biblia Sacra with illustrations by Dali. "Scripture" from the incomparable El Salvador

Biblia Sacra with illustrations by Dali. "Scripture" from the incomparable El Salvador

Almost half a century ago, in 1967, a unique version of the Bible with illustrations by Salvador Dali himself was first released in Italy. And it was not just released, but with the blessing of the Pope, who was one of the first to receive this amazing edition of the Holy Scriptures bound in white leather and gold. The Biblia Sacra project was initiated by the Italian collector Giuseppe Albaretto, a good friend of the famous artist. But now the time has come, and the reissue saw the light exclusively

War has a woman's face: American propaganda during World War II

War has a woman's face: American propaganda during World War II

Fighters for gender justice today do not get tired of declaring that a woman has no place in the kitchen, they say, great achievements await her. It is curious that the desire to raise generations of housewives was not always inherent in the powers that be; during the Second World War, the American government was well aware of the benefits that women's labor could bring, and therefore actively promoted the participation of the beautiful half of humanity in difficult war days. For your attention - some photos illustrating

Trojan Darth Mule: funny drawings by Minga studio

Trojan Darth Mule: funny drawings by Minga studio

The old mule will not spoil the furrow, but will greatly amuse the audience, if not with his stubbornness, then with a strange look at the world. An animal that sees brands everywhere (like Absolute or Camel) and characters (like Darth Vader) was born in the Argentine design studio Minga. A series of funny drawings "Crazy Old Mules" - a call to laugh at stereotypes and brand mania

Cute ponies in wool sweaters are the new calling card of Scotland

Cute ponies in wool sweaters are the new calling card of Scotland

Scotland is an amazing country with entertainment for every taste. Picturesque nature, beautiful architecture, rich history and vibrant culture - there are a lot of reasons for tourists to come here. And in order to quickly decide on a trip, it is enough to see a series of photographs depicting … funny ponies. These animals have recently been considered the hallmark of Scotland

I'd like to become a grandmaster An overview of the most unusual chess

I'd like to become a grandmaster An overview of the most unusual chess

People still argue - what is chess? Sport, hobby or intellectual game? And after today's review, another question may be added to this dispute. Who knows, maybe chess is a special kind of applied art, which in the skillful hands of designers, artists and inventors is capable of producing the most real masterpieces?

Aerial watercolor illustrations by Yan Nascimbene

Aerial watercolor illustrations by Yan Nascimbene

Rich landscapes and peaceful natural scenes are delicately illustrated by Franco-Italian artist and writer Yan Nascimbene with delicate restraint and thoughtfulness. His skillful watercolors convey an atmosphere of peace and serenity, into which one wants to plunge headlong, lost for several hours in endless fields, forests and valleys

Limited Edition White Oak Headphones by Elijah Wood, Grado Labs and Bushmills

Limited Edition White Oak Headphones by Elijah Wood, Grado Labs and Bushmills

Whiskey helps to overcome shyness, lifts your feet off the ground and, most importantly, allows you to discover new sounds of many melodies. The famous actor Elijah Wood took all these points into account and decided to combine business with pleasure by taking part in the design for a limited collection of headphones together with Grado Labs and the manufacturer of Bushmills whiskey

E-books as an alternative to cutting down trees: an advertisement for the Libreria Norma store

E-books as an alternative to cutting down trees: an advertisement for the Libreria Norma store

"Cynic, nihilist, appreciate the book leaf!" - it looks like this wonderful palindrome could become the slogan of the advertising campaign of the e-book store Libreria Norma. Recently, a series of funny posters appeared on the world market urging to abandon print publications in favor of virtual