Viiibrrrattting Desiiignnn

I first flipped passed this ad for a design show and I thought to myself, that's not right! I had to go back and take a second look at it. Well I as right about that. The ad goes one step farther than most and makes the reader feel uncomfortable because of the cropping and even worse, with the so called terrible cropping the flowers have still somehow managed to get centered. What a creative way to create balance! Although the focal point is the flowers, I think that the randomly cropped chair legs at the top of the page have a bit more emphasis along with the bold words on the edges of the page. The colors are attractive to and don't weigh down the ad at all. Although the ad does look like it vibrated off center at printing press.



Design Graphics magazine

Design Through Ideas, Emotion, Facts and Motion

I saw this design in Design Graphics and was immediately attracted to the simplicity and dead on accuracy of it. The Simplicity of the ad unifies it with the simplicity of the idea conveyed. In this design it only took a black marker to communicate a strong idea. The emphasis really isn't in the piece but is the idea that the piece conveys. The Usage of seconds in the message speeds you through it quickly but leaves an impression that these original, creative ads always leave.

Motorola in Pink!

This is an ad from the New Yorker and I was tickled pink when I saw it. I found that this monotone ad popped out right away out from the surrounding boring black and white pages. The white, pink and black colors unite the whole ad together along with the camera and Hollywood unifiers. There is a large amount of implied and psychic line created by the tvs, cameras and even the model's body. Each one emphasises the new phone's name, Cinemoto, which is in bold large letters smack dab in the center of the page. The ad is symmetricaly balanced which really works for this piece.

National Geographic Image Collection

This ad caught my eye mostly because of the fluidity of the colors found in each individual picture. Each color works together to unify and ballance the whole ad. The black background also helps to emphasize each photo but mostly helps emphasize the green box. The green box is in balance with the thumbnail pictures. The ad is very busy but organized which I think helps catch the eye.