Monday, January 20, 2014

Reflections: Chapters 7, 8, and 9 in Advertising by Design

Chapter 7: Figure 7-2 Hand and Figure 7-3 Free Loader
  • These advertisements remind me a lot of one of my favorite advertisement campaigns to follow (my research image). Personally I prefer campaigns that have clear ties between the different pieces in a set. While advertising two different products you can still visually tell it is the same brand. 
Chapter 8: Figure 8-12 Shower Curtain Rail and Potato Peeler
  • I like these Ikea advertisements because they take common items and use them in different ways. I mean consider their instructions for how to build their furniture half the time your not even sure what exactly you are suppose to do with them. So making advertisements that use common things in unconventional ways goes right along with those silly instructions.
Chapter 9: Figure 9-2 Print Ad Campaign, Package Design, Store Signage: Jimmy John's
  • One of the aspects I like about this in particular is the fact that they don't show a sandwich. It is about selling a persona and an attitude along with the product. By using different fonts they create different expressions to each word and they carry a different feeling. Jimmy John's by having a cohesive brand expression helps give it more credibility. The central identity helps keep the chain more connected and cohesive. 
Research Image: Park Assist by Volkswagen 

  • Volkswagen is one of my favorite brands to follow for advertisements. They have a very effective visual construct that each new advertisement they make has to be constrained by. Yet each new print advertisement continues to be fresh and innovative compared to the last set of advertisements. 


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