Ads can be of a variety of styles and quality. One such form is known as “Minimalist Ad”. In minimalist ads all the extra superfluous material is thrown out of the picture so that the focus is only upon the details that you want to highlight. This makes sense because suppose you are an author and you want to advertize your book then you would want your ad to contain the picture of only your book and not an entire book shelf where your book is cluttered amongst other books.
When you go to an ad agency to get your ad deigned, the good practice is to go with some preparation, with some idea of how you want your ad to look like. This will help you in two ways. One – you won’t be dissatisfied with the results as you will get what you really want. Two – the designer would not think of you as a novice and therefore it is unlikely that he will try to play tricks on you. There are surely some good ad agencies with honest workers but you see there are black sheep in all organizations.
To help you design your minimalist ad I have carefully chosen below a collection 35 creative minimalist print ads. I hope they will enrich your creativity and will help you create better ads.
1. Darts
This is an ad of Passion for details. A brand of International Watch Co. Schaffhausen.
2. CNN Turk Lightning
This ad of CNN weather report 99% accurate was done by DDB&CO. Istanbul, Turkey advertising agency.
3. Globol insect spray
Death comes faster than expected.
4. Suavitel Goodbye Ironing
Don’t let ironing threaten your family time.
5. Eqdom shoe
Enough walking? Auto loans Eqdom.
6. Snow white and Sherlock Holmes
Come with a story and leave with another is an ad created by an advertising agency Lowe/SSP3, Colombia.
7. Bosch Electric Screwdriver
It´s faster than you think: the PSR 14,4 LI-2 cordless screwdriver.
8. Colgate Dental Floss
This ad was created by an advertising agency Cerebro Y&R, Panama.
9. Muchimuchi Dart
This is an ad created by an advertising agency Muchimuchi, Paris, France.
10. Matrix
Histories end, Bic doesn’t.
11. Lego
Lego Imagine…,this ad was created an advertising agency FCB, Johannesburg, South Africa.
12. Ace Shark
13. DHL Express Elephant
No size limits is an ad created by an ad agency named Jung von Matt/Alster, which is located at Hamburg, Germany.
14. Faber Castle
15. Faber castle True colors Shark
True colors ad was created by an ad agency Serviceplan, which is located at Munich, Germany.
16. The Star Cafe Menu
The star cafe is an ad created by an ad agency Chi&Partners London, UK.
17. Rios Illustration Studio
We put anything on paper.
18. Samsung Power
The new F400 with knock out power speakers.
19. Sandisk
Micro 16 GB USB Flash Drive.
20. Coca-Cola Light Lemon Peel
This ad was created by an ad agency Publicis, which is located at Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
21. National University Hospital Blood Donation Centre
22. Toronto Crime Stoppers
23. Pringles Tongue
24. LA Bicycle Folding Bike
25. Orbit remote car starters
This ad was created by an advertising agency Bleublancrouge, which is located at Montreal, Canada.
26. McDonald’s Open 24 hours
27. FedEx Statue of Sugarloaf
This ad was created by an ad agency BBDO, which is located at New York, USA.
28. Sensodyne toothpaste Hard hat
29. Triceratops
Evolution always compacts.
30. Pirelli
Power In Safe Hands.
31. University of Gent Chick
Dare to think is an ad created by advertising agency Saatchi&Saatchi, which is located at Brussels, Belgium.
32. Haribo Bears
33. Western Union Shelter
This ad was created by an advertising agency Lonsdale Saatchi & Saatchi, Which is located at Port of Spain, Trinidad.
34. Hospital Aleman Tree
The best health plan for children.
35. Alka Seltzer Mafia
This is an creation of an ad agency CLM BBDO, which is located at Paris, France.
Which of the above you liked the most and why? What do you think of this collection? Please let me know in the comments below.