I came across this collection of adds from “not too long ago” and had a good laugh at how ridiculous they all are as I’m sure most of you will on first glance. Then I went back and read them all again paying closer attention to the details, the message, style and all the other wonderful things that we as designers look at when picking apart someone else’s work. I’m a sucker for vintage artwork in advertising which is primarily what caught my eye, but take a look at the message and opinions expressed in these ads. Obviously this was acceptable then, do you think that any of these ads would make it to print today? Anyone watch Mad Men?
These are really interesting ads. I wonder how hard it would be for a graphic designer to try and replicate these ads now and see if they can be duplicated.
I’ve wondered the same thing Jord. Experimenting a little not too long ago I found some tutorials on the net that gave some step by step instructions on how to create this vintage look in Photoshop.