A picture speaks a thousand words and no one knows it better than art director of an Ad agency.That’s what they are famous for, a picture and few lines have enough potential to build a brand image in consumer’s eye. Have a look at some of the best print Ads of all time, some mindboggling ads which you can easily recall once yoou come across these products and brands.
Honda Car: It happens when you don’t use original parts

Sip-Chill-Relax: Coca Cola

Urgent Attention:Don’t kill a God’s Gift

Get to the point
Scholz & Friends, Berlin for N24
McCann Erickson for Maggi.
If only women spent less time cooking.
Threebond super glue: Cup
Quick dry.
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Barb’s Harley Davidson Motor Cycles: License
Available in “Fast,” Balls out” and “License and registration please.”
Colgate Dental Floss: Pig
Colgate Dental Floss. Absolutely flawless.
Slice Woman’s TV: Dishes
Rated: DTBN
This network may cause you to neglect that deserve to be neglected anyway.
Slice. My vice is slice.
Toyota Land Cruiser: Crocodile
Land Cruiser
Be top of the food chain.
Thailand Post: William
Dearest Margaret, resembling my love, the red roses. Right at your front door is where my heart lies.
There, I have been yearning for your love. Please don’t make me wait till I wither like those red roses.
With much love, William.Good memories you won’t get from e-mail.
Oscarito video rental: Skeleton
The movie starts, the only place left is in the front row, and right behind you is that annoying kid. That is scary.
Rent a movie. Fear is only on the screen.
Sanyo Xacti: Octopus
100% water proof digital movie camera
WWF: Tarzan
15 square kilometer of rain forest disappears every minute.
Greenpeace: Frogange
Once you eat, it’s already too late.
Demand transgenic labelling now.
Alac: Rugby
Was last night really worth it?
It’s not the drinking – It’s how we’re drinking
Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand
The History Channel: Original Hitler
Unfortunately, we do show repeats.
The History Channel
Vitalab IVF Clinic: Pregnant
When our staff get together, somebody usually gets pregnant.
Not surprising considering that Vitalab is one of South Africa’s leading fertility clinics.
Petit Bateau: Game
During their last picnic, Tom, Léo and Lily made 198 changes to this picture.
Can you spot the differences?
CNN Turk: Lightning
Citta di Torino: Young sex dolls, boy
Who tells the grownups when to stop playing?
Almarai Fresh Juice: Mango India – Because we aspire for the best we have sent our experts to India to choose the best ingredients. They came back with a big story… (Arabic proverb) And the story is on this pack.
Olivia Women’s Magazine: Heaven is full
Don’t let smells mix.
Biolyse system refrigerator
Night vision. Now available. -BMW Night Vision: Owl
Be prepared to see things differently after visiting the Picasso exhibition at the NGV
Apple’s spoof Ad against Microsoft’s slogan “Where do you want to go tomorrow?”
“The Wrong Working Environment” Campaign (Germany)
Entrant: Scholz & Friends / Berlin Convergence Marketing/Birmingham, MI
Creative Dettol Hand Sanitizer advertisement. Everybody needs it. Great print advertisement.
Great advertisement that is really catchy. It’s kinda hard to see in this photo, but the advertisement
is for dog food and the dogs are “chasing the bus” for it.
Crash testing save human lives!
A watch company decided to utilize the handholders in buses to advertise their product.
The message on the handholders is “Try it here, the Big Pilots Watch.”
S2O Swissvernice. Keeps Hair Strong.
Agency: TBWA-ISC, Malaysia
Above advertisement have been made with a lesser intention to sell their products and rather build a brand or sustain to the level which they have already achieved in market.Some big companies around the world give more preference to Brand image graph over sales graph, and that’s the sole reason for their continuous growth.How effective an Advertisement can be for a brand is intelligibly expressed in the above Ads.
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Some nice print ads – http://bit.ly/7H4dn
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