The creator rates the art direction of various out-of-home advertisements on a scale of 1 to 10. He analyzes each ad's concept, typography, and use of the medium, providing a quick critique and a numerical score for brands like The RealReal, The Ordinary, BBC World, Land Rover, Timex, and Ace & Tate.
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Which of these ratings is completely off?? I focus more on art direction but art direction always includes the concept, storytelling and how the message comes to life. Not easy to stay in my lane!! Also I use “ambient ad” very loosely here. Ambient advertising is about making the ads a part of their environment. Using the context of the media. Even using unexpected objects as media. Would love your thoughts!
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Rating the art direction. Got some of the best out of home ads, billboards. Love a good play on words, but is it just me or that no last season should be italicized? It's probably the tagline. I like it. Five. Fun little one off. Can't do much more than this, but it's clever. Six. When you go minimalist, you run the risk of being ignorable. But, like, a simple type treatment makes this really stand out. If you're gonna read it, you're gonna read the whole thing. Seven. 20% off everything, even this billboard. Good. I'm a fan of ambient advertising. Worst feel like the rest is really boring. It's really easy to pass this by and not get the idea. Four. Similar, but using the medium and the context of the ad to accentuate the message. Eight, using the medium and and breaking the medium to accentuate the message. But I'm gonna be a stickler because it's just so cluttered. You can hear the clients asking to add in more things. Oh, we have this feature. We have this feature. Four. Again, I'm a sucker for these, but I just love that they're not showing the product. They're showing the impact of the product, the benefit. Nine. No the tier without seeing you have 1,249 unanswered emails. Love the copywriting, but from our direction standpoint, there's nothing that truly shines except for the restraint, I guess. Too harsh. Six. Appreciate because of marketing curating all of these, because as an advertising creative, actually, I don't care to stay up on advertising. So check them out. And this one's a nine. I think it rolled out when we were all looking at the sun looking for the eclipse. I just love good awkwardly close-up photography.